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Nyx Assassin

Nyx Assassin: Melee, position 4 (soft support), Disabler, Nuker, Initiator, Escape. In patch 7.41f the hero has a 52.7% win rate in pubs and a 10.0% pick rate.

Nyx Assassin is always hunting for fragile targets. Sneaking invisibly through the forest, when he spots his prey, he swipes them with his deadly claws and impales them on stunning spikes, then reverses any counterattack with his reflecting carapace.

Meleeposition 4 (soft support)DisablerNukerInitiatorEscape
52.7%Win rate · all pubs
10.0%picked in 1 of 10 games
53.2%Turbo · 221,913 games
Complexity: medium

Abilities

patch 7.41f · Valve
Impale

Impale

на точку

Rock spikes burst from the earth along a straight path. Enemy units take damage, then are hurled into the air and stunned.

Pros max it by level 7

Mind Flare

Mind Flare

на цель, по области

Deals damage equal to a percentage of the target's Max Mana and burns part of it away. Deals additional damage equal to a percentage of the damage the target has taken from Nyx Assassin in the last 15s. Resets accumulated damage before applying damage.

Pros max it by level 15

Spiked Carapace

Spiked Carapace

без цели, мгновенная

When activated while above ground, Spiked Carapace reflects and negates damage dealt to Nyx Assassin (max once from each source), as well as stunning the source of the damage. Activating Spiked Carapace will not break Vendetta invisibility. While Burrowed, Spiked Carapace instantly stuns nearby enemies when cast.

Pros max it by level 10

Burrow

Burrow

без цели · from Aghanim's Scepter

Nyx Assassin buries himself beneath the battlefield over a short duration. Once burrowed, Spiked Carapace instantly stuns nearby enemies when cast, the range of Mind Flare and Impale is increased, and Impale's cooldown is decreased. While burrowed, Nyx Assassin is stationary, unable to attack, and invisible. Nyx Assassin gains damage reduction from all damage sources.

Mana Burn

Mana Burn

пассивная · innate

Nyx Assassin's damage on enemies also burns mana as a percentage of the damage dealt.

Vendetta

Vendetta

мгновенная, без цели

Nyx Assassin becomes invisible and gains a speed bonus. If Nyx Assassin attacks to break the invisibility, massive bonus damage is dealt with the attack that applies a break to the target. Nyx Assassin has 75 additional attack range and a 70% faster attack animation for this attack.

Pros max it by level 17

Aghanim's Scepter

Grants a new ability, Burrow.

Aghanim's Shard

Upgrades Vendetta.

Decreases cooldown by ?s. For the first 15s of Vendetta, Nyx is hasted and has unobstructed pathing.

Talents

600 Mind Flare RadiusLvl 25+80 Agility
+0.6s Spiked Carapace Stun DurationLvl 20+140 Impale Damage
+50 Vendetta DamageLvl 15-3s Mind Flare Cooldown
+25% Spiked Carapace Damage ReflectLvl 10+0.2s Impale Stun Duration
AI coach

A review of your Nyx Assassin game

Sign in with Steam and pick a match: the coach reads the replay second by second and in a couple of minutes shows where the game slipped.

  • Every death and fight becomes a moment on the map: the fog of war as you saw it, and what the enemy saw that second.
  • Your pace against the Nyx Assassin benchmark: 363 GPM for an average player, 431 for a good one.
  • Timings against pros: they have Essence Distiller by minute 17, and the coach shows where you lose time.
  • Five-game homework the coach checks in your next review, plus a chat with the coach about the match.
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