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Competitive guide to Traxex,The Drow ranger




Version 6.67c
Table of Contents

I. Introduction
II.Stats analisys
III. Skills
IV. Skill Build
V. Starting Items
VI. Core Build
VII. Situational & Luxury Items
VIII. Rejected Items
IX. Game Walkthrough
XI. Changelog


In order to understand this guide you must know the essentials of the game.

I.Introdution


Drow ranger is a popular pick nowdays,even through she hasent been changed.Drow's power is her high damage and the ability to take down every enemy(almost),later in the game.In order to get a powerful late game Drow ranger you must know some little shortcuts,which i will review further in the guide.I bet you will have alot of fun owning.

Pick Drow ranger only if you understand her skills and understanding your role in the team which is damage dealer.

PROS:
VERY powerful damage dealer.
Good chaser due Frost Arrows ability.
Good lane control.
Amasing pushing power and late game.
No need of lots of actions,just farm,avoid ganks and RIGHT CLICK.


CONS:
Squishy and easy to gank early game.
Has no escape mechanisms.
Has only one unreliable disable [if you dont manage to silence at the right time]
Needs decent farm to own.

II.Skill Analysis

Strength Agility Inteligence

17 + 1.9 22+1.9 15+1.4


Affiliation: Neutral
Damage: 40 - 51
Armor: 2.1
Movespeed: 300
Attack Range: 625
Attack Animation: 0.7 / 0.3
Casting Animation: 0.4 / 0.5
Base Attack Time: 1.7
Missile Speed: 1250
Sight Range: 1800 / 1700

III.Skills

Active ability[Orb effect]
Frost Arrows
Orb effect skill,used mostly for harassing your enemys in the lane.In this guide i will show you two ways to play Drow,with and without this skill.


Active Ability
Silence:
Six seconds silence?Thats enough for a destroyer like Traxex to annihliate her enemy.Powerful skill that can turn the tides of battle,use it wisely because once wasted it has a long cooldown.

Passive Ability
Trueshot Aura
Good skill for increasing your damage - helps you get more creep kills and giving some more lane harassment.This skill fits good both early ingame and later.



Marksmanship
Passive Ability
Even through its a passive ultimate,this is every agility hero wanna-have ultimate.45 agility bonus on level 16.Increases your attack speed,damage and armor.

III.Skill Build
Skill build 1
In this build - Maximum damage
1. Trueshot aura
2.Stats/Frost Arrow
3.Trueshot Aura
4.Stats
5.Trueshot aura
6.Marksmanship
7.Trueshot aura [ Maxed ]
8.Silence
9.Stats
10.Stats
11.Marksmanship
12-15.Stats
16.Marksmanship
17.Stats
18.Silence
19.Stats
20.Silence
21.Silence/Frost Arrow
22.Frost Arrow/Silence
23-25. Frost Arrow

Justification : Powerful damage build,this is unreliable since if you get ganked alot and you dont manage to farm you are just gonna feed.Frost shot is optional.

Skill build 2
More lane harassment orientated build.
1.Frost Arrow
2. Trueshot Aura
3. Trueshot Aura
4. Frost Arrow/Silence
5. Trueshot aura
6. Marksmanship
7. Silence/Frost Arrow
8. Trueshot aura [Maxed]
9. Frost Arrow
10. Frost Arrow
11. Marksmanship
12. Silence/Stats
13. Silence/Stats
14. Silence/Stats
15. Stats/Silence
16. Marksmanship
17. Stats/Silence
18. Stats/Silence
19-25. Stats

Justification : A more lane harassment orientated build,allows you to keep the pressure on the lane and keep the oposite heroes away from the creeps.
Frost Arrow is pretty annoying used wisely.


V. Starting Items


or



or any combination of those.
Justification:
The slippers and the branches increase your your stats so in the lane,you have the needed lane control and creep kills.
The consumables are very needed for the regeneration.


Afterwards:
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After:
----> --->
You should have those at ~10-15 mins.
YouTube - Blink's Advance Creep stacking Tutorial

Core Items :


VIII. Situational & Luxury Items

Luxury items


Justification:

Pretty much everything that Drow needs - damage , attack speed and evasion.


Very good late game item,its awesome to see how your health turns from red to green in 0.5 secs.

MKB is bought because its the best damage item. Its cheaper than buriza and this build has more IAS so the ministun and 100 damage.

Ready to own?

Situational items:

Justification




T
raxex,as a high damage dealer he will be focused alot in team fights by spells,so here you need BKB




An item used alot in public games,gives invisiblity,damage,some attack speed and backstab damage,get it if you are goin for skill build 2.
Back stab is also used to initiate if you dont have another intionator in your team.


Adding more damage and a powerful nuke which will make you and your enemy 44% more vulnarable to spells,take care when you use this.



If you or your ally is getting focused alot in teamfights u can use mjollnir.Gives
some attack speed and minor damage.There are better choices then this item.

IX. Rejected Items
WTF,why would you do this to yourself?

Ehem..Splash?Mana regeneration?

REJECTED
X. Game Walkthrough
Early game : Get your items and head up for your lane,i would recommend going top [ if you are scourge] , bottom if you are sentinel.Trax has good lane control so she could handle mid lane.

DO NOT FORGET THAT YOU ARE PAPER HERO EARLY IN THE GAME

Kill and deny creeps as much as possible and head for your boots of elevenskin,etc.Harass and dont let your enemy farm.
After getting your HoD start stacking creeps,farm the on the lanes and woods,stacking enough creeps,go on and farm them.When u see a lane with a good amount of creeps and you havea wards protect you go farm them too.

Middle Game : You should be getting soon your Manta Style,get ready for pushes.

Late game : You should have some luxury items,and you own your enemys with ease.

XI.Replays

Replay
Replay
XII.Final Notes:
Thank you for reading my first guide,i hope i helped you with something .

XI. Changelog
23.07.2010 created guide.





Abaddon the Lord of Avernus
Author: EternaL
Map Vers.: 6.67c

Guide to the Drow

Deadly right click comming.

Date Posted: 07/22/10
Last Comment:22/07/2010
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