Dota 2 - Clinkz Build Guide

BIO
At the base of the Bleeding Hills stretches a thousand-league wood-a place called The Hoven, where black pools gather the tarry blood of the uplands, and the king-mage Sutherex sits in benevolent rule. Once a sworn protector of the Hoven lands, Clinkz earned a reputation for his skill with a bow. In the three-hundredth year of the king-mage, the demon Maraxiform rose from sixth hell to lay claim to the forest. In response, the king-mage decreed an unbreakable spell: to any who slew the demon would be granted Life Without End.

Unaware of the spell, Clinkz waded into battle, defending his lands against the demon's fiery onslaught. Clinkz drove Maraxiform back to the gates of sixth-hell itself, where on that fiery threshold the two locked in a mortal conflict. Grievously wounded, the demon let out a blast of hellfire as Clinkz loosed his final arrow. The arrow struck the demon true as hellfire poured out across the land, lighting the black pools and burning Clinkz alive at the instant of the demon's death. Thus, the mage's spell took effect at the very moment of the archer's conflagration, preserving him in this unholy state, leaving him a being of bones and rage, caught in the very act of dying, carrying hell's breath with him on his journey into eternity.

INTRODUCTION
Clinkz is one of the best archer in DotA. He have all what an archer needs, attack speed, damage, and movement speed, so pick this hero and be owning using this archer. Although Clinkz have damage and attack speed, he have the weakness of the majority of ranged hero, he only can attack a single unit at a time, except if you buy Manta. So be focused on one target, and after he dies, you can change to another target.

PROS	CONS
High damage	Squishy
High attack speed	If enemy have gem, you can be killed while you don't realize that they can saw you.
High movement speed
Easy to escape with invisibility skill.
Easy to harass opponent

ROLE

Ranged - Carry - Escape

STATS

LEVEL	1	15	25
HIT POINTS	435	861	1,545	SIGHT RANGE	1800 / 800
MANA	208	490	952	ATTACK RANGE	600
DAMAGE	37-43	79-85	129-135	MISSILE SPEED	900
ARMOR	2	8	15

ABILITIES
1. Strafe

Clinkz attacks with a barrage of arrows. Dramatically increases attack speed for a short time.

MANA COST: 90/90/90/90	COOLDOWN: 60/50/40/30
ABILITY: NO TARGET	DURATION: 4 / 6 / 8 / 10
BONUS ATTACK SPEED: 130 / 130 / 130 / 130

It's hard to say whether the blur around the Bone Fletcher are from his flaming heart or his speed with the quiver.
Increase your attack speed. This skill makes you to attack like crazy with a very high attack speed. Very nice to knock down enemy hero or towers.

2. Searing Arrows

Imbues Clinkz's arrows with fire for extra damage. Searing Arrows is a Unique Attack Modifier, and does not stack with other Unique Attack Modifiers.

MANA COST: 8/8/8/8	COOLDOWN: 0
ABILITY: AUTO-CAST, UNIT TARGET	AFFECTS: ENEMY UNITS
DAMAGE: PHYSICAL	BONUS DAMAGE: 20 / 30 / 40 / 50

Clinkz simply lights his arrows from his flaming essence for quite the destructive effect.
Add a damage to every attack. In early game, this skill is a decent skill for harassing. Use this to harass enemy hero once in a while. And in mid-late game, this skill is useful to add your damage versus heroes and towers.

3. Skeleton Walk

Clinkz moves invisibly through units until the moment he attacks or uses an ability.

MANA COST: 75/75/75/75	COOLDOWN: 20
ABILITY: NO TARGET	DURATION: 20 / 25 / 30 / 35
BONUS MOVEMENT SPEED: 11% / 22% / 33% / 44%

With a burst of fire and puff of smoke, the Bone Fletcher was nowhere to be seen.
Makes you become invisible, useful for scouting, hunting, and for escaping. Beware, of Gem, Sentry, and Dust! You also become a decent runner with this skill, your movement speed will increase like a crazy, very good to escape, or in chasing a target.

4. Death Pact

Clinkz consumes the target friendly or enemy creep, gaining a percent of its hitpoints as max health and damage.

MANA COST: 100/100/100	COOLDOWN: 45
ABILITY: UNIT TARGET	AFFECTS: UNITS
DURATION: 35 / 35 / 35	HEALTH GAIN: 50% / 65% / 80%
DAMAGE GAIN: 5% / 6.5% / 8%

Sutherex' bond of life and death has become a part of Clinkz, and his old bones are refreshed with repetition of the pact on lesser beings.
Increase HP and damage by eating a creep. You also get gold from this activity.
Very good skill for a squishy hero like you because it will gives you a decent additional HP.
Also a perfect skill for a carry like you, because it will give a decent damage.
I recommend to eat the big creeps because it will gives you more HP and damage.

SKILLBUILD

Level 1: Skeleton Walk
Level 2: Searing Arrows
Level 3: Searing Arrows
Level 4: Strafe
Level 5: Searing Arrows
Level 6: Death Pact
Level 7: Searing Arrows
Level 8: Strafe
Level 9 : Strafe
Level 10: Strafe
Level 11: Death Pact
Level 12: Skeleton Walk
Level 13: Skeleton Walk
Level 14: Skeleton Walk
Level 15: Stats
Level 16: Death Pact
Level 17-25: Stats

Why take Skeleton Walk on Level 1? You need to save yourself from firstblood attemp from enemies.

Why maxed Searing Arrows first? This is your main damage on early-mid game. You need this to harassing and killing.

Why maxed Strafe before Skeleton Walk? You need strafe for fast killing on early-mid game. Long duration of Strafe needed to destroy towers and in a long teamfight. And level 1 Skeleton Walk is enough for early-mid game.

STRATEGY
Early Game
On early game, I recommend you to take Skeleton Walk for level 1, thats for anticipation if enemy wants to kill you in the starting of the game. Once the laning phase start, always harass enemy hero, make them uncomfortable to be on the same lane with you. Use Searing Arrows to harass them. With you on the lane, enemy should be frustrated and cannot last hit properly. If you have a chance, use Skeleton Walk and sneak to the back of your enemy, and then use Strafe and activate Searing Arrows to kill him.

Mid Game
In mid game, try to haunt your enemy by coming from jungle in invisibility mode and the attack enemy from behind, remember to activate Searing Arrows and Strafe. If there are his friend coming and you feel that you will be lost versus two, then use invisibility mode again, and gone.
If there are no enemies helping their friend, and your target run, chase them using Skeleton Walk that helps you with its additional Movement Speed.
Death Pack is very important skill. Always use this when its off cooldown. Try to eat Junlge Ursa, Wildkin, or other big creeps in the jungle. With this, you will always more tanky and have more damage to blows the enemy.
On the teamfight, be focus on one target and after you succesfully kills your taget, change to another target. the key of carry heroes like you is to be focus on one target at a time, remember that and you will be succesfull carry.
Remember to always use Searing Arrows on towers. The damage addition affect towers too.

Late Game

In late game, your part is to deal damage as much as you can. Target squishy hero for easier kill. And dont forget focus. You should already have some nice items here, maybe Daedlus, Orchid, etc. So if your damage is already high, it's your time to shine!
Wait for your initiator to come and tank all the damage. Then, use your mighty attack speed and damage to demolish all the enemies. Focus on the hero one-by one. With that, you should be OWNING and win the game.

ITEMS BUILD
1. Ring of Aquila
Total Cost: 985
Recipe: Wraith Band + Ring of Basillus

Passive: Aquila Aura - Grants mana regeneration and armor in a 900 AoE. Active: Toggle whether the aura affects other non-hero units. Multiple instances of Aquila Aura do not stack. + 9 Damage    + 3 All Attributes    + 3 Agility    + 1 Armor AURA MANA REGEN: 0.65    AURA BONUS ARMOR: 2

Why Ring of Aquila? It gives you mana regen. You need mana regen to use Searing Arrows. This items also gives some damage.

2.  Power Threads
Total cost: 1400
Recipe: Gloves of Haste, Boots of Speed, Belt og Giant Strength/ Robe of Magi/ Band of Elvenskin

Active: Switch Attribute - Changes selected attribute between Strength, Agility and Intelligence. Flat movement speed bonuses from multiple pairs of boots do not stack. + 55 Movement Speed + 8 Selected Attribute   + 30 Attack Speed

Why Power Threads? It will gives you attack speed, thats what you need, attack speed and damages. Power threads is laso a flexible shoes, you can change it to STR, AGI, or INT for what you need.

3. Orchid Malevolance
Total cost: 5025
Recipe: 2 x Ring of Obilivion + Recipe

Active: Soul Burn - Silences target unit for 5.0 seconds and amplifies the damage it takes by 30.0%. + 25 Intelligence    + 30 Attack Speed    + 30 Damage   + 150% Mana Regeneration Manacost: 100    Cooldown: 18

Why Orchid? This is your core item. You need this to get lots of mana regen you need to spam Searing Arrowss. Also add damage and attack speed. Also gives a silence skill and amplify damage for a single target.

4. You can increase your DPS more. Choose your own DPS items.As a carry, damage is your priority.

	DAEDLUS	MKB	ABYSSAL	DIVINE RAPIER
DAMAGE	81	88	100	300
ABILITY	CRITICAL 2.4	100% HITS	STUN	NONE
CHANCE	25%	MINIBASH 35% DAMAGE: 100	MELEE: 25 % RANGE: 10%	NONE
OTHER	NONE	+15 ATK SPEED	+10 STRENGTH 2 SEC STUN	NONE

DAEDLUS: Daedlus will provide you with a powerful Critical Strike.

MKB: 100% HITRATE will helps you to fight some evasion heroes like Mortred or Rikimaru.

ABYSSAL: A decent +100 damage and makes you become a Stunner

RAPIER: Be careful if you choose to hold this. 1 hit kill is a sure. 2-3 hits is the worst. Need protection from your support. Must come if the situation is clear safe for you to come inside the teamfight. Need some disabler friends.

5. Butterfly
Total cost:: 6000
Recipe: Talisman of Evasion, Eaglesong, Quarterstaff

+ 30 Agility            + 30 Damage + 35% Evasion      + 30 Attack Speed

Why Butterfly?
It gives you more damage and more attack speed that makes you become much more powerful. It also gives evasion to helps you survive in teamfight.

6. Heart of Tarrasque
Total cost: 5500
Recipe: Reaver + Vitality Booster

Passive: Health Regeneration - Restores a percentage of max health per second. This ability is disabled if damage is taken from an enemy Hero or Roshan within the last 4 seconds if your hero is melee or 6 seconds if your hero is ranged. + 40 Strength   + 300 Health     HEALTH RESTORED: 2%    Cooldown:

Why Heart of Tarrasque? Makes you tanky. Tarrasque is an alternative of BKB. You can choose this item or Black King Bar, if the enemys is more physical attack, I recommend you to buy this. Nice for survivability.

GOOD ALLIES
1. Supportive Heroes
(Example: Shadow Shaman, Crystal Maiden, Vengeful Spirit)

Supportive heroes have disables and nice skill to helps carries and makes a teamfight easier for the team.

Shadow shaman: Have hex, shackles, and wards to helps you disables enemy

Crystal Maiden: Have 1 lockdown, 1 slower, and have +mana regeneration

Vengeful Spirit: Have stun, swap, and +damage aura

2. Initiator that Disables Enemy
(Example: Faceless Void, Enigma)

They have strong disables, and if they can catch lots of enemies in their ultimate, you just need ro attack that enemies easily.

ANNOYING ENEMIES
1. True Sight Heroes
(Slardar, Gondar)

 Slardar and Gondar have a true sight ability that makes you to be visible, beware of these two heroes.

2. Gem of Tur Sight, Sentry Ward or Dust of Appearance

 Those items can reveal you, so be careful with thr holder of thhose items.

VIDEO SECTION
1. Purge Plays Clinkz

Purge a dota enthusiast, create a good video on how to play Clinkz. Watch this!

2. Dota 2 With Alan - Clinkz

Watch Alan play with Clinkz

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