Talk:Abyssal Scepter/@comment-108.76.158.5-20120515083609/@comment-58.111.193.201-20120825150848

Buying this item depends on the player's preference, champ choice and the situational factors involved. Void Staff is for late game in most cases. You don't buy it as early cos u want the tanks to stack MR. After they do that, u buy Void Staff so that their purchases have been for nothing in most cases. BV is for a pure defensive play or suvival assurance against Magic Damagers. You can consider Abyssal Scepter to merge both the Void Staff's and BV's roles into a mix, just like how Fighters mix in aspects of Carries and Tanks together to create their own style.

But if we are to factor in an overall play, I would build the Scepter asap early game for the burst, as well as the aura and bulk. BV can't replace it so it comes down to whether u wanna use BV with this item or not. But for Void Staff, if u wanna deal more dmg, at the cost of some defensive capabilties, then switch it. Since this item technically costs more than the Void Staff, u can just sell it and purchase it right off the bat. They both have the same AP boost so no drop in the damage department there. Only diff is what factor ur using to get ur damage through.

Just remember, Abyssal is more flexible in terms of filling roles cos it provides an aura in which all of ur team members can exploit. Void Staff can only be used by u exclusively, so its best use by Burst Mages and Assassin types.