Guide to Luna the Moonrider by D3n1eD

Ranking Moon Glaive earlier (8 or later) is an option over Lunar Blessing if you are doing well, as you are essentially limited to lane farm without it.

Aghanim's Scepter probably isn't even worth mentioning for Luna. The Eclipse upgrade isn't horrible, nor is the +390 HP, but ultimately it delays your "real" items too much.

Monkey King Bar is a must have against Phantom Assassin, Brewmaster, Butterfly and other Evasion-based heroes/items. With Luna's new orb mechanics, Eye of Skadi is now a viable extension as it stacks with Helm of the Dominator/ Satanic and offers a strong slow and +590 HP (great with Manta Style images). It's hefty 5850g price tag is handled nicely by the farming potential of Moon Glaive as well. Mjollnir is another good luxury, as it essentially stacks with Helm of the Dominator/ Satanic (only Mjollnir procs do not steal life) and boasts excellent synergy with Moon Glaive.

I more or less agree with everything else.

First of all,thank you for your time posting this comment. I consider Aghanim's a fun or really situational build,ex. Ursa will get nuked to oblivion if you have E-blade and Agahanim's.
I completely agree with Monkey King Bar, I actually forgot to put it in,thanks for the input.
Mjollnirwill be added to situational items.
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with a Monkey King Bar rikimaru can also suck donkey ****! :)
A good early item to build off your slippers of agility is the Ring of Aquila - nice aura, dmg, mana regen - to keep you laning.
The only thing I do different with Luna is to leave the Boots of Speed - the reason is, 380 move speed is generally enough early game, and with a bit of farm you may find Boots of Travel to be better. Far greater MS, and is easy to get around the map and farm a lane in a few seconds. but I agree treads are core.

Aquilla is a good choice if you are making your Wraith band,but I prefer to skip it and get my Yasha as soon as possible.But will add it to optional section, I tried it and it is good! About naked boots I strongly suggest that you buy Power treds as Luna has low HP so every boost to it helps. Also tread switching is superb,a bit more damage to farm when on agility,adding tank on strenght and giving you enough mana for that one crucial Lucent beam. Boots of travel scale better as the game progresses,giving you global presence and ability to mass push/farm all lane sso it is definetly good choice later on. Thank you for your time reading the guide and posting comment, I really appreciate it.
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D3n1eD

I'v just sign up dotafire to thank you.I was miserable like 1 hour ago Thank you very much

First of all,welcome to DotaFire,it is indeed a great site. I am very glad that you find this guide helpful. If you have any further questions feel free to ask. Good luck & and have fun!
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I've been building an almost identical guide to this, so I guess I'll just throw it out lol. Good guide but I feel like you undervalue her ult stick. Considering how easily you can farm it, its return is very good. You can do 1800 damage to 2 targets at once potentially and it carries tons of beneficial stats. I like to think of her as a hybrid because she can be too easily countered one way or another around mid-late game. If you have ult stick, manta, helm, and treads mid-late game you are a force to be feared. You can lay into people carrying hoods while using your manta and vise-versa with your ult against people stacking armor. Being able to do both damage types HEAVILY is an often over looked aspect of her kit. Most people build so heavily into auto attack builds, that late game you get stifled by enemy mitigation and hp. An ult stick is a good tool to really make your enemy carries decide which damage type to try and deal with mid-late game. Food for thought.

Thing is,her ultimate is strong at all points in the game,but it is getting weaker towards lategame. Aganims costs 4200 gold and gives you 2 bonus beams per target,aswell as aditional total beams. So this means you get bonus 600 damage,after magical resistance 450 for 4200 gold. It is not bad,but I belive it is better to spend gold on something else. I mean for that gold you almost have a Butterfly. Instead of those two additional beams just right click your target and finish him with Lucent beam. As you said, Manta,treads dominator and Aghas mid-late,well I'd swap out Agah's for BKB anytime. These are my arguments on Aganim's,as I consider it an optional or fun build. Some people really like it and consider it core,other can't stand it. I prefer getting dps items as I feel they have stronger presence especially thanks to Moon glaives,but I still buy a scepter from time to time,usually paired with Ethereal blade. Thank you for sharing you thoughts and taking time to comment, I really appreciate it.
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My only problem with this is how weak your hp is early game, even with a PMS i bought, i was way too squishy.

There is not much you can do about it,she is like SF,fragile but powerful. Try buying a couple of Bracers or Wraith bands if you are having problems surviving. Considering her farm potential it shouldn't be long until you farm your BKB, as it gives you a huge boost to your survivability. Aquilla also helps as it increases your armor and that increases your EHP (effecitve health points).
Try to position yourself well and be careful until you get your Manta and BKB, then it's your time to shine. Also, I could say that Luna's best defense is her incredible offense, comparable to SF. Kill them before they kill you, it is not hard thanks to your ultimate and your low cooldown nuke.
Hope that helps!
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D3n1eD