Talk:Thornmail/@comment-174.31.39.1-20101214111451/@comment-76.185.120.15-20101226221857

There is no counter to thornmail as melee.

You'd have to buy 2-3 MR items to negate 1 thornmail's damage, nevermind the imba 100 armor vs melee. You'd be spending like 4000-6000G to negate a single 2000G item.

Lifesteal is not a counter, just a way to die more slowly. If Yi spends 6400g to get two Bloodthirsters, he might be able to outheal the 2000g thornmail. But he won't be able to survive when the guy he's fighting has 4400g of extra items...