Air Strike

It is because of the fact of the cast time. For skywrath mage, a split second could determine whether or not you can secure a kill. The moment your concussion shot lands, there is simply not much use for atos once you know how to land your ulti. To rely on something so expensive for your ulti is in my opinion not the best way you should play skywrath mage. It oculd be fun for noobs but as you go into higher tiers, you would realise that you would need the gold for faster items to snowball.

Atos is a burden in terms of monetary means (opportunity cost) As well as the cast time which gives your opponent time to react/respond. The fraction of showing yourself could mean an enemy earthshaker throwing a fissure on top of you in comparison to just throwing everything and dissapearing into the forest.

Once again,hang on till i write my guide ><

Yeap! Do hang on a moment because im having my promotional exams soon and do not have time atm to edit the guide. Please reserve your ratings as well as your judgements till then!! This guide is still new because i thought i should give it a jump start or else i would never write it ><

I'd like to see an explanation of Bloodstone > Rod of Atos before I rate this guide.

Nice guide! I like how you dont care about anything and say what you want like: (AFTER GETTING YOUR BLOODSTONE/LINKEN GET ANY**** YOU WANT, BE IT A Divine Rapier)
This makes the guide fun! +1

What are you talking about? Rod of Atos and Mystic Flare both have a cast range of 1200. Concussive Shot's 40% slow + the 60% Rod of Atos slow almost guarantees a Mystic Flare, unless there's a Force Staff, Disruption, etc. on the enemy team. And all this is from 1200 units away, far enough that you'll never be in danger.

Hey implicate!

Rightoooo i will explain that in my guide so stay tune ;)

Main idea: Sure health boost is good, intel is great, but the money can be better invested in other items IE a scythe, faster bloodstone, aghs etc. Also, i have no issues landing the ulti without any slows other than w. Atos is merely a burden for me as i have to be in cast range to cast atos. It usually does no significant impact in my game unless i have issues landing my AIR FCKING STRIKES :D

Once again, stay tuned ;)

*PS, i will take a long while to update this because.. EXAMS lol*

Hey man! Hmm i wouldnt recommend you following this build for now because i have not explained the skill usages as well as scenario. Since this guide is more skill-and-when-you-should-do-what orientated, all you need to do for the The item build itself is to manage the mana issue of SWM. That being said, this guide has nothing to contribute for SWM at the moment other than the skill build. Without knowing how to play SWM with this guide, using this guide is potentially suicidal. Once again, DONT USE THIS GUIDE TILL I COMPLETED XD I do not want to short change your experience for a fun hero like SWM

Great guide :), I'm curious why you don't recommend Rod of Atos

Hmm... Interesting Guide. I usually go for more mobility to stay alive but I will try this build!