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General DiscussionWhich hero can get away with a first (big) item Lotus Orb?

Which hero can get away with a first (big) item Lotus Orb? in General Discussion
Emperor Xu Mail

    I almost never get to make this item, and it sounds super cool in theory. Want to build a hero around it. Get creative and suggest me something interesting?

    A̶𝖘𝖍𝖊𝖘

      Timber

      AnŦaiN

        necro can situationally first build it .

        Väinämöinen

          it doesnt depend on your hero, it depends on the enemy heros.

          SEE THE MAHFUGGIN' STURNG...

            any offlaner or four who likes mana regen or armor and needs a dispel, but doesn't need any other big item. Timber, necro, ns, bounty, and maybe dark seer could get away with it too. This is all assuming the enemy team is perfect for it too. Really situational though

            Metsis

              You could probably get away with it as Bristleback especially if you are not facing heavy magic damage in the early game. It has a lot of the things BB is looking for -> Armor, Regen for HP and Mana and an increase for the mana pool to top it all off.

              If you keep on getting nuked down, you need magic resistance first, but Lotus Orb should work with BB quite well. And the active on BB is quite good too as you want to be the focus of the enemies attention. So turning one targetted spell around is a plus...

              Hmm. I may have to try this... Don't know if it is just too expensive as a first item, but if I really wanted to push for this item, BB would be my pick.

              Mohamad [LEB]

                how about putting it on your Blink dagger Cantaur before jumping into enemy group

                varjager

                  I guess lotus orb is good on bristle but i think lotus orb is something more of a situational support item that should be used on allied heroes. But i think lotus orb is quite expensive for a low hp support that wont benefit from the armor and linkens only cost 1k gold more for a core hero.

                  I dont know, if i play support with a stun and enemy hero uses lotus orb i have no problem stunning them and get stunned myself so my cores can do their shit.

                  ScottishJabz

                    As others have pointed out above - offlaners like it.

                    Personally, I like to get it on Axe depending on the situation (sometimes better to get BKB or both). Casting it on yourself or a targetable hero is always fun... especially when you watch the enemy morph try to "shotgun" the support and they kill themselves.

                    Good against: Necro, Sniper, Lina, Lion, BloodCyka, Terror, any single-cast stunner, etc.

                    A̶𝖘𝖍𝖊𝖘

                      Fuck like has anyone tried it on axe. Blink in - 3 man call and then use lotus orb when they want to counter initiate you. It counters the counter initiation.