First infernal doesn't do much since there's not much stats to scale off from, same with earth. Ocean drakes is somewhat decent during laning phase for free mana.
Air drake however is annoying as hell to deal with especially on mobile team. It allows them choice of engage/disengage of every fight and there's no counterplay around it.
DuskDaUmbreon3 votesOcean would be the most oppressive/powerful in early, though. That regen is super strong in lane. Falls off come late, though, unless you happen to get 3 of them and one of the teams has a lot of poke. Air is close, yes, but Ocean is strongest in early.
However, you do have to note that just because infernal doesn't have much to multiply doesn't make it bad in early. Remember: Enemy health is still a small number, too.
ankoanko191 votes''Same with earth'' Turrets melt like butter in the midgame, they melt pretty fast early with an earth drake. 2 infernals however, is just an instaloss it feels like.
DuskDaUmbreon1 votesA single earth drake early won't help much, though. Mid, yeah, but not early.
ankoanko191 votesIf youre a sheen user it helps early aswell.
DuskDaUmbreon1 votesSheen's damage is based on your base AD. Infernal drake gives you a percent of your total AD as additional bonus AD.
The only Sheen item's damage that scales with any bonus stat is Lich Bane, which scales with total AP. The other three are just base AD.
ankoanko191 votesI was talking about the earth?
DuskDaUmbreon1 votesOh. .w.
I mixed it up with my other comment, mb.
Yeah. But, let's be honest: Most Sheen users already destroy your turret with a single minion wave as it is. Another 10% damage won't do much there.
Frosted Tips1 votesOcean is pretty harsh to face if you are a champion with mana issues.
Colton1471 votesThree Air Drakes later...
