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Lanaya, Protector of the Temple

September 14, 2012 by b0gz
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Build 1

Build 1: Mid lane build

DotA2 Hero: Templar Assassin

Offense

Damage 53-59

Defense

Armor 4.22

Other

Movement Speed 305

Attributes

Strength 70.5
Agility 90.5
Intelligence 70

Basic Stats

Health 1822
Mana 1144

Purchase Order

Starting Item(s)

Early Game (15-20 Minutes)

Mid game

Late game

Luxury Items



Hero Skills

Refraction

2 4 5 7

Meld

3 8 9 10

Psi Blades

1 11 12 13

Psionic Trap

6 24 25

Stats

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23


Lanaya, Protector of the Temple

b0gz
September 14, 2012


Pros + cons

Pros
-She is a very good harasser due to her passive if you can land it right
-has abilities that deal high damage
-Very good at ganking due to Psionic traps
-Psionic traps can act as wards for runes or incoming enemies


Cons
-Is a squishy like hero early game
-Is item dependent on how you build her
-Is bad against heroes with AoE abilities ( Pudge rot )


Heroes that Lanaya is horrible against early game:
Pudge; That hook and rot is like death calling out to Lanaya
Invoker: With his range of abilities, who isn't?

Purchase order

[Start]
I have chosen these items as this is my usual build, The reason why I have chosen bottle is due to the fact that Lanaya is a good harasser at the start due to her passive if you can land it right, and thanks to this you'll barely every be damaged by enemy attacks but if you do, you have bottle! Hurray!, and my Lanaya build is dependent on runes so it's good to have a bottle, so you can store them and save them for that right moment! It's best to go mid lane with this build as Lanaya is a good solo laner in my opinion, which means you should be able to farm pretty well if your not vs'ing a range harasser like Sniper
[Early]
In the first 20 minutes, I usually have farmed enough to purchase a Pair of Phase boots, Blink dagger and Mithril, The reason I always get phase boots over treads as it gives you that extra damage you need and it's active is good in chasing down enemies and with blink dagger, all will come to fear Lanaya!, and the reason I purchased Mithril Hammer is well, all Lanaya players know that you build Mithrils into Desolator.
[Mid]
By mid game, you should at least have a desolator and Hyperstone, and hopefully you have farmed enough to purchase Crystalys, the reason you MUST get a Crystalys is due to it's awesome crit passive, because Lanayas basic attack damage + 24(Phase), 60(Desolator) + 35(Crystalus) + 80(Refraction), You shall be feared I say! But usually I refraction for that Extra 200 damage and if it's a crit, well then. gg
[Late]
Usually by late game, you will be farmed enough to have a Manta, Daedalus, and Sacred,With a Mjollnir in there too, but if you ever get this fair, well then, that must be an intense match!, The reason for manta is thanks to Daedulus, your illusions will deal alot more damage to enemy heroes, making you a force to be reckoned with.
[Luxury]
I almost never get up to there, but if I do well I always get a radiance for the fun of it and if your being chased and meld with the enemy waiting there, for you to pounce, well radiance burn will slowly kill the enemy, and when you think you have a chance at killing them, attack then meld again! then finish the kill!

Skill selection

I have chosen these skills as fundamentally, Psi Blades is useless which is why I only get Level 1 (due to it's passive, I consider it compulsory to get this first), then after that I max out Refraction first, (as the extra damage and damage block will surely help), The reason why I max this out first is due to the fact that it gives alot of extra damage, and can save you when your low on HP, Then after that I max out her Meld, mainly because it gives so much extra damage, always get her ulti at level 6 (just saying, even though you probably already know this), then you don't really need to level it up because it just increases the amount of traps you can set,

If you are in mid lane, if you want to kill them it would be good to them push so they can't get away when you use your Psionic trap burst, which slows them down sufficiently so you can blink in and chase them down and land a killing blow. Though if your vs;ing a blinker such as Queen of Pain, Anti-mage then I don't recommend using this tactic.
In the first 15-20 minutes, Refraction and Meld come in handy for giving high damage, as level 4 Refraction gives (80+ damage) for 6 attacks, and meld gives you (200+ damage) if you attack an enemy opponent, and due to Meld having a low cooldown it would be good to meld then attack then meld again, which obliterates an enemy heroes hp ( you won't believe how fast! ) And with Blink dagger, Meld can also save you from those tricky situations, like if you can get the timing right, you can save yourself from that pesky Sniper's ulti.
Templar is really good at handling squishy heroes like sniper though, so you should have no problem with your passive after all.

And that's mostly it, thanks for looking at my first build. :3 :D!

Guide Discussion
Quote | PM | +Rep by wilddeonpwn » September 14, 2012 1:56pm | Report
No Medallion of Courage? Also I wouldn't recommend starting with a bottle.

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Quote | PM | +Rep by Xenasis » September 14, 2012 3:25pm | Report

No Medallion of Courage? Also I wouldn't recommend starting with a bottle.


Agree about the bottle, but Medallion of Courage is situational. It's good if they're coming close to you, but if you're vs a ranged hero or something, you might even just be better off with saving for your Blink.

I don't think I saw Ferrari 430 build it once in TI2, and he was arguably the best Lanaya there.

Medallion is a great item on her but is definitely not core.

My qualms with this guide come from starting with a Bottle, Radiance, Abyssal, Mjollnir recommended, and BKB listed as Luxury. This isn't mentioning the fact he delays his traps past level 6 for no apparent reason. 5 traps is nothing compared to 11, not to mention you can keep the slow up almost permanently.


Lots of misinformation here, too

"Psi Blades is useless"

No.

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Quote | PM | +Rep by wilddeonpwn » September 14, 2012 4:22pm | Report
^What I meant, that he shud put Medallion into situational. Agree with you 100%

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Quote | PM | +Rep by Kutosotuk » October 9, 2012 5:36pm | Report
Xenasis wrote:



Agree about the bottle, but Medallion of Courage is situational. It's good if they're coming close to you, but if you're vs a ranged hero or something, you might even just be better off with saving for your Blink.

I don't think I saw Ferrari 430 build it once in TI2, and he was arguably the best Lanaya there.

Medallion is a great item on her but is definitely not core.

My qualms with this guide come from starting with a Bottle, Radiance, Abyssal, Mjollnir recommended, and BKB listed as Luxury. This isn't mentioning the fact he delays his traps past level 6 for no apparent reason. 5 traps is nothing compared to 11, not to mention you can keep the slow up almost permanently.


Lots of misinformation here, too

"Psi Blades is useless"

No.


Agree by far. Bottle should not be a start just rushed up too early game...

Medallion..yes, definately not core as her meld should do enough for early ganks and as we know templar is dependant on levels above her opponent so it should matter later as long as desolator is implemented...bkb as a luxury is a pure joke..situational or core.

agree with traps as well, not only good for slows..they make great wards and harrass tools early game with her huge range ..this allows her to fully use that bottle and control runes.

in short..id change the guide a bit

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