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Attack Type: Ranged
Strength: 21 + 2 | Agility: 13 + 0.8 | Intelligence: 23 + 4.1
Skywrath Mage Items build
Meta build:
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- Shadow Blade
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- Boots of Trave
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- Blink Dagger
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- Rod of Atos
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- Octarine Core
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- Scythe of Vyse
Pro Build:
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- Rod of Atos
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- Boots of Trave
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- Blink Dagger
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- Octarine Core
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- Aghanim’s Scepter
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- Kaya and Sange
Skywrath Mage’s Skill Order
Skill Order: Concussive Shot -> Ancient Seal -> Arcane Bolt -> Mystic Flare.
Combo Skywrath Mage
Heroes combo: Skywrath Mage + Faceless Void
How To Counter Skywrath Mage ?
Pros
- Long cast range.
- High mana pool.
- High burst damage.
- Low cooldown.
Cons
- Very fragile.
- Low armor and health.
- Extremely mana dependent.
Bad against:
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Good against:
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How To Play Skywrath Mage ?
Best items for Skywrath Mage
Start items for Skywrath Mage in dota 2 are: Mantle of Intelligence, Circlet, Iron Branch, Tango.
Meta items for Skywrath Mage in dota 2 are: Shadow Blade, Boots of Trave, Blink Dagger, Rod of Atos, Octarine Core, Scythe of Vyse.
Pro items for Skywrath Mage in dota 2 are: Rod of Atos, Boots of Trave, Blink Dagger, Octarine Core, Aghanim’s Scepter, Kaya and Sange.
Tips and Tricks
A very effective mid-laner can be the Skywrath Mage. He can be a potent threat in virtually any match-up due to his ability to wear down his lane opponent from a distance as well as disable and burst them down with his spells.
Skywrath can overcome his weakness by casting his spells on adversaries securely from behind his teammates thanks to their vast cast range.
With the third-highest intelligence growth in the game, Skywrath Mage frequently has a mana pool big enough to support all of his spells.
The opponent offlaner can be harassed away by the Skywrath Mage while inflicting reasonable amounts of damage, and they can be slowed from a distance and silenced during kill attempts.
Skywrath Mage’s Ability
ARCANE BOLT
Based on Skywrath Mage’s intelligence, it fires a slow-moving bolt of arcane power that inflicts damage on an opponent unit. Leaves a debuff after impact that makes the target more vulnerable to Skywrath Mage’s spell lifesteal.
CONCUSSIVE SHOT
The closest hero is struck by a long-range shot fired by Skywrath Mage. It slows and causes damage in a field of action upon hit. damage to creeps is 75.0%.
ANCIENT SEAL
The targeted unit is sealed with an old rune by the Skywrath Mage, which silences it and makes it more susceptible to spell damage.
SHIELD OF THE SCION
Skywrath Mage receives a perk that boosts Intelligence and Armor whenever he uses an ability to deal magic damage to an opponent hero. Each charge can be stacked separately.
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