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Aghanim's Scepter: 2 different random enemies will also be marked, prioritizing heroes.
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Aghanim's Scepter: Increase the number of attacks to 5.Notes
Dark Seer and 
Dazzle, a hero who relies on her team for damage and can keep them alive to keep the cycle going. Her basic abilities are up fairly often and are not that expensive to cast given their potential to be very powerful. This is even better considering her kit is quite varied as it provides damage, durability, mobility and disabling. Their main drawback is the 1 second delay that, unlike most other abilities, enemies can fully see. This provides opportunity for them to dodge and play around her abilities. That is why her ultimate seems underwhelming at first but can be the difference between life and death. Alleviating the main weakness of her abilities using Decisive Moment allows her to immediately stun enemies or save the life of allies. It is for this reason that empowering W and E are the best bets. Empowering Q is still decent in outputting a critical strike that is empowered by the bonus damage and that they have no time to react to, but it does pale in comparison to her other abilities. Thus, it has an additional effect that guarantees even more damage while prioritizing safety to still make it a valid option. Even if it is relatively strong, the bonus is meaningful because without the 1 second delay, Athena can't run near the target if cast from range.
Gyrocopter's Side Gunner on the target. It does not interfere with their current actions, cancel their channeling spells and works while they are disabled. This spell is her primary source of damage and its output can fluctuate greatly depending on how many of her allies surround it. From decent damage in a creep wave, to massive damage with all 5 heroes to no damage if there are none near the target. So it requires good coordination to make the most of each cast, as the name implies. Melee heroes, including Athena, benefit from this the most since it allows them to strike from higher range. The self critical strike ensures that even while alone, she can at least somewhat duel enemies. An important thing to remember that was highlighted earlier is the difference between the range and radius. It has decent cast range for a nuke but the search radius is shorter than it, so she has to stay near regardless if she wants to add more damage.
False Promise, does not have a limit like 
Aphotic Shield and does not prevent them from acting like 
Cold Embrace. It completely negates damage like 
Spiked Carapace, but from all instances instead of just the first. And like that ability, it is great to counter delayed damage like 
Assassinate and damage over time like 
Venomous Gale. The speed buff really is just the icing on the top, but is still useful for letting them chase or escape. Enemies can choose to all focus the ally during the mark or ignore it completely during the buff. While the target cannot take damage which is helpful for preventing on-damage effects, they can still be stopped by crowd control so it is not omnipotent. Remember that though the uptime is good, the duration is short enough such that most disables last longer than the buff.
Chronosphere? Yes please. The downside is the obvious marker like 
Blood Rite, so it is a great followup to more reliable disables in a way similar to 
Light Strike Array. Empowering it with the ultimate does make it a great initiation tool by itself, but then there is the heal to consider. If Athena uses this spell to start a fight, the recovery is usually wasted since most heroes begin the fight with full health. Like 
Death Pulse, making the most of each cast can be awkward since it affects both teams. It is also her only disable so focusing on just the heal can deplete her contribution. Thus, this ability is best cast in the middle of the battle to turn the tides with a burst of health and enough time to finish off the enemy.
Desolator and Aghanim's Scepter. Both builds benefit well from offensive aura items like 
Vladmir's Offering and 
Assault Cuirass. Defensive purchases like 
Medallion of Courage and 
Glimmer Cape won't be as needed because of Valor. And because of Judgement, 
Soul Ring becomes an interesting option while 
Mekansm won't be as needed. Athena definitely needs planning, foresight and teamwork to get the job done but when all the pieces fall into place, she can definitely lead her allies to greatness.
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