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Slayer - Lina Inverse
Skill Build:
Dragon Slave - Light Strike Array- Dragon Slave- Light Strike Array - Dragon Slave - ULT - Dragon Slave - Light Strike Array - Light Strike Array - Fiery Soul - ULT - Fiery Soul - Fiery Soul- Fiery Soul - Stats - ULT - Stats - Stats - Stats - Stats - Stats - Stats - Stats - Stats - Stats
Items:
From very start - Bottle
Core - Boots, Void, 2 Bracers
After Core - BoT, Sheepstick
Total Comments 4
Comments
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Skill Build:
1. Light Strike Array
2. Dragon Slave
3. Dragon Slave
4. Light Strike Array
5. Dragon Slave
6. Laguna Blade
7. Light Strike Array
8. Dragon Salve
9. Light Strike Array
10. Fiery Soul
11. Laguna Blade
12-14. Fiery Soul
15. Stats
16. Laguna Blade
17-25. Stats
Explanation: I take LSA first because it can make a FB possible with a teammate and also counters FB ganks. I max DS with LSA because each of their levels provide more damage than maxing one of either skill, I max out DS faster than LSA because it is easier to target. Taking FS early is a waste because of Lina's attack animation and how little the MS bonus is, not to mention it only lasts 5 seconds. Even though it does stack, you will not be pulling off spells every time their CD is up early-to-mid game.
Items:
Start: Bottle or Magic Stick+2 Clarities
Explanation: Bottle if I'm solo, Magic Stick+2 Clarities if not. Pretty straight forward.
Core: Boots of Speed, Void Stone, Bracer, Scroll of TP
Explanation: Boots for obvious reasons, Void Stone for Mana Regen, Bracer for more HP (which Lina lacks), and a Scroll or two for obvious reasons. Again, pretty straight forward.
After Core: Boots of Travel/Phase Boots and/or Kelen's Dagger, Guinsoo's Scythe of Vyse, Shiva's Guard
Explanation: I don't usually take BoT unless I'm farmed very nicely. I can spare the gold/room for TP's anyways. Phase is a cheap solution to your MS problem instead, and Dagger will work wonders for initiating ganks/escaping them. Sheep makes targeting LSA much more easy, provides you Stats, and Mana Regen as well. Perfect item for Lina. *Note: Never get Aghanim's Sceptre with Lina; 4.3k for useless upgrade (+200 damage to your Ult) and mediocre HP/Mana/Stats. If you need the Tank/Spell Damage; get Shiva's Guard instead, only 400 gold more for the same Damage and also a Slow with it+Armor+AS degen. Very good luxury item after Sheep.
Pros/Cons of Lina:
Pros:
-High Int gain
-Late game; Mana Regen items aren't needed
-High Burst damage; more so than her counterpart; Lion
-Fiery Soul stacks, which makes Lina a very good tower killer late game
-Not too item-dependent
-Good support ganker
-Easy lvl 6 kill
Cons:
-One of (if not the) slowest Attack Animations in the game
-A tad slow MS (295)
-Low Str gain
-0.5 Sec delay of LSA stun/damage
-Highly focused usuallyPosted 08-24-2009 at 05:21 PM by windrunner023 
Updated 08-24-2009 at 06:34 PM by windrunner023 -
Heah, I only didn't put dagger there because I don't find it's always needed. Stellar item on her, just sometimes I find with my allies disables and how the game is working out it is more beneficial to instead rush an early sheepstick.Posted 08-24-2009 at 10:53 PM by MurazorOFAngmar
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Agree especially about Aghanims on her, it's trash. After sheepstick You'd make shivas anyways like you said and Aghanims gives very minor benefits to her.
Posted 08-24-2009 at 10:54 PM by MurazorOFAngmar
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Yeah, Lina has a pretty set item build besides choosing Boots/Blink. I get Blink because getting it enables me to last a lot longer than rushing Sheep, as Lina has no escape mechanism.
Oh, +1 for Pros:
-She is a fucking hot chick (pun more or less intended)Posted 08-25-2009 at 03:20 AM by windrunner023
Updated 08-25-2009 at 03:26 AM by windrunner023
