General DiscussionBuy Silver Edge to which Heroes?

Any hero cause why not.

Slark is 1 hero that buys silver edge as a core item

Big black range creep

You dont want to buy silver edge based on your hero, you usually want to buy it VS heroes you need to remove their passive. Ursa after he has used his ult to stop fury swipes, Axe to stop him spinning, WK to take off his life steal/crit, Luna to take off her glaives/aura if she doesnt have a manta; are a few examples of when it works well. Builds should rarely be cut and dried. There are items some heroes lean towards; Blink for example on many heroes but even on some of those heroes you wont always get it. Think about what you need to survive and use your skills multiple times as a support, or what will let you stick to a hero without having to run away yourself or have them run away as a carry. As the enemy team has a different composition virtually every game your item build should be fluid too.

"Luna to take off her glaives/aura if she doesnt have a manta"

silver edge debuff is UNDISPELLABLE, nothing in the game will dispel it, not bkb, not manta, not euls or any spell or item, NOTHING

Ursa,slark,Arc warden

If you meant for which heroes, I buy a Silver Edge for Bristleback, maybe Timbersaw. I think thats only it.

riki first item
skip boots and regen too

go home L you are drunk

Timber sounds like the worst hero to buy Silver edge on

no on but for

Silver egde is good on Timber if you have fast attack speed and you hate proccing more and more armor

slark

drow void sniper (antimage supposedly)

lina

medusa sven

luna

^could you explain why Sven please?

getting picks on enemy cores -> objectives

15 +all is p good on sven, he farms it super fast as well

im pretty sure u would go tread hotd echo blink then silver edge -> standard items. MAYBE shadow blade before blink if you absolutely need to hit a certain timing (kill antimage, storm)

i have never done this but kitrak was talking about it a week ago and hes what 6k7k?

OK I just though getting a se would be kind of sub optimal for Sven. Though still a better choice than the mom echosaber build I see I'm my bracket
Anyways ty for the reply

That's not what I meant. What I meant was: buy silver edge AGAINST which heroes? Like, which heroes get countered by Silver Edge.. Sorry..

almost every core hero gets countered by it more or less.

pa huskar

bristle dk luna bara viper venge wk

timber sven void od lc riki slark slardurr sniper tide

theres more ofc

Any1 with a good passive gets countered by SE as a slark I usually get a SE if I am going up against any
Irritating passive such as pa or bb. An se against bara can severely mitigate any damage done by him If I m not wrong.

If you are buying shadowblade for whatever reason I think the upgrade to SE is basically mandatory. SE in general is a bit situational though, the only hero who I buy it on every game is Slark and Drow I buy most games.

It is mandatory but I don't think it should be rushed without a very strong passive on the other team, at least not i n my bracket.

Enchantress, bristleback, pl, pa, huskar

Axe is a also a irritating hero that can be counter with a se, no counter helix means less damage output for him.