Hero Discussion : Lone druid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9WB3oD_seg

This game has the using Lone Druid.

ah ty guys, just watched it.

Why does nobody talk about the Mask of Madness- Blade Mail build? I still think Lone Druid is underpowered in this patch, but being able to exploit the Bear's mana really opens new possibilities: you can just play him sort of like a five-man ganker after the MoM and team push with the Blade Mail active while a Mass Serpent Ward, Nether Blast or Diabolic Edict backs you up. The Bear has always been a great chaser, you just need high attack speed and enemies with no escape (i.e. no Mirana, AM, QoP, Void, Earth/Ember/Storm Spirit etc.) to make good use of the entangle; the problem is that LD usually can't finish the job, so you need some help. Same for pushing: the Bear does extra damage to buildings, but it's not enough unless he's really fed.

The Radiance build still works, but a snowball-oriented build has more chances of winning than a farming-oriented one in my opinion.

^ Ganking druid is a realy cool idea but I think we'll have to wait for the next patch that (hopefully) nerfs imba spirits (and buffs Druid) to make this viable.
But right now with all those cancer mobility heroes pickers and Troll who completely wrecks LD, I think there's little hope.
I really think Icefrog needs to buff Entangling Claws to disable ALL escape skills though. Like why are skills like Ball Lightning (which is pretty much a zero second cooldown Blink) or Activate Fire Remnant not treated like normal blinks and disabled by roots?

Btw Radiance is not a farming build. The whole point of this item is to win teamfights with an unkillable radiance bear, not to farm. For the same reason you buy radiance on Wraith King, you buy this to snowball.