Nortrom - The Silencer

@Kevin645:
What you say is true, especially since Glaives no longer has no more cd at LV4. But it's usually up to you when you wanna orbwalk my boy Nort (I usually do it when I have the Curse placed on the enemy, but for creeps, I always go with the standard (LS, etc)).

You guys do know that orb walking late game has many problems for nort
if you manuel cast it means that ur IAS wont be used as a advantage
if you autocast ur IAS will make ur atks go 2:1(autocast:manuelcast)

My usual build for Nortrom:
2 Talismans
BoT -> INT Treads
Mystic Staff -> Guinsoo
MoD -> HOD
Hyperstone
If the game goes longer than 30min, I either go:
Perse -> BloodStone
or
Buriza

@347 Yes. Also, if you have an orb effect (IE lifesteal), you can even choose which orb by either enabling autocasting for Glaives (you'll use glaives) or disable autocasting for Glaives (you'll use lifesteal, even though you "used" glaives). The only problem is that Ghost Sceptre + Silence will only protect you for so long, so even if you do have IAS from Orchid having to click Glaives and click the enemy every time you attack will screw you over.

@ronald i usually make magic wand instead of 3rd null. secondly pt is better choice then BoT, since you need as very much. finally, necronomicon is for heroes with slows and disables. nort doesnt have any so better get hex.
need more comments?

346 @ if you use it as spell(orb walking manuel cast) i pretty sure u can
if it is on auto cast then no

can u use glaive in ghost form?

Consider ghost sceptre. your enemies are silenced and ur in ghost form. what can they do to you?

I usually start with 2branches 1magic stick 1 tango 1 salve and 2 clarities.
Farm for a Boots of speed and 3 nulls and den up grade it to BoT while getting necronomicon and upgrade it by the end of mid game. Den for a disable, a Guinsoo will do. Any Comments?

what is a decent item build for this guy?

Yeah you're right that's actually a really good idea i never though of it that way. I don't play him much anyways.

I used to play him before they buffed cots. With the old build of stats and glaive.

Oh yeah, you are right. However, I do still insist on getting 1 level of Glaive for orb-walking. It's not for the damage, same way Drow's Frost Arrow is gotten early on.

I am pretty sure viper and frost arrows or any other orb moves like those don't cancel cots.

Getting 1 level of glaive early on is for harassing through orb-walking, just in case you are laning vs someone who would counter CotS easily like Drow or Viper. In which case you need no bother to level up CotS and concentrate on the Glaive/Last Word/Stats combo.

the pure damage i guess..
your int will be low early so leveling the skill from 1 to lvl 2 wont make that much of a difference,
but then again what else would u level up in its place?

If you keep lvling it up it might be worth it but just 1 lvl i feel is a waste at lvl 1 it only does 15% but at lvl 2 it's 30 % thats double.

If you keep lvling it up it might be worth it but just 1 lvl i feel is a waste at lvl 1 it only does 15% but at lvl 2 it's 30 % thats double.

the pure damage i guess..
your int will be low early so leveling the skill from 1 to lvl 2 wont make that much of a difference,
but then again what else would u level up in its place?

There is no point at getting glaive if it's just lvl 1.

Who is a good hero to counter him? I was thinking NA's mana burn, but he won't be able to combo.

@tokusil
Tread (int)
Nulls x 3

Optional/Situational,
HoD
Necrobooks
Orchid
Shivas
Guinsoo
Linkens
Euls
Meka

Basically treads and nulls are your early items. After it depends what role you play, eg support:guinsoo/shiva/meka, dps:orchid.

Skill sets,
this also depends on who you lane against, in general, max out CotS asap with last word to harass. Glaive should be kept at lvl 1 until 12-15.