BIO
Darkterror the Faceless Void is a visitor from Claszureme, a realm outside of time. It remains a mystery why this being from another dimension believes the struggle for the Nemesis Stones is worth entering our physical plane, but apparently an upset in the balance of power in this world has repercussions in adjacent dimensions. Time means nothing to Darkterror, except as a way to thwart his foes and aid his allies. His long-view of the cosmos has given him a remote, disconnected quality, although in battle he is quite capable of making it personal.
INTRODUCTION
Faceless void is a carry hero that have some specialties. He have a game-breaking ultimate that will lock-down everything in the AoE (including allies and towers) so he can move freely and attacking in his ultimate. He also a decent carry with his damage and a long jump. Be careful in early game, and farming patiently, and conquer in late game.
PROS | CONS |
Game breaking ultimate. Lock-down everything. | Slow attack speed on early game |
Have a very long jump | Can trap his friend in his ultimate |
Have a chance to auto block a spell | If he got disabled/killed in his ultimate, it's very shame |
Can lock-down enemy with each attack |
LEVEL | 1 | 15 | 25 | ||
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HIT POINTS | 587 | 1,013 | 1,697 | SIGHT RANGE | 1800 / 800 |
MANA | 195 | 468 | 923 | ATTACK RANGE | 128 |
DAMAGE | 58-64 | 95-101 | 142-148 | MISSILE SPEED | N/A |
ARMOR | 4 | 9 | 16 |
ABILITIES
1. Time Walk
Rushes to a target location while slowing the movement and attack speed of all enemies along its path for 3 seconds.
MANA COST: 120/120/120/120 | COOLDOWN: 19/17/15/13 |
ABILITY: POINT TARGET | SLOW: 25% / 30% / 35% / 40% |
RANGE: 700 / 900 / 1100 / 1300 |
This is the longest jump in DotA. 1300 Rang in level 4 is a decent jump for escaping and initiating. The cooldown is relatively long, so don't use it too often, watch out for ganks, only use for very important situation,
1. For avoid being killed,
2. To initiate and then using Chronosphere,
3. Or if it is a sure safe, you can use it for faster walking for faster farming.
Faceless Void dodges damage by jumping backward in time, eluding both physical and magical attacks.
ABILITY: PASSIVE | DODGE CHANCE: 10% / 15% / 20% / 25% |
Have a chance to dodge an attack or a spell. You can be very lucky if by any chance you can dodge a mighty nuke like Laguna Blade or Finger of Death. Try to give portion to luck in your life.
3. Time Lock
Adds the chance for an attack to lock an enemy unit in time, stunning it and dealing bonus damage. The duration is twice as long against creeps.
ABILITY: PASSIVE | DAMAGE: MAGICAL |
DURATION: 1 | CHANCE: 10% / 15% / 20% / 25% |
BONUS DAMAGE: 40 / 50 / 60 / 70 |
A very nice skill for a carry. Add a decent damage to your attack and also gives a chance to lock down enemy in his place for 1 second. Just good for killing the enemy.
4. Chronosphere
Creates a blister in spacetime, trapping all units caught in its sphere of influence. Only Faceless Void and any units he controls are unaffected. Invisible units in the sphere will be revealed. Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter.
MANA COST: 150/175/200 | COOLDOWN: 120/110/100 |
ABILITY: POINT TARGET | RADIUS: 400 / 400 / 400 |
DURATION: 4 / 4.5 / 5 | SCEPTER DURATION: 4 / 5 / 6 |
SCEPTER COOLDOWN: 60 / 60 / 60 |
A very good skills that lock-down everything in the AoE of this skill (including allies and towers) except yourself so you can attack the enemy freely. Use your time efficiently in the Chrono, focus on a single target until he dies. This skill is a guarantee a kill if you have a high attack speed and damage.
Be careful not to lock down your own friends. You will give a high benefit to ranged heroes outside the Chrono, wjether they are friends or foe, so make sure they are your friends, or you will be killed folly in your own ultimate.
Aghanim Scepter will increase the skills duration, you can be considering to buy that if you want.
Battlefury will be very useful inside your Chrono, splash attack gives damage to area that will damaging many enemies inside the Chrono.
Also don't forget some attack speed and damage items like Mask of Madness or Daedlus that will guarantee some kills for you.
SKILLBUILD
Level 1: Time Walk
Level 2: Time Lock
Level 3: Time Lock
Level 4: Backtrack
Level 5: Time Lock
Level 6: Chronosphere
Level 7: Time Lock
Level 8: Time Walk
Level 9 : Time Walk
Level 10: Time Walk
Level 11: Chronosphere
Level 12: Backtrack
Level 13: Backtrack
Level 14: Backtrack
Level 15: Stats
Level 16: Chronosphere
Level 17-25: Stats
Why take Time Walk for level 1? You need Time Walk to escape if enemy wants to get firstblood by killing you.
Why maxed Time Lock first? You need this to farm, for easier last hitting and faster farming. You also need this if you want to gank someone. This skill really boost your damage.
Why maxed Time Walk before Backtrack? You need the low cooldown and long-range jump of Backtrack to increase your mobility for early-mid game. Pro player does this. Mobility is important for fast escape and also fast farming.
Backtrack will be useful for mid-late game where you will need a good defense mechanism because there will be many teamfights happening.
Early Game
Since the earliest of the game, try to last hits everything. You need golds. Gold is the most important thing for you. You need many items, many quality items. You should farming everywhere, from lane to jungle. Sweep out all the creeps! You can also increase your farming quality using Hand of Midas that will boost your gold and experience.
Mid Game
Into the mid game, you should continue your farming. No more important activitie for you than farming. Farming quickly so you can earn some good items and deal lots of damages in teamfights in mid-late game. Jungle is a nice option, in jungle there are many creeps that will benefits you. Lots of golds are awaiting in the jungle. Time Lock does really helps you in farming phase, it will gives a decent damage to creeps so does lock down enemies once in a while.
If there is a teamfight situation near you, you can help your team using Chronospere and attacking the enemy. Be careful not to lock-down your friends or they will be mad at you.
Quickly farm nice items like Mask of Madness or Battlefury will helps you to damaging enemies in your Chrono.
Late Game
This is your time to shine. Show your true self. Here you should already have a very high damage to killing the enemies. Just need to jump inside the enemy crwods, use your Chrono, and the right click enemies one-by-one. Use your damage and attack speed as efficient as possible, focus on a single target and change target if he already dead. Battlefury will helps you a lot in your Chrono because it gives Cleave Ability for your attack.
You are the main source of damage for your team, make your team proud to have you.
ITEM BUILD
1. Quelling Blade
Cost: 225
Active: Destroy Tree - Destroy a target tree. Passive: Quell - Gives bonus attack damage against non-hero units, depending on the type of hero you are. MELEE BONUS: 32% RANGED BONUS: 12% Cooldown: 5 |
2. Hand of Midas
Total cost: 1400
Recipe: Gloves of Haste + Recipe
Active: Transmute - Kills a non-hero target for 190 gold and 2.5x experience. Cannot be used on Ancients. + 30 Attack Speed Cooldown 100 |
3. Power Threads
Total cost: 1400
Recipe: Gloves of Haste, Boots of Speed, Belt og Giant Strength/ Robe of Magi/ Band of Elvenskin
Active: Switch Attribute - Changes selected attribute between Strength, Agility and Intelligence. Flat movement speed bonuses from multiple pairs of boots do not stack. + 55 Movement Speed + 8 Selected Attribute + 30 Attack Speed |
STR for Survivability, AGI for damage and attack speed, and INT for mana.
4. Mask of Madness
Total Cost: 1900
Recipe: Morbid Mask/Mask of Death(Dota1) +Recipe
Active: Berserk - Gives 100 attack speed and 30% movement speed but causes you to take extra 30% damage. Lasts 12 seconds. Passive: Lifesteal - Grants lifesteal on attacks. Mask of Madness is a Unique Attack Modifier, and does not stack with other Unique Attack Modifiers. LIFESTEAL: 17% Cooldown:25 Manacost: 25 |
5. Battle Fury
Total Cost: 225
Recipe: Broadsword, Claymore, Preserverance
Passive: Cleave - Deals a percent of attack damage in a 225 AoE around the target. Does not work on ranged heroes. Cleave damage on non-primary targets is not reduced by armor values. + 65 Damage + 6 HP Regeneration + 150% Mana Regeneration CLEAVE DAMAGE: 35% |
The most important is, you will need the Cleave inside your Chrono. It will makes you have a splashed attack to demolish all enemies inside your Chrono.
6. You can increase your DPS more. Choose your own DPS items.As a carry, damage is your priority.
DAEDLUS | MKB | ABYSSAL | DIVINE RAPIER | |
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DAMAGE | 81 | 88 | 100 | 300 |
ABILITY | CRITICAL 2.4 | 100% HITS | STUN | NONE |
CHANCE | 25% | MINIBASH 35% DAMAGE: 100 | MELEE: 25 % RANGE: 10% | NONE |
OTHER | NONE | +15 ATK SPEED | +10 STRENGTH 2 SEC STUN | NONE |
7. Butterfly
Total cost:: 6000
Recipe: Talisman of Evasion, Eaglesong, Quarterstaff
+ 30 Agility + 30 Damage + 35% Evasion + 30 Attack Speed |
It gives you more damage and more attack speed that makes you become much more powerful. It also gives evasion to helps you survive in teamfight. Battlefury is always a good item for a carry.
Item that Considered Good for You
8. Refresher Orb
Total cost: 5300
Recipe: Obilivion Staff + Preserverance + Recipe
Active: Reset Cooldowns - Resets the cooldowns of all your items and abilities. + 5 HP Regeneration + 200% Mana Regeneration + 40 Damage + 6 Intelligence Manacost: 375 Cooldown: 160 |
GOOD ALLIES
1. Ranged-Carries
(Example: Clinkz, Drow Ranger, Sniper, Nevermore, Weaver)
They are all have a high damage ranged attacks that will be very comfortable to attack enemies that is trapped inside your Chrono from outside the Chrono.
Obsidian Destroyer: He have a nice AoE ultimate that need enemy to be near with each other. Chronosphere is a perfect set up for his skill.
QoP: He have Sonic Wave that need enemy to be near with each other. Chronosphere is a perfect set up for his skill.
Invoker: Have Meteor that need enemy to be near with each other. Chronosphere is a perfect set up for his skill. Attention! For Invoker: Don't use Tornado inside the Chronosphere, it makes Void can't attack the enemy
Ezalor: Have Illuminate that need enemy to be near with each other. Chronosphere is a perfect set up for his skill.
3. Supportive Heroes
(Example: Shadow Shaman, Crystal Maiden, Vengeful Spirit)
BAD ENEMIES
1. Ranged-Carries
(Example: Clinkz, Drow Ranger, Sniper, Nevermore, Weaver)
They are all have a high damage ranged attacks that will be very comfortable to attack their target that are trapped inside your Chrono from outsidee Chrono.
But the problem is, if they are not your friends, they will conveniently attacks you while you are inside the Chrono.
2. Pudge
Beware if your friend are in his Rot, Chrono makes your friend cant escape from Pudge.
VIDEO SECTION
1. Advanced Mechanics of Faceless Void.
Know more about Faceless Void by watching this video.
2. Pyrion Flax Guide about Void
A Cool Guide about Faceless Void
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