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Madman Guide

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Madman – Weaver/Troll hybrid.

1 – Barrel Roll__:_10 – Berserk
2 – Stalk ______._11 – Berserk
3 – Barrel Roll
__._12 – Gash
4 – Stalk _______13 – Gash
5 – Barrel Roll._._.14 – Gash
6 – Stalk-___.._….15 – Gash
7 – Barrel Roll__._16 – Berserk
8 – Stalk.__….._._17-25 – Stats
9 – Stats
____……



Item build 1: Bottle – Steam Boots – Soulscream rings x3 or Fortified Bracelets – Shrunken Head – Shieldbreaker – Whispering Helm (can be got earlier) (- Wingbow - Symbol of Rage – Savage Mace)

Item build 2 – Bottle – Steam Boots – Shrunken Head – Runed Axe – Whispering Helm – (Wingbow - Symbol of Rage)

Item build 3: Bottle – Steam Boots – Soulscream rings – Shrunken Head – Savage Mace – Whispering Helm – (Symbol of Rage – Wingbow – Brutalizer)

Optional: you can skip bottle.

Hero Basics:

Preferred lane: Legion bot – Hellbourne Top.
Hero type: Carry
Item dependence: High.

Early game power/Lane control: Decent power has stalk for herass and a stun.

Mid game power: Low
Late game power: Very strong

Farming skills: Medium.
Gank power:
Medium - Has a stun and stalk.

Hero Weakness: Low healthpool, item dependent, low mana pool.
Hero Strength: Excellent late game capabilitys, hard to gank.

Countered By
: Heavy nukers, and disablers, Pollywog priest
. Pyromancer, Thunderbringer makes short work of you. Totem of Kuldra, Dust of Revelation, Puzzlebox, Wards of Revelation.
Best Allies: Baby sitters so you can farm. Nymphora is worth a special mention. You can stun so her violate pod hits your enemies.
Best against: Most heroes in late game.

Overall hero strength: Strong.
Suitable for newbies? Medium. Not very hard to play.

Soulstealer Guide

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Soulstealer – Nevermore


1 – Soulsteal___:_10 – Stats
2 – Demon Hand__11 – Soul Burst
3 – Demon Hand
__12 – Stats
4 – Soulsteal_____13 – Stats
5 – Demon Hand_..14 – Stats
6 – Soulsteal-__….15 – Stats
7 – Demon Hand__16 – Soul Burst
8 – Soulsteal.___._17-20 – Dread
9 – Soul Burst
____21-25 – Stats

Optional: Dread can be taken 12-15.

Item build 1: Bottle – Boots of speed – Portal Key – Post Haste – Shrunken Head – Nullfire Blade – Geometers Bane – (Wingbow/Behemoths heart)

Item build 2 – Bottle – Boots of speed – Portal Key – Post Haste – Shrunken Head – Shieldbreaker – (Demonic Breastplate – Flayer)

Item build 3 – Bottle – Boots of speed – Assassins Shroud – Post Haste – Shrunken Head – (Same as above)

Item build 4 – Bottle – Boots of speed – Shrunken head – Post Haste – Geometers Bane – (Wingbow/Frostwolf Skull – Symbol of Rage – Flayer)

Item build 5 – Bottle – Boots of speed – Portal Key – Frostwolf Skull – (Wingbow – Geometers Bane)

Optional: Portal Key is always optional. You can skip it or get it, same goes for assassins shroud.

Hero Basics:


Preferred lane: Solo mid , Solo bot as legion, Solo top as Hellbourne. New School is to put him in a dual lane.
Hero type: Carry
Item dependence: High.

Early game power/Lane control: Decent power and great last hit power with soulsteal.

Mid game power: Strong.
Late game power: Strong because of his farming tools.

Farming skills: Excellent, probably one of the best in the game.

Gank power:
Medium.

Hero Weakness: Low healthpool, cant escape ganks and he is very item dependent.
Hero Strength: Excellent farmer, thus can get alot of items.

Countered By
: Heavy nukers, Roamers, gankers and disablers, Totem of Kuldra
. Late game assassins like Nighthound and Scout.
Best Allies: Tempest, Keeper of the Forest.
Best against: None, good hero overall.

Overall hero strength: Strong.
Suitable for newbies? No, Very hard to play.

Blood Hunter Guide

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Blood Hunter – Blood Seeker

1 – Blood Crazy_:_10 – Blood sense
2 – Feast ._______11 – Hemorrhage
3 –
Feasty.___.___12 – Stats
4 – Blood Sense_._13 – Stats
5 – Feast_______..14 – Stats
6 – Hemorrhage-…15 – Stats
7 – Feast________16 –
Hemorrhage
8 – Blood Sense.._17-20 Blood Crazy
9 – Blood SEnse
__21-25 – stats

Item build 1: Bottle – Enhanced Marchers – 2-3 Fortified Bracelets – Mock of Brilliance – Shrunken Head – Wingbow – Flayer – Whispering Helm.

Item build 2: Enhanced Marchers – Shrunken Head – Charged Hammer – Wingbow – Flayer – Whispering Helm


Hero Basics:

Preferred lane: Any lane. Can solo mid in publivs.
Hero type: Ganker carry
Item dependence: High.

Early game power/Lane control: Decent lane staying power if you lasthit good.

Mid game power: Strong.
Late game power: Medium

Farming skills: Low

Gank power: Excellent. Very strong ultimate for ganks
Hero Weakness: Melee, needs to be able to last hit to stay in the lane.
Hero Strength: Good ganker with his ultimate, decent lane staying power. Got a lengthy silence with blood crazy.

Countered By: Homecoming Stone, Shrunken Head, Totem of Kuldra, Greedy allies who steal your frags.
Best Allies: Baby sitters, Slither and Behemoth tends to get the enemies to low hp so you can chase.
Best against: Casters.

Overall hero strength: Medium.
Suitable for newbies? Yes very easy to play.

Slither Guide

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Slither – Venomancer

1 – Poison Spray__10 – Toxin Ward
2 – Toxicity______11 – Poison Burst
3 – Poison Spray__12 – Stats
4 – Toxicity. ._.___13 – Stats
5 – Poison Spray_..14 – Stats
6 – Poison Burst_-.15 – Stats
7 – Poison Spray__16 – Poison Burst
8 – Toxicity____.._17-22 – Stats
9 – Toxicity


Item build 1: Bottle – Enhanced Marchers – 2-3 Fortified Bracelets – Assassins Shroud – (Random stuff).

Item build 2: Bottle – Enhanced Marchers – Nullfire Blade – (Random stuff).

Item build 3: Bottle – Enhanced Marchers – Staff of the Master – (Random Stuff)

Optional: Wards – He is a great wardhoe.

Hero Basics:

Preferred lane: Any lane except mid.
Hero type: Roamer, initiator, Baby sitter.
Item dependence: Very low.

Early game power/Lane control: Very strong.

Mid game power: Strong.
Late game power: Weak

Farming skills: Low

Gank power: Excellent. Very strong slow and a great early game ultimate.
Hero Weakness: Low stats gain, low range, low farm, low movement speed.
Hero Strength: Awesome early game roamer and warder. Very strong ulti in early/mid game.

Countered By
: Silencers, Disablers, Geometers Bane, Homecoming Stone, Shrunken Head, Shaman Headress, Astrolabe, Ophelia,
Invisibility and Wards, Barrier Idol.
Best Allies: Blood Hunter,so he can hunt down the low hp heroes. Other carries, since he is a great baby sitter and can gank their lane.
Best against: Heroes with low health pool and late gamers (in early game).

Overall hero strength: Strong.
Suitable for newbies? Yes very easy to play.

Chronos Guide

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Chronos – Faceless Void

1 – Time Leap_._10 – Time leap
2 – Rewind____._11 – Chronofield
3 – Rewind .___ _12 – Time leap
4 – Stats ____. ..13 – Time leap
5 – Rewind _….. _14 – Stats
6 – Chronofield . .15 – Stats
7 – Rewind _….-. 16 – Chronofield
8 – Stats_ ___.._
17-20 Time Freeze

9 – Stats _____ 21-25 – Stats

Item build 1: Steam Boots – Soulscream rings 2-3 – Wingbow – Whispering helm – (Flayer – Symbol of Rage - Runed axe)

Item build 2: Steam Boots – Soulscream rings 2-3 – Shieldbreaker – Wingbow – (Flayer - Runed axe)

Item build 3: Coming up, a runed axe build.

Optional: Elder Parasite.

Hero Basics:


Preferred lane: Legion Bot – Hellbourne Top
Hero type: Carry, Anti-carry.
Item dependence: Heavy

Early game power/Lane control: None

Mid game power: None
Late game power: Very strong.

Farming skills: None

Gank power: Low
Hero Weakness: Item dependant, level dependant and is weak in early in the game, low health pool.
Hero Strength: One of the strongest heroes in late game.

Countred By
: Early game gankers and casters like Vengeful Spirit,
Pyromancer, Pollywog Priest, Pebbles and Thunderbringer. Stunners and disablers.
Best Allies: Baby sitters so he can farm. Magmus and Voodoo Jester is great with him. You ulti, and magmus uses ulti / blink into your ultimate for a team wipe. With voodoo jester, you ulti and jester summons ward outside of your ulti.
Best against: Other carries.

Overall hero strength: Low/Medium
Suitable for newbies? No - Very hard to play.


Valkyrie Guide

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Valkyrie – Priestess of the Moon

1 – Leap/Javelin._10 – Leap
2 – Javelin/Leap._11 – Prism
3 – Call of Valk. _12 – Leap
4 – Call of Valk13 – Leap
5 – Call of Valk__14 – Prism
6 – Javelin _____.15-20 Stats
7 – Call of Valk_. 21 – Prism_
8 – Javelin_ ___._
22 – 25 stats

9 – Javelin _____

Item build 1: Bottle – Steam Boots -Soulscream rings 2-3 – Nullfireblade – Geometers Bane – (Wingbow – Flayer)

Item build 2: Bottle – Steam Boots -Soulscream rings 2-3 – Shieldbreaker – (Wingbow – Flayer)

Item build 3: Bottle – Post Haste – Charged Hammer – Frostwolf Skull – (Wingbow – Geometers Bane)

Item build 4: Bottle – Post Haste – Charged Hammer – Geometers Bane – (Frostwolf skull)

Item build 5: Bottle – Post Haste/Steam Boots – Geometers Bane – Chargedhammer / Wingbow – (Frostwolf Skull/Flayer)


Hero Basics:


Preferred lane: Legion Top – Hellbourne bot – Can do solo mid aswell.
Hero type: Ganker, Semi Carry
Item dependence: Medium.

Early game power/Lane control: Strong, Aoe Nuke + Javelin does great damage.

Mid game power: Very strong
Late game power: Medium, can be a semi carry if decently farmed but usually loses to regular carries in terms of power.

Farming skills: Great with her primary nuke.

Gank power: Very high.
Hero Weakness: Weak against nukers and disablers. Somewhat low manapool, lacks a steroid spell for late game power.
Hero Strength: Has blink, stun and a aoe nuke. What more can we ask for?

Countered By: Pyromancer, Thunderbringer, Succubus and other heavy nukers. In late game she is weak vs assassins like Night Hound and Scout. Also countred by wards, Totem of Kuldra, Hellflower.
Best Allies: Lengthy stunners like Electrician and Succubus for easy arrows.
Best against: No one in particular. Good vs most heroes.

Overall hero strength: Strong
Suitable for newbies? Medium - Only Javelin requires skill.

Andromeda Guide

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Andromeda – Vengeful Spirit


1 – Comet_______10 – Stats
2 – Aurora_-_____11 – Void Rip
3 – Comet _____._12 – Dimensional Link
4 – Stats________13 – Dimensional Link
5 – Comet_______14 – Dimensional Link
6 – Void Rip_____.15 – Dimensional Link
7 – Comet _____._16 – Void Rip
8 – Stats________
17 – Aurora
9 – Stats________18 – Aurora
_______________ 19 – Aurora
_______________ 20-25 – Stats

Item build 1: Bottle – Enhanced Marchers – Fortified Bracelts x2 – Portal Key – Nullfireblade – (Behemoths Heart/Wingbow)

Item Build 2: Bottle – Enhanced Marchers – Glow stone – Portal Key – Staff of the Master – (Random Stuff)

Optional: Post Haste, Assassins Shroud.

Wards are essential on her.


Hero Basics:


Preferred lane: Legion Bot – Hellbourne Top
Hero type: Roamer, Ward hoe, initiator.
Item dependence: Very low

Early game power/Lane control: Very strong. Ranged stunner. Very strong ganker at lvl 6 with her ultimate.

Mid game power: Strong
Late game power: Medium, swap their most dangerous hero out so you can kill him. You trade ur useless life for him. With portal key / Assassins shroud you survive it.

Farming skills: None

Gank power: Very high.
Hero Weakness: Bad stats gain resulting in weak hero power in lategame.
Hero Strength: One of the best gankers in early game.

Countered By
: Scout, Wards.

Best Allies: Pyromancer, Torturer, Magmus, Hammerstorm, Nymphora, Voodoo Jester. Any stunner or Nuker.
Best against: Late game carries. Either for ganking them or swaping them out.

Overall hero strength: Strong
Suitable for newbies? Yes, easy to play.

Moon Queen Guide

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Moon Queen – Luna Moonfang



1 – Moon Beam_-_10 – Multi Strike
2 – Stats________11 – Moon Finale
3 – Moon Beam_.._12 – Lunar glow
4 – Stats________13 – Lunar Glow
5 – Moon Beam_-_14 – Lunar Glow
6 – Moon Finale_-.15 – Lunar Glow
7 – Moon Beam -._16 – Moon Finale
8 – Multi Strike_._.
17 – Multi Strike
9 – Multi Strike_.._18-25 – Stats

Optional: Take Multi Strike if you face melee heroes in the lane. Last two levels of Multi strike can be got later, after Lunar glow (at lvl 15 and 17). 1-2 levels of multistrike is however very good before lunar glow for jungling/fast farm purposes. if your hero deals 100 damage, the first bounce does 65 damage, and the second 42,5 (100% damage incrase in the jungle), the third, 27,5 the fourth 18 damage. Do however you want.


Item build: Steam Boots – Soulscream ring x3 – Shrunken Head – Geometers Bane - Wingbow – Whispering Helm (can be got at any time) – Symbol of Rage – Flayer

Optional: Bottle.


Hero Basics:


Preferred lane: No preferrance – Any lane works.
Hero type: Carry
Item dependence: Very heavy

Early game power/Lane control: Medium

Mid game power: Medium
Late game power: Very Strong

Farming skills: Excellent

Gank power: Some, her ultimate does a great deal of damage and she has a great finishing nuke.
Hero Weakness: Needs alot of farm to be useful in mid / late game. Very low health pool.
Hero Strength: Deals amazing damage in late game if well farmed. Very strong ultimate.

Countered By: Early game casters/gankers: Torturer, Pyromancer, Thunderbringer, Glacius, Thunderbringer, Pebbles, Succubus, Ophelia. Also countered by disablers. Ganks, Totem of Kuldra.

Best Allies: Baby sitters so he can farm early game and net frags.Creep clearers so her ultimate deals full damage i e Behemoth or Wretched Hag. Immobilizers like Keeper of the Forest and Tempest.
Best against: Good versus all heroes in late game.

Overall hero strength: Medium
Suitable for newbies? Yes very easy to play.

Swift Blade Guide

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Swiftblade – Yurnero

1 – Blade Frenzy__10 – Stats
2 – Stats________11 – Swift Slashes
3 – Blade Frenzy__12 – Way of the Sword
4 – Stats________13 – Way of the Sword
5 – Blade Frenzy__14 – Way of the Sword
6 – Swift Slashes_.15 – Way of the Sword
7 – Blade Frenzy__16 – Swift Slashes
8 – Stats________
17-21 – Stats
9 – Stats________22-25 – Counter attack

Item build: Enhanced Marchers – Runed Axe – Shield Breaker – Shrunken Head – Wingbow – Whispering Helm

Optional: Soulscream rings or Fortified Bracelets . Steam boots or Post Haste.


Hero Basics:


Preferred lane: Legion Bottom – Hellborne Top
Hero type: Carry
Item dependence: Heavy

Early game power/Lane control: Strong

Mid game power: Medium
Late game power: Strong

Farming skills: Excellent

Gank power: Some since his Blade Frenzy deals nice damage in early game. If an allied hero has a slow the opponent will take full damage.
Hero Weakness: Needs alot of farm to be useful in mid / late game.
Hero Strength: Deals alot of damage in late game if well farmed. Has some early game power if laned with a hero who has a stun or slow.

Countered by
: Early game casters: Torturer, Pyromancer, Glacius, Thunderbringer, Pebbles, Succubus. Also countered by ganks and disablers, Totem of Kuldra, Void Talisman.

Best Allies: Baby sitters, Demented Shaman, Glacius, Pollywog Priest, Venomancer and slowers/stunners like Hellbringer, Electrician, Puppet Master, Arachna
Best against: Magmus. Good versus melee heroes in the lane.

Overall hero strength: Medium
Suitable for newbies? Yes very easy to play.

Night Hound Guide

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Night Hound – Rikimauru

1 – Smoke Bomb__10 – Backstab
2 – Pounce_______11 – Invisibility
3 – Pounce_______12 – Smoke bomb
4 – Backstab.._.___13 – Smoke bomb
5 – Pounce____.__.14 – Smoke bomb
6 – Invisibility____15 – Stats
7 – Pounce_.___.__16 – Invisibility
8 – Backstab_____17-25 – Stats
9 – Backstab

Item build 1: Steam Boots – 3x Soulscream rings – Nullfire Blade – (Wingbow – Geometers Bane – Flayer – Whispering Helm)

Item build 2: Steam Boots – 3x Soulscream rings – Shield Breaker – (Wingbow – Flayer – Whispering helm).

Item build 3: Steam Boots – 3x Soulscream rings – Hack and Slash – (Wingbow – Flayer – Whispering helm).

Optional: Shrunken Head
.


Hero Basics:

Preferred lane: Legion Bottom – Hellborne Top
Hero type: Carry
Item dependence: Heavy

Early game power/Lane control: None

Mid game power: Some
Late game power: Strong

Farming skills: Low

Gank power: Some since he is invisible thus surprising the enemy.
Hero Weakness: Needs alot of farm and is weak early game.
Hero Strength: Deals alot of damage in late game if well farmed. Invisibility is strong since enemies cant detect you without anti invisibility gear.
Worst enemies: Arachna, Pestilence and Scout
.
Best Allies: Baby sitters so he can farm early game.
Best against: Heroes with low health pool in lategame.

Overall hero strength: Medium
Suitable for newbies? Yes very easy to play.