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[Kaden]

I have a question about Doran's Blades (and I guess Rings, but I play AD more often than AP mid). Under what conditions should you stack these. Is it a thing you do if you're having problems sustaining/last hitting, or is it something that's good to do for any early game. If you do opt to stack them, how many should you grab before you're just wasting that... 237 (?) gold.

Any time you need more early-game presence. That can be because you're losing your lane, or it can be because you're just in a really good position to bully your opponents around. If I get an early kill in my lane (especially FB), I pretty much always port back and grab a Doran's with that gold.

If you don't need to have that presence (you're playing passively or your opponents can't get to you to harass, as examples) then you don't really need Doran's items.