Talk:Aurelion Sol/@comment-25359600-20160908202219/@comment-28722449-20160909134725

Q is still not going to be the best ablility to max first, since upgrading it only gives you an increase in damage but no base cooldown reduction and increase the mana cost from 60 to 100 (The cost of his ultimate @ rank 2). W, on the other hand has a deacreased cooldown per rank, a reduced mana cost per rank and increasing damage per rank(and per level due to his passive).

From some maths I did, I figured out that the new W will deal more damage in the late game (~4 damage difference @ max rank LvL 16). On top of that, the max rank mana cost is lower and the damage/mana ratio @max rank LvL 9 is 2,2125 (old) to 2.6 recurring (new) (higer is better). As you can see, you now get more juice for your mana.