Guide for anti mage

The most handsome and scandalized hero in dota. Playing with the anti mage is fun and keeps you and your opponents on the edge of your seats.

Introduction

Magina is normally taken
1. not a first pick
2. against spell casters
3. noobs who think they can blink to avoid harsh environments.

This guide will show you how to use magina against any hero, be it strength, agi or intelli. If played well he is a night mare to agi and strengths. What can a hero do without mana? nothing, he becomes a creep.

Pros and cons

Pros
+ Lowest B.A.T in the game, meaning an excellent last-hitting animation and an excellent innate attackspeed.
+Good base MS.
+Huge mobility, and the best escape mechanism of the game: Blink.
+Spell Shield.
+Farm 70% creeps mage.
+Good farm jungle with
Cons
-Third lowest health in the game(+1.20 str)
-Silence
- Easily outcarried by real carries(void,destr,troll,lanaya,slardar,mortred etc.)
-It may be useless in AoE fights

Skills

Good harass
Unholy dmg with manta style
Deals 60% of the mana burnt in damage
+CAN BE LIFESTEALED with a life steal aura(Vlads,Skeleton king)




What can I say, half the heroes in DotA blink, blink if at a distance of more than 1150, the Magina blink 4/5th maximum distance, perfect mechanism Escape, 5 sec cooldown.
need to practice range, cuz if you over do it magina will blink only 4/5th of the distance
Write in the console dota_range_display_1150 to blink the maximum range


Replacing a small increase in strength







Useless at full mana
You can do with the ultimate double triple ultra or rampage kill

The Skill Build

1.Blink(1lvl)
2.Spell shield(1lvl)
3.Blink(2lvl)
4.Mana burn(1lvl)
5.Blink(3lvl)
6.Mana void(1lvl)
7.Blink(max)
8.Mana burn(2lvl)
9.Mana burn(3lvl)
10.Mana burn(4lvl)
11.Mana void(2lvl)
12.Spell shield(2lvl)
13.Spell shield(3lvl)
14.Spell shield(max)
15.Stats.
16.Mana void.
Max stats.

or

1.Blink.
2.Spell shield.
3.Blink.
4.Mana burn.
5.Blink
6.Mana break.
7.Blink
8-10 stats.
11.Mana void.
12-14 mana burn.
15.Stats.
16.Mana void.
17-19 Spell shield.

The Item Build

Starting Items




Tier 1 Items




Tier 2 Items




Tier 3 Items





4 slot can heart of Tarasque or butterfly
6 slot can take Basher or bkb


Items to Consider



Vladmirs support for an item you can not buy it




Black King Bar - If you get dispelled or stunned like f u c k, which we all hate, you need to get this
BKB situational thing, it can take 4 slot after Manta Style or instead heart of tarrasque



Hand of Midas - Takes place to be, but he's never going to. Midas is half the Battle fury. with Battle Fury can be quickly farmed wood.




Dadalus not need anti mage, except for damage and crit nothing. Magina needs stats.

[Murmaqua]

um i disagree with you saying hes easily out carried by other carrys. i think hes one of the hardest carries in the game personally. but otherwise nice guide

[afgsd]

Later I'll add screenshots and replays