Help for Chaos Knight Please!!!

I started off with ck and now i am trying to improve my skills but after playing a few bot matches, i realize that ck is really farm dependent just to get his armlet and all other items. Can anyone give me some tips and tricks on ck like what kind of starting items and how to get farm even if the an irritating hero that can prevent you from farming (e.g. Drowranger has gotten on my nerve just recently when i am in mid) or something like what is the most suggested lane. Thanks!!!!!!!!!!

Safe lane, pair up with a damage dealing support with a stun or slow.
For starting items get a stout branches tango salve.

Item build:

Starting items: Tango, Healing Salve, Gauntlet of Strength, Circlet
Early game: Boots of Speed, Bracer, Armlet of Mordiggian
Core items: Power Treads, Helm of the Dominator, Armlet of Mordiggian, Drum of Endurance, Sange and Yasha
Late game: Skull Basher, Heaven's Halberd, Manta Style
Luxuries: Abyssal Blade, Heart of Tarrasque, Assault Cuirass, Satanic
Situational: Black King Bar

Suggested lane: Mostly tri lane if you are going 3:1:1 with a Crystal Maiden and Venomancer

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You'll need both the Tangoes and the Healing Salve to ensure you stay alive and in lane long enough to get your Armlet of Mordiggian. Iron Branches provide Stats which are always useful, an Stout Shield is needed since it reduces the Damage you take when your opponent Attack you, for 250 Gold, it's an amazing bargain on Melee Cores.

For your early game, try to get the following by 20:00





Power Treads and Drum of Endurance Boost your Movement Speed and give you more Stats. Armlet of Mordiggian gives you Regen, and improves your and your Illusion's Damage quite a bit, you'll just need to learn to toggle it on and off (P.S. this can save your life countless times if you master it). ALWAYS carry a Town Portal Scroll, it can allow you to join fights under your towers and turn them to your advantage, or escape back to the Fountain quickly.





Black King Bar is CORE. If your opponents are dumb enough to pick a lineup that doesn't require you to buy one, you'll win easily if your Team doesn't mess up. Very occasionally, you'll be up against Lineups that 2 or 3 Heroes that can Stun, Slow, or annoy you in some way, even with Black King Bar up...this is about the only time you don't need a BKB, and it almost never happens since that kind of lineup comes with a significant lack of AoE Abilities, but there will probably still be a reason to buy Black King Bar even then. ;{)

After that, Items that power up your Illusions and make them Tankier are some of the best choices, so basically Heart of Tarrrasque ftw. If you're running out of Item slots to use, you can sell you Power Treads and Town Portal Scroll and buy Travel Boots to free up an extra Item slot.

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Finally, one more piece of advice, don't take Phantasm at lvl6, leave it until lvls 10, 11 and 16. Having 1 Illusion at lvl6 is nowhere near as good as having another level in Chaos Bolt or Reality Rift. Take Chaos Strike at lvls 9, 12, 13 and 14, as Critical Hits are worthless without decent Attack Speed