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i won 2 out of 2 Games with High Kills and Low Deaths. Thumbs Up :)
Though all your builds are set to Lvl 1 Skill Headshot.
I insist that it should be Shrapnel.
Shrapnel has 12 Damage Per Second vs 15 Damage 40% Chance.
It gives you a chance to kill in the Rune War. also it has 3 charges.
For Skill Build
lvl 1 Shrapnel,
Lvl 2 Headshot,
Lvl 3 Headshot,
Lvl 4 Take Aim,
Lvl 5 Headshot
Lvl 6 Assasinate,
Lvl 7 Headshot (Maxed)
Lvl 8 Take Aim
Lvl 9 Take Aim
Lvl 10 Take Aim / Shrapnel
Lvl 1 Shrapnel then Max Headshot First, then Take Aim, Then Max out Shrapnel
Because Shrapnel is not effective at Slowing and Dealing Damage.
Lvl 1 for 15% Slow is Enough which deals 120 damage if calculated.
Also try using this Early Item Build.
Tango, Orb of Venom and 3 Faerie Fire ^_^
this will make your starting money exactly Zero
Faerie Fire is really a good item.
Also Maelstrom then Manta first for higher survivability and the Headshot of illusions will Trigger.
I'm currently looking into Basher because it Stacks and higher life of course.
This may sound awkward but try building Sniper with Soul Ring.
You can Spam their Supports with Assasinate and you will have the right amount of life regen you need not resulting to Mask of Madness which is ineffective to sniper due to Low Damage.
Glimmer Cape gives decent initiation and escape I suppose. But wouldnt that moon shard be better used for a
Silver edge even gives more survivability...
I wasn't considering
The idea behind making glimmer cape the core item was to survive the early game ganks by nukers since its significantly cheaper and the active's 66% magic resistance. Like you said we can disassemble it later in the game for
Besides...Dota wiki is very clear : "Multiple sources of Bash do not stack. Heroes with a bash ability cannot purchase items which provide a bash for this reason. The only exception here is the mini-bash from Monkey King Bar, which fully stacks with all other bashes, and even with multiple Monkey King Bars. "
And
I guess you are right xD sorry for all the unecessary confusion. I will later update the guide to add mkb in the core items. Thank you.
((I hope they dont nerf glimmer though, love this new item.Not for the invi but for its insane damage resistance xD))
Although Glimmer is IMBA, I don't exactly think that the item is the best on
Besides...Dota wiki is very clear : "Multiple sources of Bash do not stack. Heroes with a bash ability cannot purchase items which provide a bash for this reason. The only exception here is the mini-bash from Monkey King Bar, which fully stacks with all other bashes, and even with multiple Monkey King Bars. "
And
Glimmer cape still gives you 65% magic reduction even when you are dusted. This item is very good, even with the mana cost.
Exactly
Here we go then.
Firstly,
If you were watching the pro-scene, you would notice that his usual build is
No invis. No ****ty escape item as
And seriously, do I need to argue about
That's all by now.
You should read more here.
Since valve doesn't explicitly clarify whether headshot is a bash or not anymore I can't be sure but since valve doesn't recommend mkb on sniper and lately I haven't seen any Sniper with MKB in pro games I figured it is still classified as a bash.
Ofcourse I could be wrong.
As for maxing headshot first, Sniper has an awfully ****ty damage early game and a maxed headshot provides an impressive 90 damage with 40% proc chance. Not to mention the 150 attack slow and 100 movement slow.
You could max shrapnel first but its damage and slow is only really useful in team fights which you rarely get in the first 15 minutes (atleast in pub games). In lane its quite easy to avoid though annoying as hell yes. And with one point in take aim you pretty much out range all heroes except lina and Techies. So putting more points in it before headshot is not something i can agree with.
And I already put my point about phase boots, manta and MoM in the guide.It all comes down to personal preferance.
Lol Sniper got nerfed so hard.
Glimmer cape gets rekt by dust, same as Shadowblade, btw.
Consider Octarine Core, for CD reduction and lifesteal on ultimate.
Glimmer cape still gives you 65% magic reduction even when you are dusted. This item is very good, even with the mana cost.