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Attack Type: Ranged

Strength: 23 + 2 | Agility: 15 + 2.1 | Intelligence: 19 + 3.2

Chen Items build

Meta build:

Pro Build:

Chen’s Skill Order

Skill Order: Holy Persuasion -> Penitence -> Divine Favor -> Hand of God.

Combo Chen

Combo: Chen + Vengeful Spirit.

Combo: Chen + Lycan

Combo: Chen + Pudge

How To Counter Chen ?

Pros

• Possesses global heal.
• Strong ganker in the early game.
• Effective pusher.

Cons

• No escape abilities.
• Countered by many heroes.

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Good against:

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How To Play Chen ?

Best items for Chen

Start items for Chen in dota 2 are: Tango, Headdress, Observer Ward, Sentry Ward.

Meta items for Chen in dota 2 are: Boots of Bearing, Hand of Midas, Vladmir’s Offering, Solar Crest, Drum of Endurance, Bracer.

Pro items for Chen in dota 2 are: Hand of Midas, Daedalus, Power Treads, Disperser, Manta Style, Bracer.

Tips and Tricks

Chen can purchase Smoke of Deceit early to sneak up on a gank without being seen by wards.

Chen should block a lane, typically mid, at the start of the game while waiting for neutral creeps to spawn, and then try to harass if he can.

Since Holy Persuasion enables Chen to influence a neutral creep to do his bidding, he is typically used as a jungler.

Prior to casting Hand of God, try to place allies within the Divine Favor AoE so they can take advantage of the heal amplification.

Penitence increases the assault speed of towers and ward-type units (such as the Death Ward of the Witch Doctor and the Serpent Wards of the Shadow Shaman).

Allies can be targeted by and banished by the ranged Satyr’s purge.

Chen’s Ability

PENITENCE

Makes friends attack an opponent unit more swiftly and forces it to move more slowly. Chen has a +2 attack range and can attack the Penitence target.

HOLY PERSUASION

Chen assumes control of a hostile or impartial creep and is paid with gold equivalent to the creep’s reward. The basic health of the persuaded creep will be increased to the health minimum if it is already below that level due to natural causes. Creeps that have been converted will move more quickly and deal bonus damage.

may be used to teleport transformed creeps to Chen. All Chen-controlled units will be teleported to him if the spell is cast on him. The boost will end if you take any damage.

DIVINE FAVOR

Provides an aura that passively increases armor and health restoration.

HAND OF GOD

Heals every ally hero on the map as well as every Chen-controlled unit. A massive heal is applied first, followed by an 8.0 second slow heal over time.

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