Sven
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Ability Build
Disables, Buffs and Passives
Abilities | Disables | Dispellable Buffs | Breakable Passives | ||
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Interrupts Channeling | Silences | Roots | |||
Storm Hammer | |||||
Great Cleave | |||||
Warcry | |||||
God's Strength |
Item Build
Hero Strategy
Use Storm Hammer to secure ranged creep lasthit and damage the opponents at the same time.
Alert your teammates to stack for you as you can clear those fairly early.
Only put points into Great Cleave once you are ready to leave the lane, or keep it at one point for the Strength Bonus to sustain in lane until you are ready to leave.
Don't overstay in lane. Consider moving out of the lane as laning opponents are getting closer to level 6.
Feel free to pop God's Strength off cooldown to farm after laning phase.
Your initial jump in the fights has to be well timed and precise. You don't want to be kited.
In the fights, position yourself in such a way so that you can cleave onto the opponents further away.
Itemize against kiting by purchasing Black King Bar, Blink Dagger, Shadow Blade, Aghanim's Scepter or Shard.
Counter Strategy
Against Sven, avoid playing inside the creep wave as you will take damage from Great Cleave.
Sven farms quickly with Great Cleave. Smoke him, place deep wards and sentry off camps.
God's Strength more than doubles Sven's damage. Look to disengage.
Avoid clumping up in the fights for Storm Hammer and Great Cleave.
Armor items are great against Sven's insane physical damage output.
Be aware of Sven's Aghanim's Scepter timing. He becomes much more dangerous.