Image hero guide

Image hero guide

Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 11:00 am

Image Hero guide

Most people don't seem to know how to build image heroes their fullest. I've seen hundreds of questions where people ask Does hyperstone go to images? If I get a Rapier will my images also get the +250 damage? Here I come to clarify everything. I list a couple of effects and I will indicate whether it'll work on images or not by a simple
YES or NO

Orb effects

Frost(Skadi) - NO
Lifesteal(MoM,Satanic,Vladimirs) - NO
Feedback (Manta or Diffusal) - YES , only on melee images
Chain lightning(Mojollier or Maelstrom) - NO
Maim(Sange and Yasha or Sange) - NO
Corruption(Desolator) - NO

Other effects

Criticals - YES
Bash - YES , but your images's bash will not stun nor do damage but merely prolong a real bash.
Cleave - NO
Regen - NO
Evasion - YES
Movespeed items(boots) - YES
Immolation(Radiance)( - YES , although multiple radiances will not stack.
+ Armor items(Plate mail) - NO
+ HP and MP items(soulbooster) - YES
Increase attackspeed items(Hyperstone) - NO
+ Stat items(Bracers,nulls,wraiths) - YES
Damage items(Divine Rapier) - NO
Regen Auras(Mekasm or Heardress) - NO
% Move speed items(Sange and Yasha or Yasha) - YES
Blademail - NO
True Sight(gem) - YES

Feel free to add stuff if you think my list was incomplete.
Therefore after reading this guide I hope you will learn that buying stuff like Assault Cuirass doesn't help your images at all. The best way to buff images is buy buying alot of stat items and this is the only way you can increase their damage.

Last edited by fwii~ on Wed May 02, 2007 12:47 pm; edited 2 times in total

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Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 11:07 am

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Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 11:15 am

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Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 11:18 am

+Attack speed increase due to AGI items: YES

+Attack damage increase due to increasing main attribute stats: YES, [(base damage + bonus main attribute stats) x % damage dealt by the illusion/image]

+Armor increase due to increasing AGI stats: not sure maybe YES?

+Regen through aura (meka, headress): YES

Permanent Status, either innate by skill (e.g juxtapose, permanent invisibility) or items (e.g. yasha): YES
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Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 11:32 am


Thanks but the attack speed, damage, and + amour from agi thing is a little too specific.

I'm not too sure about yasha or meka and headress I'll test it. BTW Phantom edge not Juxtapose will work on images

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Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 11:39 am

anyways, about the + damage in increasing main attribute, I just meant it in general, not only agi type heroes. Try it. ^_^ for chaos knight, increasing his str increases his images' damage. For Naga Siren, Terror Blade and Phantom Lancer increasing agi increases their illusions' damage. And for radical builds like getting a Manta Style on int heroes, increasing their int increases the damage of their illusions. n_n
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Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 12:08 pm

Can be seen using "true sight" : No [except juxtapose].
Able to cast skill(s)/item(s) : No.
Got no damage by purge : No.
Have true sight too when holding "gem of true sight : Yes.
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Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 12:08 pm


Of course I knew that but I assumed that people already knew what does increasing your primary attribute will do

Thanks I can't believe I missed True sight.

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Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 12:45 pm

hmm, this is very helpful..thanks .

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Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 4:55 am

Yes.. it is very helpful...
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Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 6:01 pm

As far as I know, images has regeneration though very slow,....
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Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 9:22 am


They do but they will not benefit fro regen boosting items nor heal from the fountain but seriously who needs to heal images anyway?

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Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 7:21 am

Regen - NO

Does this means that illusions will not provide regeneration aura bonus (from Meka or Headress etc) to allies?
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Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 11:20 am


Yes it does although illusions do have natural regen from strength but that's it.

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Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 9:51 pm

I would like to know whether damage aura's like VS and Drow
would increase in aoe [because I know for a fact they dont stack ] if these heroes used manta style?
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