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This is one of the best POWER BUILDS FOR RA! Please note, you’re going to be prone to damage so it is recommended you keep your distance from enemy gods! watch out for silencer Gods like Chaac, Isis ect... A lot of Damage, Damage, Damage! It’s fun to melt ppl and get that satisfaction! Try it out and you’ll see what I’m talking about!
Book of Thoth
Shoes of the Magi
Bancroft's Talon
Typhon's Fang
Spear of Desolation
Rod of Tahuti
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That said, the suggestions you provide are generally very good.
- The proposed build goes into
Book of Thoth, which is an okay item for 
Ra because he likes the power and mana, but right now there are just better overall early items for him, including 
Chronos' Pendant or 
Doom Orb.
Ra has healing. Going into 
Bancroft's Talon and 
Typhon's Fang are just asking to be hard-countered by anti-heal, and he's not a brawling god that is going to get max use out of those items. Lifesteal isn't that strong on him to begin, because every single one of his abilities is AOE / multiple hit, meaning lifesteal other than his basics are going to only have 1/3 the actual lifesteal %. Not good.
Ra is a spam ability god. He wants to cast often, and 
Chronos' Pendant helps him do that due to the high CDR.
- Lotus Crown is a great utility item, providing physical protection from an Assassin jungler gank (since Ra also doesn't have mobility). The heal easily procs the Lotus protections on yourself and teammates, providing good teamfight function.
Divine Ruin is a situational item, and best built fairly early (perhaps 4th latest, after Starter, Chronos, and Shoes). You only get it to counter enemy healing and lifesteal.
Charon's Coin and 
Obsidian Shard are both good % penetration items. You can pick up both but you usually only pick up one. Charon's has better utility, with the movement being nice. Obsidian is best for a burst function, e.g. hot ult snipes.
Ra can easily build 
Soul Gem stacks, but people will often build anti-heal against Ra, making the lifesteal portion of SG a bit weak. He'll still appreciate the CDR and situational bonus damage, but you can also consider 
Pythagorem's Piece as an alternative team oriented lifesteal type item. I probably wouldn't recommend it on him.
- You really should pick up a starter in almost all modes due to their great early game function and typically solid late game upgrades. For Ra, again, he's an ability spam god, so the CDR starter
Sands of Time will work well for him. Build that into the recently buffed 
Pendulum of Ages for high CDR and power potential. That combined with 
Chronos' Pendant will max your CDR, meaning items like 
Soul Gem aren't needed.
Conduit Gem. You can technically go into either upgrade just fine. 
Archmage's Gem and 
Gem of Focus are sort of like the comparison of 
Charon's Coin and 
Obsidian Shard...Focus is like Charon's for the utility and variety of stats, while Archmage's is like Obsidian, focusing more on a single added burst of damage.
Other items not mentioned with good potential function includeAlternatively, you could go for the burst damage option, via
Movement speed and decreased damage taken is good for Ra because it stacks with his passive and he has no escape so my go to would be
Better contender is
Edit: When I say similar damage output I mean hitting all damaging abilities in a gods kit with each passives maximum potential they were all in the 3300 damage range (I think 3330-3380) but I don't remember).