Alchemist Mid

Key Strategy

Key strategic elements to consider when playing Alchemist

• Collecting Bounty Runes is very important for Alchemist. Let your team know when the bounty runes are about to spawn.
• Use unstable concoction to secure last hits on range creeps and harras the opponent in the early stages of the lane.
• Understand when you are no longer able to lane and move to the jungle. Alchemist farms insanely fast and you don`t want to die and lose Greevil`s Greed stacks.
• Alchemist prefers to farm huge amounts of easy to kill creeps. Avoid farming Ancients until you can kill them reasonably fast. Ask your team to stack smaller camps.
• Chemical Rage applies dispel on cast, same as Berserker`s Potion. You can use them to dispel Spirit Vessel or other dispellable spells and items.
• Whilst farming, show yourself on lanes the least possible and don`t waste your Greevil`s Greed stacks by hitting buildings for too long.
• Blink Dagger or Shadow Blade allow you to cast fully channeled Unstable Concoction more easily.
• Once you get closer to being 6 slotted, consider giving Aghanim`s Scepter upgrades to your teammates. You might do that even earlier, if the Scepter upgrades on your allies have great impact.
• Alchemist tends to fall off as the game goes. Look to close the game by the 40 min mark.

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