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Attack Type: Ranged
Strength: 19 + 2.2 | Agility: 22 + 2.4 | Intelligence: 25 + 2.9
Silencer Items build
Meta build:
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- Hurricane Pike
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- Power Treads
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- Revenant’s Brooch
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- Scythe of Vyse
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- Silver Edge
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- Black King Bar
Pro Build:
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- Daedalus
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- Power Treads
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- Black King Bar
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- Scythe of Vyse
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- Bloodthorn
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- Monkey King Bar
Silencer’s Skill Order
Skill Order: Glaives of Wisdom -> Arcane Curse -> Last Word -> Global Silence.
Combo Silencer
Heroes combo: Silencer + Slardar
How To Counter Silencer ?
Pros
- Can fulfill multiple roles.
- Low cooldowns.
- Great support for beginners.
- Low cooldown.
Cons
- Low mobility.
- Low starting armor.
- Mana dependent.
Bad against:
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Good against:
- Hero
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How To Play Silencer ?
Best items for Silencer
Start items for Silencer in dota 2 are: Ring of Basilius, Tango, Iron Branch.
Meta items for Silencer in dota 2 are: Hurricane Pike, Revenant’s Brooch, Scythe of Vyse, Silver Edge, Black King Bar, Power Treads.
Pro items for Silencer in dota 2 are: Daedalus, Power Treads, Black King Bar, Scythe of Vyse, Bloodthorn, Monkey King Bar.
Tips and Tricks
Silencer can be used as a support or carry.
As a carry, Silencer focuses on engaging in combat, killing the enemy, and providing support with his spells. He deals a ton of damage with his strikes while also employing spells to make it difficult for the enemy to retaliate.
While Silencer is a support, he concentrates on harrassing the opposition with his spells and creating support-utility items, saving his ultimate for crucial teamfights.
Silencer’s Ability
ARCANE CURSE
Curses the area, inflicting harm, making opposing heroes absorb damage gradually, and hindering their movement. Enemies in silence suffer 1.5 times more slow and damage. The duration lengthens each time an enemy casts a spell that is impacted. As long as the target is silent, the duration is halted.
GLAIVES OF WISDOM
Silencer bestows his wisdom on his glaives, which do more damage in accordance with his Intelligence. With every strike, the Silencer briefly steals the Intelligence from his victim. When Silencer kills an opposing hero, 2.0 Intelligence is permanently taken.
LAST WORD
Enchants a target, giving them vision of them, putting a timer on the enchantment, and damaging and silencing them if they cast a spell. Depending on the target’s intellect compared to Silencer’s, deals more damage.
GLOBAL SILENCE
Silencer silences all sound, preventing opponent heroes and troops from casting spells on the battlefield.
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