Io Dota 2 build 2024: Items, combo and Counter

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Attack Type: Ranged

Strength: 17 + 2.7 | Agility: 14 + 1.6 | Intelligence: 23 + 1.7

Io Items build

Meta build:

Pro Build:

Io’s Skill Order

Skill Order: Spirits -> Overcharge -> Tether -> Relocate.

Combo Io

Heroes combo: Io + Gyrocopter

How To Counter Io ?

Pros

• Low mana costs.
• Not item dependent.
• Global mobility.
• Great gank potential

Cons

• Squishy.
• Hard to learn.
• Vulnerable without a partner.

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Good against:

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How To Play Io ?

Best items for Io

Start items for Io in dota 2 are: Tango, Faerie Fire, Gauntlets of Strength, Quelling Blade.

Meta items for Io in dota 2 are: Helm of the Dominator, Black King Bar, Monkey King Bar, Aghanim’s Scepter, Heart of Tarrasque, Satanic.

Pro items for Io in dota 2 are: Helm Of The Overlord, Black King Bar, Aghanim’s Scepter, Heart of Tarrasque, Kaya and Sange, Assault Cuirass.

Tips and Tricks

Io should typically give its life to protect a teammate.

Io functions best when used with a communication-sharing partner.

Io is very helpless and unable to accomplish much by herself. Its only usefulness is in supporting colleagues.

Io should protect himself by following behind colleagues. Io can later purchase defenses like the Glimmer Cape to survive.

Alternately, combining forces with allied heroes who possess healing skills to enhance Tether’s benefits.

In order to maximize your Tether gains in the early game, instruct your lane teammates to spend healing items and abilities on Io.

Io doesn’t need to turn in order to attack, move, or target objects or powers.

Io’s Ability

TETHER

Ties Io to a friendlier unit, giving them both faster movement. The attached unit obtains a percentage of what Io heals in health or mana. When the allied unit goes too far away or Io breaks the tether, the connection is lost. The Tether temporarily slows foes that touch it.

SPIRITS

Call up five particle spirits that spin around Io. When a particle strikes an opponent hero, it bursts, injuring all nearby enemy troops. Touching a particle ghost causes small harm to creeps but does not cause them to explode. Any Spirits left after its duration detonate.

OVERCHARGE

Io increases her attack speed, spell power, and HP regeneration based on her maximum health. If Io is tethered to an ally, the perks go to that unit as well.

SPIRITS MOVEMENT

Raises the ghosts’ proximity to you. able can be turned on and off.

SPIRITS OUT

Sends the ghosts away from you further. able can be turned on and off.

RELOCATE

Io and a linked ally are teleported to any area. Io and the connected ally will return to their starting point after the enchantment wears off. To teleport to the base fountain of your team, double-click.

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