• Dota 2 - Shadow Fiend Build Guide

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    BIO
    It is said that Nevermore the Shadow Fiend has the soul of a poet, and in fact he has thousands of them. Over the ages he has claimed the souls of poets, priests, emperors, beggars, slaves, philosophers, criminals and (naturally) heroes; no sort of soul escapes him. What he does with them is unknown. No one has ever peered into the Abysm whence Nevermore reaches out like an eel from among astral rocks. Does he devour them one after another? Does he mount them along the halls of an eldritch temple, or pickle the souls in necromantic brine? Is he merely a puppet, pushed through the dimensional rift by a demonic puppeteer? Such is his evil, so intense his aura of darkness, that no rational mind may penetrate it. Of course, if you really want to know where the stolen souls go, there's one sure way to find out: Add your soul to his collection. Or just wait for Nevermore.

    INTRODUCTION
    Nevermore is a hero that deal both high physical damage and high magical damage. The weakness of this hero is the small amount of HP on early game.
    And because you are a squishy hero in early game, you need to deal damage without getting any damages.
    Nevermore also don't have any defensive skills, if you need one, you should buy items like shadow blade or Bkb.
    PROSCONS
    Can achieve a decent damage on early mid-game by last hitting / denyingSquishy on early game
    Have a decent nukeDon't have an escape mechanism
    Can reduce enemy's armor in AoEVery low damage on level 1. Hard to get the several first last hits.
    Have a very strong ultimate
    Dota 2 - Shadow Fiend Build Guide
    ROLE
    Ranged - Carry - Nuker

    STATS
    LEVEL11525
    HIT POINTS4359671,727SIGHT RANGE1800 / 800
    MANA2345981,118ATTACK RANGE500
    DAMAGE35-4176-82125-131MISSILE SPEED1200
    ARMOR2714

    ABILITIES
    1. Shadowraze
    Shadowraze, Dota 2 - Shadow Fiend Build Guide
    Shadow Fiend razes the area in front of him, dealing damage to enemy units in an area.
    MANA COST: 75 / 75 / 75 / 75COOLDOWN: 10.0
    ABILITY: NO TARGETDAMAGE: MAGICAL
    DAMAGE: 75 / 150 / 225 / 300AOE: 250
    RANGE: 200/ 450/ 700
    Nevermore's trademark for harvesting souls. 
    This is your main skill for nuking everything in your way. You increase 1 skill but you get 3 skill, same skill with various range actually (200, 450, and 700 range). With this skill you can farms, kill someone or doing anything cool. This skill will hits enemy's straight in front of you, not besides you. You must estimate where this skill will be landed and then click the skill.
    200 Range: Will hit someone who attacks you in melee range
    450 Range: The same as your attack range
    700 Range: Will hit someone who has high attack range like Drow Ranger, Clinkz etc.
    It will be cool if you can hits enemy in the fog, before do this you must predict your opponents movement and place yourself in the right range, and the use skill in your predicted area.

    Example:
    Shadow Fiend razed a creep and Dragon Knight at a time


    2. Necromastery
    Necromastery, Dota 2 - Shadow Fiend Build Guide
    Shadow Fiend steals the soul from units he kills, gaining bonus damage. If the killed unit is a hero, he gains 6 souls. On death, he releases half of them from bondage.
    ABILITY: PASSIVEDAMAGE PER SOUL: 2
    MAX SOULS: 12 / 20 / 28 / 36
    Harvested souls swirl in and out of the Abysm, empowering the Shadow Fiend to increase the size of his collection.
    This skill will boost your damage into very high with just killing creeps/heroes. The maximum additional damage is 72, this is considering high {Relic(3800 gold) only gives +60 Damage}. This skill helps you to lasthits with its additional damage. This skill also helps you harass the enemy. This skill helps you in your attack, you become more painful to the enemies.

    Everytime you lasthit something, you will gain souls, 1 soul equals 2 damage, maximum is 36 souls or 72 damage. You can see the soul counter in the small icon above the health bar. If you death, half of the soul is released and doing some damage to the enemies, just like your ultimate.

    3. Presence of the Dark Lord
    Presence of the Dark Lord, Dota 2 - Shadow Fiend Build Guide
    Shadow Fiend's presence reduces the armor of nearby enemies.
    ABILITY: PASSIVE, AURAAFFECTS: ENEMIES
    REDUCTION: 3 / 4 / 5 / 6RADIUS: 900
    Even being near Nevermore eats away at one's soul.
    This skill will reduce all enemy's (heroes and creeps) armor in your screen. With the minus armor of the enemies, All of your teams attack and skills damage is amplified. This is good for the team, armor becomes more important in late game and reducing the opponents armor means dealing more damage for the enemies

    4. Requiem of Souls
    Requiem of Souls, Dota 2 - Shadow Fiend Build Guide
    Captured souls are released to deal massive damage, as well as slowing and reducing the attack damage of nearby enemy units. Requiem of Souls creates one wave of damage for every 2 souls stored by Necromastery. The closest enemy units are hit the hardest. Requiem has a 1 second cast time before it is activated. Also, the half the souls you lose on death are released in as if the spell was cast.
    y units in an area.
    MANA COST: 150 / 175 / 200COOLDOWN: 120.0 / 110.0 / 100.0
    ABILITY: NO TARGETDAMAGE: MAGICAL
    DAMAGE: 80 / 120 / 160SLOW: 15% / 20% / 25%
    DAMAGE REDUCTION: 15% / 20% / 25%
    This skill will damaging all opponent in area around you. The damage calculation is based on the soul stored. The nearer the opponent, the more damage he will receive. The bigger the opponent, the more damage he will receive. So this skill will deal maximum damage if:
    1. Your soul is maxed at 36
    2. Your enemy is attached with you
    3. Your enemy size is big
    You need dagger to jump in the middle of the enemy's crowds, and then use this skill to nuke them all. The alternative of dagger is to use Shadow Blade to sneak into the middle of the enemy.
    Don't use this skill if your range is far away from the enemys because it won't deal damage.

    Example:


    SKILLBUILD
    Dota 2 - Shadow Fiend Build Guide
    Level 1: Necromastery
    Level 2: Shadowraze
    Level 3: Shadowraze
    Level 4: Necromastery
    Level 5: Shadowraze
    Level 6: Necromastery
    Level 7: Shadowraze
    Level 8: Necromastery
    Level 9 : Requiem of Souls
    Level 10:Presence of the Dark Lord
    Level 11: Requiem of Souls
    Level 12: Presence of the Dark Lord
    Level 13: Presence of the Dark Lord
    Level 14: Presence of the Dark Lord
    Level 15: Stats
    Level 16: Requiem of Souls
    Level 17-25: Stats

    Why Necromastery first? To helps you lasthit creeps. And get the damages for harassing enemy.

    Why Shadowraze maxed in early game? Because it will hit its maximum potential in early game

    Presence of the dark lord in mid game will be useful in any teamfight with you in it because the enemy will have their armor reduced and your team will gain more damages

    STRATEGY
    Early Game
    You must try at your best to lasthit every creeps in lane. You will get damages by lasthits the creeps, and also don;t forget to denying. Denying is not your priority but try to denying the more damage from Necromastery.
    In the beginning your damage is kinda low (35-41), but if you success in last hitting and denying, your damage will keep increasing until maximum +72. The main words of this stage of the game is "last hitting", no matter how hard it is.

    Your team needs ward here. This will gives your team the vision of the fog of war. Very good to anticipate enemy's gank. You may ask your Supprt partner to provide it,

    Mid Game
    Mid game is the stage where there will be many ganks happening. You need to participate into it. You have the damage, you have the nuke,  you have the -armor aura. I recommend you to buy Blink Dagger to makes you can surprise gank your enemy.

     Step by step on how to gank:

    1. Use blink dagger (Shadow blade or Invisibility rune is optional). Jump until you are stick with your enemies.
    2. Use your ultimate Requiem
    3. Use Shadowraze, the 200 range first, and then use your right click damage, if they try to escape, use your 450 and 700 Raze to kill them.

    Dota 2 - Shadow Fiend Build Guide

    Late Game
    In this stage of the game, your presence become much more important. You have the damage, and you also have the -armor aura. You are the main damage dealer here, you have highest right click damage. Usually, Nevermore players buy BKB for defense,

    1. use BKB and the jump into the middle of the enemies.
    2.  And then use all you have: Ultimate, Right click, Shadowraze, Manta Style, or anything.

    In this late game, you skill Presence of the Dark Lord will become much more useful because in late game armor become much more important than on Early-Mid game.

    And if your team won the teamfight, you have two options:
    1. You can get the Aegis for your team's main hero or
    2. Your team can push enemy base and destrouy their buildings. Choose wisely!

    ITEM BUILD
    1. Starting
    3 Bramches will gives you enough additional damage and HP for level 1.
    The tangoes will recover your HP in the laning phase

    2. 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? You need bottle to get runes for a better ganking chance. And bottle will makes your time regenerating HP and mana in fountain becomes less. 

    3. Magoc Wand
    Cost:500
    Saves lifes when in danger

    4.  Power Threads
    Total cost: 1400
    Recipe: Gloves of Haste, Boots of Speed, Belt og Giant Strength/ Robe of Magi/ Band of Elvenskin
     Power Threads, Dota 2 - Shadow Fiend Build Guide
    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
    Why Power Threads? It will gives you attack speed, thats what you need, attack speed and damages. Power threads is also a flexible shoes, you can change it to STR, AGI, or INT for what you need.

    5. Blink Dagger
    Cost: 2150
    Blink Dagger, Dota 2 - Shadow Fiend Build Guide

    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
    Why Blink Dagger?
    1. Perfect for initiating a teamfight
    2. To kill a player who are alone and stupid.

    Alternative
    5. Shadow Blade
    Total cost: 3000
    Recipe: Shadow Amulet + Claymore
    Shadow Blade, Dota 2 - Shadow Fiend Build Guide
    Active: Shadow Walk - Makes you invisible until the duration ends, or until you attack or cast a spell. While Shadow Walk is active, you move 20% faster and can move through units. If attacking to break the invisibility, you gain 150 bonus damage on that attack. Lasts 12 seconds. + 30 Damage
    + 30 Attack Speed     Manacost: 75    Cooldown: 18
    Why Shadow Blade? You don't have an escaping skills, so this item provide one. This item will give you invisibility when activated. Very Good to keep you alive in certain situation like when you are ganked, or when you on low hp after a teamfight. Also good for initiating a teamfight.

    6. Black King Bar
    Total cost:: 3900
    Recipe: Ogre Axe, Mithril Hammer, Recipe
    Black King Bar, Dota 2 - Shadow Fiend Build Guide
     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
    Why Black King Bar? It gives you survivability in a teamfight because you will get magic immunity during teamfight.

    7. Manta Style
    Total cost: 5050
    Recipe: Yasha, Ultimate Orb, Recipe
    Manta Style, Dota 2 - Shadow Fiend Build Guide
    Active: Mirror Image - Creates 2 illusions of your hero that last 20 seconds.
    Melee illusions deal 33% damage and take 250% bonus damage. Ranged illusions deal 28% damage and take 300% bonus damage.
    Percentage based movement speed bonuses from multiple items do not stack. + 10 Strength
    + 26 Agility    + 10 Intelligence    + 15 Attack Speed    + 10% Movement Speed
    Manacost:165    Cooldown:50
    Why Manta Style? Creates 2 illusion of yourself to attack the enemy. Because your damage is high, this item will reach its maximum potential beecause your illusion will also deal some high damage. This items also provide a defense mechanism for you because your opponent will be confused and don't know whose to attack, they should guess where is the real you.

    8. Butterfly
    Total cost: 6000
    Recipe: Talisman of Evasion, Eaglesong, Quarterstaff
    Butterfly, Dota 2 - Shadow Fiend Build Guide
    + 30 Agility            + 30 Damage
    + 35% Evasion      + 30 Attack Speed
    Why Butterfly?
    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.

    9. Daedlus
    Total cost: 5750
    Recipe: Crystalis + Demon Edge + Recipe
    Daedlus, Dota 2 - Shadow Fiend Build Guide
    APassive: Critical Strike - Grants a chance to deal critical damage on an attack.
    + 81 Damage
    CRITICAL CHANCE: 25%        CRITICAL DAMAGE: 270%
    Why Daedlus?
    With this, you become a true moster. This is because you have a very high damage and this item will multiply your damage so everyone can't match you anymore.
    You also can buy MKB, its up to you, both MKB and Daedlus is good.

    Best Partner
    Support
    1. Shadow Shaman
    Shadow Shaman, Dota 2 - Shadow Fiend Build Guide
    Shadow shaman is a very good supportive hero. he have 2 disables, 3 with wards trap (lock someone inside his wards). A perfect partner for you.

    2. Crystal Maiden
    Crystal Maiden, Dota 2 - Shadow Fiend Build Guide
    He have 1 disable and 1 slower, also gives you Brilliance aura to makes you can always use Shadowraze.

    3. Enigma
    Enigma, Dota 2 - Shadow Fiend Build Guide
    Have a Blackhole to setup for you to destroy all enemies.
  • Dota 2 - Drow Ranger Build Guide

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    BIO
    Drow Ranger's given name is Traxex-a name well suited to the short, trollish, rather repulsive Drow people. But Traxex herself is not a Drow. Her parents were travelers in a caravan set upon by bandits, whose noisy slaughter of innocents roused the ire of the quiet Drow people. After the battle settled, the Drow discovered a small girl-child hiding in the ruined wagons, and agreed she could not be abandoned. Even as child, Traxex showed herself naturally adept at the arts they prized: Stealth, silence, subtlety. In spirit, if not in physique, she might have been a Drow changeling, returned to her proper home. But as she grew, she towered above her family and came to think of herself as ugly. After all, her features were smooth and symmetrical, entirely devoid of warts and coarse whiskers. Estranged from her adopted tribe, she withdrew to live alone in the woods. Lost travelers who find their way from the forest sometimes speak of an impossibly beautiful Ranger who peered at them from deep among the trees, then vanished like a dream before they could approach. Lithe and stealthy, icy hot, she moves like mist in silence. That whispering you hear is her frozen arrows finding an enemy's heart.

    INTRODUCTION
    Drow Ranger is a hero that has the highest damage and attack speed for Ranged heroes. You will kill enemies easily wih just a few hits with this hero. You will outdamage emeies with this hero. The rule for this hero is simple, just right click the enemy one by one.
    PROSCONS
    Very high damageSquishy
    A nice attack rangeHave no escape mechanism without buying escaping items
    Have a good aoe Silence
    Have a decent slower
    Have a nice global "ranged damage" booster
    Dota 2 - Drow Ranger Build Guide
    ROLE
    Ranged - Carry

    STATS
    LEVEL11525
    HIT POINTS4739781,719SIGHT RANGE1800 / 1700
    MANA195450892ATTACK RANGE625
    DAMAGE44-5571-82110-121MISSILE SPEED1250
    ARMOR1410

    ABILITIES
    1. Frost Arrows
    Frost Arrows, Dota 2 - Drow Ranger Build Guide
    Adds a freezing effect to Drow's attacks, slowing enemy movement. Lasts 1.5 seconds on Heroes, and 7 seconds on creeps. Frost Arrows is a Unique Attack Modifier, and does not stack with other Unique Attack Modifier.
    MANA COST: 12 / 12 / 12 / 12COOLDOWN: 0.0
    ABILITY: AUTO-CAST, TARGET UNITAFFECTS: ENEMY HEROES
    DAMAGE: 0 / 0 / 0 / 0MOVE SPEED: 11% / 24% / 37% / 60%
    Decent skill to make your enemy move so slow so that you can hits him easily, he will hard to escape. Or if your opponent decided to fight you back, he will walk slow to you so he will receive more damge from you. This is also an orb effect, so you can't use this skill and orb effects like lifesteal or mana burn together. 

    2. Silence
    Silence, Dota 2 - Drow Ranger Build Guide
    Stops all enemy units in a target area from casting spells.
    MANA COST: 90 / 90 / 90 / 90COOLDOWN: 13.0
    ABILITY: TARGET POINTDAMAGE: 0 / 0 / 0 / 0
    RADIUS: 300DURATION: 3 / 4 / 5 / 6
    Your defensive spells. This skill makes your opponent in AoE of skill skill cannot use their spells. Because the area of this skill is relative small, you must be careful to use it.

    3. Precision Aura
    Precision Aura, Dota 2 - Drow Ranger Build Guide
    Adds bonus damage to the physical attack of allied ranged units on the map based on a percentage of Drow's agility. When toggled on, affects creeps as well.
    ABILITY: NO TARGET, AURA, TOGGLERANGE DAMAGE BONUS: 14% /18% /22% / 26%
    AFFECTS: ALLIES
    This skill makes your damage become so high and makes you easier to kill enemies.
    With this skill maxed, you will need just few hits to kill one enemy.

    4. Marksmanship
    Marksmanship, Dota 2 - Drow Ranger Build Guide
    Drow's experiences in battle improve her accuracy and effectiveness in combat, providing a passive bonus to Agility. Grants double the bonus if there are no nearby enemy heroes within a 400 AoE.
    ABILITY: PASSIVEBONUS AGILITY: 20 / 30 / 40
    Very good skill to increase damage, attack speed and evasion. This ability is what you really need. With this skill you will attack faster with more damage.
    This ability will make you can kill enemies easily. This skill also helps you farms faster because its additional damage.

    SKILLBUILD
    Dota 2 - Drow Ranger Build Guide
    Level 1: Silence
    Level 2: Precision Aura
    Level 3: Precision Aura
    Level 4: Frost Arrows
    Level 5: Precision Aura
    Level 6: Markmanship
    Level 7: Precision Aura
    Level 8: Silence
    Level 9 : Frost Arrows
    Level 10:Silence
    Level 11: Markmanship
    Level 12: Frost Arrows
    Level 13: Silence
    Level 14: Mana Break
    Level 15: Frost Arrows
    Level 16: Markmanship
    Level 17-25: Stats

    Why Silence first? To avoid firstblood from enemies. You need defense.

    Why Precision Aura maxed first? To harass enemies and to makes you easier to lasthits

    Why Frost Arrows and Silence maxed in middlegame? In this state of the game, there will be lots of teamfights and ganks, so you need silence to makes opponents cannot use their spells and you also needs frost arrows to make you can chase opponents.

    STRATEGY
    Early Game
    You must last hits every creeps. You must try to last hits precisely. Your skill Precision Aura will add damages to makes you easier to last hits. If there is a chance, you need to harass enemies in your lane once in a while. you have high damage, remember that. And if somebody wants to kill you, you must run, you are squishy, and you must defense with Silence to make opponents can't use their skill.

    Mid Game
    You must continue your farm here.You must continue your farm until you have nice items in your pocket. Beware of ganks from the invisible spot, wards will helps. If there is a teamfight, you are not must to participate, but if you participate it will be good too. Your part in teamfight is to Silence enemy in early teamfights, and right click enemies one-by-one. And if there is an enemy who trying to escape, you can use Frost Arrows to helps you chase him.

    Dota 2 - Drow Ranger Build Guide

    Late Game
    In late game, try to move as a team with your friends, and if there is an empty lane and creeps is coming to your tower/base, farms there. Your part here become more significant to the win/lose of the game. You are the main damage dealer here, you have high damage and attack speed.
    In the teamfight, you must shelter behind your friends and attacks enemy from far range.

    ITEMS
    1.  Power Threads
    Total cost: 1400
    Recipe: Gloves of Haste, Boots of Speed, Belt og Giant Strength/ Robe of Magi/ Band of Elvenskin
     Power Threads, Dota 2 - Drow Ranger Build Guide
    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
    Why Power Threads? It will gives you attack speed, thats what you need, attack speed and damages. Power threads is laso a flexible shoes, you can change it to STR, AGI, or INT for what you need.

    2. Shadow Blade
    Total cost: 3000
    Recipe: Shadow Amulet + Claymore
    Shadow Blade, Dota 2 - Drow Ranger Build Guide
    Active: Shadow Walk - Makes you invisible until the duration ends, or until you attack or cast a spell. While Shadow Walk is active, you move 20% faster and can move through units. If attacking to break the invisibility, you gain 150 bonus damage on that attack. Lasts 12 seconds. + 30 Damage
    + 30 Attack Speed     Manacost: 75    Cooldown: 18
    Why Shadow Blade? You don't have an escaping skills, so this item provide one. This item will give you invisibility when activated. Very Good to keep you alive in certain situation like when you are ganked, or when you on low hp after a teamfight.

    3. Helm of the Dominator and upgrade it into Satanic Later
    Total Cost: 1850
    Recipe: Morbid Mask, Helm of iron Will
    Helm of the Dominator, Dota 2 - Drow Ranger Build Guide

    Active: Dominate - Take control of a non-hero, non-ancient target unit.
    Passive: Lifesteal - Gives lifesteal on attacks.
    Helm of the Dominator is a Unique Attack Modifier, and does not stack with other Unique Attack Modifiers. + 20 Damage    + 5 Armor     LIFESTEAL: 15%
    Manacost: 75     Cooldown: 60
    This is an alternative item for Drow Ranger. If you attack with lifesteal, you don't get Frost Attack, so you must cast frost attack if there is an enemy trying to escape. This items gives you Damage and the most important: lifesteal. With lifesteal you can survive in a tough teamfight.
    This item also gives you the ability to dominate creeps, I recommend you to dominate Alpha Wolf to increase your damage.

    4. Manta Style
    Total cost: 5050
    Recipe: Yasha, Ultimate Orb, Recipe
    Manta Style, Dota 2 - Drow Ranger Build Guide
    Active: Mirror Image - Creates 2 illusions of your hero that last 20 seconds.
    Melee illusions deal 33% damage and take 250% bonus damage. Ranged illusions deal 28% damage and take 300% bonus damage.
    Percentage based movement speed bonuses from multiple items do not stack. + 10 Strength
    + 26 Agility    + 10 Intelligence    + 15 Attack Speed    + 10% Movement Speed
    Manacost:165    Cooldown:50
    Why Manta Style? Creates 2 illusion of yourself to attack the enemy. Because your damage is high, this item will reach its maximum potential beecause your illusion will also deal some high damage. This items also provide a defense mechanism for you because your opponent will be confused and don't know whose to attack, they should guess where is the real you.

    5. Daedlus
    Total cost:: 5750
    Recipe: Crystalis + Demon Edge + Recipe
    Daedlus, Dota 2 - Drow Ranger Build Guide
    APassive: Critical Strike - Grants a chance to deal critical damage on an attack.
    + 81 Damage
    CRITICAL CHANCE: 25%        CRITICAL DAMAGE: 270%
    Why Daedlus?
    With this, you become a true moster. This is because you have a very high damage and this item will multiply your damage so everyone can't match you anymore.

    6. Butterfly
    Total cost:: 6000
    Recipe: Talisman of Evasion, Eaglesong, Quarterstaff
    Butterfly, Dota 2 - Drow Ranger Build Guide
    + 30 Agility            + 30 Damage
    + 35% Evasion      + 30 Attack Speed
    Why Butterfly?
    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.

    Best Partner
    1. Faceless Void
    Faceless Void, Dota 2 - Drow Ranger Build Guide
    Faceless Void will provide a perfect setup for you. He has an ultimate which will lock down enemies in an area so you can right clik them conveniently.

    2. Shadow Shaman
    Shadow Shaman, Dota 2 - Drow Ranger Build Guide
    Shadow shaman is a very good supportive hero. he have 2 disables, 3 with wards trap (lock someone inside his wards). A perfect partner for you.

    Damage Aura Combo:
    3. Vengeful Spirit, Luna Moonfang
    Vengeful Spirit, Dota 2 - Drow Ranger Build GuideLuna Moonfang, Dota 2 - Drow Ranger Build Guide
    Venge or/and Luna have +damage aura, and if combined with your precision aura, it will gives massives damage aura for the whole team.
  • Dota 2 - Anti Mage Build Guide

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    BIO
    The monks of Turstarkuri watched the rugged valleys below their mountain monastery as wave after wave of invaders swept through the lower kingdoms. Ascetic and pragmatic, in their remote monastic eyrie they remained aloof from mundane strife, wrapped in meditation that knew no gods or elements of magic. Then came the Legion of the Dead God, crusaders with a sinister mandate to replace all local worship with their Unliving Lord's poisonous nihilosophy. From a landscape that had known nothing but blood and battle for a thousand years, they tore the souls and bones of countless fallen legions and pitched them against Turstarkuri. The monastery stood scarcely a fortnight against the assault, and the few monks who bothered to surface from their meditations believed the invaders were but demonic visions sent to distract them from meditation. They died where they sat on their silken cushions. Only one youth survived--a pilgrim who had come as an acolyte, seeking wisdom, but had yet to be admitted to the monastery. He watched in horror as the monks to whom he had served tea and nettles were first slaughtered, then raised to join the ranks of the Dead God's priesthood. With nothing but a few of Turstarkuri's prized dogmatic scrolls, he crept away to the comparative safety of other lands, swearing to obliterate not only the Dead God's magic users--but to put an end to magic altogether.

    INTRODUCTION
    Anti Mage, in my opinion is the best and easiest carry in DotA. He has everything needed as a carry, DPS, nukes, and escape mechanism. You just need to farm battlefury in about 15 mins and you will roll like a giant snowball and in minute 35 you will have, Manta Style, Tarrasque, or anything you want. You can easily going into teamfight or escape from teamfight using Blink. You can Burn enemy's mana and nukes them using your ultimate. And finally you have a defensive shield from spell. oh wait, you have an ultra high attack speed too! What a perfect set.
    PROSCONS
    Have a perfect defense mechanism from Blink If you can't get adequate farm, you literally ruin the game.
    Cas farm super fast using Blink (to fast mobility between jungle camp and lane) + BattlefuryBeware if you are Silenced and cannot useyour Blink
    Have a decent damage from Mana Break
    Have a nice nuke
    Have a good defense from spell
    Can jump easily using Blink
    Dota 2 - Anti Mage Build Guide
    ROLE
    Melee - Carry - Escape

    STATS
    LEVEL11525
    HIT POINTS5308491,457SIGHT RANGE1800 /800
    MANA1955231,017ATTACK RANGE128
    DAMAGE49-5388-92136-140MISSILE SPEEDN/A
    ARMOR2814

    ABILITIES
    1. Mana Break
    Mana Break, Dota 2 - Anti Mage Build Guide
    Burns an opponent's mana on each attack. Mana Break deals 60% of the mana burned as damage to the target. Mana Break is a Unique Attack Modifier, and does not stack with other Unique Attack Modifiers.
    ABILITY: PASSIVEMANA PER HIT: 28 / 40 / 52 / 64
    DAMAGE: PHYSICAL
    This skill will makes your opponent always lack of mana because you attacks them. This skill makes your opponent cannot use their skill because lacks of mana. This is also an indirect defensive skill because this skill makes your opponent cannot use their skill. This skill is best comboed with  your ultimate Mana Void which the damage calculation is based on how much mana the target lost. This skill also add an additional damage to your right-click that makes you a decent DPS-er (damage per second.)

    2. Blink
    Blink, Dota 2 - Anti Mage Build Guide
    Short distance teleportation that allows Anti-Mage to move in and out of combat.
    MANA COST: 60 / 60 / 60 / 60COOLDOWN: 12.0 / 9.0 / 7.0 / 5.0
    ABILITY: TARGET POINTRANGE: 1000 / 1075 / 1150 / 1150
    This skill is the best skill of Anti-Mage. With this skill you can go-in and go-out of combat easily so you can escape from death. You will farm easily with this skill because you can move faster, just dont walk, always use this skill for transportation, this will makes you earn gold faster than anyone else.

    3.  Spell Shield
    Spell Shield, Dota 2 - Anti Mage Build Guide
    Increases Anti-Mage's resistance to magic damage.
    ABILITY: PASSIVERESISTANCE: 26% / 34% / 42% / 50%
    Very good defensive skill for a hero. This skill reduce magical damage you received. This will helps you survive in a teamfight. Nice skill to fight against heroes whose focused on magical damage like Zeus, Tinker, Lina, Lion etc.

    4. Mana Void
    Mana Void, Dota 2 - Anti Mage Build Guide
    For each point of mana missing by the target unit, damage is dealt to it and surrounding enemies. The main target is also mini-stunned.
    MANA COST: 125 / 200 / 275COOLDOWN: 70.0
    ABILITY: TARGET UNITAFFECTS: ENEMY HEROES
    DAMAGE: MAGICAL
    DAMAGE: 0.6 / 0.85 / 1.1
    STUN DURATION: 0.1 / 0.2 / 0.3RADIUS: 300
    This skill is skill you should use if your enemy's mana is low, and the more max mana he have the better. You can nukes several heroes with this skill and kill them together. This skill is situational, don't use if your enemy's mana is still full because it will be no effect on him. Wait until teamfight is almost over and your enemys mana is already empty then use it. You can use your Mana Break first to burn enemy's mana, and then use this skill to nuke him until death.

    SKILLBUILD
    Dota 2 - Anti Mage Build Guide
    Level 1: Blink
    Level 2: Stats
    Level 3: Stats
    Level 4: Spell Shield
    Level 5: Mana Break
    Level 6: Mana Void
    Level 7: Blink
    Level 8: Blink
    Level 9 : Blink
    Level 10:Spell Shield
    Level 11: Mana Void
    Level 12: Mana Break
    Level 13: Spell Shield
    Level 14: Mana Break
    Level 15: Spell Shield
    Level 16: Mana Void
    Level 17: Mana Break
    Level 18-25: Stats

    Why Blink on level 1? You should prepare if someone wants to get firstblood by killing you.

    Why Stats on early game? Anti mage is squishy in early game, he needs more HP

    Why Blink should be maxed first? To faster your farms, you need high mobility, so you can move from one camp to another camp/lane faster.

    STRATEGY
    Early Game
    As an Anti Mage, you should try to lasthit every creeps. Denying is not your priority. The more you farm, the faster you will get your items, the faster you get your item, the stronger you are.

    In an early game, Anti Mage is a squishy hero, so be careful of enemy's hero. Don't harass enemies because it will makes the enemy to attack you back. I am very recommend you to get Battlefury as fast as possible, because with this items you can farm faster.

    Mid Game
    Keep farming. This is your job. Change lane if there is an empty lane. You should also destroy jungle creeps, kill all creeps possible.

    If you are already strong enough, I recommend you to kill the Ancient camps. It will gives you lots of golds.
    And then don't forget the big camps(centa,wildkin etc.)

    Your priority in farming:

    1. Lane
    2. Ancient Camp
    3. Big Camps

    You must walk using blink  to make your movement become faster. If you can outfarm enemy heroes in this stage, late game will be easy for you.

    Or you can participate in a teamfight once in a while. Use your Mana Break to damaging the enemy. And then after enemy's mana is already very low, you can use your mana Void to get the kill.

    Or if your team decided to push, you can right click the tower. You will have a nice bounty from the towers.

    Late Game
    This is the stage  you will contribute the most because as a carry, it is a stage where you reached the high damages. I assume here you already get Manta Style, so you can kill enemies faster.

    Here is your strategy as an Anti Mage:
    1. Blink into the teamfight
    2. Rigt click enemy heroes. (Squishy hero first)
    3. Use Manta Style if you have one
    4. Use (Bkb if you have one)
    5. If there is a hero with High Mana pool and his mana is already very low, Mana Void him
    6. Blink-out in your Hp is low
    7. Blink out to an area which enemy can't walk there without take a detour

    That's it, you just should farm as fast as you can and in a late game teamfight, jumps in, right click and kill all the enemy.

    And if your team won the teamfight, you have two options:
    1. You can get the Aegis for your team's main hero or
    2. Your team can push enemy base and destrouy their buildings. Choose wisely!

    ITEM BUILD
    1. Quelling Blade
    Cost: 225

    Quelling Blade, Dota 2 - Anti Mage Build Guide
    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
    Why Quelling Blade? Makes you easier to lasthit every creeps.

    2. Quelling Blade
    Cost: 550
    Recipe: Stout Shield + 2 x Slippers of Agility
    Passive: Damage Block - Blocks physical attack damage, depending on the type of hero you are. Poor Man's Shield will always block attacks from enemy Heroes, but has a chance to block damage from creeps. MELEE BLOCK: 20
    RANGED BLOCK: 10
    BLOCK CHANCE: 60%
    + 6 Agility 
    Why Poor man's Shield? This item is  a must item to tank the creep's damages on early game. Also helps you in jungling. With the additional damage, it will makes you easier to lasthit every creeps.

    2. Battlefury
    Total Cost: 225
    Recipe: Broadsword, Claymore, Preserverance
    Battlefury, Dota 2 - Anti Mage Build Guide
    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%
    Why Battlefury? Makes you faster in farming creeps. Makes your gold flow faster. Your job is to farms, this item will really help. It is recommended to buy the Ring of Health first to helps you survive from enemy's damage.

    3. Power Threads
    Total cost: 1400
    Recipe: Gloves of Haste, Boots of Speed, Belt og Giant Strength/ Robe of Magi/ Band of Elvenskin
     Power Threads, Dota 2 - Anti Mage Build Guide
    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
    Why Power Threads? It will gives you attack speed, thats what you need, attack speed and damages. Power threads is laso a flexible shoes, you can change it to STR, AGI, or INT for what you need.

    4. Manta Style
    Total cost:: 5050
    Recipe: Yasha, Ultimate Orb, Recipe
    Manta Style, Dota 2 - Sniper Build Guide
    Active: Mirror Image - Creates 2 illusions of your hero that last 20 seconds.
    Melee illusions deal 33% damage and take 250% bonus damage. Ranged illusions deal 28% damage and take 300% bonus damage.
    Percentage based movement speed bonuses from multiple items do not stack. + 10 Strength
    + 26 Agility    + 10 Intelligence    + 15 Attack Speed    + 10% Movement Speed
    Manacost:165    Cooldown:50
    Why Manta Style? Creates 2 illusion of yourself to attack the enemy. Your illusion also get mana break the same as you, so the enemy will feel more damage and faster mana drain. This items also provide a defense mechanism for you because your opponent will be confused and don't know whose to attack, they should guess where is the real you.

    5. Black King Bar
    Total cost:: 3900
    Recipe: Ogre Axe, Mithril Hammer, Recipe
    Black King Bar, Dota 2 - Anti Mage Build Guide
     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
    Why Black King Bar? It gives you survivability in a teamfight because you will get magic immunity during teamfight.

    6. Heart of Tarrasque
    Total cost: 5500
    Recipe: Reaver + Vitality Booster
    Heart of Tarrasque, Dota 2 - Anti Mage Build Guide
    Passive: Health Regeneration - Restores a percentage of max health per second.
    This ability is disabled if damage is taken from an enemy Hero or Roshan within the last 4 seconds if your hero is melee or 6 seconds if your hero is ranged.
    + 40 Strength   + 300 Health     HEALTH RESTORED: 2%    Cooldown:
    Why Heart of Tarrasque? Makes you tanky. Tarrasque is an alternative of BKB. You can choose this item or Black King Bar, if the enemys is more physical attack, I recommend you to buy this. Nice for survivability.

    7. Butterfly
    Total cost:: 6000
    Recipe: Talisman of Evasion, Eaglesong, Quarterstaff
    Butterfly, Dota 2 - Sniper Build Guide

    + 30 Agility            + 30 Damage
    + 35% Evasion      + 30 Attack Speed
    Why Butterfly?
    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.

    8. Daedlus
    Total cost:: 5750
    Recipe: Crystalis + Demon Edge + Recipe
    Daedlus, Dota 2 - Anti Mage Build Guide
    APassive: Critical Strike - Grants a chance to deal critical damage on an attack.
    + 81 Damage
    CRITICAL CHANCE: 25%        CRITICAL DAMAGE: 270%
    Why Daedlus? With this, you become a true moster. This is because you have a very high damage and this item will multiply your damage so everyone can't match you anymore.

    You can buy any damage items you want to increase your DPS like Mkb or Basher.


    Best Partner:
    Support heroes.
    They are become good friends for you because they have disables to make you easier to hits the enemies.
    1. Shadow Shaman
    Shadow Shaman, Dota 2 - Anti Mage Build Guide
    Shadow shaman is a very good supportive hero. he have 2 disables, 3 with wards trap (lock someone inside his wards). A perfect partner for you.

    2. Crystal Maiden
    Crystal Maiden, Dota 2 - Anti Mage Build Guide
    She have 1 disable and 1 slower, also gives you Brilliance aura to makes you always can use Blink on early game.

    3. Mana Burner is a very good friends for you because they helps you drain enemy's mana to prepare for your ultimate. Your friends who bring diffusal is also good friends for you.
    Example: Ezalor / KOTL
    Ezalor / KOTL, Dota 2 - Anti Mage Build Guide
    KOTL have mana drain to helps you drain enemy's mana for your ulty.

    Lion and Nyx is also good friends too.
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