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Soul Ring Recipe + Tangoes + Salve + 3x Branches (fastest SR)
Soul Ring Recipe + Tangoes + Stout / QB + Branches (next fastest SR)
Ring of Protection + Tangoes + Salve + Clarity + 2x Branches -> build fast Aquila

Spawn Spiderlings - 300dmg Nuke, spawns 1-3 spiderlings if target dies within 2 seconds

Spin Web - lays down a permanent web that breaks trees and gives brood massive HP regen + movespeed

Incapacitating Bite - passive orb that slows and gives miss chance (up to 40%)

Insatiable Hunger - 14 second attack damage / lifesteal buff, short cooldown

Rush Soul Ring, get Aquila if you want + Treads. Personally I skip Aquila and just rush Orchid, since all the pieces come in small parts and the only thing you're missing out on is some extra armor for your spiderlings. PMS if you got stout is okay too.

Orchid -> BKB if you expect to solo push / farm enemy jungle for a long time
BKB -> Orchid if you expect to teamfight early / push as 5

Rushing midas after treads for farming Brood is an option if you plan to be pushing/farming for a while, but I don't like it.

You want attack speed, so your next item choice would be Butterfly or AC (both give good survivability). After that, MKB is a good option if your enemy carry has Butterfly / is Faceless Void, or Manta Style because attack speed and it can purge dust and helps with pushing / teamfights. Daedalus works as a damage item if you already have good attack speed. Upgrading Treads to Boots of Travel in lategame is not a bad idea.

Against most heroes, you get to bully your opponents even if 1v2 or just flat out destroy them in a 1v1 lane. As long as you have web for invis (this means you need to be watching for enemy sentries / dust) you can safely farm and deny while poking in and out of the enemy jungle. Flatten trees everywhere so you have a safe line of sight through the jungle. You want a fast soul ring to be able to spam Spawn Spiderlings. The name of the game is SPLIT PUSHING, since often the enemy team will need to send 2-3 heroes to deal with just you while the rest of your team takes towers as 4. If they send just one, kill the guy and keep pushing (Ulti + Orchid silence = free kill on most heroes). You are not a very good lategame carry, so you best be taking rax pretty quick.

- Always knock down the trees in lane that block vision of the jungle so you don't get ganked as easily.
- Constantly watch your lane opponents for Sentry Wards / Dust. Never be afraid to spend money to deward, especially early game.
- Spiderlings have 15% slow on attack and do a bit of poison damage. If the hero is mostly single-target, you can kill them with just spiderling surround + nuke + an autoattack or two.
- Use ulti when wailing on enemy towers, takes them down much faster.
- Send a spiderling or two to scout around whenever you can so you don't get ganked.
- Leave spiderlings at enemy jungle camps when you leave their jungle so that the camps don't spawn.
- Use spiderlings to block Pudge hook / sacred arrow / Slark pounce / etc.
- Spin web at key points like ancient camps, rosh, etc. b/c it gives you a single point of vision.
- DON'T FEED BROODLINGS