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Attack Type: Ranged
Strength: 22 + 2.5 | Agility: 26 + 3.1 | Intelligence: 21 + 2.4
Gyrocopter Items build
Meta build:
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- Aghanim’s Scepter
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- Power Treads
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- Daedalus
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- Black King Bar
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- Satanic
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- Butterfly
Pro Build:
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- Swift Blink
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- Power Treads
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- Daedalus
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- Black King Bar
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- Divine Rapier
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- Satanic
Gyrocopter’s Skill Order
Skill Order: Rocket Barrage -> Flak Cannon -> Homing Missile -> Call Down.
Combo Gyrocopter
Heroes combo: Gyrocopter + IO.
How To Counter Gyrocopter ?
Pros
- Fast farmer.
- High early game damage.
- Versatile
Cons
- Squishy.
- No escape mechanisms.
Bad against:
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Good against:
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How To Play Gyrocopter ?
Best items for Gyrocopter
Start items for Gyrocopter in dota 2 are: Tango, Magic Stick, Circlet, Iron Branch.
Meta items for Gyrocopter in dota 2 are: Aghanim’s Scepter, Power Treads, Daedalus, Black King Bar, Satanic, Butterfly.
Pro items for Gyrocopter in dota 2 are: Swift Blink, Power Treads, Daedalus, Black King Bar, Divine Rapier, Satanic.
Tips and Tricks
Gyrocopter is a bit flimsy and depends on objects to survive battles. Considering that he lacks a natural capacity to flee and is an agile hero with average health.
As a ranged hero with a limited attack range, he has less of an edge in a direct man-to-man battle with opposing carriers without a gold advantage once the enemy carry gains spell immunity.
He may start a gank and take down heroes with his teammates by leveling Rocket Barrage and Homing Missile.
Gyrocopter’s Ability
ROCKET BARRAGE
Fires a barrage of rockets in a circle around the gyrocopter towards opponent units that are close by. Gyrocopter’s resistance to slows has risen at this moment. 3.0 seconds long.
HOMING MISSILE
Aims a homing missile at the adversary unit of interest. The projectile picks up speed over time, striking the victim with damage and stunning effects. The missile can be destroyed by enemy forces before it reaches its target.
FLAK CANNON
For a set amount of attacks, the attacks of the Gyrocopter hit all hostile units in a radius surrounding it. Attack boosts like Critical Strike will only be applied to the primary target of an attack. until the attacks are used or 12.0 seconds have passed.
CALL DOWN
Order a missile attack from the air against nearby enemy troops. There is a 2.0 second gap between each of the following two missile arrivals.
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