Talk:Mana Manipulator/@comment-217.191.211.251-20101213133733

Depending on your laning partner this item can really help you dominate your lane and increase the pressure in early game.

I buy this as my first item on Amumu when laning with a mana intense partner for example, my runes and masteries cover up my health regeneration fair enough to skip on a healing potion, and the excellent mana regeneration provided to my partner and myself is pure awesomness to pressure the opponents or force them to leave the lane frequently.

Lateron you can upgrade it to a Soul Shroud or an IL depending on your build of course. Really strong and underrated, just because the "easymode", teribbly weak Soraka Bot starts with this in custom games does not mean it´s a bad idea.