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- Dota 2 - Enigma Build Guide
BIO
Nothing is known of Enigma's background. There are only stories and legends, most of them apocryphal, passed down through the ages. In truth, Enigma is a mystery for whom the only true biography is description: he is a universal force, a consumer of worlds. He is a being of the void, at times corporeal, other times ethereal. A beast between the planes.
There are stories that say he was once a great alchemist who tried to unlock the secrets of the universe and was cursed for his arrogance. Other legends tell that he is an ancient being of strange gravity, the abyss personified-a twisted voice from out the original darkness, before the first light in the universe. And there are older legends that say he is the first collapsed star, a black hole grown complicated and sentient-his motivations unknowable, his power inexorable, a force of destruction unleashed upon existence itself.
INTRODUCTION
Enigma is one of the best initiator in DotA. He has Black Hole that will suck all nearby enemies and damaging them. While all enemies are being sucked, your team can easily harass - kills all enemies.
He is a great jungler on early game, with his ediolons. He can stay in the jungle until he gets all items he need to be ready for the action.
PROS | CONS |
Have the best ultimate in the game | Kinda need a perfect positioning for Blackhole |
A very good jungler | The longest cooldown for the utimate |
Good pusher | Doesn't have an escape mechanism |
A decent teamfight controller | Squishy |
Slow |
LEVEL | 1 | 15 | 25 | ||
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HIT POINTS | 473 | 1,032 | 1,811 | SIGHT RANGE | 1800 / 800 |
MANA | 260 | 879 | 1,581 | ATTACK RANGE | 500 |
DAMAGE | 42-48 | 90-96 | 144-150 | MISSILE SPEED | 900 |
ARMOR | 4 | 6 | 10 |
ABILITIES
1. Malefice
Focuses Enigma's hatred on a target, causing it to take damage and become repeatedly stunned for multiple instances. An instance strikes every 2 seconds.
MANA COST: 110/130/150/160 | COOLDOWN: 15 |
ABILITY: UNIT TARGET | AFFECTS: ENEMY UNITS |
DAMAGE: MAGICAL | STUN DURATION: 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 |
DAMAGE PER HIT: 40 / 40 / 65 / 65 | INSTANCES: 1 / 2 / 2 / 3 |
Stun enemy every 2 seconds. A good skill to helps you catch enemy. The damage is not so big but it's ok to help damaging your target.
2. Demonic Conversion
Splits a creep into three malevolent aspects of itself, all under Enigma's control. Repeated successful attacks cause them to multiply again; when this happens, the eidolons have their health restored.
MANA COST: 170/170/170/170 | COOLDOWN: 35 |
ABILITY: UNIT TARGET | ATTACKS TO MULTIPLY: 6 / 6 / 6 / 6 |
EIDOLON HP: 180 / 200 / 220 / 240 | EIDOLON DAMAGE: 20 / 28 / 38 / 47 |
This is your jungling skill, you converts a small jungle creeps into eidolons that will tank the damage from jungle creeps and also helps killing them. Can't converts big jungle creeps like Centaur or Wildkin.
3. Midnight Pulse
Steeps an area in black magic, damaging enemy units based on their max HP.
MANA COST: 95/110/125/140 | COOLDOWN: 25 |
ABILITY: POINT TARGET | DAMAGE: MAGICAL |
RADIUS: 400 / 400 / 400 / 400 | DAMAGE PER SECOND: 3% / 4% / 5% / 6% |
DURATION: 8 / 8 / 8 / 8 |
A skill that will damaging enemy that stand in the Aoe of this skill. The damage is considered good. a 3%-6% of max HP per second. A nice skill for harassing enemies in the teamfight.
4. Black Hole
CHANNELED - Summons a vortex that sucks in nearby enemy units. Enemies affected by Black Hole cannot move, attack, or cast spells. The closer units get to the center, the more damage is dealt.
MANA COST: 250/350/450 | COOLDOWN: 200/190/180 |
ABILITY: CHANNELED, POINT TARGET | DAMAGE: MAGICAL |
RADIUS: 500 / 500 / 500 | MIN DAMAGE: 30 / 50 / 70 |
MAX DAMAGE: 60 / 100 / 140 | DURATION: 4 / 4 / 4 |
This is the strongest ultimate in the game. A Black Hole that sucks all nearby enemies and also damaging them. If you can cast this successfully and at least catch 2-3 heroes inside your Black Hole, it is almost a guarantee that your team will win the teamfight because while the enemy is being sucked by the Blackhole, your allies can easily harassing them.
SKILLBUILD
Level 1: Demonic Conversion
Level 2: Malefice
Level 3: Demonic Conversion
Level 4: Malefice
Level 5: Demonic Conversion
Level 6: Black Hole
Level 7: Demonic Conversion
Level 8: Malefice
Level 9 : Malefice
Level 10: Midnight Pulse
Level 11: Black Hole
Level 12: Midnight Pulse
Level 13: Midnight Pulse
Level 14: Midnight Pulse
Level 15: Stats
Level 16: Black Hole
Level 17-25: Stats
Why maxed Demonic Conversion first? You need it for jungling, to raise creeps and use it for tanking and damaging the jungle creeps.
Why maxed Malefice before Midnight Pulse? Malefica is a targetted stun that is more needed on early- mid game in ganking activities. and the Midnight Pulse is more useful on the late game to damaging enemies in the teamfight.
Early Game
On the early game, I recommend you to straight go into the jungle. Enigma is a nice jungler. He has Demonic Conversion to convert a creep into 3 Eidolons that can multiply itself and make you can stay in the jungle to farms on the early game. I recommend you to first stay on the easy camp until you have a level 2 Demonic Conversion that is stronger to be able tobeat the big creeps.
You may also needs a ward to gives you vision to the jungle entrance. So you can see if there is enemy going into your jungle and can immediately retreat.
Mid Game
Mid game is the ganking time! Everybody will roam around the map and find somebody to kill. So always keep your eye on the important place from where the enemy can comes up and always be careful. Always remember to replace the ward if the time is up and also always keeps an eye on the vision from the wards.
You have some ganking skill here. So if you want to also participate in a gank, what you need to do is:
1. Comunicate with your teammates about who should be ganked, you should focus fire on 1 hero in a gank, because if you don't communicate well you may attack A and your teammates attack B, and that is a bad gank and can lead to failure on getting the kill.
2. If there is more than 1 enemy, imeediately come near your target,a and cast the Blackhole
3. If there is just 1 enemy and not their carry, Blackhole is not needed, you can just use the Malefice + Midnight Pulse
Late Game
You are the determinants for your team whether your team will have a good teamfight or not. Your Black Hole, that is the key of your team's success in every late game teamfight. If you successfully cast a Blackhole for 4 people, your team is 100% will dominate the enemy and win the teamfight easily.
ITEMS BUILD
1. Soul Ring
Total cost: 800
Recipe: Ring of Regen + Sage's Mask
Active: Sacrifice - Consume 150 HP to temporarily gain 150 Mana. Lasts 10 seconds. + 3 HP Regeneration + 50% Mana Regeneration Cooldown: 30 seconds |
Total cost: 2306
Recipe: Headress + Buckler + Recipe
Active: Restore - Heals 250 HP and gives +2 armor in an area. Passive: Mekansm Aura - Bonus HP Regen in an area. Multiple instances of Mekansm Aura do not stack + 5 All Attributes + 5 Armor BONUS HP REGEN: 4 Mana:150 Cooldown:45 |
3. Boots of Speed
Cost: 450
+ 50 Movement Speed |
4. Dagger
Cost: 2150
Active: Blink - Teleport to a target point up to 1200 units away. If damage is taken from an enemy hero, Blink Dagger cannot be used for 3 seconds. Manacost: 75 Cooldown: 14 |
5. Black King Bar
Total cost:: 3900
Recipe: Ogre Axe, Mithril Hammer, Recipe
Active: Avatar - Grants magic immunity. Duration and cooldown decrease with each use. Some Ultimate abilities are able to disable through Black King Bar. + 10 Strength + 24 Damage DURATION: 10/9/8/7/6/5 Cooldown: 80 |
If your team still haven't got this item, then you must buy one for them.
Total cost: 3628
Recipe: Hood of Defiance + Headress + Recipe
Active: Barrier - Gives nearby friendly units a shield that blocks 400 spell damage. Multiple instances of spell resistance from items do not stack. + 11 HP Regeneration + 30% Spell Resistance Manacost: 100 Cooldown: 60 |
Active: Arctic Blast - Emits a freezing wave that does 200 damage to enemies and slows their movement by -40% for 4.0 seconds. Passive: Freezing Aura - Reduces attack speed on enemies. Multiple instances of Freezing Aura do not stack. + 30 Intelligence + 15 Armor AURA SLOW: 25% Manacost: 100 Cooldown: 30 |
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 |
9. Boots of Travel
Total cost: 2450
Recipe: Boots of Speed + Recipe
Active: Teleport - Teleports you to an allied non-hero unit or structure. Flat movement speed bonuses from multiple pairs of boots do not stack. + 100 Movement Speed Manacost: 75 Cooldown: 60 |
GOOD ALLIES
1. Dark Seer
His Vacuum + Your black Hole is the worst nightmare for all the enemy team |
His Ravage + Your black Hole is a perfect initiating combo. |
His Song + Your black Hole is a perfect setup for every teamfight |