storm spirit tips

Qop, biggest thing, her ultimate is not good at lvl 6, you're better off maxing q and e with a level in blink, while farming in ordr to have the mana pool to support the usage of all of your abilities.

Qop, biggest thing, her ultimate is not good at lvl 6, you're better off maxing q and e with a level in blink, while farming in ordr to have the mana pool to support the usage of all of your abilities.
Her last hitting is tough to get used too damage wise, but, she can flash farm, get the early talisman, bottle, treads, and go right for orchid.
Careful with her blink, know when to use it aggressively, and when to save it for escaping

This is what a lot of people think, and is the primary reason the ult is skipped for most players.

At level 6, here are some stats:

E costs 130 and does 225 damage. That's 1.73 damage per point of mana spent.
R costs 250 and does 350 damage. That's 1.40 damage per point of mana spent.

If you gank and use W, E, E that's 450 damage over 7 seconds (Because of E CD) for 320 mana.

If you gank and use W, E, R that's 575 damage over 1 second for 440 mana.

If you gank and use W, E, R, E that's 800 damage over 7 seconds (Because of E CD) for 570 mana.

At level 6 if a QoP has a null talisman and 2 branches she will have 572 mana. This means that will a full mana pool a qop can successfully wipe a tri lane in one second 99% of the time, or at maximum 7 seconds (Waiting for second E) with 0 regen items.

I just looked at Virtus.Pro versus Na`Vi in starladder. At level 6, guess what resolution had:

Boots, bottle, ONE NULL TALISMAN, TWO BRANCHES.

Just looked at Power Rangers versus Radical Online X. At level 6, guess what Bzz had:

Bottle, ONE NULL TALISMAN, TWO BRANCHES.

Just looked at Power Rangers versus Aspera. At level 6, guess what zxc had:

Bottle, ONE NULL TALISMAN, ONE BRANCH, MAGIC STICK (Only one charge is needed to successfully have enough mana after popping it).

This is what 99% of professional players use for QoP mid. Enough mana for a blink, 2 screams, and ult (Because they don't skip it). It will win almost any team fight just from sheer damage. I'd say 1/20 games (Or more) will you see professional players skip QoP ult. The potential for burst is too good to pass up.

In high tier games you aren't allowed as qop to W, E and follow your target for 7 seconds for another E. You'll get TPed on, and crushed. At 6 the towers are too close together. You need to kill opponents immediately. Skilling R at 6 does this.

I'm going to have to disagree with you here. I think QoP's ult is amazing at 6, and I would never skip it. Also, rarely do I see good players skip it.

Qop, biggest thing, her ultimate is not good at lvl 6, you're better off maxing q and e with a level in blink, while farming in ordr to have the mana pool to support the usage of all of your abilities.

I'm going to have to disagree with you here. I think QoP's ult is amazing at 6, and I would never skip it. Also, rarely do I see good players skip it.

Agreed: I don't understand this "trend" of skipping QoP's ult, I've never seen a competitive player doing so. Well, sometimes it might have happended, but most of the time - when I was paying attention - it didn't. And about Angelo's build, now that supports can't give you a Healing Salve anymore I think QoP players stick to the Null Talisman and double Tango build, getting a Bottle (and maybe a Magic Wand? Not sure about it) as soon as possible.

Also, as Xyrus said, you will need the extra levels in your Blink to make teamfights and chases easier; with four points in it you can potentially Blink in, throw all your stuff and Blnk out before getting killed. The DoT from your third skill is just for harassment damage in the laning stage, mostly.