Hi all,

today I'd like to share with you a trick I found for Syllabar that lets him farm ancients from level 1.

Thanks to pr0h4nd for inspiring me with Venom.


Ok so here it is, the main is idea is to trap ancients on the rocky ledge so that your tower can fire at them at will. This can only be done on Scourge's side.

You have to cut down a lot of trees, so buy a QB for your spirit bear, he can also benefit from the bonus damage QB gives him. Cut the trees like done in the replay, bear in mind that trees regrow every 5 minutes, so you have to either stand there at min 5, 10, 15 so that trees can't regrow or cut them down again with QB, use tango if you need HP at the same time.

Remember to pull at x:51 or you won't have fast level and money. If you do it right you'll get an ancient camp every minute.

If you get dragons at the first level, consider it bad luck, go out for some level then come back later, this slows you down for about 3-5 minutes.


My mistakes in the replay:

- At the end of min 1: no pulling (I don't know if this is a mistake because it could have spawned dragons).
- At the end of min 3: no pulling (this is bad, you need fast level).
- End min 8: Bad micro, spirit bear Killed dragon at 8:46 -> no creeps at min 9.
- End min 12: Pulled too early.



Tips:

- You should order spirit bear to hold position while you lure the ancients, or else it will auto attack and attract their aggro = failed attempt.
- Also hold position of spirit bear when they're trapped, because if spirit bear moves, they can get out.
- If spirit bear (and Sylla too, of course) can last hit the last trapped ancient, then do it, you're not risking them getting out.
- If you haven't trapped all the ancients and tower can't kill them fast enough, release them at around x:40 to pull so that the next camp will spawn, like I did at the end min 14. Don't be greedy, you'll get something better.
- Stand on the tree spots at min 5, 10, 15 etc. so that they can't regrow, you'll save some time, because QB has a cooldown of 15 sec, that's a lot.
- Check rune occassionally, you'll get lucky with regen or double damage sometimes.



The replay is at: http://www.playdota.com/forums/190634/ancient-farming-syllabear-level-1-a/