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Originally Posted by furyshade
when would you ever buy cloth armor over doran's shield? The only situation I can think of is if you were rushing ninja tabi or some other item that ca builds into, but not sure if I'm missing something about armor vs. damage prevention.
You want the cloth armor (and the more health potions that go with it) against the champions that can chunk you. If you lose too much health and they might be able to kill you, you'll need to back which isn't good. I'd consider cloth and pots the default vs melee AD tops, but especially a caster like Pantheon.
Doran's shield takes the sting off some poke and can help you sustain through some light harass. I'd consider this the better option versus a Gangplank or a Vayne.