In-Game Standard Hero Builds Project - Page 366

On February 21 2018 15:08 bdonballer wrote:
I really wish more of the support builds had arcane boots over tranquil boots. Every game my 2 supports follow your standard build for tranquils. Heroes like Rubick and shadow demon, for example, are way better off with more mana than movespeed. It also helps your core players so much more if the supports had mana boots so you aren’t endlessly crowing clarities.

Just my two cents

On February 22 2018 13:42 CosmicSpiral wrote:
Aghs definitely deserves a spot in the Extensions section of the Viper build. After testing I'd say it's the best followup to Pike/Maelstrom, only surpassing Butterfly in convenience.

• Easy buildup. PB alone helps with staying alive and farming with W.
  
• Aligns with his max attack range (815 vs 900) so you can stay indefinitely in the backline.
  
• The reduced Strike cost + mana gives you enough mana, with Pike, to continue pressuring after an extended teamfight.
  
• Very easy to push out the side lanes while jungling, all without exposing yourself to ganks.
  
• Lets you use R immediately to guarantee kills on supports instead of waiting for a priority target.
  
• Great for sieging high ground if you have a teammate providing vision.
  
• A BKB-piercing slow, undispellable and on a 10 second CD, is just a great CC option.
  
• Gives him a ton of leverage in matchups where he normally gets outscaled e.g. Dragon Knight.
  
• Makes him a threatening lategame hero if you get the 120 damage talent.

In short, it enhances most aspects of the ghetto Sniper build and makes it hard to defensively itemize while being brain-dead easy to use.

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- 7:30-8:30AM: Setting up Planning Posts + Data Sheet
- 8:30-9:00AM: Personal Notes
- 9:00-11:00AM: Preliminary Notes (Talent Changes)
- 2:30-4:30: Finalization and Announcement

Total Elapsed Time: 5.5 Hours

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Total changes made: 79 approx. changes
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121 Guides remain unchanged

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On March 04 2018 16:37 tehh4ck3r wrote:
Maybe a more experienced AW player than me can chime in, but 8% CDR talent at 10 feels better than the 25 atk speed

On March 07 2018 13:10 Birdie wrote:
New memestealer build is like, sny radiance solar crest with the 20% evasion talent. Not sure if it's going to last and not everyone builds it, hero sucks if you don't go for that build though IMO.

Phantom Lancer
People are maxing phantom rush not lance, it's normally one point in Q and one in W and max E. So QEWEERE or similar. Situationally people are getting two or three points in lance, but still maxing E first.

Gyrocopter
Starting items are super weak, needs a lot more regen. He's not a strong laner and is pretty squishy. I would suggest 2 sets of tangos, mango , salve, and fill with branches and clarities (2x branch and w/e else). Wand should be in his build. Value point in flak cannon before level 8 is definitely needed, as it is used for harass in lane. I think MoM can be in core items but it's not essential.

Pos5 supports should be buying a sentry level one, courier, two sets of tangos and pooling 2x tango to mid, a obs ward or two, and clarities and regen with the rest of the gold. E.g. shadow shaman right now doesn't have enough regen items or sentry in his build.

Shadow Shaman
Definitely needs blink as core, before aether or aghs. Even can not bother with mana boots some games and go straight brown boots blink. That item is too good on him.

Witch Doctor
Needs 2x points in maledict before getting heal, you don't really need heal early.

Zeus
Definitely needs to be QEQWQRQWW talent W. It's really important to be able to shove the wave hard with Zeus, and he can't farm without max Q. Unviable going max W first. If you're core I really like to get the armour, not the XP. You're going to get the XP anyway. I also prefer cast range for level 25, and it's worth noting that without aghs the +0.5s lightning bolt is not good. Starting items should be null and 2x clarity, although in some lanes you don't get null and just start getting soul ring with the strength bits if you can't stand anywhere near the lane. Default is null + 2x clarity, though. Bottle should not be in the build, swap in soul ring instead.