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You Can’t Tame the Lion

Hero Build

DotA2 Hero: Lion

Purchase Order

Starting

Early Game

Situational

Hero Skills

Earth Spike

Mana Drain

Finger of Death

Talents

You Can’t Tame the Lion

1.	Introduction
2.	Skills
3.	Pros / Cons
4.	Friends/Foes
5.	Items
6.	Summary

Introduction

Lion, the Demon Witch
“To Hell and back.”

Role: Roamer / Support / Babysitter

Lore: Once a Grandmaster of the Demon Witch tradition of sorcery, Lion earned fame among his brethren for fighting on the side of light and righteousness. But adulation corrupts. With powers surpassed only by his ambition, the mage was seduced by a demon and turned to evil, trading his soul for prestige. After committing horrible crimes that marred his soul, he was abandoned. The demon betrayed him, striking better deals with his enemies. Such was Lions rage that he followed the demon back to hell and slew it, ripping it limb from limb, taking its demonic hand for his own. However, such demonoplasty comes at a cost. Lion was transfigured by the process, his body transformed into something unrecognizable. He rose from hell, rage incarnate, slaying even those who had once called him master, and laying waste to the lands where he had once been so adored. He survives now as the sole practitioner of the Demon Witch tradition, and those who present themselves as acolytes or students are soon relieved of their mana and carried off by the faintest gust of wind.

Lion is a Dire Intelligence Hero who is most known for his epic disabling abilites. Although his skills are very straightforward, he still requires some knowledge to play. I will briefly go over his skills and how to use them to their most effectiveness, his friends and foes, and what items fit him best. This is my first gu > Lion . I accept all feedback so please let me know if I missed anything, as I will be updating this gu >

Skills

Earth Spike – This is Lion ‘s first skill and best harassment tool while laning. If timed correctly, you can hit multiple Heroes and/or creeps, doing damage while also stunning. I like to initiate with this skill, and then Hex if necessary when ganking.

Hex – This is [[Lion’s second skill and main disable. Use this to make sure fleeing enemies do not escape and to just disable hard carries in team fights. At max level, this will be essential to ganking.

Mana Drain – This is Lion ‘s third and one of the best skills in the game in my opinion. The easiest way to acquire mana when your not being harassed. The best way to use this is to drain mana from a ranged creep.

Finger of Death – And finally, Lion ‘s ultimate. One of the best early gank tools in the game. When going for an early gank, you should have Earth Spike doing 200 damage by level 7, and can easily finish a hero off with Finger of Death .

Pros / Cons

Pro’s:

Great Disabler
Good Early Game Ganker
Very diverse

Con’s:

Squishy
Falls off late game
Reskinned to look like he has a triple chin
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Friends/Foes

Lion has many friends. He is great with just about any Support, Semi-Carry or Ganker, aka Crystal Maiden , Pudge , His Foes on the other hand are any that can disable him (stun/slow) or that can just straight rape him, aka Pudge , Tidehunter , Axe , and the very tanky heroes.

Items

For early game I usually pick up a bit of everything. Basic Regeneration like a Tango or a Healing Salve , a Clarity if im having mana problems, and a couple Gauntlets of Strength for the extra health (if you can afford 2), along with an Iron Branch with leftover gold, because it provides that little extra bit of everything, for cheap.

I pick up Boots of Speed as early as possible to gank while I’m most effective. I also upgrade the Iron Branch to a Magic Wand and turn the Gauntlets of Strength into Bracer ‘s for some nice attributes and even more health, since Lion is squishy.

For the Core build, I always grab Phase Boots to chase down fleeing heroes, Hex them and then finish them off. I also make sure to buy a Refresher Orb to make sure that I can pop my Finger of Death twice in team fights, which will be absolutely devastating because I ALWAYS pick up Aghanim’s Scepter to make the damage r > Finger of Death .

For the Luxury/Situational items I like the Dagon because you can combo it with your Finger of Death to instagib. I sometimes opt for a Pipe of Insight if I am playing a Support Lion , also for the Spell Resistance. I grab Mekansm if I am playing Support Lion , but if we already have a person prov > Necronomicon is okay in certain situations, but I rarely pick this up if the team is doing well enough to where I don’t need to call in the warriors. And last but certainly not least, a Black King Bar . The magic resistance this prov > Earth Spike , Dagon (if you picked it up) or your ultimate.

Summary

So all in all, Lion isn’t that hard to compehend. He is noob-friendly and shouldn’t take much time to get decent with. If your getting bored of “dominating” with Ursa , I suggest Lion through and through. He has become one of my favorite heroes in Dota 2, and I hope that you will take a liking to him, and understand how he fits in the Dota world. Also, as a reminder, this gu >

Project Dota 2

In this Dota 2 Lion Guide, we will guide you on how you can play the hero Lion in Dota 2. Dota 2 comes with a very impressive roster of heroes and since this is a MOBA, there are no best heroes or worst heroes here. Every hero has its own strengths and weaknesses and depending on your playing style, every hero can be a really good one. If you prefer playing with Lion as your main, we have curated this Dota 2 Lion Guide which will help you become the ultimate player of this game.

Lion Guide – Dota 2

Our Dota 2 Lion Guide details everything that you need to know about playing the game as Lion including tips and tricks and best items.

Hero Introduction

If you want to have fun, enjoy the game and want to be a pain in the ass Lion is your pick. Lion is an intelligence ranged hero that is excellent in disabling a single target hero and giving out a ton of burst damage. It is a simple hero with less complexity for beginners to play with. This hero is mostly played as a Support Role/ Position 5 and very few times in a while as Mid Role/ Position 2. While facing heroes who are hard to stun or are too fast, you would want Lion to be on your side.

Lion’s first ability is Earth Spike. The ability is magical damage range stun which has the AoE of 125. This ability is quite useful to disable the enemy or a bunch of enemies if used properly. Really good Lion players know the cast range of the ability is 500 units but it extends to 825 units. While playing Pos2 you must max this ability in order to gain Last Hits (LH) in the mid lane and simultaneously stun the enemy hero. As Pos5 same can be done. Use this ability in the lane to harass the enemy and keep their health low to dominate the lane.

The second ability is one of the strongest disable ability of the entire game i. e Hex. An instant cast of this ability turns the enemy unit into a frog. Moreover, it gets rid of the passives like evasion or damage block of the target unit. At maximum level hex last till 4 seconds which is a quite long disable. During the laning phase, one level of the hex is more than enough. Hex not only stops channeling spells but also destroys illusions instantly.

Next comes Mana Drain. As evident by its name mana drain absorbs enemy’s mana. Lion dota 2 art guide This ability comes in handy as Lion’s mana pool is low. Mana Drain and Earth Spike are usually spammed in the laning phase. The beauty of mana drain is that it not only absorbs mana from enemy heroes but also from ranged enemy creep and neutrals with mana pool. Just like Hex, Mana Drain also instantly destroys illusions making Lion effective against illusion based heroes. Plus Mana Drain also lowers the movement speed of the target unit.

Lion’s ultimate is the Finger of Death which deals massive burst damage. Starting from the first level the ability has 600 magic damage. Plus having a long cast range makes it even more dangerous for enemy heroes. The key to using this ability to its best is to kill a hero with this ability which results in having a charge of additional 40+ damage per kill. This essentially is the strongest point of the ultimate. With the Aghanim’s Scepter, the ability’s damage is increased, the cooldown is decreased and the ability hits all units in 325 AoE.

When playing as Pos5 focus should be made on supporting the team by warding/dewarding, ganking and harassing enemy heroes in the lane. Though Pos2 Lion will always try to secure kills with the Ultimate ability in order to gain charges. Mid position Lion is as much dominating as the hero’s mobility. In that case, you might want to refrain from warding and save to get Dagger of Escape and rush to Aghanim’s Scepter.

Items

Below we have detailed the best items that you can use with Lion in different stages of the match.

Starting items

• Support Role: Observer/Sentry wards, Tangoes, Magic Stick, Smoke of Deceit and Tranquil Boots.
• Mid Role: Tangoes, Healing Salve, Null Talisman, Power Treads, and Empty Bottle.

Mid Game Items

• Support Role: Bracers (If required), Force Staff, Glimmers Cape, and Aether Lens.
• Mid Role: Dagger of Escape, Aether Lens, Ghost Scepter, Aghanim’s Scepter, and Force Staff.

Late Game items

• Support Role: Aeon Disk, Aghanim’s Scepter, Dagger of Escape, Ghost Scepter, Euls of Divinity.
• Mid Role: Ethereal Blade, Octarine Core, Kaya and Yasha, Scythe of Vyse.

Lion is a hero which can even own a six slotted carry hero with his low cooldown disable and heavy burst damage. When facing Lion precautions must be made to avoid being ganked or disabled because 9 out 10 times you might end up being dead.

Talent Tree Selection

While opting for the talents you must keep your role in mind. Pos5 role should select the +100 Cast Range because you need to spam your skills from a safe range and avoid dying in team fights. Mid role should go for the +90 Damage talent so that it is easier to LH in the lane but higher rank Mid role also go for cast range talent. It entirely depends on the situation they have to play in.

Pos5 Lion must go for +150 Gold/Min. When playing Pos5 you don’t get to LH much and in order to keep having map control with wards you need gold, so this talent suffices the purpose. As mentioned earlier, Mid role would aim to have as many kills as he can achieve and for this purpose +200 Finger of Death should be selected.

At level 20 Pos5 should opt for +500 Health over +2 Mana Drain Multi Target. Since supports are easily killed and sometimes targeted first, having 500 additional health will give a fair chance of survival. Though mana drain talent can also be used to counter illusion based heroes. Pos2 Lion should go for mana drain talent since he has a higher requirement for mana then Pos5 Lion.

Both talents on level 2, +325 AoE Hex and +1000 Earth Spike Range are equally useful to any position Lion. This talent mainly depends on the situation of the game. If heavy disable is the need of the hour AoE Hex talent is highly useful than the Earth Spike talent.

This concludes our Dota 2 Lion Guide. If you want to add anything to this guide, feel free to use the comments section below.