Dota 2

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7.40b (Offlane) Offlane | Bondage / Masochist

By dotacoach.gg

Key strategic elements to consider when playing Queen of Pain:

Use Scream of Pain to secure ranged creeps and hit opponents at the same time.
Avoid investing too many points in Shadow Strike in the laning stage. It will slow down your farming and make mid game fights tougher with the lack of AoE damage.
When in trouble, Blink into fog, into tree lines or over cliffs.
Look around for opportunities to gank once you have Sonic Wave and control runes.
Blink or position yourself in such a way that you can land a multi-hero Sonic Wave in fights.
When not much is happening, push out the side lanes.
Pick up Aghanim`s Shard after your first few core items as it provides an AoE silence and extra damage. Using it on creep waves also gives you instant wave clear when paired with Scream of Pain.
Aghanim`s Scepter is very strong in teamfights. Spam your Shadow Strike on multiple targets to do massive AoE damage once you have it.

Main skill and item combo order: Blink => Scream Of Pain => Shadow Strike => Sonic Wave => Dagon

Power level during the game: