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Aghanim's Scepter : Cast Sand Gale at her arrival. The zone lasts half as long.Notes
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Magnetic Field where allies can stay inside the area to survive. The difference is that where Magnetic Field shines with and against ranged heroes, Sand Gale shines with and against melee heroes. While it can be used to poke and farm from a distance, it is best used when you or an ally is already within range of the enemy. Thankfully, she can close gaps easily with Dune Strike. It is also her only crowd control tool, so is best used to engage with instead of escaping. Since multiple enemies can be hit, it can be targeted to prioritize slowing as many of them as possible instead of just for mobility.
Essence Shift as well as items like 
Skull Basher. It especially abuses cooldown based modifiers like 
Chaos Strike and 
Echo Sabre since it doesn't always trigger. This can present an interesting conundrum with Sand Gale. If you want to counter evasion, the main way would be to get 
Javelin and its upgrades, but then that gives this passive one extra attack modifier to use against them. While E can scale without personal items which is great for a support's income and steadily increases attack speed over a fight, she can still invest in even more attack speed and attack modifiers to take full advantage.
Vanguard. As it affects allies, she pairs well with heroes who have their own random abilities or build items with random effects. This makes her extraordinarily good alongside allies like 
Phantom Assassin, 
Brewmaster, 
Lone Druid, 
Windranger and 
Ogre Magi. The gold on denying is just a way to help her generate reliable income without having to steal farm from her own carries.
Abyssal Blade is an expensive but overall amazing item for her given its passives. 
Mjollnir is also great for its passive, active and attack speed. Alternatively, a supportive build with auras like 
Pipe of Insight alongside her Q can make allies resist a lot of damage. With Aghanim's Scepter, clever use of Dune Strike can increase not only her damage but the coverage of the evasion zone. This can become even more powerful with the corresponding Sand Gale talents to boost this even more. Speaking of which, in terms of talents, the left side grants more damage while the right side grants more sustain and utility, and can be mixed and matched according to the needs of the game. The level 15 critical strike talent is weak by itself, it's weaker than the old talent for 
Riki, but remember it will be boosted by Lucky Charm so it gets better.DOTAFire is the place to find the perfect build guide to take your game to the next level. Learn how to play a new hero, or fine tune your favorite DotA hero’s build and strategy.
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