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Attack Type: Ranged
Strength: 23 + 2.4 | Agility: 23 + 3.2 | Intelligence: 20 + 2
Templar Assassin Items build
Meta build:
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- Hurricane Pike
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- Power Treads
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- Blink Dagger
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- Desolator
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- Monkey King Bar
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- Nullifier
Pro Build:
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- Dragon Lance
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- Power Treads
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- Blink Dagger
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- Daedalus
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- Black King Bar
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- Hurricane Pike
Templar Assassin’s Skill Order
Skill Order: Refraction -> Psionic Trap -> Meld -> Psi Blades.
Combo Templar Assassin
Heroes combo: Templar Assassin + Slardar
How To Counter Templar Assassin ?
Pros
- Versatile hero.
- Highest damage.
- Snowballs very easily.
Cons
- Easy kill if locked down.
Bad against:
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Good against:
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How To Play Templar Assassin ?
Best items for Templar Assassin
Start items for Templar Assassin in dota 2 are: Slippers of Agility, Circlet, Faerie Fire, Iron Branch, Tango, Observer Ward.
Meta items for Templar Assassin in dota 2 are: Power Treads, Hurricane Pike, Blink Dagger, Desolator, Monkey King Bar, Nullifier
Pro items for Templar Assassin in dota 2 are: Dragon Lance, Power Treads, Blink Dagger, Daedalus, Black King Bar, Hurricane Pike.
Tips and Tricks
Nearly always, the mid lane is where the Templar Assassin is played.
To be successful in Templar Assassin, you need to play aggressively.
Through the usage of Refraction and Meld, Templar Assassin reaches her damage peak at roughly level 11, earlier than most carriers.
Snowballing is essential to the effectiveness of the Templar Assassin because of her early damage peak.
Templar Assassin’s Ability
REFRACTION
The Templar Assassin develops extreme stealth, evading harm and obtaining an increase to her damage. There are only a few occurrences of both the avoidance and damaging effects.
MELD
As long as she doesn’t move, Templar Assassin hides and turns invisible. Lanaya will deal extra damage to the foe and lower their armor for 12.0 seconds if Meld’s invisibility is shattered while attacking them.
PSI BLADES
The psychic blades of the Templar Assassin rip into the attacking unit, dividing and harming the enemies just behind it while obtaining an extended attack range. The spill damage is diminished by a certain proportion for every unit it damages.
PSIONIC PROJECTION
CHANNELED – After 1.5 seconds of channeling, the Templar Assassin is able to teleport to any psionic trap and detonate it there. Psionic Projection Channeling does not disrupt Meld.
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