not seeing too much because didnt watched the replay,but why you keep your sharpnel at level 1 and maxing take aim
Because SF is playing weirdly, keep going forward instead of spamming raze. I took take aim to keep him at bay
And maybe I underestimate sharpnel too much? I hate using sharpnel for harrass since it makes the lane pushed too fast due to SF keep hugging his creeps. I just use it to slow + vision when I (and rotating ES) go for kill
Should sharpnel maxed 1st?
I didnt watch the replay. I just checked out the game stats here and i just wanna tell you if you wanna win a game please dont buy shadow blade/silver edge on sniper
sharpnel is really good for farming,and destroying everyone on your lane
take aim maximum is just like lvl 2 i think on laning,ot that good
I checked out this game on opendota to see the timings on your item purchases and here are some tips for improving your itemization.
1. You've decided to go for Mask of madness but you built it after dragon lance. Mask of madness is a farming item and usually you want to get it right after you finish your treads/phase boots+aquila+wand to start farming as efficiently as possible. It's especially good because you're playing on dire and you can spend a lot of time farming the triangle of camps around your bottom shrine.
2. For the beginning of the lane you want to finish your aquila before wand or boots because it gives your a last hitting advantage over SF. You should probably get another wraith band after that to make last hits even easier. You only need to build boots once you see shadow fiend has them as well because you dont want him to be able to outrun you or chase you down after he lands a raze.
3. Pike and mjollnir are core items on sniper and you should build them every game but after you finish them you need to focus on whatever you feel like bothers you the most in that game. Your approach of getting a silver edge was right in a way that you got it to deal with bristleback but it was the wrong item choice. Its not your job as a sniper to kill bristle or break his passive. You have a slark on your team after all. You needed to take a look at the enemy team and realise that they lack any gap-closing mechanism which is an amazing situation for sniper. The only was they can really get on top of you is by vengeful spirit swapping you into a bad position. Thats why you needed to get a Linkens sphere instead of Silver edge and then follow it up with a dps items like Butterfly or Daedalus.
4. You switched your Phase boots into Travels way earlier than you should have. You're just using like 2k gold and further decreasing your dps while not really getting much from the map-mobility they provide you because you were probably trapped in your base at that point of the game anyway
Thank you @umbranox and @feachairu, that's helping a lot
I was buying edge because Slark was having a really bad connection and reconnecting nearly all game. But it was all still makes sense, thank you. I'll bear it in mind
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My last game as Sniper, what did I do wrong? I think I give it my all, but things still didn't work
Should I go crystalis instead of upgrading maelstorm into mjollnir? Is the silver edge comes too late? Or should I stick with team and push more and sacrificing a bit of farm to teamfight all day?
I know I suck, thats why I ask. No need to say gitgud and end there pls. Thank you