Semi-daily hero tips. Day 41: Keeper of the Light

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
• Jakiro
• Juggernaut

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.

Keeper of the light

Notes:

• Be the creepy man that hides in the trees instead of casting illuminate from the middle of the lane
• Remember the creep timings. Ex: start casting illuminate at x:57 when you want to blast them at the T3
• Illuminate range is larger than XP range. This means you can give a lane mate solo XP by blasting a wave, but also that you can miss out on XP when blasting
• Remember that recall will be cancelled if the hero you wish to recall takes damage
• When you want to push as a team, let your carry farm until the last moment on another lane, then recall him in
• Blinding light does not cancel TP (similar to force staff and bat flame break)
• Similar to turning off armlet before you heal, get as little int as possible before you use chakra magic. Think twice before dropping items though!
• Versus: Ward the jungle next to your lane to see illuminates coming
• Versus: If you're a right click dependant carry (and especially if you need your lifesteal), get BKB, Manta or MKB against blinding light
• Creepy old man with a flashlight that hurts more than just your eyes
• Friends: IO (relocate + callback + lots of heal with aghs), ET (astral spirit + natural order + illuminate), Bloodseeker (rupture + mana leak/illuminate + blood rite. Blinding light on top of it all), Jugger, Tiny, PL (chakra magic)
• Good versus: Bristle, WK, Medusa, Timber, Necrophos, DS (mana leak)
• Counters: Meepo (can find KOTL in the trees with long range nets), LS (rage), PA (gap closer + BKB buyer), Puck (great gap closer)

Role: Support

Item build: tranquils, Aghs, gem, (force staff, eul's, sheep stick, aether lens, Lotus, Glimmer, Ghost)

Skill build:

• Standard: Illuminate --> giff mana kotl --> mana leak
• Stiuational with mana dependant hero (jugger, PL, tiny): giff mana kotl --> illuminate --> mana leak