Semi-daily hero tips. Day 39: Jakiro

PREVIOUS HEROES

• 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
• Enigma
• Faceless Void
• Gyrocopter
• Huskar
• Invoker
• IO

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.

Jakiro

Notes:

• Liquid fire also slows down tower attack speed. Great for pushing
• In most cases, if you don't want to fight, you can throw down macropyre to discourage the enemy team of initiating or even just to push a lane. It's cooldown also isn't that big.
• Versus: Pay attention to the ice path cast animation
• Counters: Rubick (Instant cast ice path = OP), Pugna (pushes harder, nether ward), Clinkz, Weaver (fast, pushes hard), Tinker, Sniper (great turtlers), LS, Jugger (magic immunity)
• Friends: ET, DS (teamfight combo)
• Good versus: Meepo, CK, Naga, Axe (fights in close quarters), DK, Visage (good anti-push), WW (heal sets up for ice path and macropyre, lots of magic damage), MK (DoT, destroys trees)

Role: Safe lane support, mid, dual lane

Item build: Magic wand, arcanes, eul's, veil, (Force, agh's, aether lens, Rod of Atos)

Skill build:

• mid push: max liquid fire > breath
• support push: liquid fire > ice path