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Attack Type: Melee
Strength: 25 + 3.4 | Agility: 14 + 1.7 | Intelligence: 20 + 2.2
Dawnbreaker Items build
Meta build:
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- Black King Bar
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- Phase Boots
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- Arcane Blink
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- Assault Cuirass
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- Desolator
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- Satanic
Pro Build:
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- Overwhelming Blink
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- Phase Boots
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- Harpoon
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- Black King Bar
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- Aghanim’s Scepter
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- Soul Ring
Dawnbreaker’s Skill Order
Skill Order: Starbreaker -> Celestial Hammer -> Luminosity -> Solar Guardian.
Combo Dawnbreaker
Heroes combo: Dawnbreaker + Enigma
How To Counter Dawnbreaker ?
Pros
- Very tank.
- Good AOE damage.
- Low cooldown.
- Can jump to any part of map.
Cons
- Very slow.
- Basic abilities hard to aim.
- Loses mana very fast.
Bad against:
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Good against:
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How To Play Dawnbreaker ?
Best items for Dawnbreaker
Start items for Dawnbreaker in dota 2 are: Tango, Gauntlets of Strength, Gauntlets of Strength, Iron Branch.
Meta items for Dawnbreaker in dota 2 are: Black King Bar, Phase Boots, Arcane Blink, Assault Cuirass, Desolator, Satanic.
Pro items for Dawnbreaker in dota 2 are: Overwhelming Blink, Phase Boots, Harpoon, Black King Bar, Aghanim’s Scepter, Soul Ring.
Tips and Tricks
During Starbreaker, the Blink Dagger can be used to surprise and stun the opposing hero by blinking in their direction just before the final swing.
The ultimate is canceled and put on cooldown when Solar Guardian is about to activate and Dawnbreaker is stunned. To avoid this, always be aware of which heroes on the opposing side have disables and avoid engaging with them.
Dawnbreaker’s Ability
STARBREAKER
Dawnbreaker attacks adversaries while doing extra damage by spinning her hammer three times. She uses her final blow to slam her hammer down, stunning and harming the foes in her path.
CELESTIAL HAMMER
When Dawnbreaker launches her weapon at a target, she strikes nearby opponents with damage. The hammer pauses for 2.0 seconds at the target before returning to her, slowing foes with a path of fire. Dawnbreaker may summon the hammer whenever she wants, drawing her nearer it until they are in the middle of each other.
LUMINOSITY
Dawnbreaker gains strength after a number of attacks, charging her next strike with a critical hit that heals all allied heroes within 650.0 units of her for a part of the attack damage done. Less healing is provided by creeps and neutral foes. 50% of the damage is healed to allies.
SOLAR GUARDIAN
CHANNELED – Dawnbreaker generates a pulsating effect at any position on the map that is 350.0 units or less from an ally hero, dealing damage to opponents and curing allies with each pulse. She briefly hovers before flying to the target area, where she deals more damage and stuns foes. Once channeled, the power is unstoppable by Dawnbreaker.
Tips and Tricks
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