When I play Fizz, I usually max q and w first to maximize my damage output, and use E as an escape tool.
If I max E first as a damage output tool, I usually feel insecure during the fight as my E is in CD, and if I still use E to escape it is kind of a waste of damage since it's maxed first, and I will get less damage from w,q burst.
Do I play Fizz wrong? Can someone enlighten me about the reason behind maxing E, and how to use it properly during the fight?
Best Answer
The primary reason is for Wave Clear.
Waveclear is important for controlling your lane, and for pushing it to roam. Fizz is also quite a poor last hitter under turret, so any mid laner that can easily shove him in will cause problems.
With that said, the Cooldown is also significantly decreased with level, and as it is Fizz's primary source of safety, having that as often as possible is nice.
It changes the way you attack targets though, you can't all-in in quite the same way as if you max W or Q. Basically you want to land the E first, then Q back through towards the safe side with some W procs along the way. Then wait till your cooldowns are back and do it again.
As for the W last. It does increase it's damage a decent amount with level, but again this is a matter of reducing the cooldowns. Increasing your passive damage by 1% per level really isnt that much (with W), whereas decreasing the cooldown of your Q by a few seconds is much more significant for rotating through your spells again, and for chasing in general.