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Viper! ^u^ The Common Sense Guide!

Created by Boots-chan on 2008-08-01
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Last edited: September 1st, 2008

Hi! Welcome to my first DOTA guide ever. Viper is one of the best heroes in the game, if not arguably THE best early game solo hero, if you know how to play him properly. I noticed that existing guides on this site didn't seem to do the Netherdrake's powers justice, so... here I am.

This is going to be a Viper-specific guide, so don't expect to find general info such as last hitting and denying, etc. I'm going to assume you already know how to do all that, and if you don't, you can just look at any other How-To-Dota guide. I am assuming that you are playing non-em in this guide. I don't play em, so I can't help you must there, sorry. Still, even if you do play it, I hope you find the concepts helpful! ^_^

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Viper is predominantly a HUNTER. Early game, he can kill nearly anything one-on-one, and the perpetual slow makes him an incredible ganker. If nobody else is doing it, Viper makes a passable carry, but there are other heroes better suited for the role. In other words, Viper isn't here to farm, even if he does seem to do it okay. He's here to stop other heroes from farming. Your income will come mainly from killing other heroes, not from creeps!

	Viper - The Netherdrake Range: 575 \| Move Speed: 290 Primary: AGI Str: 17 + 1.9 \| Agi: 21 + 2.5 \| Int: 15 + 1.8 Damage: 49 - 51 \| HP: 473 \| Mana: 195 HP Regen: 0.76 \| Mana Regen: 0.61 Attack Speed: 1.34 \| Armor: 2
	Nethertoxin (T) Adds a powerful toxin to your attacks. Deals more damage the lower the target's health is. Half damage on non-hero units and buildings. Level 1 - Maximum of 32 Bonus Damage. Level 2 - Maximum of 64 Bonus Damage. Level 3 - Maximum of 96 Bonus Damage. Level 4 - Maximum of 128 Bonus Damage. 2/4/6/8 bonus damage, and doubles each 20% missing hp. Mana Cost: N/A Cooldown: N/A Comment: This is a pretty useless skill, at least early in the game. Viper shines in early game with his brilliant attack animation, imba orb effect, and rigged ultimate. Most of the time you will be Orbwalking (more on that later) -- unless you're playing against people who stand there and get hit, which I highly doubt -- and the only thing that counts when you Orbwalk is the animation before your attack comes out. For Viper, that animation is already minimal. Possibly you may shave a couple of nanoseconds off that animation by putting points into this skill, but chances are you will be more limited by the speed you are able to click (i.e. how good you are at Orbwalking) rather than the attack animation. Mr. Viper is squishy enough already -- we really don't need to make him any squishier, right? That's not to say that Frenzy does not have its uses. Later on in the game in big team battles, there's many more opportunities to just stand there and attack, and (important) you're not being targeted, go ahead and use it to increase your damage output. It's also useful for killing off towers quickly.
	Poison Attack (C) Coats Viper's attack with poison. Slows movement and attack speeds and lasts 2 seconds. Level 1 - Slows speed by 10%, deals 6 damage per second. Level 2 - Slows speed by 20%, deals 12 damage per second. Level 3 - Slows speed by 30%, deals 18 damage per second. Level 4 - Slows 40%, deals 24 damage per second. Mana Cost: 20 Cooldown: 4/3/0/0 Comment: Viper's signature skill! One of the best skills for harassing early on in the game. Abuse it! When everyone's HP is still small at the beginning, the poison damage will hurt. Later on, you will mostly be using it for the slow. This skill can be Autocasted, but you will not be doing that often.
	Corrosive Skin (E) Viper's body is covered with poison. Any unit that attacks it becomes infected. Reduced movement and attack speed and minor damage for 3 seconds. Level 1 - 5% reduction, 5 damage per second, 5% magic reduction. Level 2 - 10% reduction, 10 damage per second, 10% magic reduction. Level 3 - 15% reduction, 15 damage per second, 15% magic reduction. Level 4 - 20% reduction, 20 damage per second, 20% magic reduction. Mana Cost: N/A Cooldown: N/A Comment: A useful skill, depending on how the game is going. If you're not very good at avoiding ganks, this skill can help you escape. The poison damage, however, is quite neglible. If played properly, Viper is a damn scary hero, so most heroes will be fleeing more often than not, and poison damage will be wasted.
	Viper Strike (V) Strikes with a vicious bite, slowing movement and attack speeds significantly and dealing poison damage over time. Lasts 5 seconds. Level 1 - Deals 60 damage per second and slows speeds by 40%. Level 2 - Deals 100 damage per second and slows speeds by 60%. Level 3 - Deals 145 damage per second and slows speeds by 80%. Mana Cost: 125/ 175/ 250 Cooldown: 80/ 50/ 30 Comment: This ultimate does a ton of damage and slows massively. Unless the enemy has some kind of escape mechanism, once they get this on them, they are pretty much dead. Use it how you would use any other slow. Many people choose to initiate with this spell, but I prefer to approach with a few Poison Attacks before using it.

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345 By GosuSala 2010-03-18

@342
Ursa with dagger + HoT = 5 hits to kill Viper.Ursa ist just overpowered.......

344 By GstarRAW 2010-03-01

thanks so much this guide
helped me so much :)
viper is now my best hero
cuz i learned how to orb walk
and what equips to get

343 By ThatNapoleonGuy 2010-03-01

Errr, update the skill build...

Poison
Toxin
Poison
Toxin
Poison
Strike
Poison
Toxin
Toxin
Skin
Strike
Skin
Skin
Skin
Stats
Strike
Stats.

-_- Or delay toxin to post-16.

342 By raphaelnato 2010-02-26

@340
yes, ursa can kill viper but as she said you can orbwalk him to death but if youre not really good at it, ursa can kill viper easily

341 By 995348694 2010-02-17

Wa~~~ a girl made this guide, not bad actually.

Sometime i will just use the butterfly as a survivability item instead of a vanguard.Since it give Viper some dps as well

340 By Nikolas21 2010-02-15

It's not updated! Sb make an updated guide.

p.s. Ursa can kill Viper within 2secs

339 By Toushiro Hit 2010-02-15

ursa can kill viper

338 By vegim123 2010-02-14

it's a very good goood goood guide but i have a question kan id o mekans to him ?

337 By C17-18 2010-02-08

Not bad for being a girl guide.

336 By sandallw 2010-01-14

nice guide..
when i try this guide get lot kill.

335 By laoda 2010-01-14

334 By laoda 2010-01-14

wat hero can kill viper

333 By vaughn118 2010-01-08

FUZZY WUZZY IS FTW BUT VIPER IDC ABOUT

332 By PRiNCE.NiPRiNCESS 2009-12-27

ahm u c my favorite hero is viper and this helps me alot when my friends know that i'm gonna use viper in a game they wont fight haha....

331 By Ray12 2009-12-27

lothars, crystalys, mkb. diffusal, butterfly and whatever else
ULTIMATE KILLER

330 By adey64 2009-12-25

329 By hewtan 2009-12-22

Is the stats build supposed to be like this for new viper?
1. poison attack
2. nethertoxin
3. poison attack
4. nethertoxin
5. poison attack
6. viper strike
7. nethertoxin
8. poison attack
9. nethertoxin
10. corrosive skin
11. viper strike
12-14. corrosive skin
15. stats
16. viper strike
17-25. stats

328 By amsyar42 2009-12-22

lol fuzzy wuzzy

327 By kys10 2009-12-21

noob guide...

326 By hewtan 2009-12-20

Can you pls update the guide? Now in 6.64, viper's skill has changed. It no longer has frenzy, but nethertoxin. Thank you for the guide. It's awesome. Haha ^^

Viper! ^u^ The Common Sense Guide!

Viper - The Netherdrake

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