Talk:Pantheon/@comment-88.102.160.74-20121229094709/@comment-121.215.73.172-20130127153316

generally its safest to start boots+3pots with him. depending on your opponent. poke with Q occasionally, more so if your doing alot of damage  , and concenrate on last hitting and wearing your opponent down , if you can do alot of damage early and quickly you can often zone your opponent off the minions to begin with. once your lvl 3 upwards you can think about engaging for a kill.wear them down and then when you think you can finish them have your passive up and jump them, packing ignite+flash will help secure the early kill.

i almost ALWAYS get ionian boots (cdr) as first item, to facilitate more Q spaming. a crystal flask will help with your weak sustain early on, it will give you the mana to combo at least a couple more times then without. getting one of these after or when completing your boots is generally a great idea. if your struggling however a philostone or avarice blade might be better simply to generate some extra gold.

A brutilser should be first damage item. giving you more flat AD, more CDR , and more armor pen. all of which is cruical to pantheon. without that armor pen your skills will be drasticly worse off, especially your E. without enough armpen E is almost useless as an active skill. your far better off focusing on your Q then your E during lane. its on a lower CD, is ranged , and if being used to finish an opponent off it will crit dealing 150% extra damage ( as long as you have at least 1 lvl in E for the crit passive ). Q is your main skill during lane ( ALWAYS max this in lane as your top priority ), E is used for creep waves, team fights , and to use as extra damage inbetween Q's.

From there its generally a good idea to get a phage, and some lifesteal to sustain you. after that, a bloodthirster is likely a good idea or upgrading your brutilser into a black cleaver. all situational after that.