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Dota 2 - Shadow Shaman Build Guide
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BIO
Born in the Bleeding Hills, Rhasta was just a starving youngling when picked up by a travelling con-man. For two pins of copper, the old con-man would tell your fortune. For three, he'd castrate your pig, for five, he'd circumcise your sons. For a good meal, he'd don his shaman garb, read from his ancient books, and lay a curse upon your enemies. His strange new youngling, part hill trowle, part...something else, worked as assistant and lent an air of the exotic to the con-man's trade.
Always one step ahead of cheated customers, one town ahead of a pursuing patronage, the two trekked across the blighted lands until one day the con-man realized that the little youngling could actually do what he only pretended at. His ward had a gift-a gift that customers valued. And so the youngling Rhasta was thrust before the crowds, and the trade-name Shadow Shaman was born. The two continued from town to town, conjuring for money as Shadow Shaman's reputation grew. Eventually, the pair's duplicitous past caught up with them, and they were ambushed by a mob of swindled ex-clients. The con-man was slain, and for the first time, Rhasta used his powers for darkness, massacring the attackers. He buried his beloved master, and now uses his powers to destroy any who would seek to do him harm.
INTRODUCTION
Shadow Shaman is one of the best support hero in Dota. With 2 disables, 1 nuke, and his ultimate (Multiple Wards), Rhasta become a very strong support to disable enemy in the teamfight also one of the best hero in pushing-counterpushing with his Multiple Wards and Lightning nuke.
ROLE
STATS
ABILITIES
1. Ether Shock
Creates a cone of ethereal energy that strikes multiple enemy units.
Originally used to open shows with the travelling con-man, Rhasta's lightning display shocks adversaries in more ways than one.
This skill is Rhasta's underrated skill. Actually, I think this skill is pretty good skill with a decent damage and a multiple targetted spell.
A very good speel for harassing the enemy and can also destroy a wave of creep. 320 damage on early game will ensure a god damn damage on your foes and can easily kills the enemy.
2. Hex
Transforms an enemy unit into a harmless creature, disabling their attacks and abilities.
Rhasta often ended performances by turning himself into a chicken - now, the humiliation is shared.
Hex is one of the best Dota's disable. Your target become a chicken and can't do anything in the duration so your team can harass the target and kill him.
3. Shackles
CHANNELED - Magically binds an enemy unit so that it cannot move or attack, while dealing damage over time.
A self-defense incantation, Rhasta developed shackles after his master was slain in the Bleeding Hills.
A long disable while you must stand still while shackling the target. This skill will make your team have the time to harass and kill the shackled target.
4. Mass Serpent Ward
Summons 8 serpent wards to attack enemy units and structures. The wards are immune to magic, and have a small area of splash damage that increases per level. Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter.
Snake charming was a big part of the Shadow Shaman's act; now Rhasta can empower the snakes to do his bidding.
This wards is very useful for pushing or counter pushing. With the massive damage output from the wards, you can:
1. Destroys enemy's tower quickly
2. Defend your tower from the enemy's push
3. Give some damage in the teamfight.
But unfortunately, your wards gives some bounty to the enemy who destroy it.
SKILLBUILD
Level 1: Ether Shock
Level 2: Shackles
Level 3: Ether Shock
Level 4: Hex
Level 5: Ether Shock
Level 6: Mass Serpent Ward
Level 7: Ether Shock
Level 8: Shackles
Level 9 : Hex
Level 10: Shackles
Level 11: Mass Serpent Ward
Level 12: Hex
Level 13: Shackles
Level 14: Hex
Level 15: Stats
Level 16: Mass Serpent Ward
Level 17-25: Stats
Why maxed Ether Shock first? With the high damage on early game, you need this to get some early kills.
And then you need to increase Shackle and Hex.
Those 2 skills is your main disables and very useful in the teamfight and ganking,
It's up to you whether you prefer Hex or Shackle, or balance between Hex and Shackle.
STRATEGY
Early Game
Rhasta is one of the best support hero in the game, I think it will be wise if you save your money for courier and wards. Courier and wards will benefit the whole team and make sure your team can survive through the whole game because you can get your item delivered by courier and because you can watch the fogged map via Observer Wards so your team can be save from enemy's gank.
On early game, if you are the solo-mid hero, you should fight with the enemy's solo-mid. Be careful and keep focusing on the last hits. If you increse the Ether Shock first, you can harass your opponent and make him more careful about you and he cannot savely get the farms. Once you get your ultimate, you can roam and gank enemies.
You can also play Rhasta as a supportive non-mid hero which you should support your partner to make sure he can farm in your lane. maybe you can help him by denying the creeps, don't last hits too often because it will delay your friend's farm. You can also initiate a gank by using Shackle of the Hex so your partner can easily harass your target.
Mid Game
Mid game is your time to shine, with the maximum damage of Ether Shock you can harass all enemies in the teamfight with maximum damage, or with your Shackle and Hex you can initiate a gank or can disable enemy target in a teamfight And because Shackles requires you to channel the skill for several second, this skill order is the last skill to cast of your 4 skills.. And with your wards you can deal tons of damage in the teamfight.
If you fight enemies near their tower, place the wards in the place that it can attack the tower after you win the teamfight, remember that ward deal tons of damage to the tower. Wards can also be used to trap 1 target inside it, it will be painful to the target because he can't run for a long time and constantly harassed by the wards.
Also remember to buy the Observer Wards to support the team. You can place the ward in the uphill near the rune.
And because you have 2 disables, you can be a roamer to help your friend all around the map, gank enemies and get many kills.
Late Game
In the late game, your presence become more crucial for the team, you have 2 disables, so you become the initiator for your team. You can do it by jumping using a dagger and then hex a target so your partners can come and dominate the teamfight. In Dota, the one that initiate a teamfight, have the higher chance to win the teamfight. Be careful and watch closely where your target it, press the hex button quickly and win the teamfight by initiating the teamfight,
Double Hex?
Because you already have a natural hex skill, if you buy a Sheepstick or a Refresher Orb, you can double the hex and have more disables in the teamfight.
Double all the skills
With the Refresher Orb, you can use all your skill twice. And the most of it, is a double Serpent Wards, it will deal a massive damage to the tower or in the teamfight.
ITEMS BUILD
Born in the Bleeding Hills, Rhasta was just a starving youngling when picked up by a travelling con-man. For two pins of copper, the old con-man would tell your fortune. For three, he'd castrate your pig, for five, he'd circumcise your sons. For a good meal, he'd don his shaman garb, read from his ancient books, and lay a curse upon your enemies. His strange new youngling, part hill trowle, part...something else, worked as assistant and lent an air of the exotic to the con-man's trade.
Always one step ahead of cheated customers, one town ahead of a pursuing patronage, the two trekked across the blighted lands until one day the con-man realized that the little youngling could actually do what he only pretended at. His ward had a gift-a gift that customers valued. And so the youngling Rhasta was thrust before the crowds, and the trade-name Shadow Shaman was born. The two continued from town to town, conjuring for money as Shadow Shaman's reputation grew. Eventually, the pair's duplicitous past caught up with them, and they were ambushed by a mob of swindled ex-clients. The con-man was slain, and for the first time, Rhasta used his powers for darkness, massacring the attackers. He buried his beloved master, and now uses his powers to destroy any who would seek to do him harm.
INTRODUCTION
Shadow Shaman is one of the best support hero in Dota. With 2 disables, 1 nuke, and his ultimate (Multiple Wards), Rhasta become a very strong support to disable enemy in the teamfight also one of the best hero in pushing-counterpushing with his Multiple Wards and Lightning nuke.
| PROS | CONS |
| Have 2 strong disables | Squishy |
| Doesn't need many items to be strong | |
| A strong pusher |
Ranged - Pusher - Disabler - Nuker - Support
| LEVEL | 1 | 15 | 25 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIT POINTS | 511 | 937 | 1,621 | SIGHT RANGE | 1800 / 800 |
| MANA | 273 | 819 | 1,469 | ATTACK RANGE | 500 |
| DAMAGE | 47-54 | 89-96 | 139-146 | MISSILE SPEED | 900 |
| ARMOR | 1 | 4 | 9 |
ABILITIES
1. Ether Shock
| MANA COST: 95/105/135/160 | COOLDOWN: 8 |
| ABILITY: UNIT TARGET | AFFECTS: ENEMY UNITS |
| DAMAGE: MAGICAL | DAMAGE: 140 / 200 / 260 / 320 |
| TARGETS: 1 / 3 / 5 / 7 |
This skill is Rhasta's underrated skill. Actually, I think this skill is pretty good skill with a decent damage and a multiple targetted spell.
A very good speel for harassing the enemy and can also destroy a wave of creep. 320 damage on early game will ensure a god damn damage on your foes and can easily kills the enemy.
2. Hex
| MANA COST: 110/140/170/200 | COOLDOWN: 13 |
| ABILITY: UNIT TARGET | AFFECTS: ENEMY UNITS |
| DURATION: 1.25 / 2 / 2.75 / 3.5 |
Hex is one of the best Dota's disable. Your target become a chicken and can't do anything in the duration so your team can harass the target and kill him.
3. Shackles
| MANA COST: 110/130/155/185 | COOLDOWN: 16 |
| ABILITY: CHANNELED, UNIT TARGET | AFFECTS: ENEMY UNITS |
| DAMAGE: MAGICAL | DAMAGE: 40 / 40 / 40 / 40 |
| CHANNEL DURATION: 2.5 / 3.25 / 4 / 4.75 |
A long disable while you must stand still while shackling the target. This skill will make your team have the time to harass and kill the shackled target.
4. Mass Serpent Ward
| MANA COST: 200/350/600 | COOLDOWN: 110 |
| ABILITY: POINT TARGET | DAMAGE: PHYSICAL |
| ATTACK DAMAGE: 43 / 58 / 73 | DURATION: 45 / 45 / 45 |
| SCEPTER ATTACK DAMAGE: 59 / 79 / 100 |
This wards is very useful for pushing or counter pushing. With the massive damage output from the wards, you can:
1. Destroys enemy's tower quickly
2. Defend your tower from the enemy's push
3. Give some damage in the teamfight.
But unfortunately, your wards gives some bounty to the enemy who destroy it.
SKILLBUILD
Level 2: Shackles
Level 3: Ether Shock
Level 4: Hex
Level 5: Ether Shock
Level 6: Mass Serpent Ward
Level 7: Ether Shock
Level 8: Shackles
Level 9 : Hex
Level 10: Shackles
Level 11: Mass Serpent Ward
Level 12: Hex
Level 13: Shackles
Level 14: Hex
Level 15: Stats
Level 16: Mass Serpent Ward
Level 17-25: Stats
Why maxed Ether Shock first? With the high damage on early game, you need this to get some early kills.
And then you need to increase Shackle and Hex.
Those 2 skills is your main disables and very useful in the teamfight and ganking,
It's up to you whether you prefer Hex or Shackle, or balance between Hex and Shackle.
STRATEGY
Early Game
Rhasta is one of the best support hero in the game, I think it will be wise if you save your money for courier and wards. Courier and wards will benefit the whole team and make sure your team can survive through the whole game because you can get your item delivered by courier and because you can watch the fogged map via Observer Wards so your team can be save from enemy's gank.
On early game, if you are the solo-mid hero, you should fight with the enemy's solo-mid. Be careful and keep focusing on the last hits. If you increse the Ether Shock first, you can harass your opponent and make him more careful about you and he cannot savely get the farms. Once you get your ultimate, you can roam and gank enemies.
You can also play Rhasta as a supportive non-mid hero which you should support your partner to make sure he can farm in your lane. maybe you can help him by denying the creeps, don't last hits too often because it will delay your friend's farm. You can also initiate a gank by using Shackle of the Hex so your partner can easily harass your target.
Mid Game
Mid game is your time to shine, with the maximum damage of Ether Shock you can harass all enemies in the teamfight with maximum damage, or with your Shackle and Hex you can initiate a gank or can disable enemy target in a teamfight And because Shackles requires you to channel the skill for several second, this skill order is the last skill to cast of your 4 skills.. And with your wards you can deal tons of damage in the teamfight.
If you fight enemies near their tower, place the wards in the place that it can attack the tower after you win the teamfight, remember that ward deal tons of damage to the tower. Wards can also be used to trap 1 target inside it, it will be painful to the target because he can't run for a long time and constantly harassed by the wards.
Also remember to buy the Observer Wards to support the team. You can place the ward in the uphill near the rune.
And because you have 2 disables, you can be a roamer to help your friend all around the map, gank enemies and get many kills.
In the late game, your presence become more crucial for the team, you have 2 disables, so you become the initiator for your team. You can do it by jumping using a dagger and then hex a target so your partners can come and dominate the teamfight. In Dota, the one that initiate a teamfight, have the higher chance to win the teamfight. Be careful and watch closely where your target it, press the hex button quickly and win the teamfight by initiating the teamfight,
Double Hex?
Because you already have a natural hex skill, if you buy a Sheepstick or a Refresher Orb, you can double the hex and have more disables in the teamfight.
Double all the skills
With the Refresher Orb, you can use all your skill twice. And the most of it, is a double Serpent Wards, it will deal a massive damage to the tower or in the teamfight.
ITEMS BUILD
1. You need to buy courier and wards for the team. If someone already done it, you don't need to.
Courier: 150
Wards: 150
You are the kind of hero that doesn't need lots of farm, so you will have golds to buy this kind of items. Your team will rely on courier and wards to become good. Courier will faster item transportation, and wards is needed to avoid enemy's gank.
2. Arcane Boots
Total cost: 1450
Recipe: Boots of Speed + Energy Booster
Why Arcane Boots? This boots is needed because you have spammable skills. And this boots also replenish mana for your team.
3. Blink Dagger
Cost: 2150
Why Blink Dagger?
1. Perfect for initiating a teamfight
2. Helps you escape
Recipe: Obilivion Staff + Preserverance + Recipe
Why Refresher Orb? It will gives you ability to cast all your abilities twice, especially Serpent Wards, a double wards is so good to deal lots of damage to enemies and tower.
double hex and Shackle is also powerful in the late game to disable many target.
5. Guinsoo Schyte of Vyse
Total cost: 5675
Recipe: Mystic Staff + Ultimate Orb + Void Stone
Why Schyte of Vyse? Very good item to initiate a teamfight. or to defend against somebody by make him into a chicken.
6. Shivs's Guard
Total cost: 4700
Recipe: Plate Mail + Mystic Staff + Recipe
Why Shiva's? Gives you an Arctic Blast (Slow and 200 damage) and gives you a slowing aura, and also gives you +15 armor which makes you tanky.
OTHER SUPPORTIVE ITEMS
1. Mekansm
Total cost: 2306
Recipe: Headress + Buckler + Recipe
Why Mekansm? Heal for all allies in AoE, is a must for teamfights.
2. Eul's Scepter of Divinity
Total cost: 2800
Recipe: Staff of Wizardy + Sage Mask + Void Stone
Why Eul? Can make you become more agile with Cyclone ability. You cannot be attacked for 2.5 seconds. Or you can cast it to the enemy and make your team can surround the target and harass him after landing on the ground.
GOOD ALLIES
1. Carries
(Example: Magine, Void, Luna)
Courier: 150
Wards: 150
| Courier: Transfer items from shop to heroes Wards: Scouting some important area to protect teams against some ganks. |
2. Arcane Boots
Total cost: 1450
Recipe: Boots of Speed + Energy Booster
| Active: Replenish Mana - Restores mana in an area around the hero. Flat movement speed bonuses from multiple pairs of boots do not stack. + 60 Movement Speed + 250 Mana MANA RESTORED: 135 Mana Needed: 25 Cooldown: 55 |
3. Blink 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 |
1. Perfect for initiating a teamfight
2. Helps you escape
4. Refresher Orb
Total cost: 5300Recipe: 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 |
double hex and Shackle is also powerful in the late game to disable many target.
5. Guinsoo Schyte of Vyse
Total cost: 5675
Recipe: Mystic Staff + Ultimate Orb + Void Stone
| Active: Hex - Turns a target unit into a harmless critter for 3.5 seconds. Destroys illusions. + 10 Strength + 10 Agility + 35 Intelligence + 150% Mana Regeneration Manacost: 100 Cooldown: 35 |
6. Shivs's Guard
Total cost: 4700
Recipe: Plate Mail + Mystic Staff + Recipe
| 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 |
OTHER SUPPORTIVE ITEMS
1. Mekansm
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 |
2. Eul's Scepter of Divinity
Total cost: 2800
Recipe: Staff of Wizardy + Sage Mask + Void Stone
| Active: Cyclone - Target unit is swept up in a cyclone for 2.5 seconds, and is invulnerable. Flat movement speed bonuses from multiple Eul's Scepters do not stack. + 10 Intelligence + 150% Mana Regeneration + 30 Movement Speed Manacost: 75 Cooldown: 30 |
GOOD ALLIES
1. Carries
(Example: Magine, Void, Luna)
Carries should come after you initiate a teamfight, and they should the right click and use all their skills to the enemies.
BAD ENEMIES
1. High Instant Damage
(Example: Lina, Lion, Tiny)
They are all have deathly instant damage. And because you are squishy, you can instantly die, beware of them.
BAD ENEMIES
1. High Instant Damage
(Example: Lina, Lion, Tiny)
Dota 2 - Storm Spirit Build Guide
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BIO
Storm Spirit is literally a force of nature--the wild power of wind and weather, bottled in human form. And a boisterous, jovial, irrepressible form it is! As jolly as a favorite uncle, he injects every scene with crackling energy. But it was not always thus, and there was tragedy in his creation. Generations ago, in the plains beyond the Wailing Mountains, a good people lay starving in drought and famine. A simple elementalist, Thunderkeg by name, used a forbidden spell to summon the spirit of the storm, asking for rain. Enraged at this mortal's presumption, the Storm Celestial known as Raijin lay waste to the land, scouring it bare with winds and flood. Thunderkeg was no match for the Celestial--at least until he cast a suicidal spell that forged their fates into one: he captured the Celestial in the cage of his own body. Trapped together, Thunderkeg's boundless good humor fused with Raijin's crazed energy, creating the jovial Raijin Thunderkeg, a Celestial who walks the world in physical form.
INTRODUCTION
Storm Spirit is considered a nuker, initiator, and disabler in DotA. Storm can move so fast like a lightning using his ultimate Lightning Bolt and then catch somebody and make him can't move and then kill him with Storm's nuke and attack.
Storm is considered a ganker and initiator, his time to shine is on mid game where lots of gank happening. And because his high mobility he can gank enemy easily and help the team to get many kills.
ROLE
STATS
ABILITIES
1. Static Remnant
Creates an explosively charged image of Storm Spirit that lasts 12 seconds and will detonate and deal damage if an enemy unit comes near it.
Raijin Thunderkeg's duality allows him to admire himself in shocking fashion.
This is your nuking skill. This skill is spammable. With only 3.5 sec cooldown, you can spam this skill anytime you want. The damage is considered high and hurt your opponents.
You can use this skill to farm the creeps, or to harass your enemy. Harassing enemy with this skill you need to be close to the enemy, and damaging your target. By jumping using your ultimate and pull your enemy using Vortex, you will close enough and can nuke your enemy using Remnant and deal some damage.
2. Electric Vortex
A vortex that pulls an enemy unit to Storm Spirit's location, it also slows the Storm Spirit by 50% for 3 seconds.
Raijin's thunderous, boisterous energy often draws others into an electrifying situation.
This is your disabling skill. You pull a target into you so you and your team can attack him freely. A good skill for ganking. And also by doing this, you get an Overload charge to help you harass your target.
You need this to initiate a teamfight after you use the Lightning Ball, then you should disable an enemy and harass him.
3. Overload
Casting a spell creates an electrical charge, which is released in a burst on his next attack, dealing damage and slowing nearby enemies.
Pow! Zip! Zap!
Everytime you cast a spell, you get a charge in your next attack, it contains +damage and a slowing ability. A very good skill for chasing and harassing a target because you will slow down your target and it will makes you can catch your target. You get a charge everytime you use Ball Lightning, Electric Vortex, or Remnant, so this skill is almost sure will come out in in every situation so you can get extra +slow and damage you need to harass and catch your enemy.
4. Ball Lightning
Storm Spirit becomes volatile electricity, charging across the battlefield until he depletes his mana or reaches his target. The mana activation cost is 15+7% of his total mana pool, and the cost per 100 units traveled is 10+1% of his total mana pool. Damage is expressed in damage per 100 units traveled.
The Storm is coming in.
This skill is the trademark of Storm Spirit, a skill to jump anywhere you want at least you have a mana. You need this skill to catch enemy, harass them, or can make you escape easily.
You deal damage in the path of this skill, the more range you jumps, the more damage it deals.
SKILLBUILD
Level 1: Static Remnant
Level 2: Electric Vortex
Level 3: Static Remnant
Level 4: Overload
Level 5: Static Remnant
Level 6: Ball Lightning
Level 7: Static Remnant
Level 8: Electric Vortex
Level 9 : Electric Vortex
Level 10: Electric Vortex
Level 11: Ball Lightning
Level 12: Overload
Level 13: Overload
Level 14: Overload
Level 15: Stats
Level 16: Ball Lightning
Level 17-25: Stats
You can take Electric Vortex for level 1 if you want to get firtblood and should disable the enemy on level 1.
Actually if there is already a disabler on your team, Remnant can also helps you to get firstblood by damaging the enemy.
Why maxed Static Remnant first? This is your main nuke, you will need this for ganking, farming, and killing or early mid game.
Why maxed Electric Vortex before Overload? The longer the disable, the better for the team because the team gets more time damaging the disabled target.
Storm Spirit is literally a force of nature--the wild power of wind and weather, bottled in human form. And a boisterous, jovial, irrepressible form it is! As jolly as a favorite uncle, he injects every scene with crackling energy. But it was not always thus, and there was tragedy in his creation. Generations ago, in the plains beyond the Wailing Mountains, a good people lay starving in drought and famine. A simple elementalist, Thunderkeg by name, used a forbidden spell to summon the spirit of the storm, asking for rain. Enraged at this mortal's presumption, the Storm Celestial known as Raijin lay waste to the land, scouring it bare with winds and flood. Thunderkeg was no match for the Celestial--at least until he cast a suicidal spell that forged their fates into one: he captured the Celestial in the cage of his own body. Trapped together, Thunderkeg's boundless good humor fused with Raijin's crazed energy, creating the jovial Raijin Thunderkeg, a Celestial who walks the world in physical form.
INTRODUCTION
Storm Spirit is considered a nuker, initiator, and disabler in DotA. Storm can move so fast like a lightning using his ultimate Lightning Bolt and then catch somebody and make him can't move and then kill him with Storm's nuke and attack.
Storm is considered a ganker and initiator, his time to shine is on mid game where lots of gank happening. And because his high mobility he can gank enemy easily and help the team to get many kills.
| PROS | CONS |
| Low cooldown on his nukes, 0 Cooldown on his ultimate | Mana dependant |
| A very good chaser, 0 Cooldown jumping skill + 1 disable + 1 slower-damage | Squishy |
| High mobility because of his ultimate | |
| If have lots of mana, become very strong and unstoppable |
Ranged - Carry - Initiator - Escape - Disabler
| LEVEL | 1 | 15 | 25 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIT POINTS | 511 | 910 | 1,575 | SIGHT RANGE | 1800 / 800 |
| MANA | 299 | 772 | 1,370 | ATTACK RANGE | 480 |
| DAMAGE | 45-55 | 81-91 | 127-137 | MISSILE SPEED | 1100 |
| ARMOR | 5 | 9 | 14 |
ABILITIES
1. Static Remnant
| MANA COST: 70/80/90/100 | COOLDOWN: 3.50 |
| ABILITY: NO TARGET | DAMAGE: MAGICAL |
| DAMAGE: 140 / 180 / 220 / 260 | RADIUS: 260 |
This is your nuking skill. This skill is spammable. With only 3.5 sec cooldown, you can spam this skill anytime you want. The damage is considered high and hurt your opponents.
You can use this skill to farm the creeps, or to harass your enemy. Harassing enemy with this skill you need to be close to the enemy, and damaging your target. By jumping using your ultimate and pull your enemy using Vortex, you will close enough and can nuke your enemy using Remnant and deal some damage.
2. Electric Vortex
| MANA COST: 100/110/120/130 | COOLDOWN: 20 |
| ABILITY: UNIT TARGET | AFFECTS: ENEMY UNITS |
| DURATION: 1 / 1.5 / 2 / 2.5 |
This is your disabling skill. You pull a target into you so you and your team can attack him freely. A good skill for ganking. And also by doing this, you get an Overload charge to help you harass your target.
You need this to initiate a teamfight after you use the Lightning Ball, then you should disable an enemy and harass him.
3. Overload
| ABILITY: PASSIVE | DAMAGE: MAGICAL |
| DAMAGE: 30 / 50 / 70 / 90 | MOVEMENT SLOW: 80% |
| ATTACK SLOW: 50% | DURATION: 0.6 / 0.6 / 0.6 / 0.6 |
Everytime you cast a spell, you get a charge in your next attack, it contains +damage and a slowing ability. A very good skill for chasing and harassing a target because you will slow down your target and it will makes you can catch your target. You get a charge everytime you use Ball Lightning, Electric Vortex, or Remnant, so this skill is almost sure will come out in in every situation so you can get extra +slow and damage you need to harass and catch your enemy.
4. Ball Lightning
| MANA COST: 15/15/15/15 | ABILITY: POINT TARGET |
| DAMAGE: MAGICAL | DAMAGE: 8 / 12 / 16 |
| SPEED: 1250 / 1875 / 2500 | RADIUS: 125 / 200 / 275 |
| MANA DRAIN PER UNIT: 1% |
This skill is the trademark of Storm Spirit, a skill to jump anywhere you want at least you have a mana. You need this skill to catch enemy, harass them, or can make you escape easily.
You deal damage in the path of this skill, the more range you jumps, the more damage it deals.
SKILLBUILD
Level 2: Electric Vortex
Level 3: Static Remnant
Level 4: Overload
Level 5: Static Remnant
Level 6: Ball Lightning
Level 7: Static Remnant
Level 8: Electric Vortex
Level 9 : Electric Vortex
Level 10: Electric Vortex
Level 11: Ball Lightning
Level 12: Overload
Level 13: Overload
Level 14: Overload
Level 15: Stats
Level 16: Ball Lightning
Level 17-25: Stats
You can take Electric Vortex for level 1 if you want to get firtblood and should disable the enemy on level 1.
Actually if there is already a disabler on your team, Remnant can also helps you to get firstblood by damaging the enemy.
Why maxed Static Remnant first? This is your main nuke, you will need this for ganking, farming, and killing or early mid game.
Why maxed Electric Vortex before Overload? The longer the disable, the better for the team because the team gets more time damaging the disabled target.
STRATEGY
Early Game
On early game, you should get some farms. You need farms to buy some mana items to get lots of mana because mana is your true source of power. You are very mana dependent. No mana = useless, Lots of mana is the same as godlike. Because of your ultimate: Ball Lightning, you can rape your enemy, and make enemy confused because of your high mobility and high damage from the Ball and Remnant, + your attack and also Overload. You need mana for doing that, Ball absorbs lots of mana, but it's so good because you can move freely around the area and easily harass enemy and also make enemy can't catch you because you will easily escape from them.
By using some Remnant, you can kills some creeps in a blow. This will faster your farm. The faster your farm , the stronger you are compared to your opponent. For faster farm, you can farm the jungles too. By using 3 remnant, you can kill the big camps easily. Remnant is the main weapon of your camping that will deal tons of damage to the creeps.
Mid Game
Mid game is the right time for you to show off. Here you will gain your maximum potential. You need to gank lots of times and keep harassing and killing enemies to help your team and shine in the game.
You need to combine all of your 4 skills into the action. Use Ball first, and the after you arrive in front of your opponent, use Vortex to disable your enemy and use Remnant to nuke your target, and then harass him using Overload and keep harassing him using normal attack and Remnant. If your target tries to run, you can catch him easily using Ball and Overload to slow down the target so your target can't escape from you anymore.
Late Game
If you succeeded on mid game, you will likely to shine on late game because you should already have some nice items to conquer your opponent and also already on high levels. High level Storm gain high mobility because he already have tons of mana. And with high mana, you can cast Ball Lightning anytime you want so you can move and jump freely around an area and can confuse your opponent. So you can harass them using Ball Lightning's damage, Vortex and Overload, and also hex if you already have Sheepstick. And with the help of your friends after you disables and damaging the enemy, your team should dominate the opponent on the late game stage.
In a teamfight, you can deal a high aoe damage using the Ball Lightning by casting this far away from the teamfight, the damage will be so high and can hurt lots of opponents. After got hit by the Ball, your team can easily kills all the enemies. And don't forget to use Vortex to one of the enemy.
ITEMS BUILD
1. Power Threads
Total cost: 1400
Recipe: Gloves of Haste, Boots of Speed, Belt og Giant Strength/ Robe of Magi/ Band of Elvenskin
Why Power Threads? This is a flexible shoes, Power Thread STR for survivability, AGI for attack speed, INT for mana.
Alternative item: Arcane Boots
Total cost: 1450
Recipe: Boots of Speed + Energy Booster
Why Arcane Boots? You have spammable skills, so you need more mana, with this item, your mana will be fulfilled. And also to replenish mana of the team.
2. Orchid Malevolance
Total cost: 5025
Recipe: 2 x Ring of Obilivion + Recipe
Why Orchid? You need this to get lots of mana regen. Mana regen is the main thing for your success. You need mana regen for always using Ball Lightning and other skill.
Orchid also add damages and attack speed. And also gives a silence skill and amplify damage for a single target. Silence is very good for ganking purpose. A silenced target can't do anything so your team can easily harass enemies.
3. Black King Bar
Total cost:: 3900
Recipe: Ogre Axe, Mithril Hammer, Recipe
Why Black King Bar? It gives you survivability in a teamfight because you will get magic immunity during teamfights. Magic immune helps you to always doing action in the teamfight because no enemy can't stop you or damaging you with their spells.
4. Schyte of Vyse
Total cost: 5675
Recipe: Mystic Staff + Ultimate Orb + Void Stone
Why Schyte of Vyse? Very good item to initiate a teamfight. Gives you a disable and makes you have 2 disables, Vortex and Hex. By disabling your enemy, you make them can't use the skills and so your team can attack enemies easily.
(You can get this for your 3th / 4th item)
Total Cost:
Recipe: Preserverance + Soul Booster
Bloodstone gives +HP and HP regen that makes you tanky to survive in the teamfight, and also gives some mana and mana regeneration to helps you spam the skills. And the most important is: if you succeed in getting lots of kills, you will get a very high mana regeneration and and that will makes your mana is ready to use Ball lightning anytime and makes you unstoppable because enemy will be very hard to catch you. Very Recommended.
Early Game
On early game, you should get some farms. You need farms to buy some mana items to get lots of mana because mana is your true source of power. You are very mana dependent. No mana = useless, Lots of mana is the same as godlike. Because of your ultimate: Ball Lightning, you can rape your enemy, and make enemy confused because of your high mobility and high damage from the Ball and Remnant, + your attack and also Overload. You need mana for doing that, Ball absorbs lots of mana, but it's so good because you can move freely around the area and easily harass enemy and also make enemy can't catch you because you will easily escape from them.
By using some Remnant, you can kills some creeps in a blow. This will faster your farm. The faster your farm , the stronger you are compared to your opponent. For faster farm, you can farm the jungles too. By using 3 remnant, you can kill the big camps easily. Remnant is the main weapon of your camping that will deal tons of damage to the creeps.
Mid Game
Mid game is the right time for you to show off. Here you will gain your maximum potential. You need to gank lots of times and keep harassing and killing enemies to help your team and shine in the game.
You need to combine all of your 4 skills into the action. Use Ball first, and the after you arrive in front of your opponent, use Vortex to disable your enemy and use Remnant to nuke your target, and then harass him using Overload and keep harassing him using normal attack and Remnant. If your target tries to run, you can catch him easily using Ball and Overload to slow down the target so your target can't escape from you anymore.
If you succeeded on mid game, you will likely to shine on late game because you should already have some nice items to conquer your opponent and also already on high levels. High level Storm gain high mobility because he already have tons of mana. And with high mana, you can cast Ball Lightning anytime you want so you can move and jump freely around an area and can confuse your opponent. So you can harass them using Ball Lightning's damage, Vortex and Overload, and also hex if you already have Sheepstick. And with the help of your friends after you disables and damaging the enemy, your team should dominate the opponent on the late game stage.
In a teamfight, you can deal a high aoe damage using the Ball Lightning by casting this far away from the teamfight, the damage will be so high and can hurt lots of opponents. After got hit by the Ball, your team can easily kills all the enemies. And don't forget to use Vortex to one of the enemy.
ITEMS BUILD
1. 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 |
| Tips: -This will gives you an instant +152 HP if you change it from pt.AGI / pt.INT into pt.STR . This is needed to survive in condition where your HP is so low while you're using AGI or INT Thread. -This will gives you an instant +104 mana if you change it from pt.AGI / pt.STR into pt.INT. This is needed to gain an instant mana in condition where your mana is so low while you need more mana to do the skill. |
Alternative item: Arcane Boots
Total cost: 1450
Recipe: Boots of Speed + Energy Booster
| Active: Replenish Mana - Restores mana in an area around the hero. Flat movement speed bonuses from multiple pairs of boots do not stack. + 60 Movement Speed + 250 Mana MANA RESTORED: 135 Mana Needed: 25 Cooldown: 55 |
2. Orchid Malevolance
Total cost: 5025
Recipe: 2 x Ring of Obilivion + Recipe
| Active: Soul Burn - Silences target unit for 5.0 seconds and amplifies the damage it takes by 30.0%. + 25 Intelligence + 30 Attack Speed + 30 Damage + 150% Mana Regeneration Manacost: 100 Cooldown: 18 |
Orchid also add damages and attack speed. And also gives a silence skill and amplify damage for a single target. Silence is very good for ganking purpose. A silenced target can't do anything so your team can easily harass enemies.
3. 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 |
4. Schyte of Vyse
Total cost: 5675
Recipe: Mystic Staff + Ultimate Orb + Void Stone
| Active: Hex - Turns a target unit into a harmless critter for 3.5 seconds. Destroys illusions. + 10 Strength + 10 Agility + 35 Intelligence + 150% Mana Regeneration Manacost: 100 Cooldown: 35 |
5. Shivs's Guard
Total cost: 4700
Recipe: Plate Mail + Mystic Staff + Recipe
Why Shiva's? A good iteam to slow down and nuking enemies in the area. The slower ability will makes enemies have a hard time in moving and attacking, and the damage will reduce enemies Hp in the AoE.
The +Armor makes you become tanky and can survive in the though teamfight.
Also helps you chase enemies faster because this item will slow down your target. + Arctic Blast (More Slow and 200 damage)
Total cost: 4700
Recipe: Plate Mail + Mystic Staff + Recipe
| 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 |
The +Armor makes you become tanky and can survive in the though teamfight.
Also helps you chase enemies faster because this item will slow down your target. + Arctic Blast (More Slow and 200 damage)
SITUATIONAL
a. Bloodstone (You can get this for your 3th / 4th item)
Total Cost:
Recipe: Preserverance + Soul Booster
| Passive: Bloodpact - Starts with 6 charges. Gains 1 charge each time an enemy hero dies within 1675 range. Each charge bestows 1 mana regeneration per second, reduces gold lost from death by 25, and reduces respawn time by 4 seconds. When the bearer dies, restores 400 HP + 30 HP per charge to allied units within 1675 units, then loses a third of its charges. While dead, the bearer continues to receive experience at the death location and gives 1800 unit vision there. + 500 Health + 400 Mana + 9 HP Regeneration + 200% Mana Regeneration |
b. Linken Sphere
(Good against doom or tinker)
Total Cost: 5175
Recipe: Ultimate Orb + Preserverance
Why Linken Sphere?
-Great survivability item for escape and for teamfight, it will block a single targetted spell every 20 seconds
-Provide a great Mana regeneration to always fulfill your mana
-Linkens Sphere becomes more powerful in the late game because the teamfights time becomes longer and you can block 2 spells in a teamfight.
Late Game Item
i. Boots of Travel
Total cost: 2450
Recipe: Boots of Speed + Recipe
Why Boots of Travel? With the creeps becoming more powerful in pushing your base, you need fast teleport to save your Throne/Tree.
Also, this item will give you 1 free slot that is used for Teleport Scroll if you don't have this Boots.
GOOD ALLIES
a. Carries
(Example: Magine, Void, Luna)
(Good against doom or tinker)
Total Cost: 5175
Recipe: Ultimate Orb + Preserverance
Passive: Spellblock - Blocks most targeted spells once every 20 seconds. + 15 All Attributes + 6 HP Regeneration + 150% Mana Regeneration + 10 Damage |
-Great survivability item for escape and for teamfight, it will block a single targetted spell every 20 seconds
-Provide a great Mana regeneration to always fulfill your mana
-Linkens Sphere becomes more powerful in the late game because the teamfights time becomes longer and you can block 2 spells in a teamfight.
Late Game Item
i. 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 Cooldown60 |
Also, this item will give you 1 free slot that is used for Teleport Scroll if you don't have this Boots.
GOOD ALLIES
a. Carries
(Example: Magine, Void, Luna)
Carries should come after you initiate a teamfight, and they should the right click and use all their skills to the enemies.
BAD ENEMIES
a. Silence Heroes
(Example: Doom, Balanar, Silencer)
Beware of Silence because you use skills to attack the opponent. If you cannot use your skill, you become weak and can easily harassed.
BAD ENEMIES
a. Silence Heroes
(Example: Doom, Balanar, Silencer)
Dota 2 - Lion Build Guide
0
BIO
Once a Grandmaster of the Demon Witch tradition of sorcery, Lion earned fame among his brethren for fighting on the side of light and righteousness. But adulation corrupts. With powers surpassed only by his ambition, the mage was seduced by a demon and turned to evil, trading his soul for prestige. After committing horrible crimes that marred his soul, he was abandoned. The demon betrayed him, striking better deals with his enemies. Such was Lion's rage that he followed the demon back to hell and slew it, ripping it limb from limb, taking its demonic hand for his own. However, such demonoplasty comes at a cost. Lion was transfigured by the process, his body transformed into something unrecognizable. He rose from hell, rage incarnate, slaying even those who had once called him master, and laying waste to the lands where he had once been so adored. He survives now as the sole practitioner of the Demon Witch tradition, and those who present themselves as acolytes or students are soon relieved of their mana and carried off by the faintest gust of wind.
INTRODUCTION
Lion is one of the best ganker in DotA. He have 2 kind of disables, a stun and a hex. He also have a deadly ultimate that can one-shot a low HP enemy hero until death.
You are considered a squishy hero, so don't trade blows with enemy' carries. Cause you will be death soon.
Lion is also considered an initiator for teamfights and ganks.
Blink Dagger will help you to initiate a teamfight or gank. You must Blink into near the opponent and then stun / hex him. And after he is being disabled, and you + friends must use all of your skills to kill him. that's it for the introduction of Lion.
Once a Grandmaster of the Demon Witch tradition of sorcery, Lion earned fame among his brethren for fighting on the side of light and righteousness. But adulation corrupts. With powers surpassed only by his ambition, the mage was seduced by a demon and turned to evil, trading his soul for prestige. After committing horrible crimes that marred his soul, he was abandoned. The demon betrayed him, striking better deals with his enemies. Such was Lion's rage that he followed the demon back to hell and slew it, ripping it limb from limb, taking its demonic hand for his own. However, such demonoplasty comes at a cost. Lion was transfigured by the process, his body transformed into something unrecognizable. He rose from hell, rage incarnate, slaying even those who had once called him master, and laying waste to the lands where he had once been so adored. He survives now as the sole practitioner of the Demon Witch tradition, and those who present themselves as acolytes or students are soon relieved of their mana and carried off by the faintest gust of wind.
INTRODUCTION
Lion is one of the best ganker in DotA. He have 2 kind of disables, a stun and a hex. He also have a deadly ultimate that can one-shot a low HP enemy hero until death.
You are considered a squishy hero, so don't trade blows with enemy' carries. Cause you will be death soon.
Lion is also considered an initiator for teamfights and ganks.
Blink Dagger will help you to initiate a teamfight or gank. You must Blink into near the opponent and then stun / hex him. And after he is being disabled, and you + friends must use all of your skills to kill him. that's it for the introduction of Lion.
| PROS | CONS |
| Have 2 strong disables | Squishy |
| Have a deadly single target ultimate | Ugly face |
| Doesn't need a much farm to be good | Low movement speed |
| Can drain enemy's mana | Low attck damage |
ROLE
Ranged - Disabler - Nuker - Lane Support - Support
STATS
ABILITIES
The Demon Witch exercises his demonic covenant, opening a fissure from hell.
This is your skill to stuns the enemy in a straight line in front of you. Careful! Because of the nature of the skill, it can miss sometimes. You must place this skill carefully. You must only cast this if your you are already beside your target. That's because if you already clicked this skill from far away, the miss rate will be high. A Blink dagger may helps you into a better initiation.
You need this skill for ganking. This is must skill to chase enemies and stun them. And a stunned enemy is your friends breakfast.
2. Hex
Transforms an enemy unit into a harmless beast, with all special abilities disabled.
Lion is compelled to share his transfiguration, twisting the essence of those who oppose him.
Makes your opponent becomes Frog and can't do anything. This skill is very powerful in an initiation. You come and make enemy becomes Frog, and that's your team's chance to kill him quickly. The accuracy of this skill is better than the Earth Spike because it is a targeted spell and cannot miss. So if you only facing a single opponent, it is recommended for you to use Hex first before the Earth Spike to make sure your enemy is being disabled.
3. Mana Drain
CHANNELED - Absorbs the magical energies of a target enemy unit by taking mana from it every second.
Lesser magi are nothing more than a source of magical restoration for the Demon Witch.
This ability will drains mana of one enemy. Can be casted on ranged lane creep or some neutrals. This skill is an almost "bad" skill to take. Without this and with just +stats you still be able to cast your other skills. And with +stats is more powerful because also adds +damage and +mana & mana regen from +int, and +HP from +str.
4. Finger of Death
Rips at an enemy unit, trying to turn it inside-out. Deals massive damage. Upgradable with Aghanim's Scepter.
Lion's disfigured hand is also the source of his greatest power, capable of flooding victims with malefic force
This is your ultimate, you can one-hit kill enemy with this skill. This skill has a decent single targeted damage that can lasthit enemy hero in one shot. If your carry cannot kill the target, that's your chance to get 1 kill, with this skill, is easy to kill 1 hero in low HP, especially in early-mid game. Very good to kill steal peoples, but not recommended to kill steal a carry in a competitive games. That will make your team's carry become poor and your team will be so weak.
SKILLBUILD
Level 1: Earth Spike
Level 2: Hex
Level 3: Earth Spike
Level 4: Hex
Level 5: Earth Spike
Level 6: Finger of Death
Level 7: Earth Spike
Level 8: Hex
Level 9 : Hex
Level 10: Stats
Level 11: Finger of Death
Level 12: Stats
Level 13: Stats
Level 14: Stats
Level 15: Stats
Level 16: Finger of Death
Level 17-21: Stats
Level 21-25: Mana Drain
Why you should maxed the Earth Spike first? This is the nuke you need for early-mid game. You need this for farming, harassing, and ganking. This can also provide you with a defense mechanism, while being ganked, immediately stun the enemies and makes yourself / team safe.
Why you should not taking the Mana Drain? Well it's not a bad skill at all but it will surely can't fit the fast phase in a teamfight, it takes long time to drains one's mana. Increasing the additional Stats is a better choice because it gives more HP, more mana pool, and more damage.
STRATEGY
Early Game
Usually, Lion takes a support role in a match. Support role is role that responsible to buy animal courier and some wards. You are capable of doing that because you do not need so much farm. You are a skill dependent hero that not need many luxury items to be good.
Mid Laner
Lion can also become a solo-mid, a solo-mid er don't need to buy the wards and the courier because a solo-mid needs to be the farther in terms of farming, to be the best in maps in terms of level and items.
Last hitting and harrassing is your main priority on the mid lane. Last hitting and harassing is rather easy for this hero. That's because you have a decent range of 600. That is considered far than other hero so that you can dominate enemy hero on farming phase. You can use Earth Spike once in a while for harassing and also last hitting the creeps.
Please keep an eye on the warded place. So you can retreat when you see the enemy is coming to kill you.
Support
If you have a carry partner in lane, you can helps him with denying the creeps. Please do not last hits or your carry will become poor. If he become poor, he cannot carry your team to win the late game.
If there are enemies trying to get firstblood by killing you or your friend, you can use Earth Spike immediately to stun them, and run for your safety.
Or you can get firstblood with Earthspike. Ask your partner to do it together. Focus on a target and your team will ge tthe kill.
Please replace the Observer Ward that is already expired with the new one. The team will always needs a vision of the fog of war. That will be needed to make sure your friend not being ganked so you can saves lives. Please ask your partner to keep their eye on the warded place for their own safety.
Mid Game
Mid game is the time for ganking activities. Once you already got your ultimate, you can choose a target to be ganked. Please confirm your friend about who your target is. Then together you can focus fire on him.
Check your target ability first. So if he can become invisible, make sure you bring the item needed to reveal them. You can buy a gem, sentry wards, or dusts.
If your target is only a single target, we recommend you to use the Hex first before the Earth Spike, it will 100% disable the target. Remember that the Earthspike can miss if the target moves. And then all your friends should come too and use their ability to the target. And if hasn't die, kill with Finger of Death. Don't use Finger of Death if he is 100% death without using it.
A Blink Dagger will really helps you in ganking. Blink in to the enemy and immediately stun/hex him and kill him using right click and Finger of Death.
Late Game
Late game is the time for decisive teamfights. Remember to keep calm here. A little mistake can cost you the game. As a support, better to always replace the expired wards. That is needed to keep an eye of every enemy's move.
Here you should make a wise decision to choose between 2 options:
1. To save money for buyback
2. To buy your next item
How to choose between those two? you may see how important is your next item. You can see it by: If you don't buy that item immediately, your team's can't compete with the enemy's power so buy it immediately, but if the item is not that important, you should save for buyback.
In late game teamfight, your part is to disables enemy using your 2 skills, Earth Spike and Hex. You need to act quickly by using Dagger or Force Staff if you have one, and stun / hex one target and makes him get killed before the teamfight start. You are considered an initiator-support for the team, it is ok for you to give your life if that will makes your team to win the teamfight.
ITEMS BUILD
1. Bottle
Cost: 600
2. Arcane Boots
Total cost: 1450
Recipe: Boots of Speed + Energy Booster
Why Arcane Boots? This boots provides mana for you & your team. Can replenish 135 mana for the team.
3. Blink Dagger
Cost: 2150
Why Blink Dagger?
1. Perfect for initiating a teamfight
2. Helps you escape
4. Mekansm
Total cost: 2306
Recipe: Headress + Buckler + Recipe
Why Mekansm? Heal for all allies in AoE, is a must for teamfights.
5 Pipe of Insight
Total cost: 3628
Recipe: Hood of Defiance + Headress + Recipe
Why Pipe of Insight? Gives barrier for all allies in AoE that Block 400 spell damage, very useful.
6. Schyte of Vyse
Total cost: 5675
Recipe: Mystic Staff + Ultimate Orb + Void Stone
Why Schyte of Vyse? Very good item to initiate a teamfight. or to defend against somebody.
7. Refresher Orb
Total cost: 5300
Recipe: Obilivion Staff + Preserverance + Recipe
Why Refresher? This item makes you can use your skills 2 times, 2x Stun, 2x Hex, and 2x Finger. Very powerful item to win a teamfight. 100 increasing the chance of winning a teamfight.
But before you buy this item, check your mana capacity first, if your mana is enough to use 2 times stun, 2 times hex, and 2 times finger, then you can buy this item.
GOOD ALLIES
1. Lina
Have a sweet ultimate combo with you. Laguna Blade + Finger of Death will gives opponent the true nightmare of instant kill. with about 2000 instant damage, this heroes combo is a true nightmare to all who dare to oppose them.
2. Carries
(Example: Magine, Void, Luna)
STATS
| LEVEL | 1 | 15 | 25 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIT POINTS | 454 | 906 | 1,609 | SIGHT RANGE | 1800 / 800 |
| MANA | 286 | 832 | 1,482 | ATTACK RANGE | 600 |
| DAMAGE | 42-48 | 84-90 | 134-140 | MISSILE SPEED | 900 |
| ARMOR | 1 | 4 | 9 |
ABILITIES
1. Earth Spike
Rock spikes burst from the earth along a straight path. Enemy units are hurled into the air, then are stunned and take damage when they fall.| MANA COST: 100/120/145/170 | COOLDOWN: 12 |
| ABILITY: UNIT TARGET, POINT TARGET | AFFECTS: ENEMY UNITS |
| DAMAGE: MAGICAL | DAMAGE: 60 / 130 / 200 / 260 |
| URATION: 1.02 / 1.52 / 2.02 / 2.52 | LENGTH: 825 / 825 / 825 / 825 |
This is your skill to stuns the enemy in a straight line in front of you. Careful! Because of the nature of the skill, it can miss sometimes. You must place this skill carefully. You must only cast this if your you are already beside your target. That's because if you already clicked this skill from far away, the miss rate will be high. A Blink dagger may helps you into a better initiation.
You need this skill for ganking. This is must skill to chase enemies and stun them. And a stunned enemy is your friends breakfast.
2. Hex
| MANA COST: 125/150/175/200 | COOLDOWN: 15 |
| ABILITY: UNIT TARGET | AFFECTS: ENEMY UNITS |
| DURATION: 1.75 / 2.5 / 3.25 / 4 | CONTOH: DIHAPUS6 |
Makes your opponent becomes Frog and can't do anything. This skill is very powerful in an initiation. You come and make enemy becomes Frog, and that's your team's chance to kill him quickly. The accuracy of this skill is better than the Earth Spike because it is a targeted spell and cannot miss. So if you only facing a single opponent, it is recommended for you to use Hex first before the Earth Spike to make sure your enemy is being disabled.
3. Mana Drain
| MANA COST: 10/10/10/10 | COOLDOWN: 20/15/10/5 |
| ABILITY: CHANNELED, UNIT TARGET | AFFECTS: ENEMY UNITS |
| CHANNEL TIME: 4 / 4 / 4 / 4 | MANA PER SECOND: 20 / 40 / 60 / 120 |
| BREAK DISTANCE: 1100 |
This ability will drains mana of one enemy. Can be casted on ranged lane creep or some neutrals. This skill is an almost "bad" skill to take. Without this and with just +stats you still be able to cast your other skills. And with +stats is more powerful because also adds +damage and +mana & mana regen from +int, and +HP from +str.
4. Finger of Death
| MANA COST: 200/420/650 | COOLDOWN: 160/100/40 |
| ABILITY: UNIT TARGET | AFFECTS: ENEMY UNITS |
| DAMAGE: MAGICAL | DAMAGE: 600 / 725 / 850 |
| SCEPTER DAMAGE: 725 / 875 / 1025 | SCEPTER MANA COST: 200 / 420 / 625 |
This is your ultimate, you can one-hit kill enemy with this skill. This skill has a decent single targeted damage that can lasthit enemy hero in one shot. If your carry cannot kill the target, that's your chance to get 1 kill, with this skill, is easy to kill 1 hero in low HP, especially in early-mid game. Very good to kill steal peoples, but not recommended to kill steal a carry in a competitive games. That will make your team's carry become poor and your team will be so weak.
SKILLBUILD
Level 2: Hex
Level 3: Earth Spike
Level 4: Hex
Level 5: Earth Spike
Level 6: Finger of Death
Level 7: Earth Spike
Level 8: Hex
Level 9 : Hex
Level 10: Stats
Level 11: Finger of Death
Level 12: Stats
Level 13: Stats
Level 14: Stats
Level 15: Stats
Level 16: Finger of Death
Level 17-21: Stats
Level 21-25: Mana Drain
Why you should maxed the Earth Spike first? This is the nuke you need for early-mid game. You need this for farming, harassing, and ganking. This can also provide you with a defense mechanism, while being ganked, immediately stun the enemies and makes yourself / team safe.
Why you should not taking the Mana Drain? Well it's not a bad skill at all but it will surely can't fit the fast phase in a teamfight, it takes long time to drains one's mana. Increasing the additional Stats is a better choice because it gives more HP, more mana pool, and more damage.
STRATEGY
Early Game
Usually, Lion takes a support role in a match. Support role is role that responsible to buy animal courier and some wards. You are capable of doing that because you do not need so much farm. You are a skill dependent hero that not need many luxury items to be good.
Mid Laner
Lion can also become a solo-mid, a solo-mid er don't need to buy the wards and the courier because a solo-mid needs to be the farther in terms of farming, to be the best in maps in terms of level and items.
Last hitting and harrassing is your main priority on the mid lane. Last hitting and harassing is rather easy for this hero. That's because you have a decent range of 600. That is considered far than other hero so that you can dominate enemy hero on farming phase. You can use Earth Spike once in a while for harassing and also last hitting the creeps.
Please keep an eye on the warded place. So you can retreat when you see the enemy is coming to kill you.
Support
If you have a carry partner in lane, you can helps him with denying the creeps. Please do not last hits or your carry will become poor. If he become poor, he cannot carry your team to win the late game.
If there are enemies trying to get firstblood by killing you or your friend, you can use Earth Spike immediately to stun them, and run for your safety.
Or you can get firstblood with Earthspike. Ask your partner to do it together. Focus on a target and your team will ge tthe kill.
Please replace the Observer Ward that is already expired with the new one. The team will always needs a vision of the fog of war. That will be needed to make sure your friend not being ganked so you can saves lives. Please ask your partner to keep their eye on the warded place for their own safety.
Mid Game
Mid game is the time for ganking activities. Once you already got your ultimate, you can choose a target to be ganked. Please confirm your friend about who your target is. Then together you can focus fire on him.
Check your target ability first. So if he can become invisible, make sure you bring the item needed to reveal them. You can buy a gem, sentry wards, or dusts.
If your target is only a single target, we recommend you to use the Hex first before the Earth Spike, it will 100% disable the target. Remember that the Earthspike can miss if the target moves. And then all your friends should come too and use their ability to the target. And if hasn't die, kill with Finger of Death. Don't use Finger of Death if he is 100% death without using it.
A Blink Dagger will really helps you in ganking. Blink in to the enemy and immediately stun/hex him and kill him using right click and Finger of Death.
Late Game
Late game is the time for decisive teamfights. Remember to keep calm here. A little mistake can cost you the game. As a support, better to always replace the expired wards. That is needed to keep an eye of every enemy's move.
Here you should make a wise decision to choose between 2 options:
1. To save money for buyback
2. To buy your next item
How to choose between those two? you may see how important is your next item. You can see it by: If you don't buy that item immediately, your team's can't compete with the enemy's power so buy it immediately, but if the item is not that important, you should save for buyback.
In late game teamfight, your part is to disables enemy using your 2 skills, Earth Spike and Hex. You need to act quickly by using Dagger or Force Staff if you have one, and stun / hex one target and makes him get killed before the teamfight start. You are considered an initiator-support for the team, it is ok for you to give your life if that will makes your team to win the teamfight.
ITEMS BUILD
1. Bottle
Cost: 600
| Use: Regenerate - Restores HP and Mana over time. Effect is lost if unit is attacked. Empty Bottle refills near town fountain. You can also store runes in the bottle, to save for later use. After 2 minutes, stored Runes will be activated. HEALTH RESTORED: 135 MANA RESTORED: 70 DURATION: 3 |
Why Bottle? An early item that can fulfill your needs as a mid laner is a Bottle. It helps you to get some runes for ganking. it also refill your mana and HP for your daily needs. And bottle will makes your time regenerating HP and mana in fountain becomes less.
2. Arcane Boots
Total cost: 1450
Recipe: Boots of Speed + Energy Booster
| Active: Replenish Mana - Restores mana in an area around the hero. Flat movement speed bonuses from multiple pairs of boots do not stack. + 60 Movement Speed + 250 Mana MANA RESTORED: 135 Mana Needed: 25 Cooldown: 55 |
3. Blink 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 |
1. Perfect for initiating a teamfight
2. Helps you escape
4. Mekansm
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 |
5 Pipe of Insight
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 |
6. Schyte of Vyse
Total cost: 5675
Recipe: Mystic Staff + Ultimate Orb + Void Stone
| Active: Hex - Turns a target unit into a harmless critter for 3.5 seconds. Destroys illusions. + 10 Strength + 10 Agility + 35 Intelligence + 150% Mana Regeneration Manacost: 100 Cooldown: 35 |
7. 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 |
But before you buy this item, check your mana capacity first, if your mana is enough to use 2 times stun, 2 times hex, and 2 times finger, then you can buy this item.
GOOD ALLIES
1. Lina
2. Carries
(Example: Magine, Void, Luna)
Carries should come after you initiate a teamfight, and they should the right click and use all their skills to the enemies.
ANNOYING ENEMIES
1. Cloners
(Example: Phantom Lancer, Naga Siren, Chaos Knight )
You have a single targetted ultimate which is required to know which one is your real target, and cloners can makes you to waste your ultimate if you choose the wrong target. You also have hex that is a single targetted skill. But, you have Earth Spike to know the real self of enemy, by using Earth Spke on Cloner hero with his clones, the hero which have more HP left is the real hero, then you can focus on the real one.
