Talk:VPBE/@comment-3308937-20140308214803/@comment-3974211-20140309051853

The only changes that affect his early game are:
 * Execution damage on Resonating Strike is substantially weaker at early ranks of the skill, and remains relatively weak all game unless he builds AD.
 * Safeguard's cost increase.
 * Tempest damage type has been changed. This is only a nerf early game where magic damage is stronger; but it will now benefit from armor pen late game.

The only nerfs to his mid/late game are:
 * Safeguard's cost increase.
 * Dragon's Rage can no longer assassinate someone by-the-by.

All the other damage changes don't actually affect his early game because his base AD mitigates the apparent nerfs; and at around rank-5/level-9 the "base damages" start to increase above and beyond what they are now.