Well, everyone can play Lyra as he/she wants to. With my play-style I don't find building Aegis necessary (unless I'm facing CP Taka or Koshka). Lyra has many ways to escape using her abilities, and imo she only needs mentioned Crucible and War Treads to be safe. Even without burst healing I find having many HP items needful. Clockwork is great for cooldown reduction and I need it as I rely greatly on my abilities. But hey, everyone plays Lyra different way!

Well, instead of second Tornado Trigger you can buy Tyrant's Monocle. There are several reasons why I go for Tornado Trigger: -Your DPS is slightly (3%) higher on Sorrowblade/2x TT compared to Sorrowlabe/TT/TM (1210 vs 1173 DPS) -Attack speed lowers your cooldown and regenerates stamina -I JUST LOVE ATTACK SPEED (that's the main reason) But I find one reason to go for Tyrant's Monocle - your critical damage is also empowered by Shroudstep. With TM you have 20% more chance to actually...

I actually don't like Netherknight Lance skin, but can't wait for Gladiator. Anyway - you should buy what you like more

Flicker can be pain in the ass - one should rush Contraption and place Scout Traps everywhere. You should also spend more time in the lane, protecting your teammate from ganks. Good way to protect your team from Flicker's B is a combo Gythian Wall and then Impale. If you are lucky, that would save your allies from his slow.

Of course. You don't have to build the exact items I mentioned in this guide. One should always think first what is his play-style and what enemies he is facing. Just a quick example: Let's say you are facing CP Reim. If you buy Breaking Point and Aegis, hopefully you'll be able to survive fighting him long enough to build up BP stacks, and actually win 1vs1. But if you are facing some annoying kiter, such as Petal or Ringo, then you just won't be able to stay near him for a long time -...

I actually mentioned it in my chapter 11. Final word about build. I would also exchange Tyrant's Monocle for these items, because I love attack speed more than critical chance

@MaximusPrime - I know, that's what I mentioned before. @Kemihu - actually this isn't true. I've calculated ranged DPS, and Chakram DPS (I assume you can hit twice with one Chakram, so I doubled the damage but divided it by ability's cooldown so it'll be DPS) for three builds (these are without any shield) : Frostburn/AC/Shatterglass/Clockwork Ranged DPS = 813 Chakram DPS = 234 Total = 813+(2*234) = 1281 Frostburn/AC/AC/Shatterglass Ranged DPS = 1181 Chakram DPS = 164 Total =...

Thanks you for that in-depth analysis, I am impressed. Atlas Pauldron is something I actually forgot about, and as you wrote I guess perfect solution doesn't exist. I just would like to add that in my opinion CP/hybrid build - if played as a ranged - isn't that vulnerable to Atlas Pauldron. There are so many things one should take to account that any theorization is difficult. If only enemy's captain bought Atlas Pauldron your captain may buy Nullwave Gauntlet to silence him for these...

Because AC offers boost to attack speed and some CP. Sure, your passive doesn't stack, so still every second attack deals 70% CP, but as I calculated damage per second, two ACs grants the highest value

Yeah, but I did it on purpose. I guess everyone who starts playing Idris watches his spotlight first where you can see how you can make this kind od combos. I just didn't wanted to make this guide bigger than it is now - I guess people doesn't read it all anyway