Witch Slayer

Witch Slayer is the new hero in HoN patch 0.1.53. This hero’s abilities are identical to Lion’s in Dota, though the hero itself has gone from being a Demon Witch to a Witch Slayer who hunts the likes of Lion with a Blunderbuss and silver bullets! Here are the abilities:

Graveyard

Equivalent to Impale;  “creates a temporary graveyard”,  which stuns and damages heroes in a line in front of Witch Slayer.  Use this spell to stun multiple heroes and kill creeps at the same time to dominate your lane early game.

Miniaturization

Equivalent to Hex; shrinks an enemy (sheeps them) for several seconds.  This is basically like having Kuldra’s Sheepstick aka Guinsoo’s Scythe of Vyse built into your hero.  Phenomenal spell for disabling carries late game.

Power Drain

Equivalent to Mana Drain; sucks Mana from the enemy and gives it to you.  Use this on enemy heroes directly after you stun them with Graveyard to keep your Mana supply healthy.  This can also be used on neutral creeps or the ranged creeps in lane.  This spell has a short cooldown so spam it as much as possible with Graveyard to control your lane.

Silver Bullet (ultimate)

Contrary to your expectation, this does not involve the hero slamming a Coors Light before motorboating boobies.  This spell is equivalent to Dota’s Finger of Death.  Demon Slayer shoots the desired target in the face with an extremely quick animation.  Very satisfying and deadly.

Strategy

Early Game

Control your lane by spamming Graveyard and Power Drain on enemy heroes as much as possible.  As soon as you are level six, start getting kills with your ultimate and Graveyard.  Kills will never come as easy again as they do at this point in the game.  Get boots and a bottle, bracers if your opponent is competant, control runes, carry a Homecoming Stone aka TP scroll, and gank as hard as possible.  Your goal should be to make the carries on the other team ragequit.  If your team is getting slammed, then Astrolabe aka Mekanism is an option; just teleport to counter-gank and protect your team as much as possible.

Mid Game

Buy Wards of Sight aka observer wards, upgrade the courier to a flying courier, and get control of the map.  Keep ganking, but realize that it will be more difficult for you to kill any opponent on your own, and that your role as a damage-dealing hero killer should be morphing into that of a disabling support hero who must aid the team’s carries to win the game.  If your enemy is trash, then by all means get a Portal Key aka Blink Dagger and Post Haste aka Boots of Travel, and continue to crush them on all parts of the map.  Otherwise go for a Staff of the Master aka Aganhim’s Sceptre or a Puzzlebox aka Necronomicon Book to bolster your abilities for late game.

Late Game

Go for a Totem of Kuldra aka Guinsoo’s Scythe of Vyse to add another weapon to your arsenal of disable.  Keep supporting your team’s carries and remember that you will win the game by making it easy for them to farm, and by disabling the enemy for them in team battles.  If you are getting focused in these battles, remember to use as many spells as possible, including your ultimate, before you die, so that your team may still benefit.

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