Post by zigzag on May 13, 2009 19:29:24 GMT -5
Faen Champ
Tempest
Time Mage
Time mage can actually be switched out for any other support. I just like his slow and time stop.
Faen will tank obviously. He should max his combat, ulti and lv6. Item wise, will be pretty defensive because of tempest and time mage. Since he is tanking he can counter offenses such as uthmor and arhat, leaving offense to his team mates. Using his ulti and leveld up lv6 he can counter offenses without using his sb. (Apparently using his ulti can counter a stun; I have yet to try this, however Mort has confirmed this to be true.
Tempest deals huge damage, and is an all-round good support choice for any combat hero. His skill piority should be shield, burst, push. His ulti does alot of damage, so keep it leveled above his enemies lifes. He should keep etheral shield and zeph on the Faen at any other time. Always cast burst a little in front of faen so they are forced to walk through/stand through it. After his etheral shield reaches lv6 you can turn it on auto-cast. It has a short cd at this point.
Time mage should level his slow aura and haste above anything else. Grab maybe 3 or 4 levels of his slow because it is actually pretty effective. Faen should always be hasted, except during the first 3 waves when both support have better attack types vs creeps. Time stop whenever the tank is about to be killed, but talk so you both dont ulti to stop the same off. Stay behind the tank so you can slow the creeps to A)group them for burst/ultis and B)reduce damage done to Faen keeping him alive longer.
Faen Defense Build
Tele Boots
Cheap Armor/Good Armor*
Small Str Ring***
Big Pots/Vamp
Bloodstone Ring**
Anti-Magic Pot
Bloodthirst
Ironbarks
Diamond Ring
Zircon Ring
Moonstone Ring
Combo Ring
T'Kashi
Faen Offensive Build
Gleaming
Cheap Armor/Good Armor*
Tele Boots
Big Pots/Vamp
Telo**
Spine
Bloodthirst
Combo Sword
Ironbarks
T'kashi Sword
Diamond Ring
Bloodstone Ring
Zircon Ring
Moonstone Ring
Combo Ring
Tempest Build:
After the tank has gotten armor and tele boots at least, this is when you can start buying for yourself.
Cheap Armor
Speed Boots
Tele Boots
Small Str Ring***
Elven Armor****
Combo Boots****
Bloodstone Ring
Time Mage Build:
After the tank has gotten armor and tele boots at least, this is when you can start buying for yourself.
Cheap Armor
Speed Boots
Tele Boots
Small Str Ring***
Elven Armor****
Combo Boots****
Bloodstone Ring
General Tips:
Either one runs item fine, as one can speed himself/slow creeps, and the other can just push them away.
Both Time Mage and Tempest can survive on hisans, later they can get mana pots, purely to counter offenses easier.
The Time Mage can slow enemy mages to make them mince meat for uthmored creeps.
Tempest and Time Mage should both use -range 0 to avoid luring the creeps away from Faen.
*On hard you can get cheap armor, but when you upgrade give to the runner.
**Armor should of been upgraded by this point, the creeps are starting to hurt.
***Give the small ring to the runner, look at the last point.
****Do this at bonus.
Tempest
Time Mage
Time mage can actually be switched out for any other support. I just like his slow and time stop.
Faen will tank obviously. He should max his combat, ulti and lv6. Item wise, will be pretty defensive because of tempest and time mage. Since he is tanking he can counter offenses such as uthmor and arhat, leaving offense to his team mates. Using his ulti and leveld up lv6 he can counter offenses without using his sb. (Apparently using his ulti can counter a stun; I have yet to try this, however Mort has confirmed this to be true.
Tempest deals huge damage, and is an all-round good support choice for any combat hero. His skill piority should be shield, burst, push. His ulti does alot of damage, so keep it leveled above his enemies lifes. He should keep etheral shield and zeph on the Faen at any other time. Always cast burst a little in front of faen so they are forced to walk through/stand through it. After his etheral shield reaches lv6 you can turn it on auto-cast. It has a short cd at this point.
Time mage should level his slow aura and haste above anything else. Grab maybe 3 or 4 levels of his slow because it is actually pretty effective. Faen should always be hasted, except during the first 3 waves when both support have better attack types vs creeps. Time stop whenever the tank is about to be killed, but talk so you both dont ulti to stop the same off. Stay behind the tank so you can slow the creeps to A)group them for burst/ultis and B)reduce damage done to Faen keeping him alive longer.
Faen Defense Build
Tele Boots
Cheap Armor/Good Armor*
Small Str Ring***
Big Pots/Vamp
Bloodstone Ring**
Anti-Magic Pot
Bloodthirst
Ironbarks
Diamond Ring
Zircon Ring
Moonstone Ring
Combo Ring
T'Kashi
Faen Offensive Build
Gleaming
Cheap Armor/Good Armor*
Tele Boots
Big Pots/Vamp
Telo**
Spine
Bloodthirst
Combo Sword
Ironbarks
T'kashi Sword
Diamond Ring
Bloodstone Ring
Zircon Ring
Moonstone Ring
Combo Ring
Tempest Build:
After the tank has gotten armor and tele boots at least, this is when you can start buying for yourself.
Cheap Armor
Speed Boots
Tele Boots
Small Str Ring***
Elven Armor****
Combo Boots****
Bloodstone Ring
Time Mage Build:
After the tank has gotten armor and tele boots at least, this is when you can start buying for yourself.
Cheap Armor
Speed Boots
Tele Boots
Small Str Ring***
Elven Armor****
Combo Boots****
Bloodstone Ring
General Tips:
Either one runs item fine, as one can speed himself/slow creeps, and the other can just push them away.
Both Time Mage and Tempest can survive on hisans, later they can get mana pots, purely to counter offenses easier.
The Time Mage can slow enemy mages to make them mince meat for uthmored creeps.
Tempest and Time Mage should both use -range 0 to avoid luring the creeps away from Faen.
*On hard you can get cheap armor, but when you upgrade give to the runner.
**Armor should of been upgraded by this point, the creeps are starting to hurt.
***Give the small ring to the runner, look at the last point.
****Do this at bonus.
