Semi-daily hero tips. Day 62: Ogre Magi

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.

Ogre Magi

Notes:

• You'd better be bloodlusting every allied unit on the map once you max it out.
• Don't be afraid to trade hits in lane. You're very tanky.
• Ignite lvl 1 does more damage than fireblast lvl 4
• Use ignite on blink initiators
• Versus: OM is really fast and especially annoying with OoV, but has significant cast animations. Try to juke him instead of straight out running
• "Running's not as fun as hitting"
• Friends: Ursa, Slark, Jugger (AS boost), SM (amplify magic damage, 2 slows, lots of nukes), Sven, Invoker (great early game impact for when your lanes are weak), Pudge (double fat man strat)
• Counters: Huskar, LS, Jugger (magic resistance), Abaddon, Slark, Tide, Oracle (hard dispels), PL, Arc Warden, Meepo, CK, Brood, Chen, Visage (no depush, only single target spells (without multicast)), SD (disrupt the one ogre stuns)
• Good versus: Enchantress, PA, Timber, Windrunner (vulnerable to magic damage and disables), Troll, Ursa, WK (easily kited with ignite + bloodlust MS)

Role: Support (, offlane)

Item build: OoV, Arcanes, (Vlad's, Mek --> Greaves, Pipe, Medallion --> solar crest, Agh's, Veil, Force staff, Sheep stick, Bloodstone, Ghost, Aether lens)

Skill build:

• Basic: lvl 1 ignite, Max Bloodlust --> Ignite --> Fireblast, with value point in all 3 by lvl 3
• Alternative build: Value point in all 3, Max ignite --> Bloodlust --> Fireblast

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