I've been using mages for a long time and had little trouble with them, but now that I'm at Janus I can't even kill with him, or in rare occasions. And worst of all I tend to die a lot if I get a bit closer to the action.
My build is in order of purchase
Shoes of Focus
Book of Thoth
Rod of Tahuti
Chronos Pendant
Soul Reaver
Ethereal Staff
Anyway, regarding tips. Use your threshold and portal as chase/rotation/evade options, your ultimate as well, for you or even for your teammates. Your main damage ability should be the Unstable Vortex. Good combo on your enemy is the portal followed by the Unstable Vortex (as you know where he will land), but keep in mind to ALWAYS keep evade options opened. Janus is the most tricky mage to kill because of all the mobility in his kit. Use that to your advantage!
like vithaliy said your build misses pen and tahuti is way to early which is hurting your DPS.
the recommended style for most mages is
1.boots
2.stacking item or lifesteal (with stacking being more common)
3.CDR
4.Pen or lifesteal (if you haven't gone stacking and aren't planning on soulreaver
5.pen or tahuti (depends on point 4 always get pen before tahuti boosts you dps better)
6.tahuti or soul reaver (depending on stacking and lifesteal choices)
IMO, you should have the enough HP with Warlock's Sash. If it's not, you're probably doing something wrong : either getting too close in fights or pushing too hard/too early (that's a common mistake).
I think warlock's sash is enough HP but if you really want it, get Ethereal Staff last. I personally go Book of Thoth second item and Soul Reaver last item because you're building max CDR you don't need that extra HP. Your Portal makes you as slippery as an eel.
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