Talk:Vel'Koz/@comment-24496127-20160915012125/@comment-30037223-20160922135206

I used to max W first but I've found myself more confortable by maxing Q first and W second. You deal more damage, potentially have more range, can poke, and you have amazing sustain while clearing the wave. You can W the lane for two procs of your passive for the ranged minions, then reposition to land a Q in the middle blasting the three of them while recovering the mana cost and 50% extra of the cost of your Q. That of course if your opponent cant properly farm under tower, you're going to push really hard while keeping your resources up.

I like starting with a Dark Seal and a refillable potion which I sell on mid/late game. Generally I do extremely well and with some roaming to bot I can get my Dark Seal to around 8 charges and upgrade it almost immediately to a Mejai's, usually with an already built Lost Chapter for the mana on level. By minute 15-17 I already have it fully stacked considering I don't need to rush a Zhonya's due to a Zed in lane or a Banshee's to mitigate some ganks and Magic Damage.

With a Mejai's + Morello's + Ionian Boots and Thunderlord's you'll get a really quick powerspike that is absolutely destroying, specially if they decide to ignore you and don't realize how stacked that Mejai's is. I've tryied it yesterday and with the Mejai's (15+ charges) + Ionian Boots + Luden's I was moving at 495+ speed which for an immobile mage is insane and the damage I could output was that of almost a Rabbadon's but at the 17 minutes mark and for only 1400 gold.