It has been awhile since I shared any good info, apart from my silly rants.
I am pretty sure I have talked about these items before. But having Shadow Brawl right now I figured this could be a good reminder.
In Brawl it is all about surviving and die with a decent amount of golds so you can at least buy 1 full item before going back to the battle field.
So what keeps you alive the longest? Having Mana and HP. Being a Mage/Support heroes or any Mana consuming heroes at all could potentially start with Elegant Gem first. This is what you call a hack item in brawl.
Elegant Gem recover 20% of your HP and Mana every time you level up until you reach 15.
Now being a Mage and if you have Clock of Destiny in your build, then Elegant Gem is a must. If you are using Lightning Truncheon in your build, then basically Clock of Destiny is a must. Which mean you better be getting this item first.
They all benefits each other in some way or another. Unless you really don’t want CoD then you can skip and go ahead with Demon Shoes. The very reason why you need to complete CoD ASAP, is due to the time stack. Its passive only works after 5 minutes stacked. So minus the time you need in order to get it usually takes at least 10 minutes into the game before you can get it fully stacked. And being a brawl game 10 minutes is almost at the end of the match which make it very important to get it quick.
Why is CoD good for Lightning Truncheon? It max dmg output relies on your MAX mana and CoD after fully stacked gives an additional 900 mana. You can label them as a Couple Items such as like Berserk Fury with Scarlet Phantom, getting one then you want the second one too.
After they nerfed LT you can replace CoD with Holy Crystal too. But I personally prefer getting all 3 of them together being a mage player. Any mage actually works with this combo + Demon Shoes and 2 whatever the situation requires. Either Anti-Heal or more Magic Penetration.
Just remember if you ever have Clock of Destiny in your Mage Build, it needs to be the FIRST ITEM. Or it doesn’t work unless you can keep the game going on for at least more than 5 minutes.
Good Luck and enjoy Shadow Brawl.