Mercurial the Devastating Spectre

Nice guide. Right to the point. But can you explain more in depth with some later games? i give it a 7/10

Not bad eh

Its ok.....

i like spectre
i used to play with him
nice counter for blinkers and maybe the occasional nightstalker
pwns in 1v1 combat
maybe you should add something like "how to get kills after a low lvl enemy escapes a gank" or something

nice guide. i usually get the manta style right after the diffusal blade. easier to kill... haunt, reality and then manta! kill!! :)

same as mine
the most important thing is not to die much in early then u will own
note:mercurial is a girl u cant say hes one of the best heroes in the game

*So have fun with Mercurial, "he's" always my favorite to play. Gives you some great games and your teammates will love you.*

i agree with the skill build, item build, and strategy. but you have to know one thing....SHE IS A WOMAN. ok that's all. i give 8/10. she's throws a fit if you mistook her for a guy. Dont want her throwing dagger at you now do we.

Thanks for all the feedback everyone. I'll take what everyone has said into consideration and i'm going to make some updates soon to the strategy, especially the fact that Merc is a "she" which I got ripped for in a couple comments.

When writing the strategy I was trying to figure out if Merc is male or female, I couldn't tell by the sounds "she" makes, nor could I find anything else anywhere to tell me "her" gender. I just figured someone this badass must be male

Nice! No wonder she's the best hero for you.

Good guide, except one thing: you shouldn't let your image attack the hero, but teleport immediately. This is because your images have 50% attack, and you will actually be wasting precious time by letting your image attack him. 8/10

how about s n y ??.. although maim doesn't stack with mana burn.. it increases movement speed.. it makes chasing enemies much easier when diffusal is used up.. ..

i think u should think about butterfly and blade mails when a real dmg dealer is your enemy butterfly also help you to prevent from stun i think after manta u should do butterfly it will give a good dmg and attack cuz of its agi if you're a bit lucky about dispersion you can kill 1v2 or even 1v3

Why not rApier???

You wrote a nice guide i just used this and got a 8-1 and 12-2 all before vladimir's merc She is so fun late game you can escape ganks and rape almost any hero by urself this is by far my fav hero now.

Do undead spirits have a gender? I guess no, so spectre is not "she" or "he", but "it" :D
Btw nice guide dude ;)

hmm...i usually i get radiance first lol then get hp iteams as spectre have low hp .

desolate + desolator = BIG DESOLATION try adding this one to your build. good work

Technically, Mercuial isn't a woman or a man, just a host for angry spirits....but whatever...good guide. 8/10

i just cant get it why does he nid a diffusal blade

TO PURGE!! supper slow gives u more hits late game its almost always the reason i get the kill helps w/ ganking too i actually never move up to a manta style usually jus go buriza and then radiance unless i use up all my purge

cool..

Hehe... Her haunt is the FREAKIEST! I mentioned it in my strat... call me a n00b, but I never noticed reality... Its a great strat but Spectre is a low HP hero and you haven't done anything to increase survivability... I mean you cant rely on dagger, sooner or later someone will do something about it... And you'll fall behind in exp for running so much... 7/10

could you put up some screen shots, im finding this hero hard to play especialy the dagger

pde na rin

I'm glad this guide is getting 4 stars. VERY NICE!

thanks a lot.

Personally I prefer SASHAnYANGE to her!!! Because without that item you will be VERY SLOW in the late game!!!

Well.. I don't really know how the hell to use spectre, so I will try it, I'll keep ya posted on my success.

DID U SAY VLADIMIR DUDE?
ISNT IT AN ORB ITEM.. IF YOU USE IT WITH MANTA, THE MANA BURN WOULD BE USELESS..

Vlads isn't an orb... And i like the guide. Only one suggestion, Get dispersal first lvl, then dagger second and third. Seriously, how often are you using the dagger at lvl 1?

I see your point speckles, but i like having a dagger at level 1 so if i get into trouble i can slow the person chasing me. Just cautious i guess.

The Lawyer.. the whole point of the strategy is to have people running from you! I find with dispersion/evasion from butterfly/2 images with manta, i don't need to increase survivability... because i never die. Also, had you really read the strategy, you would have read more than once (i think 3 times) that i emphasize to continue creeping to keep exp up... and you must have also missed the part where i explain 3 different escape strategies. I'd rather play Mercurial smartly than waste money on "survivability" increasing items. Thanks for the input though.

And I'll try and get screen shots up ASAP.

HAHAHAHAHAHA sweet guide, very nice... got beyond god like with her... but my build was Treds, SnY, Buriza and then rapier TEH FREAKIN OWNAGE!
Noob friendly hero :) :P

Nice strat. I like the scary sounds when you use haunt.

I think it's better to use your money on diffusal blade than S%Y, cause merc is not safe on those skill type heroes like lich... when that hero have mana..
YOUR DEAD....

Why wont you do directly for the Manta? i think you'll just wste tym makin buriza 1st

nice guide... nuff said

pakyu all.

I like getting vanguard as well after crys. with dispersion, butterfly, and vanguard, you're pretty hard to kill late game

nice guide !!!
i love it!!
i usually hate spectre because it is so weak!!
i didnt know that she is a strong hro after all!! nice strategy!!

nyc

Good for two things:

Chasing fleeing heroes.
Killing fleeing heroes.

That, unfortunately, is all. Incredibly team, item and luck dependent, Spectre remains one of the worst heroes in the game. Her suck-factor is amplified if her enemies are of equal farming/denying ability, or have chosen decent strength/agility heroes.

dudes i'm shocked nobody mentioned 2 blade mails i mean i know its gay but at least u own everybody

i get butterfly before radiance, radiance as last item. radiance is sorta just luxury item for me. but i guess that's debatable, mercurial is hard to farm with. i get desolate and dagger first, so when someone is at 1/3 health, haunt, dagger, and desolate kicks in and you have kills early game. i don't get vladmirs though. 8/10

5/10, Late game Mercurial anyone can do that.My early game mercurial i'd say makes a better choice. the earlier u start owning the harder it is for the enemy to farm and get items. correct?

wowowee sinong di mawiwili?

NICE GUIDE! 9/10!!!

its good but i dont know how to buy first

good strategy, i prefer to get butterfly more early; it gives +60 damage and a lot faster speed. its a lovely hero, but hard to master. Good explanation how playing.

I RATHER buy sny to slow more east to kill veri lame

would a desolator 2 crystalis or burzia and a curiass work well no her?

Hey i casted spectral dagger on furion frm scourge base tow bott on furion near 2nd towr bott.He teleported to top corri 1st tower and the dagger moved frm bott to top..leavin a awesome black line thru the map. Try it for urself

paano kung naka overpower c mercurial tapos ginamit niya yung hunt gagana pa ba yung overpower sa mga illusion at madadagdagan pa ba yung damage nila??

need more guide

NOOB

d na pa sange and yasha??? dali lng mamatay yan!!

Nice build...
but why manta style????
explain...

Mercurial Owns.. Hint hint its name.. MERC!!!

BoT
SnY
Butterfly
Buzira
MoM

and for those who are concerened about dying because of its low hp pool Get BKB... it makes you basically a God for 10 seconds.

Haunt, reality, Avatar, attack, dagger!!! and the voice from above says MONSTER KILL!

thanks for this guide
give 8/10

Would Treads, sny, butterfly, radiance, and buriza be good?!?!

good guide for Spectre... Although sometimes i get a Dagon to dominate early game against intel/agi heros or blinkers

If you wana get offensive..and you are lanign with solo enemy, is it good to get desolate? cuz it deals extra 45 that goes THROUGH armor.

If you wana get offensive..and you are lanign with solo enemy, is it good to get desolate? cuz it deals extra 45 that goes THROUGH armor.

Noob friendly guide, I like it, it's very good. I do disagree with the Valadors offering, get sanatic for the Str and the extra ablity. *obviously the lifesteal too*

Mercurial he is one of the best heroes of DOTA.

I always choose she in APEM GAMES It is a tank, with this items:

-Boots
-Vanguard
-Sange and Yasha
- Manta style
-Butterfly
- this item is optional (can be a SATANIC, or RADIANCE, ETC)
I prefer SATANIC
With these articles she is unstopabble,

I could AVOID the ulti of lion and with it I did triple kill!!!!!!!!!!!!

NOBODY KILL HIM
Do not put BLADE MAILS

Forget something:

If you throw correctly the SPECTRAL DAGGER you can damage many heroes, and all will be slowed and all will be the SHADOW PATH behind of he.....

mercurial is an "it". in wc3 she's summoned by the ulti of warden(looks like phantom assasin). despite the resemblance, mercurial is the avatar of vengeance, vengeance personified, not a she with that voice

Basic Mercurial guide nice job! Couldn't agree more with your build.

for the last item i'd get a bf for some regen on mana and hp, and also added atk damage for crit :)

disagree with vlads manta and treads, travels, heart, and stygan would be better in my opinion, like the skill build tho

Treads,butterfly,radiance. Then a vladmirs is all you need. 54%chance to miss is nice.

manta is a good item but no for him
a SnY is way better, more ms more as and it has main!
how could u kill a fast hero with manta?
you just can't and with SnY u can kill anyone

Maybe Build the Radiance First then the skill should be dispersion cause without it ur easy to kill it deflects the attacks and use it against them I fought an enemy mecurial he owns the game with his strat

Nice Guide!! I'm just thinking the same strat build for my first play ever w/ spectre. thnx!

desolater is good with her.......

boooooooooo

i prefere for her thats item build
-Power Treads
-Vanguard+dispersion almost immortal ;D
-Burizza*
-Monkey King*
-Manta[or only difuss..4 purge XD]
*sometimes i take vladimir for king or burr

hmmm, i'll give u 75 XD

wow mercurial is tough hero 2 use and more hp regen n pool items gt be included as spectre's hp is relatively low

WoW how nice move

Pretty decent strategy. Good Item build.

Beter items would be:

BoT
S&Y
Buriza
Butterfly
Vlad's
Hyperstone-When you have all other
Items make your hyperstone into a Cuirass

Then if you dont get at least GOD like...
you may want to learn how to play dota first.

Hey, Mercurial is a "she". Not a "he" dude...

pls explain the last skill... reply asap anyone!!!!!!!

I just played a good game with ol spec then-we lost thought. Only because I was the only late gamer as such. One prob I had was pudge. No I'm not a noob-my score was 11-4. But the four were from pudge. See I daggered him, and he knew instantly to turn on his rot and I get near and BOOM! can't do anything. Yes I tired diffusal+ulti+dagger+radience=didn't work. He was level 20, I was 22 and I followed this guide somewhat. ANY what of stopping that?

Not Bad Strat.. and if you have an account in gg client just add me and send me a message the i will fight you.. gimme an appointment... im just allready 11 yrs old from philippines.. thx

With regards to getting away from a pudge.. it's just like running from any other hero. If you're not fast enough when he rots even if he's daggered, you can either run through impassible terrain, or ult+swap to another hero on the map, or Manta then run your images all over so he doesn't know who to follow. I've never had issues with escaping from pudge.

but he can hook

but pudge can hook.so the impossible terrain one is out of question. and go to another hero put ur self in another danger (especaily at low hp) so i guess the image would work, but there is a chance that he chase the right one...

how to fight a pro lifestealer wit this??? can teach me?

great guide i owned after i read this getting buriza first is a great idea

very nice guide.
to Aldrico: divine rapier isn't worth the money I think because you drop it once you die. Instead of rapier get another item.
to KtN+: are u kidding? desolator is orb and it doesn't stack.

Nice guide, but why manta style? Couldn't you use a different item for escape? Lothar's maybe? I dunno... and

@Transfat said,"Technically, Mercuial isn't a woman or a man, just a host for angry spirits....but whatever...good guide. 8/10"

I agree MERCURIAL is not a man or woman, but it's not a host for angry spirits

"Mercurial is the embodiment of rage and vengeance in the souls of those long dead."

Sorry for triple post, but my posts seem to get cut off after a certain number of characters... Anyways, what it means is that, Mercurial is an entity or being that symbolizes, and is created from, the "rage and vengeance" of the dead.

Thumbs up strategy,anyone whether the range of IQ is Retard to Smart will start owning, especially once you begin to have purge and mana feed.

manta=dumb spectre is a chaser get sny or skadi

hmm... i like the purge thing... pretty cool nice job...

what the hell are you doing go make more guides
now
10/10

treads
SnY
Buriza-do Kyanon

gg.
17-0

who's the n00b that said vladmir's offering is an orb!!!

the diffusal + manta is quite cool i agree.. but it is important to increase spectre's survivability.. my item build is tread+sny+buriza+vladmir+butterfly = ownage!!

how to replace ?? plzz tell me ... is an special key ?

this isnt good strategy

a rumor says that: '' once spectre has radiance, then its gg.''

nice strat btw..

is this really really goood coz i dont thinnk so

Buzira daw? bobo

I have noticed that there are a lot of builds for Mercurial. I still dont know why you recomend manta style... battle fury is so much better for her and i will put life steal on too. Make her a good farmer and a sick assassin.

COol..

its HE/HIM not SHE

y not make sange and yasha insted of manta...coz u hav onli 10 purges 2 b used ...pls reply

Spectre is a women and not a man. Most of u use the work "he".

hmmmmm....
no comment

Is there a way to counter faceless void with this character.My friend uses faceless and ive been using veno to try and kill him but is there a way to use spectre to do it

Hi, Nice guide !!!
I use your strategy but after PT i go for S&Y (speed,speed,speed) no one can
escape or catch me with Spectral Dagger :D. .!!!
10/10

Nice guide t the Spectre
My build for Spectre

Battlefury
SangeYasha/Manta
PowerTreads
Burizado
Butterfly/Mkb
Heart of Tarrasque

/ options for certain types of heroes as and when required

For Faceless void maybe Merc needs
2 x Blademails Butterfly Battlefury
PowerTreads Burizado/Vlads

aldo i'm not sure coz Faceless cud get luck time locks at u even before u cud escape with dagger

U may also want to use Lothars' or Kelens

Guys.. always after lvl 6 keep an eye of for lowhp enemies! it's often easy earned gold!..
got beyond godlike several times with spec , shes my favorie hero!
My most usefull build:
1st items: 2 bands, treads
2nd items: Y&S
3rd items: Butterfly, Buri, MKB, depends what you like the most
4th items: 2nd butterfly or divine and aegis!

nn for purge, dagger does enough slow itself..

haunt is both usefull to catch fleeing lowhp heroes or to boost your dmg in a 1v1 battle.. if a 5v5 battle appears, always use haunt.. 50% dmg to all thats alot, they'll all start to flee in different directions and they'll be easy to "haunt" down and kill!
this hero it sweet!!! it's BEYOND GODLIKE!!!

isnt Mercurial a SHE?

Are u sure that butterfly 30%evasion stacks with dispersion?

lolz i dont get the reality move. do we need to specify which illusion to replace bcuz i dont and its just there...i dont even kno which spectre is the real one lmao help me

hey dum dums quit arguing about merc's sexuality shes a WOMAN if u look at her info b4 u -apem her 6.49b ..it says SHE ..HER

Question Guys.... Why Radiance???

evasion doesnt stack!!!
(butterfly and radiance)

OMG this hero is amazing in 5 on 5 games i always get the most kills with this hero thanks to her amazing lvl 6
i like to call it 'shadow teleport' all my friends feel safe when i have my special.

good strat no one could stand against me one on one. mind telling me how to stand against 3v1 or 4v1?
8/10

a refresher orb will help and when you have a team mate w/ strong weapon barrow it beside well of health then cast haunt after it use the orb then cast again haunt. no one can escape it espicially w/ 2 divine

in addition to my first comment try to have butterfly if possible two and treands if possible

9, I like your itembuild, expecially the haunt,replace,dagger,attack,purge,attack, dagger move xD

omg Finish manta Style directly after diffusal..just beleave me..i know where i´m talking about....then radiance....AND after that (radiance,treats,manta)begin to make your butterfly...try it

Get Divine Rapier after those items... Divine Rapier wont drop if you are standing in the dark path!!

get aghanims scepter and youll own...bwahahaha try it

will radiance work for the clones?

manta style is a MUST
when the real merc throws dagger,
the illusions have the same effect(mana burn, speed bonus, zero collision, bonus damage)

NOw thats real ownage

If you ask me, Manta sucks compared to Diffusal Blade. The Purge is soo much more useful. Good guide due to having Diffusal->Manta. Rest of the items are what I get but a different order which is fine. I disagree with getting two levels of Dispersion then stopping though. 9/10

great item built i think this is one of the best build for spectre

i played spectre with my own items and strategie i have a end 19/2. i found my spectr better

wow its effective

Spectre is one of the hardest hero to use and that only comes from his Dagger + the timing of his ulti, not many people can walk over the shadow path, it needs to be practiced (I personally can )

Heres my itembuild for this hard-to-use-pro-hero:

1. BoT
2. Vanguard
3. Vladimir's Offering
4. Hand of Middas
5. Manta Style
6. Butterfly

Have fun playing him, will only take a couple of matches to master him though

Gl & HF

isn't spectre a girl?

It's a shadow... do you see shadows on the walls with a penis or vagina????

this hero is also a good kser..juz ulti and replace the haunt.plus u can juz ulti and find a hero tat is alone if ur strong and kill him..i usually buy sny for spectre for extra health,move speed and some damage..

it's she or he?

I think you should narrow down your items a bit, also its dumb to get crit with mana burn because the burn wont crit, so you would be better off getting higher attack speed.

foR mE i would rather build diffusal and then when later in the game change it to manta than purchase SnY....coz if ur facing with heroes with sleep like Atropos or Naga or blink like magina/akasha....they lose their mana with manta/diffusal....SnY cn b gud pero may possibilty na makataks ang kalaban with their skills.....

Treads are VITAL to spec. I get them as strength then get vanguard then switch 2 intel then dif blade then to agil. Works wonders. Good strategy

Goood =)
Spectre is one of the my favourite Heroes on DOTA too

hey im noob... does relic and butterfly's evasion stack?

nc guide but 4 me i suggest u use BoT so u can farm any time and wen u realized der is no hero enemy u used ur BoT so they can't kill u...

Add a satanic in the item build somewhere and you have a mega spectre

great strategy people should try it but u cant start kicking ass when u play for the first time 10/10

damn all of you what noob guides

how about haunt then double reality if you can do that your super I can do double reality when i play instant double kill

and also the haunt escape technique
when you're gangbanged haunt then teleport to the enemy who is far away and farming they will not notice you because of the distraction of many illusions

lastly the spectral walk techinque i can walk thorugh cliffs and trees lol!!!

get radiance 1st. i dont get manta that often and i can take on taker heroes easily provided there arent any of the enemy's allies around, of course.

its funny how in your conclusion you say
"your teammates will love you" whenever i play my team gets pissed at me for ksing

NICE

hmmm merc is one of my fav heroes and my build is almost exactly the same as yours =DD But i normally get vlads for survivalbility after crix and 2 bracers for the same reason

Great Guide tho 10/10

lol after my rating this is now 5 star =D

Get power treads
1 Wraith Band
1 Bracer
Vladmir's offering
Crystalys
Yasha and Sange
Complete buriza

Feed like hell on the intelligence and weaker heroes .. Haunt and kill ..
Amazing hero.. but less survivability..

no real point getting radiance if you ain't going to rush it

@ SunnysunnyX
wuts the point of getting vlads so early whne u hav no damage items U wont steal jack lol

also agree with last comment no point getting radiance if not rushed...

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hey...that's a good strat u have there bout spec.....but i guess spec's a 'she'....anyway does't matter...Gr8 strat!!

Great build For spec
but im not sure wether to use this guide or
another one Umm..
if u guys have any idea which of the 2 is better plz tell me
link: http://www.dotastrategy.com/strategy-433-HauntedSpectre.html

Wow nice Guide espesialy the part that u buy Buriza 1st than Manta! Good Guide 10/10

When i read this, it must be simple Now i have to do it And i think its a "it" hehe and otherwise a "she" but, nice job and GG for my enemies i hope

is it good fr killing ursa warrior i ned 2 counter the ursa

i sugest mjolnir in the build sou u kan farm a lil bit better ,kos sakred relik is 2 hard 2 get sou big items kome pieke by pieke

OMFG MANTA STYLE OWNZ ON THIS HERO
i had mkb and manta style hyper
all 3 get mkb 30%*3 =90% all got desolate IMBA 45*3 = 155 right throu the armour

why not use radiance in early game?,it's a great combo with haunt, for enemies who are barely alive...images have immolation too..sounds like thundergod's wrath,huh...last hit..but, it's a great guide, dude!

i give 100 over 10

ei want sam crit lyk mortred.. try 2x buriza.. it work ..

i like to buy battle fury to crepping first
then manta + buriza/butterfly

GODLIKE

there is only one way to play spectre... ror 2*iron wood branch 2*tango radi boots diffu bot manta vlad butter butter... but nice guide anyway... but try get radi first it helps so much with farming and if u get it proper (in em at min25 in normal at 30/35) u gonna own... threahs just uck on it because of 295 ms... u rly need bot... it helps with farming aswell... if u got problems to farm early try to get midas(not recommended for pubs but 4 inhouse/league games) anyway gj

I always love the manta style with mercurial really eats heroes exspecialy axe

Nice guide, btw Mercurial is a 'SHE', meaning Female

y not sanga n yasha first?wth tis item,i believe it will help u a lot no matter in farming or killing heroes...4 me,buriza is not needed....should get satanic n battle fury better...manta style oso useless!!

@182 and ol thos hu hate manta on spectre

im not reli fond of using spectre but i think i know y its good on spectre. imagine a 1 on 1 situation, u hav desolate, plus dispersion, plus mana reduction. then you clone yourself, dat surely wud hurt. most if not all heroes wud surely get owned... they get hurt wen dey atak u, u deal a lot of damage not minding d armor, and dey lose lots of mana making them unable to cast spells if they're stupid enuf to stay and fight.

for manta style argument only

i wanna practice this hero

uhmm travel,vanguard,radiance is already GG :P

you play totally different i play i get like 16-3, i play with bracer and +2 all stats, then 4 trees, i make 2 bracers make treads and farm a rad, then i go for bfury,deso,mkb or buriza. how can you possibly kill as much as rad fury and deso with just a manta vlad and buriza?

I've folowed your guide and it's really good but someimtes i haft to change tactics for lifesteal or something :/ once i played a rare game all got to lv 25 coz our team didnt push correctly. we were just hanging around anyways i got loads of money so i sold the manta style and got satanic instead and then i was really unkillable XD I love your guide btw ;) kepp your guides up :)

noob guide, radiance is a core item for spectre, get radiance first then it's gg, diffusal next, hot,finish manta.

U need hot fast after radi, dispersion + radi + haunt do the job in team fight

nice guide 10/10

i'm not satisfied really!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i reackon ur guide is good but with butterfly and haunting is more better for ppl on low hp

.

i agree most pub games ive played its either they love u or hate u plus easier to ks with mercurial

A very nice guide. Keep it up!

Nice guide, but I disagree with one item choice: Butterfly.

I find it's contraproductive together with dispertion, because everytime you dodge an attack, that's a wasted 20% damage returned from dispersion. See what I mean?

I think spectre has enough survivability with manta style and dagger to flee through the woods. In any case, people will be running from you most of the time, not the opposite.

spectre owns sooo hard o_o
however i don't see anyone using her ;( well i shall surprise them with spectre next time, Thank you for your guide Charlotte!!

nice but i'd usually get s&y early-mid game

better buy radiance first instead of buriza. .buriza dont give a high critical if u use it into your first item. .Better buy radiance n manta style first.

LAST HITTER

aus lng nmn built... pero d ako nag mamanta.. s&y ako para makunat....^_^

Great strategy guide. I also equip her s n y for better attack and movement speed. And one more thing, SHE'S A WOMAN!!!

She's also good at kill stealing

Nice strat Charlotte although its a little bit short but gud for nubs

Great strat..!!!
But i think u should upgrade desolate 1st, coz haunt needs desolate skill even haunt is still level 1.. Just keep survive in farming..
With 2 wraith, pt, manta, radiance, crystalis.. The game's over and i got 33/4.. Good holy shit game.. Hehehe..