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Best hero : probably QoP
Signature hero : used to be Crystal Maiden but my friend is using it too so i abuse the free mana regen by using Rubick.... mid
QoP : Bottle > Treads > Agh (ftw) > situational early Orchid > Eye of Skadi > Scythe > Octarine
CM : Tranquil (arcane if mid) > Eul > Blink > BKB > Scythe > Octarine
Yay Octarine Core Crystal Maiden FTW.
Now I think you can skip Aghanim's Scepter and go straight octarine after your blink and BKB.
I always used to go Aghs on CM because it's the only survivability item that makes sense of the hero ( Point Booster >>> Drum of Endurance in every way on Int heroes) but now... Soul Booster is such a good item so I think it's the new meta xD
Other than that probably Luna tank/nuker, with a Glimmer Cape --> Aghanim's Scepter --> Octarine Core --> Satanic. I know it sounds silly but it worked out for me in pub (at least for fun), lifesteal from moon glaive + her hits, combined with the HP boost and Glimmer Cape in clutch situation make her really tanky lol.
Often, I get a Hand of Midas, because in pubs, since Sand King has no ability whatsoever to push towers, but can easily keep the lanes pushed back, its easy for the game to go late, so delaying Dagger for Midas often works if the enemies are not grouping up to push before minute 15.
Then from there on, if the team has a bunch of cores, then I pick up wards and Guardian Greaves for the nice little dispel and heals. Halberd if some right clicker is getting fat, and Veil if team needs more offense, which is rarely the case. Other utility items are also gotten in time.
And if the team doesn't have as many cores, I pick up Boots of Travel and rotate between the lanes and teamfights to make sure all lanes are pushed back so objectives are easily taken after teamfights, and also for emergency backup in case of a small scale gank.
If game is going well, Radiance and Octarine Core is great, more stuns, more DoTs, and pretty high sustain from the power of sand storm+radiance+spell vamp. If game continues, Eblade and Dagon 5, once the BKBs have been burned and a 2k+ dmg nuke comes out.
Anyway, I guess I should crawl into my 3k trench scrub hole now.
Why refresher? When you are about to be killed, suicide and reduce respawn timer by 50%, come out n refresh again so you can reduce timer by 50% again in case you die again. Best late game carry ever, you can respawn 50 seconds faster than other team's hard carry and rekt their base.
Signature : Invoker
I call this the walking artillery platform build (name plagiarised)
It works mostly on a invoker with a high exort level. Therefore, if its q/e, then the required item can be gotten early. If it's q/w then the required item should be gotten when your exort is at a high enough level. The main item for this build is
ETHERAL BLADE!
So basically, (q/e) phase -> blink/euls -> e blade -> aghs -> octa -> whatever you want
It's a pretty situational build. Fir the lone target nuking, you'll have to depend on the blink
E blade initiation.
(w/e) don't get e blade until you have atleast 5 to 6 levels in exort.
Don't ask me why I like this. I just love etheral blade on nukers.
Throw Ina Dagon if you wanna troll or just make their life miserable.
Do keep in mind that this is highly situational.
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