Heroes Of Newerth

Tundra - Upcoming Legion STR Hero based on Rexxar

2010-06-09T17:38:00.001-07:00

Heroes of Newerth Pride Tournament

2010-06-05T04:18:00.001-07:00

We are happy to announce that registration for the Peregrine HoN Pride has now begun! This tournament (with a $12,000 prize pool) will be the first installment of the HoN Pride tournament series hosted exclusively by myMYM every few months. For those of you who have been patiently waiting on the sidelines, now is your chance to sign up and we hope you are ready to compete.

Here are the prizes for the first of many HoN Pride tournaments to come!

Visit the Peregrine HoN Pride coverage center here for more information on how to register and participate in this tournament!

Patch Version 1.0.2 Changelog

2010-05-26T05:40:00.001-07:00

Version 1.0.2

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General

- Marchers are now in the outpost
- Fixed Plated Greaves not working.
- Implemented functionality for "Buy All Components"
* Clicking this button will attempt to purchase all components and sub-components needed to complete the recipe.
- Fixed several stringtable entries
- Fixed blockers behind the Legion fountain to help people who teleport back there
- Updated some cliffs so wards will not sink into them anymore
- Fixed "Helm of the Black Legion" appearing incorrectly on the shop due to it's length
- Tweaked some weirdness with collisions in the pathing code
- Fixed the pause dropdown so it now has the correct title

- Following functionality added: Right click on a buddy or clanmate and select "Follow" to follow them. You will join and leave any games they join or leave until you unfollow them, quit the game, or are in a game that starts.
* Thanks to __VIking for the idea
- Players attempting to re-connect to servers they got disconnected from will no longer be unable to join them due to PSR restrictions for times when they have recently played a game and their PSR was not updated before connecting to the server.
- Fixed matchmaking to auto focus the channel they join in on
- Removed the "stats reset by release" notification from the reset stats form
- Fixed an issue where blank lines would appear on IMs when one of the players chatting would join or leave a game.
- Fixed a bug where the No Stats icon would not show up in notifications for games that were "No Stats"
- The game will no longer display an additional disconnect message indicating that the hero was removed and assets distributed to their team when a player with no team is kicked from the game
- Rearranged the icons on the bottom of Public Games interface to make more space and fix alignments
- Updated Min/Max PSR Filter to be a little more lenient, for example selecting <1500 and >1600 now checks if it the server is <=1500 or >=1600.
- Tweaked the Public Game interface so that it can now display the actual advanced game options when hovering over the "Advanced Options" icon
- Added a "Hide Restricted Games" option to the Public Game interface
* When enabled any games a player is ineligible for due to having a leaver status or having a PSR outside the range of that game will be hidden
* Credit to Bangerz for the implementation
- Added the Premium Account icon to the Icon Key tooltip
- Added more ping filter values (from a max of 270 to a max of 360) and added more PSR values (1900 and 1950).
- Added game hint indicating players can disable notifications in game via the options menu
- Logging in with "Invisible Mode" will now always bring focus to the "Status" channel, previously it wouldn't the first time logging in
- Removed requirement to enter a reason when banning someone via "/bl add nickname", it now defaults to the reason "None" if none is specified
- Fixed an issue where the banlist reason was not updated properly unless the player logged out first
- Using "/r" will only reply to the last whisper received, and will no longer reply to the last buddy or clan whisper

Matchmaking

- Added maximum spread setting for matchmaking
* This will ensure that you are not forced to play with players far above or below your rating
- Restrict matchmaking regions to just USW, USE, EU
- Improve tracking of matchmaking failure rates and player disconnections

Heroes

Bubbles
- Fixed a glitch when you had a body effect on and threw the shell
- Can now use Shell Surf's teleport while under the effects of Take Cover
- Take Cover now triggers off tower hits
- Initial radius of Kelp Field changed from 600 to 400

Chipper
- Rocket Barrage damage reduced from 105/130/155/180 to 85/115/145/180
- Sawblade Showdown cooldown set to 50 seconds at all levels (from 60/45/30)

Fayde
- Stances will no longer reset when she dies

Gauntlet
- Completely reworked, still a dev hero. Let us know what you think on the forums.

Night Hound
- Updated the tooltip for Smoke Bomb to explain that he cannot attack towers while in the cloud

Scout
- Marksman Shot will no longer place an infinite life state on the target

Bubbles - Upcoming Legion INT Hero

2010-05-25T09:30:00.001-07:00

Is it Port or Original Hero ?

New Way to Purchase HoN

2010-05-19T07:52:00.001-07:00

For those of you who have been trying to purchase HoN, but don't have a credit card or PayPal account, today's your lucky day!

You can now purchase HoN via Money Order or Cashiers Check.

The option to do so is on the right side of the Billing Page next to the PayPal option when you are trying to create/upgrade your account. Just click the "Pay by Mail" button and you will be prompted to type in your first and last name and your email address. A form will then be sent to your email, which you will mail in with a USD$30 Money Order or Cashiers Check (this must be in US Dollars!). After we receive your form and payment, we will email you a redemption code to the email address you supplied.

Be sure to follow the instructions on the form to make sure everything goes through correctly.

[S2]Konran

S2 Staff Member

Gauntlet and the Retail Launch News

2010-05-16T00:26:00.000-07:00

Bye bye Beta, here comes the coolest and peak moment of Heroes of Newerth, now it's LIVE and going to officially launched, you guys need to prepurchase the game in order to continue playing this great game, now the S2Crew are busy working with the retail launch.
UPDATE - For the pre purchased user that already got beta client, you guys can just patch it into 1.0.1 version.

Version 1.0.0.1
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- Fixing a minor UI issue with the new F6 menu while ingame

Version 1.0.0
Release Build
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Bug Fixes

- Fixed terminating players properly ingame when they left
- Fixed disconnection caused by the terminated player message
- Fixed upside down taskbar icon under Linux
- Fixed matchmaking giving improper point values
- Fixed the black and white box when picking a dev hero
- Fixed MinPSR/MaxPSR not being reset back to 0 when a game ends
- Rate of passive income is now adjusted when a player terminates (Higher with less players)
- Cleaned up create game dialog
- Added a frame that holds the disconnect button on the loading screen
- Updated tooltip description for hardcore mode so it doesn't say items are dropped
- Tweaked Linux resource auto-reloading

Heroes

Balphagore
- Minions spawned by Balphagore's ult will now die if their target dies
- Won't eat Items, Wildsoul's Bear, or Mechanical units anymore

Linksys FTW: Heroes of Newerth Launch Tournament

Celebrate the Release of Heroes of Newerth in an Online Gaming Tournament, Offering More Than $5,000 in Prizes, Including Cisco’s New Linksys Wireless Routers

Alienware Arena launches today the Linksys For the Win (FTW): Heroes of Newerth Launch Tournament. This online gaming tournament kicks off the newly released PC and online multiplayer game Heroes of Newerth, winner of the Independent Games Festival’s Audience Award at GDC 2010. The tournament starts on June 7, 2010, and is the latest in the ongoing Alienware Arena™ series presented by Alienware™, Dell's premier PC gaming brand representing premium power and performance for gamers and technology enthusiasts alike.

Participating gamers from across the United States and Canada in the Linksys FTW: Heroes of Newerth Launch Tournament will form teams and compete online for prizes and the championship title. The event will include both an invitation-only Elite Division (open to the top eight teams) and an Open Division with up to 264 teams, battling through stages of league and double-elimination play. The fight to conquer Newerth will end on August 19, 2010 with top teams in each division taking home a share of more than $5,000 in prizes, including Cisco’s Linksys E3000 High Performance Wireless-N Router for each player on the top Elite Division team.

“We’re excited to work alongside Cisco and Alienware to kick off this tournament in celebration of HoN’s official launch,” said Marc DeForest, CEO of S2 Games. “Competitive play is what HoN is all about, and our fans can expect to see more and more high-stakes tournaments coming from us as our community continues to grow.”

“The combination of Alienware, S2 Games and Cisco creates the ultimate gaming experience,” said Scott Kabat, Director of Marketing, Cisco Consumer Products. “We built our new Linksys E3000 router to provide the high quality performance, speed, and customization that gamers demand.”

Registration for the Linksys FTW: Heroes of Newerth Launch Tournament is free and open now to select residents of the United States and Canada at http://www.alienwarearena.com/event/linksys-hon/. Open Division team slots are limited, and will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.

For more information about Linksys E3000 High Performance Wireless-N Routers, including where to buy one, go to http://www.linksys.com/shopEseries

About Cisco
Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) is the worldwide leader in networking that transforms how people connect, communicate and collaborate, this year celebrates 25 years of technology innovation, operational excellence and corporate social responsibility. Cisco’s vision for the consumer is to enable people to live a connected life that is more personal, more social, and more visual. Further information about Valet can be found at www.thevalet.com. Further information about Cisco and its full line of consumer products including Linksys and Flip Video can be found at www.linksys.com, www.theflip.com, and www.cisco.com/consumer.

TEST the new hero, play on test client this weekend! screenshots inside

2010-05-07T16:31:00.000-07:00

2 New Heroes coming very soon. This is Balphagore and our community designed and voted upon strength hero. That is one big fist! From Heroes of Newerth Facebook

Hey guys, we've got a test client build going with *some* changes to match making (more coming), a new hero, and some other balance tweaks.

We're like to schedule a match making test for 5/5/2010 at 3pm PST (-8 GMT). Please download the test client and login at that time. The test server will be up tonight, but we'll be taking it down tomorrow until the test begins.

The test client can be located here:
http://dl2.heroesofnewerth.com/HoNTestClient-0.2.61.exe

Please note that many gameplay changes in these test clients are not final and should not be discussed outside of our test client feedback forum. We need 'warm bodies' to test match making, so if you don't have time to give feedback that's OK, but if you are interested please join us on IRC to obtain information as to how to access the private beta-beta forum.

IRC Server info
server: irc.s2games.com
ports: 6667
channel: #hon

Here's a preview of the new hero's ultimate, called "Hell on Newerth" (the enemy heroes in this screenshot are level 1):

Test client testing for the next patch, includes some matchmaking changes

2010-05-06T16:44:00.001-07:00

Current test client version : 0.2.61

Hey guys, we've got a test client build going with *some* changes to match making (more coming), a new hero, and some other balance tweaks.

We're like to schedule a match making test for 5/5/2010 at 3pm PST (-8 GMT). Please download the test client and login at that time. The test server will be up tonight, but we'll be taking it down tomorrow until the test begins.

The test client can be located here:
http://dl.heroesofnewerth.com/HoNTestClient-0.2.0.exe

Please note that many gameplay changes in these test clients are not final and should not be discussed outside of our test client feedback forum. We need 'warm bodies' to test match making, so if you don't have time to give feedback that's OK, but if you are interested please join us on IRC to obtain information as to how to access the private beta-beta forum.

IRC Server info
server: irc.s2games.com
ports: 6667
channel: #hon

[S2]Fielding

S2 Staff Member

Retail Release Date, Good bye Beta !

2010-04-28T07:39:00.001-07:00

Retail release date has been set. HoN's Open Beta will come to an end on Wednesday, May 12th @ 4:00pm EST, 2 weeks from today. It has been an amazing beta process and we appreciate the support of all our fans!

Read more about what Maliken said about this here :

Want To Steal A Nickname? Read This! (Retail Wed, May 12th)

Hello everyone,

The retail release of HoN is approaching. With that in mind, we will be opening up all NON PRE PURCHASED nicknames to anyone willing to purchase or who has already pre purchased the game.

You will simply visit a form, check the availability of a nickname, if the nickname is not taken or taken by a non pre purchased account, you will have the opportunity to KS it. That means if you are not pre purchased and want your nickname, I stronly suggest you buy HoN now to secure your it before this begins on:

Wednesday, May 5th @ 4:00pm EST (with retail following a week later Wed, May 12th @ 4:00pm EST)

The page to steal nicknames is at:

https://www.heroesofnewerth.com/ksNickname

You can pre purchase HoN at:

https://www.heroesofnewerth.com/purchase_account.php

We will email all our users with a Q&A style email regarding retail release and other things next week as well as post that information here. This is just an early early warning to give people the heads up! Buy now

[S2]Maliken

S2 Staff Member

Patch Version 0.3.5

2010-04-27T21:51:00.001-07:00

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- Fixed the 'terrain being black' bug

Items

- Tweaked effects on Frostfield Plate to better match the area (Thanks to Warchamp7)
- Kuldra's Sheep stick will now dispel stealth on its target
- Monkey Courier now has a three second cool down between purchases
- Nullfire Blade's purge no longer passes through Magic Immunity

Tablet of Command
- No longer be castable on Magic Immune units
- Cooldown lowered from 25s to 16s

Icebrand
- Reduced recipe cost by 200
- Now uses a Bolstering Armband rather than Fleetfeet
- Removed agility bonus, increased strength to +16 from +15
- The movement speed slow now lasts 2.5 seconds when wielded by a melee hero, still 1.5 seconds when wielded by ranged
- The slow now stacks in strength with consecutive applications
* Each attack applies a stacking 3% movement speed slow. Stacks a maximum of 5 times, for a 15% slow

Firebrand
- Reduced recipe cost by 200
- Now uses a Fleetfeet rather than Bolstering Armband
- Removed Strength bonus, increased agility to +16 from +15

Frostburn
- Total cost reduced by 400 (as a result of IceBrand and FireBrand changes)
- Agility and Strength bonuses lowered to +16 each (from +21)
- Attackspeed bonus lowered to +20 from +30
- The movement speed slow now lasts 3.5 seconds when wielded by a melee hero, 2.5 seconds when wielded by ranged
- The slow now stacks in strength with consecutive applications
* Each attack applies a stacking 3% movement speed slow. Stacks a maximum of 5 times, for a 15% slow

Heroes

Behemoth
- Tweaked Fissure's effects to improve performance

Chipper
- Delay on casting Tar Toss reduced to 0.25 seconds (from 0.4), projectile travel time increased to 0.75 seconds (from 0.35)
* Increases total delay on the impact by 0.25 seconds

Corruped Disciple
- Base damage changed to 44-48 from 44-52

Engineer
- Damage on Engineer's ult will no longer harm couriers or other splash-immune units

Fayde
- Guillotine is now renamed to Slice
* The mana destruction is now reduced based on the number of hero targets hit. Destroys 6/12/18/24% of maximum mana, minus 1/2/3/4% per additional target hit (hitting 2 targets would destroy 20% mana each, hitting 3 targets would destroy 16% mana, etc).
* Shadow Stance: Stuns for 1/1.5/2/2.5 s
* Scyth Stance: Burns Mana
- Burning Shadows
* Now travels 160 units farther
* Illusions now attack 1,2,3,4 times and deal 70 damage per attack
* Illusions are now smaller so they don't stack over heroes
* Illusions will now chase heroes properly
* Shadow Stance: Burns Mana instantly when they are hit (same % as Slice)
* Scythe Stance: Stuns
- Dark Shield removed. Replaced with Scythe Stance and Shadow Stance
* On use, switches between Shadow and Scythe Stance
* Starts in Scythe Stance
* No Manacost. 48/36/24/12s cooldown.
* Cannot switch Stances if either Slice or Burning Shadows are in cooldown
* Passive component: Blocks damage based on Stance. 50 damage per charge (max 1,2,3,4 charges, gains one charge every 10 seconds). Ignores damage less than 25.
* Blocks magic in Shadow Stance. Blocks physical in Scythe Stance
* Example: You have 4 charges and are in Shadow Stance. Get nuked by a 300 dmg nuke. All charges removed and nuke damage lowered to 100.
- Reflection reworked
* Still grants stealth and the seamless illusion. Manacost/cooldown/duration unchanged
* Illusion no longer gives experience to Fayde
* Applies 3 second DoT on attack from stealth and stealth is removed/illusion killed. No longer has extra stealth (exits stealth immediately).
* DoT no longer snares
* DoT damage set to 75/125/175 DPS. Deals Physical damage by default (in Scythe Stance), deals Magic damage in Shadow Stance.
* Invibility from the ult is not removed when changing between Shadow/Scythe Stances

Forsaken Archer
- Base damage tweaked to 44-50 from 40-51
- Call of the Damned can now be toggled to prevent skeletons from instantly spawning when killing units. Instead, it will build up charges which can be used at will to spawn skeletons at a later time.

Hellbringer
- Unholy Shackles attack + movement speed slow lowered to 20/30/40/50% from 30/40/50/60%
- Summon Malphas mana cost increased to 200/300/400 from 200/250/300

Ophelia
- Number of controllable creeps reduced to 1/1/2/3 from 1/2/2/3

Thunderbringer
- Fixed an issue causing the passive third ability to play an overly loud sound

of Heroes of Newerth

2010-04-27T16:32:00.001-07:00

For centuries, the Sacred Order has recognized
the “Flame-Touched,” those men and women filled
with a burning, if more than slightly mad, devotion
to Sol. Those Flame-Touched who serve in the Legion
are more commonly called Pyromancers for their
mastery over fire, and creatures strongly attuned
to that element.
Stats

Attack Type=Ranged
Attack Damage=37-55
Attack Range=600
Movementspeed=295
Turnrate=320
Armor=1.14
MagicArmor=5.5
Strength=18
Agility=16
Intelligence=19
Strength per level=1.5
Agility per level=1.5
Intelligence per level=3.2
Spells
Phoenix Wave

Pyromancer sends forth a phoenix
that damages enemies in a line.
Level 1 : Deals 100 magic damage to each target in a line.
Level 2 : Deals 170 magic damage to each target in a line.
Level 3 : Deals 230 magic damage to each target a line.
Level 4 : Deals 280 magic damage to each target a line.
Mana cost 90/105/125/140
Cooldown 9 seconds
Dragonfire

Pyromancer conjures a mighty elemental
fire dragon at a target location, damaging
and stunning enemies in an area.
Level 1 : Deals 90 magic damages and stuns each target in the radius for 1.6 seconds
Level 2 : Deals 150 magic damages and stuns each target in the radius for 1.6 seconds
Level 3 : Deals 210 magic damages and stuns each target in the radius for 1.6 seconds
Level 4 : Deals 280 magic damages and stuns each target in the radius for 1.6 seconds
Mana cost 90/100/110/125
Cooldown 10 seconds
Fervor

Pyromancer becomes further attuned
to the Flame, increasing his attack speed
and cast speed.
Level 1 : +10 Attack speed, +10 Cast speed
Level 2 : +20 Attack speed, +20 Cast speed
Level 3 : +30 Attack speed, +30 Cast speed
Level 4 : +40 Attack speed, +40 Cast speed
Mana cost n/a
Cooldown n/a
Ultimate
Blazing Strike

Using power granted from Sol, Pyromancer
hurls a blazing hot fireball at a target enemy,
dealing massive damage. This ability is boosted
by Staff of the Master.
Level 1 : Deals 450 magic damage to a target
Level 2 : Deals 675 magic damage to a target
Level 3 : Deals 950 magic damage to a target
Mana Cost 280/420/620
Cooldown 150/90/55 seconds

Jeriziah: Team Support Item and Skill Guide

2010-04-27T16:28:00.001-07:00

Jereziah: Team Support Strategy Build
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Jereziah is a melee hero combined with one of the best support skill sets in the game. A strength hero with a very strong AOE strike, Spell immunity, the best single target heal in the game, and even damage immunity AOE for nearby friendly units and himself. This guide will effectively give you the item set and ideas to lead your team to victory.

Skills
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Inner Light

Jereziah unleashes a nearby allied unit's Inner Light, healing them.
Nearby enemies are seared by the power of the Light, causing them to take damage. This is crucial for not only healing yourself and allies, but damaging enemy heroes and units. Early Mana items will also enable you to farm entire creep waves in seconds.

Action: Target Entity Type: Ally Units
Type: Magic
Range: 400
Radius: 250
Cast Time: 1.5 Seconds
Mana Cost: 100 / 120 / 140 / 160
Cooldown: 12.0 Seconds
Required Level: 1 / 3 / 5 / 7

Activation:
Heals target for 90 / 180 / 270 / 360 Health, damaging enemies in radius for 90 / 180 / 270 / 360 True damage. .

Protective Charm / Repel in DotA

Jereziah blesses an allied unit with protective charm that grants immunity to Magic, removes all debuffs, and grants a slight movement speed increase. Protective Charm differs a bit from the DotA Counterpart, it now has an added 10% speed buff. This is very important to get one level of this before level 5 to avoid ganks, to save your ally heroes, and as an escape mechanism. Also late game with 14 seconds of magic immunity you can be very hard to kill, especially if you cast protective charm on yourself or your team's carry then activate your ultimate "Sol's Blessing" which now makes your hero immuneto magic damage and physical damage for a short period of time. As you might have noticed from when I said 14 Seconds of immunity, yes, the cooldown is 20 and the ability lasts for 14. In DotA the cooldown is 20, and the ability lasts for 20.

Action: Target Entity Type: Ally Units
Range: 500
Cast Time: 1.5 Seconds
Mana Cost: 60 / 70 / 80 / 90
Cooldown: 20.0 Seconds
Required Level: 1 / 3 / 5 / 7

Activation:
Applies Protective Charm to target for 5 / 8 / 11 / 14 seconds.
Protective Charm Effects:
Immunity Type: MagicImmunity1
10% Movement Speed

Righteous Strike

A righteous anger builds up in Jereziah, allowing him to perform a Righteous Strike when attacking, dealing increased damage which splashes to nearby enemies and slows their movement speed briefly. Can only occur once every few seconds. This is very important for harassing your opponent in lane while last hitting creep. The bonus damage also gives increased opprotunity for last hitting creep.

Action: Passive
Cooldown: 15.0 / 12.0 / 9.0 / 5.0 Seconds
Required Level: 1 / 3 / 5 / 7

Applies 12 / 24 / 36 / 50 bonus Physical damage to next attack, and causes that attack to deal 100% Splash damage in a radius of 350, applying Righteous Strike to enemies for 3 seconds.
Righteous Strike Effects
50% movement speed slow initially, decreases to 0% over duration

Sol's Blessing

Jereziah calls upon the power of Sol to protect himself and his comrades. Sol blesses Jereziah and his nearby allies, causing them to take almost no Physical damage and receive high Health regeneration for a brief time. This is one of your best spells and can win battles for your team, especially combined with casting protective charm before.

Action: Self PositionType: Organic Ally Units
Type: Physical
Radius: 600
Cast Time: 1.0 Seconds
Mana Cost: 125 / 175 / 250
Cooldown: 150.0 Seconds
Required Level: 6 / 11 / 16

Activation:
Applies Sol's Blessing to targets in radius for 5 / 6 / 7 seconds.
Sol's Blessing Effects
25 Health Regeneration
1,000 Armor

Item Build
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Starting Items:

1 Gaurdian Ring (To make "Ring of Sorcery" later)
1 Runes of Blight
1 Crushing Claws
2 Minor totems
1 Mana potion

The Gaurdian Ring gives a light armor bonus, but more importantly is a step to an early Ring of Sorcery (Arcane Ring in DotA). The runes of blight are obviously for small HP regen if you are being harassed in lane, the 1 crushing claws gives you a minor strength bonus which adds a small HP and damage bonus, 2 minor totems are to keep your hero alive to save for the Pickled Brain at secret shop to make Ring of Sorcery, and a mana pot is obviously for mana if for some means you need to heal a few times in lane.

Early Game Items:

(*Red Steam boots not green)

1 Ring of Sorcery
1 Fortified Bracelet
1 Steamboots
(Make sure the Steamboots are Red, if it is not red click them until they change to red, you want Strength Based +10 STR)

Because you are playing as a team support hero, you will want to rush an early Ring of Sorcery which when activated "replenishes" you and your team around you with good boost of mana. A Fortified bracelet early game also gives you a good attribute bonus all around and Early game is very important for this hero. With Ring of Sorcery you can spam heal on each wave and use the item to give your mana back. It also works well to go in the jungle from time to time and make a little money on neutral camps. Steamboots is a no brainer, you get +10 strength which gives you +65 movespeed, 35% increase attack speed, plus bonus HP and Damage. If you are farming very well, you can skip steamboots and go for post haste which are boots of travel in DotA. On a Second note, you can get Enhanced marchers which work well with protective charm. Make sure you cast protective charm first before clicking enhanced marchers otherwise the protective charm takes off your speed buff!

Mid Game Items:

1 Mana Tube (Void Stone)
1 Blessed Orb (Ultimate Orb)
After getting these two items first, you can then farm for your Acolyte Staff which creates Totem of Kuldra (Guinsoo in DotA)

Totem allows you to moprh an enemy hero into a small critter in which moves very slow and cannot attack for a few seconds. This is very useful for your team and you really want to rush a Totem for mid game. This item will give you a good amount of stats for your hero, as well as a disable for the team. It gives you a solid amount of HP but more importantly you are really hard to kill since you can always disable a hero, cast protective charm on you or an ally and GTFO.

End Game Items:

1 Behemoth's Heart
1 Frostfield Plate

If you manage to not win mid game and have already gotten all of the above items these are items to seal the deal. These items are purely for making your hero more of a tank, and also gives you more hp/armor/damage and frostfiled plate lowers enemy attack speed around you, as well as has a clickable ability that slows enemy units and does a small nuke of damage to them.

Skill Build Order

1 Inner Light
2 Righteous Strike
3 Inner Light
4 Protective Charm
5 Inner Light
6 Sol's Blessing
7 Inner Light
8 Righteous Strike
9 Righteous Strike
10 Righteous Strike
11 Sol's Blessing
12 Protective Charm
13 Protective Charm
14 Protective Charm
15 Stats
16 Sol's Blessing
17-25 Stats

Notes
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This build and skillset is specifically for support, and can offer your team a huge advantage in team fights. A tip in battles, remember to heal allies in battle, if you repel someone make sure they will not need a heal in 14 seconds. It is always good to repel your squishy hero in battle, and let the tanks battle and get healed. For example, if you have a glacius on your team, it would be wise to cast protective charm on him and let him use his ultimate (the ice storm) while the others attack. The other team will be trying to focus glacius rather than focus on the fight.

Good Lane Partners for Jereziah
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HellBringer | Glacius | Demented Shaman

Heroes like Hellbringer, Glacius and Demented Shaman have slows and Nukes/Dots which make them a worthy lane partner for Jereziah's skill set. Also, if you lane with Glacius he can hold people in place with ice prison and you can walk up to them and cast heal on yourself; It's a very deadly combo and does a lot of damage. Not to mention glacius also gives you heightened Mana regen which is crucial on your hero. Demented Shaman and Hellbringer both have a Slow and a Damage over time spell that works well with Jereziah's ability to catch up and heal. Also Demented Shaman having a heal of his own is downright dirty with two heals in the lane. You want to stay away from laning with other melee heroes because they will be able to harass you easily, keep any of the three heroes in a lane with you, and you should be successful.

Complete Item List and Guide

2010-04-27T16:19:00.000-07:00

Items in Heroes of Newerth
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I will have the HoN names and DotA names up soon. I will also rework the requirements and prices for better viewing later. Updates will come soon.

Heroes Of Newerth Items are Orange. DotA items are green.

Accessories
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Crushing Claws - Guantlets of Strength: +3 Strength - 150 gold

Duck Boots - Slippers of Agility: +3 Agility - 150 gold

Mark of the Novice - Mantle of Intelligence: +3 Intelligence - 150

Minor Totem - Ironwood Branch: +1 All Attributes - 53 gold

Bolstering Armband - Belt of Giant Strength: +6 Strength - 450 gold

Fleetfoot - Boots of Elvenskin: +6 Agility - 450 gold

Apprentice's Robe - Robe of the Magi: +6 Intelligence - 450 gold

Pretenders Crown - Circlet of Nobility: +2 All Attributes - 185 gold

Mighty Blade - Ogre Axe: +10 Strength - 1000 gold

Quick Blade - Blade of Alacrity: +10 Agility - 1000 gold

Neophyte's Book - Staff of Wizardry: +10 Intelligence - 1000 gold

Blessed Orb - Ultimate Orb: +10 All Attributes - 2100 gold

Weapons

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Punch Dagger - Blades of Attack: +9 Damage - 500 gold

Broadsword - Broadsword: +18 Damage - 1200 gold

Bastard Sword - Claymore: +21 Damage - 1400 gold

Warhammer - Mithril Hammer: +24 Damage - 1610 gold

Helm of the Victim - Helm of Iron Will: +5 armor, +3 HP Regeneration - 950 gold

Iron Buckler - Stout Shield: +40% chance to block 30 damage - 300 gold

Steamstaff - Quarterstaff: +10 Damage, +10 Attack Speed - 900 gold

Halberd - Javelin: +21 Damage, 20% chance to deal 40 bonus damage - 1500 gold

Guardian Ring - Ring of Protection: +2 Armor - 175 gold

Ringmail - Chainmail: +5 Armor - 550 gold

Plate Mail - Plate Mail: +10 Armor - 1400 gold

Relics

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Gloves of the Swift - Gloves of Haste: +15 Attack Speed - 500 gold

Hungry Spirit - Mask of Death: +10% Life Steal - 900 gold

Trinket of Restoration - Ring of Regeneration: +2 HP Regeneration - 375 gold

Portal Key - Kelen's Dagger of Escape: Teleports up to 1200 distance way. Cannot be used if you have been damaged in the last 3 seconds. Cooldown: 18 - 2150 gold

Scarab - Sobi Mask: +50% Mana Regeneration - 325 gold

Marchers - Boots of Speed: +50 Movement Speed - 500 gold

Bound Eye - Gem of True Sight: Reveals nearby invisibile units. Drops upon death. - 750 gold

Mystic Vestments - Planeswalker's Cloak: +15% Magic Resistance - 650 gold

Supplies

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Mana Potion - Clarity Potion: Regenerates 100 mana over 30 seconds when used. Dispels on attack. - 50 gold

Healing Potion - Healing Salve: Heals 400 HP over 10 seconds on a friendly unit. 1 Charge. Dispels on attack. - 100 gold

Runes of the Blight - Ancient Tango of Essifation: Allows the bearer to consume a tree, restoring 115 hit points over 16 seconds. 3 charges. - 90 gold

Bottle - Empty Bottle: It can store healing water up to 3 uses, each healing 135 hitpoints and 70 mana over 3 seconds. Alternatively, it can be used to capture magical runes for up to 2 minutes. If a rune is captured, it refills itself. - 600 gold

Ward of Sight - Observer Wards: Drops a ward of sight to spy upon an area. Does not have True Sight. Lasts 6 minutes. Contains 2 charges. - 200 gold

Ward of Revelation - Sentry Wards: Drops a ward of revelation which gives true sight, revealing nearby invisible units. Has very limited natural vision by itself. Lasts 2 minutes. Contains 2 charges. - 200 gold

Dust of Revelation - Dust of Appearance: Reveals enemy invisibile units in an area around the Hero. Does not stack in inventory. Contains 2 charges. Lasts 12 Seconds. - 180 gold

Homecoming Stone - Scroll of Town Poral: Transports you to a friendly structure. Cooldown: 65 seconds. - 135 gold

Monkey Courier - Animal Courier: Creates a small fast unit that can carry items to and from your base. If it dies the items will fall to the ground. - 200 gold

Winged Courier - Flying Courier: Creates a small very fast flying unit that can carry items to and from your base. If it dies the items will fall to the ground. Has mahical immunity, hitpoints and armor. Cannot carry Gem. Can cast burst, courier shield, and upgrade for mana. - 400 gold

Secret Shop

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Axe of the Malphai - Messerschmidt's Reaver: +25 Strength - 3200 gold

Dancing Blade - Eaglehorn: +25 Agility - 3300 gold

Acolyte's Staff - Mystic Staff: +25 Intelligence - 2700 gold

Slayer - Demon Edge: +36 Damage - 2400 gold

Warped Cleft - Hyperstone: +55 Attack Speed - 2100 gold

Lifetube - Ring of Health: +5 HP Regeneration - 875 gold

Manatube - Void Stone: +100% Mana Regeneration - 875 gold

Sword of the High - Sacred Relic: +60 Damage - 3800 gold

Beast Heart - Vitality Booster: +250 Hit Points - 1100 gold

Pickled Brain - Energy Booster: +250 Mana - 1000 gold

Glow Stone - Point Booster: +200 Hit Points, +150 Mana - 1200 gold

Initiation

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Fortified Bracelet - Bracer: + 3 to Strength, +3 to All Attributes.
Components:
Crushing Claws - 150 gold
Pretender Crown - 185 gold
Fortified Bracelet Recipe - 175 gold
Total Price - 510 gold.

soulscream ring - Wraith Band: +3 Agility, +3 to All Attributes.
Components:
Duck Boots - 150 gold
Pretender Crown - 185 gold
Soulscream Ring Recipe - 125 gold
Total Price - 460 gold

Talisman of Exile - Null Talisman: +3 Intelligence, +3 to All Attributes.
Components:
Mark of the Novice - 150 gold
Pretender Crown - 185 gold
Talisman of Exile Recipe - 150 gold
Total Price - 485 gold

Great Arcana - Oblivion Staff: +10 Attack Speed, +15 Damage, +6 Intelligence, and +75% Mana Regeneration.
Components:
Steam Staff - 900 gold
Scarab - 325 gold
Apprentice Robes - 450 gold
Total Price - 1675 gold

Sustainer - Perserverance: +5 HP Regeneration, +125% Mana Regeneration.
Components:
Lifetube - 875 gold
Manatube - 875 gold
Total Price - 1750 gold

Whispering Helm - Helm of the Dominator: +5 Armor, +20 Damage, +15% Life steal, and ability to convert creeps. Cooldown: 300 seconds.
Components:
Hungry Spirit - 900 gold
Helm of the Victim - 950 gold
Total Price - 1850 gold

Alchemist's Bones - Hand of Midas: +30 Attack Speed and Ability to instantly turn creeps into gold. Cooldown: 100 seconds.
Components:
Gloves of the Swift - 500 gold
Alchemist's Bones Recipe - 1400 gold
Total Price - 1900 gold

Slash - Yasha: +16 Agility, +15 Attack Speed, and +10 Movement Speed.
Components:
Fleetfoot - 450 gold
Quickblade - 1000 gold
Slash Recipe - 800 gold
Total Price - 2250 gold

Enhanced Marchers - Phase Boots: +16 Damage, +7 armor, +70 Movement Speed. Can be cast to ignore unit pathing and give a movement speed increase for 5 seconds. Casting spells removes the buff. Cooldown: 10 seconds.
Components:
Marchers - 500 gold
Punch Dagger - 500 gold
Ringmail - 550 gold
Total Price - 1550 gold

Steam Boots - Power Treads: +65 Movement speed, 10 Strength, and +30 attack speed. Click to toggle stats.
Components:
Marchers - 500 gold
Gloves of the Swift - 500 gold
Bolstering Armband - 450 gold
Steam Boots Recipe - 400 gold
Total Price - 1850 gold

Post Haste - Boots of Travel: +90 Movement Speed and allows the hero to teleport to friendly non-hero unit. Cooldown: 60 seconds.
Components:
Marchers - 500 gold
Post Haste Recipe - 2200 gold
Total Price - 2700 gold

Supportive

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Ring of the Teacher - Ring of Basilius: +.65 Mana Regeneration Aura, +3 Armor Aura and +6 Damage.
Components:
Guardian Ring - 175 gold
Scarab - 325 gold
Total Price - 500 golD

Refreshing Ornament - Headdress of Rejuvenation: +2 to All Attributes and +2 HP Regeneration Aura.
Components:
Trinket of Restoration - 375 gold
Minor Totem - 53 gold
Refreshing Ornament Recipe - 225 gold
Total Price - 653 gold

Shield of Five - Nathrezim Buckler: +5 armor, +2 All Attributes. When activated, gives 2 bonus armor to neaby allied units. Cooldown: 25 seconds.
Components:
Ringmail - 550 gold
Minor Totem - 53 gold
Shield of Five Recipe - 200 gold
Total Price 803 gold

Ring of Sorcery - Arcane Ring: +3 Armor, and +300 Mana. When activated, restores 135 mana to an area around the caster. Cooldown: 35 seconds.
Components:
Guardian Ring - 175 gold
Pickled Brain - 1000 gold
Ring of Sorcery Recipe - 525 gold
Total Price - 1700 gold

Abyssal Skull - Vladmir's Offering: +16% Lifesteal Aura (melee), +.80 Mana Regeneration Aura, +5 Armor Aura, and +15% Damage Aura.
Components:
Ring of the Teacher - 500 gold
Hungry Spirit - 900 gold
Trinket of Restoration - 375 gold
Abyssal Skull Recipe - 300 gold
Total Price - 2075

Astrolabe - Mekansm: +5 All Attributes, +5 Armor, +3 HP Regeneration Aura. When Activated, +2 Armor/250HP AoE Heal. Will only heal units that do not have the effect buff already.
Components:
Refreshing Ornament - 653
Shield of Five - 803 gold
Astrolabe Recipe - 900
Total Price - 2364

Puzzle Box - Necronomicon: +24 Intelligence, +14 Strength, and the ability to summon 2 level 3 Minions with unique abilities. Cooldown: 90 seconds.
Components:
Neophytes Book - 1000 gold
Bolstering Armband - 450 gold
Puzzle Box Recipe - 1300 gold
Total Price - 2750, 4050, 5350 gold (Based on each upgrade)

Codex - Dagon: +20 Intelligence, +9 Damage, +3 to all Attributes, and a 800 damage Energy Burst. Cooldown: 24 seconds.
Components:
Neophytes Book - 1000 gold
Punch Dagger - 500 gold
Codex Recipe - 1350
Total Price - 2850, 4200, 5550, 6900, 8250 gold (Based on each upgrade)

Stormspirit - Eul's Scepter of Divinity: +16 Intelligence, +100% Mana Regeneration, +20 Movement Speed and Cyclone Ability (2.5.) Cooldown: 30 seconds.
Components:
Neophytes Book - 1000 gold
Manatube - 875 gold
Aprentices Robe - 450 gold
Stormspirit Recipe - 600 gold
Total Price - 2925 gold

Hellflower - Orchid Malevolence: +20 Intelligence, +40 Damage, +30% attack speed, +225% Mana Regeneration and to Soul Burn for 5 seconds. (Silences and Amplifies damage by 20%) Cooldown: 25 seconds.
Components:
Great Arcana - 1675 gold
Great Arcana - 1675 gold
Great Arcana - 1675 gold
Total Price - 5025 gold

Restoration Stone - Refresher Orb: +5 HP Regeneration, +40 Damage, +150% Mana Regeneration, and the ability to instantly refresh all ability cooldowns. Cooldown: 210 seconds.
Components:
Great Arcana - 1675 gold
Sustainer - 1750 gold
Recipe - 1875 gold
Total Price - 5300

Totem of Kuldra - Guinsoo's Scythe of Vyse: +35 Intelligence, +10 Agility, +10 Strength, +200% Mana Regeneration, and the ability to turn units into chattering teeth for 3.5 seconds. Cooldown: 35 seconds.
Components:
Acolytes Staff - 2700 gold
Blessed Orb - 2100 gold
Manatube - 875 gold
Total Price - 5675 gold

Protective

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Barbed Armor - Blade Mail: +22 Damage, +5 Armor, +10 Intelligence. When activated, any damage you take will be returned to enemy units. Lasts 4 seconds. Cooldown: 15 seconds.
Components:
Brioadsword - 1200 gold
Ringmail - 550 gold
Apprentices Robe - 450 gold
Barbed Armor Recipe - 500 gold
Total Price - 2700 gold

Helm of the Black Legion - Vanguard: +300 Hit Points, 5 HP regeneration, and 65% chance to block 40 damage.
Components:
Lifetube - 875 gold
Beast Heart - 1100 gold
Iron Buckler - 300 gold
Total Price - 2275 gold

Shaman's Headdress - Hood of Defiance: +30% Magic Armor, and +8 HP Regeneration.
Components:
Mystic Vestments - 650 gold
Helm of the Victim - 950 gold
Trinket of Restoration - 375 gold
Trinket of Restoration - 375 gold
or
Lifetube - 875 gold
Total Price - 2250 gold

Icon of the Goddess - Soul Booster: +450 Hit Points, +400 Mana, 10% Mana Regeneration, and +1 HP Regeneration.
Components:
Beast Heart - 1100 gold
Glow Stone - 1200 gold
Pickled Brain - 1000 gold
Total Price - 3300 gold

Assasin's Shroud - Loathar's Edge: +38 Damage, +10 attack speed, and a 9 second invisibility that grants +20% movement speed. Cooldown: 20 seconds.
Components:
Warhammer - 1610 gold
Steamstaff - 900 gold
Assasin's Shroud Recipe - 1100 gold
Total Price - 3610 gold

Shrunken Head - Black King Bar: +10 Strength, +24 Damage, and Immune to Magic ability, lasts 9 seconds. Cooldown: 75 seconds.
Components:
Mighty Blade - 1000 gold
Warhammer - 1610 gold
Shrunken Head Recipe - 1300 gold
Total Price - 3910 gold

Frostfield Plate - Shiva's Guard: +30 Intelligence, +15 Armor, -25% attack speed aura. Emits a blast of ice upon Activation, slowing movement speed by 40% for 4 seconds and dealing 200 damage. Cooldown: 30 seconds.
Components:
Platemail - 1400 gold
Acolytes Staff - 2700 gold
Frostfield Plate Recipe - 600 gold
Total Price - 4700 gold

Sacraficial Heart - Bloodstone: +450 Hit Points, +400 Mana, +200% Mana Regeneration, +6 HP Regeneration. You gain 2 hp/mp extra regren per second for each charge. When you die this restores 450hp/400 mana to neaby allies. You respawn faster and lose less gold (Better if you have charges.) While dead you gain XP and vision in that area.
Components:
Icon of the Goddess - 3300 gold
Sustainer - 1750 gold
Total Price - 5050 gold

Null Stone - Linken's Sphere: +15 to all Attributes, +6 HP regeneration, +150% mana regeneration, and blocks a spell every 20 seconds.
Components:
Sustainer - 1750 gold
Blessed Orb - 2100 gold
Null Stone Recipe - 1325 gold
Total Price - 5175 gold

Behemoth's Heart - Heart of Tarrasque: +35 Strength, +300 Hit Points, +1% HP Regeneration.
Components:
Axe of the Malphai - 3200 gold
Beast Heart - 1100 gold
Behemoth's Heart Recipe - 1200 gold
Total Price - 5500 gold

Daemonic Breast Plate - Assault Cuirass: +10 Armor, +5 armor aura, -5 armor aura, +40 Attack Speed, and +15 Attack Speed Aura.
Components:
Plate Mail - 1400 gold
Warpcleft - 2100 gold
Ringmail - 550 gold
Daemonic Breast Plate Recipe - 2000 gold
Total Price - 6050 gold
Symbol of Rage - Satanic: +25% Life steal, +25 Strength, +5 Armor. When activated, grants you +15% Life steal, and +30 damage. Lasts 20 seconds. Cooldown: 50 seconds.
Components:
Whispering Helm - 1850 gold
Axe of the Malphai - 3200
Symbol of Rage Recipe - 1100 gold
Total Price - 6150 gold

Combative

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Eldar Parasite - Mask of Madness: +17% Life Steal. When activated, adds 75% attack speed, 15% movement speed, and 20% extra damage dealt at the end of the duration based on the damage you took. Cooldown: 25 seconds.
Components:
Hungry Spirit - 900 gold
Eldar Parasite Recipe - 1050 gold
Total price - 1950 gold

Riftshards - Crystalys: +35 Damage and had a 10% critical strike for 1.75x damage.
Components:
Broadsword - 1200 gold
Punch Dagger - 500 gold
Riftshards Recipe - 500 gold
Total Price - 2200 gold

Insanitarius - Armlet of Mordiggian: +9 Damage, +15 attack speed, +5 armor, and +3hp regeneration. When Active grants the wearer unholy strength. Cooldown: 10 seconds.
Components:
Helm of the Victim - 950 gold
Gloves of the Swift - 500 gold
Punch Dagger - 500 gold
Insanitarius Recipe - 900 gold
Total Price - 2850 gold

Runed Axe - Battle Fury: +65 Damage, +150 Mana Regeneration, +6 HP Regeneration and 35% cleaving attack in a 225 AoE.
Components:
Bastard Sword - 1400 gold
Broadsword - 1200 gold
Sustainer - 1750 gold
Total Price - 4350 gold

Mock of Brilliance - Radiance: +60 Damage, 8% Evasion, and damages nearby units for 35 Damage a second.
Components:
Sword of the High - 3800 gold
Mock of Brilliance Recipe - 1525 gold
Total Price - 5325 gold

Savage Mace - Monkey King Bar: +80 Damage, +15 Attack Speed, and 35% chance to deal 100 bonus damage on every attack stopping channeling spells.
Components:
Halberd - 1500 gold
Halberd - 1500 gold
Slayer - 2400 gold
Total Price - 5400 gold

Flayer - Buriza-do Kyanon: +75 Damage and +20% critical Strike for 2.2x damage.
Components:
Slayer - 2400 gold
Riftshards - 2200 gold
Flayer Recipe - 1200 gold
Total Price - 5800 gold

Wingbow - The Butterfly: +30 Agility, +30 Damage, +30 Attack Speed, +30% Evasion. Components:
Dancing Blade - 3300 gold
Steam Staff - 900 gold
Wingbow Recipe - 1800 gold
Total Price - 6000 gold

Staff of the Master - Aghanim's Scepter: +30 Intelligence, +500 Hit Points, +500 mana, and Improves your Ultimate.
Components:
Acoltyes Staff - 2700 gold
Icon of the Goddess - 3300 gold
Total Price - 6000 gold

Doombringer - Divine Rapier: +200 Damage and drops upon death.
Components:
Slayer - 2400 gold
Sword of the High - 3800 gold
Total Price - 6200 gold

Morph Attack

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Hack - Sange: +16 Stength, +15% chance on hit to slow target, reducing movement speed and +10 damage.
Components:
Mighty Blade - 1000 gold
Bolstering Armband - 450 gold
Hack Recipe - 800 gold
Total Price - 2250 gold

Brutalizer - Cranium Basher: +30 Damage, +3 Strength, and has a 25% (10% for ranged) chance to Bash for 25 damage and stunning for 1.1 seconds. Has a 2 second cooldown. Does not stack with other bash passives.
Components:
Halberd - 1500 gold
Crushing Claws - 150 gold
Brutalizer Recipe - 1460 gold
Total Price - 3110 gold

Thunder Claw - Maelstrom: +25 Damage, +6 Agility, and a 20% chance to release a 150 damage chain lightning.
Components:
Fleetfoot - 450 gold
Bastard Sword - 1400 gold
Thunder Claw Recipe - 1400 gold
Total Price - 3250 gold

Nullfire Blade - Diffusal Blade: +22 Agility, +6 Intelligence, and feedback (Burns 26 mana) and can cast purge. Cooldown: 12 seconds.
Components:
Quick Blade - 1000 gold
Quick Blade - 1000 gold
Apprentices Robe - 450 gold
Nullfire Blade Recipe - 850 gold
Total Price - 3300 gold

Shield Breaker - Desolator: +60 Damage and reduces the armor of enemies you attack by 6.
Components:
Warhammer - 1610 gold
Warhammer - 1610 gold
Shield Breaker Recipe - 1200 gold
Total Price - 4420 gold

Hack and Slash - Sange and Yasha: +16 agility, +16 Strength, +15 attack speed, +15% chance to slow target, +12 Damage, +12% movement speed. Movement bonus does not stack with slash. Components:
Hack - 2250 gold
Slash - 2250 gold
Hack and Slash Recipe - 500 gold
Total Price - 5000 gold

Geometer's Bane - Manta Style: +30 Agility, +6 Intelligence, +250 Hit Points, and Mana Burn( Burns 60 Mana), and allows you to create 2 illusions of yourself that deal 40% damage and recieve 300% damage. Cooldown: 40 seconds.
Components:
Nullfire Blade - 3300 gold
Beast Heart - 1100 gold
Geometer's Bane Recipe - 1400 gold
Total Price - 5800 gold

Charged Hammer - Mjollnir: +35 Agility, +35 Damage, and a 20% chance to release a 200 damage chain lightning. When static charge buff is placed on friendly unit, has a 20% chance to do 200 damage, can only deal damage once per second. Cooldown: 40 seconds.
Components:
Thunder Claw - 3250 gold
Dancing Blade - 3300 gold
Total Price - 6550 gold

Frostwolf's Skull - Eye of Skadi: +25 to all Attributes, +200 Hit Points, +150 Mana and grants a Frost Attack.
Components:
Blessed Orb - 2100 Gold
Blessed Orb - 2100 Gold
Glow Stone - 1200 Gold
Frostwolf's Skull Recipe - 1250 gold
Total Gold - 6650 gold
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Courtesy to Hucklecat @ forums.heroesofnewerth.com

DREAM - The Mysterious Future HoN Project

2010-04-26T17:38:00.001-07:00

Finally is there anything else you wish to say about Heroes of Newerth?

We have a very exciting program and direction for HoN being announced soon. We call it DREAM and details will be released in the next couple of weeks. Lastly, I'd like to thank all of our fans. We could not be happier with their support and excitement for our product. I appreciate the chance to chat with you, John and thanks for the opportunity to be on Big Download, I'm a big fan!

So check this out : http://dream.heroesofnewerth.com/open/index.php
See the thread about this : http://forums.heroesofnewerth.com/showthread.php?t=110332

picture of a S2logo-esque picture of a brain with wings

Interview about HoN Upcoming Launch Plans

2010-04-26T14:40:00.001-07:00

Interview: S2 Games' co-founder talks about Heroes of Newerth's upcoming launch plans
With the launch of the open beta for Heroes of Newerth, it seems that the game is in the home stretch of its mainline development. How do you and the team feel about the game now that it's almost ready to be launched in a commercial form?

We feel the game is feature complete (as is), stable, and content rich. However, we will operate Heroes of Newerth as a service. This means that the game will never really be finished. We plan to constantly make updates with new heroes, items, and features. As long as there is significant enough demand (which thus far has proven to not be a problem) we will continue to expand HoN's offerings.

Heroes of Newerth has received very little publicity and press from the mainline game media yet the beta has, by your numbers, brought in over 2 million registered players and 55,000 concurrent players. Why do you think there has been so much player support for the game? Is it the connection to Defense of the Ancients or something more?

DotA is an extremely popular game that was missing key features. It was always our intention to try and ease the pain of playing the game. The fact that we are fanatic gamers and huge fans of the genre, we had a good understanding of what would be welcomed additions to an extremely popular game as a stand alone client. We also heavily harnessed the use of social networking and word of mouth advertising. Good games will sell themselves, good games in a popular genre sell that much more.

Another game inspired by Defense of the Ancients, League of Legends, switched to a free-to-play system a few months before it went live. However Heroes of Newerth is sticking with a $30 retail price. Are you comfortable with that business model and how many of the people who have played the beta are expected to pay for the full version?

We have planned all along to offer a one price, play as much as you want option. We are very comfortable with this business model and it appears our players are as well. HoN is a very addicting game and our player population is growing very consistently and very rapidly. These are both signs that people who play the game, enjoy the game. The prices of everything, including video games, are constantly going up. Who wouldn't pay $30 for 100's of hours of entertainment? It's an absolute bargain. We would hope that 25% of testers will continue on to retail.

Can you give us an idea of how many people have already pre-ordered the full version of the game at this point?

Approximately 80,000 accounts have pre purchased to date.

The game is one of the few that will be released on PC, Mac and Linux. How hard was it to get the game running on all three operating systems?

If you make the commitment to release your game on all 3 platforms, it is just business as usual. This is S2's 3rd title and all 3 of our games have been for PC, Mac, & Linux. I'd like to send a shoutout to WhiteDwarf for being as awesome as he is for helping us achieve this!

Are there any plans to release a free demo of the game after the full version has launched?

We will have a trial system and free weekend play. We will work with partner sites to deliver trial keys (very similar to how we operated the closed beta) which will allow players to make an account and play a limited amount of games. We will also distribute trial keys to our paid players for hitting certain achievements in the game. Lastly, we will offer free to play weekends from time to time to allow new people a chance to play.

Will the game's mod and editing tools be released alongside the game and if so how will distribution of third party mods and maps be handled?

We will distribute the map editor and SDK sometime after release with more details to come.

After the game's full commercial release will S2 Games continue to add maps, heroes and other content to the game and if so will they be charging a fee for those add-ons?

As I had stated earlier, we plan to operate HoN as a service adding new content. While we plan to consistently add a lot of content for free, this doesn't proclude us from creating add-ons / expansions. We have no formal details for a paid expansion at this time.

Assuming Heroes of Newerth is successful in sales does S2 Games have any other game projects in the works and if so can you give us some hints about what may be in the future?

We have multiple plans for the future, each viable for their own reasons. Depending on how things play out with HoN and other conditions in the market will determine how we steer the ship. The good news is the future looks very bright and exciting for S2 and all our fans. We hope to continue to develop the deliver high quality products for years to come, including additional variants to the HoN-style gameplay ;)

Finally is there anything else you wish to say about Heroes of Newerth?

We have a very exciting program and direction for HoN being announced soon. We call it DREAM and details will be released in the next couple of weeks. Lastly, I'd like to thank all of our fans. We could not be happier with their support and excitement for our product. I appreciate the chance to chat with you, John and thanks for the opportunity to be on Big Download, I'm a big fan!

See it originally here : http://news.bigdownload.com/2010/04/22/interview-s2-games-co-founder-talks-about-heroes-of-newerths/

MYM announces HoN PriDe Tournament with partnership from S2 Games

2010-04-26T14:37:00.000-07:00

MYM announces HoN PriDe Tournament with partnership from S2 Games

MYM is proud to announce our recent partnership with S2 Games and Peregrine to launch a series of international HoN PriDe Tournaments. myMYM will also be providing coverage and the latest news from the HoN competitive scene.
myMYM is proud to announce our support for the Heroes of Newerth international community with the launch of the HoN PriDe Tournament Series, sponsored by S2 Games and Peregrine exclusively in myMYM.com. We will also be providing our readers with up to date news and coverage of all major HoN LAN events and online tournaments in the very near future. Stay tuned for some very exciting announcements in the upcoming days!
HoN currently has one of the fastest growing communities, having gone from 250,000 active beta accounts to over 2 million since the Open Beta launch on March 31st. If you haven’t had a chance to try it and are interested in competing in this tournament, click HERE to create a free account and decide for yourself.
This tournament will be open to the public and hundreds of teams will be able to participate and prove their might in the competitive scene. Register HERE on our website now and follow us for the latest announcement and news directly from the competitive HoN scene.
Full details of the tournament structure and rules will be announced soon, but for now we’d like to give you a sneak peak at the current prize list:

First prize	$5000 + 5 Peregrine Gloves
Second prize	$2500 + 5 Peregrine Gloves
Third prize	$1300 + 5 Peregrine Gloves
Top 16 playoffs	$200 each

myMYM is also seeking out HoN enthusiasts to join our team. We are looking for dedicated individuals in these available positions:

Editor
- In-depth knowledge of the HoN scene and competitive players.
- Formal writing skills and a good understanding of the English language
Matchticker admins
- Extremely active and enthusiast about the scheduling of the games and making a matchticker of games.
Tournament and match admins
- Helping the head admin to ensure the tournament runs smoothly.
- Must have good management skills, neutral and be well-mannered at all times. (http://www.mymym.com/en/news/18496.html)

Heroes of Newerth - Fan Made Wallpaper

2010-04-24T15:10:00.001-07:00

Lately, because it's near to 2010, I see no good updates from the forum also S2Crew about Heroes of Newerth, I think they're busy for the Open Beta, so I suddenly amazed by the fan made wallpaper, and the other fan media.
I posted some of them here, hope you guys love it.

Duskre's Wallpaper

Bullbaz's Wallpaper

And also there's funny fan made video(.swf) about Ophelia's skill, you guys must watch it :
http://megaswf.com/view/07114ad221f13412eb2877ebd96c9d5c.html

Also, another good artist for me, she created Arachna and Devourer picture, so cool, check on her blog :
http://maxrambaldi.blogspot.com
she also made some good t-shirts of HoN..

Also scout's flash game(posted before)
http://nigglas.de/upload/hon/scout/

Patch Version 0.3.4.0 - 1 Changelogs

2010-04-24T06:03:00.000-07:00

Version 0.3.4.1
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- Fixed Fayde's tooltip for Reflection to correctly state that the Illusion is killed when she lands her first attack from stealth.
- Fixed Fayde's model to not be a teapot. Sorry if you like teapots.
- Fixed the hero overlay 'sticking'

Version 0.3.4
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General

- Life Steal items, except for Abyssal Skull, are now exclusive attack modifiers (will not stack with Frostburn, Frostwolf's Skull, etc)
- Dominating neutral creeps (using Ophelia or Whispering Helm) will no longer cause the dominated creep's camp to stack less than 3 times total
- A Doombringer can no longer be ~~dropped manually~~, killed, transferred to your stash, sold, or held by a courier / Wildsoul bear. Once someone buys a Doombringer, it's in the game for good!
* NOTE: This means that if you buy a Doombringer on a courier / Wildsoul bear, then it will immediately drop the Doombringer. Beware!

(Note: Next patch, Doombringer will no longer be able to be dropped on the ground except when you die.)

- Matchmaking will now sort players from top to bottom according to SMR
- Fixed an issue where the loading race number carries over to the next game, it should be reset properly each match now
- Right clicking images for the various game mode/options on the "Join Game" notification should now close the notification properly
- "Official" and "Official - No Stats" icons properly appear in the first column in the game browser now with their appropriate tooltip
- Hovering over locked or unlocked slots in the game lobby will display the appropriate "Locked" or "Unlocked" tooltip now
- Fixed the Jail Bars appearing mis-aligned when a player is locked on the Hellbourne side in the game lobby
- Fixed the right click host visible menu appearing half cut-off if used on the Hellbourne side of the game lobby
- Added an tooltip to the host's lock/unlock button indicating that slots can not be locked in the "Auto Balanced" game mode
- Empty hero picker icons no longer react to mouseover/clicks as if they're active

- Fixed an issue where players who tried to add friends during the first few days of open beta experienced issues trying to request new friends got a message indicating they had already requested them and needed to wait. They should no longer need to wait any longer than 60 seconds to re-request their a friend
- Fixed an issue where certain players would always be flagged with a PSR of "N/A", resulting in 100% win chance for their team
- The notification history now adds the most recent notifications to the top of the list
- Fixed a small animation on the effect indicators
- Fixed a bug which caused music to not loop
- Removed that non working update button
- Sending buddy/clan whispers to players in /afk mode will no longer return a response indicating that the player was AFK with the reason
- If a player wishes to not see buddy/clan whispers they can use /dnd mode and it will stop those messages from being delivered to them

- Startup.cfg fixes (credit to Notausgang)
* SetSave is now properly quoted and escaped
* BindButton, BindImpulse, etc is now properly escaped
* Alias is now properly quoted and escaped

UI modding enhancements (credit to Notausgang/Tisser):
- Added new UI function IsEnabled. (Credit to Tisser)
- Added a new UI function EscapeString(str). It scans the input string for any \ or ' characters and adds a backslash before them
* Don't do this twice to the same string! That will likely cause the result to be invalid
- Added new UI_CMD() AddTemplateListItemWithSortReversed() that takes the same parameters as AddTemplateListItemWithSort() but adds the newest elements to the top of the list instead of the end (so the newest item appears at the top of the widget.)

Items

Barbed Armor
- Fixed it returning damage to owners of gadgets that deal damage (Voodoo's Ward, Defiler Spirits, etc)

Hellflower
- Damage multiplier is now constant while the effect is on them (+20%), not a burst at the end
- Now perplexes

Mock of Brilliance
- Damage will not be dealt if a Courier holds the Mock

Nomes Wisdom
- Recipe cost increased to 600 from 260

Restoration Stone
- Now properly gives the sum of it's parts in bonuses

Savage Mace
- Damage increased to 88 (proper sum of it's parts)

Heroes

New Hellbourne Agi Hero Fayde

Armadon
- Sped up the quills for his quill spray

Behemoth
- Fixed Announcer

Blacksmith
- Fixed a small Multicast issue

Chipper
- Reduce walk noises by 66%
- Tweak footsteps, more organic sounding
- Mana cost of rockets set to 50/60/70/85 from 50/65/80/95
- Hitting a target with rockets within 175 units will now deal full damage, rather than half
- Tar Toss is now Physical instead of Magic, but can be removed by Purge, Shrunken Head activation, etc
- Reworked Focus Buffer
* Now absorbs 150/300/450/600 Magic damage
* Buff lasts 20 seconds
* 20 second cooldown
- Sawblade Showdown can now be boosted by Staff of the Master
* Increases range to 1000 from 700
* Applies a 70% snare to all enemies inside of the saws

Corrupted Disciple
- Recommended Item tweaks

Engineer
- Fixed the turret sometimes not being able to fire the last 2 shots of the burst
- Fixed the turret not using 1/16th of its mana per shot when it got more mana

Pharaoh
- Tormented Soul no longer draws on the minimap

Slither
- Ward health lowered to 60/110/160/210

Swiftblade
- Movespeed lowered by 5

Torturer
- Radius of the stun is now consistent across all levels at 225

Valkyrie
- Call of the Valkyrie cast time reduced from 1.33s to 0.6s

Madman - Mini Guide

2010-04-23T21:13:00.001-07:00

[Madman] .madman (0.3.3)

Skill Build
1 - Stalk
2 - Barel Roll
3 - Stalk
4 - Barell Roll
5 - Barell Roll
6 - Stalk
7 - Barell Roll
8 - Stalk
9 - Berserk
10 - Gash
11 - Berserk
12 - Gash
13 - Gash
14 - Gash
15 - Stats
16 - Berserk
17 - Stats+

Justification / Modifications:
Stalk is nice for early Harassing and you won't be able to support the Mana for Barrel Roll early on. Thus we get Stalk 2 first. Later with Bottle and Power Supply you can Barrel Roll more often and the Mana Cost for Barrel Roll at level 1 and 4 are the same. This is why we max it first.
As of 0.3.0 you can take Berserk as soon as you maxxed out Stalk and Barell Roll.

Starting Items:
Runes of Blight, Healing Potion, Mana Potion, Logger's Hatchet, 2x Minor Totem

You can get a naked Bottle if you start solo mid. Lasthit into Harass a lot with Stalk if you do that.

Core:
Bottle >> Power Supply >> Steam Boots

You need Bottle and Power Supply. Spamming his Spells make Madman such a dominant early and midgame hero. He has low mana and manaregen as you would expect from an agi hero so consider setting steamboots on int for now. Ghost Marchers are trash as you move much faster with stalk and they do break stalk slowing you down.

After Core:
1. Runed Axe is the most popular choice, especially in pubs. It solves a lot of your mana problems and allows you to easily farm up the rest of your carry gear.
2. Shrunken Head is mandatory on Madman. In higher levels of play you will even get this before Runed Axe, but usually you will be fine to get it after.
3. Whispering Helm and later Symbol of Rage is the next Item (consider some ancient stacking in between).
4. Savage Mace is the late game dps item of choice due to synergy with your ult.

Alternative Items :
- Hellflower solves all your mana problems you will ever have while providing a very useful debuff for Madman. You will see this item a lot in higher level play as it can take out a hero like Plague Rider or Soulstealer before they get off their ultimate.

Information
Roles: Hard-Carry, Ganker
Prefered Lane: Any. Solid mid.
Difficulty: 3 - Medium
Farming capabilities: 4 - Good
Item dependancy: 4 - Heavy
Power:
- Early Game / Lane Control: 4 - Strong (His spells are excellent for harrassing...)
- Mid Game / Ganks: 4 - Strong (... and for farming purposes)
- Late Game / Team Fights: 5 - Very Strong (Capable Hard-Carry if well farmed)

30-Seconds-Guide
- Stalk behind the target and auto attack for 2-3 hits until they're on the side, barrel roll, animation cancel till you're in front. Stalk should be up by then. Rinse and repeat.
- Once one of the teams initiates, you should focus on stunning their whole team with a BR to start, and then Berserk and beat on whatever INT disabler/nuker is closest to you.
- Use your ult early (before the fight/gank), it lasts very long.

Counters:
- Mana Battery/Power Supply has to be gotten early if laning against Madman.
- Early to Mid Game his damage will be mostly magical. Later Physical. Barbed Armor is good if he goes for pure damage (Runed Axe into Savage Mace)

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2010-04-23T21:04:00.000-07:00

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2010-04-22T23:26:00.000-07:00

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Chronos mini Guide

2010-04-22T15:38:00.001-07:00

[Chronos] .chronos .faceless void (0.3.3)

Skill Build
1 - Time Leap
2 - Rewind
3 - Time Leap
4 - Curse of Ages
5 - Time Leap
6 - Chronofield
7 - Time Leap
8 - Curse of Ages
9 - Curse of Ages
10 - Curse of Ages
11 - Chronofield
12 - Rewind
13 - Rewind
14 - Rewind
15 - Stats
16 - Chronofield
17 - Stats+

Justification / Modifications:
Escape, Nuke and Chase in one ability. Time Leap is superb and has to be maxed first. The first level of rewind gives you +10% chance to backtrack while each following level only gives 5%. Therefore we get that first level asap. Its much better than stats.
After that Curse of Ages is maxxed to increase your Lane presence.

Starting Items:
Runes of Blight, Healing Potion, Logger's Hatchet, 3x Minor Totem

Core:
(Iron Shield >>) Lifetube >> Steamboots >> Runed Axe >> Elder Parasite

Runed Axe is a very good staple item for Chronos. To get the most out of it build it asap. Get an Iron Shield if the lane is hard and you most likely also want an early Lifetube. Then build Steamboots and finish Runed Axe. If you have 3 or more hard carries on your team I strongly suggest you skip runed axe and go straight for Elder Parasite (because you will not have enough lanes/forest to farm with so many carries thus making Runed Axe a lot less effective).
Also undisputed core is Elder Parasite, giving you the very effective attack speed to steal agility and bash under Chronofield. Some prefer to get Elder Parasite before Runed Axe; I usually don't.

After Core:
Frostburn >> Savage Mace >> Riftshards (>> Shrunken Head)

Frostburn is essential for some stats (especially HP). You *can* replace it with Shieldbreaker if your farm is really really good. Get a Heart at any time if you feel the need for it. Geometers Bane is no good on the new Chronos. Shrunken is very situational (more so than on other heroes). Usually you can eliminate the main threat in your chrono field. Should you still get CCd/Nuked to fast after Chrono field you can consider Shrunken.

Information
Roles: Hard-Carry
Prefered Lane: Short
Difficulty: 3 - Medium (There is a huge difference between Chronofield and well placed and timed Chronofield)
Farming capabilities: 2 - Weak (Good Base Damage)
Item dependancy: 5 - Very Heavy
Power:
- Early Game / Lane Control: 2 - Weak (Time Leap is pretty darn awesome)
- Mid Game / Ganks: 1 - Very Weak (Needs a lot of farm)
- Late Game / Team Fights: 5 - Very Strong (One of the most potent Carries)

30-Seconds-Guide
- This hero needs a lot of farm, and he is not very good at it. After the laning phase go to the lane pushed the least and ask your teammates to leave so you can "static farm" (farming while counter-pushing the lane to stay safe).
- Try to place the Chronofield to trap your enemies right at the edge of the sphere. This way your melee allies can still attack them.
- Always carry a Homecoming Stone when farming so you can Time Leap into the forest and TP out when you get ganked.

Counters:
- One Word: Barbed Armor. Chronos will instagib himself when he attacks you into Barbed Armor when he has Elder Parasite on.- Don't let him free-farm. It's not easy to gank him due to time leap but try to not let him solo farm a lane. Scaring him away is enough. A few coordinated ganks during the mid game will significantly hurt him.

Slither Mini Guide

2010-04-22T15:37:00.001-07:00

[Slither] .venomancer .slither .hydra (0.3.3)

Skill Build
1 - Poison Spray
2 - Toxin Ward
3 - Toxin Ward
4 - Toxicity
5 - Toxin Ward
6 - Poison Burst
7 - Toxin Ward
8 - Poison Spray
9 - Poison Spray
10 - Poison Spray
11 - Poison Burst
12 - Toxicity
13 - Toxicity
14 -Toxicity
15 - Stats
16 - Poison Burst
17 - Stats+

Justification / Modifications:
Get one level of Poison Spray and Toxicity for the slow and regen debuff but max wards first as they greatly help you pushing/creeping/scouting and even ganking. The build is kinda flexible, you can change it as you like but always have all 3 spells at level 4!! Some guidelines: With a gankheavy lane (usually paired with a stunner) you can max Poison Spray for early kills. With a very push heavy team (defiler, ophelia, etc.) always max wards first and assist in tower pushing. And finally Toxicity can be maxed first if you play in middle as you most likely wont get early kills with Spray and Toxicity helps you a lot for lane control by harassing.

Starting Items:
Monkey Courier, Runes of Blight, Healing Potion, 2x Mana Potion, 2x Minor Totem

Core:
Power Supply >> Wards of Sight >> Ghost Marchers >> 1-2x Soulscream Rings OR Fortified Bracelets

If someone else gets a courier, buy Wards instead. Your job is to keep the Wards up so keep buying them! This is always more important than your core items! Ghost Marchers are decent to chase poisoned enemies down. They are slowed by at least 10% so you can keep up to most heroes with Ghost Marchers. It's also good for positioning your ultimate in team fights before you get Shroud or Portal Key. Soulscream Rings can be replaced by Fortified Bracelets as you see fit.

After Core:
Optional: Nome's Wisdom. Depending on your playstyle Slither can be quite Mana Hungry. Nome's is the best solution for that as it provides a very valuable aura for the rest of your team. Only consider it if noone else builds it.
1. Staff of the Master because Poison Burst is what you bring to Teamfights.
2. Assassins Shroud or Portal Key for better Ultimate positioning and survivability. Rule of Thumb: The higher skill level your opponents have the more you want Portal Key. Get one; don't get both.
3. If you are here you most likely did something wrong. You should never reach this point in a normal game unless you "forgot" to buy wards or went farming instead of ganking.

Information
Roles: Babysitter, Initiator, Roamer, Wardhoe
Prefered Lane: Any
Difficulty: 1 - Very Easy
Farming capabilities: 3 - Decent
Item dependancy: 2 - Low
Power:
- Early Game / Lane Control: 4 - Strong (Good Harassing, even with auto attacks)
- Mid Game / Ganks: 3 - Medium (Very Powerful ult in ganks and teamfights)
- Late Game / Team Fights: 2 - Weak (Usually not played as a carry)

30-Second-Guide
- Gank, gank, and gank. Buy items that will help you gank, these include homecoming stones, Ghost Marchers, Power Supply and wards.
- Always have enough mana for the Poison spray+burst combo if Poison burst is not on cooldown. The combo takes 320 mana at level 6, 335 mana at level 7, 435 mana at level 11, and 535 mana at level 16.
- Set up Toxic Wards behind you and to your sides when pushing for scouting purposes. They have a 1400 Vision Range. Even at night!
- You can block paths with Toxic Wards.

Counters:
- Power Supply is an excellent Soft Counter aganist ward-spamming Slithers. Especially early game. Grab a Mana Battery ASAP if you are laning against him.
- While Geometer's Bane can no longer remove his ultimate, it still can remove Poision Spray including its slow.
- Shrunken Head will also not remove Poison Burst and you still get hit by it with activated Shrunken BUT you will take 0 damage from it while Shrunken Head lasts. Shrunken Head also removes all his other dots/slows and is thus a decent counter.
- If a Slither decides to go carry do not worry, he is EASILY outcarried. Otherwise get magic armor and/or Shrunken Head.

Swiftblade Mini Guide

2010-04-22T15:36:00.001-07:00

[Swiftblade] .swiftblade .juggernaut .yunero (0.3.3)

Skill Build
1 - Blade Frenzy
2 - Stats
3 - Blade Frenzy
4 - Stats
5 - Blade Frenzy
6 - Swift Slashes
7 - Blade Frenzy
8 - Counter Attack
9 - Way of the Sword
10 - Way of the Sword
11 - Swift Slashes
12 - Way of the Sword
13 - Way of the Sword
14 - Counter Attack
15 - Counter Attack
16 - Swift Slashes
17 - Counter Attack
18 - Stats+

Justification / Modifications:
Blade Frenzy and stats are taken for the first levels. Mainly to have enough Mana for Blade Frenzy + Swift Slashes at level 6. Also stats are more useful than Way of the Sword early on as you won't be auto attacking.
One level of Counter Attack is taken at level 8. The first level gives you a 15% chance while the fourth level only gives a 30% chance to counter attack. You get 50% of the effect for 25% of the cost. Good Deal!
If laned versus two aggressive melee heroes you can take the first level of Counter Attack on level 4.

Starting Items:
Runes of the Blight, Healing Potion, 2x Mana Potion, Pretender's Crown, 2x Minor Totem

Item Build:
Logger's Hatchet >> (Power Supply >>) Ghost Marchers >> Runed Axe >> Shieldbreaker >> Staff of the Master >> Symbol of Rage

Get a Logger's Hatchet from the Outpost asap. Power Supply is situational on Swiftblade, get it if you play against spamming opponents.
Ghost Marchers are better than Steamboots on Swiftblade (Activate + Spin). The rest is basic carry gear. Shieldbreaker can be replaced with Frostburn. If playing against Hammer/Hellbringer/Jera/... insert a Nullfire Blade after Ghost Marchers for Purge.
If you fancy ancient stacking you can get a Whispering Helm after Runed Axe.

Information:
Roles: Hard-Carry
Prefered Lane: Short/Long
Difficulty: 2 - Easy
Farming capabilities: 3 - Decent
Power:
- Early Game / Lane Control: 3 - Medium (Strong if paired with a disabler/slower)
- Mid Game / Ganks: 3 - Medium (Good ganking power with ult, but should farm instead of gank)
- Late Game / Team Fights: 5 - Very Strong (Needs decent farm)

Noteable +/- and synergies:
Very Strong with disablers or slowers (Glacius deserves special mentioning as his babysitter)

30-Seconds-Guide:
- Remember you can attack while spinning once you reach level 7. This will GREATLY increase your damage! It got nerfed as of 0.3.3 but it is still pretty good.
- You can spin and then use a homecoming stone to make sure they can't easily abort your TP.
- Early game you can use Blade Frenzy to force the enemy away from his creeps and then use Swift Slashes on him once is he far enough for the kill.
- Later in the game use Blade Frenzy like you would use a Shrunken Head. Thats pretty much what it is.

Counters:
- Any hero that can blink or invis is able to avoid Swift Slashes
- Thus Assassins Shroud can be a solid pickup versus him.
- The best counter-item however is Void Talisman! Very underrated item that is EXCELLENT against a few heroes, including Swiftblade.
- Other than that he is not easy to counter. Barbed Armor is useless versus him and armor stacking will only take you so far.
- Check/Wards ancient spots.

Fayde in Action by S2Moebiwan Video

2010-04-22T04:52:00.003-07:00

Heroes Of Newerth

Tundra - Upcoming Legion STR Hero based on Rexxar

Heroes of Newerth Pride Tournament

Patch Version 1.0.2 Changelog

Bubbles - Upcoming Legion INT Hero

New Way to Purchase HoN

Gauntlet and the Retail Launch News

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Test client testing for the next patch, includes some matchmaking changes

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Want To Steal A Nickname? Read This! (Retail Wed, May 12th)

Patch Version 0.3.5

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DREAM - The Mysterious Future HoN Project

Interview about HoN Upcoming Launch Plans

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Heroes of Newerth - Fan Made Wallpaper

Patch Version 0.3.4.0 - 1 Changelogs

Madman - Mini Guide

New Heroes Of Newerth Background

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Chronos mini Guide

Slither Mini Guide

Swiftblade Mini Guide

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