Clinkz Solo Offlane

I think Clinkz has the potential to be a good offlaner. I recently played him solo off and succeeded in winning the lane with a strong advantage against AM and Venge, but unfortunately we lost it due to the Anti-Mage getting fed.

But that game made me realize how strong he could be. Ususally offlane is about getting exp. and not a whole lot of farm (which Clinkz needs), but I managed to get it due to **** ton of space created with harass

This is what he has going for him:

• Insane amounts of harass
• Being able to quickly switch between lanes ( ganking mid )
• True sight not really affecting him due to movement speed

What he doesn't have going for him:

• Squishy
• Needs to get kills in lane to stay ahead

Pulled off right I think it could work. What are your thoughts?

Against ****py dual lanes like AM + Venge, you can offlane with literally any hero.

Doesn't make Clinkz an offlaner more than it makes Troll Warlord an offlaner though :)

Lvl 1 Skeleton Walk gives 11% movement speed, Dust slows for 20%. Gl =)

Also:
-they get truesight, you are done for even if you don't die
-they have manaburn, you are done for as well( Anti-Mage could just blink on you and you either lose all your mana or activate invis and don't come close for next 20 seconds).
-their carry or support can harrass -> ez zoning and Clinkz can't just get away with being underleveled and 0 cs, this is instantly a minus hero for the rest of the game.
-they get a trilane -> same result as above, with same consequences.

If you are being forced to do it in a regular pub, that's fine, but going for it willingly is a throw if your enemies are not ******ed(though they often are in pubs).

I play a lot off offlane, and i started with a lot of weaver offlane, but it only works up untill a certain level, and i wouldnt be able to do it now.
Just like clinkz he isnt an offlaner. He needs to much farm and dont offer any utility.

not really. that duo should have killed you easy at level 2. mana burn stun and wave? all they needed was a dust and its a kill. clinkz isnt an offlaner.

he has an unreliable escape mechanism
he is extremely squishy
he needs farm to be useful mid game
his "harass" is ok but you dont want to be going toe to toe with a venge who has an AM as back up.

hes not an offlaner unless you have literally nothing else to play there.

invis is not an escape, what i always say. if i was playing venge in that lane, i would have shouted and screamed at the anti if you even got close to kill clinkz the moment we reach 2. I also would have kept laning you out to prevent you from getting close to the lane. Yes clinkz has a strong harass, but there is no point to that harass if you cannot even attack without getting 2 hits in return. There is nothing a clinkz can do if we just decide to kill him. he has no lockdown, and a invis which is not an escape.

I mean, you could get away with it in very specific laning situations, where the enemy supports have literally no kill potential on you regardless of what they do, because you can actually win most harass wars due to having like 70 damage at level 1 with arrows. Combine it with say a PMS or stout, and you can force two supports to try and zone you out, because 1 won't succeed unless it's Skywrath, but lets face it that's the heroes job. That means in very specific lanes you can probably get some level of EXP, and then try and get active on the map once you hit 6, or even before?

But it's just so greedy and so specific that it's not viable, especially because you have no way to manipulate the creep equilibrium to your advantage beyond drawing aggro.

The only time I'd really do it is if you are going aggro tri, and thus your offlaner technically becomes a Clinkz, because he crushes in most 1v1 matches. But yeah, it's not especially viable, and even in the situations it is, I'd rather have any other offlaner. Hell, I think I'd rather have Timbersaw, because a lane that can't kill an offlane Clinkz sounds like the heroes dream lane, in that he actually gets a lot of **** from it.

Any lane with 2 stuns or a stun and a slow just kills clinkz