Shroud is pretty situational

October 08, 2009 08:03AM
tempest, magmus, behemoth are all common picks and totally ruin your day, shroud or not. If your team has a stealth hero like scout or night hound, the other team is going to buy a lot of bound eyes and wards of revelation, so shroud is usually not a good idea then too.

Voodoo is usually a backliner, so many people don't actually get defensive items on him: his main purpose is to get off stun -> cursed ground and then sit there with scary totem gun. However, if your team is not reliable, torak is right that you'll need at least one defensive item (people usually opt for shrunken head or shroud). Codex, staff of master, or hellflower are oft-used picks with an offensive voodoo - they synergize well with cursed ground. I do not suggest upgrading your codex past level 1 until after you've built another item, though. At level 5, codex is the single most expensive item in the game, and quite frankly after the first 3k gold you don't need to put in another 5k for an extra 400 damage.

Another option for voodoo is the support build, which takes arcane ring and astrolabe and allows you to spam your healing spell over and over again, and keep your team at near full health the entire push - used primarily for fast games, where you have chars like hellbringer and ophelia letting your team push really hard really early with massive creep advantage.
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HoN: Puppet Master

The Baron October 08, 2009 03:50AM

I must be getting too old or too tired or both

abernyte October 09, 2009 03:13PM

Join a game. When it starts you pick a hero to play a la Street Fighter. n/t

The Baron October 10, 2009 06:20AM

Fair warning, though. HoN has the most pricks-per-capita of any online community n/t

The Baron October 10, 2009 06:57AM

Demented Shaman is mine. Followed by Chronos. -nt-

Mek October 08, 2009 04:42PM

Best DPS build?

The Baron October 08, 2009 08:40AM

Lifesteal last, if at all.

vortexmagus October 08, 2009 09:13AM

Cheapest pure damage?

torak October 08, 2009 02:52PM

battlefury? Its like +30ish damage and a little over 4k gold

vortex_magus October 09, 2009 03:51AM

Yeah Zoder is right, 65

torak October 09, 2009 06:51AM

Try 65 dmg?

Zoder October 09, 2009 04:56AM

ok you're right, my math is a lil off

vortex_magus October 09, 2009 08:34AM

Only if you're hitting one target

torak October 09, 2009 08:37AM

I advocate it for late-game blood hunter. Creep waves = instant full heal n/t

The Baron October 09, 2009 07:02AM

Re: Lifesteal last, if at all.

The Baron October 08, 2009 12:37PM

Don't get me wrong, hellflower is an amazing item

vortexmagus October 08, 2009 01:20PM

Just played an epic game

The Baron October 08, 2009 08:22PM

Here's your advice

torak October 08, 2009 06:58AM

Oh BTW!

Mek October 08, 2009 04:39PM

Great advice. I'll take it

The Baron October 08, 2009 07:21AM

Yep, last hit transfers all damage above and beyond puppet hp

vortex_magus October 08, 2009 07:52AM

Holy crapballs! That's awesome! (so long as you have a nuker on your team)

The Baron October 08, 2009 08:24AM

My personal favorite - Voodoo shaman.

Yhorian(VIP) October 08, 2009 05:23AM

Then get a defensive item first

torak October 08, 2009 07:13AM

Shroud is pretty situational

vortex_magus October 08, 2009 08:03AM

Nice tips. Especially with the shroud dude. Cheers. nt

Yhorian(VIP) October 08, 2009 07:34AM

Ah lerv Nymphora. NT

Batman October 08, 2009 03:54AM



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