Dave's Wacky Concept Guide For Skeleton King

There was a time when i thought abouth something similar. Madness actually gives King a hell of speed, meaning crits and running around really fast. But it sould be combined with Blademail. Also Soul Ring or Medallion of Courage for mana. It's not the usual Wraith carry build, but still pretty fun.

I'm all for unique builds, but no early sustain..?

Keep in mind this was a random Concept build not for hardcore meta play.

PMS isnt really much better than a stout shield on a strength hero like SK. And I dont know if you do, but your guide implies you start with no regen and just a PMS and branch. Even with lvl 1 vamp aura, you need some regen items.

I understand what your saying, The reason I'm getting Vampiric Aura right now is because, I intend to push the lane back, this leaves me time to be able to walk into the jungle and farm, this is also the time that I use Mask of Madness. I know that Hellfire Blast mana cost does not go up with level, and I rank it quickly after getting Vampiric Aura. I rank Vampiric Aura fast for survivability and solo laning(Sense many games you can end up with a wandering partner) As for Armlet I will take it into consideration but frankly I forgot about it, and know how useful it is. As for Crystalys/ Daedalus Crit stacks, making for more damage and shorter jungling times. Thank you for you input, I will take Armlet into consideration next game.

Rep'd.

I'll be quite honest here: I don't approve of your items or skill build. Here's why.

• Getting Vampiric Aura early pushes your lane by quite a bit. You, as a carry, do NOT want to push your lane. It makes it easier for enemies to gank you and it also causes you to lose some farm under the opponent's tower.
• Leveling up Hellfire Blast doesn't make it cost any more mana. There's literally no reason why you should get Critical Strike or Vampiric Aura early game over it.
• Mask of Madness is only even halfway decent on certain heroes, such as Faceless Void. You have Hellfire Blast for chasing and Hand of Midas / Armlet of Mordiggian for attack speed. Speaking of which...
• Where's Armlet? This item gives incredible damage and survivability for a relatively cheap price. It's pretty much core on Skeleton King no matter what your build, and you didn't even mention it.
• Getting crit items such as Crystalys / Daedalus is generally frowned upon, as your chance for getting a crit with them is lowered. (If SK gets a crit naturally, your Crystalys / Daedalus won't proc).

I'm in kind of a hurry, so that's all for now. I may or may not leave some more comments later.