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Skywrath's Ultimate

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Forum » General Discussion » Skywrath's Ultimate 15 posts - page 2 of 2
Permalink | Quote | PM | +Rep by rasro » November 8, 2014 4:22am | Report
I like schyte or Bloodstone. Hmmm i think the best friend for Skywrath Mage is Legion Commander Skywrath Mage got kill and Legion Commander got damage (using Duel)

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Permalink | Quote | PM | +Rep by neutr4lion » November 8, 2014 5:01am | Report
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I used to take him a lot, but he is definitely not for every game. If there is a Riki, Clinkz or Bounty Hunter avoid him. They feed of him all game long!

As for early game, the Ancient Seal, Concussive Shot and Mystic Flare combo see's off a lot of heroes. Throw in some damage from another hero and an Arcane Bolt or 2 and it's kinda guaranteed early and mid game.

Not to mention that he scales into late game really well with Arcane Bolt, he is a really good hero overall. Just not against the invis buggers...


Well, 6 second silence is SOMETHING against invis heroes, your point is: don't ever pick squishy supports against Riki, which is kinda ********. I think he is great against invis heroes, of course, with lot of sentries and ideally a gem.

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Permalink | Quote | PM | +Rep by KrDotoBestDoto » November 8, 2014 8:31am | Report
Because of the silence I think Skywrath Mage is one of the best heroes to counter Riki. The best counter in teamfights is probably a core Silencer since you can prevent Riki from being invis AND from blinking plus your dps can bring Riki down really fast. Since it'd be a core Silencer a BKB would also be available, stopping Riki from silencing you.

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Permalink | Quote | PM | +Rep by Safecyn » November 9, 2014 7:13pm | Report
Rod of Atos is your first core item on Skywrath Mage. I'm not even joking. Bonus health to keep you alive, a lot of INT to increase your mana pool and up the damage of Arcane Bolt. The main thing, though, is that it gives you a 60% slow from ludicrous range. Couple that with Concussive Shot which is a 45% slow from ludicrous range, and boom. You get a full length Mystic Flare on someone, or at least a very good shot at it.

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Permalink | Quote | PM | +Rep by Romark14 » November 10, 2014 2:22am | Report

Because of the silence I think Skywrath Mage is one of the best heroes to counter Riki. The best counter in teamfights is probably a core Silencer since you can prevent Riki from being invis AND from blinking plus your dps can bring Riki down really fast. Since it'd be a core Silencer a BKB would also be available, stopping Riki from silencing you.
neutr4lion wrote:

Well, 6 second silence is SOMETHING against invis heroes, your point is: don't ever pick squishy supports against Riki, which is kinda ********. I think he is great against invis heroes, of course, with lot of sentries and ideally a gem.


When it get's later, and if you have a No.5 who is going to be a complete ward jockey, and if you have a gem carrier then sure.
Unless you have a Force Staff Riki can kill you in his cloud. Early game at least. I may have been a touch over zealous when i said all game long, but if you want to be (potentially) very ineffective in early game. For someone who is amazing at early roaming that is pretty terrible.
Force Staff > Rod of Atos > Black King Bar/ Ghost Scepter/ Aghanim's Scepter is generally what i go.

He can be picked against them, but there are much better.
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