Ezalor the Protector

we have the same strat for ezalor

nice strat i buy the same items except the HOT i usually have a guinsoo and aegis for him. what can i say i dont like dying. haha ... in team games i just buy items i need to survive coz im not really aiming to kill ahahaha... and once i complete the items i need i proceed to giving free items to team mates since ezalor can farm easy, woohoo

IMO, you don't need no HOT. I recommend AoI.

Good guide, but IMO, I get Dagon 5 for killing heroes too, and HoT is a little bit of wasting money.

why not use dagon for hero killing? nise strat though for support and good farming.. good job..

There is no need for HoT. Or even aegis (unless you have tons of $$$) Waste of money.

Have a partner by your side on a lane (preferably a disabler) if you are afraid of getting ambushed. He will also benefit from your chakra.

Unless you want to play power pusher with Ignis Fatuus max-ed out asap, there is also no need for basilus ring.

What I usually do is:

(1) get 2 nulls early. Increase you mana capacity, chakra makes regen not so important. Your damage and health gets bumped up too.

(2) Then a void stone as a first step to get cyclone staff - it will help you get kills or save your ass.

(3) BOT: enemy creep buildup, port to lane, illuminate... yay you are rich.

(4) Here you can branch out depending on your style of play or circumstance.

- you wanna solo push but afraid of getting jumped? Lothars edge.

- you want to get hero kills? Dagon. Dagon 1 is good enough. Save excess money for point booster. Then you can choose either building skadi or soul booster.

(note: Linken is also good, if you wanna build linken get perserverence 1st. But IMO, Linken is only most effective when the opponents have plenty of stunners, disablers or those heroes with annoying(deadly)skills: eg. Zeus Ult, Doom, Dwarven Sniper Assassinate etc.

- your cyclone charges getting used up ? get guinsoo staff asap. It also increases your mana regen and ups your damage quite a bit. Good investment.

- Finally, you can also go straight for soul booster then agahnim scepter. Two light balls will push like crazy. Either use them to push together with your teammates on one lane, or do "remote pushing" - your light balls push a lane (and earn $) without Ezalor being physically present there (he could be shopping or pusing another lane).

Just sharing some of my thoughts about KOTL. Enjoy playing him in dota.

Thumbs up

u don't need a HoT for ezealor dude, and why the arcane ring??? u hav chakra magic to heal ur or allies of mana, other than that, its a good guide

o yea u shld get a eye of skadi for hp and mp increase and attack. just my opinion XD

I think he will work well with Magina (imagine a foe with 1000MP to 200MP and then Mana Void for 880 dam). The Arcane Ring is useless as it recovers little mana while you can spend it on Vladimir's Offering for supporting allies. Using this hero needs skill, much skill. I have an experience when a lich was attacking the 2nd tower of the middle lane, he took dam and return at the moment when I was charging a ball of 500 dam at the river. Of course I had a first blood.

really gret hero but when it gets to mid game hes really no use hes juss good at defending mid and late nothing else really hard to kill heros at end

This is my favorite hero

Boots of Travel
Dagon 5
Dagger of Escape
Eye of Skadi
Aghanims Scepter
Buriza Do Kyanon
Who Agrees?

ill try this strategy

took one look saw no ignus fatus till late game.......get it jic u need it its always nice to have the option and use it if u have to thn not have it at all. skills are fine otherwise illuminate and chakra shjud be used early game in combination since mana leak early game is pretty useless bcuz think 20% drain on 300 mana is what exactly 60 mana umm tht wont have an effect and is a waste of 50 of ur mana the items are ok and depend on who u r supporting / facing and arcane is good in some situations but most of the time chakra is more than enough. the build depends on how ur skils are and i read about poor micromanagement and understood y u didnt take ignis if thts the way u roll ok..... if u dont agree add it into yuor build.

ignus at 23- 25? who are you???!!

Ezalor is used to feed team8s

i think and vladimir will work too.....

why no ulti till lvl 22 his ulti with the scepter is bamf

u shud buy dagon fr ezalor it works better

im curently using ezalor and i tell you that he can be pretty deadly if used properly. like you, i start by maximizing both illuminate and chakra..i refrain from using illuminate though until i raise both skills at 2 levels..i just start by harassing my opponents with simple attacks..dont worry about being attacked back..the fact that they know you easily take damage early game would work to your advantage..you'dbenefit with the fact that a lot of people underestimate ezalor..once you've reached level 4 you should have at least taken off 3/4 of your enemy's HP..attack using illuminate..your enemy's life bar should instantly turn red..THEN FEIGN RETREAT..but go to their blind side instead..the enemy hero should be standing nearby, usually beside the first tower..aim your illuminate there..FIRST BLOOD! ezalor benefits with the fact that his burst illminate attack could go through a lot of physical barriers..BE AN UNSEEN FORCE AND YOU'D GET A LOT OF KILLS! i'd recommend DAGGER OF ESCAPE, VANGUARD, AND DAGON AS YOUR MAIN KILLER..

ezalor could also be deadly with ranged killer teammates..try teaming up with tinker or zeus early games..let them keep on attacking using their skills then refresh their mana with your chakra..no one would be able to stand your combined attacks this way and you'd be hoarding kills like crazy!

My build for ezalor is:

BoT
Mekansm
Arcane ring
guinsoo
Dagon

usually the game ends there but if not:

Skadi
or
Necromicron

Armor is very important too, build depends on enemies and team mates so u can consider

Assault cuirass (Aura and armor, against high dps enemies)

Linkens Sphere

Vladimirs (Aura, for melee teammates)

Ezalor is really annoying because of its mana leak

not bad

it alright

good strategy.in my opinion this is the worst hero in the hole dota for a game 1vs1/you cannot in if the other know how to protect from yuor high dmg(first skill)but i like strategy........ALWAYS4 A TEAM GAME NOT 4 SOLO

this strategy sux u ignas fatuus is so useful. the priests arent only for healing but also do good damage!

not ezy to use tis hero but veli difficult to use

Usually i go Dagon n Bloodstone for my Item build then i just buy ne thing i can think of o yea nice guide

er... for kol i just get bot n blinkdagger.. the rest of ur money should b use for cashing ur teammates... kol cant kill hero at late game...

why an arcane ring if there is already chakra magic? i would rather buy clarity.. hehe.. peace

This hero is a great pusher and support for creeps army.He also harrasses the mana pool.
Illuminate -Chakra combo cud take out innumerable waves of creeps.
Ignis Fatuus just the group attack
Plz save ur Fattuss

I prefer sceptre to arcane ring coz I never need more mana for him.
Basillus,Mechansm,Sceptre,Refresher,travel boots,Guinsoo scythe for small game is fine
Never be left alone between two nukers or u r toast.
I was once too much eager 2 finish the game 2vs2 against Visage-Lesale duo
Result:They owned me even before I cud use Mana Leak...

What the fuck, I rather suck my fathers dick than choose this hero again.. this gero suck and so do this fucking strategy! ahhhh!

i agree with most parts of the strategy, i've played exactly 8 games with kotl and i havent lost a single one of them in the past 3 days. i get mek first, then boots of speed, farm up while pushing/harassing/ganking a skadi, and then get BoT, and finally necro book. this hero is NOT terrible in a 1v1 if you have the right items and you are outleveling your opponents. true stories, i beat a spirit breaker and a nevermore in 2 1v1s... ignis fatASS is pretty much useless, anybody with half a brain will target it and destroy it instantly...
overall a great guide

bad comment lorh...give me guide how 2 fight wif str hero plz..
X_X

ignis is very very useful for late game where you can use it to push unoccupied lanes... i also like getting scythze, heart and cuirass with him simply b/c i never have mana trouble with him.

those commenting does not know how to play ezalor. ignus is not lame, you are! it is used to push, especially only level 6 it is powerful. you can destroy 2 towers before level 11. and you dont know how to control the wisp, it has phase out can be set to auto cast and has teleport skill too. only dumb players have their wisps killed

There are few things worse than people with a closed mind, the reason I say that is Ignus (especially earlier on in the game) is a remarkable source of early money, by level 12 I usually have my Aghanim's scepter taken care of, which allows me to summon two Ignus, with this I usually have a lane taken care of (both towers gone) most hero's prefer to let the troops run on into battle, most also don't want to be too far away from the action to sneak in a couple of quick shots for the extra gold, most hero's don't fare so well as the good ol'keeper of the light early on because unlike our good friend they don't have ten guys and a wisp helping to make the collections.

Ignus in particular is helpful when trying to just make money, I am a micromanagement freak and a character such as this one is perfect for the freedom I want in a hero.

Ignus is useless at level 23... at level 6 he's invaluable, literally, there's a lot of money to be made from the little guy.

i go for soulbooster dagon. Have tryed ur strat aswell, but i am having a really hard time lategame with both strats.

Im making a strat on ezalor too.

This one is VeRoN's Ezalor the God!!!

Hope it get's approved. Urs is nice anyways, urs and mine ezalor is gonna be opposite.
NEways nice strat. THNX :D




-VeRoN

LOL arcane ring? the heck? rather invest in a dagon if u want to increase your mana pool. You dont need the arcane for mana reg. as u have chakra.
Good idea wif the skadi.
Illuminate is one of the best spam/farming spells there are. Also heo fun to use wif its long range. (Shoot over cliffs, lining it up on creeps)

WIth eazelor you need Dagon because they always run at low health after like 2 illuminates. and randiance i think is not needed beacuase with an illuminate you kill most of creeps. lol
Archane ring is not needed becuase you have chakra magic.

this is quite poorly done, ignus fatus is only useful at midgame cos an early push will screw ur opponent.
arcane ring? uh... u hav chakra magic
u dont need to hav good micro management with that ignus fatus. just kill a bunch of creeps with illuminate, summon ignus fatus, auto summon priests, push the next wave while ur priests heal u, chakra magic to gain mana back and illuminate to continue ur push.

Cud someone try one of three builds
tell me which ones better :
1.Radiance,Blademail,Skadi,Guinsoo,
Treads/boots of travel,Linkens.

2.Assault,desolator,Tarrasque,Guinsoo,
Boots of travel,Dagon

3.Aghanims,Dagon,Refresher,Treads,
Mechasm,Guinsoo

Someone plz reply soon....

you don't need arcane ring

Lol ,
I didnt understand!!!!
If u had an arcane ring .
You cud easily Replenish mana around u
This allows ur Igniis Fatuus liberated souls to heal u or ur allies.
But lol u did learn Ignis fatuus at level 25
What the hell is tits use for otherwise

Another way to play Keeper of light:

Burizado MkB Radiance
Skadi Blademail BoT

Keep the ChakraMagic on and take enemy on base damage.
Play like an agile hero

this guys is rly fun to try out and in Only mid modes auch

noob build bro

you HAVE to add chen on that list of allies as well as dirge because of their spell damage amplifiers...500 dmg amplified really really hurts...

i hate this nuby hero

linkens sphere works the best. linkens sphere blocks a targeted spell..and if they had mana leaked..they cant kill u aghaaha

put some tarrasque to be harder to kill

skill build up sooo not right

THIS IS THE MOST gayest hero ever made PUREEE USLESS

u dont need radiance for him. its a waste of money because of illuminate. level 1 dagon is enough. arcane ring? use chakra magic. u dont need healers if you have meka. Ezalor is a really kickass farmer, save your money on items worth buying. EZALOR IS a SUPPORTER not a HERO killer. Know your role and shut your mouth.

With Arcane+Chakra Magic, It would be less painful to use a Dagon 5.

i think u should skip mekanms and buy scythe instead ,or buy scythe first then mekanms

at lvl 16 buy aghanim n will have 2 ignis fatass n kill dey will teleport anywere except enemy base n kill

dont like it hate it, why radiance? buy dagon

Why not include VIPER on the worst enemies??, I fought with Ezalor using Viper 1v1 and I easily OWNED and PAWNED Ezalor's head...

WHY DONT YOU USE EZALORS ULTI? ITS NICE FOR TAKING CARE OF TOWERS AND PUSHING BACK CREEPS AND A GOOD SUPPORT FORCE IF YOUR IN A TEAM BATTLE

my build is HoT,AC(assault),BoT,MKB,Skadi and guinsoo.
CAN YOU TRY THIS AND YOU WIL BE OWNING

my build is HoT,AC(assault),BoT,MKB,Skadi and guinsoo.
CAN YOU TRY THIS AND YOU WIL BE OWNING

my build is HoT,AC(assault),BoT,MKB,Skadi and guinsoo.
CAN YOU TRY THIS AND YOU WIL BE OWNING

my build is HoT,AC(assault),BoT,MKB,Skadi and guinsoo.
CAN YOU TRY THIS AND YOU WIL BE OWNING

my build is HoT,AC(assault),BoT,MKB,Skadi and guinsoo.
CAN YOU TRY THIS AND YOU WIL BE OWNING

demon pusher.... da greatest to earn money....

uve gotta try it ya know

no dagon?

very nice guide...
my end items were BoT, radience, linkens, mekansm, RoB and arcane ring.
i gave my opponent an ass whooping
9/10

very nice guide...
my end items were BoT, radience, linkens, mekansm, RoB and arcane ring.
i gave my opponent an ass whooping
9/10

ummm.. i've played with this hero quite a lot but ONLY on team games.. i max out illuminate and chakra magic first.. then go for ignis fatus, mana leak and stats in whatever order the game suggests...
ignis fatus is dead useful to push lanes without hero presence or with an ally and wihtout ezalor.. ezalor can push in another lane meanwhile.. enemy aoe heros screwed ur push.. no matter.. SPAM!! they'll ve a fucking time trying to defend while u and ur allies gain gold and domination.. the most useful power of ignis fatus is its uber blink to anywhere in the map.. so u ve lot of map control if u play well..
my gameplay goes something like a sniper.. i stay behind, illuminate, hex with guinsoo's and let my allies take the pleasure.. or illuminate their souls if they decide to run..
My item build..
1.BOT
2.Mekansm
3.Eye of Skadi
4.Guinsoo's
5.Aghanims Scepter ( Owning mana pool, 2 ignis, good +dmg, +hp)
6.Dagger (to save myself agnst magina, clinkz, necromicon lvl3 etc)
Van Guard isnt a bad deal too..

Early and mid games i manage with boots, mekansm, euls scepter, oblivion staff and TPs

oops.. i almost forgot.. i cast mana leak before hex.. so they most probably have enuf mana to escape if they are foolish enuf to cast a spell before i cast hex..
and 8/10 to this guide.. btw, i don wanna hear aghanim's is a waste of gold.. ur playing ezalor.. the most capitalistic farmer in dota world [:D]

WOAH ARCAINE ON KOTL BIG WASTE... arcaine is best used for mass early nukes, but with chakra u get alot of mana and by midgame u got enuf to spare chakra to allys for support. arcaine kotl is jsut sillt

my build simple
Headress
BoT
Soul Booster
Septer
Divinity
Gunsoo
ect..

Also with this hero u gota no how to be stealthy.. only do illuminate behind fog were they cant see you (when theres a hero in the lane) and when there tower hugging if ur mid go around to the left of them over the cliff and u can actualy fire an illminate threw the cliff and kill them from the side.. takes skill...

me likey strategy

You don't need any micro skills to control those spirits. kotl is more of a support/pusher and without ignus he is pretty useless.

y use arcane????? it has a chakra already...... 4 wat reason???? tell me y!!!!

meka
BoT
dagon
radiance
EoS
assault

IMO u dont need the arcane ring because of the chakra magic....needis improvement

Ok, this is how i own with Ezalor - I get Aghanim's scepter first thing. Then i get dagon OR dagger of escape next depending on who i'm vsing - if they like to ambush you, get dagger, if they have a lot of casters and easy kills, or they are n00bs and can't gank then go for dagon. Btw, Ezalor's ulti with aghanim is godly. you get TWO ignius fatuus, and you can get an insane little mini army that owns towers in like 15 seconds. Just thought i'd submit that.

Oh, and you may be wondering why i didnt list any items beyond that. Well, it's because the game is usually over by that time, because of my maaaaaaaadddd pushing ability with my mini-army. A good strat is to summon fatus, get a few priests and put them in front of you a couple feet. Then, while your enemy is distracted with them, charge up ur illuminate and shoot them. Most of the time they wont run away, because they wont notice. Then, you teleport up to them with your dagger and pwn them with dagon. GG. :)

Oh, and you may be wondering why i didnt list any items beyond that. Well, it's because the game is usually over by that time, because of my maaaaaaaadddd pushing ability with my mini-army. A good strat is to summon fatus, get a few priests and put them in front of you a couple feet. Then, while your enemy is distracted with them, charge up ur illuminate and shoot them. Most of the time they wont run away, because they wont notice. Then, you teleport up to them with your dagger and pwn them with dagon. GG. :)

Oh, and you may be wondering why i didnt list any items beyond that. Well, it's because the game is usually over by that time, because of my maaaaaaaadddd pushing ability with my mini-army. A good strat is to summon fatus, get a few priests and put them in front of you a couple feet. Then, while your enemy is distracted with them, charge up ur illuminate and shoot them. Most of the time they wont run away, because they wont notice. Then, you teleport up to them with your dagger and pwn them with dagon. GG. :)

Oh, and you may be wondering why i didnt list any items beyond that. Well, it's because the game is usually over by that time, because of my maaaaaaaadddd pushing ability with my mini-army. A good strat is to summon fatus, get a few priests and put them in front of you a couple feet. Then, while your enemy is distracted with them, charge up ur illuminate and shoot them. Most of the time they wont run away, because they wont notice. Then, you teleport up to them with your dagger and pwn them with dagon. GG. :)

do you actually need an arcane ring

Another good ally, Magina and ezalor. Ezalor mana leak and then magina void. Boom baby!!! Dead

if i play, ican get boot o speed n messrmidth's reaver during lvl 6.. believe?? if u dun believe try use illuminate to the creeps from early game.. nu will get all money from creep n if u have a good luck u will kill hero without plan.. enjoy it..

The whole point of ignis fatuus is to farm up money/push the lanes and harass heroes without having to have your hero.

nice nice nice
my bn server is shutting down

what's with the arcane ring?? it shouldn't be there. he has his third skill right?

you need boots of travel ASAP. for defense (defending wih iluminate = lot of gold) and ofense too...
Lothar edge is a good choose to save your ass against nukers, assasins (heroes with stealth) and stuners

arcane ring? what are you? an orc?

wouldn't arcane ring be useless since u have chakra magic? i just didn't get that part

I and jugger solo at river.I got assault,shiva,monkey king and boots of travel only.He got 2 butterfly,a refresher and a radiance.he can't kill me he can't kill me.I kill him in an instant although he double omnislash me.

every amature can kill a GG squard leader with this hero cause I kill 2 of the famous squard before.A luna and a razor.They kill 50 heroes in 20 minutes and got god item.ezzalor can kil them cause his farming skill is far more stronger than every hero killing skill.Maybe I am talking a bit cooky.......

ok ok but mine is
treads
desolaater
scepter
heart
basilis
radience

= pwnage

Honestly I Think This Hero Is Dog Shit Because He Can't Do Shit But Get Items During Team Battles He Cant Do Anyhing Buy charge His Thingy When Is Done Everything is gone