Talk:Cassiopeia/@comment-33536623-20150309233334/@comment-8468980-20150317235049

tear into rylai's or Haunting Guise are good early choices. I'm not certain of how useful Luden's is on cass but imo it's probably not going to replace core items. Cass likes items that enable her to force multiply her naturally high damage or make her sturdier for teamfights. Luden's doesn't really accomplish these goals as well as say Abyssal, Zhonya's, or Rylai's.

I recommend maxing E first, but as others have mentioned Q can work well too. The biggest problem with maxing Q first (especially when you are just begining Cass) is that you are putting all of your early game damage into a spell that can be dodged, while maxing E needs only one Q application to allow multiple Es. Again, it can work, but you may find it more difficult.