BIG S LASH

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BIG S

Item categories

1. 1Early game

   Game stage · 11 items · L->R Usually, try and buy alternatives if you need them

   1. 1

      Headshot Booster

      Actually W lane item in ANY patch. Massive poke when combined with whip.

   2. 2

      Extra Spirit

      Cheap good spirit early on. You can buy burst instead aswell if you prefer but it can be tricky to hit 80 damage

   3. 3

      Quicksilver Reload

      This item is still very solid early, but falls off after lane. It still pairs nicely with the gun items as it lets you reload and keep applying pressure. Sell if needed.

   4. 4

      Mystic Burst

      Burst is super nice early. You prefer to use this when you're whipping for extra heal, but any proc is damage.

   5. 5

      Mystic Expansion

      [Apparently Fixed (but not visually)] This item really grew on me. Massive whip in lane allows you to pretty much never miss

   6. 6

      Extra Charge

      I personally use my grapple a **** ton in lane so I prio this early. You can sell this after reaching T3 Grapple

   7. 7

      Mystic Shot

      Really solid. Lets you get 4.8k invest when paired with headhunter. This is generally quite tricky to land, but if you wait until the knock-up from your slam, you basically get a free proc.

   8. 8

      Headhunter

      Built from Headshot Booster

      This just upgrades off headshot booster, I am TIRED of talking about the 4.8k investment but this does give you it.

   9. 9

      Recharging Rush

   10. 10

       Greater Expansion

       Built from Mystic Expansion

       Struggling to land ults? This helps massively. You can absolutely go without it but it does give you a LOT more range on it.

   11. 11

       Enchanter's Emblem

       Great item if both laners are spirit, or you see 4+ spirit characters in the tab menu.

2. 2Core (Mid Game)

   Author's category · 7 items · This is the time you should be ganking fights, but make sure to still do waves!!

   1. 1

      Restorative Locket

      Main buy, I love the stamina you get from this. Replace with reactive / healbane / enchanters

   2. 2

      Stamina Mastery

      Buy this whenever you feel you need it. I like to prioritise damage upgrades until i feel like i'm getting caught out a lot, though recently I've been buying it more often

   3. 3

      Veil Walker

3. 3Late Game Choices

   Author's category · 9 items · When you got crazy money (No specific order, buy judging by counters. Focus on ults, don't be scared to buy greens!)

   1. 1

      Mystic Reverb

      Imbue on slam. Extra damage + slow is very potent and the lifesteal is actually really solid too. You can replace this item with the choices (if wanted)

   2. 2

      Unstoppable

      "I keep getting stunned out of my ult by one guy and im really ****** off about it". PLEASE start buying this if you are getting stunned! I know it's not flashy but it is NECESSARY some games

   3. 3

4. 4Countersoptional

   Author's category · 10 items

   1. 1

      Counterspell

      Amazing item for general use. If you are locked in enough to parry abilities buy it. if there's a lot of hard to parry debuffs just buy dispel magic

   2. 2

      Warp Stone

      Glorpstone is still an incredible escape item, use it to teleport to rooftops when you're out of stamina when running / get behind cover.

   3. 3

      Grit

5. 5TESTINGoptional

   Author's category · 10 items · STOP LOOKING HERE!!!!!!!! (i usually leave anything annotated here, will probably be outdated!)

   1. 1

      Spirit Shredder

      Instead of mystic

   2. 2

      Spirit Rend

      Built from Spirit Shredder

      kinda crazy if they got a lot of resistance. Just keep headshotting

   3. 3

      Juggernaut

Categories appear in the author's order. Only the editor's default Early, Mid and Late sections are marked as game stages; the author's own categories keep their names. “Built from” links come from the game's item recipes.

Published ability order

Published ability order: unlocks and upgrades in the author's order, one row per ability in slot order

Ground StrikeGround Strike		Ground Strike: Ability unlocked, step 2					Ground Strike: 1 AP upgrade, step 71				Ground Strike: 2 AP upgrade, step 112	Ground Strike: 5 AP upgrade, step 12