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Attack Type: Melee
Strength: 17 + 2.1 | Agility: 18 + 2.5 | Intelligence: 21 + 2.5
Nyx Assassin Items build
Meta build:
- Dagon 5
- Boots of Trave
- Blink Dagger
- Ethereal Blade
- Octarine Core
- Aether Lens
Pro Build:
- Dagon 5
- Boots of Trave
- Hand of Midas
- Octarine Core
- Ethereal Blade
- Blink Dagger
Nyx Assassin’s Skill Order
Skill Order: Impale -> Spiked Carapace -> Mana Burn -> Vendetta.
Combo Nyx Assassin
Heroes combo: Nyx Assassin + Witch Doctor
How To Counter Nyx Assassin ?
Pros
- Extremely powerful ganker.
- Ability to cause chaos.
- Stun.
- Invisibility.
- High health regeneration.
- High burst damage.
Cons
- Low mana.
- Mediocre stat gain.
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How To Play Nyx Assassin ?
Best items for Nyx Assassin
Start items for Nyx Assassin in dota 2 are: Tango, Enchanted Mango, Clarity, Clarity, Wind Lace, Observer Ward.
Meta items for Nyx Assassin in dota 2 are: Dagon 5, Boots of Trave, Blink Dagger, Ethereal Blade, Octarine Core, Aether Lens.
Pro items for Nyx Assassin in dota 2 are: Dagon 5, Boots of Trave, Hand of Midas, Octarine Core, Ethereal Blade, Blink Dagger.
Tips and Tricks
As a melee hero who can utilize damage-blocking items in-lane and has higher-than-average basic HP regen, Nyx Assassin is a surprisingly durable character.
Nyx Assassin ought to invest in things that expand his mana supply and offer mana regeneration so he can use his skills continually to scout and plan kills.
In order to withstand opponent harassment, Nyx Assassin can take advantage of his strong base HP regeneration.
To optimize his effectiveness, Nyx Assassin is best played as a roamer or a solo offlaner.
Nyx Assassin’s Ability
IMPALE
Straight rock spikes erupted from the ground. After taking damage, hostile units are launched into the air and stunned.
MIND FLARE
Hurts the enemy by a factor based on its intelligence. Additionally, does damage corresponding to a portion of the damage that Nyx caused to the target over the previous 15.0s.
SPIKED CARAPACE
Spiked Carapace stuns the source of damage when it is activated while Nyx Assassin is above ground and reflects and negates damage (maximum once from each source). Spiked Carapace activation won’t render Vendetta invisible.
Spiked Carapace, when cast while Burrowed, instantly stuns adjacent opponents.
BURROW
Over a brief period of time, Nyx Assassin bury himself beneath the battlefield. Once burrowed, Spiked Carapace stuns adjacent opponents instantaneously, increases the range of Mind Flare and Impale, and shortens the duration of Impale’s cooldown. Nyx Assassin is immobile, powerless to strike, and invisible while burrowed. Nyx receives protection from all types of harm.
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