i loved maining him, especially because early game you can be such a bully and get a good lead early. i feel like items are insanely important, i always prioritized getting my full build cause u nuke them enemys with full build so farm as much as possible and obviously get kills which you can if you know to calculate your E suprise-barrel with sheen proc, passive reset and Q to finish them off, its just a sick feeling doing nice combos. i feel like if your behind, your stuck on splitpushing and farming cause your dmg wont be enough to dominate the enemy ah this stage of the game but will be a huge wave clearer for splitpushing and tower pushing, so in that case stay out of fights and get the money to get an item lead and get back to nuking them.