Talk:Pantheon/@comment-78.149.138.7-20120708015858

can anyone tell me what they think of lifesteal runes on this guy? i have been using them on and off for a while on him (top), and when i have them on i win the lane. sometimes a get a kill or two, but i always outfarm them. By now you're probably thinking i'm talking bs or i'm just playing normals or whatever, but this is at gold elo (euw). people it works very well against are ww, irelia, lee sin, and even riven. ofcourse it destroys gp aswell. The reason i did it to begin with is his passive on his E. lets say you have 3% from masteries 6% from runes and a further 3% from a dorans blade (normally start boots+3 but after that dorans is a must.) thats 12% lifesteal. But if you last hit the minions at the right time you will be critting them for slightly more than double damage (increased crit damage mastery). which makes it roughly 25/26% lifesteal. In lanes vs ww before they nerfed his passive heal i could out sustain him. i can outheal a udyr in turtle stance. not only does this make trading blows very advantageous, but also helps conserve mana. why bother using Q when you can walk up and autoattack them 2/3 times for similar damage. most bruisers will return the blows with their attacks, but you block at least one and heal off light damage quickly. also standing between your melee and caster minions and poking with 1 attack when they go for last hits works extremely well due to pantheon range being slightly higher than most melee. if they start going more aggresive on you throw some Q's maybe an E and jump in for the kill, because i can guarantee if i am not alot more healthy than them they will still lose due to E's passive anyway. Only lane i have ever had serious trouble with was rumble. Kayles/teemos/nidalees are annoying to most tops as they can get free poke on you, but when they do this to pantheon he blocks the attack and strikes back with a Q. at lvl 5 about 4 or 5 Q's and they are ready to be finished.

TL;DR does anyone else think lifesteal runes are good for pantheon?