Crystalline Flask + 3or4 hp pots

can i just ask how + x3 got past the 11 hp pots nerf when the max amount of pots you can take now is 5?

i understand the you can't pot and use flask at the same time, but the survivability of the 2 items can get near 8 hp pots.

at the very least if you don't want to nerf how many pots you can take, by making the item more expensive, or by nefing how many pots you can take with the item, than can you make the item at least have a slower regen or something? i wanna be able to have the chance to burst survivability lanes at the start of the game instead of hoping that somehow i'll have the damage necessary to burst by my next back.

if nothing else, and i mean no other possibility exist where this can happen then, i wanna know the secret to winning that lane.