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Nyx Assassin

Popularity: #53

Leaderboard: #61

Ban Rank: #21

KDA Rank: #104

Nyx Assassin Pro Builds & Guides for Dota 2

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Mana Burn

Nyx's damage from spells and items burns enemies' mana.

Only instances of 100 or more damage will trigger Mana Burn.

PERCENTAGE OF CURRENT MANA BURNED:

15%/20%/25%/30%

Ability Build

1
Impale
2
Mind Flare
3
Impale
4
Spiked Carapace
5
Impale
6
Vendetta
7
Impale
8
Mind Flare
9
Mind Flare
10
Mind Flare
Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branchesTalent tree branch
11
+50 Vendetta Damage
12
Vendetta
13
Spiked Carapace
14
Spiked Carapace
Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branchesTalent tree branch
15
-3s Mind Flare Cooldown
16
Spiked Carapace
17
Attribute Bonus
18
Vendetta
19
Attribute Bonus
Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branchesTalent tree branch
20
+120 Impale Damage
21
Attribute Bonus
22
Attribute Bonus
23
Attribute Bonus
24
Attribute Bonus
Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branchesTalent tree branch
25
600 Mind Flare Radius

Item Build

Starting
Tango
Tango
10
Blood Grenade
5
Faerie Fire
Wind Lace
1
Observer Ward
1
Sentry Ward
Early Game
Boots of Speed
15
Magic Wand
Ring of Basilius
7
Infused Raindrops
Mid Game
55
Arcane Boots
27
Dagon
Aghanim's Shard
Aghanim's Scepter
Aether Lens
Late Game
15
Blink Dagger
Octarine Core
16
Wind Waker
22
Ethereal Blade
Situational
7
Spirit Vessel
24
Meteor Hammer
23
Eul's Scepter of Divinity
22
Ghost Scepter
19
Force Staff
6
Phylactery
Kaya and Sange
15
Lotus Orb
40
Guardian Greaves
20
Scythe of Vyse
105
Aeon Disk
Boots of Travel
Neutral
60
Arcane Ring
Faded Broach
Grove Bow
11
Bullwhip
4
Enchanted Quiver
Ceremonial Robe
Timeless Relic
25
Ascetic's Cap
60
Seer Stone
8
Force Boots

In Game Guides

Standard Position 4, Facet 2 |

7.36c | Roamer | 4,296,717 subscribers

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Torte de Lini

STEAM GUIDE
1
Impale
2
Mind Flare
3
Impale
4
Spiked Carapace
5
Impale
6
Vendetta
7
Impale
8
Mind Flare
9
Mind Flare
10
Mind Flare
Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branchesTalent tree branch
11
+50 Vendetta Damage
12
Vendetta
13
Spiked Carapace
14
Spiked Carapace
Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branchesTalent tree branch
15
-3s Mind Flare Cooldown
16
Spiked Carapace
17
Attribute Bonus
18
Vendetta
19
Attribute Bonus
Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branchesTalent tree branch
20
+120 Impale Damage
21
Attribute Bonus
22
Attribute Bonus
23
Attribute Bonus
24
Attribute Bonus
Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branchesTalent tree branch
25
600 Mind Flare Radius

starting items

Tango
Iron Branch
Iron Branch
Iron Branch
Blood Grenade
Wind Lace
Sentry Ward

Early game

Ring of Basilius
Boots of Speed

Core items

Arcane Boots
Magic Wand
Dagon
Dagon
Aghanim's Shard

Situational items

Force Staff
Aether Lens
Eul's Scepter of Divinity
Spirit Vessel
Aeon Disk
Lotus Orb

Extension items

Blink Dagger
Aghanim's Scepter
Octarine Core
Ethereal Blade
Dagon

Standard Position 4, Facet 2 |

7.36c | Roamer | 1,234,895 subscribers

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Torte de Lini

STEAM GUIDE
1
Impale
2
Mind Flare
3
Impale
4
Spiked Carapace
5
Impale
6
Vendetta
7
Impale
8
Mind Flare
9
Mind Flare
10
Mind Flare
Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branchesTalent tree branch
11
+50 Vendetta Damage
12
Vendetta
13
Spiked Carapace
14
Spiked Carapace
Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branchesTalent tree branch
15
-3s Mind Flare Cooldown
16
Spiked Carapace
17
Attribute Bonus
18
Vendetta
19
Attribute Bonus
Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branchesTalent tree branch
20
+120 Impale Damage
21
Attribute Bonus
22
Attribute Bonus
23
Attribute Bonus
24
Attribute Bonus
Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branchesTalent tree branch
25
600 Mind Flare Radius

starting items

Tango
Iron Branch
Iron Branch
Iron Branch
Blood Grenade
Wind Lace
Sentry Ward

Early game

Ring of Basilius
Boots of Speed

Core items

Arcane Boots
Magic Wand
Dagon
Dagon
Aghanim's Shard

Situational items

Force Staff
Aether Lens
Eul's Scepter of Divinity
Spirit Vessel
Aeon Disk
Lotus Orb

Extension items

Blink Dagger
Aghanim's Scepter
Octarine Core
Ethereal Blade
Dagon

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1385

ImmortalFaith

STEAM GUIDE
1
Impale
2
Mind Flare
3
Impale
4
Spiked Carapace
5
Impale
6
Vendetta
7
Impale
8
Mind Flare
9
Mind Flare
10
Mind Flare
Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branchesTalent tree branch
11
+50 Vendetta Damage
12
Vendetta
13
Spiked Carapace
14
Spiked Carapace
Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branchesTalent tree branch
15
-3s Mind Flare Cooldown
16
Spiked Carapace
17
Nyxth Sense
18
Vendetta
19
Attribute Bonus
Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branchesTalent tree branch
20
+0.5s Spiked Carapace Stun Duration
21
Attribute Bonus
22
Attribute Bonus
23
Attribute Bonus
24
Attribute Bonus
Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branchesTalent tree branch
25
600 Mind Flare Radius

Starting Items

Observer Ward
Sentry Ward
Tango
Wind Lace
Faerie Fire
Enchanted Mango
Blood Grenade

Early Game

Boots of Speed
Magic Wand
Arcane Boots

Core Items

Dagon
Aghanim's Shard
Dagon
Blink Dagger
Octarine Core
Aghanim's Scepter

Situational Items

Guardian Greaves
Mekansm
Solar Crest
Force Staff
Lotus Orb
Aeon Disk
Aether Lens
Eul's Scepter of Divinity
Scythe of Vyse
Ethereal Blade
Gem of True Sight

consumables

Tango
Healing Salve
Enchanted Mango
Clarity
Infused Raindrops
Dust of Appearance

Pro Builds

808

J0ker

12 hours ago

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KILLS

2

DEATHS

7

ASSISTS

23

KDA

3.6

TEAM KILL %

65.8%

GPM

344

XPM

505

LH/DN

26/1

STARTING ITEMS

Dota 2 Item tango
Dota 2 Item iron-branch
Dota 2 Item blood-grenade
Dota 2 Item observer-ward
Dota 2 Item circlet
Dota 2 Item gauntlets-of-strength
Dota 2 Item sentry-ward
Dota 2 Item town-portal-scroll
Dota 2 Item observer-and-sentry-wards

ITEM PURCHASE HISTORY

00:51

Dota 2 Item bracer

01:12

Dota 2 Item tango

01:14

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

01:14

Dota 2 Item observer-ward

01:14

Dota 2 Item observer-and-sentry-wards

01:53

Dota 2 Item blood-grenade

05:19

Dota 2 Item tango

05:20

Dota 2 Item observer-ward

05:20

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

05:20

Dota 2 Item observer-and-sentry-wards

05:21

Dota 2 Item blood-grenade

06:46

Dota 2 Item sages-mask

07:13

Dota 2 Item ring-of-basilius

10:08

Dota 2 Item boots-of-speed

11:18

Dota 2 Item arcane-boots

11:42

Dota 2 Item infused-raindrops

11:46

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

13:16

Dota 2 Item observer-ward

13:17

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

13:17

Dota 2 Item observer-and-sentry-wards

13:18

Dota 2 Item infused-raindrops

13:19

Dota 2 Item blood-grenade

15:15

Dota 2 Item town-portal-scroll

15:16

Dota 2 Item observer-ward

15:16

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

15:16

Dota 2 Item observer-and-sentry-wards

16:53

Dota 2 Item town-portal-scroll

16:53

Dota 2 Item diadem

18:55

Dota 2 Item observer-ward

18:55

Dota 2 Item observer-ward

18:55

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

18:55

Dota 2 Item observer-and-sentry-wards

18:55

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

18:55

Dota 2 Item observer-and-sentry-wards

18:55

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

18:55

Dota 2 Item observer-and-sentry-wards

21:10

Dota 2 Item voodoo-mask

21:20

Dota 2 Item observer-ward

21:20

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

21:20

Dota 2 Item observer-and-sentry-wards

23:15

Dota 2 Item observer-ward

23:15

Dota 2 Item observer-and-sentry-wards

23:16

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

23:16

Dota 2 Item observer-and-sentry-wards

23:48

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

23:48

Dota 2 Item observer-and-sentry-wards

23:48

Dota 2 Item dagon

25:10

Dota 2 Item town-portal-scroll

26:03

Dota 2 Item dagon

27:04

Dota 2 Item observer-ward

27:05

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

27:05

Dota 2 Item observer-and-sentry-wards

27:27

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

27:27

Dota 2 Item observer-and-sentry-wards

27:54

Dota 2 Item observer-ward

27:54

Dota 2 Item observer-and-sentry-wards

27:55

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

27:55

Dota 2 Item observer-and-sentry-wards

29:28

Dota 2 Item dagon

30:31

Dota 2 Item observer-ward

30:32

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

30:32

Dota 2 Item observer-and-sentry-wards

30:32

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

30:32

Dota 2 Item observer-and-sentry-wards

FINAL ITEMS

Dota 2 Item dagon
Dota 2 Item bracer
Dota 2 Item arcane-boots
Dota 2 Item sentry-ward
Dota 2 Item iron-branch

ABILITIES

00:00

1

Dota 2 Ability nyx assassin impale

01:42

2

Dota 2 Ability nyx assassin spiked carapace

04:14

3

Dota 2 Ability nyx assassin jolt

07:39

4

Dota 2 Ability nyx assassin impale

09:32

5

Dota 2 Ability nyx assassin impale

10:52

6

Dota 2 Ability nyx assassin vendetta

12:49

7

Dota 2 Ability nyx assassin impale

14:29

8

Dota 2 Ability nyx assassin jolt

16:03

9

Dota 2 Ability nyx assassin jolt

17:21

10

Dota 2 Ability nyx assassin jolt

19:19

11

Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branchesTalent tree branch

21:06

12

Dota 2 Ability nyx assassin vendetta

22:48

13

Dota 2 Ability nyx assassin spiked carapace

24:06

14

Dota 2 Ability nyx assassin spiked carapace

26:07

15

Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branchesTalent tree branch

26:09

16

Dota 2 Ability nyx assassin spiked carapace

TEAMMATES

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OPPONENTS

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2731

graze

14 hours ago

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KILLS

4

DEATHS

8

ASSISTS

7

KDA

1.4

TEAM KILL %

57.9%

GPM

368

XPM

449

LH/DN

122/0

STARTING ITEMS

Dota 2 Item sages-mask
Dota 2 Item ring-of-basilius
Dota 2 Item town-portal-scroll

ITEM PURCHASE HISTORY

02:04

Dota 2 Item boots-of-speed

02:07

Dota 2 Item observer-ward

02:12

Dota 2 Item clarity

03:58

Dota 2 Item arcane-boots

04:30

Dota 2 Item town-portal-scroll

07:27

Dota 2 Item diadem

09:33

Dota 2 Item voodoo-mask

11:52

Dota 2 Item town-portal-scroll

13:34

Dota 2 Item dagon

14:21

Dota 2 Item town-portal-scroll

14:22

Dota 2 Item clarity

14:23

Dota 2 Item clarity

15:12

Dota 2 Item town-portal-scroll

17:41

Dota 2 Item dagon

23:05

Dota 2 Item aghanims-shard

23:55

Dota 2 Item dagon

25:35

Dota 2 Item dagon

FINAL ITEMS

Dota 2 Item sages-mask
Dota 2 Item dagon
Dota 2 Item arcane-boots

ABILITIES

00:00

1

Dota 2 Ability nyx assassin jolt

01:13

2

Dota 2 Ability nyx assassin impale

02:48

3

Dota 2 Ability nyx assassin jolt

04:23

4

Dota 2 Ability nyx assassin impale

06:22

5

Dota 2 Ability nyx assassin impale

08:01

6

Dota 2 Ability nyx assassin vendetta

11:05

7

Dota 2 Ability nyx assassin impale

12:42

8

Dota 2 Ability nyx assassin jolt

14:31

9

Dota 2 Ability nyx assassin jolt

15:01

10

Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branchesTalent tree branch

18:31

11

Dota 2 Ability nyx assassin spiked carapace

23:00

12

Dota 2 Ability nyx assassin vendetta

23:14

13

Dota 2 Ability nyx assassin spiked carapace

23:50

14

Dota 2 Ability nyx assassin spiked carapace

25:30

15

Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branchesTalent tree branch

TEAMMATES

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OPPONENTS

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2681

xd

14 hours ago

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KILLS

5

DEATHS

7

ASSISTS

11

KDA

2.3

TEAM KILL %

84.2%

GPM

344

XPM

428

LH/DN

72/1

STARTING ITEMS

Dota 2 Item town-portal-scroll
Dota 2 Item circlet
Dota 2 Item observer-ward
Dota 2 Item sentry-ward
Dota 2 Item observer-and-sentry-wards
Dota 2 Item blood-grenade
Dota 2 Item sages-mask
Dota 2 Item tango
Dota 2 Item iron-branch

ITEM PURCHASE HISTORY

00:55

Dota 2 Item tango

01:15

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

01:54

Dota 2 Item magic-stick

02:31

Dota 2 Item observer-and-sentry-wards

03:32

Dota 2 Item ring-of-basilius

04:45

Dota 2 Item iron-branch

04:45

Dota 2 Item magic-wand

06:05

Dota 2 Item boots-of-speed

06:07

Dota 2 Item clarity

07:59

Dota 2 Item arcane-boots

08:32

Dota 2 Item town-portal-scroll

09:01

Dota 2 Item wind-lace

11:33

Dota 2 Item diadem

15:22

Dota 2 Item voodoo-mask

15:42

Dota 2 Item dagon

18:08

Dota 2 Item aghanims-shard

19:06

Dota 2 Item town-portal-scroll

22:21

Dota 2 Item dagon

22:21

Dota 2 Item dagon

27:12

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

27:12

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

FINAL ITEMS

Dota 2 Item dagon
Dota 2 Item magic-wand
Dota 2 Item arcane-boots
Dota 2 Item sentry-ward
Dota 2 Item circlet
Dota 2 Item wind-lace

ABILITIES

00:00

1

Dota 2 Ability nyx assassin impale

01:37

2

Dota 2 Ability nyx assassin jolt

02:58

3

Dota 2 Ability nyx assassin impale

05:11

4

Dota 2 Ability nyx assassin spiked carapace

07:12

5

Dota 2 Ability nyx assassin impale

09:22

6

Dota 2 Ability nyx assassin vendetta

10:28

7

Dota 2 Ability nyx assassin impale

12:45

8

Dota 2 Ability nyx assassin jolt

14:20

9

Dota 2 Ability nyx assassin jolt

14:53

10

Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branchesTalent tree branch

17:11

11

Dota 2 Ability nyx assassin jolt

18:25

12

Dota 2 Ability nyx assassin vendetta

20:06

13

Dota 2 Ability nyx assassin spiked carapace

22:09

14

Dota 2 Ability nyx assassin spiked carapace

27:37

15

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TEAMMATES

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OPPONENTS

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Counter Items

Core Players

Laning Phase
17
Magic Stick
55
Arcane Boots
7
Infused Raindrops
Cloak
25
Soul Ring
Mid Game
60
Pipe of Insight
Eternal Shroud
95
Black King Bar
Late Game
20
Scythe of Vyse
35
Abyssal Blade

Support Players

Laning Phase
17
Magic Stick
55
Arcane Boots
7
Infused Raindrops
Cloak
1
Sentry Ward
30
Dust of Appearance
Mid Game
Sentry and Dust
14
Glimmer Cape
Late Game
20
Scythe of Vyse
Sentry, Dust and Gem
95
Black King Bar
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