Talk:Ekko/Strategy/@comment-26389796-20150514145423/@comment-7481207-20150518113131

I would have to slightly disagree on the disagreeing. As a scaling item, it of course is stronger the later you get it, but there are imo two reasons that make Luden's acceptable as a first item compared to Lich Bane:

1. It gives 40 more AP, meaning you already have a quite decent amount of AP when you get it, same reason as Rabadon's is not necessarily an awful first item.

2. Luden's base damage is way higher than Lich Bane's at early levels, while its scaling is considerably lower. Luden's base damage is also the majority of its damage until very late game when you have tons of AP.

There are obviously other items that are better first items, but if you do really good in lane and have 1.6k on your first or second b, I'd take it as a first item.