Heroes of Newerth Complete Maliken Guide by Roxas
MALIKEN THE KING RETURNS
Table of Contents
Introduction
Basic Information
Skills
Items
General Strategy
Allies and Enemies
Introduction
Hi! Well for starters, Maliken is my favourite hero in Heroes of Newerth. He reminds me of Dragon Knight from Defense of the Ancients; although they are quite different these two strength carries both commonly get a lifesteal and magic immunity item as well as the ultimate to transform into a badass monster.
Enough of DotA. The reasons i decided to create a guide on Maliken is because most of the guides for this hero in strategy are outdated. Apparently his passive had a critical strike or something.
The other reason is because i would like to share my knowledge and help you (basic/average/newbie players) in learning how to play this hero. Keep in mind, this guide is not aimed at playing Maliken competitively. I for one, am still trying to master this hero and experiment new stuff. With that being said, lets continue!
Maliken is a hybrid of carry and initiator. For those of you that dont know, a hybrid is the ability to perform two roles at once. In this instance, he is a semi carry/initiator, not really able to excel at both. An example of a true hybrid may be Pestilence, Aluna and Valk, from the top of my head.
PROS [+]
+ An excellent carry and initiator
+ Has one of the best non-ultimate nuke in game
+ Ultimate transforms you into a ranged hero
+ Decent laning phase
+ High base strength and decent stat gains
+ Very destructive and can turn the tides of battle due to his 'feared' going through magic immunity
CONS [-]
+ A situational pick and depends on line-up
+ Low mana pool
+ Cannot beat late game hardcore carries
+ Requires good farm and control during early game
+ A semi initiator. He cant initiate a whole team without another initiator
Therefore
Basically you need to build this badboy appropriately to maintain balance between damage dealer and tank, so you can survive. I mean... If there was no initiator in your team, you will have to do the job. For starters, your going to sword throw in, ult, and activate shrunken (if you have it) after 'Feared' is worn off, your going to find yourself in the focus of the clash. Lastly, i would like to add that his skill set in my opinion is oh so very unique.
Congratulations If you have survived reading till now, your in a treat for half a dozen more sections! But fear no more, as i will post a lot of picture and ingame screenshots so this guide is not a wall of text.
Basic Information
Maliken
Once a greatest defender of mankind and lord over the entire Legion. Maliken walked too close to the darkness and was damned by it. Now he is nothing more than a slave among the damned -- but his incredible might has only grown in his downfall. Wielding a damned sword fed by his own damned soul, Maliken is the bane of the very heroes he once led into battle.
Basic Attributes
• Strength 24 + 2.6
• Agility 20 + 2.0
• Intelligence 17 + 1.7
Advanced Attributes
• Affiliation: Hellbourne
• Attacks/Sec: 0.71
• Damage: 46 - 52
• Armor: 1.9
• Dmg. Reduction: 10%
• Magic Armor: 5.5
• Magic Dmg. Reduction: 25%
• Movespeed: 300
• Attack Range: 128 (melee)
Skills
[Q] Sword Throw
Description: Maliken throws his sword, damaging enemies it hits. Maliken may teleport to his sword while it is in flight.
Effect: Deals 80 / 140 / 200 / 260 magical damage with a range of 700 / 850 / 1000 / 1200. Applies Maimed to targets; 20/30/40/50% Movement speed slow, gradually wears off over 6 seconds.
Radius: 225
Mana cost: 110 / 120 / 130 / 140
Cooldown 13 Seconds
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Notes
Sword Throw is just so flexible! It can be used for harassing, farming, ganking, initiating, healing and escaping. This is one of the most powerful non-ultimate nuke in the game. Although its not spam-able in early game, any mana regenerating item may be useful so you can use it more. This skill alone makes you versatile; allowing you to harass/farm simultaneously and gank extremely effectively. The image above shows the range of level 1 to 4. Each snot monster is positioned to show the maximun range of each level; excluding the bonus range from your radius.
[W,E] Sword of the Damned
Description: Maliken’s legendary weapon, the Sword of the Damned, is capable of two different attack modes. Enchanted Flames grants him increased damage at the cost of his own life, while Life Essence grants him very high life steal at the cost of reduced damage.
Effect: Enchanted Flames gives 10 / 20 / 30 / 40 and deals 6 / 9 / 12 / 15 magic damage to self per hit. Health will not go below 15%.
Life Essence gives 10 / 20 / 30 / 40 health but loses 10 / 20 / 30 / 40 damage per hit.
Enchanted Flames boosts Sword Throw damage by 40 / 50 / 60 / 70 damage but hurts self for 25 / 30 / 35 / 40 when used.
Life Essence lowers Sword Throw damage by 40% but will heal self for 10 / 20 / 30 / 40 health per target it hit. It’ll also increase sword throw damage.
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Notes
Maximum is 330 damage when both first and second skills are maxed. This is so good in early laning because it helps in last-hitting and denying, by a lot! Since you can instantly turn either one on or off, using the life steal to deny your creeps and extra damage boost to last hit an enemy creep is a good strategy.
Life Essence heals you on each attack at the cost of your damage output. Sword throw will decrease in damage, moving down to 156 but healing for 40 each target it hits with a maximum of 300 health healed. Most of the time you will be using the damage dealing one. But using Life Essence in dire situations or hitting creeps (allied or enemy or neutral) will boost your health in no time.
Hellbourne Zeal
Description: Maliken allows his wounds to fuel his rage, increasing his attack speed based on how much health he is missing.
Effect: Attack Speed increased by 0.5 / 0.8 / 1.2 / 1.4 per 1% health missing. Maximun bonus is 100 attack speed.
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Notes
This is the skill that makes Maliken an omnipotent carry. When in low health, you will get an enormous boost in attacking speed also with shrunken and a symbol of rage synergizes well. This skill is not worth leveling up at early game; although i have seen people level it once at level 4. Maliken must be at 29% of his maximum health to receive +100 attack speed when this skill is maxed. This synergizes well with sword of the damned because when your low health, you can toggle Life Essence to maybe stay alive in conjunction with this passive.
[R] Possession
Description: Maliken allows himself to become possessed, transforming him into a full daemon temporarily. While in this form, Maliken’s attack becomes ranged and he attacks splash.
Effect: Posessed lasts 30 seconds. 100 / 80 / 60 second cooldown. Applies 'Feared' to enemies in 400 radius for 0.75 / 1.25 / 2 seconds.
If you are not within that red circle, you will not get affected. This just gives you a picture.
'Feared'
• 40% Movement Speed
• Silenced
• Perplexed
• Disarmed
• Unitwalking
• Lose character control, running around in fear
Grants 20 / 40 / 60 armor for the first 2 seconds, decreasing to + 0 armor over the next 5 seconds.
Attack Type changes to Ranged, with a range of 600.
Attacks splash to nearby units.
50 / 75 / 100 % Splash in a 75 AOE
35 / 50 / 65 % Splash in a 200 AOE
20 / 25 / 30 % Splash in a 350 AOE
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Notes
This is an awesome skill! Simply used as an interupt/initiate skill when combined with sword throw. 'Feared' units cannot attack, and they cannot control their heroes at all. This also goes through magic immunity. Its good to interrupt heroes who are channeling (such as, interrupt Soul Stealer even if he has activated shrunken head) since your Possession works instantly upon cast. The cooldown is pretty short and it decreases as you are in this form. Can be used in almost all team fights and a very powerful skill. Try using Possession and farm stacked Camps, preferably Ancients. Furthermore, dont underestimate the sudden armor boost upon activation!
Skill Build
1. Sword throw
2. Sword of the Damned
3. Sword throw
4. Sword of the Damned
5. Sword throw
6. Possession
7. Sword throw
8. Sword of the Damned
9. Sword of the Damned
10. Hellbourne Zeal
11. Possession
12-14. Hellbourne Zeal
15. Stats
16. Possession
17+ Stats
Justification
Level 1 Sword throw is a lot more useful than a Level 1 Sword of the Damned. Here are a few reasons why:
• Sword throw has a 20% slow and a blink
• Excellent for a Blood Lust attempt
• Escape a level 1 enemy gank
• The range increases by a decent difference so it increases mobility
So now we know why we level Sword throw first.
Why Hellbourne Zeal at Level 10?
By level 10, you would have already have maxed Sword throw and Sword of the Damned. Leveling it early on is a waste of a skill point, as these two skills are much more valuble at early levels. This is because your damage is not that high in early game too fully make use of it.
Possession is taken whenever possible because its crucial for your initiation with Sword throw. Its a powerful skill and scales nicely throughout the game.
Items
Starting Items
Option 1
This is a popular build that gives you health regen, hatchet for last hitting and other uses and crushing claws can be used to make a bracer or Chalice. Ofcourse crushing claws gives 45 hp and 3 damage. Thus overall, this option gives a boost in survivability early on, as well as some aid in last hitting.
Option 2
OR
This option, you get one health regen item, which is the good old health pot, use it if your very low life due to heavy harassments. Two minor totems for some survivability and last hitting power. Mana pot is for an extra throw i guess. This build is very solid and the totems can be used to complete a power supply.
Option 3
Pretty self-explanatory. A very very common starting build for carries. However you dont need to follow these builds every game. If your confident with last hitting, you may not pick up the hatchet and get the buckler only, plus some regen and totems.
THERE IS NO PERFECT BUILD
The reason i am not making a full build for each option is because its pretty much YOUR choice. You should make items thats good for you in that situation. I mean. There are not many combinations of items that are appropriate to start with, taking into fact you only have 603 gold in your pocket at the start usually. Unless you buy boots first, Or something completely retarded. Anyway, these are possible items you may pick up.
Possible Core
Stats
+10 Strength/Agility/Intelligence
+25 Attack Speed
+60 Movement SpeedExplanation
Best boots for Maliken. This is the only boot that scales. You benefit from the attack speed and can switch the attributes of the boots. You never know you might need the bonus mana. Please dont buy ghost marchers. You dont need the extra raw damage since you have Enchanted Flames skill. Sure the active skill grants mobility but for a strength carry, i think steamboots is better. Also Maliken needs the attack speed! You cannot rely on your passive for attack speed because it requires for you to be in low or medium health.
Stats
+3 Strength
+3 Agility
+3 IntelligenceExplanation
Power Supply is just so good! I get this on every hero. Again, very effective if enemy team has alot of spammers such as Thunder Bringer, Armadon etc. People may underestimate the burst heal it may provide. To be exact, it restores 10 health and 15 mana per charge with a maximum of 15 charges. In a full on team fight, this can provide 150 hp and 225 mana at max! Very useful for clutch plays and mind games. This item has a 17 second cooldown.
Stats
+3 Strength
+3 IntelligenceExplanation
It's a feasible item for those that enjoy spamming, in other words, solves your mana problems. The regen is nice and it should be on your mind as an option. Your Life Essence in conjunction with this item has synergy. Attack creeps to restore health and then activate this for mana. Just incase you didnt know, on use, it removes 150 health and grants 100 mana. If an enemy hero within 700 AOE is killed before 15 seconds after use, you are healed back the initial 150 health you traded. This item has a 35 second cooldown so try using it everytime its avaliable unless your mana is full.
Explanation
Always carry this! You can use it to escape ganks, immediately go to defend a tower so you can deny it or prepare for a team fight, respond to teammate when enemy towerdive and so on. A must have regardless. Its good practice to carry this when you play.
Stats
+20 Damage
+5 Armor
+15% Life StealExplanation
The most common attack modifier on this hero. It stacks with your Life Essence so why not! Plus it can get upgraded to Symbol of Rage which is a very powerful item. Whispering Helm plus your passive synergises well. You can also control a creep with its active ability. Try getting a minotaur or ice orge for their ability. You can also get a minotaur or catman champion to stack ancients for the fact they are not so squishy. Oh, also buy the Helm of the Victim first as opposed to Hungry Spirit. The armor and hp regen is better than a 10% lifesteal. Plus this is early stage and i doubt your damage is high enough to benefit from 10%.
Dominating a creep cost 75 mana and the cooldown is 300 seconds. Funny thing is, there is no cap to how many you enslave.
Stats
+10 Strength
+24 DamageExplanation
A very good item, if not the best item in the game. I know i said items are situational but you should just get it so you dont get permanently disabled. Maliken is famous for raping teams with just this item. Besides, there will always be a stuner or high burst nuker fag who cant wait to kill you. Cooldown is 80 seconds and thats probably enough time to use it in the next big clash.
Want to know more? The magic immunity lasts 10 seconds and dispels debuffs from self also which cannot be dispelled. Secondly, each time Shrunken Head is used, the duration of magic immunity is reduced by a second and its cooldown is reduced by 5 seconds. The duration of Magic Immunity will not go below 5 seconds, nor will the cooldown go below 55 seconds.
Stats
+12 Damage
+25 Attack Speed
+5 Armor
+3 Health RegenerationExplanation
Get this early and it will be of use. Dont forget to turn it off just when it starts to quickly kill you and turn it back on for a sudden burst of hp. Insanitarious and lifesteal are a good combination. If your planning to buy this, get lifesteal first, and get this as soon as possible. Only reason its worth considering is because its cheap for the effects it provides when toggled.
When you activate it, you instantly replenish 475 Health and get the following: +25 strength, +31 damage and +10 Attack Speed. By the way, you actually get more health since it gives 25 strength. Yum! However, you lose 35 true damage per second. I see alot of noobs buying this item, turning it on and keeping it toggled for longer than they should. The cooldown is only applied when activating (not when toggling off), which means that one can (after the cooldown has worn off) toggle this item off and activate it right after healing yourself up to 475 health.
Possible Luxuries
Stats
+25 Strength
+20 Damage
+5 Armor
+25% Life StealExplanation
Symbol of Rage is so godly. Gives you passive 25% LifeSteal helps you last longer during battles and gives 45 damage. The real magic is its active ability which is just imba 150% life steal for 3.5 seconds upon activation! Sad thing is this items is quite expensive. Its nice to buy this if you bought whispering helm earlier on.
Stats
+10 Armor
+40 Attack SpeedExplanation
Contributes to team and team fights well. The two auras are really beneficial. Grants +10 armor and 40 attack speed. Works well with your Sword of the Damned and Possession skill. Also makes you tankier. I believe that this item makes a lot more impact in a team fight than a Heart on a single hero. Its more team orientated and because of that generally better to buy late game.
Stats
+35 Strength
+300 Hit PointsExplanation
Makes you tank. A very solid item on carries. Nothing more to say, just gives **** loads of hp and bonus 40 damage. Heart is great for tanking heavy damage. Massive + 0.75% of max health regeneration per second allows you to quickly recover between teamfights, pushes etc.
Stats
+45 / 55 / 65 / 75 DamageExplanation
I guess with your extreme attack speed as your health diminishes and the splash from Possession this is a wonderful item for raw damage. This item is quite cheap for its effect since its recipe-upgradeable. I'd rather this, than save up for the entire item such as Savage Mace for its effect. After trying this out, i found i easily inflicted 500-700 critical hits at late game. I was amazed by the damage output with your skills. This is the item for pure damage.
Stats
+60 DamageExplanation
Get this item before 20 minute mark at latest. If you are planning to build this, just buy boots and attempt to rush it. Once you get this, your farming potential will sky rocket. Its a great item espicially in mid game for harassing heroes in team fights, taking into account you are a semi-initiator. Also, if you have bad team mates and had poor farm early, Just make Shrunken or Insanitarious. Although Mock provides the auto aoe burn and helps in farming, its also great for chasing.
Stats
+10 Strength
+26 Agility
+10 Intelligence
+15 Attack Speed
+10% Movement SpeedExplanation
Most people find this as a bad item for Maliken. I have tried this out as an experiment. This is more for fast pushing and playing mind games on your enemy. I guess the invulnerability upon activation may come in handy for disjointing spells. When you activate this item while in your ult form, the illusions will be ranged. However if your ultimate duration ends, they switch to melee form. Obviously the illusions will not have the Sword of the Damned properties (it would be awesome if it did). The stats it provides isnt as that good.
According to Hon Wiki, the illusions take 3.5 times normal damage and deal 33% of your attack damage, and inherit properties from you, in this case not the Sword of the Damned skills! The Illusions have a 20 second life time. When you activate this, it dispels all Buffs and Debuffs on you.
Stats
+88 Damage
+15 Attack SpeedExplanation
True Strike and Mini bash is useful i guess. Improves dps. Im not sure about this, but i think the lifesteal works from Savage Mace procs in ultimate form. Not sure though.
Notes
When Maliken ults, he becomes a ranged hero and have the effects from items the same as any ranged hero. This is why Brutalizer, HotbL and Runed Cleaver are not picked up on him.
Laning
Ganking Principals
Blinking behind your Enemy
Killing Low Hp Runners
Team Fights
If You had a Very Bad Start
Early Game
Mid Game
Late Game
These guys are a carrys' best friend. They help you throughout the game and even sacrifice themselves for you. Quite touching...
This group of heroes are the one that excel in this role. You are a secondary initiator compared to these guys. Coupled with you, you make a fearsome duo.
The real trump card. Dont be jealous when they shine brighter than you at late game. They are meant to farm farm and farm and carry your ass to victory.
MALIKEN THE KING RETURNS
Table of Contents
Introduction
Basic Information
Skills
Items
General Strategy
Allies and Enemies
Introduction
Hi! Well for starters, Maliken is my favourite hero in Heroes of Newerth. He reminds me of Dragon Knight from Defense of the Ancients; although they are quite different these two strength carries both commonly get a lifesteal and magic immunity item as well as the ultimate to transform into a badass monster.
Enough of DotA. The reasons i decided to create a guide on Maliken is because most of the guides for this hero in strategy are outdated. Apparently his passive had a critical strike or something.
The other reason is because i would like to share my knowledge and help you (basic/average/newbie players) in learning how to play this hero. Keep in mind, this guide is not aimed at playing Maliken competitively. I for one, am still trying to master this hero and experiment new stuff. With that being said, lets continue!
Maliken is a hybrid of carry and initiator. For those of you that dont know, a hybrid is the ability to perform two roles at once. In this instance, he is a semi carry/initiator, not really able to excel at both. An example of a true hybrid may be Pestilence, Aluna and Valk, from the top of my head.
PROS [+]
+ An excellent carry and initiator
+ Has one of the best non-ultimate nuke in game
+ Ultimate transforms you into a ranged hero
+ Decent laning phase
+ High base strength and decent stat gains
+ Very destructive and can turn the tides of battle due to his 'feared' going through magic immunity
CONS [-]
+ A situational pick and depends on line-up
+ Low mana pool
+ Cannot beat late game hardcore carries
+ Requires good farm and control during early game
+ A semi initiator. He cant initiate a whole team without another initiator
Therefore
Basically you need to build this badboy appropriately to maintain balance between damage dealer and tank, so you can survive. I mean... If there was no initiator in your team, you will have to do the job. For starters, your going to sword throw in, ult, and activate shrunken (if you have it) after 'Feared' is worn off, your going to find yourself in the focus of the clash. Lastly, i would like to add that his skill set in my opinion is oh so very unique.
Congratulations If you have survived reading till now, your in a treat for half a dozen more sections! But fear no more, as i will post a lot of picture and ingame screenshots so this guide is not a wall of text.
Basic Information
Maliken
Once a greatest defender of mankind and lord over the entire Legion. Maliken walked too close to the darkness and was damned by it. Now he is nothing more than a slave among the damned -- but his incredible might has only grown in his downfall. Wielding a damned sword fed by his own damned soul, Maliken is the bane of the very heroes he once led into battle.
Basic Attributes
• Strength 24 + 2.6
• Agility 20 + 2.0
• Intelligence 17 + 1.7
Advanced Attributes
• Affiliation: Hellbourne
• Attacks/Sec: 0.71
• Damage: 46 - 52
• Armor: 1.9
• Dmg. Reduction: 10%
• Magic Armor: 5.5
• Magic Dmg. Reduction: 25%
• Movespeed: 300
• Attack Range: 128 (melee)
Skills
[Q] Sword Throw
Description: Maliken throws his sword, damaging enemies it hits. Maliken may teleport to his sword while it is in flight.
Effect: Deals 80 / 140 / 200 / 260 magical damage with a range of 700 / 850 / 1000 / 1200. Applies Maimed to targets; 20/30/40/50% Movement speed slow, gradually wears off over 6 seconds.
Radius: 225
Mana cost: 110 / 120 / 130 / 140
Cooldown 13 Seconds
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NotesSword Throw is just so flexible! It can be used for harassing, farming, ganking, initiating, healing and escaping. This is one of the most powerful non-ultimate nuke in the game. Although its not spam-able in early game, any mana regenerating item may be useful so you can use it more. This skill alone makes you versatile; allowing you to harass/farm simultaneously and gank extremely effectively. The image above shows the range of level 1 to 4. Each snot monster is positioned to show the maximun range of each level; excluding the bonus range from your radius.
[W,E] Sword of the Damned
Description: Maliken’s legendary weapon, the Sword of the Damned, is capable of two different attack modes. Enchanted Flames grants him increased damage at the cost of his own life, while Life Essence grants him very high life steal at the cost of reduced damage.
Effect: Enchanted Flames gives 10 / 20 / 30 / 40 and deals 6 / 9 / 12 / 15 magic damage to self per hit. Health will not go below 15%.
Life Essence gives 10 / 20 / 30 / 40 health but loses 10 / 20 / 30 / 40 damage per hit.
Enchanted Flames boosts Sword Throw damage by 40 / 50 / 60 / 70 damage but hurts self for 25 / 30 / 35 / 40 when used.
Life Essence lowers Sword Throw damage by 40% but will heal self for 10 / 20 / 30 / 40 health per target it hit. It’ll also increase sword throw damage.
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NotesMaximum is 330 damage when both first and second skills are maxed. This is so good in early laning because it helps in last-hitting and denying, by a lot! Since you can instantly turn either one on or off, using the life steal to deny your creeps and extra damage boost to last hit an enemy creep is a good strategy.
Life Essence heals you on each attack at the cost of your damage output. Sword throw will decrease in damage, moving down to 156 but healing for 40 each target it hits with a maximum of 300 health healed. Most of the time you will be using the damage dealing one. But using Life Essence in dire situations or hitting creeps (allied or enemy or neutral) will boost your health in no time.
Hellbourne Zeal
Description: Maliken allows his wounds to fuel his rage, increasing his attack speed based on how much health he is missing.
Effect: Attack Speed increased by 0.5 / 0.8 / 1.2 / 1.4 per 1% health missing. Maximun bonus is 100 attack speed.
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NotesThis is the skill that makes Maliken an omnipotent carry. When in low health, you will get an enormous boost in attacking speed also with shrunken and a symbol of rage synergizes well. This skill is not worth leveling up at early game; although i have seen people level it once at level 4. Maliken must be at 29% of his maximum health to receive +100 attack speed when this skill is maxed. This synergizes well with sword of the damned because when your low health, you can toggle Life Essence to maybe stay alive in conjunction with this passive.
[R] Possession
Description: Maliken allows himself to become possessed, transforming him into a full daemon temporarily. While in this form, Maliken’s attack becomes ranged and he attacks splash.
Effect: Posessed lasts 30 seconds. 100 / 80 / 60 second cooldown. Applies 'Feared' to enemies in 400 radius for 0.75 / 1.25 / 2 seconds.
If you are not within that red circle, you will not get affected. This just gives you a picture.'Feared'
• 40% Movement Speed
• Silenced
• Perplexed
• Disarmed
• Unitwalking
• Lose character control, running around in fear
Grants 20 / 40 / 60 armor for the first 2 seconds, decreasing to + 0 armor over the next 5 seconds.
Attack Type changes to Ranged, with a range of 600.
Attacks splash to nearby units.
50 / 75 / 100 % Splash in a 75 AOE
35 / 50 / 65 % Splash in a 200 AOE
20 / 25 / 30 % Splash in a 350 AOE
ImageNotesThis is an awesome skill! Simply used as an interupt/initiate skill when combined with sword throw. 'Feared' units cannot attack, and they cannot control their heroes at all. This also goes through magic immunity. Its good to interrupt heroes who are channeling (such as, interrupt Soul Stealer even if he has activated shrunken head) since your Possession works instantly upon cast. The cooldown is pretty short and it decreases as you are in this form. Can be used in almost all team fights and a very powerful skill. Try using Possession and farm stacked Camps, preferably Ancients. Furthermore, dont underestimate the sudden armor boost upon activation!
Skill Build
1. Sword throw
2. Sword of the Damned
3. Sword throw
4. Sword of the Damned
5. Sword throw
6. Possession
7. Sword throw
8. Sword of the Damned
9. Sword of the Damned
10. Hellbourne Zeal
11. Possession
12-14. Hellbourne Zeal
15. Stats
16. Possession
17+ Stats
Justification
Level 1 Sword throw is a lot more useful than a Level 1 Sword of the Damned. Here are a few reasons why:
• Sword throw has a 20% slow and a blink
• Excellent for a Blood Lust attempt
• Escape a level 1 enemy gank
• The range increases by a decent difference so it increases mobility
So now we know why we level Sword throw first.
Why Hellbourne Zeal at Level 10?
By level 10, you would have already have maxed Sword throw and Sword of the Damned. Leveling it early on is a waste of a skill point, as these two skills are much more valuble at early levels. This is because your damage is not that high in early game too fully make use of it.
Possession is taken whenever possible because its crucial for your initiation with Sword throw. Its a powerful skill and scales nicely throughout the game.
Items
Starting Items
Option 1
This is a popular build that gives you health regen, hatchet for last hitting and other uses and crushing claws can be used to make a bracer or Chalice. Ofcourse crushing claws gives 45 hp and 3 damage. Thus overall, this option gives a boost in survivability early on, as well as some aid in last hitting.
Option 2
OR This option, you get one health regen item, which is the good old health pot, use it if your very low life due to heavy harassments. Two minor totems for some survivability and last hitting power. Mana pot is for an extra throw i guess. This build is very solid and the totems can be used to complete a power supply.
Option 3
Pretty self-explanatory. A very very common starting build for carries. However you dont need to follow these builds every game. If your confident with last hitting, you may not pick up the hatchet and get the buckler only, plus some regen and totems.
THERE IS NO PERFECT BUILD
The reason i am not making a full build for each option is because its pretty much YOUR choice. You should make items thats good for you in that situation. I mean. There are not many combinations of items that are appropriate to start with, taking into fact you only have 603 gold in your pocket at the start usually. Unless you buy boots first, Or something completely retarded. Anyway, these are possible items you may pick up.
Possible Core
Stats
+10 Strength/Agility/Intelligence
+25 Attack Speed
+60 Movement SpeedExplanation
Best boots for Maliken. This is the only boot that scales. You benefit from the attack speed and can switch the attributes of the boots. You never know you might need the bonus mana. Please dont buy ghost marchers. You dont need the extra raw damage since you have Enchanted Flames skill. Sure the active skill grants mobility but for a strength carry, i think steamboots is better. Also Maliken needs the attack speed! You cannot rely on your passive for attack speed because it requires for you to be in low or medium health.
Stats
+3 Strength
+3 Agility
+3 IntelligenceExplanation
Power Supply is just so good! I get this on every hero. Again, very effective if enemy team has alot of spammers such as Thunder Bringer, Armadon etc. People may underestimate the burst heal it may provide. To be exact, it restores 10 health and 15 mana per charge with a maximum of 15 charges. In a full on team fight, this can provide 150 hp and 225 mana at max! Very useful for clutch plays and mind games. This item has a 17 second cooldown.
Stats
+3 Strength
+3 IntelligenceExplanation
It's a feasible item for those that enjoy spamming, in other words, solves your mana problems. The regen is nice and it should be on your mind as an option. Your Life Essence in conjunction with this item has synergy. Attack creeps to restore health and then activate this for mana. Just incase you didnt know, on use, it removes 150 health and grants 100 mana. If an enemy hero within 700 AOE is killed before 15 seconds after use, you are healed back the initial 150 health you traded. This item has a 35 second cooldown so try using it everytime its avaliable unless your mana is full.
Explanation
Always carry this! You can use it to escape ganks, immediately go to defend a tower so you can deny it or prepare for a team fight, respond to teammate when enemy towerdive and so on. A must have regardless. Its good practice to carry this when you play.
Stats
+20 Damage
+5 Armor
+15% Life StealExplanation
The most common attack modifier on this hero. It stacks with your Life Essence so why not! Plus it can get upgraded to Symbol of Rage which is a very powerful item. Whispering Helm plus your passive synergises well. You can also control a creep with its active ability. Try getting a minotaur or ice orge for their ability. You can also get a minotaur or catman champion to stack ancients for the fact they are not so squishy. Oh, also buy the Helm of the Victim first as opposed to Hungry Spirit. The armor and hp regen is better than a 10% lifesteal. Plus this is early stage and i doubt your damage is high enough to benefit from 10%.
Dominating a creep cost 75 mana and the cooldown is 300 seconds. Funny thing is, there is no cap to how many you enslave.
Stats
+10 Strength
+24 DamageExplanation
A very good item, if not the best item in the game. I know i said items are situational but you should just get it so you dont get permanently disabled. Maliken is famous for raping teams with just this item. Besides, there will always be a stuner or high burst nuker fag who cant wait to kill you. Cooldown is 80 seconds and thats probably enough time to use it in the next big clash.
Want to know more? The magic immunity lasts 10 seconds and dispels debuffs from self also which cannot be dispelled. Secondly, each time Shrunken Head is used, the duration of magic immunity is reduced by a second and its cooldown is reduced by 5 seconds. The duration of Magic Immunity will not go below 5 seconds, nor will the cooldown go below 55 seconds.
Stats
+12 Damage
+25 Attack Speed
+5 Armor
+3 Health RegenerationExplanation
Get this early and it will be of use. Dont forget to turn it off just when it starts to quickly kill you and turn it back on for a sudden burst of hp. Insanitarious and lifesteal are a good combination. If your planning to buy this, get lifesteal first, and get this as soon as possible. Only reason its worth considering is because its cheap for the effects it provides when toggled.
When you activate it, you instantly replenish 475 Health and get the following: +25 strength, +31 damage and +10 Attack Speed. By the way, you actually get more health since it gives 25 strength. Yum! However, you lose 35 true damage per second. I see alot of noobs buying this item, turning it on and keeping it toggled for longer than they should. The cooldown is only applied when activating (not when toggling off), which means that one can (after the cooldown has worn off) toggle this item off and activate it right after healing yourself up to 475 health.
Possible Luxuries
Stats
+25 Strength
+20 Damage
+5 Armor
+25% Life StealExplanation
Symbol of Rage is so godly. Gives you passive 25% LifeSteal helps you last longer during battles and gives 45 damage. The real magic is its active ability which is just imba 150% life steal for 3.5 seconds upon activation! Sad thing is this items is quite expensive. Its nice to buy this if you bought whispering helm earlier on.
Stats
+10 Armor
+40 Attack SpeedExplanation
Contributes to team and team fights well. The two auras are really beneficial. Grants +10 armor and 40 attack speed. Works well with your Sword of the Damned and Possession skill. Also makes you tankier. I believe that this item makes a lot more impact in a team fight than a Heart on a single hero. Its more team orientated and because of that generally better to buy late game.
Stats
+35 Strength
+300 Hit PointsExplanation
Makes you tank. A very solid item on carries. Nothing more to say, just gives **** loads of hp and bonus 40 damage. Heart is great for tanking heavy damage. Massive + 0.75% of max health regeneration per second allows you to quickly recover between teamfights, pushes etc.
Stats
+45 / 55 / 65 / 75 DamageExplanation
I guess with your extreme attack speed as your health diminishes and the splash from Possession this is a wonderful item for raw damage. This item is quite cheap for its effect since its recipe-upgradeable. I'd rather this, than save up for the entire item such as Savage Mace for its effect. After trying this out, i found i easily inflicted 500-700 critical hits at late game. I was amazed by the damage output with your skills. This is the item for pure damage.
Stats
+60 DamageExplanation
Get this item before 20 minute mark at latest. If you are planning to build this, just buy boots and attempt to rush it. Once you get this, your farming potential will sky rocket. Its a great item espicially in mid game for harassing heroes in team fights, taking into account you are a semi-initiator. Also, if you have bad team mates and had poor farm early, Just make Shrunken or Insanitarious. Although Mock provides the auto aoe burn and helps in farming, its also great for chasing.
Stats
+10 Strength
+26 Agility
+10 Intelligence
+15 Attack Speed
+10% Movement SpeedExplanation
Most people find this as a bad item for Maliken. I have tried this out as an experiment. This is more for fast pushing and playing mind games on your enemy. I guess the invulnerability upon activation may come in handy for disjointing spells. When you activate this item while in your ult form, the illusions will be ranged. However if your ultimate duration ends, they switch to melee form. Obviously the illusions will not have the Sword of the Damned properties (it would be awesome if it did). The stats it provides isnt as that good.
According to Hon Wiki, the illusions take 3.5 times normal damage and deal 33% of your attack damage, and inherit properties from you, in this case not the Sword of the Damned skills! The Illusions have a 20 second life time. When you activate this, it dispels all Buffs and Debuffs on you.
Stats
+88 Damage
+15 Attack SpeedExplanation
True Strike and Mini bash is useful i guess. Improves dps. Im not sure about this, but i think the lifesteal works from Savage Mace procs in ultimate form. Not sure though.
Notes
When Maliken ults, he becomes a ranged hero and have the effects from items the same as any ranged hero. This is why Brutalizer, HotbL and Runed Cleaver are not picked up on him.
Laning
This hero is usually played in side-lanes
(bot for Legion and top for Hellbourne). This is so the tower can
provide shelter since tower diving is not common in early stages. If you
or your partner does not push the lanes and maintain lane control;
aggroing creeps, creep pulling and such. You will find yourself less
pressured. Although, he can solo mid, he is countered by many other mid
solo heroes.
What to do when your opposing lane is squishy?
This is a loaded question. If you have
confidence in yourself and your laning partner, you may attempt to kill
one of them or even a double tap. Situations might be if they have no
regen items, their individual HP is 550 or lower, they have no disables,
they have no strong nuking ability and so on. If they have some of
these things, it's best to play abit passively, and counterattack if
they screw up.
Heroes with some sort of Escape
Valk, Sill, Hag, Gemini etc... These
heroes will be hard to kill since they can just pop out of battle, but
there is a way to kill them with a well timed Sword Throw!
Usually when these heroes activate their escape skill, there is a
remnant at their destination. Such as when Hag blinks, there is a quick
animation of bats at her destination spot from point A to Point B. A
being the origin, and B being his/her new location.
Even
if some heroes dont have this, as long as you know your opponents hero,
im sure you will know what to do. Valk for example, her leap can only
travel linear/straight. So as long as you can predict the range of her
leap, you can take her down. Or if she is infront of you completely
horizontally, and leaped towards her home base, just Sword Throw to the direction she was, problem might be timing. Reminders, your Sword Throw
range is greater than her leap. I would like to add that its all
prediction, reading your opponents and knowledge of their heroes, and
yours.
1. You can initiate well with Sword Throw from the fog. Make sure you have Enchanted Flames turned on.
2. Attack, then activate your ult and auto attack to death. One or more team mates will probably have a stun or disable to lock them down longer.
3. Save Sword Throw for a finisher or a kill-steal. The cooldown is too long to be used twice for most ganks. Plus you need the gold more, unless a real hard carry was there.
4. Mid game, you won't have the DPS to solo gank, but you only require 1 partner with a stun to kill most heroes. Dont be afraid to use your ultimate because the cool down is pretty short.
Sword Throw Uses2. Attack, then activate your ult and auto attack to death. One or more team mates will probably have a stun or disable to lock them down longer.
3. Save Sword Throw for a finisher or a kill-steal. The cooldown is too long to be used twice for most ganks. Plus you need the gold more, unless a real hard carry was there.
4. Mid game, you won't have the DPS to solo gank, but you only require 1 partner with a stun to kill most heroes. Dont be afraid to use your ultimate because the cool down is pretty short.
Sword Throw can be used in many ways, ill show you some simple techniques.
Escaping
Countless times your going to be fleeing from enemy heroes. The solution? Use Sword Throw
in a area that enemies cant pass or reach, then use a homecoming stone.
Areas may be cliffs, unpassable terrain etc. This is a great way to
escape and works most of the time, unless an enemy has a blink. You can
also activate shrunken head to prevent getting killed by a long range
nuke.
This technique is used commonly for ganking and It is very easy to use. Simply Sword Throw
to an enemy and press it again so you blink behind him/her. By doing
this, you will get an extra attack or two while the enemy is turning
around. If the enemy is attempting to run, press 'S' and try your best
to creep-block him while getting another few hits. This ensures he/she
does not get to his/her tower or allies as fast. During this time, your
allies can do whatever to kill.
Disjointing Spells
There is not much to say about this. When you Sword Throw,
and blink in to the swords' current location, you can disjoint any
projectile that was coming to you. This just requires good reaction. In
this screenshot from an actual game i played, enemy voodoo throws that
green stun thing at me. I used Sword Throw to disjoint it.
Like this! This is just instincts and
reading the map. In the screenshot i just knew Night Hound would be
there because its such a narrow passage-way. Dont ask me why the sword
is green...
If
that doesnt kill them and your already in iultimate form; try and hit
an enemy creep or hero. The splash may be just enough to kill them! The
screenshot below isnt the exact situation, but the Night Hound thinks he
will leech off exp with his permanent invisibility. However little does
he know that my attack does an extreme 50% splash when he is within 75
aoe.
Your job is to initiate a team fight by
blinking in ult. You should not initiate first but, if there is other
initiator or tank, its your job. Focus on disablers and carries.
Remember you have your whole team behind you, as soon initiate and
activate ultimate, this gives your team such a good advantage. I advise
you to activate your ultimate. Dont try and save it to interrupt an
enemy channel, because your disabler can do that.
In a scenario where the score is 13-28 and
you can't farm very well due to ganks... Get a Gravelocket after your
basic Whispering Helm and Boots. You should try to get Shrunken as soon
as possible. With Whispering Helm, go jungle if most of them are miss
and lane if they all go back in vision. If your team overall is under
leveled and not very farmed, tell them to just play defensively and try
not to separate that much unless they carry a home coming stone. Farm
tank items such as Behemoth Heart or Daemonic Breastplate. If your team
are complete douchebags and there is no possible way of victory like 2
heroes can annihilate all five of you, just concede. There is always
that one fag who does not pass the vote. To prevent getting reported, go
jungle. Hiding behind your base or selling all your items for wards is
clear indication your super mad. Thats not healthy, even for a daemon
king.
Your Role throughout GameEarly Game
Maliken
requires safe play and precise farming. Creep-block at the start to so
enemy creeps will end up near your tower for last hitting,
(creep-blocking is achieved by walking in front of the units and
spamming S or H) it should be pretty easy to last hit with his decent
starting damage in addition with the hatchet. It gets much easier after
you level Sword of the Damned. Due to your versatile nuke and decent
damage, try and get a kill with your partner, but only if you feel its
right to do so.
If your opponent is
ranged make sure use attack enemy by pressing A near them to draw in
creeps to stay away from harassment. Last-hitting and denying is primary
thing you should be doing. Also, your partner should be a babysitter
and helping you as much as he/she can. Whether that is healing you,
harassing enemies etc.
Again, focus
on last hitting/denying every thing and stick with your lane to have as
much gold and experience as possible. Call miss to let your team know if
someone is missing in your lane. If the enemy in your lane are missing,
you can either keep farming or attempt to gank another lane and get a
kill. This is because you Sword Throw has high damage, good slow and the ability to blink. However this requires atleast level 2 Sword Throw and level 2 Sword of the Damned.
The thing I am concerned is, I know you have a decent early ganking potential but Maliken
is a carry, although he will reach his limit faster than any other hard
carry. So farm! Make sure you don't feed, and above all else finish
your base items by the time you hit level 7 to 9. Call for ganks in your
lane and get the kills if possible. No, just kill steal all of them.
The point is don't waste a large amount of time ganking, you need to get
farmed. Shrunken Head is a must.
A
lot of team fight are going to happen. Thats why having your shrunken
and basic core items are imperative. Your role is to play initiate and
hit those fools hard, how dare they mess with the boss of S2.
Before
you initiate, make sure all of your teammates are in the position to
back you up, because you dont want to suicide by charging into 5 people.
Activate Shrunken Head after the 'Feared' ends. Attack the first
disabler you see, if you don't see the disabler then attack the
squishiest enemy hero. If an enemy is dying and is running away don't
blindly chase him too far, you might want to check if your team can do
okay if you leave them, if you chase the target too far away and even if
you manage to kill him, there's a chance that your team might be wiped
out due to your absence. This is a common mistake noobs do.
When there are no team fights, participate in ganks or push with your team once you finish Shrunken Head. Your going to shine most at this point of the game, make use of that. Dont forget, one attack on each creep and nuking them will wipe out a whole creep wave! Superb farming. Also you should dominate a creep if you bought whospering helm and control it to stack Ancients. Dont be afraid to use your ultimate to take down these boss monsters quickly.
When there are no team fights, participate in ganks or push with your team once you finish Shrunken Head. Your going to shine most at this point of the game, make use of that. Dont forget, one attack on each creep and nuking them will wipe out a whole creep wave! Superb farming. Also you should dominate a creep if you bought whospering helm and control it to stack Ancients. Dont be afraid to use your ultimate to take down these boss monsters quickly.
If
you did really good in mid game, you will not struggle in this stage.
If you have a potent initiator and tank, get luxury items to improve
your damage. If not, get luxury items to increase your tankability.
I
would imagine your either going to be turtling or pushing hard. In this
case, you will probably be done a few towers, quite high level with one
or two or more luxury items. At this stage, the next clash of the
titans will most likely decide the fate of your game.
To
increase the chances of winning, read the following. Dont get cocky and
spend all your gold at once. Alot of people finish off a huge item
thinking it will gurantee a victory. The answer is no. You must play
safe therefore save about 2000 gold for a buy back just incase. Dont
ever farm a lane by yourself! People with invisibility or blink will
gank you. So stay with team! A team gank is common in this late stage.
Kill Kongor for Token after a mild team fight or if they are turtling.
If there are no heroes that are more potent carries than you, you get
the aegis.
Furthermore, I would like to add that stacking ancients and wiping them out is a good source of gold. Oh, and dont be scared to die. You are not the true carry, but a semi regardless, you are very powerful.
As a summary, do NOT go 1 v 5. Play safe and seize any opportunity for victory you find. Look at the enemies respawn time and dont bite more than you can chew. Im sure you have experienced a team where they are still raxxing with low hp and the enemy team are gradually coming back. Suddenly your whole team gets annihilated. They proceed to push mid and win the game.
Furthermore, I would like to add that stacking ancients and wiping them out is a good source of gold. Oh, and dont be scared to die. You are not the true carry, but a semi regardless, you are very powerful.
As a summary, do NOT go 1 v 5. Play safe and seize any opportunity for victory you find. Look at the enemies respawn time and dont bite more than you can chew. Im sure you have experienced a team where they are still raxxing with low hp and the enemy team are gradually coming back. Suddenly your whole team gets annihilated. They proceed to push mid and win the game.
Allies
Support/Disablers
These guys are a carrys' best friend. They help you throughout the game and even sacrifice themselves for you. Quite touching...
Initiators
This group of heroes are the one that excel in this role. You are a secondary initiator compared to these guys. Coupled with you, you make a fearsome duo.
Carries
The real trump card. Dont be jealous when they shine brighter than you at late game. They are meant to farm farm and farm and carry your ass to victory.
Enemies
Predator 
This growling son of a dog is a pain to you. Avoid 1 v 1 with this guy, and focus someone else. This hero is an anti-tank. When you face him one on one, he will life steal harder than you.
This growling son of a dog is a pain to you. Avoid 1 v 1 with this guy, and focus someone else. This hero is an anti-tank. When you face him one on one, he will life steal harder than you.
Magebane
You have a poor mana pool. a few hits with this guy and your rendered useless. Magebane is also a stronger carry than you. Hes also got a solid escape skill.
You have a poor mana pool. a few hits with this guy and your rendered useless. Magebane is also a stronger carry than you. Hes also got a solid escape skill.
Vindicator 
His Sages's Lore is a godamn annoying spell. His Gylph of Silence passive makes you unable to blink in if you were within 800 aoe. His ult is game breaking. Well i guess if he used it after you have already activated ultimate and exhausted Sword throw, its another story.
His Sages's Lore is a godamn annoying spell. His Gylph of Silence passive makes you unable to blink in if you were within 800 aoe. His ult is game breaking. Well i guess if he used it after you have already activated ultimate and exhausted Sword throw, its another story.
Pandamonium 
Panda is known to be an anti-tank, his disables are as deadly as
His Facesmash goes through magic immunity too which can screw you big time.
Panda is known to be an anti-tank, his disables are as deadly as
His Facesmash goes through magic immunity too which can screw you big time.
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