W ability was at first designed to be a defensive tool, comperable to fiora's parry, jax counter stike etc, etc. After multiple nerfs and changes to it, its not really a great ability to defend ur self with. While it can still be applied to reduce someones burst, i use it much more as an offensive tool, to setup resets, get/hold passive stacks or finishing off your opponent.

casting E

In my opinion the best way to hit your stun is by starting behind your opponent and the second part towards ur self.


Setting up Q chain

what i mean with that is putting caster as well as 1 melee minion at low hp this way you can walk quiet far back, making ur opponent think he is safe to come up to the wave and pick up a cs, which allows u to surprise him and get up to him very fast. Its something you can make use of when your opponent is affraid of u and avoides getting close. It won't always work as some people might expect it, but its always worth a try.



Keeping minions for passive reset

When you're pushing a tower with your passive up, and still have minions available to you, keep them to refresh your stacks when they are about to decay.


proccing sheen when pushing (applies only in the meta where you play triforce)

When pushing the tower make sure to use E to proc trinity once, wait for ur sheen to be up again to get a second sheen proc on your second part of the E. You can do the same with W by quick tapping it.


setting up resets with W

When you know that a minion is not in range for your Q reset quick tap your W on it getting it low enough to get a Q reset. its something that can definietly surpise your opponent.


R+Flash

Like with quiet a few abilities, you can flash while casting your R to make it hit your opponent faster, giving him less time to react. In lane this propably wont really be neccesary, but in a teamfight its very crucial to hit your ult, enemy flashing out of it can be the difference of a won and a lost teamfight


So if those are your opponents and a teamfight is going on, you can cast from here toward their direction, followed by flash allowing u to still make it.



Q dash

Using your Q on an opponent places u behind him, use that to your adventage when dodging abilities.






Lasthitting from range with your E

Whenever you can't get to close to the wave, you still have the option of casting ur E on a minion without moving your mouse in any direction. This way you wont hit other minions = you wont be pushing the wave. Same can be done with W to a melee minion.