Dota 2

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7.41d (Support) Support

By dotacoach.gg

Key strategic elements to consider when playing Lion:

Use Earth Spike strategically so that you can get extra right-clicks in, deny a creep or secure the ranged creep.
You can skill Hex on level 2 to score a kill.
Hex and Mana Drain destroy basic illusions instantly.
Make a move whenever you have Finger of Death available.
When Finger of Death is on cooldown, use the time to farm your Blink Dagger.
Initiate on enemies with your long lasting disables, so your allies can follow-up for a kill.
Fight around good vision, so you can land multi-hero Earth Spikes.
Aghanim`s Shard is good at countering illusion-based heroes and lets you avoid most disables and stand your ground against heavy magic and pure damage from enemy heroes.
Keep an eye on the mana pool of allies around you and top them up with Mana Drain if they are low on mana.
Position yourself to get an uninterrupted Mana Drain as a follow up to Earth Spike to harass enemy heroes from a distance and take away their ability to fight back or last hit with their spells in lane.