Talk:Sivir/@comment-186.104.241.66-20100914222824/@comment-3014924-20101018122224

I tried manamune but it doesn't work as well as I hoped for. You get Manamune too late which hampers your early game. I find that Chalice or Philosopher's Stone provide enough mana for 800-900 gold.

Manamune is great for DMG+Mana hungry characters (I love it with Kayle). But the extra damage comes late, what is not a problem on side lanes. But mid, a slow start makes it complicated. You don't have any partner to cover you. Ganking when lanemates are under lvl 6 is a bad choice.

So I finally stopped to take manamune for Philosophers Stone, then berserker grieves then Bloodthirster.

I used to take Stark before, but I don't teamplay all that much early on, trying to use Sivir's ability to push lanes and her swiftness to force opponents to disrupt their formation and divided between the lanes.