Boots of Speed

A core item that boosts your mobility to catch up to or get away from enemy heroes. Builds into Tranquil Boots or Power Treads later in the game.

Vladmir's Offering

A core aura item that boosts the HP sustain, damage, mana sustain, and tankiness of your team and Familiars.

Boots of Bearing

An upgrade for Tranquil Boots to buff your team and Familiars with attack speed and run at enemy heroes with a massive movement speed advantage.

Aghanim's Scepter

A core item to massively improve the mobility of your hero and Familiars through flying movement and invisibility to find and kill enemy heroes on the map. Also provides right click damage amplification for a short period upon leaving invisibility.

Assault Cuirass

A core aura item that boosts your team and Familiars against physical damage and improves the potential of running at enemy heroes, towers, and Roshan with minus armor.

Gleipnir

A core item that gives you AoE lockdown and damage to get close to enemy heroes and burst them down as well as improve your farming speed. The Chain Lightning procs frequently with the attack speed gain from Grave Chill.

Scythe of Vyse

A core item that gives you instant lockdown against elusive enemy heroes to burst them down with spells and right clicks from your hero and Familiars. Also increases your damage through stats and provides mana regen to spam spells.

Orb of Blight

Lowers the armor of Visage with right clicks to make it easier to eat away the Gravekeeper's Cloak layers and burst him down with physical damage.

Gives you tankiness to take less damage from right clicks from Visage and his Familiars to trade HP more effectively.

Vanguard

Gives you HP sustain and tankiness to take less damage from right clicks from Visage and his Familiars.

Spirit Vessel

Gives you multiple instances of damage over time to help eat away the Gravekeeper's Cloak layers. Helps significantly lower the HP regen from Stone Form on Visage once he has Aghanims Shard.

Lotus Orb

Gives you a dispel against Grave Chill. Also lets you reflect Soul Assumption back onto Visage.

Solar Crest

Gives you or an ally armor and a physical damage barrier to significantly reduce the burst potential of right clicks from Visage and his Familiars.

Cloak

Gives you magic resistance to significantly reduce the damage taken from Visage's Soul Assumption spam.

Mage Slayer

Provides magic resistance and reduces the damage dealt by Visage from his Soul Assumption spam to nullify his burst potential.

Pipe of Insight

Gives you and your team magic resistance and barrier to significantly reduce the damage taken from Visage's Soul Assumption spam.

Eternal Shroud

Gives you magic resistance to significantly reduce the damage taken from Visage's Soul Assumption spam.

Crimson Guard

Gives your team and buildings a barrier to take less damage from right clicks from Visage and his Familiars to nullify his kill and push potential.

Black King Bar

Gives you debuff immunity and magic resistance to avoid the slow from Grave Chill and the stun from Stone Form as well as reduce the damage taken from Visage's Soul Assumption spam.

Glimmer Cape

Gives you an invisibility tool to kite Visage and his Familiars as well as absorb some of the damage from his Soul Assumption spam.

Force Staff

Gives you a repositioning tool to kite Visage and his Familiars by pushing yourself or an ally away from them when slowed by Grave Chill or stunned by Stone Form.

Scythe of Vyse

Gives you an instant disable against Visage to burst him down in its duration before he recovers the Gravekeeper's Cloak layers or uses Stone Form once he has Aghanims Shard.

Assault Cuirass

Gives armor to your team and buildings to take less damage from Visage and his Familiars to nullify his kill and push potential.

Bloodthorn

Gives you an instant silence and massive burst damage against Visage to kill him before he recovers the Gravekeeper's Cloak layers or uses Stone Form once he has Aghanims Shard.

Satanic

Gives you a dispel against Grave Chill and provides a massive lifesteal gain to stand your ground and fight back against Visage and his Familiars.