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If you're the only source of Ability Power on your team or the enemy team drafted mostly carries, this opens up Luden's Tempest itemization. It's important to note that the mythic passive grants additional Flat Magic Penetration making it easier to blow up squishy targets. This passive is not as valuable into tankier compositions.

Liandry's Torment is a great item that does consistent DPS against tanks and squishy targets. The mythic passive also gives you additional Ability Haste to keep your spell rotation cycling as much as possible.




Doran's Ring is great for sustain because of its passive. You're gonna have a lot of mana problems early if you play anything like me



Lost Chapter is super super super good and is your main power spike. You're able to maintain waveclear for a very long time with this item. If you can, stay in lane until you have 1300 gold and buy this straight up. This would be the ideal gold breakpoint, otherwise purchasing components towards this is fine if you're forecd to recall.



To be honest, if you're forced to build Seeker's Armguard early the game is pretty much over already. Especially for Bottom Ziggs! This is a good source of armor that will eventually build into Zhonya's Hourglass. The main issue is that you're delaying your mythic item to purchase this. It's much easier to just not lose lane early and build Zhonya's Hourglass second if they have a lot of AD Assasins.



I absolutely hate to say this, but buying Pink Wards means you're not spending gold on damage. If you're playing competetively, clash or 5s I would buy at least one Control Ward on reset. Otherwise, only damage.





Magic Penetration is extremely important on mages. When you buy Luden's Tempest as well this will put you up to 24 Magic Penetration. Most carries will have around 40~ MR after the Durability Update if they don't buy Magic Resist. This means with Shadowflame you'll be doing effectively true damage at two items.



This is a pretty good item on far-casting mages, but the stats aren't very good right now compared to other items we can build.



If you're forced to build Anti-Heal it usually just means your team isn't very good. This is a must purchase if you're playing against the holy grail of healing champions, Kayn/ Aatrox/ Sylas/ Yone/ Soraka/ Dr. Mundo Etc



Rabadon's Deathcap is an extremely good item for RAW AP if you want to get big numbers. You typically build this item when you're very ahead and have access to lots of gold. Of course, the gold breakpoints for this item can be difficult to achieve so sometimes you'll want to play for Seraph's Embrace or Shadowflame instead.



Seraph's Embrace is a really strong statstick that gives you access to near unlimited mana, ability haste, and a decent amount of Ability Power. It also has decent itemization, having cheap components that you can purchase on any recall. This is a pretty solid choice if you're not confident about building full damage with Rabadon's Deathcap or Shadowflame



Dark Seal is the best item in game giving you 400% gold effeciency at full stacks. Mejai's Soulstealer also quantifies as a legendary item giving you access to early mythic passive if you're going Luden's Tempest.



Zhonya's Hourglass is what you build when you're dying too much. It's great for baiting out tower dives and outplaying people after you use Hexplosive Minefield + Satchel Charge and wait for cooldowns to come up again. If the enemy team has a Zed, a Talon, a Nocturne or a Rengar, you're going to want Zhonya's Hourglass



Banshee's Veil is really good against heavy AP teams, but it comes at the cost of damage. I personally will purchase a Null-Magic Mantle to mitigate penetration builds and then I can progress the item later if it's still necessary. 25 magic resist counters the full value of Sorcerer's Shoes + Luden's Tempest anyways.

1. Hexplosive Minefield + Bouncing Bomb + Auto Attack

When you notice the enemy going up to last hit, you'll have a general idea of where they'll be and when. This is a relatively easy combo that does good burst damage. You want to use Hexplosive Minefield first because it's easier to land and slows the enemy. Follow with Bouncing Bomb then auto before disengaging. Using both these abilities should give you access to Short Fuse.


2. Bouncing Bomb + Satchel Charge

This is your max-range combo, you can lead with Bouncing Bomb then Satchel Charge them into the bomb. This is an easy combo to perform if you practice.

3. Hexplosive Minefield + Satchel Charge

This combo is about utilizing your Satchel Charge to push them through multiple mines from your Hexplosive Minefield. It's important to recognize that using your Satchel Charge aggressively means you'll be vulnerable for the entirety of the cooldown.