Here is a list of ALL items in Heroes of Newert!
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Wednesday, October 21, 2009
The Big Item Guide
The big item guide is a really really big guide from Heroes of Newerth Forum created by SyyRaaaN
Its so big i decided to devide it into more posts
here they are:
Its so big i decided to devide it into more posts
here they are:
The big Item Guide 1.1 Starting Gear
The Big Item Guide 1.2 - 1.3 Boots + Supportive
The Big Item Guide 1.4 - 1.5 Protective + Combative
The Big Item Guide 1.6 - 1.7.2 Morph Attacks + Random Stuff
The Big Item Guide 1.6 - 1.7.2 Morph Attacks + Random Stuff
1.6 Morph Attacks
These abilitys gives ur attack some kind of side effect. If im not misstaken there are no conflicts between them like in dota. The Mophs that do not work with eachother are labled as "Attack modifier".
Brutalizer 3100 $ Basher in Dota
The Basher in Dota. In 5v5 the ability to permabash is not particularly good. However you can get this as a last luxury item for the following heroes. Its a 1.4 second bash with 2 seconds cooldown. Not particularly good allthough buffed in 1.42. The reason its bad is because it offers no survivability and almost no damage. And the nature of the item makes you get it on melee heroes with fast attack speed, e g carries. They are often the prime target in team fights. Conclusion:
So if you get Brutalizer on a melee agility hero to early you will still die just as easily, dealing almost the same damage but occasionaly stunning one if you do not get focused.
Usable for three heroes though:
Brutalizer also makes you look un-intelligent! Its true.
Magebane - Last slot item, fast attack speed.
Warbeast - Last slot item, fast attack speed in wolf form.
Madman - Last slot item, fast attack speed with ultimate.
Nullfire Blade 3300 $ Upgradable for 850 gold once. Diffusal Blade/Diffu in Dota
Gives 22/26 agility, 6/10 intelligence, and the ability to burn 20/36 mana per attack. Also comes with 8 charges of purge which is replenishable by buying a new recepie. Purge removes buffs or debuffs and slows for 80% to 0 percent over 4-5 seconds. Very good ganking item. Powerful for all supporters if playing against Jereziah so u can purge away his Ultimate and his spellshield. It also dispels Hammerstorms and Madmans Ultimate.
1.42 Notes: The Nullfire blade is no longer a heavy carry item since it lost its build up towards Geometers Bane. Its now more of a gankers/mid game item. It is however still very useful versus casters. So skip it for heavy carries.
One player in the team should always get this if playing vs Jereziah.
Night Hound - Can be Core item.
Valkyrie - Can be Core item.
Slither - Can be used.
Soulstealer - Can be used.
Andromeda - Can be used.
The Dark Lady - Can be used
Blood Hunter - Can be useful however i feel that there are better gear.
Scout - Can be used.
Chronos - Only if facing jereziah and/or caster teams.
Listing some good candidates to get NullFire Blade if you play vs Jereziah:
Pyromancer - Only vs Jereziah
Nymphora - Only vs Jereziah
Ophelia - Only vs Jereziah
Glacius - Only vs Jereziah
Hellbringer - Only vs Jereziah
Accursed - Only vs Jereziah
Arachna - Only vs Jereziah
Moved down from green to blue:
Moon Queen - Only if facing jereziah
Madman - Only if facing jereziah
Magebane - Does not stack with his own manaburn.
These abilitys gives ur attack some kind of side effect. If im not misstaken there are no conflicts between them like in dota. The Mophs that do not work with eachother are labled as "Attack modifier".
Brutalizer 3100 $ Basher in Dota
The Basher in Dota. In 5v5 the ability to permabash is not particularly good. However you can get this as a last luxury item for the following heroes. Its a 1.4 second bash with 2 seconds cooldown. Not particularly good allthough buffed in 1.42. The reason its bad is because it offers no survivability and almost no damage. And the nature of the item makes you get it on melee heroes with fast attack speed, e g carries. They are often the prime target in team fights. Conclusion:
So if you get Brutalizer on a melee agility hero to early you will still die just as easily, dealing almost the same damage but occasionaly stunning one if you do not get focused.
Usable for three heroes though:
Brutalizer also makes you look un-intelligent! Its true.
Magebane - Last slot item, fast attack speed.
Warbeast - Last slot item, fast attack speed in wolf form.
Madman - Last slot item, fast attack speed with ultimate.
Nullfire Blade 3300 $ Upgradable for 850 gold once. Diffusal Blade/Diffu in Dota
Gives 22/26 agility, 6/10 intelligence, and the ability to burn 20/36 mana per attack. Also comes with 8 charges of purge which is replenishable by buying a new recepie. Purge removes buffs or debuffs and slows for 80% to 0 percent over 4-5 seconds. Very good ganking item. Powerful for all supporters if playing against Jereziah so u can purge away his Ultimate and his spellshield. It also dispels Hammerstorms and Madmans Ultimate.
1.42 Notes: The Nullfire blade is no longer a heavy carry item since it lost its build up towards Geometers Bane. Its now more of a gankers/mid game item. It is however still very useful versus casters. So skip it for heavy carries.
One player in the team should always get this if playing vs Jereziah.
Night Hound - Can be Core item.
Valkyrie - Can be Core item.
Slither - Can be used.
Soulstealer - Can be used.
Andromeda - Can be used.
The Dark Lady - Can be used
Blood Hunter - Can be useful however i feel that there are better gear.
Scout - Can be used.
Chronos - Only if facing jereziah and/or caster teams.
Listing some good candidates to get NullFire Blade if you play vs Jereziah:
Pyromancer - Only vs Jereziah
Nymphora - Only vs Jereziah
Ophelia - Only vs Jereziah
Glacius - Only vs Jereziah
Hellbringer - Only vs Jereziah
Accursed - Only vs Jereziah
Arachna - Only vs Jereziah
Moved down from green to blue:
Moon Queen - Only if facing jereziah
Madman - Only if facing jereziah
Magebane - Does not stack with his own manaburn.
Shieldbreaker 4400 $ Desolator in Dota
The king of dps items. Very cost efficent. Adds 60 damage and gives -6 armor to the enemy you attack for 5 seconds (longer than in dota). This makes your allies attacks hit harder on the target aswell. The most cost efficient damage item. Very good vs low armor heroes i. e. Strength heroes and Intelligence heroes. A bit weaker vs high armor heroes i. e. agility heroes. Becomes a bit weaker as the heroes stack more armor.
Valkyrie - Can be core item.
Arachna - Can be core item.
Night hound - Can be core item allthough nullfire blade is better.
Scout - Can be core item.
Swiftblade - Very good for fast damage to his ult. Get after Battlefury.
Chronos - Can be core item.
Madman - can be core item.
Soulstealer - can be got, stacks with his - armor aura.
Dark Lady - can be got.
Predator - Core item.
War beast - Core item.
Pestilence - Can be got.
Maliken - Can be got.
Very good vs strength heroes.
Very good vs intelligence heroes.
Very good if you play with Defiler since her ultimate is Physical Damage.
Blood Hunter - Can be got but usually wants other items.
Magebane - bit meh.
Wretched hag - Can be used as second item if you go for the carry build.
Andromeda - She is not a carry.
Bad for intelligence heroes and non-dps heroes.
Not so good vs agility heroes.
Armaddon - Only reason i mention this is that i noticed it beeing recommended in a guide. He turns his back in fights for better tanking. Sure Shield Breaker boosts his Spine bursts... But that means thats its even a better item on all the heroes that can wield it if you play with Armaddon.
Hack and Slash 4500 $ Sange and Yasha/SnY/s&y in Dota
The jack of all trades. 16 Strength (304 HP), 16 Agility, 12 Damage, 15% Ias and 12% Movement Speed increase. Maim slows a target for 5 seconds and has a 16% chance to procc. Best got if you cant farm since the buildup is really easy.
Its better than its Dota counterpart since here we can stack orbs!
Pestilence - Great item on this hero after Shrunken Head. Grants you maximum MS.
Magebane - Gives great bonuses for the price.
Good if you have a really hard time farming anything. Since Hack/Slash are good items that gives nice build up and bonuses.
Maliken - Might be ok, gonna test it.
Dark Lady - Ok on her.
Andromeda - Ok on her.
Night hound - ok on him.
Madman - ok on him if you have 0 farm.
Swifblade - ok on him if you have 0 farm.
Bloodseeker - ok if you have 0 farm.
Moon Queen - Ok if you have 0 farm.
Warbeast - Ok if you have 0 farm.
Predator - Ok if you have 0 farm.
*Note 0 zero farm is if you rip alot and cant get any other gear up except small pieces.
Valkyrie - Bad on her, she needs better damage to carry.
Arachna - Bad on her, really does not need maim.
Jereziah - Does not need maim and does not give satisfactory bonuses.
Accursed - Does not need this.
Pharaoh - Does not need this.
Charged Hammer 6300 $ Mjollnir in Dota
Adds 35 agility and 35 damage. Attacks add a powerful chain lightning that deals 200 damage that proccs 20% of the time. Has an active ability that gives a unit a 20% chance to release a 200 damage lightning if attacked. Very expensive, get only if you have very good farm. Not a very common item since its very expensive and in most cases outshiend by Wingbow and Mock of Brilliance if you want a farming tool. It also has a bad buildup consisting of a Dancing Blade and Thunder Claw.
Valkyrie - Good if you go for Charged hammer / frostwolf build.
Blood hunter - It bounces to creeps giving you HP when you kill them.
Arachna - Can use this.
Soulstealer - Can use this as main damage item.
Generally considered not so good on melee heroes. Better on ranged heroes since they can attack from range and procc more lightnings.
Bad for strength heroes and int heroes.
Frostwolf Skull 6150 $ Eye of Skadi in Dota
Grants 25 to all stats 200 hp and 150 mana (675 HP / 475 mana) . Slows target on attack. Always bad as your first item since its so expensive and it gives no damage. Get this as second or third item if you need the slow and hp / mana. Can be got instead of Behemoths Heart on ranged units. Generally only used on heroes that can farm really well.
Valkyrie - Good for her if you went for the charged hammer build.
Soulstealer - Good for him if you go for a defensive build.
Maliken - Can use this.
Wretched Hag - Can use this as late game survival.
Nymphora - Ok after all your core items are got and you need survival.
Ophelia - Ok after all your core items are got and you need survival.
Pyromancer - Ok after all your core items are got and you need survival.
Defiler - Ok after all your core items are got and you need survival.
Puppet Master - Ok after all your core items are got and you need survival.
Torturer - Ok as final item.
Electrician - Ok if you can farm it. Point booster is great for him anyways, can be used as survival.
Succubus - As luxury.
Moon Queen - As survival.
Generally considered bad for Strength heroes since behemoths heart is better on them, and cheaper.
Savage Mace 5400 $ Monkey King Bar/MKB in dota
Gives 80 damage, 15 % IAS and 35% chance to deal a ministun that deals 100 magical damage. Has True Strike which causes your attacks to never miss. Good for heroes with fast attackspeed. Shield breaker gives more damage / gold and outshines this beast. But if you can get Savage Mace farmed then ur set. Very good versus evasion heroes like Zephyr, Scout, Night Hounds Smoke Bomb and Wingbow users.
Magebane - Has fast attackspeed.
Madman - Fast ias, critical. This item is good for him.
Moon Queen - Rumor has it that mini stun proccs on every bounce.
Scout - gives good damage.
Arachna - Very good for her. She can farm it quite fast, and it counters her weakness to enemies with town portal (ministun cancel it).
Dark Lady - If you can farm it, its good.
Maliken - Has very fast attackspeed.
Wretched Hag - If you go for the carry build.
Nighthound - Has better builds.
Blood hunter - Its ok, but there is better builds. He needs something to splash on creeps.
Valkyrie - Its ok, but there are better.
Swiftblade - Its ok but there are better.
Soulstealer - Its ok, but there are better.
Warbeast - its ok, but there are better.
Bad on: Strength heroes, they attack to slow to benefit to full extent (except warbeast).
Andromeda - She is not a dps:er.
Symbol of Rage: 6150 $ Satanic in Dota
Grants 20 damage, 25 strength (475 HP) and 25% lifesteal. Active ability increases lifesteal to 150% for 3,5 seconds. Its the definition of the extreme luxury. Get it as your last item if you are rich.
Maliken - Very good luxury on him since he can replenish life fast with this if needed. It aslo boosts HP and gives him life steal to negate the -20 true damage effect.
Moon Queen: Its ok on her in dota due to the lack of items she can effectivly use. But here its a bit meh.
Luxury for late game damage dealers i. e. Madman
1.7 Random stuff
Some worth to mention items.
Alchemist Bones 1900 $ Hands of Midas in Dota
Adds 30 % IAS and grants the ability to turn a creep to gold. It is a farming tool. Only good if got fast as your absolute first item. By fast i mean that you have it within 13-14 minutes. If you get it to late it wont pay off. If these conditions are met use it for:
Keeper of the Forest - Needs alot of farm and has no farming tool.
Chronos - Needs alot of farm and has no farming tool.
Valkyrie - Only good if you go for the Charged Hammer / Frostwolf build since its an very expensive build.
Maliken - Can be used.
Arachna - Can be used if you go for a carry build.
Bad on the rest of the heroes and bad on all heroes if got after 15 minutes.
Dont get it for the ias bonus! Warpcleft costs 2100 gold for 55% ias.
Portal Key 2150 $ Blink Dagger in Dota
WHY DID THIS GET NERFED NOOOOOOOOEEEEES, IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS I NEVER DIED IN A PUBBY BUHUHUHUHUHUHUHUHU.
Gives the ability to blink 1250 range, 18 second cooldown. Disabeld for 3 seconds if you take damage from a hero.
Tempest - Core item.
Legionnaire - Core item.
Behemoth - Core item.
Magmus - Core item.
Pebbels - Core item (so you can blink in and toss 1 oponent to your team)
Glacius - Core item (if you are not doing wards).
Kraken - Very good for positioning ultimate. Charge ulti often fails.
Andromeda - Very good for blinking out of swaps.
Soulstealer - Optional item, Can be core.
Pyromancer - Optional item
Pollywog Priest - Optional item
Thunderbringer - Optional item
Keeper of the Forest - If you have a really hard time getting ulti off
Devourer - Quite fun on him.
Torturer - Optional item.
Voodoo Jester - Optional item.
Life Steal ~ 2000 $
The life steal debate. Generally life steal is not considered a very good investment in the beginning of the game in damage terms. Life steal versus heroes before you deal any good damage is pretty useless. It does not help you survive a gank, nor does it help you if you get focused in team fights. It does not work if you are stunned or disabeld and doesnt regen you fast enough after a heavy nuke or two. It is also bad versus creeps in the lane, its very easy to avoid creep lane damage and you dont regen fast enough if you have taken damage from a hero since you should be last hitting! So what does it do? It costs you 2000 k gold, delaying your good gear for nothing unless... You decide to use it as a farming tool in the jungle!
Its very good if you decide to farm in the jungle since 1) you take damage from jungle creeps 2) you need a way to stay in the jungle. So if you get this early game its generally for jungle purposes. Keep this in mind. Also if you want to farm the jungle you need a hero that does it fast. Because if you do it slow its generally better to farm in a lane, gives you more gold and more exp. In other words, the hero needs to be able to dish out acceptable damage versus creeps in early game / mid game. Usually the melee agility are capable of this by lvl 10-11.
In late game however when you have a hero who dish out tons of damage and can not get stunned (because of shrunken) life steal does a difference. So my general rule, if you want to farm the jungle get it. Dont get it if you have no intentions of farming the jungle. However you can get it in lategame because of the good impact it does when you dish out heavy damage.
Remember, this is my take on life steal. I know all players do not agree about this!
Maliken - Whispering Helm - Very useful for him since it builds up to Symbol of Rage and negates his -20 true damage.
The heroes that can use this as a jungle tool
Magebane (Whispering helm or Abyssal skull)
Moon Queen (Whispering Helm)
Chronos (preferably elders parasite)
Warbeast (Abyssal skull)
Madman (Whispering helm)
If the other team does not have any stuns or disabels its good aswell if you have an agility hero that deals good damage.
Remember to use Whispering helm to convert a creep, send it back to the base to stack 10-12 up for later pushes or Kongor Party.
Bottle 600 $
Restores 135 HP and 70 mana over 3 seconds, can be used 3 times. Can store Runes. Refill it at fountain or by putting runes in it. Not really bad on any hero but a core item on most roamers and gankers. But there are some heroes that benefit very much from Bottle. Get it after starting gear, sometimes before Marchers, sometimes after or as soon as you have farmed 1100 gold for Marchers + bottle. Sell this one later if you need item slots.
Soulsteeler - Core item
Valkyrie - Core item
Devourer - Core item
Thunderbringer - Core item
Pyromancer - Core item
Slither - Core item
Pollywog Priest - Core item
Torturer - Core item
Blacksmith - Core item
Voodoo Jester - Core item
Behemoth - Core item
Pebbles - Core item
Pharaoh - Core item
Magmus - Core item
Kraken - Possible for reducing his mana problems.
Wretched Hag - Core item
Succubus - Core item
Andromeda - Core item
Electrician - Optional
Hammerstorm - Optional
Swiftblade - Optional
Accursed - Optional
Jereziah - Optional
Armaddon - Optional
Glacius - Optional
Defiler - Optional
Madman - Optional
Moon Queen - Optional
Scout - Optional
Demented Shaman - Optional
Maliken - Optional
Wards 200 $
Buying wards and placing them ensures a team victory. Most important spots to ward are the cliffs near the runes. Use sentry wards to remove the other teams wards. Or use them in the lane to show invisiable uints making the laning phase easier. Some heroes are very good warders since they dont need much gear to be useful. These heroes can buy ward of sight / ward of revelation all game long and still be useful. Here is my list of the most potent ward hoes:
Glacius
Pyromancer
Slither
Torturer
Nymphora
Hellbringer
Ophelia
Thunderbringer
Blacksmith
Demented Shaman
Accursed
Voodoo Jester
Succubus
Andromeda
Homecoming Stone 135 $ Scroll of Town Portal / TP in dota.
Teleports you to target allied structure, 65 second cooldown. The second best item in the game. Thats right, only Marchers are better. Always carry 1 or 2 of these. Good for escaping ganks, defending towers, getting fast ganks, finding good farm first (pushed lanes to your side). This is the item that makes a good player. ALWAYS CARRY IT.
Dont be cheap and skip this. Having a Homecoming Stone in your inventory att all times gains you gold and saves you gold! Its true, dont get decieved by its 135 gold cost. Another great thing about it i want to mention... It makes you look really PRO! And very sexy!
The king of dps items. Very cost efficent. Adds 60 damage and gives -6 armor to the enemy you attack for 5 seconds (longer than in dota). This makes your allies attacks hit harder on the target aswell. The most cost efficient damage item. Very good vs low armor heroes i. e. Strength heroes and Intelligence heroes. A bit weaker vs high armor heroes i. e. agility heroes. Becomes a bit weaker as the heroes stack more armor.
Valkyrie - Can be core item.
Arachna - Can be core item.
Night hound - Can be core item allthough nullfire blade is better.
Scout - Can be core item.
Swiftblade - Very good for fast damage to his ult. Get after Battlefury.
Chronos - Can be core item.
Madman - can be core item.
Soulstealer - can be got, stacks with his - armor aura.
Dark Lady - can be got.
Predator - Core item.
War beast - Core item.
Pestilence - Can be got.
Maliken - Can be got.
Very good vs strength heroes.
Very good vs intelligence heroes.
Very good if you play with Defiler since her ultimate is Physical Damage.
Blood Hunter - Can be got but usually wants other items.
Magebane - bit meh.
Wretched hag - Can be used as second item if you go for the carry build.
Andromeda - She is not a carry.
Bad for intelligence heroes and non-dps heroes.
Not so good vs agility heroes.
Armaddon - Only reason i mention this is that i noticed it beeing recommended in a guide. He turns his back in fights for better tanking. Sure Shield Breaker boosts his Spine bursts... But that means thats its even a better item on all the heroes that can wield it if you play with Armaddon.
Hack and Slash 4500 $ Sange and Yasha/SnY/s&y in Dota
The jack of all trades. 16 Strength (304 HP), 16 Agility, 12 Damage, 15% Ias and 12% Movement Speed increase. Maim slows a target for 5 seconds and has a 16% chance to procc. Best got if you cant farm since the buildup is really easy.
Its better than its Dota counterpart since here we can stack orbs!
Pestilence - Great item on this hero after Shrunken Head. Grants you maximum MS.
Magebane - Gives great bonuses for the price.
Good if you have a really hard time farming anything. Since Hack/Slash are good items that gives nice build up and bonuses.
Maliken - Might be ok, gonna test it.
Dark Lady - Ok on her.
Andromeda - Ok on her.
Night hound - ok on him.
Madman - ok on him if you have 0 farm.
Swifblade - ok on him if you have 0 farm.
Bloodseeker - ok if you have 0 farm.
Moon Queen - Ok if you have 0 farm.
Warbeast - Ok if you have 0 farm.
Predator - Ok if you have 0 farm.
*Note 0 zero farm is if you rip alot and cant get any other gear up except small pieces.
Valkyrie - Bad on her, she needs better damage to carry.
Arachna - Bad on her, really does not need maim.
Jereziah - Does not need maim and does not give satisfactory bonuses.
Accursed - Does not need this.
Pharaoh - Does not need this.
Charged Hammer 6300 $ Mjollnir in Dota
Adds 35 agility and 35 damage. Attacks add a powerful chain lightning that deals 200 damage that proccs 20% of the time. Has an active ability that gives a unit a 20% chance to release a 200 damage lightning if attacked. Very expensive, get only if you have very good farm. Not a very common item since its very expensive and in most cases outshiend by Wingbow and Mock of Brilliance if you want a farming tool. It also has a bad buildup consisting of a Dancing Blade and Thunder Claw.
Valkyrie - Good if you go for Charged hammer / frostwolf build.
Blood hunter - It bounces to creeps giving you HP when you kill them.
Arachna - Can use this.
Soulstealer - Can use this as main damage item.
Generally considered not so good on melee heroes. Better on ranged heroes since they can attack from range and procc more lightnings.
Bad for strength heroes and int heroes.
Frostwolf Skull 6150 $ Eye of Skadi in Dota
Grants 25 to all stats 200 hp and 150 mana (675 HP / 475 mana) . Slows target on attack. Always bad as your first item since its so expensive and it gives no damage. Get this as second or third item if you need the slow and hp / mana. Can be got instead of Behemoths Heart on ranged units. Generally only used on heroes that can farm really well.
Valkyrie - Good for her if you went for the charged hammer build.
Soulstealer - Good for him if you go for a defensive build.
Maliken - Can use this.
Wretched Hag - Can use this as late game survival.
Nymphora - Ok after all your core items are got and you need survival.
Ophelia - Ok after all your core items are got and you need survival.
Pyromancer - Ok after all your core items are got and you need survival.
Defiler - Ok after all your core items are got and you need survival.
Puppet Master - Ok after all your core items are got and you need survival.
Torturer - Ok as final item.
Electrician - Ok if you can farm it. Point booster is great for him anyways, can be used as survival.
Succubus - As luxury.
Moon Queen - As survival.
Generally considered bad for Strength heroes since behemoths heart is better on them, and cheaper.
Savage Mace 5400 $ Monkey King Bar/MKB in dota
Gives 80 damage, 15 % IAS and 35% chance to deal a ministun that deals 100 magical damage. Has True Strike which causes your attacks to never miss. Good for heroes with fast attackspeed. Shield breaker gives more damage / gold and outshines this beast. But if you can get Savage Mace farmed then ur set. Very good versus evasion heroes like Zephyr, Scout, Night Hounds Smoke Bomb and Wingbow users.
Magebane - Has fast attackspeed.
Madman - Fast ias, critical. This item is good for him.
Moon Queen - Rumor has it that mini stun proccs on every bounce.
Scout - gives good damage.
Arachna - Very good for her. She can farm it quite fast, and it counters her weakness to enemies with town portal (ministun cancel it).
Dark Lady - If you can farm it, its good.
Maliken - Has very fast attackspeed.
Wretched Hag - If you go for the carry build.
Nighthound - Has better builds.
Blood hunter - Its ok, but there is better builds. He needs something to splash on creeps.
Valkyrie - Its ok, but there are better.
Swiftblade - Its ok but there are better.
Soulstealer - Its ok, but there are better.
Warbeast - its ok, but there are better.
Bad on: Strength heroes, they attack to slow to benefit to full extent (except warbeast).
Andromeda - She is not a dps:er.
Symbol of Rage: 6150 $ Satanic in Dota
Grants 20 damage, 25 strength (475 HP) and 25% lifesteal. Active ability increases lifesteal to 150% for 3,5 seconds. Its the definition of the extreme luxury. Get it as your last item if you are rich.
Maliken - Very good luxury on him since he can replenish life fast with this if needed. It aslo boosts HP and gives him life steal to negate the -20 true damage effect.
Moon Queen: Its ok on her in dota due to the lack of items she can effectivly use. But here its a bit meh.
Luxury for late game damage dealers i. e. Madman
1.7 Random stuff
Some worth to mention items.
Alchemist Bones 1900 $ Hands of Midas in Dota
Adds 30 % IAS and grants the ability to turn a creep to gold. It is a farming tool. Only good if got fast as your absolute first item. By fast i mean that you have it within 13-14 minutes. If you get it to late it wont pay off. If these conditions are met use it for:
Keeper of the Forest - Needs alot of farm and has no farming tool.
Chronos - Needs alot of farm and has no farming tool.
Valkyrie - Only good if you go for the Charged Hammer / Frostwolf build since its an very expensive build.
Maliken - Can be used.
Arachna - Can be used if you go for a carry build.
Bad on the rest of the heroes and bad on all heroes if got after 15 minutes.
Dont get it for the ias bonus! Warpcleft costs 2100 gold for 55% ias.
Portal Key 2150 $ Blink Dagger in Dota
WHY DID THIS GET NERFED NOOOOOOOOEEEEES, IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS I NEVER DIED IN A PUBBY BUHUHUHUHUHUHUHUHU.
Gives the ability to blink 1250 range, 18 second cooldown. Disabeld for 3 seconds if you take damage from a hero.
Tempest - Core item.
Legionnaire - Core item.
Behemoth - Core item.
Magmus - Core item.
Pebbels - Core item (so you can blink in and toss 1 oponent to your team)
Glacius - Core item (if you are not doing wards).
Kraken - Very good for positioning ultimate. Charge ulti often fails.
Andromeda - Very good for blinking out of swaps.
Soulstealer - Optional item, Can be core.
Pyromancer - Optional item
Pollywog Priest - Optional item
Thunderbringer - Optional item
Keeper of the Forest - If you have a really hard time getting ulti off
Devourer - Quite fun on him.
Torturer - Optional item.
Voodoo Jester - Optional item.
Life Steal ~ 2000 $
The life steal debate. Generally life steal is not considered a very good investment in the beginning of the game in damage terms. Life steal versus heroes before you deal any good damage is pretty useless. It does not help you survive a gank, nor does it help you if you get focused in team fights. It does not work if you are stunned or disabeld and doesnt regen you fast enough after a heavy nuke or two. It is also bad versus creeps in the lane, its very easy to avoid creep lane damage and you dont regen fast enough if you have taken damage from a hero since you should be last hitting! So what does it do? It costs you 2000 k gold, delaying your good gear for nothing unless... You decide to use it as a farming tool in the jungle!
Its very good if you decide to farm in the jungle since 1) you take damage from jungle creeps 2) you need a way to stay in the jungle. So if you get this early game its generally for jungle purposes. Keep this in mind. Also if you want to farm the jungle you need a hero that does it fast. Because if you do it slow its generally better to farm in a lane, gives you more gold and more exp. In other words, the hero needs to be able to dish out acceptable damage versus creeps in early game / mid game. Usually the melee agility are capable of this by lvl 10-11.
In late game however when you have a hero who dish out tons of damage and can not get stunned (because of shrunken) life steal does a difference. So my general rule, if you want to farm the jungle get it. Dont get it if you have no intentions of farming the jungle. However you can get it in lategame because of the good impact it does when you dish out heavy damage.
Remember, this is my take on life steal. I know all players do not agree about this!
Maliken - Whispering Helm - Very useful for him since it builds up to Symbol of Rage and negates his -20 true damage.
The heroes that can use this as a jungle tool
Magebane (Whispering helm or Abyssal skull)
Moon Queen (Whispering Helm)
Chronos (preferably elders parasite)
Warbeast (Abyssal skull)
Madman (Whispering helm)
If the other team does not have any stuns or disabels its good aswell if you have an agility hero that deals good damage.
Remember to use Whispering helm to convert a creep, send it back to the base to stack 10-12 up for later pushes or Kongor Party.
Bottle 600 $
Restores 135 HP and 70 mana over 3 seconds, can be used 3 times. Can store Runes. Refill it at fountain or by putting runes in it. Not really bad on any hero but a core item on most roamers and gankers. But there are some heroes that benefit very much from Bottle. Get it after starting gear, sometimes before Marchers, sometimes after or as soon as you have farmed 1100 gold for Marchers + bottle. Sell this one later if you need item slots.
Soulsteeler - Core item
Valkyrie - Core item
Devourer - Core item
Thunderbringer - Core item
Pyromancer - Core item
Slither - Core item
Pollywog Priest - Core item
Torturer - Core item
Blacksmith - Core item
Voodoo Jester - Core item
Behemoth - Core item
Pebbles - Core item
Pharaoh - Core item
Magmus - Core item
Kraken - Possible for reducing his mana problems.
Wretched Hag - Core item
Succubus - Core item
Andromeda - Core item
Electrician - Optional
Hammerstorm - Optional
Swiftblade - Optional
Accursed - Optional
Jereziah - Optional
Armaddon - Optional
Glacius - Optional
Defiler - Optional
Madman - Optional
Moon Queen - Optional
Scout - Optional
Demented Shaman - Optional
Maliken - Optional
Wards 200 $
Buying wards and placing them ensures a team victory. Most important spots to ward are the cliffs near the runes. Use sentry wards to remove the other teams wards. Or use them in the lane to show invisiable uints making the laning phase easier. Some heroes are very good warders since they dont need much gear to be useful. These heroes can buy ward of sight / ward of revelation all game long and still be useful. Here is my list of the most potent ward hoes:
Glacius
Pyromancer
Slither
Torturer
Nymphora
Hellbringer
Ophelia
Thunderbringer
Blacksmith
Demented Shaman
Accursed
Voodoo Jester
Succubus
Andromeda
Homecoming Stone 135 $ Scroll of Town Portal / TP in dota.
Teleports you to target allied structure, 65 second cooldown. The second best item in the game. Thats right, only Marchers are better. Always carry 1 or 2 of these. Good for escaping ganks, defending towers, getting fast ganks, finding good farm first (pushed lanes to your side). This is the item that makes a good player. ALWAYS CARRY IT.
Dont be cheap and skip this. Having a Homecoming Stone in your inventory att all times gains you gold and saves you gold! Its true, dont get decieved by its 135 gold cost. Another great thing about it i want to mention... It makes you look really PRO! And very sexy!
1.7.2 Random New Stuff
We have some new items here in HoN. Ill present them in the same manner as above.
Tablet of Command 2200 $ Force Staff in Dota
Grants 10 intelligence 10 damage and the active ability to push a hero 500 range in the direction he is facing. Does not break channeling. Does not get used very often since its cast range isnt that far, around 700-800 range. Can be used as a fun item, or to push an enemy target forward so you can initiate the fight. Portal Key however is often better used for initiation and is often better for escape aswell since it has a further blink range. However this one is fun! Listed in Yellow since its not really awesome on any hero!
Andromeda - Fun, but Portal Key is better.
Pyromancer - Fun, but Portal Key is better.
Devourer - So funny in Dota, but here we can use portal key.
Well, almost any supporter can get it. But its use is so situational its often better to go for other gear like Astrolabe, Portal Key and so on.
Does not work with Hemorrhage (Blood Hunters ultimate). They dont take damage but they are repositioned.
Mana Battery 210$ | Power Supply 494$ Magic Wand/Stick in Dota
Every time an opponent hero casts a spell you get a charge on this little baby for a maximum of 10/15 (depending on if you upgraded it). When you consume the charges you get 15hp/15 mp for every charge on the item. Its very good to upgrade it since the recepie cost is low, it grants 3 to all stats and a good and has a build up from starting gear. Its usable for any hero since it only costs 210 gold. You can sell it for 105, meaning that u actually only pay 105 for the effect which is almost for free.
This item looks bad at a first glance but it is extremly powerful. Versus heroes who spams alot of abilities this reduces damage taken by a significant amount.
Lets take a look on one of the prime exampels: Thunderbringer. He has his annoying Chain Lightning which deals 85 damage. Thunderbringers often use this for last hits and an extra added herass. This little item for 210 gold effectivily reduces Chain Lightning herass with (15/63,75 CL damage after reduction) 23% and it gives you 15 mana to use at free will later on. Well i havent included his passive, but you get the point! The same reasoning goes for alot of the early game nukers: Pyromancers and Torturer. This item benefits you alot and gives you opportunities for low HP battles and surprise instant regen.
Yeah, its instant. A fully charged Battery gives you 150 mana, 150 HP, instantly. A Supply 225. This is more mana than 3 charges of bottle, instantly! You get the point, its a great item. In midgame team fights the charges tends to stack up very fast aswell. Its heal is could almost be compared to an Astrolabe. Its a great item, Use it, try it. You will like it versus most teams. One extra note is that it gets charges from fogged units aswell. So if you get a charge and you cant se the hero, its likely you are getting ganked.
Here is a list of heroes its very good versus since all can use it:
Arachna - Every slow attack gives a charge.
Moon Queen - Tends to spam her nuke alot
Scout - Vanish gives you charges
Magebane - Tends to blink alot.
Slither - If he uses Toxin wards he is doomed
Madman - Stalks alot
Soulstealer - Razes alot
Maliken - You get charges when he switches with his second skill
Nymphora - Uses spells alot
Blacksmith - Uses spells alot
Thunderbringer - Uses spells alot
Pyromancer - Uses spells alot
Defiler - Spams nuke alot
Glacius - Same as above
Hellbringer - Uses a fair amount of spells
Puppet Master - ? Why not, its only 210 gold.
Demented Shaman - Heals alot
Succubus - Uses a fair amount of spells
Voodoo Jester - Uses a fair amount of spells
Torturer - Uses spells alot
Armaddon - Countered. If he uses goo he heals you for the slow. If he Spine Bursts he does less damage. This guy charges you up fast.
Accursed - Uses a fair amount of spells
Electrician - Spams his disgusting spells
Pharaoh - Spams rockets.
So the conclusion is: Use it in most dual lanes. Use it versus the worst spammers in Solo lanes.
*I might rework this area a bit.
Void Talisman 1500 $ Ghost scepter in Dota
Grants 7 to all stats (133 HP - 91 Mana) and the ability to enter Ghost form for 4 seconds. While in ghost form you cannot be attacked by physical damage and you cant deal physical damage. You also take -6.9 magic armor (33% more spell damage).
Situational item: Use for heroes that do not use physical attacks in late game (Most Intelligence Heroes) but you tend to die to a fed physical DPS like Madman, Magebane or Swiftblade.
Iron Shield 550 $ Poor Mans Shield/PMS in Dota
A nice initiation item. Get it after starting gear if you have problems surviving due to physical herass in early game. Gives 6 agility and 100% chance to block 20 hero damage (10 for ranged), and 60% change to block 20 creep damage (10 for ranged). Can be used for:
Madman
Magebane
Chronos
Blood Hunter
Dark Lady
Zephyr - Maybe is useful, need to test it.
Well, its an itiation item for 550 gold, no big deal. Sell it in midgame / lategame. Use it if you get herassed alot as a melee agility hero. Other hero types often handle it better.
Its a direct counter to Arachna, Slither and Blood Hunters ultimate!
We have some new items here in HoN. Ill present them in the same manner as above.
Tablet of Command 2200 $ Force Staff in Dota
Grants 10 intelligence 10 damage and the active ability to push a hero 500 range in the direction he is facing. Does not break channeling. Does not get used very often since its cast range isnt that far, around 700-800 range. Can be used as a fun item, or to push an enemy target forward so you can initiate the fight. Portal Key however is often better used for initiation and is often better for escape aswell since it has a further blink range. However this one is fun! Listed in Yellow since its not really awesome on any hero!
Andromeda - Fun, but Portal Key is better.
Pyromancer - Fun, but Portal Key is better.
Devourer - So funny in Dota, but here we can use portal key.
Well, almost any supporter can get it. But its use is so situational its often better to go for other gear like Astrolabe, Portal Key and so on.
Does not work with Hemorrhage (Blood Hunters ultimate). They dont take damage but they are repositioned.
Mana Battery 210$ | Power Supply 494$ Magic Wand/Stick in Dota
Every time an opponent hero casts a spell you get a charge on this little baby for a maximum of 10/15 (depending on if you upgraded it). When you consume the charges you get 15hp/15 mp for every charge on the item. Its very good to upgrade it since the recepie cost is low, it grants 3 to all stats and a good and has a build up from starting gear. Its usable for any hero since it only costs 210 gold. You can sell it for 105, meaning that u actually only pay 105 for the effect which is almost for free.
This item looks bad at a first glance but it is extremly powerful. Versus heroes who spams alot of abilities this reduces damage taken by a significant amount.
Lets take a look on one of the prime exampels: Thunderbringer. He has his annoying Chain Lightning which deals 85 damage. Thunderbringers often use this for last hits and an extra added herass. This little item for 210 gold effectivily reduces Chain Lightning herass with (15/63,75 CL damage after reduction) 23% and it gives you 15 mana to use at free will later on. Well i havent included his passive, but you get the point! The same reasoning goes for alot of the early game nukers: Pyromancers and Torturer. This item benefits you alot and gives you opportunities for low HP battles and surprise instant regen.
Yeah, its instant. A fully charged Battery gives you 150 mana, 150 HP, instantly. A Supply 225. This is more mana than 3 charges of bottle, instantly! You get the point, its a great item. In midgame team fights the charges tends to stack up very fast aswell. Its heal is could almost be compared to an Astrolabe. Its a great item, Use it, try it. You will like it versus most teams. One extra note is that it gets charges from fogged units aswell. So if you get a charge and you cant se the hero, its likely you are getting ganked.
Here is a list of heroes its very good versus since all can use it:
Arachna - Every slow attack gives a charge.
Moon Queen - Tends to spam her nuke alot
Scout - Vanish gives you charges
Magebane - Tends to blink alot.
Slither - If he uses Toxin wards he is doomed
Madman - Stalks alot
Soulstealer - Razes alot
Maliken - You get charges when he switches with his second skill
Nymphora - Uses spells alot
Blacksmith - Uses spells alot
Thunderbringer - Uses spells alot
Pyromancer - Uses spells alot
Defiler - Spams nuke alot
Glacius - Same as above
Hellbringer - Uses a fair amount of spells
Puppet Master - ? Why not, its only 210 gold.
Demented Shaman - Heals alot
Succubus - Uses a fair amount of spells
Voodoo Jester - Uses a fair amount of spells
Torturer - Uses spells alot
Armaddon - Countered. If he uses goo he heals you for the slow. If he Spine Bursts he does less damage. This guy charges you up fast.
Accursed - Uses a fair amount of spells
Electrician - Spams his disgusting spells
Pharaoh - Spams rockets.
So the conclusion is: Use it in most dual lanes. Use it versus the worst spammers in Solo lanes.
*I might rework this area a bit.
Void Talisman 1500 $ Ghost scepter in Dota
Grants 7 to all stats (133 HP - 91 Mana) and the ability to enter Ghost form for 4 seconds. While in ghost form you cannot be attacked by physical damage and you cant deal physical damage. You also take -6.9 magic armor (33% more spell damage).
Situational item: Use for heroes that do not use physical attacks in late game (Most Intelligence Heroes) but you tend to die to a fed physical DPS like Madman, Magebane or Swiftblade.
Iron Shield 550 $ Poor Mans Shield/PMS in Dota
A nice initiation item. Get it after starting gear if you have problems surviving due to physical herass in early game. Gives 6 agility and 100% chance to block 20 hero damage (10 for ranged), and 60% change to block 20 creep damage (10 for ranged). Can be used for:
Madman
Magebane
Chronos
Blood Hunter
Dark Lady
Zephyr - Maybe is useful, need to test it.
Well, its an itiation item for 550 gold, no big deal. Sell it in midgame / lategame. Use it if you get herassed alot as a melee agility hero. Other hero types often handle it better.
Its a direct counter to Arachna, Slither and Blood Hunters ultimate!
The Big Item Guide 1.4 - 1.5 Protective + Combative
1.4 Protective Items
Barbed Armor 2700 $ Blademail in Dota
Gives damage return active ability. Good on, no heroes, not even Legionarre. Its bad, stay away from this at all costs.
Helm of the Black Legion 2225 $ Vanguard in Dota
Gives 300 hp, 6 hp regen, and on averege 28 damage block (0.7x40). All this in one itemslot. Im going to be honest with you, i never build this. As a general rule for this item: 28 damage block is very good versus creeps and jungle and heroes in early game / early mid. But later in mid game and lategame the block does not do much. 28 damage block vs 250 damage hero is as you know not much. Its also quite expensive, you pay alot for the block.
Never the less, its good if you have a hard time surviving or you are in desperate need of survival. I personally prefer 2 or 3 bracers for 1000/1500 gold for 228 / 334 HP if im in desperate need of hp. Two different routes, you chose!
Legionnaire - Good if you face alot of physical damage. 3-5 heroes with no nukes and only physical attacks.
Good when you are doing really bad and facing alot of physical damage.
Magebane - This guy needs all the HP he can get and needs item slot.
Defilier - If you have done really bad and desperatly need some HP.
Armaddon - Works with his hard back. Quite good.
Bad when you are doing really well and surviving fine. If you do really well and want HP/Survival use that beast heart for a Behemoths Heart instead.
¤%&# #¤%@ @$#% is what comes out of my mouth when i dont net the frag because i get blocked for the -40 damage on the last hit and my team mate "helps" me and says "gj" after he snatched the frag.
Shaman Headress 2050 $ Hood of defiance/Hood in Dota
Grants 10 magic armor (30 % additional reduce of magic damage) and 8 HP regen. Good on tanks if you are facing 2-5 casters. Never get it if you dont face any casters. General rule: If your hero has high HP the headdress is good. If your hero has low HP Headress is NOT so good. On most agility heroes Shrunken Head is better because they fear spell damage AND disabels which Shaman Headress does not protect against. Tankers purpose are to be disabled.
Devourer - Reduces decay damage to yourself.
Legionnaire - Tank.
Armaddon - Tank.
Accursed - Tank, Supporter.
Jereziah - Tank supporter, tends to get focused. Repel is better cast on an allied carry hero.
Pharaoh - Roamer, Semi-tank.
Electrician - Roamer, Tank.
Kraken - Tank.
Pebbeles - Tank.
Wildsoul - Tankish.
Zephyr - Semi-Tank.
Magmus - Initiator, Semi-Tank .
Magebane - Stacks with his spellshield. But he has low HP to benefit of the item to its full extent.
Defiler - Useful if the enemy team has alot of spell damage (You usually stack HP on Defilier so headress is good).
Nighthound - Shrunken Head is better.
Swiftblade - Shrunken Head is better.
Moon Queen - Shrunken Head is better.
Scout - Shrunken Head is better.
Valkyrie - Shrunken Head is better.
Arachna - Shrunken Head is better.
Blood Hunter - Shrunken Head is better.
Madman - Shrunken Head is better.
Soul stealer - Shrunken Head is better.
Dark Lady - Shrunken Head is better.
Hammerstorm - Shrunken Head is better.
Pestilence - Shrunken Head is better.
Maliken - Shrunken Head is better.
I think you get the point! Look at ur hero, is he a dps:er? Then shrunken head is the way to go. Is he a tank? Shaman Headress is the way. For the casters, chose either one.
Shrunken Head 3900 $ Black King Bar/BKB in Dota Can be purged! OMFG, reported as a bug. So rigged! Better to keep some things for yourself ^^
Adds 24 damage and 10 strength. Active ability that grants magic immunity for 9 seconds with 80 seconds cooldown. Every use shortens duration with 1 second (to a minimum of 5) and cooldown with 5 seconds (to a minimum of 50). Use this on most agility heroes so that they cannot be stunned or disabled. There is nothing more dangerous than Shrunken-protected agility hero and nothing easier to kill than an agility hero without it. Its bad on tankers because it hinders them from fullfilling their role. If Legionnare uses Shrunken Head, opponent team are forced to focus other heroes since they cant target him (which they are supposed to do).This item is generally what differs a new player from an experienced one. New players never get it, experienced do.
Soulstealer - Core Item.
Tempest - Core item.
Voodoo Jester - Very useful.
Glacius - Needs this to pull his ulti off.
Hammerstorm - Core item.
War Beast - Core item.
Blood hunter - Core item.
Swiftblade - Get it after damage items.
Moon Queen - Core item
Scout - Get it after damage items.
Madman - Core item.
Dark Lady - Useful.
Pestilence - Core item.
Maliken - Core item.
Arachna - If you get disabled or focused alot, not core.
Valkyrie - If you get disabled or focused alot, not core.
Night Hound - If you tend to die to fast from spells, not core.
Thunderbringer - If you are in a team where you tend to get focused first or silenced Shrunken head is very useful.
Defiler - Can be useful, but generally she doesent need it since she deals damage even if hexed or disabeld, usually Shaman headdress is more usable since Defilers stack HP.
Torturer - Useful as a last item.
Jereziah - Can use it if he gets disabled alot.
Keeper of the Forest - Can use it if he gets silenced and disabled alot
Succubus - If you fail ulti alot in teamfights and its really important that you get it off.
Bad for:
Legionnaire - Tank, wants to be focused.
Accursed - Tank / support, also got his ultimate.
Armaddon - Tank, wants to be focused.
Pebbeles - Tank, wants to be focused.
Electrician - Tank, wants to be focused.
Kraken - Tank, wants to be focused.
Devourer - Tank, wants to be focused.
Frostifield Plate 4700 $ Shivas Guard in Dota
Adds 30 intelligence and 15 armor. Grants a -25 ias aura for enemy team. Active ability that deals 200 damage and slows in a big area of effect. Great supporter item but rarely gotten as first item. General rule: Its best to get as your second big item on following heroes:
Good for Tanks and Supporters:
Thunderbringer - Can be got after first big item.
Pyromancer - Can be got after first big item.
Blacksmith - Can be got after first big item.
Nymphora - Can be got after first big item.
Defiler - Can be got after Sacrifical Stone.
Hellbringer - Can be got after first big item.
Zephyr - Can be got for armor boost in lategame.
Torturer - Can be got after Sacrifical Stone.
Behemoth - Can be got after Portal Key.
Pebbles - Can be got after Portal Key and for armor.
Accursed - Can be got after first big item or as first big item.
Electrician - Can be got after first big item or as first big item.
Legionnare - For armor in lategame, after portal key and behemoths heart.
Keeper of the Forest - Can be got for mana in the restoration stone build.
Magmus - Can be got after Portal Key and Behemoths Heart.
Succubus - Can be got as second item.
Wretched Hag - Can be got after main item.
Bad for:
Agility heroes and damage per second heroes.
Sacrifical Stone 5050 $ Bloodstone in Dota Did you know that you sacrifice your team when you get this for the wrong hero?
Grants 450 HP and 400 MP bonus, and 150% mana regen and 6hp regen. Whenever you net a frag, you get a charge that add 1,5 MP/HP regen, reduces death timer and you lose less gold when you die. Grants allies 450 HP / 400 MP in an AOE upon your death. Has arguably the best build up in the game.General rule, if your hero is an intelligence carry or needs massive manapool / regen its good. Try to get it before 25 minutes in the game and dont get it past 40 minute mark.
Defiler - Core item.
Torturer - Can be a core item if you go that route.
Thunderbringer - He nets frags and needs mana and hp bad. Imho Kuldra build is better.
Pollywog Priest - It can be dissembled for restoration / staff of the master build.
Blacksmith - Benefits well, needs mana aswell.
Electrician: Benefits well, but he has a hard time netting frags
Pyromancer: Should get other items, posted above.
Nymphora: Should get other items, posted above.
Voodoo Jester: Should get other items.
Demented Shaman: Should get other items.
Zephyr: Should get other items.
Succubus: Should get other items
Wretched Hag: Should get other items.
All Agility heroes: BAD.
Behemoths heart 5550 $ Heart of Tarrasque/hot in Dota
Adds 35 strength, 300 hp (965 HP total) and 1 % of max health as hp regen, (usually 20-30 HP regen per second when got) . Get it sooner or later if you want survival. Its rarely a core item and its more concidered as a luxury item. Since its useful sooner or later i will only mention some special heroes where its more considered semi-core than luxury. Never hesitate to get this if you die to easy in lategame.
Legionnaire - Tank who forces heroes to focus him.
Armaddon - Low strength gain. Needs this to get really tough to slaughter. Synergies well with his hardend back.
Devourer - More HP, more decay power! Good for him.
Magmus - Needs this if he is going to tank for the team.
Maliken - Good on him since his critical is based on his % health left. Higher healthpool = more numerical HP left at 50%.
Can be got on every strength after damage items are finished.
Pebbles - Needs armor more than HP. He has a great strength gain but very low armor gain.
Barbed Armor 2700 $ Blademail in Dota
Gives damage return active ability. Good on, no heroes, not even Legionarre. Its bad, stay away from this at all costs.
Helm of the Black Legion 2225 $ Vanguard in Dota
Gives 300 hp, 6 hp regen, and on averege 28 damage block (0.7x40). All this in one itemslot. Im going to be honest with you, i never build this. As a general rule for this item: 28 damage block is very good versus creeps and jungle and heroes in early game / early mid. But later in mid game and lategame the block does not do much. 28 damage block vs 250 damage hero is as you know not much. Its also quite expensive, you pay alot for the block.
Never the less, its good if you have a hard time surviving or you are in desperate need of survival. I personally prefer 2 or 3 bracers for 1000/1500 gold for 228 / 334 HP if im in desperate need of hp. Two different routes, you chose!
Legionnaire - Good if you face alot of physical damage. 3-5 heroes with no nukes and only physical attacks.
Good when you are doing really bad and facing alot of physical damage.
Magebane - This guy needs all the HP he can get and needs item slot.
Defilier - If you have done really bad and desperatly need some HP.
Armaddon - Works with his hard back. Quite good.
Bad when you are doing really well and surviving fine. If you do really well and want HP/Survival use that beast heart for a Behemoths Heart instead.
¤%&# #¤%@ @$#% is what comes out of my mouth when i dont net the frag because i get blocked for the -40 damage on the last hit and my team mate "helps" me and says "gj" after he snatched the frag.
Shaman Headress 2050 $ Hood of defiance/Hood in Dota
Grants 10 magic armor (30 % additional reduce of magic damage) and 8 HP regen. Good on tanks if you are facing 2-5 casters. Never get it if you dont face any casters. General rule: If your hero has high HP the headdress is good. If your hero has low HP Headress is NOT so good. On most agility heroes Shrunken Head is better because they fear spell damage AND disabels which Shaman Headress does not protect against. Tankers purpose are to be disabled.
Devourer - Reduces decay damage to yourself.
Legionnaire - Tank.
Armaddon - Tank.
Accursed - Tank, Supporter.
Jereziah - Tank supporter, tends to get focused. Repel is better cast on an allied carry hero.
Pharaoh - Roamer, Semi-tank.
Electrician - Roamer, Tank.
Kraken - Tank.
Pebbeles - Tank.
Wildsoul - Tankish.
Zephyr - Semi-Tank.
Magmus - Initiator, Semi-Tank .
Magebane - Stacks with his spellshield. But he has low HP to benefit of the item to its full extent.
Defiler - Useful if the enemy team has alot of spell damage (You usually stack HP on Defilier so headress is good).
Nighthound - Shrunken Head is better.
Swiftblade - Shrunken Head is better.
Moon Queen - Shrunken Head is better.
Scout - Shrunken Head is better.
Valkyrie - Shrunken Head is better.
Arachna - Shrunken Head is better.
Blood Hunter - Shrunken Head is better.
Madman - Shrunken Head is better.
Soul stealer - Shrunken Head is better.
Dark Lady - Shrunken Head is better.
Hammerstorm - Shrunken Head is better.
Pestilence - Shrunken Head is better.
Maliken - Shrunken Head is better.
I think you get the point! Look at ur hero, is he a dps:er? Then shrunken head is the way to go. Is he a tank? Shaman Headress is the way. For the casters, chose either one.
Shrunken Head 3900 $ Black King Bar/BKB in Dota Can be purged! OMFG, reported as a bug. So rigged! Better to keep some things for yourself ^^
Adds 24 damage and 10 strength. Active ability that grants magic immunity for 9 seconds with 80 seconds cooldown. Every use shortens duration with 1 second (to a minimum of 5) and cooldown with 5 seconds (to a minimum of 50). Use this on most agility heroes so that they cannot be stunned or disabled. There is nothing more dangerous than Shrunken-protected agility hero and nothing easier to kill than an agility hero without it. Its bad on tankers because it hinders them from fullfilling their role. If Legionnare uses Shrunken Head, opponent team are forced to focus other heroes since they cant target him (which they are supposed to do).This item is generally what differs a new player from an experienced one. New players never get it, experienced do.
Soulstealer - Core Item.
Tempest - Core item.
Voodoo Jester - Very useful.
Glacius - Needs this to pull his ulti off.
Hammerstorm - Core item.
War Beast - Core item.
Blood hunter - Core item.
Swiftblade - Get it after damage items.
Moon Queen - Core item
Scout - Get it after damage items.
Madman - Core item.
Dark Lady - Useful.
Pestilence - Core item.
Maliken - Core item.
Arachna - If you get disabled or focused alot, not core.
Valkyrie - If you get disabled or focused alot, not core.
Night Hound - If you tend to die to fast from spells, not core.
Thunderbringer - If you are in a team where you tend to get focused first or silenced Shrunken head is very useful.
Defiler - Can be useful, but generally she doesent need it since she deals damage even if hexed or disabeld, usually Shaman headdress is more usable since Defilers stack HP.
Torturer - Useful as a last item.
Jereziah - Can use it if he gets disabled alot.
Keeper of the Forest - Can use it if he gets silenced and disabled alot
Succubus - If you fail ulti alot in teamfights and its really important that you get it off.
Bad for:
Legionnaire - Tank, wants to be focused.
Accursed - Tank / support, also got his ultimate.
Armaddon - Tank, wants to be focused.
Pebbeles - Tank, wants to be focused.
Electrician - Tank, wants to be focused.
Kraken - Tank, wants to be focused.
Devourer - Tank, wants to be focused.
Frostifield Plate 4700 $ Shivas Guard in Dota
Adds 30 intelligence and 15 armor. Grants a -25 ias aura for enemy team. Active ability that deals 200 damage and slows in a big area of effect. Great supporter item but rarely gotten as first item. General rule: Its best to get as your second big item on following heroes:
Good for Tanks and Supporters:
Thunderbringer - Can be got after first big item.
Pyromancer - Can be got after first big item.
Blacksmith - Can be got after first big item.
Nymphora - Can be got after first big item.
Defiler - Can be got after Sacrifical Stone.
Hellbringer - Can be got after first big item.
Zephyr - Can be got for armor boost in lategame.
Torturer - Can be got after Sacrifical Stone.
Behemoth - Can be got after Portal Key.
Pebbles - Can be got after Portal Key and for armor.
Accursed - Can be got after first big item or as first big item.
Electrician - Can be got after first big item or as first big item.
Legionnare - For armor in lategame, after portal key and behemoths heart.
Keeper of the Forest - Can be got for mana in the restoration stone build.
Magmus - Can be got after Portal Key and Behemoths Heart.
Succubus - Can be got as second item.
Wretched Hag - Can be got after main item.
Bad for:
Agility heroes and damage per second heroes.
Sacrifical Stone 5050 $ Bloodstone in Dota Did you know that you sacrifice your team when you get this for the wrong hero?
Grants 450 HP and 400 MP bonus, and 150% mana regen and 6hp regen. Whenever you net a frag, you get a charge that add 1,5 MP/HP regen, reduces death timer and you lose less gold when you die. Grants allies 450 HP / 400 MP in an AOE upon your death. Has arguably the best build up in the game.General rule, if your hero is an intelligence carry or needs massive manapool / regen its good. Try to get it before 25 minutes in the game and dont get it past 40 minute mark.
Defiler - Core item.
Torturer - Can be a core item if you go that route.
Thunderbringer - He nets frags and needs mana and hp bad. Imho Kuldra build is better.
Pollywog Priest - It can be dissembled for restoration / staff of the master build.
Blacksmith - Benefits well, needs mana aswell.
Electrician: Benefits well, but he has a hard time netting frags
Pyromancer: Should get other items, posted above.
Nymphora: Should get other items, posted above.
Voodoo Jester: Should get other items.
Demented Shaman: Should get other items.
Zephyr: Should get other items.
Succubus: Should get other items
Wretched Hag: Should get other items.
All Agility heroes: BAD.
Behemoths heart 5550 $ Heart of Tarrasque/hot in Dota
Adds 35 strength, 300 hp (965 HP total) and 1 % of max health as hp regen, (usually 20-30 HP regen per second when got) . Get it sooner or later if you want survival. Its rarely a core item and its more concidered as a luxury item. Since its useful sooner or later i will only mention some special heroes where its more considered semi-core than luxury. Never hesitate to get this if you die to easy in lategame.
Legionnaire - Tank who forces heroes to focus him.
Armaddon - Low strength gain. Needs this to get really tough to slaughter. Synergies well with his hardend back.
Devourer - More HP, more decay power! Good for him.
Magmus - Needs this if he is going to tank for the team.
Maliken - Good on him since his critical is based on his % health left. Higher healthpool = more numerical HP left at 50%.
Can be got on every strength after damage items are finished.
Pebbles - Needs armor more than HP. He has a great strength gain but very low armor gain.
Grants Armor (10 + 5 aura), IAS (40 % +15 % aura), and -5 armor aura for enemy units and buildings. The +5 armor aura not stack with the Abyssal skull +5 armor aura.
Luxury item. General rule: Get it if you need armor in lategame or increased attackspeed for strength heroes.
Pebbels: Can be got as first item after portal key.
Soulstealer: Can get this if he goes for Shield Breaker build. For a total of -15 armor on enemies.
Nice if you have Defilier on your team since her ultimate does physical damage.
Legionnare - Get after blink dagger, Behemoths heart if you dont make frostifield.
Devourer - Get after behemoths heart if you dont make frostifield.
Pestilence - Can be got as luxury.
Hammerstorm - Can be got as luxury.
Luna moonfang - Can be gotten as luxury in dota, but here in hon its a bit meh since she can use more items.
Wildsoul - Can be got as luxury.
Armaddon - Can be got after behemoths heart if you dont make Frostifield.
Predator - Can be got after damage items.
Magmus - Can be got as luxury.
Maliken - Can be got as luxury.
Generaly not that good on agility heroes. The Demonic Breast Plate is very similar to Wingbow in terms of price and bonuses but Wingbow gives bonuses that are better suited for agility heroes.
Assassins Shroud 3400 $ Lothars Edge in Dota
Adds 38 damage, 10% IAS and gives the ability to go invisible with 20% MS increase for 9 seconds, cooldown 18 seconds, deals 125 backstab damage when attacking from invisibility. Best used as an escape tool. General rule: Its only good versus people who do not buy anti-invisiablity items like blue wards or Dust of true Sight. The worse the players are, the better this item is. The better the players are, the worse this item is.
Not directly good on any hero except two.
Slither - Good for escaping after you used ulti or for placing the perfect one. (Risky if they got anti-invis).
Soulstealer - Can be got for escape and initiation, Shrunken head is much better.
Moon Queen - Can be got for escape and initiation, Shrunken head is much better.
Arachna - Can be got for escape.
Andromeda - Can be got for escape after ulti, but blink dagger is much better.
Voodoo Jester - Moved up from red to yellow. You can channel your ultimate and go invisible afterwards. However there are better items.
Behemoth - Portal Key is much better.
Pebbels - Portal key is much better.
Legionnare - Portal key is much better.
Magmus - Portal key is much better.
Maliken - Just dont use this on him.
Countered by:
Puzzle Box - Your bane. Summons have true sight at lvl 3.
Pestilence Ultimate - Waste of 3610 $
Arachna Spiderling - True sight and a slow.
Scout Wards - Has true sight.
Dust of Revelation - Costs 180 $ and gives true sight for 12 seconds.
Ward of revelation - True sight
Bound Eye - Gives true sight.
Other invisiblilty heroes on your team - Increases the incentives for the opponent team to buy true sight items.
Null Stone 5175 $ Linkens Sphere in Dota Did you know that Linken died because his own spellblock failed him?
Gives 15 to all stats, 150% mana and 6 hp regeneneration per second (285 HP / 195 MP) . Null Stone blocks one targeted spell every 20 seconds.
Ill be harsh on this one, it is really bad. The spellblock (even if fixed) is easily counterd by a phoney spell. For instance a player can throw a mediocre spell on you (i e. lvl 1 terrify, legionnaires damage over time spell) and then you are free to target for 20 seconds.
Secondly its way of too expensive. Behemoths Heart costs only 300 more and gives 1000 hp compared to this 285 HP. Heck, even Helm of the black Legion gives more HP than thisone for 3000 gold less. Even Hack and Slash is better than this one in term of survival and stats for less gold! By the time you have farmed this 195 MP does not do a great difference! If you want spellblock, go for the reliable Shrunken Head for 3910 gold. If you really need the regen and mana bonuses get Sacrifical Stone which gives more of everything.
It also consists of a bad buildup containing 1) expensive recepie, 1325 gold 2) Blessed orb, 10 to all stats for 2100 gold is considered bad!
Avoid at all costs.
Only good versus a really bad pyromancer who iniates with his ultimate on you the entire game and never understanding why he does not deal any damage with it.
1.5 Combative Items
With combative items we increase our damage output. All casters should avoid combative items except for Codex. This is probably the hardest part to write what items are good to what hero becuase its very situational. My suggestion for all the new players is to TRY the different items and not getting stuck in the Runed Axe for every hero build. I will once again state that this is based ONLY ON MY OPINIONS and are by no means "facts" . So here is my take on this:
Elder Parasite 1900 $ Mask of Madness / mom in Dota
Grants 17% life steal and berserk active. Berserk Active gives you 75 % attackspeed and 15 % movement speed bonus for 5 seconds. But you take 20% increased damage during its duration. This item is dangerous and not recommended unless you know what you are doing. However its worth mentioning on 2 heroes.
Hammerstorm - His ultimate synergies good with this.
Chronos - He can safely attack the target. Remember, his bash skill has 2 seconds cool down. So perma bash can not be achieved. Its got for that purpose too in dota, here it does not work. Still its a potential item for Chronos.
Avoid on the rest. 20 % increase is quite hefty unless you know what ur doing!
Maliken - Im putting it here until ive tested it myself. 20% extra damage on his -20 true damage debuff seems very dangerous.
Hmm.... Perhaps i should recommend this item instead... Cause it means that i will frag them 20% easier, 5 people with Elder Parasite... B-b-b-b-bloodbath...
Codex 2850 $ +1300 $ for upgrade (4) Dagon in Dota
Gives 15/17/19/21/23 Intelligence, 3 agility, 3 strength and 9 damage. Active ability that gives a burst damage of 400 at lvl 1 for 245 mana (reduced to 300 after magic reduction), and can be upgraded 5 times for 1300 gold per upgrade. Each upgrade gives 100 damage (75 after reduction) for a total of 800 damage (600 after reduction) reduces mana cost by 20 per level (245-165) and increases cast range by 100 per level (600-1000). Dont use it for steals only, use it as a primary nuke or a finisher.
As a general rule: Its a situational itemGet this only if you have gotten really rich early and the other team is underlevled and only if they have alot of low HP heroes. Upgrade costs 1300 gold for 75 extra damage, think twice before upgrading it.
Usable for:
Voodoo Jester - Its synergy with his curse is good. Get it fast if your gonna get it! But its usually better to let another hero on your team nuke the cursed hero. But if you dont have any nukers in your team, feel free to get Codex.
Pyromancer - If you got it fast and opposing team are underlevled.
Pebbles - If you got monster farm (beware of the mana restrictions + only if they are underleveled)
Blacksmith - If they are unde... You get the point =)
Electrician - If th...
Hellbringer - If t...
Succubus - If..
Scout - He cant farm it fast enough and its better for him to go dps route.
Torturer: Needs other items, constrained mana, and 6 second cd nuke.
Defiler - She has 5 second cooldown on her nuke and is always mana constrained.
Nymphora - Its always better to go for the support route.
Wretched Hag - There are better gear, and is mana constrained.
Runed Axe 4350 $ Battlefury In Dota
Runed axe, probably the most common damage item in pubs. If its a good or bad item is another thing. The splash damage has minimum impact in teamfights except for when playing with Tempest. Its not useless on any dps hero, its only that there are other better damage items out there like the Shield Breaker or Insanitarius on strength heroes.
However it gives +65 damage and 40% splash in 225 radius for only 4350 gold with a nice build up. Its quite good for farming in the jungle. In the lane however, you should always try to last hit, so the splash is not that good for farming (in theory). Its always easy to kill creeps with 65+ damage.
Let me point out that Runed Axe is a VERY good as a last item if the game is very long for faster push e g you have lost a barack. Lets not start a big discussion about it!
Good for:
Swiftblade - Gives fast damage for his ultimate and fast farm in jungle, core item.
Madman - Gives fast damage and fast farm in jungle. This is contested for sure :P.
Jereziah - Well i would say it works, but there are better builds like the supporter build.
Kraken - Sure it works.
Chronos - Works
Dark Lady - It works.
Scout - Meh.. There are better.
Accursed - He is not a dpser, he is a supporter. He attacks to slow to utilize Runed Axe.
Pestilence - There are alot better items for him (Shuriken head/Shieldbraker/insanitarius or Hack and Slash)
War Beast - There are alot better items for him (Shuriken/shieldbreaker/insanitarius
Legionnare - He needs HP not damage, he already farms like a god.
Armaddon - He turns his back in fights, cant really attack.
Mage Bane- This is not Dota, here we can put orbs on him!
Pharaoh - He is not a dps:er
Night hound - quite bad. There are alot better routes.
Blood hunter - There are alot better builds.
Hammerstorm - There are better builds. No need to stack cleave.
Predator - There are better builds.
Magmus - Already farms and pushes like a god. Should get other items.
Maliken - Fights mostly in ranged form.
Strength heroes - In general they attack to slow to gain good benefit from the 65 + damage. If you want damage on strength heroes, its often better to get Insanitarius.
"LOL SYYRAAAN NABSTER. THIS ITEM IS THE BEST ON ALL HEROES! GIVES REGEN AND DAMAGE AND SPLASH SO I NEVER LEARN TO LAST HIT!" - Random Douche
Hellflower 5025 $ Orchids Malevolence in Dota
Adds +40 damage, +20 int, 30 ias and 225% mana regen. Active ability that silences a target for 5 seconds and makes them take 20% extra damage during the duration (damage delt at end of duration). Nice supporter item, useful for intelligence heroes that deal damage but its a bit inferior to Totem of Kuldra. Very useful versus Tempest and Keeper of the Forest so they cant get ulti out. Very useful versus units with blink/leap/charge aswell. Currently we are lacking heroes that this is really good on. In Dota we had enchantress, Harbringer and silencer that could make really good use of it.
Good on:
Wretched Hag - Possible first item.
Puppet Master - Very strong on him.
Good vs Tempest so he cant pull his ulti off.
Good vs Keeper of the Forest so he cant pull his ulti off.
Good vs Leap/Charge/Blink abilites since it silences for 5 seconds.
Valkyrie - can be used on her.
Hellbringer - Can be used on him.
Generally Totem of Kuldra is better.
Mock of Brilliance 5150 $ Radiance in Dota
Radiance! Adds 60 damage and gives sparkles that deal 40 damage every second within 650 range. Great for farming and making your tank more dangerous. Hard to farm and needs to be farmed within 30 minutes to be useful. Its great for chasing, farming and disabling Portal key.
Keeper of the Forest - Great item for him.
Zephyr - Great item for him. Brilliance aura kills creeps, gives cyclones.
Armaddon - Core item.
Blood hunter - Mock of brilliance kills creeps, HP for him.
Wildsoul - Great on his summon.
Maliken - Great item for increasing his farm. Going to test it.
Pharaoh - If u can farm it, its good, but ur supposed to roam.
Jereziah - Its ok for him.
Accursed - Very meh. But it works.
Electrician - Same as Pharaoh.
Legionnare - If you have monster farm.
4850 $ Manta Style in Dota
Gives 30 agility and 10 intelligence and 10 strength (190 HP), 10 Movement speed bounus and 15 Ias. Gives the active ability to create 2 illusions of you that deal 33% damage, and takes 350 % extra damage. Dispells debuffs on use. Works best paired with a Behemoths Heart or a Wingbow.
1.42 comments: Geometers bane has recieved a heavy reduce in price, 950, new MS bonus and IAS bonus and the 190 HP buff. This is a rework, not a nerf. I consider it a great buff in HoN since it now works correct with its 190 HP bonus. This is now a monster item.
Melee Images get mana burn buff, Ranged does not since 1.34. Semi-obsolete info since it no longer gives the 50 mana burn but can still be paired with Nullfire Blade.
Can be used to dispel Keeper of the Forests ultimate if you use it after you got hit. Same goes for Slithers ultimate.
Good for:
Valkyrie - Can still be core item.
Night Hound - Can still be used after Nullfire blade or before.
Soulstealer - Still core item since 1.42.
Arachna - Can be core item since 1.42
Moon Queen - Core item since 1.42.
Magebane - Core item since 1.42. Its a monster on him.
Maliken - Luxury item.
Very good versus Keeper of the Forest and Slither.
Madman - To low health pool to use this fully, does not need movement speed bonus. Can be got as luxury item.
Scout - To low health pool to use this fully, does not need movement speed bonus.
Swiftblade - As extreme luxury.
Chronos - Cant use illusions inside his ultimate. Great in dota, bad here.
Andromeda - Moved down from yellow to red. She is not a carry.
Venomancer - Now listed in red, he is not a carry.
The Dark Lady - Looks intresting. Going to test it.
Puppet Master - Looks intresting as a luxury. Going to test it.
Flayer 5800 $ Buriza-do Kyanon/Buriza in dota
Ill keep this short. It adds 75 damage and 20% chance for 2,2x critical strike. Good as your second big damage item but never as your first. Considered luxury. Its bad on heroes with a critical strike, it stacks with dimishing returns.
Arachna - Second damage item.
Hammerstorm - Can be used after some increased attack speed gear.
Night Hound - Can be got as a second damage item
Moon Queen - Can be got as a second damage item
Valkyrie - Can be got as a last damage item
Blood Hunter - Can be got as a last damage item
Soulstealer - Can be got as a last damage item.
Dark Lady - Can be got as a last damage item.
Predator - Can be got as a last damage item.
Wretched Hag - Can be got as last damage item in the carry build.
Swiftblade - Has critical
Madman - Has critical
Scout - Has critical
War Beast - Has critical when in wolf form.
Maliken - Has critical
Other heroes with critical.
*Note this is in dota, if anyone can confirm would be good.
Wingbow 6000 $ Butterfly in dota
Gives 30 agility, 30 damage, 30 ias, 30 evasion. Increases EHP (estimated hitpoints) vs physical attacks with 1.43 if im not mistaken. Good for most agility heroes. Get it usually as ur second big item on agility carries since its hard to farm, and builds from very bad parts. Dancing blade +25 agility for 3300 gold is the worst item in the game. Bad on heroes with evasion. With the recent change in 1.42 the buildup is a little bit nicer but is still considered hard.
Good on agility heroes without evasion.
Nighthound - Benefits very nice from this since it boosts his passive.
Chronos - Benefits fully from the evasion giving him 55% chance to evade physical attacks.
Moon Queen - Very good since her aura boosts damage given from agility.
Arachna - Same as Moon Queen
Swiftblade - can be used
Magebane - can be used
Valkyrie - can be used
Blood Hunter - can be used
Wildsoul - can be used
Madman - can be used
Soulstealer - can be used
Dark Lady - can be used
Slither - He is a bad carry
Andromeda - She is a bad carry.
Can work on strength heroes as an ultra luxury item if one hero in the team already has demonic brestplate.
Bad on:
Scout - Evasion
Other heroes with evasion.
Countered by Savage Mace
4300 $ Aghanims Scepter in Dota
Gives 10 to all attributes, 200 HP and 150 mana for a total of: 390 hp and 280 mana. Boosts some ultimates in the game. Consists of a very good build up. Good for some heroes:
Voodoo Jester - His ultimate gains alot from this.
Pollywog priest - His ultimate gains alot from this, Core item
Torturer - Good item, but there are a bit better builds. I put him in green though.
Demented Shaman - The item is very good on him, the increased aoe makes you easily hit both teams.
Devourer - Very good item on him.
Nymphora - Excellent item on her. Nice thought by S2.
Ophelia - Great cooldown boost on her ultimate.
Venomancer - Good on him now.
Andromeda - Well, She cant farm anything else and it gives good bonuses in small pieces.
Wretched Hag - Good item after Totem of Kuldra or Puzzle Box.
Pyromancer - Gives additional 200 damage on ultimate. Its ok but dagon gives higher damage for less gold.
Thunderbringer - In yellow now since its much cheaper, however there is better items.
Magmus - Lower cooldown, nice build up, its
Accursed - It debatable on him since people should not focus you in the first place.
Glacius - Moved from red. Can be made as a luxury.
Moon Queen - Avoid at all cost. Doesnt benefit ur ultimate that much.
Chronos - Better to farm damage gear so you deal more damage during your ultimate.
Swiftblade - Better to farm damage for your ultimate.
Succubus - Its not that catastrophicly bad, but he has alot more viable options.
Pharaoh - Gargh, still no staff of the master on him.
Useless for heroes that doesnt benefit from the ulti-boost.
Insanitaurus 2850 $ Armlet of Mordiggian in Dota
Gives good stats stats, +5 armor, +15 ias, + 9 damage and an active ability that gives 25 strength (475 HP), + 31 damage and +10 attack speed. It damages you for 35 HP / second while activiated for a total of: 25+ Ias, 65 Damage, 475 HP +5 armor and -35 HP per second (Needs to be active 13,5 seconds to nullify the HP bonus). Great bonuses indeed. Very good for fast damage on strength damage dealers. Its gives more damage in teamfights than Battlefury for only 2850 gold. General rule: Can be used for strength heroes that goes for the Shrunken Head.
Predator - Core item
Pestilence - Can be used
War Beast - Can be used
Maliken - Can be used
Hammerstorm - Can be used, but he already has fast damage (his ult). There are better gear.
Jereziah - If you go dps route, imho supporter is better.
Armaddon - Turns his back in fights.
Pharaoh - He is not a dps.
Accursed - He is not a dps.
Magmus - He is not a dps.
Behemoth - He is more of a caster.
Pebbles - Does not give enough ias, and he already has enough damage .
Devourer - Does not deal damage with his physical attack. Needs other gear.
Doom Bringer 6200 $ Divine Rapier in Dota
Adds 250 damage. Drops upon death. Never get this unless you want to bring doom on your own team. Your hero is never unkillable and if you drop this you have wasted 6200 gold if the enemy team picks it up. If the winning team gets a Doom Bringer, the losing team always have a chance to pick it up and turning the game. Its utterly useless.
Never get this.
The big Item Guide 1.1 Starting Gear
The Big Item Guide - Will not be updated because the guide is now useless since recommended items are in HoN shops!
Presentation:
The reason i write this is because i want to help all the new players to get a grasp of the items in HoN. I did a fast search here in the forum and i found a good starting gear guide. I will present my own take on this. However i will also do a guideline for what items are good on what heroes and which items are bad. Keep in mind, this is only a guideline based on my opinions and by no means "facts". Its very basic stuff for the new players in here that havent played Dota.
Presentation:
The reason i write this is because i want to help all the new players to get a grasp of the items in HoN. I did a fast search here in the forum and i found a good starting gear guide. I will present my own take on this. However i will also do a guideline for what items are good on what heroes and which items are bad. Keep in mind, this is only a guideline based on my opinions and by no means "facts". Its very basic stuff for the new players in here that havent played Dota.
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