Chang'e season 8 build(cdr rush/ dmg agro/solo)

So I'm not a Chang'e main or regular mid player, so this will go with how I'd probably build her.

Firstly, I think it's good to keep in mind Kriega's point about Conduit Gem / Archmage's Gem being a strong pick for her especially if you combo with Blink Rune as a 2nd relic. That obviously is a burst damage build and combo. I think going Blink is less advised if you don't quite have the same burst potential.

However, I don't think it's a bad thing at all to go Sands of Time, especially since the buff to Pendulum of Ages. That probably opens up your options when considering other CDR items.

Before we go further, some specific mistakes I need to point out.

• In your full build example w/ Shoes, you're showing a major, major overcap of CDR. That's a fair waste of some stats, and it really means you should be building differently there.
  
  
• When you pick up Sands of Time as a starter, you cannot pick up another starter / starter tree item later. You've listed Tainted Steel and Tainted Breastplate, and you just can't even get those items if you got Sands. Meaning, impossible. In addition, while I get that it might be nice to get anti-heal, the Tainted line is NOT the way to go for Chang'e at all. It just shouldn't be considered. It's already niche as-is, and it's an item for a tankier god, not a squishy that's looking to deal damage. Remember, you already have built-in anti-heal in your 3. I don't think you should be committing anything to that other than the standard Divine Ruin.

So looking at the build, if you go Sands to Pendulum later, that means in terms of permanent items, you either go Chronos' Pendant as your ONLY other CDR item, or you can sort of do what you did, which is Shoes of Focus, Chronos' Pendant, and then it's a combination of upgrading Pendulum and getting Elixir of Speed while selling off Shoes of Focus. I think that might be a bit awkward, so perhaps one suggestion I would have would be to go Shoes of the Magi instead of Focus if you plan on getting Chronos early.

And the other option is skipping Chronos. That could open you up to considering Spear of Desolation (in the case you don't need anti-heal from Divine Ruin) or maybe Soul Gem for a bit more damage and team potential.

I still don't know that Book of Thoth is an item she should get right now. It's currently not the strongest item, and in your build you're getting it pretty late (4th). Normally you'll rush it in Mid if you do pick it up, meaning you'd start the game w/ T1 book...but again, don't think that's the direction I would go right now.

You have other options to sort of adjust or tweak your build. I think knowing what you need at the beginning of the game can help define how you want to build.

Example:

• It's obvious you need anti-heal, and you do want (very) strong anti-heal (potential to almost fully shut them down), so you should plan for Divine Ruin. As such, you probably won't go Spear of Desolation, so you don't have to worry about CDR overcap. In this case, you might go Sands of Time, Shoes of the Magi, Chronos' Pendant + Divine Ruin (decide which one you want to build into with the starter), Rod of Tahuti, Obsidian Shard, upgrade to Pendulum of Ages, replace shoes w/ maybe Lotus Crown or Soul Reaver or whatever else you want to consider.
  
  
• You DON'T need anti-heal, which can allow you to consider Spear of Desolation if you want. This opens you up to another burst damage option in Soul Gem (which also has CDR) if you are okay skipping Chronos' Pendant. In this case, your build might be Sands of Time, Shoes of Focus, Spear of Desolation, Rod of Tahuti, Charon's Coin + Soul Gem or Soul Gem + Obsidian Shard (in that order), upgrade to Pendulum of Ages, replace Shoes late.

Right now, I feel the build still needs a decent amount of work, due to the points I brought up above. I am curious to see what others might suggest though; maybe I'm a bit off with my suggestions.