Nuker | Pusher - Kardel Sharpeye [7.25b]

Strategy

Early.The high ammount of health regeneration of the Tranquil Bootsallows you to freely harass both of the opponent heroes in the Safe-Lane. The movement speed combined with a 2ndWind Laceare enough to both, chase (an opponent hero when is trying to escape) and retreat (as well as maintaining a safe distance to prevent attacks that disable the boots). This is particularly good if either of the opponent heroes relies on long distance spells, such as Arcane Bolt, Brain Sap & Ignite.


Mid.Don't join the team fights, this build in general is terrible in team fights and lacks of area of damage, it can solo kill 99% of the heroes of the game, but in a team fight you'll easily be disabled, focused, etc. It's just a terrible idea, push the lanes instead, theWind Lace's movement speed,Town Portal Scroll's teleport plus the level 10 Sniper's talent,Meteor Hammer,Eul's Scepter of Divinity. In case a team fight pops-up you'll be able to wipe an entire lane, and if the enemy team makes the silly decision of ignoring you while pushing. You'll win the game (this doesn't happen so often because one or two heroes will teleport to defend the towers, specially in the third tower.) With this being said, is easy to understand that even if you can't join a team fight, you can disperse it.


Late.The strong disables of Assassinate (upgraded with theAghanim's Blessing) & theSchyte of Vysecombined with the huge ammount of damage dealt by theManta Styleillusions with the attack speed and damage of theButterflyand the critical damage ofDaedalus, including the Shrapneland Headshot, takes down most of the heroes (specially agressive ones and supports). If used propperly, it can also take down any tank in the late game.

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Pros High movement speed. Great pusher and farmer. Powerful slows and magic damage. Excels in interceptions or ambushes. Powerful mid/late game disables.

Cons Item dependent. Mana intensive abilities. Extremely mana dependent. Easily countered by spell immunity.

Skills and Talent Tree

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+6Shrapnel Charges

+125 Attack Range

+30Shrapnel DPS

+35 Knockback DistanceHeadshot

+20%Shrapnel Slow

+40 Attack Speed

+20 Damage

25% Cooldown Reduction

Tips & Tactics

Ring of Regen:Necessary to exchange hits in the early-game.

Tranquil Boots:Use it to tank the damage of the wave creeps and the enemy tower. The creeps in your team will have more life points when they reach the enemy tower, helping a lot while pushing a lane.

Staff of Wizardry:The intelligence slightly increases the magical damage dealt with the Shrapneland Assassinatesince both do a great amount of damage in the early-game.

Sage's Mask:At this point, the mana regen starts to become more important to spam Assassinate. I usually buy a couple ofClarityafter this item.

Meteor Hammer:Improves the farming. Cast it on any non-Ancient Camp when you can't use it on the opponent's tower, additionally attack 4 times the biggest creep and let the neutral camp burn.

Eul's Scepter of Divinity:Grants a decent amount of mana regen. For some odd reason synergizes well with theTranquil Boots(movement speed) & with theMeteor Hammer(cyclone to cast it). Making it the best option as a second mid-game item.

Scythe of Vyse:As the mana cost scales with the level of Assassinate, the mana pool and the mana regen are something important at the late-game in this item build. The hex is basically a 3.5 seconds instant ranged stun (that can be usefull saving dying allies / yourself or initiating against dangerous heroes).

Manta Style:Gives movement speed replacing the thirdWind Lacein the late-game. Unlike theEul's Scepter of Divinitydispel,Manta Styleallows you to remove debuffs almost instantly upon cast. The illusions are important for the other two items that will turn the Sniper into a late-game carry.

Butterfly:The agility increases the illusion's attack damage and attack speed

Daedalus:Most of the items and strategy of this build rely on the magical damage, heroes with aBlack King Barcan easily dodge this build. So, when the opponent player activates the magic immunity, they will receive a huge ammount of physical damage.

Counters

Juggernaut

• Blade Fury, grants immunity to Sniper's items and can dispel some debuffs as well.

• Omnislash renders Juggernaut invulnerable to Sniper's items and can easily take Sniper down.

Lifestealer

• Rage dispels most of Sniper's items, allowing Lifestealer to pass through Shrapnel.

• Lifestealer can avoid Assassinate with Infest.

Abaddon

• Aphotic Shield and Mist Coil makes it hard for Sniper to kill Abaddon's teammates.

• Borrowed Time makes Abaddon nearly impossible to kill, and often replenishes much of his health because Sniper cannot manually stop the magic damage during Shrapnel.

Spirit Breaker

• Sniper can useEul's Scepter of Divinityto repel Spirit Breaker when he charges in with Charge of Darkness.

• Meteor Hammer, Shrapnel, and Assassinate combo makes a short work of Spirit Breaker's Nether Strike.

Phantom Assassin

• Phantom Assassin's lack of a true disable makes her a relatively vulnerable target for Sniper.

• Assassinate will often kill Phantom Assassin's teammates before she has a chance to scape with Phantom Strike.

Tinker

• Tinker's low mobility and health pool allows Sniper to destroy him in the early game.

• Shrapnel can find Tinker easily while he is pushing or blinking into trees.

Invoker

• Shrapnel, Assassinate,Meteor Hammer,Eul's Scepter of Divinity,Schyte of Vyseare perfect setups for all of Invoker's nukes especially for Sun Strike across the map.

• Alacrity benefits Sniper greatly while attacking a tower.

Bloodseeker

• Thirst reveals enemies at low health across the entire map, making it easy for Sniper to cast Assassinate.

• Rupture sets up for a perfect Shrapnel while you can keep pushing a lane.

• The continuous spam of Assassinate increases Blood Seeker's attack and movement speed by Thirst.

Crystal Maiden

• Arcane Aura helps significantly with Sniper's pitiful starting mana regeneration, allowing him to more freely useMeteor Hammerand Assassinate in lane, and well into the middle and later game.

• Meteor Hammerlayered well with Frostbite in lane is a quick and easy way to ensure a kill, and if Crystal Nova and Shrapnel are added, it allows for insane chase potential for even the most stubborn of laners.

• Freezing Field stacks very well with the slow from Sniper's Shrapnel, and Sniper's excellent mobility allows him to easily chase down heroes who escaped from the full damage of Freezing Field.