Styllar Bolt Magician

Author's notes

I've been doing well with this build in Eternus 6 lobbies and this is originally an edit of Raigeki's build. T3 upgrade order for Rabbit/Ult/Assistant should generally change based on the game. Can do 21112 instead of 22111 for higher tempo.

Item categories

1. 1Lane

   Author's category · 7 items · Rough L-R

   1. 1

      Monster Rounds

      Kill their wave before they kill your wave otherwise our abilities are way harder to use.

   2. 2

      Opening Rounds

      Shoot people without shitty velocity.

   3. 3

      Extra Charge

      Try to sync dropping assistant with 2 bolt charges until you have T2 bolt.

   4. 4

2. 2Get one before or after green 3k

   Author's category · 3 items

   1. 1

      Reactive Barrier

      Good if enemy team is able to proc it consistently and you need more survival.

   2. 2

      Enchanter's Emblem

      Basic survivability and decent stats. Can go Reactive or Trophy instead for 4.8k green spike.

   3. 3

      Weapon Shielding

3. 3Core

   Author's category · 6 items · Get Expansion earlier if noob

   1. 1

      Warp Stone

      Core movement item for survivability as well as being really good for enabling certain ults like Pocket / Dynamo / Lash. Interchangeable with Dispel and Counterspell in this position.

   2. 2

      Mystic Expansion

      If you are noob then buy this over Improved Spirit in laning phase. Also allows you to hit all 3 creeps in T2 camps.

   3. 3

      Boundless Spirit

4. 4Greens

   Author's category · 3 items · Can go Dispel/Counter over Warp

   1. 1

      Dispel Magic

      If there's slowing hexes or silence waves, you will need this.

   2. 2

      Counterspell

      Can be bad due to desync but it's good against mobile burst heroes like Calico / Lash / Pocket and it can also save you from CC. Usually Warp Stone is better if you can't buy both.

   3. 3

      Metal Skin

      Good if you are getting jumped by a roaming Haze that doesn't have Curse or if you need it to survive vs. gun Warden / Geist / etc. Also good when popping certain ults like Dynamo or Seven.

5. 5TRASH

   Author's category · 1 items

   1. 1

      Veil Walker

      Half the veils were removed on the map this item is doodoo now.

6. 6Late Utility

   Author's category · 7 items · Read annotations and buy off vibes

   1. 1

      Echo Shard

      Always broken with max rabbit. Should be highest prio as a 6k.

   2. 2

      Divine Barrier

      Good if getting owned by Pocket / Drifter / Ivy ult.

   3. 3

      Diviner's Kevlar

      Good if you need survival with ults that make you targeted in fights more like Warden / Seven / Dynamo but it's pretty luxury.

7. 7Shit Team

   Author's category · 4 items · Full send bolt damage

   1. 1

      Mystic Reverb

   2. 2

      Spirit Burn

   3. 3

      Escalating Exposure

   4. 4

8. 8Situationaloptional

   Author's category · 12 items

   1. 1

      Extra Regen

      If you need it - otherwise don't buy.

   2. 2

      Grit

      Good item for taking trades in lane and if you plan on upgrading to Reactive or Weapon Shielding. Don't get Spirit Shielding most of the time cause Weapon is usually better.

   3. 3

      Extra Health

      Good for flat HP early. Don't bother upgrading though.

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Published ability order

Published ability order: unlocks and upgrades in the author's order, one row per ability in slot order

Vexing BoltVexing Bolt		Vexing Bolt: Ability unlocked, step 2					Vexing Bolt: 1 AP upgrade, step 71	Vexing Bolt: 2 AP upgrade, step 82	Vexing Bolt: 5 AP upgrade, step 9