Crixalis the Sand King

衰佬周五三月 14, 2008 10:45 pm

Just a guide of my own..
Table Of Contents

#1. Pros and Cons
#2. Skill Tree
#3. How/When To Use Spells
#4. Good Teamates-Good Enemies
#5. Item Build's
#6. Bad Items
#7.What to do Early/mid/late game

Before we Start let me introduce to you Crixalis the Sand King..

Burrowstrike (E)
The Sand King burrows into the ground, tunnels forward impaling everything above him, then su***ces.
Level 1 - 100 damage, 400 maximum range.
Level 2 - 160 damage, 500 maximum range.
Level 3 - 220 damage, 600 maximum range.
Level 4 - 280 damage, 700 maximum range.
Mana Cost: 140
Cooldown: 11

Sand Storm (R )
SandKing creates a fearsome Sand Storm. The storm blinds his enemies and hebecomes invisible to them. In the same time his opponents take damage.
Level 1- 20 damage per second, 200 AOE, invisibility lasts 20 seconds, 0.3 second delay before revealed
Level 2- 40 damage per second, 250 AOE, invisibility lasts 40 seconds, 0.3 second delay before revealed
Level 3- 60 damage per second, 300 AOE, invisibility lasts 60 seconds, 0.9 second delay before revealed
Level 4- 80 damage per second, 350 AOE, invisibility lasts 80 seconds, 1.2 seconds delay before revealed
Channeling
Mana Cost: 60/ 50/ 40/ 30
Cooldown: 40

Caustic Finale (L)
Eachof the Sand King's attack injects a deadly venom that causes the targetto explode violently on death, dealing damage in an area.
Level 1 - 90 damage.
Level 2 - 130 damage.
Level 3 - 170 damage.
Level 4 - 220 damage.
Orb effect.
Mana Cost: N/A
Cooldown: N/A

Epicenter (C )
Sendsa disturbance into the earth, causing it to shudder violently. Allcaught within range will take damage, and their attack speed andmovespeed slowed by 40%.
Level 1 - 2.0 second casting time, 6 pulses of 110 damage, each pulse has a 300 AoE.
Level 2 - 2.0 second casting time, 8 pulses of 110 damage, each pulse has a 350 AoE.
Level 3 - 2.0 second casting time, 10 pulses of 110 damage, each pulse has a 400 AoE.
Mana Cost: 175/ 250/ 325
Cooldown: 140/ 120/ 100

Pros and Cons

~Pros~
Has decent strength growth per level.
Has average movespeed of 300.
Has spells good for things ranging from, Nuke-ing, Harrasing, and Farming.
Devastating AoE Ultimate (mostly in clashes and w/ combos used.)
Very versatile hero, he can be a Tanker, Assassin, or a Herokiller.
~Cons~
Semi-low mana pool and mana growth.
Low starting armor.
Has a Channeling ultimate spell. (Epicenter)
Also has an Orbeffect. (Caustic Finale)

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Skill Tree

1.Burrow Strike
2.Stats
3.Burrow Strike
4.Sandstorm
5.Burrow Strike
6.Epicenter
7.Burrow Strike
8.Caustic Finale
9.Caustic Finale
10.Caustic Finale
11.Epicenter
12.Caustic Finale
13.Sandstorm
14.Sandstorm
15.Sandstorm
16.Epicenter

17-25.Stats

You may be thinking "Wow, thats dumb why get stats once at lvl.2" andwell in a way it is kinda wierd but 1.When people click on you to viewyour inventory those +'s by your Strngth,Agil,Int can make them leaveyou alone and go click somewhere else. 2. Every little bit of mana andHP helps you.
Another thing you may be wondering is why oneSandstorm at level 4. Well its mostly because it can help you harassyour enemies early on and get you out of sticky situations.

How and When to use Spells

Burrow Strike-Well first off, this is quite the versatile spell. It can be used forHarrasing, Killing, and Tricky Escapes. Ok well heres a very organizedway to show you when to use this spell for mostly Hero killing.
-Your LvL- l -Enemies Hp- l -Good Time To Use?-

#1 lvl. 5 l 320 out of 675 l Yes, at this level your BS is doing 220-dmg.

#2 lvl. 8 l 680 out of 897 l Depends, If your going for a kill then yes use BS then hit Epicenter.

#3 lvl. 12 l 780 ot of 1115 l If you're still soloing then no i dont see a point in using it here.

Ok,now lets say you are getting ganked by two melee enemy heros and youalready have barely a little more than half hp, and your in top lane;Ok they come from the trees as you are trying to kill tops second tower. What you should do here is back up as much as possible and burrowstrike as deep as possible into the trees, then ping your self a good 6times and get some back up then burrow strike out after reinforcementsarrive.

Sandstorm- Ok this is also a good semi-versatile spell. It can be used for bothHarrasing, and Farming and in some situations living with low hp. Ifyou are getting attack by Venomancer and he already ultis you and youare pretty sure you have below a 60% chance to kill him then just hityour Sandstorm and pray his poison doesnt kill you. In the harassingcategory this is a good spell.
Lets say you just got to level 5and you have lvl.1 Sandstorm. Simply wait for your next FULL creep wavethen waddle in front of them and hit your Sandstorm. This in most casespushes your enemy back so he/she doesnt take damage and keeps them fromleveling and last hit creeping.

Caustic Finale-Well this spell is kind of self explanatory and is mostly used to Farm.As long as you actually kill the creep this will set off CausticFinale, and make any other nearby creeps take damage. The higher levelthis spell is the easier it is to farm.

Epicenter-Man! This spell is deffinatly ranked within the top 4-5 most damagingand most lethal Ultimates in dota. The big downfalls with this spell isthe fact that it has a 2 second Casting time and it is also Channelingduring those two seconds. Channeling means that if while you arecasting this you are stunned or disabled it will cancel the effects ofyour spell wich means to kills for you. Personally you should only usethis spell if you Burrow Strike the enemy first then use it or if youhave a TP Dagger.
Note : You can use the Fog as your weapon it could give you a second or two.(enough time to cast epi) but this technique isn't 100% compatible. but if you don't have any other choice why don't you just try it.
Another thing, to maximize the damage of Epicenter during the pulses quickly cast Sandstorm.(use this when you have Magnus in your team.)

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Good Teamates and Good Enemies

Goodteamates are mostly consisting of stunners and disablers. This is sobecause if they are stunned they cant stop your ulti by stunning you,and you have a better chance of gettin all the pulses to hit them. Okwell heres just a few good heros for teamates.

Item Build

Nowthis first item build is a build for a normal game where your enemieshave picked a wide arrange of heros like a Tanker,Herokiller,Opener ect.

Ok right after you pick your hero by these four items.

Tanker's Item Build

Hero Killer Item Build

Early/Mid/Late game options

Early[lvl's1-10] - Well earlyy game is essential for Sand King because this ispretty much when he determines what he wants to be;(ex.Tanker,Herokiller ect.); So lets say your enemies are basically allIntelligence and/or Agility heros with the occasionall one tanker. Soif this is the case then what you really need to concentrate on gettinsome good last-hits on creep; and at the same time try to keep awayfrom the enemy for Int's are kinda harrassin fools early game (if theresmart at least); So if you have around 12-7 by level 6;7; or 8 youshould be doing semi-well on money. For a challenge try to get 29-11 bylevel 9 [thats the best i've done with sk on last hits for that levelperiod]. Now lets say your going against mostly tankers and you aregoing top to solo; but two enemies are top with you.(so its like a2v1). What you need to do here is try to just level as much as possiblealong with dening extra well; because yes you are already gonna gainmore XP while they double up and share there XP; so the lower levelthey are the better. Dont feel like your doing bad because you donthave much creep kills.

Mid[lvl's 10-13or15] - Well by thistime you have your situation planned out and hopefully you have pickedyour correct build. If you have chosen the fate of a HK [herokiller].Just follow my build and try to get as many kills as you can at thelowest level possible for if you get kills earlier on its easier to getthem later on.(common sense)
Ifyou have chosen the fate of a tank the like before use my build andthis time try to orgazie pushes because thats a tanks role to tank andbe the tanker in pushes try to get down a certain tower in each lanebefore you push all the way in one lane.

Late[15-25] - Ifyou have chosen to be a tank and you have reached level 17-20 then youhavnt done your job or you are having a bad game. Because once you getto this level your not really a tank anymore because by this timeevery1 else is as the same skill level as you and can tank as easily asyou [in most cases]. So again try to push as early as possible. If yourin this situation...Then i suggest you to go farm/neutral creep and getroshan and try to become a HK.

bounce

-WoHaoHigh- 周五三月 21, 2008 10:54 pm

late game u item is good!! but aslo want got boots de!! no boots move so slow la!!! so rmb dun 4 get when want use what hero aslo need buy boots de!! aboi sure hard kill hero de!!

衰佬周日三月 23, 2008 6:38 pm

-WoHaoHigh- 写道:late game u item is good!! but aslo want got boots de!! no boots move so slow la!!! so rmb dun 4 get when want use what hero aslo need buy boots de!! aboi sure hard kill hero de!!

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