General Discussion - Page 5201

On April 23 2014 07:03 TheYango wrote:
The thing is with Sven is that he's not really threatening by himself given his comparatively low mobility. He has a powerful 10s BKB timing, but unless your team really has the appropriate means to let him stand and do damage (e.g. DS, Magnus kind of heroes) or picks specifically to supplement his ability to engage and move around in fights (e.g. Wisp), it's not all that easy for him to stay on targets once those BKB charges go down.

He's quite good at a secondary frontline core with a primary back-line damage dealer, but given that there's not really a place to lane him other than safe lane, it means you need a pretty specific draft with a mid- or off-lane damage-dealing lategame core, and even then you have to look at the situation for whether it suit's Sven's raw up-front damage over someone like Doom who has more flexibility and usefulness against specific heroes.

So he's a good pick in the right circumstances, but a little bit uncomfortable to pick for, and comparatively easy to pick against.

On April 23 2014 07:03 TheYango wrote:
The thing is with Sven is that he's not really threatening by himself given his comparatively low mobility. He has a powerful 10s BKB timing, but unless your team really has the appropriate means to let him stand and do damage (e.g. DS, Magnus kind of heroes) or picks specifically to supplement his ability to engage and move around in fights (e.g. Wisp), it's not all that easy for him to stay on targets once those BKB charges go down.

He's quite good at a secondary frontline core with a primary back-line damage dealer, but given that there's not really a place to lane him other than safe lane, it means you need a pretty specific draft with a mid- or off-lane damage-dealing lategame core, and even then you have to look at the situation for whether it suit's Sven's raw up-front damage over someone like Doom who has more flexibility and usefulness against specific heroes.

So he's a good pick in the right circumstances, but a little bit uncomfortable to pick for, and comparatively easy to pick against.

On April 23 2014 07:30 Sbrubbles wrote:


Sounds like something EG could run with Fear, like they did Ursa with Weaver (I think) mid.

On April 23 2014 07:03 TheYango wrote:
The thing is with Sven is that he's not really threatening by himself given his comparatively low mobility. He has a powerful 10s BKB timing, but unless your team really has the appropriate means to let him stand and do damage (e.g. DS, Magnus kind of heroes) or picks specifically to supplement his ability to engage and move around in fights (e.g. Wisp), it's not all that easy for him to stay on targets once those BKB charges go down.

He's quite good at a secondary frontline core with a primary back-line damage dealer, but given that there's not really a place to lane him other than safe lane, it means you need a pretty specific draft with a mid- or off-lane damage-dealing lategame core, and even then you have to look at the situation for whether it suit's Sven's raw up-front damage over someone like Doom who has more flexibility and usefulness against specific heroes.

So he's a good pick in the right circumstances, but a little bit uncomfortable to pick for, and comparatively easy to pick against.