Slayer - Lina Inverse

[ek0]

As discussed in this topic, I think guides by the players can be created.
So I will start posting topics like this one. Every week I will post a new topic with a new hero. Every member can suggest item build, skill build, gameplay... (and other). I will edit the first post with the best suggestions.
The next hero will be Lina.
Slayer - Lina Inverse

• Stats
• Hero introduction
• Background Story
• Skills
  
  • Dragon Slave
  • Light Strike Array
  • Fiery Soul
  • Laguna Blade
• When to...
  
  • When to pick Lina
  • When to repick Lina
  • When to ban Lina
• Skill build
• Item build
• Gameplay (5 vs 5)
  
  • From level 1 to level 5
  • From level 6 to level 10
  • From level 11 to level 15
  • From level 16 to level 25
• Changelog

Stats

At level 1 At level 25 Gain per level Strength 18 54 1.5 Agility 16 52 1.5 Intelligence 24 100.8 3.2 Damage 37 - 55 113 - 131 Armor 1.3 6

Location Intelligence Sentinel Light Tavern Movespeed 295 Attack range 600 Sight Range 1800 / 800

Hero introduction
The Slayer is one of the deadlier offensive spellcasters, capable of killing fragile heroes with one combo of her spells. Her two main offensive spells provide a powerful area of effect combo. Dragon Slave fires a quick fiery projectile which deals good damage and has pretty high range. Light Strike Array is Lina's stun spell. Due to her relatively slow cast time it can be difficult to hit moving enemies with this spell, however. Many Lina players cast Light Strike Array right after an ally uses another stun, making the spell much easier to hit and prolonging the total disable time. To support her offensive gameplay style, Lina has a passive skill called Fiery Soul. Every time she casts any of her other spells, Lina gains a temporary movement and attack speed bost, allowing her to chase down and kill fleeing enemies. Lina also has the most damaging single-target spell in the game: Laguna Blade. This devastating blast of energy is one of the best ways to finish off injured enemies. Often heroes who thought they were safe are blasted into oblivion by a single Laguna Blade.
Background Story
A renowned pyromancer roaming the lands, Lina Inverse originally joined the Sentinel for monetary purposes. However, weeks turned into months, and fighting alongside the many holy warriors with fearless souls inspired her with the responsibility of protecting the sanctity of the World Tree. With her devastating abilities to summon vaporizing flames, she wreaks havoc among the enemy ranks. In dire situations, she would imbue herself with an ultimate fervor, or even call forth a massive beam of lightning which is said to instantly slay any single foe. A most feared enemy of the Scourge, a most unswerving defender of the Sentinel.
Skills

Dragon Slave Type: Active A wave of fire that ripples out from Lina Inverse, causing damage to land units in a line. Cooldown: 8.5. Casting Range: 600. Area of Effect: 275/825 Level Mana Cost Damage 1 90 100 2 105 170 3 125 230 4 140 280 Deals magic damage.	Light Strike Array Type: Active Summons a column of flames that damages and stuns enemies for 1.6 seconds. Cooldown: 8. Casting Range: 600. Area of Effect: 225. Level Mana Cost Damage 1 90 90 2 100 150 3 110 210 4 125 280 Stuns for 1.6 s. Deals magic damage.
Fiery Soul Type: Passive Grants you bonus attack and movement speed each time you cast a spell. Stacks with itself. Lasts 5 seconds. Level Increased attack speed (%) Increased movement speed (%) 1 30 2 2 40 3 3 50 4 4 60 5 Items will not activate this skill. Can stack up to 3 times.	Laguna Blade Type: Active Fires off a bolt of lightning at a single target, dealing critical damage. Casting range: 600 Level Mana Cost Cooldown Damage Damage with Aghanim's Scepter 1 280 150 450 600 2 420 90 675 875 3 680 55 950 1150 Deals magic damage.

When to...
When to pick Lina
Nothing written, yet!
When to repick Lina
Nothing written, yet!
When to ban Lina
Nothing written, yet!
Skills build
Level 1 - Light Strike Array / Dragon Slave
Level 2 - Dragon Slave / Light Strike Array
Level 3 - Light Strike Array / Dragon Slave
Level 4 - Dragon Slave / Light Strike Array
Level 5 - Fiery Soul / Light Strike Array
Level 6 - Laguna Blade
Level 7 - Light Strike Array / Dragon Slave
Level 8 - Light Strike Array / Dragon Slave
Level 9 - Dragon Slave
Level 10 - Dragon Slave
Level 11 - Laguna Blade
Level 12 - Fiery Soul
Level 13 - Fiery Soul
Level 14 - Fiery Soul
Level 15 - Attribute Bonus
Level 16 - Laguna Blade
Level 17+ - Attribute Bonus
Item build
The best item to start with Lina is Bottle.
You don't need much items, that is why buying an Animal Courier is a good idea. It can also help your team. If your team has a courier already, then upgrading it to a Flying Courier is an option.
Null Talisman(s) will help you early game, but you should start building your core items from early.
Observer Wards greatly improves your ganking power.
Don't forget to buy boots. Lina can use any pair of boots:
Phase Boots - your best choice. Doesn't cost much, gives you movespeed and you have Phase.
Power Treads (Intelligence) - provides mana and attack speed.
Boots of Travel - buy this if you have enough gold to spare.
Eul's Scepter of Divinity provides movement speed and mana regeneration, that can prove useful.
Force Staff is a good item, but is more offensive and Lina has low HP.
Dagon works nice with Laguna Blade and can be upgraded, but in late game can be useless.
Necronomicon provides movement speed and true sight. Works nice with invisible units and heroes with great move speed.
Aghanim's Scepter is maybe the best item for Lina, but requires a great amount of gold.
Shiva's Guard is a perfect item. Proves useful for you and for your team.
Gameplay (5 vs 5)
From level 1 to level 5
You should choose the middle lane.
Aquiring runes is what you should do. They will give you a great advantage of the game (for a short amount of time).
But your main goal is to gather gold and experience.
From level 6 to level 10
Time for roaming!
Assist your team in battle. Help them push. Destroy some towers.
From level 11 to level5
Ganking time!
You need wards and better survivability.
Wards should be in your enemy forest.
From level 16 to level 25
If your team is owning, you should end as soon as posible.
Else, farming is a good choice.
Cgangelog:
2010-05-21: The first post.
2010-05-28: Added skill build.
2010-05-28: Added item build.
2010-05-28: Added gameplay details.
2010-05-28: Released.
2010-05-29: Fixed something.
Some pictures are from the Official DotA Website.

[PlayDota.eu08]

xD , give us the website where we can find the guid and u nn waste time

[ek0]

xD , give us the website where we can find the guid and u nn waste time

Read the first part of my post:

As discussed in this topic, I think guides by the players can be created.
So I will start posting topics like this one. Every week I will post a new topic with a new hero. Every member can suggest item build, skill build, gameplay... (and other). I will edit the first post with the best suggestions.
The next hero will be Lina.

I do not want to copy guides from other sites.

[PlayDota.eu08]

ok
and ty for guides

[iPlayForFun]

Well Lina is 1 of best int killers....stun + dragon slave till lvl 9 then take fiery soul and ofc ulty get on lvl 6, lvl 11 and lvl 16.....What to make??? Dagger + aghanim + shiva own, but also u can take 2 null talisman and make dmg and again own....So Lina own in any case

[FatalityMk]

Haha yeah a good Lina would own in any game.. But all depends on the beggining, the lane, the heroes in that lane...

I once tried a unique build up for Lina, it was like this: i was Sentinel, Lane down, i got Fiery Soul and Light Strike Array just to try it out... I had bottle ( which is a must have item for Lina ) and kept on casting just the Stun and hit them with increased attackspeed 2-3 more times, it proved quite usefull. This combo btw could be used depends on what situation. But my normal build would be like this:
Middle lane, lvl 6 spells: 2levels of Dragon Slave, 2levels of Light Strike Array and 1 level of Fiery Soul ( i always use all spells with most of the heroes ) and ofc Ulti get bottle, becase you will need it veeeery much, get a courier to transfer you some talismans and to refill bottle all the time. Then you keep your middle lane untill you make a kill and imediatelly start going up/down for gangs and try to get more kills/assists. For later in the game i would suggest, Euls Scepter of Divinity, Force Staff ( my fave item ), Bloodstone (if there are a lot of damage makers in the oposing team ) or if you are left alone and have to much space in battle, Aghanim, Shiva are the best option... On the other hand if you need to deal more damage or disable some hero Necronomicon and Dagon are good.

Edit: Early game: Courier, Bottle some Talisman, Phase boots or Boots of Travel ( depends on situation )
        Late game: Eul`s Scepter of Divinity, Force Staff and Bloodstone or Aghanim, Shiva + Dagon/Necronomicon

Note: The best way to play Lina is to try and gang all the time, never be on a lane alone for to much time just to farm, that way your team gets less points because of not using your spells which are devestating to the opposing team.

That`s it for now, if i think of anything else i will reply..

[ek0]

I updated the guide wth your ideas.

[Slavi]

Ethernal blade seems good too,  u can cast with 40% dmg amplifed for all spells but u have to be a fast clicker.

[chedz]

hehehe nice

[Shagon]

Very good, also i'we seen players building : Monkey King Bar, Power Treds, Helm of dominator,and goin' all:

Wazzap?!? STUN + ULTY ? HELL NO! I AM PURE DMG!!!

[theNoobie]

Guinsoo is required.

[ramb.O]

Dagger is good too.

[Mechanik]

LoL, kinda bad build for lina.. as for my favorite hero.. I sugest that build:
-Bottle (sell it later when you get bloodstone)
-Threads (int/str) depends what you need more.
-Blood stone (improves alot your HP and mana).
-dagger (more succesful ganking/killing)
-scapter (improves ulti which is great anyway)
Those are items for gg...

later... depends what you want to do.. you can go for:
-dagon
-shivas'
for more mana/dmg

or you can go for:
-hyperstone
-mkb
for greatest dmg with normal shot after skills...
(you need 4lvl of fiery soul skill)

Enjoy pwnage. Dont forget to take middle way.

[raven]

LoL, kinda bad build for lina.. as for my favorite hero.. I sugest that build:
-Bottle (sell it later when you get bloodstone)
-Threads (int/str) depends what you need more.
-Blood stone (improves alot your HP and mana).
-dagger (more succesful ganking/killing)
-scapter (improves ulti which is great anyway)
Those are items for gg...

later... depends what you want to do.. you can go for:
-dagon
-shivas'
for more mana/dmg

or you can go for:
-hyperstone
-mkb
for greatest dmg with normal shot after skills...
(you need 4lvl of fiery soul skill)

Enjoy pwnage. Dont forget to take middle way.

bloodstone                   SUX
dagon                           SUX moastly, situational item
shiva                             for sure one of last items to make
hyperstone and mkb    perma ban request if i see u with this in my game

go play some privs and dont post shitty items

[raven]

bottle
dagger
phases/bots
hex
eul/force
aghanim/shiva