Talk:Nocturne/@comment-11138826-20141221214612/@comment-4636093-20141222215740

Less mana issues than in the jungle where you have to use Q on every camp that's for sure. He does run out pretty quickly however the changes to mana regen made this season gives quite a lot of champions who previously had mana problems early game lose them (or lessen them quite a bit) (hello Malphite).

Still, I do like to pick up a Crystaline Flask early-ish especially against heavy poke like Gnar or Teemo. It not only helps with mana issues it also is far cheaper than potions after about 2 bases and easily pays for itself really soon.