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Forum » Theory Crafting » Support Naga Help 4 posts - page 1 of 1
Permalink | Quote | PM | +Rep by Cosmic15 » August 8, 2013 3:46pm | Report
Seeing support Naga making big plays in Ti3 has made me want to look more into it. I want to know what heroes she goes well with and what heroes counter her. Also some general tips on how support Naga should be played would be helpful as well. Thanks!

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Permalink | Quote | PM | +Rep by mattyg2787 » August 12, 2013 4:25pm | Report
So I've been loving support Naga lately, lets have a look at what she has to offer as a support

Q - Mirror Image
Inbuilt manta style, not really a support skill except for body blocks if you can do it

W - Net
This goes through BKB and lasts 5 seconds at max level. This allows your team to bash away on that antimage while he can't blink. It also lets you land delayed stuns (Torrent, Split earth, Alch stun) for a longer lock down again. <---Best support spell.

E - Rip Tide
Main thing it does as a support is strip armour. Plus it's a nuke and comes off your illusions as well so you can spread it wider then it looks. Kind of an ok nuke.

R - Song of the Siren
Best/Worse spell on her. If used badly, your team will waste ultis, get caught off guard and generally help the other team. If used well, you will let your team get into a perfect position, time their ults (see call down/boat) for followup initation.
Or save it and use it for your whole team to escape when the team fight goes bad.

So what heroes does she work well with. Well lets look at some top notch delayed spells
Kunka - Between boat and torrent, he lives on delays
Alch - You can land a net, then let him charge his stun for a full 5 seconds
Gyro - Song into a well timed calldown means everyone gets hit.
Anyone who wants to escape.

She is really versatile and with a bit of farm, can quickly role into a semi carry role.

For support items, assuming someone else has mek (she's not a great carrier) look at drums to help chase down, force staff (chase down for nets) and help your team mates. Really though, she can be effective with just a pair of boots.

How to play her - Net is good, Rip Tide is good. Spam them a lot.
My normal skill build is Net, max rip tide, 1 point in mirror image with ulti at 6/11/16 as normal.
Starting items are Tango, Salve, Clarity and 3 branches into a fast wand. This lets me spam rip tide and Nets to my hearts content.
This into boots (arcane or power treads if other support grabbed arcane)
After this, it really depends on the game. Drums are great. Even Vlads if you have a few melee carries/semi carries (saves them the $$ for it) plus your illusions get life steal as well.
Late game, I'll build a slow manta style (starting with Yasha for move speed and damage).

Hope that helps

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Permalink | Quote | PM | +Rep by Hades4u » August 12, 2013 4:41pm | Report
Naga Siren goes well with any ultimate that hits multiple targets and destroys everything.

For example, Requiem of Souls, Ravage, etc.

Also, it's great in combination with Vacuum, Reverse Polarity and so on.

Song of the Siren is also great for isolating magic immunity carriers. They go Black King Bar, you sleep, everyone's gone besides the immune hero, which you can focus down easily and then proceed to take down the others.
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Permalink | Quote | PM | +Rep by Cosmic15 » August 13, 2013 1:00pm | Report
Awesome! Thank you guys!

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