Techies isn’t that bad. He’s niche as hell though. There are only a few mids in the game that can stop him from claiming the T1 tower quickly and that’s Lolvoker, Shadow Demon, and a counterpick Treant. At level 6 your team gets free wards since your ult mine has so much vision. Farming with techies isn’t hard either, his last hit is terrible but that’s besides the point when land mine does so much damage and your ult at 16 clears waves for free until a certain point later in the game. 1 land mine + level 1 ult is enough to take a wave. Suicide is for denying kills. using it to gank early leaves you underfarmed and you kind of need the forcestaff/drum/euls or you’re fucked.
Speaking of trash heroes, my new kunkka build is by level 4, 1 in torrent, 1 in tidebringer, 2 in X and go mid, getting bottle at min 3-4. Then you alternate between torrent and tidebringer. Items are bottle/phase/wand/drum/crit into probably cuirass. IMO tidebringer isn’t as important as people think. Being able to land the torrent consistently is too key. I played with some pro in NADL that skipped tidebringer til 8 and just wrecked running around landing torrent/ult. Kunkka is a good hero only if you land your shit all the time and without 2 in X or a teammate with a stun people can just walk a foot to the side after they see your obvious cast animation and avoid it altogether. After Icefrog buffs his shitty armor he should see play again.
Jakiro is a jack of all trades, but a master at none. He needs the right team. He’s one of my favorite heroes though; really fun to play.
I just tried out tank Viper today. Was pretty hilarious. End items were Treads, a Bracer, BKB, Heart, and Vanguard. In retrospect I should’ve went Butterfly instead of BKB for the DPS and not care about any of the casters (we were going to win anyways). I finished 21-6-19. I got an ultra kill during one team battle since they just ignored me, but Viper’s damage adds up as he focuses people down, so I just mopped up everyone. Tank Viper is pretty fun.
Who can solo lane against a good viper? I’ve been thinking of some good hero counters,
I think Axe gets countered by Huskar (no early backdooring for Axe)
Luficer gets counterd by abaddon
Troll gets countered by spectre
Trent can get countred by Panda (Panda’s ulti can escape trents over growth)
Any hero with huge burst damage/nukes can give Viper a tough time in lane. They can force him to use up healing items quickly and then stay back as they use clarities to regen their mana.
It does no damage and stuns for 1.7 seconds if level 3 at level 5 while breath deals amazing damage for the cost and slows. It’s not hard to check values before posting incorrect information.
Also, jakiro has one of the highest base ints in the game and a huge int gain. Mana is not a problem.
Tank Viper is pretty fun.