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Morphx2
Profile Joined March 2011
147 Posts
April 17 2011 01:45 GMT
#1
Anyone have a good build for this little rat? I dont even see a thread for him...poor guy.

freelander
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
Hungary4707 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-17 02:52:54
April 17 2011 02:49 GMT
#2
this is how I played him on his free week:

apen - armor - mres/lvl - apen runes
cleanse/flash summoners
21/0/9 masteries
The usual cloth armor+5hp pot or doran shield opening.

Try to get a solo lane. You will get denied probably (your team will say TWITCH SUCKS), but at least try and ask for it.

Don't try to play him like Eve. He's not a gank machine. He's an ad carry with a stealth gimmick.
You can gank with him at times, especially after you blue pilled and before you return to your lane,
but focus on farming.

You should max your E first, the order of Q and W depends on the gameflow. At lvl4 both should have get a point on them.

On early levels you can force vlad and kassadin out of lane with your ridiculous autoattacks and nuke. Just like Corki. Actually your passive is even better than Corki's.

Around lvl 4 a lot of characters will start force you out of lane, you will need the help of your jungler.
With basic map awaraness, summoners and the help of your Q, you should never ever die out of teamfights.
Try not to get too behind in creep kills.

After your starting items, I suggest buying 1 or 2 doran's blades. Your boots of choice should be boots of mobility or swiftness. I found those were the best ones. Swiftness is better though in an average game, because positioning in a teamfight is important.
Then rush for Infinity Edge.
Always buy the pickaxe or BF sword first, then the other damage component, never the cloak.

After you get your IE, buy a green pot in case of teamfights.

Your next items should be (not in particular order): Last Whisper/Black Cleaver, Banshee's Veil, Phantom Dancer.
-If many of the other team buy armor: Last Whisper+green pot.
-If there are many squishies in the other team(max 1 well armored champ): Black Cleaver+green pot OR phantom dancer.
[you shouldn't really buy last whisper AND black cleaver, they make each other less efficient]
-Banshee's Veil: use your judgment when to buy it! Sometimes you need it right after your IE, in optimal cases you can delay it somewhat. Though if you have a solid lead, buy it instead of another damage item! Don't give em a chance to make your advantage slip away.

Never forget to use Q for the attack speed bonus! Also it's the best positioning spell ability among the AD carries to start a fight! Don't go out of cloak prematurely.
Twitch is unique for his HUGE AoE physical damage, that's why he comboes very well with AoE CC champions.
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Brees
Profile Joined January 2010
Marshall Islands3404 Posts
April 17 2011 04:58 GMT
#3
triple philo stone, into ghostblade, into infinity edge.



only play him on ARAM btw
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Juicyfruit
Profile Joined May 2008
Canada5484 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-17 05:24:26
April 17 2011 05:23 GMT
#4
Hmm really? I think exhaust + flash is a little better for the little rat. Exhaust is more useful for giving yourself breathing room vs an incoming bruiser or it helps you win a fight vs a burster 1v1.

I don't play twitch but I would imagine armor pen wouldn't be all that effective on him right now. I like attack speed runes to help stack his poison early on.

His early game "burst" is deceptively strong but you have to capitalize on the fact at level 2 you can kill someone at around 500HP if they choose to fight you.

I tried:

-Attack speed red/Quint
-Armor yellow
-MR blue

14/16/0 (SoS, 1 harden skin, 2 defensive mastery, HP, armor pen, magic pen)

Seems to work "ok"

Rejuv bead + 4 health potions + 2 mana potions. He has real issues sustaining both mana and health so he needs help on both ends~
Shikyo
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Finland33997 Posts
April 17 2011 05:32 GMT
#5
Remember to rush a life steal item since ultiganks lifesteal off every minion that the ulti hits.

Wriggles was amazing on Twitch for that reason, literally invulnerable while ulti-ing minions. With the nerf you might want to go for something like Emblem
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Juicyfruit
Profile Joined May 2008
Canada5484 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-17 05:48:45
April 17 2011 05:37 GMT
#6
Twitch needs lane dominance if he wants to farm at all. His crap range and lack of kiting or regen ability means if he ever looks weak he's going to be denied 100%.

Don't lane twitch vs people that can beat him early on, which is a lot of people. Don't lane him vs Corki/Teemo. He's just going to get rolled.

Most melee champions will probably have to leave him alone because that true damage passive REALLY hurts if you let him poke you repeatedly, and you have exhaust which will punish ghost/igniters if they commit on you and miscalculate. I don't know the champions too well but I don't think people like Jarvan/Renekton can actually take on attack-speed twitch while eating creep aggro, at least early on, although your ability to deny them will also be pretty bad.

He should also be able to lane vs Ashe and most mediocre Ezreals without too much difficulty.
Navi
Profile Joined November 2009
5286 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-17 08:37:57
April 17 2011 08:36 GMT
#7
other than the fact that he has a stealth mechanic, i don't think twitch is all that hot right now. twitch's potential to carry as an AD is extremely limited.
not only is his cc far inferior to ashe's, his autoattack range without his ultimate is extremely inferior (500 as compared to 600) and thus his ability to lightly poke without wasting his #1 engage skill is extremely limited. he doesn't even have the necessary cc to cover up for his lack of escapes.

the reason why he was so highly regarded before the change to his ult and other tweaks was that his pure damage output was just uncomparable because his ult was limited by time rather than # of shots taken, so with high enough aspd and crit and damage he could literally 1v5 if he had good positioning (and with proper support and farm easily do so).

if i had to play twitch as a solo lane i might even go something like exhaust ignite (switch in flash for one of those as needed / preferred or take both if u really wanna cheese someone) and abuse stealth and passive mechanic and whatever u picked to try to set them back extremely hard early. would probably work better the less hp potions they bought, so a cv that reveals that might be rewarding (to pick lane appropriately). kinda cheesy but it might work.

i would probably stick to more of a roam / push / map control kind of thing, but then you end up running a bit lower on farm unless you're really successful. any input on how to play the bugger would be great, because i've only touched him once since the huge nerfs.
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LightgO
Profile Joined April 2011
12 Posts
April 17 2011 18:23 GMT
#8
I suggest roaming twitch
21-0-9
Movespeed quints
Armour pen marks
armour or dodge seals<these can be whatever u want
Flat Mana blue so ug et more stealth early

Start up in mid and shoot him a few times then run back to bush stealth refresh repeat skill this way

q/e/e/w/e/r/ finish out e then finish out q then w

Build Boots of mobility > wits end> black cleaver >lw ieatsome point probably will only get wits end black cleaver before game ends
spinesheath
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Germany8679 Posts
April 17 2011 18:35 GMT
#9
There is no point in getting ASpd items early on Twitch because of the way his ult works. IE -> LW imo.
If you have a good reason to disagree with the above, please tell me. Thank you.
rwrzr
Profile Joined February 2010
United States1980 Posts
April 18 2011 19:36 GMT
#10
This thread needs some ignite exhaust
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Akuemon
Profile Joined June 2010
Canada151 Posts
May 08 2011 13:32 GMT
#11
a twitch without cleanse is a dead twitch. Cleanse is a must with twitch, and yeah attack speed items are pretty useless. just get damage and maybe 1 attack speed

i'd go for boots of mob>IE>LW> banshees or a phantom

i also dont play mid with twitch, theres better heroes for that and you can abuse the bush/stealth mechanic in side lanes
mrgerry
Profile Joined September 2008
United States1508 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-08 16:07:08
May 08 2011 16:05 GMT
#12
That flash projectile pop change plus the neverending twitch nerfs left him pretty meh. Before you could just initiate a fight with ult flash back and bait the hell out of cc. Now he's just a stealth hero that can pub bash noobs who don't care if people are mia. So go boots of mobility and just push ur lane then stealth to other lanes :D

Dblades-->zerk greaves-->IE-->Cleaver/CritItems/LW/Veil
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