He was playing non-em mode and didn't rush dagon, but instead Aqua ring + phase boot in the early game, and then deso/manta in the late game.
I usually pick him whenever team doesn't have stun or some sort of initiation. His third ability is probably the most convenient ability against spell caster or catch enemies off-guard. There was one game where they had a lich and a morph with etheral blade. I waited till they start using on me and then activate and reflect a ton of damage back without losing much HP.
Another case scenario is where I was playing a sniper mid where he basically sentry lane once I reached 6. He was spamming his sharpel, and so I just activate my third abilities then windwalk up to him and finish up with a stun. Perfectly executed!
Core build: phase boot, aqua ring, hand of midas, forcestaff
Late Core: Desolator, Manta
Situation: Shiva, MBK, Linken, Heart, Butterfly, and Halberd.
I didn't mention dagger, because it's not that great without the AGH upgrade in 6.85m
2) iO - Probably one of the most broken ass support hero that I've ever played beside Omini. Broken ass heal/mana (if you know how to manipulate), damage reduction and free attack speed. Many people misjudged the heal and not knowing that it could make a huge difference. iO can be partner up with anyone, but mostly medusa, lesh, tiny, chaos knight, slark, and spectre, because they benefit the most.
iO doesn't need a lot of item, and sometimes I can go 2-4 bottles in one of the games.
Whenever I played iO, I go around and heal people, counter-gank or gank, and stack up jungle creep. Pubs player doesn't know what iO does, but at least I full-fill my roles!
Core Build: Healing Salve, Urn, Bottle, Tranquil boot, Arcane Boot
Late Core: Linken, Heart, and Pipe
Situation: Get all 6 bottles.
3) Batrider: One thing that really like this hero is the bug abuse with urn & oil, because ENT doesn't consider as a bug, but AUS bot & wc3 arena does!
. I usually pick Batrider whenever there's a slark on the enemy team and go mid. Get at least one urn charge, spam 3-5 oil on slark and used urn = dead. Other than that, he's a good initiator with dagger and forcestaff.
Core Build: Urn, tranquil boot, forcestaff, and dagger
Late Core: Shiva and Heart
Situation: Radiance, Linken, and Lothar
4) Enchantress: One of the best alternative range carry beside sniper. If you get Buriza-Do Kyanon on this hero while using impetius, it also does additional crit damage based on your physical damage while retaining impetius. The damage is enormous, even a tank died in a few shot if you manage to pull of a few critical attack.
Core Build: Phase boot, Drum, Orb of venom, and Midas
Late Core: AGH, Buriza-Do Kyanon, Hex, and AC
Situation: MBK, Linken, BKB, and Shiva
5) Jakiro: Decent support that push lane like crazy if you leave this bad boy alone. Jakiro was probably one of my first hero that I actually main him. It was one of those game when I played against lina, invoker, or sniper mid. The burn from 1st skill and 3rd skill stack so hard that it's actually annoying people in lane
I often pick him if anyone doesn't go mid. I usually have euls on jakiro, because it's a great setup with ice path and his ultimate doing a ton of damage in team-fight.
Core Build: Euls, Tranquil boot, Veil
Late Core: AGH, Miljonir, Skadi
Situation: Etheral blade, blink dagger, and lothar
That's about it, but there's probably more things that I havn't mention. It's either that I havn't play or mess around with the hero or I'm still inexperience with them.
