Talk:Cassiopeia/@comment-26808509-20180112170908/@comment-3148314-20180724093907

The base damage and the healing on E increases per level and the AP vscaling will always remain the same whether you max it or not. Only the flat bonus damage will increase per level, but so do the costs.

If you want to spam E, like you said, and you max it first, you will spend a horrific amount of mana for just a slightly higher damage output on poisoned targets. Imo, this only becomes effective once you've finished your first full AP item.

Q on the other hand is a zoning tool with higher range and damage/AP-scaling which you need to get the most out of E anyway. Its cooldown is also low enough to use it frequently.