Dota 2 - Viper Build Guide

BIO
The malevolent familiar of a sadistic wizard who captured and hoped to tame him, Viper was curiously glad to have been sprung from the sealed and unchanging subterranean Nether Reaches where his race had lived for millions of years, after tectonic slippage had sealed off the Netherdrakes in luminous caverns. Viper spent some time appearing to submit to the wizard's enchainments, hoping to learn what he could of the dark magics the mage practiced. But he soon realized that few spells were as deadly as the toxins that were his birthright. Exuding an acid that swiftly ate away the bars of his cage, the Netherdrake slipped free of his confines, spit poison in the old spellcaster's eyes, and soared out to let the world know that it had a new master.

ROLE

Ranged - Carry - Durable

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STATS

LEVEL	1	15	25
HIT POINTS	530	1,035	1,776	SIGHT RANGE	1800 / 800
MANA	195	523	1,017	ATTACK RANGE	575
DAMAGE	44-46	79-81	124-126	MISSILE SPEED	1200
ARMOR	2	7	13

INTRODUCTION

Viper is one of the strongest laner in DotA. He can solo lane easily while pleasantly harassing his opponent. He mainly uses poison to attack enemies. His poison have a decent range for harassing enemies. His poison also slows and dealing lots of damage to his target. He is a decent carry, he can carry the team in late game using a painful poison to attacks all the enemies.

PROS	CONS
Easy laning-harassing	No escaping skill
The best solo hero	Single targetted attacker
Very good slower
Tanky (Thanks to Corrosive Skin)
No need that much gold to be good

ABILITIES

1. Poison Attack

Intensifies Viper's venom, adding an effect to his normal attack that slows attack and movement speed while dealing damage over time. Poison Attack is a Unique Attack Modifier, and does not stack with other Unique Attack Modifiers.

MANA COST: 20/20/20/20	COOLDOWN: 4/3/0/0
ABILITY: AUTO-CAST, UNIT TARGET	AFFECTS: ENEMY UNITS
DAMAGE: MAGICAL	DAMAGE: 0 / 0 / 0 / 0
DURATION: 2 / 2 / 2 / 2	DAMAGE OVER TIME: 10 / 16 / 22 / 28
MOVE SLOW: 10% / 20% / 30% / 40%	ATTACK SLOW: 10% / 20% / 30% / 40%

The Netherdrake's inborn toxic breath quickly drains the vitality of its afflicted.

This is your harassing and attacking skill. You need this to kill the enemy. With this skill, your enemy will move so slow and you can keep reducing his life. With this you become a carry and can carry your team.

2. Nethertoxin

Nethertoxin causes Viper's normal attack to deal bonus damage to units based on how much health they are missing. The bonus damage doubles for each 20% of health missing from the target. Nethertoxin deals half damage to creeps and buildings.

ABILITY: PASSIVE	DAMAGE: PHYSICAL
BASE BONUS DAMAGE: 2.5 / 5 / 7.5 / 10	NON-HERO DAMAGE: 50% / 50% / 50% / 50%
MAX BONUS DAMAGE: 40 / 80 / 120 / 160

Poison from the Nether Reaches turns wounds into fatalities, and fatigue into death.

This skill will deal damage the less HP the enemy have. Makes you easier in lasthitting. Makes viper one of the easiest hero to get the last hits on early game. Not just vs creeps rhis skill will also makes you easier to kill enemies.. Very good carrying skill. Very good in killing heroes that have less HP.

3. Corrosive Skin

Viper exudes an infectious toxin that damages and slows any enemy that attacks it. The acid exudate also increases Viper's resistance to spells.

ABILITY: PASSIVE	DAMAGE: MAGICAL
DURATION: 4	MOVE SLOW: 10% / 15% / 20% / 25%
ATTACK SLOW: 10% / 15% / 20% / 25%	MAGIC RESISTANCE: 10% / 15% / 20% / 25%
DAMAGE OVER TIME: 10 / 15 / 20 / 25	CONTOH: DIHAPUS8

It is not unusual for sword and shield alike to corrode in the very hands of those who attack the Netherdrake.
This is the only defensive skill you have. This skill reduce magical damage you receive. This skill reduce attack speed and movement speed of your attacker as well as deal some damage. Combined with some survivability items like mekansm and Tarrasque make you invincible.

4. Viper Strike

Viper slows the targeted enemy unit's movement and attack speed while also dealing poison damage over time. The slowing effect reduces over the duration of the poison. Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter.

MANA COST: 125/175/250	COOLDOWN: 80/50/30
ABILITY: UNIT TARGET	AFFECTS: ENEMY UNITS
DAMAGE: MAGICAL	DURATION: 5.1 / 5.1 / 5.1
DAMAGE OVER TIME: 60 / 100 / 145	MOVE SLOW: 40% / 60% / 80%
ATTACK SLOW: 40% / 60% / 80%	SCEPTER MANA COST: 125 / 125 / 125
SCEPTER COOLDOWN: 12 / 12 / 12	SCEPTER CAST RANGE: 900

Once used to slay his sadistic summoner, the most powerful of Netherdrake infections spreads through the veins of those foolish enough to cross Viper.
Your very good one targetted poison nuke. Will deal lots of damage and slow down enemy by a lot. Very good to kill someone. Use this as your opening, and then continued by using your Poison Attack to harass and kill the opponenent.

SKILLBUILD

Aggressive This build focus on early game domination. You will constantly using your poison attack to harass your enemy in lane. The idea is to pressure your enemy so you gain a lot of space to farm. This build tend to attack enemy since the game starts. On mid game you should hunt for kills around the map because you built for kills.	Defensive  This build is focusing on Strong self-defense that means to be safe from any enemy's attempt to kill you. By using this build at least you should be safe from get killed on early game. Like the strategy in chess. First is to strengthen the king safety so you can attack freely. This build have the same fundamental.
Level 1: Poison Attack Level 2: Nethertoxin Level 3: Poison Attack Level 4: Corrosive Skin Level 5: Poison Attack Level 6: Viper Strike Level 7: Poison Attack Level 8: Nethertoxin Level 9 : Nethertoxin Level 10: Nethertoxin Level 11: Viper Strike Level 12: Corrosive Skin Level 13: Corrosive Skin Level 14: Corrosive Skin Level 15: Stats Level 16: Viper Strike Level 17-25: Stats	Level 1: Corrosive Skin Level 2: Nethertoxin Level 3: Corrosive Skin Level 4: Poison Attack Level 5: Corrosive Skin Level 6: Viper Strike Level 7: Corrosive Skin Level 8: Poison Attack Level 9 : Nethertoxin Level 10: Poison Attack Level 11: Viper Strike Level 12: Nethertoxin Level 13: Poison Attack Level 14: Nethertoxin Level 15: Stats Level 16: Viper Strike Level 17-25: Stats
Why take Poison Attack for level 1? If you want to steal firstblood, the this is your skill. Harass enemy and get firstblood. Of course with the help of your friend. Why maxed Poison Attack first? This is your main harassing skill for early game, you need this skill to harass enemy. With this skill you can harass opponent easily and make them uncomfortable in lane. Why maxed Nethertoxin  before Corrosive Skin ? You need this skill for your last hits. Deal more damage to an agony creeps. Really helps for last hitting. And this skill also help you get kills from killing heroes.	Why take Corrosive Skin for level 1? Stay safe from firstblood by using this skill to protect yourself. Why maxed Corrosive Skin first? Your goal here is to stay strong for whatever attempt your enemy have to kill you. Maxing Corrosive will grant you a metal body Should we prefer Poison Attack or Nethertoxin? You can increase those skills simultaneously so you get the same max benefits from them.

STRATEGY
Early game
On early game, harass your oponent using Poison Attack.They will feel so much pain and forced to retreat and can’t last hits properly. Use this chance to farming convenietly. You will be easy for farming because you have Nethertoxin that makes you easier to get last hits, this skill will increase damage to creeps in low HP to makes you get more last hits. If enemy comes near to last hit, harass again using Poison Attack, this way you will make your enemy can’t farm on early game. You are one of the best harasser, remember that!

Mid Game
On mid game, you should already have your ultimate. It’s time to kills. Use your ultimate first, and then, harass your enemy using your poison. He can’t run because of slow movement speed from your poison, and can’t fight because the Hp is already maybe in 60-70%, so he will be likelly to death.
Kill as many enemy as possible to earn lots of golds. You need golds because you are the carry of your team that must carry your team to victory.

The importance of being tanky
If the enemy can't kill you because you are so tanky, the enemy will be frustrated so you can easily dominate them with your massive poison attack. My advice is: Buy mekansm, and then not just you can heal yourself but it will gives your teams lots of survivability.

Teamfight
Always remember to activare PoisonAttack once teamftght starts. And then remember to right click the exact target. That's the only way you can win. If you misclick a creep or even being panic and can't click enemy hero, that's mean you're bad. Don' ever be panic and click the correct enemy hero ( preferrably the less Hp).

Late
On late game, your part is carrying the team. Use your high damage to kill as many enemy as you can. I assume you already have some good items here, like Manta, Butterfly etc. with that items, you will be the real carry for the team. The key to be successful carry is to: focus on one target until he dies. If one already died, change to the next target. Corrosive Skin skill also takes part here, it will increase your defense and makes you more survivable.

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ITEMBUILD

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 your skills on early game. 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.  STR for survivability, AGI for damage and attack speed, INT for mana.

3. Mekansm
Total cost: 2306
Recipe: Headress + Buckler + Recipe

Active: Restore - Heals 250 HP and gives +2 armor in an area. Passive: Mekansm Aura - Bonus HP Regen in an area. Multiple instances of Mekansm Aura do not stack + 5 All Attributes + 5 Armor BONUS HP REGEN: 4 Mana:150   Cooldown:45

Why Mekansm? Heal for all allies in AoE, is a must for teamfights.

4. Aghanim Scepter

Passive: Ultimate Upgrade - Upgrades the ultimates of certain heroes. + 10 All Attributes   + 200 Health   + 150 Mana

Why Aghanim's Scepter? Add 1 more familiar to helps you stun and damaging the enemy

5. Manta Style
Total cost:: 5050
Recipe: Yasha, Ultimate Orb, Recipe

Active: Mirror Image - Creates 2 illusions of your hero that last 20 seconds. Melee illusions deal 33% damage and take 250% bonus damage. Ranged illusions deal 28% damage and take 300% bonus damage. Percentage based movement speed bonuses from multiple items do not stack. + 10 Strength + 26 Agility    + 10 Intelligence    + 15 Attack Speed    + 10% Movement Speed Manacost:165    Cooldown:50

Why Manta Style? Creates 2 illusion of yourself to attack the enemy and deal more damages. This items also provide a defense mechanism for you because your opponent will be confused and don't know whose to attack, they should guess where is the real you.

6. 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. Battlefury is always a good item for a carry.

7. Tanker Items
These items fits so well with CorrosiveSkin. Your body will be as hard as metal and the enemy will have a hard time killing you.

Heart of Tarrasque Gives massive amount of Health and Health Regeneration. This item will grant you maximum tank power. Heart is an item that everyone should have in a late game.	Shiva's Guard Slowing enemy's attack and movement speed. as well as gives you +armor. This item will reduce enemy capabilities in teamfight	Assault Cuirass Gives +armor to nearby teammates and -armor to enemy. as well as gives +attack speed aura. This item will increase your team's survivability by a lot
+ 40 Strength +300 Health  HEALTH RESTORED: 2% per second	Aura Slower Attack: 25% Freezing wave: Slows movement by -40% and 200 damage. + 15 Armor + 30 Int	+ 55 Attack Speed (Including 20 Aura)  +15 Armor (Including 5 Aura) ARMOR.REDUCTION:5

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.

BAD ENEMIES
1. Nuker
(Example: Lina, Lion, Akasha, Tinker)

 They have some high damage nukes that will makes your early time to be difficult

VIDEO SECTION
1. Dota 2 with Alan: Viper

Watch Alan play with the Viper

2.  Viper GamePlay/Commentary

With this guide, I hope you will be owning

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