Semi-daily hero tips. Day 85: Spectre

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.

Spectre

Notes:

• No matter what direction you run after throwing dagger, you get 2-3 seconds free pathing
• Spectral dagger MS slow debuff goes through magic immunity but is muted while magic immune
• Desolate can't miss, it goes through evasion and blinds (like riki's smoke screen or tinker's laser)
• Anything goes now to increase your damage dispersion (Pipe, Crimson, AC, etc) thanks to 6.85
• Several builds for spectre: Manta rush (after PMS, RoH, OoV and Vanguard,) Radiance rush, AC + Mjollnir, MoM + Vlad's/armlet, OoV + Armlet + Manta + Blade mail
• With aegis, save haunt for after aegis so your images can finish the job dispersion did
• The reason spectre can keep up farm with some flash farmers (like AM, Void) is that she can farm lanes and the jungle until the moment a teamfight breaks out anywhere on the map.
• You can only jump to an illusion when your face is turned to it, so be careful with that last second reality
• Versus: She's useless early on, shut her down
• Haunt illusions can be slowed, stunned and killed by hexes, etc. But they do have phase and will chase you anywhere
• Versus: Early game haunt damage comes from desolate mostly, so stay close to your teammates or creeps.
• Versus: If you lose a teamfight, it's not the end of the world because spectre herself is not that good at taking towers or rosh
• Magic immunity blocks damage from dispersion and desolate
• Friends: Lich, Treant (Damage block, armor), Agh's Luna, Furion, Zeus, Silencer (Global combo's)
• Good versus: Luna, Sniper, Drow, Mirana (Dispersion + Haunt), Furion (Global presence), Enigma, Axe, WR, Earthshaker (Stop their blink initiations with radiance)
• Counters: Lifestealer, Juggernaut, BKB (magic immunity), Undying, Chen, IO (desolate counter), AM (built in magic resist)
• Versus: Remember ultimate cooldown 3'00/2'30/2'

Role: Hard carry

Item build:

• Much farm: (Midas,) Phase, (Vanguard,) (Urn/Blade Mail, Wand,) Radiance, Manta, Diffusal, (Heart, Skadi, BFly, Abyssal, Moon Shard, Mjollnir)
• Many harass: Phase, Vanguard, (Blade Mail,) Diffusal, Manta style, (Heart, Skadi, BFly, Abyssal, Moon Shard, Mjollnir)

Skill build: dagger --> desolate --> dispersion

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