The Pride of Nyx – DOTABUFF

Assist will not be a preferred function and but it boasts the 2 hottest heroes in Dota. Pudge and Lion have sat at or close to the highest of the charts in hero reputation for a lot of the recreation’s historical past. Pudge, as everyone knows, is for the memes. Even whenever you’re enjoying a critical recreation of Pudge, you’re form of nonetheless simply memeing across the whole recreation. Lion is extra of the quintessential spell casting assist hero. With disable, burst harm, and Mana Drain you get to really feel such as you’re always doing enjoyable issues on the hero. Lion has additionally not too long ago seen an enormous uptick in play on the skilled stage of Dota.

That is due largely to the prevalence of hard-to-catch heroes like Puck and the necessity for burst harm in opposition to the likes of Timbersaw, Terrorblade, and Winter Wyvern. The issue with selecting Lion a lot is that the hero is pretty weak in lane and doesn’t actually come on-line till you have got a Blink Dagger. Even with a Blink, Lion hardly ever escapes the carnage after leaping in to disable and burst a single goal. The reality is, within the skilled meta Lion is the secondary choice to a distinct hero that has maintained a sneakily spectacular win charge for a very long time.

Nyx Murderer has flown below the radar for a really very long time. That is seemingly on account of hardly ever seeing the hero picked in professional Dota because it will get banned nearly each recreation. Nyx Murderer has been terrorizing mid gamers for over a yr however his decide charge nonetheless sits effectively under 10% in most MMR brackets. Most heroes have comparatively static win charges when shifting from one MMR bracket to the subsequent. One of many greatest indicators {that a} hero is robust is when its win charge rises because the decide charge will increase. Not solely does Nyx Murderer see a rise in win charge as his decide charge will increase throughout brackets however his win charge will increase in each bracket as you climb from Herald to Immortal.

Let’s examine the stats in latest skilled tournaments to see how Lion and Nyx examine.

AniMajor
Lion: 61 picks/18 bans – 52% win charge
Nyx Murderer: 24 picks/67 bans – 58% win charge

TI 10 – Qualifiers
Lion: 70 picks/9 bans – 45% win charge
Nyx Murderer: 50 picks/88 bans – 50% win charge

It’s fairly clear that Lion is usually being picked because of the reputation of slippery heroes like Puck, Invoker, Hoodwink and Mirana. The moment disable from a Lion’s Blink Hex continues to be needed however the hero itself is so inclined to being immediately killed that it may be laborious to search out worth in a number of group fights. A Nyx Murderer with good positioning ought to have the ability to catch these identical heroes with Spiked Carapace and proves to be a a lot tougher goal to get rid of. In some sense, the Dota proverb of invisibility equals invincibility applies fairly effectively for Nyx Murderer.

Of all of the gadgets you would possibly affiliate with a superb Nyx Murderer recreation, Fluffy Hat might be not the very first thing to come back to thoughts. The 250 gold merchandise may be probably the most pivotal a part of the hero’s development all through the sport. Like many assist heroes, Tranquil Boots and Magic Wand make up the first early recreation necessities. There’s a sprinkling of individuals shopping for Arcane Boots however the merchandise tends to be too costly for a hero that’s alleged to spend nearly 100% of its time not hitting a single creep. The last word purpose of any Nyx Murderer ought to be to purchase an Aghanim’s Scepter as quickly as potential. The merchandise turns Nyx into an immensely highly effective group fighter, area controller and tank. The 4200 gold construct up is sort of steep and whereas it does present a stable chunk of stats, ready for a 1200 gold Level Booster or 1000 gold Ogre Axe can go away you feeling extremely squishy in early skirmishes. It’s a huge drawback for a melee hero who depends on being in the midst of the battle for worth.

That is the place Fluffy Hat comes into the image. For less than 250 gold you get 125 well being. That’s solely 50 much less HP than the 1200 gold Level Booster and 75 much less HP than a 1000 gold Ogre Axe. Group Nigma’s GH has been persistently shopping for two Fluffy Hats earlier than pushing for the Aghanim’s Scepter. By spending 500 gold early he’s getting the identical worth as a stage 15 expertise and greater than double the worth of some other tanky build-up merchandise. This significant step within the merchandise construct permits for Nyx to run in first, tank spells for the group, and survive. By surviving Nyx is ready to speed up his personal farm and ranges by means of help gold rather more quickly than making an attempt to hurry the Aghanim’s or by stopping off for a farming merchandise like Meteor Hammer or Hand of Midas.

Different helpful assist gadgets you would possibly contemplate afterward a Nyx Murderer assist are issues like Blink Dagger, Eul’s Scepter, Lotus Orb, or Pressure Employees. All are nice choices, particularly Pressure Employees since you’ll have already got a Fluffy Hat in hand to construct it.

The “Lurker-mode” Aghanim’s Scepter has been a part of Dota since patch 6.84 and remained largely unchanged since then. Regardless of all that point, it looks like the ability continues to be closely under-appreciated. Aghanim’s Scepter halves the cooldown of Impale and practically doubles the forged vary. It additionally practically doubles the forged vary of Mana Burn. It additionally provides an AoE stun to Spiked Carapace that doesn’t depend on taking harm to be efficient. It additionally makes Nyx Invisible giving him a second type of invisibility. It additionally permits Nyx to develop into a entrance line tank by giving him 50% harm discount from each magic and bodily sources. It additionally will increase his well being and mana regeneration by an enormous quantity that scales because the hero will get stronger.

That could be probably the most advantages {that a} single merchandise slot can provide any hero in the complete recreation. The following time you’re contemplating selecting Lion to offer your group with catch, contemplate as an alternative the satisfaction of Nyx.