Talk:Archangel's Staff/@comment-4636093-20120604083546/@comment-198.111.166.157-20120618215422

I tend to rush Archangel's on any AP champ who really needs to be spamming spells (Ziggs, Malzahar, and a few others). I don't get raged at necessarily, but I do get people questioning me about it all the time and I guess I really don't see why or consider that it damages your early game that much. Sure, you're hampering your damage potential if you make Tear your first buy, but you do always have the option of going Blasting Wand first (at the expense of 5-10 minutes of mana building time you might have otherwise had with the Tear) if you really need the extra AP. I've done this many times and haven't found the mana loss significant; I still start the game with over 90 AP and more important to me, the ability to spam spells and never have to worry about bottoming out on mana for the rest of the game.