Talk:Fizz/@comment-3529242-20120415091029/@comment-27.130.192.175-20120415125759

I used to max Q first too but W proves to be more effective since you should auto attack at least twice or so if you are harassing after you Q in. The bonus damage really helps alot and that DoT passive + Ignite is pretty much enough to net you early game if you get them down to 15% or so.

However, I'm also considering about maxing E first lately since Fizz lacks the ability to farm really fast and if you max your E first, you will be able to farm really early. Getting a Lichbane + Rabadon early will help at nuking those squishies down. The problem with maxing E first is the mana cost. You won't be able to harass often (since you use E for escaping and it will hurt your mana pool badly) and it's not funny when you were about to kill something and tada! ding ding ding not enough mana for E. Or when they came over to gank and you noticed you needed 10 more mana to E out with a level 3 E, something that wouldn't happen if you had left it alone at lv 1.

I wonder if anyone tried getting W to lv 3 or something before maxing E first? I mean, you won't have trouble with mana at all after mid game (since you will be getting Sheen + doran ring regen) so using E constantly after lv 7-8 shouldn't be a problem. Also, you will be able to farm really fast lv 10 something instead of lv 13+.