Talk:Pantheon/@comment-9775822-20150915221136/@comment-25310654-20151022005029

I successfully main pantheon top and mid, so here are 3 things i do to maintain mana:

1- Pregame I have 9 mana glyph runes and 3 mana masteries. Some people think this is silly, but you dont need MR runes if ur out harassing endlessly, the -3 defense masteries are not a huge hit, and the additional 200ish mana is still handy later on since panth's Q cost doesnt go up with lvl. This setup gives you 420ish starting mana as opposed to 265 mana at level 1.

2- Start of game i buy a flask+ 1 mana pot and 2 hp pots. the hp pots are for trading, and the flask gives enough mana given your now doubled mana pool with runes. The final mana pot is for emergencies if you happen to get TOO combo happy and run out. Safer > Sorry. Baseline is, you now have a means to regen ur now much larger mana pool to increase spear output. Oh, and buy one mana pot every time you base if you have space. Having emergency rations in the field is always a good idea.

3- Spear like a nutjob, but also auto attack the enemy. panth may be an AD caster, but his autos still hurt and it conserves even MORE mana. I usually lvl 1 just run up to them, AA, Q, then AA to trade, pop an hp pot, then Q spam till im ready to repeat the trade. this allows me to save mana until im ready to all in, and now ill have mana despite spamming Q bc of my pregame build, my item sustain, and my in-lane conservation through AAs.