Talk:Twisted Fate/@comment-24198515-20150108172831/@comment-35229418-20150114184319

I suggest building Ionian boots instead of Sorcerer's while building Lich Bane as a first item. You can even buy them right after Sheen if you really need to gank a lot, and Lich+Ionian grant more overall damage compared to Athene+Sorcerer's.

I used to build Nashor's Tooth as a first item and I liked it a lot. Theoretically if one wants to go AS on TF they should play as the ADC, but that build isn't that viable nowadays. I find myself better with Lich+Ionian rather than Nashor's+Sorcerer's, but I think that just comes to playstyle.

Rushing Athene's as a first item is pointless, it looks much more like a late game item now. The only point in building it first would be MR, but if you're having problems with the enemy AP laner the Chalice is enough - you won't gain any MR by completing it into Athene's. Morello is a much better choice for a first item IMO: more AP, more flat mana regen (i.e. more useful early), lesser cost, a pain for high sustain bruisers/ADCs/some mages. But as a last item, Athene's beats Morello (more overall mana regen late game, and you'll want to poke while using as few blue cards as possible).

Twin Shadows is my preferred last item: it makes you a scary splitpusher, the movement speed helps a lot and it maximizes your map control.

DFG grants the highest amount of burst damage possible, it's very unlikely not to oneshot squishies with DFG->W+E->Q. You can teleport behind the enemy team, kill the chosen target and then let your team follow while activating Zhonya, but it's difficult to do and it requires good reactions from your team. Also, it has a very high cost.