Talk:Quintessence/@comment-3554826-20110527052857

I'll piss some people off, but I have to say this. I find health quintessences the most overrated runes ever. I mean, 26 health, really? That's like a few attacks from minions and less than a hit from a turret. With three of these you'll have 78 bonus health. It's not entirely bad for early levels, but in no way it is worth 6150 IP. Also, 78 health = nothing at mid game and after. It becomes completely useless when it comes to survivability. Any champion can deal more damage than that with little to no effort. The only way you'll ever feel the difference from these 78 health is when escaping with 2 health and your pants in your hands. Do you really want to spend 6150 IP only for that? No, you don't. You'll be better off buying armor and/or magic resistance quintessences if you want to tank. Those will help you the entire game, and not just at level 1.