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		Battle Tactics II ~Basic Items~ This guide will describe the value in gameplay of various non-legendary/npn-mystic items Admin Notes: Created during 1.17b [by Epik] [by Epik] Keywords: - Items, - General gameplay, - -


	Creator: Epik Date: 13.Nov - 17:41 Views: 873 Back to guides


	Shop 1 Claws of Attack Useless alone. Mainly for Recipes Charmed Steel Same as Above. Gryphon Maul Decent source of mana if one needs it Ultimate Hammer 2-3 of these and your set early game if your a melee hero Boots of Speed a meh item if you know what i mean, use for your recipes Gloves of Haste Again recipes Fire Gloves Decent active, stacks with faerie fire, but other than that only good for recipes Amulet of Elunes Grace Sweet active, a nuker can make good use of this early game, the amulet is also used for very good items Sobi Mask Meh, recipe Golden Ring of Heal i personally don't use it alone, but some people like the active Enelims Bracers YES! AWESOME STARTING ITEM, HAS TEN HEAL CHARGES AND LEADS TO THE ITEM GUARDIAN WHICH IS ONE OF THE MOST USED RECIPE SHOP 1 ITEMS FOR RECIPES Enchanted Shield meh, recipes Shop 2 Belt of Giants Strength meh, recipes Boots of QuelThalas meh, recipes Robe of the Magi meh, recipes Circulet of Nobility meh, recipes Helm of Valor meh, recipes Hood of the Cunning Has a useful active: The birdy has quite a qualities that make it worthwhile 1)counters those pesky invisible heroes 2)can't be killed before its limit is up (very cool!) 2)reusable Amulet of Wisdom Unless you desperately need mana and mana regen...meh, recipes Orb of Tox some people like it, but for me its meh, recipes Spirit Axe CAN ALSO EFFECT HEROES Many uses 1) to lure creeps away from your tower 2) help an ally escape by drawing aggro 3) stop an enemy's escape by drawing aggro 4) can help last hit a tower, by drawing aggro 5) if you have a damage return build, it forces enemy units (or heroes) to attack you. Amulet of Agility decent for really early game agility heros Wizards Staff meh, recipes Mask of Death meh, recipes Shop 3 Book of Power Frost Not Very useful Rod of Anacoda still not very useful Scroll of Speed Can be very good in certain situations Sentry Wards VERY USEFUL Repleneshment Potion Five star item Raven A necessity, i use one at the base and the other at the legend shop, but only 1 is needed Gem of True Seeing Better upgraded into shamans, Potion of Healing Decent but not worth it to buy Potion of Mana very good seeing as base mana regen in HoSK is close to nil Scroll of Blink If you prefer not spending gold on an ancient sword, this is the better way to counter blinkers Scroll of Teleport decent, but not to my liking Recipe Shop 1 Two-Hander good vs nukers, not much else Chaos Spear one of the 3 anti summon items in hosk, although the worst Great Claws passive is decent, but demonic daggers is better Conjured Necklace Good counter for heroes with very little mana Golden Shoulders decent starting item, its main feature is its anti-nuke Guardian Regarded as the most useful of the recipe shop1 items, seeing as it has a reusable heal AND is used in making 4 out of the 12 legends, those being the most commonly used. Shamans Buckler Very good item; it reduces res time, has PERMANENT true-sight, and is a component for the most well rounded legend: rhynns eye Great Staff meh Dragon Helm MY personal favorite non-legendary item in the game. It gives: 75 HP, 4% attack-speed, 5 mana, +3 damage, and 30 movement speed. The combo of mana and movement speed (not even counting the other bonuses) for the price of 1300 is an astounding bargain. 1) good for heros with low mana 2) really good for movement speed builds Basic Bow Very good speed increasing item, though that's all its good for Flame Boots Formerly the best starting movement speed item, for the majority of the time I'd say the price isn't worth it. But it has a few good uses 1) creeping 2)good when combined with snares (not sleep) to kill heroes Grail of Loneliness Epik Phail item, do not buy it sucks Recipe Shop 2 Ogre Smasher decent item for stompers Fire Pike Good movement speed and critical strike Celestial Trident good source of mana, and second best of the three anti summon items. GREAT FOR BATTLE MAGES AS ITS +1 BASE INTELLIGENCE FOR EACH KILL STACKS WITH HELM OF EQUILIBRIUM'S Mithril Sword It's active is great for catching escaping heroes Magic Shield Gives: 225 hp, 9 damage, 15 mana, and 12% attack speed It's active essentially gives you: 8your current more HP Helm of Azrael Good magic resist, and good for creeping Warrior Helm Very good item: adds tankiness, reduced res time, and an INFINITE supply of sentry wards Talizman Ring Wind Walk, movement speed, and 27% attack speed Paladins Ring Good chain heal for pushers Apprentice Club Not only does is it give 30 mana and excellent for mana restoration, but it has the BEST heal in the game!!! IMO it should be renamed to the ''STAFF OF IMBA'' Sacred Hammer nice passive that stacks with black-shot and command aura.It also has an active that can dispel buffs/debuffs and if timed correctly can save you from certain spells Orb of the Bad Lion 100 gold bounty bonus and is a Silencer Recipe Shop 3 Crushing Axe Good creeping item, also gives a stackable command aura to summons (thank you 1DKT) Demonic Dagger Great item, should be a legend -> has a mana destroying passive that stacks with feed back, and its active is no joke either Ancient Sword Gives Blink Divine Hammer Has the same pseudo damage aura buff a sacred hammer, is a very good creeping item, and has an anti nuke Fenix Power Good move speed, Great attack speed, And a more powerful version of the ability fire gloves has Bone Bow 26% attack speed, 12 damage, 20 mana, 200 hp, 30 move speed-> not worth 4500g Orb of the Dragon Very good item 1)used in many legends 2)good for orb builds 3) great for mana 4)if you have max mana </= 50 mana, it's fully restored upon revival Power Hands Great pusher item, decent heal Void Charm my second favorite non-legend non item. it gives: move speed, lots of mana, damage, RESTORES mana when casting, has an orb effect, AND IS THE BEST OF THE THREE ANTI SUMMON ITEMS Round of Flames good for early game casters, adds 15 mana, 250 hp, a nuke bonus, and a damage active that's strong enough to hurt heroes while being effective to kill summons/creeps since it targets multiple units Ancient Armor Req. item for most tank legends and an excellent source of magic resistance Angels Shield Great item, essentially gives evasion. The block 1 in 8 damage thing actually means there is a 12.5% chance to dodge that's better than sense of move(which does the same thing) *almost half as good as evasion and if u want to get both....THEY STACK .


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Epik (25.May - 16:25): damn i need to fix, round of flames (add feedback reduce) and other things when guide section is repaired

khmerbubblez (11.Feb - 05:00): ancient sword deserves better descrip. its so bleh xD

orleanda (04.Jan - 19:52): how can u say bonebow is not worth its cost oO

1DKT (29.Dec - 09:27, 2009): you might want to mention that ancient sword and divine hammer each give 500 hp to the heroes health. Another thing is a crushing axe - gives summons extra damage which stacks too

Epik (02.Dec - 11:08, 2009): only if you make spelling mistakes :P

Graymark (02.Dec - 02:32, 2009): except that ”guide” would be spelled wrong etc etc

Epik (01.Dec - 20:53, 2009): and by this ”if you coud keep working on it afterer wards, you could send me an email of the update and ill edit the guide for you” id didnt mean id change any thing, id just copy paste what you wrote and replace your old version with the new updated one. Your guid wont be made similar or altered by me in any way, shape, and/or form

Epik (01.Dec - 20:50, 2009): what i meant as anti summ was: items with mega DAMAGE abilities that only WORK ON SUMMONS i gues it was a comuunication break down, and as for #3 if your item guide is as good as you say as it is... it wont be :P

Graymark (30.Nov - 23:36, 2009): 1) how about magic shield 2) plenty of other abilities on items that are VERY good versus summons (pulverize etc) 3) ive seen ur guides, i really dont want one i worked on to be similar, at all

Epik (28.Nov - 23:25, 2009): email: epikphail33@hotmail.com

Epik (28.Nov - 23:25, 2009): gray, 1) yes there are 5 anti summon items, if you include doom axe and acid tally , but this guid doesnt include mystics or legends hence now there are 3, also i fixed owl now, and 1 more thing, could you repost your guide, and if you coud keep working on it afterer wards, you could send me an email of the update and ill edit the guide for you

Graymark (25.Nov - 01:19, 2009): while im at it i might as well say lol@bonebow

Graymark (24.Nov - 23:37, 2009): also 3 antisummon items? wth are u on?

Graymark (24.Nov - 23:28, 2009): also the owl cant move..

Graymark (24.Nov - 23:17, 2009): and yes u have seen it... its on the mod forum and u commented.

Graymark (24.Nov - 23:16, 2009): well if this is the par ur looking for i could post it right now and get 150%...

Epik (24.Nov - 18:03, 2009): well now that was a typo ridden comment

Epik (24.Nov - 18:02, 2009): [quote]Graymark said: ya so this looks like u pretty much took one of my early drafts.. and made it worse...[/quote] 1) i havent seen your earlier drafts 1) i wouldnt have had to make this if you’d get off your lazy ass and repost yours 3) :P

Epik (24.Nov - 17:56, 2009): i didnt know it had that i guess i did over look it. ill update it thanks 1d

1DKT (24.Nov - 06:05, 2009): grreat guide.everything has to start somewhere, though I think you overlooked the true-sight owl on the hood of cunning.It might be qute usefull especially since hood is a part of demonic

Graymark (23.Nov - 13:20, 2009): ya so this looks like u pretty much took one of my early drafts.. and made it worse...

KileRatZ (18.Nov - 20:11, 2009): Angel’s shield gives a 12.5% chance to block damage, it’s not every 8th hit. It’s random.