Monday, June 18, 2012

LICH – Kel’thuzad | Item Build | DotA


Lich is a powerful Support type intelligence hero. His icy skills and spells prove to aid his allies in killing enemy heroes. Items for The Lich King should be more supportive to help him attend and address his aid to his allies. A good item build-up and proper strategy for playing a support for Lich is a way to win the game against powerful enemy heroes.

The early game item build for Lich can be the following:

Ironwood Branch – This item grants each attributes for Lich giving him more strength and toughness to survive the early game plus the intelligence for mana support.
Ancient Tango of Essifation – This item helps Lich to regenerate when in mid health condition.
Healing Salve – This item helps Lich to regenerate more fast whenever he is in a low health condition.
Magic Stick – This helps you to counter spell caster enemy heroes.
Observer Wards – This is a strategic item to spy on your enemies. Supporting heroes just like Lich should do the warding strategy. This should maintain through the whole game.
Clarity Potion – This item helps Lich to regenerate his mana whenever it is in low condition.
Smoke of Deceit – This supportive item helps Lich and his allies to set a clash or gank against his opponents during the early game. This should be maintain through the whole game.
Sentry Wards – This strategic item helps Lich to deward a spying observer ward nearby.
Boots of Speed – This grants Lich movespeed for chasing and escaping.

The mid game item build for Lich can be the following:

Headdress of Rejuvenation – This may help Lich for better health regeneration.
Medallion of Courage – This can do the killing faster because of armor degrading.
Urn of Shadows – This can help Lich to serve himself and his allies in health regeneration. And also can do damage to enemies.
Magic Wand – This helps you to regenerate your mana and health in an instant depending on its charge.
Arcane Boots – This grants Lich and his nearby allies mana whenever its cooldown.
Ancient Janggo of Endurance – This grants Lich and his allies attack speed and movespeed.

The late game item build for Lich can be the following:

Mekansm – This provides Lich and his nearby allies armor and hitpoints.
Khadgar’s Pipe of Insight – This helps allies of Lich and himself to prevent magic for damaging more.
Force Staff – This helps Lich in chasing and escaping.
Eul’s Scepter of Divinity – This grants Lich the ability to cyclone enemies and himself for chasing, setting and escaping.
Dagon – This grants Lich an ability to instant kill an enemy.
Aghanim’s Scepter – This improves his ultimate skill reducing its cooldown and improving damage.