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All Nyx really needs is a level 5 Dagon and boots. At level 16, you have basically a 1700 damage nuke. (Ult, dagon, spike, mana burn) And I'd prefer an Etheral Blade on Nyx over Desolator anyday.
that is exactly what i do in my guide on nyx.
http://www.dotafire.com/dota-2/guide/nyx-assassin-the-element-of-surprise-1382
Nice guide, extra points for the humour
I suppose if you happen to lane against Earthshaker you could just spam manaburn on his *** every chance you get (while being cautious)? Then again I've not faced a really good ES yet, so maybe I don't know your pain, lol
Honestly I wouldn't bother to try and solo gank tanky heroes. If you need to kill a tank get a buddy. Nyx should be targeting squishy early game carries or intel nukers. Going for tides and axe's isn't the best Idea. You could, but why? Otherwise I agree with the writer said on Deso.
Not my favorite item on this guy.
Deso is not a good item for Nyx, or most heroes IMO. Necro I agree with, but I thought he put it up there already. I skipped over some of it.
Necro, i'll submit, is a decent stealth counter-- however i still advise against it for low tier play, and that is the tier of play this guide was intended for as stated in the introduction. Desolator on the other hand is not a realistic item on NA for the following reasons: Dagon, a major gold sink, is absolutely required on this hero. I consider this a fault of NA's design that has existed since Scarabs were removed. Since this is the case, the best synergy with Dagon is Ethereal Blade-- an item that increases the damage output of 2/3 direct damage spells, while providing a decent direct damage effect of it's own.
The only benefit desolator offers is to Vendetta, and even then, NA is not an auto attacker. He's a glass canon. To make a Desolator build feasible would require Vanguard-- and why the **** would you bother building that? where would your Mana regen be? you wouldn't have the Mana available for a full rotation by cashing out on those two items.
I'm going to run a rest of 10 pug all pick matches in which I'll rush vanguard/desolator and submit the outcome. Although I disagree with you, thanks for the proposal.
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Deso is not a good item for Nyx, or most heroes IMO. Necro I agree with, but I thought he put it up there already. I skipped over some of it.
The only benefit desolator offers is to Vendetta, and even then, NA is not an auto attacker. He's a glass canon. To make a Desolator build feasible would require Vanguard-- and why the **** would you bother building that? where would your Mana regen be? you wouldn't have the Mana available for a full rotation by cashing out on those two items.
Well, other than that, skill and item build is fairly solid. No other items Nyx can really go for aside from "maybe" Shivas.