Talk:Sion/@comment-1330314-20140928222156

I've seen a lot of people max Q first on the PBE when laning, but I think the better idea would be to max E in lane. It's way easier to use, deals way more reliable damage and has a tiny cost that doesn't increase as you rank it up. On top of that, its slow increases with rank, meaning you'd get way more chasing potential and could snowball trades far more easily. Decimating Smash's damage increases with level anyway, so I feel maxing E first and Q second would give a much steeper early damage ramp-up.