[GUIDE] Visage " Necrolic "

[inahacker]

Visage " The Necrolic "
Main Attribute: Intelligence
The Pusher and Hero Killer Guide

Hero Introduction:

Brought back to unlife by a vicious Harpy Queen, this once proud Wyvern was turned into a Visage of its former self. Corrupted by chaos, Visage is master of death; The unholy chill of the driving him into killing frenzies. Empathic to souls, he can consume fresh souls to heal and animate souls of his dead brethren into corpses to fight by his side.

Pros :-
Running from battles easily.
Fast attack and movement speed (Grave Chill)
A Good Pusher and hero killer (Grave Chill + Revenants + Right Items)
Cons :-
Low health point ( HP )
Poor Last hitter
An intelligence hero

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Hero Starting Stats:

Visage - The Necro'lic
Range: 600 | | Move Speed: 285 | Primary: INT
Str: 17 + 1.75 | Agi: 17 + 2 | Int: 19 + 2.45
Damage: 33 - 43 | HP: 473 | Mana: 247
HP Regen: 0.76 | Mana Regen: 0.77
Attack Speed: 1.41 (+ 17% IAS) | Armor: 1.4

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Hero Skills Overview:


Grave Chill (G)
Visage drains the life from a target, slowing its attack and move speed. He then gets bonus move speed and attack speed.
Level 1 - Enemy loses 8% movespeed and attack speed for 10 seconds, Visage gains 8% movespeed and attack speed for 15 seconds.
Level 2 - Enemy loses 16% movespeed and attack speed for 10 seconds, Visage gains 16% movespeed and attack speed for 15 seconds.
Level 3 - Enemy loses 24% movespeed and attack speed for 10 seconds, Visage gains 24% movespeed and attack speed for 15 seconds.
Level 4 - Enemy loses 32% movespeed and attack speed for 10 seconds, Visage gains 32% movespeed and attack speed for 15 seconds.
Mana Cost: 110/ 120/ 130/ 140
Cooldown: 25

*** Damn this skills helps you in early game for escaping harrassing ***
*** Very useful at mid-early and late game ***


Soul Assumption (T)
Adds extra damage to attacks, and add a debuff icon on an unit for 2 seconds. Units killed while under the effect of Soul Assumption will give Visage life, and will not leave corpses behind.
Level 1 - 10 bonus damage, and 10 life returned.
Level 2 - 20 bonus damage, and 20 life returned.
Level 3 - 30 bonus damage, and 30 life returned.
Level 4 - 40 bonus damage, and 40 life returned.
Orb effect.
Mana Cost: 5/ 10/ 15/ 20
Cooldown: N/A

*** I dont get this early game ( ill explain it in the later part of this guide)


Gravekeeper's Cloak ()
Visage creates an Aura of 600 AoE. Any enemy unit affected by this aura will absorb a percentage of the damage when it attacks.
Level 1 - 6% of damage.
Level 2 - 12% of damage.
Level 3 - 18% of damage.
Level 4 - 24% of damage.
Mana Cost: N/A
Cooldown: N/A

*** Yeah a free and better blademail ***
*** This skill helps you from gang bangs ***


Raise Revenants (V)
Raises a revenant from a corpse. Resists spell damage by 33%.
Level 1 - Can summon 5 revenants.
Level 1 Revenants: 350 HP, 26 – 29 Piercing Damage with 300 range, 3 Unarmored Armor.
Level 2 - Can summon 6 revenants. Level 2 Revenants: 550 HP, 36 – 39 Piercing Damage with 325 range, 3 Unarmored Armor.
Level 3 - Can summon 7 revenants. Level 3 Revenants: 800 HP, 46 – 49 Piercing Damage with 350 range, 3 Unarmored Armor, gains magic immunity.
Mana Cost: 50
Cooldown: 6

*** His Ulti is what make him the ultimate pusher ***

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Skill Build

General Hero Skill Build

Level 1 : GraveChill
Level 2 : Gravekeeper's Cloak
Level 3 : Gravekeeper's Cloak
Level 4 : GraveChill
Level 5 : Gravekeeper's Cloak
Level 6 : Revenants
Level 7 : Gravekeeper's Cloak
Level 8 : GraveChill
Level 9 : GraveChill
Level 10 : Stats
Level 11 : Revenants
Level 12 : Stats
Level 13 : Stats
Level 14 : Soul Assumption
Level 15 : Stats
Level 16 : Revenants
Level 17 : Stats
Level 18 : Stats
Level 19 : Soul Assumption
Level 20 : Stats
Level 21 : Stats
Level 22 : Soul Assumption
Level 23 : Soul Assumption
Level 24 : Stats
Level 25 : Stats

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Faqs: Most of dota players treat this hero as weak.
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Skill Build Explaination:

* Why did a maxed-up Gravechill and GraveKeepers Cloak not Soul Assumption?

* Because Gravechill makes you move and attack faster its helps you from getting away from team ganks, why GraveKeepers Cloak because it gives you a chance to win from 1on1 early game. And why not Soul Assumption because this skills only gives you 10 bonus dmg for a 5 mana points, you need more mana to spam this skill not like searing arrow.

Item Build

Starting Items:


Observer Wards = 215
Last for 480 Seconds and it has 3 charges it will help you from sneeky enemys and warns you from gang bangs. (search theres a guide for good ward positioning)


Ring of Regeneration = 375
[This Items Helps from fountain trips early game it is a must for you to buy this ring]


Gauntlets of Ogre Strength = 150
Gives you extra STR = HP.


Boots of Speed = 500

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Gloves of Haste + Scroll of Hand of Midas
[Why purchase this items?]
[Ans: Because Visage have poor base damage and youre chances of last hitting a creep is small thats why you need this item to have extra gold.]
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Main Item Build


Sange and Yasha = 5100
[Boost HP and AGI] Visage needs this item to improve his attack speed and Health Points.


Eye Of Skadi = 7050
[If you have farm pretty well then proceed in buying this, it gives you more bonus stats and slows your targetd enemy while S&Y only gives Bonus AGI and HP + MoveSpeed.]

note: I Need Comments on this two it will be appreciated.


Boots of Travel = 2700
Gives: Increase movementspeed by 90 and allows you to teleport to a friendly non-hero unit.
CoolDown: 60 sec.
[Pretty indeed for pushing towers]


Guinsoo's Scythe of Vyse = 5175
[If you have this + Revenants in-late game you could kill 1-2 heros easily]


Necronomicon = 2750
[It is part of your name "Necro" form the word nercomancy meaning " divination by conjuring up the dead " and it is pretty useful for you combined with guinsoo and revenants damn good bye]


Radiance = 5325
Gives a +70 Damage and 35/sec Immolation damage and causes them to miss 8% of this attacks.
[Sounds good combined with those items from above]

or


Buriza-do Kyanon = 6200
Gives a +75 Damage and a 20% to deal 2.2x normal damage.

*** General Strategy ***

Early Starting Game:
Level 1 up to 6
Now If you have read the guide for putting up wards now do it so. Level 1 you know that Visage is very vulnerable againts nukers thats why you should minimize exposing your character model from your enemy like for example Lich King, Lord of Olympia, Lina Inverse and many more. Just keep you self behind that talon so that you could level up nicely, if youre a very good last hitter then good for you.

Mid Game
Level 7 up to 17
Now if you have farm nice at early game you can buy any of those items mentioned on the item build, by this time you could have Radiance and up-coming Guinsoo, remeber your Mail Rule here is to farm and push if theres a opportunity of a hero kill then do it so.

Late Game
Level 18 up to 25
If you Completed the items above then you can own easily and quicky, now you know that Visage is a strong hero with these items, go kill them all.

Good Allies


Shaman = a good dis-abler shackles + voodoo + guinsoo = ownage


Omni Knight = you need his repel and heal spell as well his ultimate skill.

Bad Foes

As I mentiond earlier these dudes are pretty bad for you.

Bane Elemental - damn dis-abling skill + BS + Ulti or dead.

NetherDrake - Poison attack + Viper Strike = dead you.

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Conclusion: A good farmer is a good hero killer

[m.night Jann]

Conclusion: A good farmer is a good hero killer

yup...but he is also a scourge hero lol...

[monkeyninja]

With all seriousness, if you need help thinking of a comment for any item in your item build, there is always that chance that there isn't a comment because it doesn't fit :o

Without Soul Assumption, you have little to no lane control. I'ld really like to see you somehow farm up those items. A game shouldn't go for that long for anybody to get that gear, especially if you are aiming to be a pusher.

[DevoX]

Visage is one of my hero in my HATE LIST. I guess he is too weak or whatever. By the way did you ever see a Visage GODLIKE? Even me played DotA one year didnt even see a visage godlike. Hmmm btw are you going to update your guide? It lack of picture and a replay.

(search theres a guide for good ward positioning)

[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

[saint]

I don't play visage that much since he's completely different from version 5. However, I will add that you'll be better off aiming for vanguard after hand of midas.

2 Main items, skadi and Sange & Yasha. If you're aiming for that, then you're going to be more of a battle visage. If you're aiming for those two items, most likely you will not be a hero pusher or you would not be able to complete your other items such as Necrominon, Guinsoo and the others. Adding Buriza, Radiance and Boots of Travel goes beyond reality. It might happen, but once in a blue moon I say. Even if the game pro-longs longer than usual, those items will be time consuming in farming wise. Other than one on one, I don't see much of a potential for Visage to take any kills in ganks. So in order to maximise your farming capability, I would rather save up for Radiance. Instead of hand of midas and boots of travel, I did replace those two with power threads. Powers threads WILL suffice. If you're having problems dealing with enemies, I did suggest getting Manta Style. And from there, you can either go for Guinsoo and Sange & Yasha.

If you're daring enough, go for the hardcore build. A radiance, power threads, manta style and as many heart of tarrasques you can farm out. I have tried it, it works tremendously even on my first game with her. Keep in mind that Manta images reflect 56% damage back, instead of 28%, because they receive 200%. If you know what I mean, EXPLOIT GRAVESKEEPERS' CLOAK. Otherwise, do some research on it. Long story made short, the more damage you take, the more damage your enemies take.

You don't really need observer wards. You just need be patient and more cautious till level 6, and you're able to make good use of your ultimate and place them around the map. I did rather use the gold spent there to get Tango.

[inahacker]

i did plan either of the two, Manta Style and Necronomicon....

btw thnx for your replies....

ill update it soon ;D

[reverof]

I think s&y is not work so much for visage
heart is better

[jotoshimae]

My Main items in Visage is: Monkey King Bar Power Treads Guinsoo Scythe Radiance Aura Sange and Yasha Aegis of Immortal (if Possible) if no I use Heart of Tarasque And I put Soul Assumption + Grave Chill + Revenants then pure stats, Soul Assumption is a good damage for a start. Starting Items is: Ring of Basillus Ring of Regenaration Bracer (HP recovery and Additional HP) Bracer (HP recovery and Additional HP) Ancient Tango of Essefication (When HP is below 25%) Any Comment and Suggestion about my build? =)