Queen of Pain
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Mini Guide

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Why pick Akasha?

Positives

-Very sexy
-Versatile caster
-Strong solo
-Strong throughout the game
-Great aoe
-Good ganker
-Great escape artist with blink
-Easy farmer

Negatives

-Beware of disablers
-Low starting hp
-No disables yourself
-Late game is not your strongest suite

Queen of Pain




16 + 1.7 18 + 2 24 + 2.5

Affiliation: Scourge
Attack Animation: 0.56 / 0.41
Damage: 45 - 53
Casting Animation: 0.452 / 1.008
Armor: 1.52
Base Attack Time: 1.7
Movespeed: 300
Missile Speed: 1500
Attack Range: 550
Sight Range: 1800 / 800

Skills

Shadow Strike



Hurls a poisoned dagger which deals large initial damage, and then deals damage over time. The poisoned unit has its movement speed slowed for a short duration. Slow quantity increases per level.

Ability Type: Active
Targeting Type: Unit
Ability Hotkey: D

Blink


Short distance teleportation that allows one to move in and out of combat.

Ability Type: Active
Targeting Type: Point
Ability Hotkey: B

Scream of Pain


The Queen of Pain lets loose a piercing scream, damaging nearby enemies.

Ability Type: Active
Targeting Type: Instant
Ability Hotkey: F

Sonic Wave


Creates a gigantic wave of sound which deals heavy damage to all units in a line.

Ability Type: Active
Targeting Type: Unit / Point
Ability Hotkey: W

Skill Order

1 Shadow Strike / Blink
2 Shadow Strike / Blink
3 Scream of Pain
4 Scream of Pain
5 Scream of Pain
6 Sonic Wave
7 Scream of Pain
8 Blink
9 Blink
10 Blink
11 Sonic Wave
12 Shadow Strike
13 Shadow Strike
14 Shadow Strike
15 Stats
16 Sonic Wave

Depending on the situations. U can choose to skill blink or poison first. If u take poison level 1 take blink on level 2 and vice versa. Why take 1 level of poison? Not because of the damage but because of the slow this makes it easier to harass and be agressive early on. It also very usefull for ganking. Why max out blink before poison? Being able to move quickly arround the map and positioning is just way more important then a bit more poison damage, the main purpose is slow.

Starting Items

OR

I prefer to get a mantle of intelligence for better farming and more agressive harassing, but if you want to play it a bit more safe u can get a gaunlet of ogre strenght. I choose these items because i later turn them to a magic wand and a null talisman and i like to play with bonus stats. I do think starting items are personal. But i dont recommend a stout shield ;D.

Follow-up Items

OR

Like i said before, i like to play with some bonus stats on qop since she has very low hp. A bottle is a must, gives u rune control and force you to gank which is what your strenght is in the first place.

Boots



My personal favourites. Int treads, because i think qop can be deadly with her attacks aswell, there for damage and as is a nice combination with your poison. Later on when u get more damage with a guinsoo or shivas its gonna be even better. However if you feel you are taking too much damage and have trouble staying alive, switch them to strenght treads.


I have never tried it, i dont really plan doing so either, only gives u damage and ms not really something you need.


Not a fan of these either, very expensive for mana regen and mana pool. A bottle is more then enough, u need to grab those runes. A bracer or talisman increases your mana pool. And i usually follow up with a void stone. I guess if u really want to spam your nukes and can farm 1500g before a bottle you could do it, it is also a great team item.


As usual this is the best pair of boots money can buy. But therefore its very expensive and hard to get. Very usefull in late game since qop is able to push lanes pretty fast. If u can farm this much gold early game its worth a shot. Since it does drastically improve your farm afterwords aswell.

Core Items



Some people may disagree with me on the linkens being a core item, but its almost always the first item i get on qop. If u are having problems with a strong carry u can decide to get perserverance and turn it into a guinsoo. If im having problems farming up linkens i sometimes go for agha first. Yes i listed 3 items as core items, this does not mean you have to get all 3 to win a game. But i would get one of these items as my first item and most likely one of those as a follow up item aswell.



Vital Alternative Items



I cant list 6 core items, but these 3 items are very strong on qop and much needed aswell.

More Alternative Items



Let me explain a few things here. Yes MKB, if u have your core items but your team lacks some carry, qop has no problems filling those shoes. Qop is very well capable of carrying arround high damage items such as mkb, which imo is the best one. I also saw a qop pwn the living shizzle out of everyone with refresher, so ofcourse i had to put it in there. And heart is also a good option in late game.

Allies & Enemies

Allies



Qop is a very versatile hero, and fits in a lot of line-ups just like windrunner, its not a hero that you pick for a very specific strategy such as a push strategy. However the best allies for qop in my opinion would be an aoe disabler. Such as magnus, tide or enigma. However the heroes i mentioned here either, provide mana, aoe nuke or the ability to trap enemies together.

Enemies



Qop has the most problems with massive disables, but then again who doesn't? Silence is dangerous, because you are a caster and your escape spell can also be prevented. Pugna his ward will eat you alive, and magina has the ability to chase you down, burn your mana and 1 hit you with his ulti. The upside to qop is that in general he is able to handle hardcore carries a lot better then a lot of other fragile int heroes. This is mainly due to his blink.

Personal Reflection

I found out that he is my best hero (stat wise) on dota-league. I started testing this ofcourse and this is how my passion has grown for this hero in the past couple of days, i've played some inhouse games with it and recently set a new record with it, 32-5-17 and this says it all about this hero. You are hard to kill but are a great well rounded team hero yourself. GO PLAY! ENJOY! XAXAXAXA

Replay!
32-5-17 queen of pain
http://www.playdota.com/forums/50500...ingly-fun-pub/
23-4-17 Queen of Pain
http://www.playdota.com/forums/50790...otal-sig-rape/