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Rushing Devo's gloves first kicks your stacks early and gets the build moving faster but you lose sustain without chalices.
Cursed Gauntlet
Healing Potion
Mana Potion
Getting t1 devos first allows you to get the sustain of the chalices or wards if needed.
Spiked Gauntlet
Chalice of Healing
Chalice of Mana
Chalice of the Oracle
The build is very heavily attack speed based with some life steal for sustain! Devos gloves gives you increased power and lifesteal, building this early gives you a tad more sustain! Ninja's Tabi was chosen for this build mainly for the attack speed bonus but is also helpful for your mana sustain as well, however this can easily be traded out for other boots if that is your liking. Odysseus Bow adds attack speed and the added damage from the chain lightnings! Executioner shreds phys. prots. and Qin's gives extra damage. Finally, Asi caps your attack speeds and gives a touch more lifesteal!
Devourer's Gauntlet
Ninja Tabi
Odysseus' Bow
The Executioner
Qin's Sais
Asi
These are my standard relic picks for most game modes!
Aegis Amulet
Purification Beads
Because you cannot back in Assault type game modes you will most likely want to use these relics for sustain! Pick up meditation first, not only for yourself but also for your team so everyone get health and mana back and increasing your survivability and sustain! At level 12 get shell to give yourself and teammates a buffer that reduces damage and adds temporary health!
Cloak of Meditation
Magic Shell
This build is what I call The Machine Gun build! Its very attack speed based with quite a bit of life steal to play off of Cernunnos' spring time passive/ability 1. It is a very mid to late game build but if you play defensive for the early game and just hang on it really kicks into gear! You are more than welcome to adjust the build to fit your own needs. This is only what I use for Cernnunnos and what I've had a lot of fun and success with in most situations in Casual Conq., but can easily be used in other game modes! That being said, only use the shell and meditation for Assault game modes! Good luck and have fun!
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This is another of those situations where...I don't know if this is for Conquest or not, but you seem to be allergic to using starter blessings.
You should never, ever, ever do your start 2. You don't need that much mana to require
As an FYI of how I start Cern when going with Devo's, it's
Your full build example is mostly fine. However, there are 2 things I'd change with the first 6 items:
- Consider
Warrior Tabi over 
Ninja Tabi. You're getting 
Odysseus' Bow 3rd, which has no power and a buttload of AS. The DPS may be better balanced with the higher power of Warrior, at least at that stage of the game. Ninja is still okay if you prefer, though.
- Double-lifesteal with
Asi 6th isn't necessary. It's not bad, but you should have options. And those options should also be a listing of functional items that you can also consider for Boots replacement, which you forgot about again.
Situational items that he can consider would includeWell...then again, Ninja is getting buffed for the Mid-Season patch, so maybe just keep it the way it is (stupid buff).
Overall, the build direction is fine. It's just the starts that are horribly inefficient, and the lack of other item considerations late-game.