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Why play Omniknight? Omniknight is a powerful support hero who excels at protecting allies, healing his team, and turning difficult team fights in his favor. His strong defensive abilities make him especially valuable when your team needs reliable saves and sustain.
In this guide, you’ll learn about the best Omniknight abilities, items, skill order, combos, and counters to help you play him effectively in Dota 2.
Attack Type: Melee
Strength: 23 + 3.1 | Agility: 15 + 2 | Intelligence: 16 + 2.1
Omniknight Items build
Meta build:
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- Kaya and Sange
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- Phase Boots
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- Harpoon
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- Blink Dagger
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- Shiva’s Guard
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- Hand of Midas
Pro Build:
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- Echo Sabre
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- Phase Boots
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- Blink Dagger
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- Manta Style
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- Hand of Midas
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- Radiance
Omniknight’s Skill Order
Skill Order: Heavenly Grace -> Purification -> Degen Aura -> Guardian Angel.
Combo Omniknight
Heroes combo: Omniknight + Clockwerk
How To Counter Omniknight ?
Pros
- Powerful defensive abilities.
- Strong throughout the whole game.
- Best Heal.
- Good AOE.
Cons
- Vulnerable to silence.
- Low mana.
Bad against:
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Good against:
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How To Play Omniknight ?
Best items for Omniknight
Start items for Omniknight in dota 2 are: Tango, Iron Branch, Gauntlets of Strength.
Meta items for Omniknight in dota 2 are: Kaya and Sange, Phase Boots, Harpoon, Blink Dagger, Shiva’s Guard, Hand of Midas.
Pro items for Omniknight in dota 2 are: Echo Sabre, Phase Boots, Blink Dagger, Manta Style, Hand of Midas, Radiance.
Tips and Tricks
The best way to oppose the opponent lineup should be the center of Omniknight’s design, along with its emphasis on survival.
The bonus will not be applied to targets that are exiled at the moment the Guardian Angel is cast.
Planning ahead and proper posture are essential for playing Omniknight well.
Omniknight needs to be in the back of the line of fire because, without his own buffs applied to him, he is highly vulnerable.
Omniknight cannot successfully harass opposing offlaners because he is a melee support.
Omniknight’s Ability
PURIFICATION
Instantly damages all nearby enemy units while healing one friendly unit.
REPEL
Gives the victim extra Strength and HP regeneration according on the number of debuffs they have on them, as well as debuff immunity.
HAMMER OF PURITY
A victim is slowed and receives pure damage from Omniknight’s hammer attack that is dependent on a portion of his base damage.
GUARDIAN ANGEL
The Omniknight summons a Guardian Angel that protects companions from physical harm.
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