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Attack Type: Melee
Strength: 22 + 3.2 | Agility: 21 + 2.2 | Intelligence: 16 + 1.3
Sven Items build
Meta build:
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- Satanic
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- Power Treads
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- Blink Dagger
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- Crystalys
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- Butterfly
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- Sange and Yasha
Pro Build:
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- Black King Bar
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- Monkey King Bar
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- Swift Blink
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- Echo Sabre
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- Daedalus
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- Butterfly
Sven’s Skill Order
Skill Order: Great Cleave -> Warcry -> Storm Hammer -> God’s Strength.
Combo Sven
Heroes combo: Sven + Io
How To Counter Sven ?
Pros
- Farms quickly.
- High attack damage.
- Good at clearing groups.
- Reliable area stun.
Cons
- Easily kiteable.
- Low mana.
- Low attack speed.
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How To Play Sven ?
Best items for Sven
Start items for Sven in dota 2 are: Tango, Healing Salve, Enchanted Mango, Quelling Blade.
Meta items for Sven in dota 2 are: Satanic, Power Treads, Blink Dagger, Crystalys, Butterfly, Sange and Yasha.
Pro items for Sven in dota 2 are: Black King Bar, Monkey King Bar, Swift Blink, Echo Sabre, Daedalus, Butterfly.
Tips and Tricks
Sven can be easily harassed in lane by ranged heroes. Make certain a support hero is linked with him.
Sven might be able to roam and assist in killing with Storm Hammer if he has enough mana regeneration.
Sven is fairly simple to subdue with effective crowd management. Sven players must therefore understand precisely when to use and when to save the charge on their Black King Bar.
Sven’s Ability
STORM HAMMER
Sven releases his magical gauntlet, which damages the victim and stuns nearby opponent units.
GREAT CLEAVE
Sven unleashes a powerful attack that decimates all adjacent enemy units. Bonus Strength is given inactively.
WARCRY
Sven’s Warcry energises his allies for combat by boosting their armor and speed of movement. 10.0 seconds long.
GOD’S STRENGTH
Sven summons his rogue strength, which for 35.0 seconds increases damage and provides slow resistance.
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