Semi-daily hero tips. Day 33: Enigma

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• Abaddon
• Alchemist
• Ancient Apparition
• Anti-Mage
• Arc Warden
• Axe
• Bane
• Batrider
• Beastmaster
• Bloodseeker
• Bounty Hunter
• Brewmaster
• Bristleback
• Broodmother
• Centaur Warrunner
• Chaos Knight
• Chen
• Clinkz
• Clockwerk
• Crystal Maiden
• Dark Seer
• Dazzle
• Death Prophet
• Disruptor
• Doom
• Dragon Knight
• Drow Ranger
• Earth Spirit
• Earthshaker
• Elder Titan
• Ember Spirit
• Enchantress

DISCLAIMER

A lot of you probably know about the weekly hero discussion, but that often ends up in a meta discussion (whether or not the hero needs buffs, etc) or a meme war than actual tips to play, itemize and build the hero.

This is what I'd like to do. Please discuss any notes I made and possible improvements while also giving tips of your own if you have them.

The roles, skill builds and item builds, as well as a lot of the notes are my opinion on matters and should not be seen as a must do or don't. Also remember that almost every single build or role is situationally possible.

A lot of the tips on heroes were also mentioned in tsunami's amazing hero tips series he did over the last couple of years.

Enigma

Notes:

• Convert one of the mid creeps at 00:00
• You can convert eidolons to make more eidolons, handy in the rosh pit
• You can convert seige creeps into eidolons, do this to push the wave
• Midnight pulse breaks trees. A value point in midnight pulse at lvl 2 allows you to stack multiple jungle camps and farm easier.
• Counters: Sniper (Heroes that deal distant DoT against blink), VS (Black hole swap), Nature's Prophet, Clinkz, Drow, Brood (Split pushers), Rubick (BH steal)
• Good versus: CK, Lifestealer, Centaur, Slardar, Spirit Breaker, Underlord (STR hero), Omni (melee supports with no stun)
• Versus: Don't clump together
• You can use eidolons to deny other eidolons
• Don't worry about using black hole on one person in the laning phase
• Got mek? Push the lane which had the hardest time and if you can, team up and take towers with the threat of BH.
• Versus: Note ultimate cooldown: 3'20/3'/2'40

Role: Jungler, initiator

Item build: soul ring, Mek, Arcanes, Blink, (sheep, Atos,) Greaves <-> BKB, (Agh's, Refresher's)

Skill build: Eidolons --> Stun --> Midnight pulse