Dota is my life - Luna Moonfang

Luna Moonfang - The Moon Rider

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Luna Moonfang - The Moon Rider
Range: 325 | | Move Speed: 320 | Primary: AGI
Str: 15 + 1.75 | Agi: 22 + 2.8 | Int: 16 + 1.65
Damage: 33 - 39 | HP: 435 | Mana: 208
HP Regen: 0.7 | Mana Regen: 0.65
Attack Speed: 1.33 (+ 22% IAS) | Armor: 4.1



Lucent Beam (C)
Luna concentrates on the moon's energy and channels it forcefully to the surface, damaging an enemy unit.

Level 1 - 75 damage.
Level 2 - 150 damage.
Level 3 - 225 damage.
Level 4 - 300 damage.



Moon Glaive (G)
Allows Luna to attack extra enemies with each Glaive attack. Each enemy struck beyond the first incurs a 40% damage loss, per unit.

Level 1 - Luna hits 2 enemies with every attack.
Level 2 - Luna hits 3 enemies with every attack.
Level 3 - Luna hits 4 enemies with every attack.
Level 4 - Luna hits 5 enemies with every attack.



Lunar Blessing (L)
Nearby ranged units gain the power of the moon.

Level 1 - Increases base ranged damage by 6%.
Level 2 - Increases base ranged damage by 13%.
Level 3 - Increases base ranged damage by 20%.
Level 4 - Increases base ranged damage by 27%.



Eclipse (E)
Calls to the moon's magic, summoning a concentrated burst of Lucent Beams to damage targets around Luna.

Level 1 - Summons 4 Lucent Beams.
Level 2 - Summons 7 Lucent Beams.
Level 3 - Summons 10 Lucent Beams.

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Early Game (lvl 1-6)
Items (1570)

1. Chicken (225)
2. Mantle (150)
3. Cilclet (185)
4. Sobi Mask (325)
5. Null Talisman (185)
6. Boot Of Speed (500)

Skills

1. Lucent Beam
2. Stats
3. Lucent Beam
4. Stats
5. Lucent Beam
6. Eclipse

Reasoning
Lucent beam is Luna's main skill. Your ultimate(Eclipse) depends heavily of it, and so, we would want to upgrade this spell ASAP.

The reason i choose stats against Luna Blessing / Moon Glaive is because:-
1. Stats give you more hp, mana to spam lucent beam.
2. Glaive doesn't help u farm early stage. Your damage isn't that great, yet.
3. Blessing doesn't help you in increasing your mana/hp. You need more mana for harassing/experience denying/killling.

Game Play

Choose any lane, preferrably a solo lane. You need to get to lvl6 as fast as possible. When u have lvl2 Lucent, cast it once on enemy hero. When you have lvl3 lucent, cast it again on the same hero. Just stay back and leech experience. Don't die if possible. If at lvl 6, your lane has only one single enemy, then you can go for the kill. If 2 enemies, your ultimate can't kill either of them.

Hero Killing

Hide. Wait for hero to come near to your tower. Timing is the key to success. When you see enemy creeps only left one, run towards your enemy from behind. Immediately press e (Eclipse) and then c (lucent beam) on hero. Give in chase if he's still alive.

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Mid Game (lvl 7-16)
Items (7100)

1. Claymore(1400)
2. blade of agility (1000)
3. Lothar (1400)
4. Point booster (1200)
5. Vitality booster (1100)
6. Enegy booster (1000) --->Soul booster

Skills
7. Lucent Beam
8. Stats
9. Stats
10. Stats
11. Eclipse
12. Glaive
13. Glaive
14. Glaive
15. Glaive
16. Eclipse

Reasoning
Once you've got your First damage item (Claymore +21 damage), you can now put substitute your Stats with Glaives. I normally got it at arouns level 11, and so, i will gradually up my Glaives at lvl12. With 5 stats on you on your earlier stage, you can now semi spam your lucent, and have quite a tough hp to take on some pain.

Game Play

Basically still the same as of early stage. Just keep in mind that, although your eclipse says that you can churn out 7/10 lucent beams, the most an enemy hero will get beamed is only 4 times. That means, at lvl2 and lvl3 Eclipse, if there's only one single enemy hero near you and you casted eclipse, only 4 beams will hit him, while the rest will be gone wasted.
Soul booster makes you tougher, and be able to spam your lucent beams easier. The reason for it is because without it, you won;t be able to use your Eclipse-Refresh-Eclipse combo later on during end stage.

Hero Killing

Once you've got your lothar, you will be able to kill heroes easier. When you've spotted a single wonderer, just wait for the right timing (when the enemy creeps left around 1-2), activate your WW on lothar, and sneak behind him. Eclipse, and immediately cast Lucent beam on h im, and attack. If he's not a strength hero with high hp, 9 out of 10 he will be dead. If he's a high hp strength hero, you should keep on casting lucent beam on him. Wears down his hp to around yellow/half, then only sneak behind him and eclipse.

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End Game (lvl 17-25)
Items (15225)

1. Void Stone(900)
2. Ring Of Health (875)
3. Robe of Magi (450)
4. Quater Staff (1150) ---> Got your Oblivion staff
5. Refresher scroll (1850) ---> Got your Refresher
6. Mystic Staff (2900) --->Aghanin Sceptor , your panther grows torns.

Skills

17. Stats
18. Stats
19. Stats
20. Stats
21. Stats
22. Blessing
23. Blessing
24. Blessing
25. Blessing

Reasoning
Heroes now will be not as tou-hu-fa(fragile) as before, and most probable, they are sticking together, thus making it a must for a Refresher. Making luna a battle luna is, to my humble opinion, err... just not my type. Farming won't be a problem for you. You would probable be noticing that with Glaives, you can almost get all the golds for the entire wave. When pushing towers, DO NOT hit the creeps. AIM at tower, your glaives will clear all the creeps for you. (Point to note* If your enemy has a lot of disablers, it is wise to get a BKB)

Game Play

Same thing, except that you will be most of the time, sacrificing for your team. When during 5v5, everyone gathers in mid lane, activate your WW when your team engage with the enemy (Note here, if they have wards / Gems, it's good to get a Blink Dagger<2150> ). Blink / WW into the middle of the battle (of course when all creeps are cleared), do the Eclipse-Refresh-Eclipse combo. Of course, if your team doesn't consists of noobs, they will do the finishing for you, and make your sacrification a very worth it one. Most of the time, you will be dead, killing none of the heroes, but in return, you have thinned out all the enemy's hp, and most probable help your team to get a 5 total kill on all enemy heroes. This will greatly help them in pushing during end games whereby it normally takes around 1 min or 2 to ressurect.

Hero Killing

Normally during this stage, there won't be any solo wanderer. Just in case there's any rambo wandering and farming, go ahead and eclipse him. If he's a strentgh hero, do the eclipse-refresh-eclipse combo. Most hero can't take that kind of punishment :)

Summary

That's all for now. That's how i play luna :) I have actually tried out luna getting lothar and blink dagger. Maybe it might reduce the numbers of death on my count. Blink in, eclipse-refresh-eclipse, then WW out. I will try that out. :)