I want to mention to clear any confusion, DONT BUILD AZURE FIRST, its a last item finish, or a sell and buy situational item. Thats definitely the main concern. i may of not made it more pronounced in the video then i should have.
@@sleepingvalley8340 I wouldnt necessarily do combustion late, flat pen In theory falls of late due to base armor increases per level. Usually sold for situational / scaling options.
@@ObeyThePapaya Combustion on Argus is the only time I have ever liked that item and by god I am gonna build because I usually don't get the chance to use it.
@@sleepingvalley8340 argus com isnt really that great tbf. mega procs far more often due to multiple hits in his entire kit. You could have strong 1v1s with it, but if your cooking your cooking am I right?
@@ObeyThePapaya I don't care about it being effective I care more about the fact I build it I am tired of building the same variation is the spice of life.
Great video man I like seeing these videos that discuss what items actually do for each character and how it can diversify into other builds. Thank you
I think you finish Fireblossom first like 95% of the time. You're already picking it to provide HP scaling heroes a bump in damage, so leaving that damage on the table from bonus health feels pretty troll. I'd only not finish it if I'm up against a magic user (think Shinbi, Countess, Morigesh, Gadget) AND they are ahead. In this case I'd consider going Brimstone into Flux Matrix to give you the "effective damage" increase and some magical protections.
You can generally build using item passives, or build using things that scale on the same stat (movement speed, health, mana). Maybe comparisons between builds focusing in passives vs builds focusing on the same stat. For example, I've had really good results with a max health build with a immobile caster (The Fey). Orb of Enlightenment, Lifebinder, World Breaker, add a Megcosm and a situational in their somewhere as well, pick Tempest as your active and it does insane damage and healing, I've been able to 1v1 built Gruxs with this.
I come from smite and theres a item called Book Of Thoth that is builton ever mid laner for the most part. Book does the same as azoras, stacking item from kills that gives you % based damage that scales woth mana. My smite brain thought well both these items are the same and built on mids, it must be the best choice to get early lol I learned on my own that azoras is not a early game item even though it stacks , and stacking items are usally best to buy early.
Make a video talking about differences between mobas. I was all ove paragon back in the day and transitioned into smite. U could talk about laners not assisting the jungle on red or blue buff early, like you would in smite, stuff like that. Any way, nice vid!
Sorry, as a midlaner main, I have to STRONGLY disagree with what you said about mid building tainted scepter. If I'm going against a Countess, you rush that item. Specifically the tier two on that item. It helps to stop her healing through the early game quickly and without it, you can easily kill her and gain priority. Especially if the jungler will help with a gank. Also excellent to build against Khai/Grux jungle first item. They're nowhere near as strong early game, and can easily be killed by the midlaner with that one tier two item.
@@ObeyThePapaya it's not about the meta. It's about who you're going against. Countess isn't as good vs that item. Without it, she's simply harder and more likely to engage with you early. With that, she literally can't engage. It shuts her down if you know what you're doing. That's all I was saying. She's the only Mid where that item is priority.
@@tylermartin7136 her lifesteal goes off takedowns, birch isn't gonna help much early. What's good about tainted is the haste and insane damage it's passive provides of stacking malice early game. It's combustion on crack basically.
@@ObeyThePapaya you go from birch into scepter. But she still has life steal early, and it's strong. So, if you want to kill her, or gain priority, birch will help you bully her until you get tainted online. But it's the quickest way to shut her down.
@@tylermartin7136 i dont think its the quickest way to shut her down, as I'm a countess main myself, but its good burst to counter her burst trades as well as minimize her life steal.
Thanks for the tips! I don’t really build azure at all. Usually mega -> tainted scepter -> caustica. U sad tho, that instead of tainted scepter there are better mage items to build. Can u name some?
I have a mage build guide I've done recently maybe 1 patch old but builds haven't changed for awhile. But wraith leggings is a very good 2nd item. Pen, easy build path. Timewarp if u feel you need some haste as well, strong build path.
I would love if you would turn up the capture volume in the mic, I’m about 75 on the volume in an empty room and still a little hard to hear you, love the vid
I'm working on the audio. If you catch my newer videos , let me know how they are! I'm worried because I tend to get excited and will get loud. Should start improving!
Items have definitely changed , I do explain some meta stuff I believe that can still work but ya it's not it anymore tbh. I wanna make a video discussing current scaling but that'll be a minute
I have a question I have a scaling build on argus that goes azure into orb then into pen items finishing with the crown. Early game is pretty slow, but once I'm 2.5 items in i destroy. Is this not okay?
Great vid ! Really informative thanks. I never play casters because I’ve never looked into what to build and I’m usually more of a tank/assassin player, so the talk around Azure core will help me if I ever play a caster that needs it (so I won’t be a bother for the team 😂)
