Lachesis the Terror Hunter by JakeUbowski

Nyctasha awoke mortal. Finally bitten by the forms that nursed from her blood, her nightmares turned to dreams of vengeance. But even death is reprisal to the immortal, no, she sought not death but instead endless fear. For years malice and vitriol burned and ate at her, and as she lay fallen and feebled Lachesis emerged. Where there is shadow and the unknown, where there is sounds of twigs breaking and the silence of the woods, where skin tingles and stomachs turn you can feel it there; Terror incarnate.

Role

From the shadows Lachesis waits, slowly building up damage while weakening his prey. He breaks into q chase and no matter how fast the enemy tries to flee Lachesis is always right behind them. When teammates come to save their friend, they themselves turn and run unable to do anything. After the target is dead Lachesis summons darkness and disappears until he strikes again.

Lachesis' is flexible in his role due to his scaling and unique utility. As a carry he is able to trade effectively in lane thanks to his Ennervate as well as secure kills thanks to his very strong chase from Pursuit. This translates well to a decent Mid laner role as well; he can abuse terrain to Ennervate and quickly begin to dominate with last hits as he gains levels. As a utility offlaner his Ennervate allows his to contest farm while safely hidden then transition to a powerful ganker quite quickly. He keeps his utility throughout the entire game as his Envelop Darkness allows him to protect his teammates from ranged spells and attacks and can combo incredibly well with spells such as Tombstone or Supernova. While not quite a niche pick Lachesis can be a strong counter to many enemies and boost many allies while still being a relatively safe early pick during drafting.

Early Game Item Recommendations

Stout Shield Phase Boots Ring of Aquila Smoke of Deceit
Sentry Ward Orb of Venom Magic Wand Urn of Shadows

Mid Game Item Recommendations

Shadow Blade Sange and Yasha Spirit Vessel Solar Crest
Diffusal Blade Blink Dagger Mask of Madness Maelstrom

Late Game Item Recommendations

Eye of Skadi Abyssal Blade Butterfly Assault Cuirass
Black King Bar Octarine Core Daedalus Nullifier

Ennervate

Lachesis' only damaging spell. This is his early/mid game bread and butter. Lurk in the shadows just out of vision and build up attack damage, its low CD lets you have up to 16 / 40 / 80 / 160 bonus damage(more with talents) which more importantly means a 32 / 80 / 160 / 320 attack damage advantage between you and your target! Use this advantage to secure CS and win your lane.

Pursuit

An incredibly strong chase spell to enable you to always be right behind your target no matter how much they try to run away. When you cast this spell on a target your movement speed is set to their movement speed. Meaning if you cast it on an Enchantress you will be just as fast as her initially. The second part of this spell copies movement speed buffs from the target to your hero, meaning if a Dark Seer Surges the Enchantress you also get that Surge! Weavers can no longer Weave away from you, Bloodseekers can challenge you to a race, chase down that Slardar, etc. Important thing to note is that only positive movement speed buffs are copied, so once you Pursuit someone any slows put on them do not copy to you, allowing even a 1% movespeed slow to catch them!

Envelop Darkness

Create an area of darkness and limit all vision inside the area. Enemies can see their allied units but their shared vision is still darkened inside. A simple spell but can be used to great effects. Use it to allow you to steal damage with Ennervate when theres no trees to hide in, protect yourself from that Sniper or protect your tower from ranged heroes, put it on top of an ally to protect them, use it to aid tree juking, etc. This spell is also Lechesis' only form of disable(Id say Fear is more of a soft disable) and even then it is only a small movement slow. However combined with Pursuit, a small movement advantage is all you need to catch up to someone.

Dread

Single out a target and make their nearby allies abandon them. Can be strong in a fight as an AoE soft disable, but note that it does not hinder the target in any way. This Ultimate synergizes well with the abilities of his teammates, with stuns and movement restricting spells giving the full control while Lachesis and the team blows up the Dread target. This spell also synergizes with Pursuit as it gives a Movement Speed buff to those Feared, allowing Pursuit to speed Lachesis up by 20% enabling him to kill the Dread target.