In Dota 2, a huge number of heroes who, with each new patch, albeit a little, but change. Because of this, it is often necessary to revise the strategy of the game and think about how to pump and what to buy the hero. Although no major changes have affected Queen of Pain, this heroine needs a guide.
Description of the heroine
The quota in DotA 2 is a ranged character that has the main characteristic - intelligence. The “Queen of Pain” is one of the few characters that usually go to the middle line. This is a very mobile heroine, so it is not easy to catch, which means that you need to control certain objects. In addition, at the late stage of the game can do a lot of damage to opponents.
The story of the heroine
Each character in the game has its own story. It begins with the player learning about the ruler of the kingdom of Elsa. The high priest secretly has a passion for forbidden pain. If someone finds out about this, then faith in the monarch will be undermined, as will his authority.
The king turns to the demonologists who are in his captivity and asks for a favor. If one of them succeeds in summoning the succubus of torment and forcing her to serve faithfully to the ruler, he will grant freedom. The demonologists managed to summon Akasha.
The king was incredibly happy, as she was with him all the time. The king appointed her the secret queen and surrendered to sophisticated torments.
But the ruler began to lose control of himself, and the people learned of his passion. They pulled the king from the chambers and threw him from the tower. The death of the monarch freed Queen of Pain. Now she travels around the world and brings torment to everyone who meets on her way.
Abilities
Like almost all the heroes in DotA 2, Quapa also has three abilities and one ultimate:
- Shadow Strike
- Blink
- Scream of Pain;
- Sonic Wave.
All skills, except the ultimate, inflict magic damage on the heroes. The fourth ability deals pure damage. The second skill is this escape for the hero. All other abilities act on enemies.
Shadow strike
This is the first Queen of Pain ability that targets a unit and area. Acts on the enemy and inflicts magic damage on him. The character throws a dagger, which, hitting the target, deals periodic damage for 15 seconds. The enemy begins to move slower and takes damage every 3 seconds.
The range of the ability to use depends on the leveling. At the last level is 600. Damage also depends on the level. At the last, the dagger deals 125 damage, and then every 3 seconds for 75.
Skill reloading also depends on its level of pumping. On the first level - 16 seconds, on the last - 4 seconds. It costs 110 mana.
Blink
This skill is directed to a point. He acts on Quopa in DotA 2. The ability helps to teleport short distances. Thanks to Blink, you can either break into a fight or escape from it.
Teleportation has a maximum range of 1300. It requires 60 mana and at the last level it only takes 6 seconds to recharge. Often this ability is used in order to avoid flying projectiles from enemies.
Scream of pain
This is an omnidirectional ability that acts on enemies, inflicting magical damage on them. The “Queen of Pain” emits a piercing scream that removes the health of opponents within a radius of 475. At the first level, she will deal 75 damage, at the last - 300. Depending on the level, the ability requires a certain amount of mana: 110/120/130/140. It recharges for 7 seconds.
The skill acts on enemies who are in the invisibility or fog of war. If units are hidden or invulnerable, damage will not be dealt.
Sonic wave
The quota in Dota 2, like all other heroes, has an ultimate ability. Sonic Wave is aimed at a point, affects enemies and deals pure damage. The “Queen of Pain” creates a giant sound wave in front of enemies and inflicts huge damage. Applies to 700 range units. The ability has a conical shape, so the initial radius is 100 units, and the final one is 450.
At the last level of pumping, the ultimate deals 500 damage. If you buy Aghanim's Scepter, then the damage will increase to 590. The skill is recharged for 130 seconds, and with Aghanim's Scepter it is only 40 seconds. Requires 500 mana at the last level. Since Sonic Wave deals pure damage, it can kill a courier.
Talents
Quops have certain talents that influence the above abilities. So, at level 10, a gamer can take 10 units to power or 25 units to damage. At level 15, you can increase the attack speed by 40 or take - 12% skill reload. At level 20, you can get +30% to vampirism or increase the radius of the first ability to 650. At the last level, the player can choose the effect of fear, which imposes an ultimate ability on enemies, as well as blocking directed spells that fly to the “Queen of Pain”.
When studying the Quota Guide in Dota 2, you need to take into account the characteristics of talent. For example, thanks to 10 units of power, the amount and regeneration of health, as well as the resistance to magic, increase.
If additional damage was chosen at level 10, then it is worth considering that it is not given to illusions. Vampirism additively counts with other artifacts for the same ability, and also heals for 6% of non-heroes.
Play style
Now the teams in DotA 2 infrequently pick up the Quopa. Much depends on the meta, which varies from patch to patch, as well as on the choice of opponents. Queen of Pain is not always able to withstand the onslaught on the midline, but as a farming character sometimes it seems too "cottony."
However, more often the character is taken to the mid. Here she can play mobile, finish off creeps with her abilities and feel quite comfortable. But at the same time, you must definitely ask support to put wards on the line so as not to be taken by surprise. Due to the fact that Queen of Pain has little health, a couple of strokes from a stronger character are enough for her.
Advantages and disadvantages
Players in a team in Dota 2 are not always aware of the shortcomings and advantages of this character on the line. As mentioned earlier, Quapa is very mobile, so it can quickly avoid an attack in mid and on any other line. She can quickly kill an opponent with radius abilities. The ultimate deals pure damage, which means it will not save any immunity to spells.
Among the shortcomings, players distinguish a small stock of health and an indicator of armor. Usually, if Quapa falls under the camp, she is likely to die. If a player attacks alone and misses his skills, and also spends his escape, they will most likely be killed. Despite the power of the ultimate, you can dodge it or miss it.
Character upgrade
Since the heroine goes to the mid, she needs something to finish off. Therefore, at the first level, the first skill is usually pumped. Next, you can take the second ability, so that in the case of the ganga have time to dodge. Further, the players try to maximize the third ability, not forgetting to take the ult at level 6. After that, you can pump up Blink again and choose a suitable talent on level 10.
When the escape will be maximally pumped at level 11, it will be enough to choose the ult and the first skill, not forgetting about the talents.
Of course, such pumping cannot be taken as a standard, since a lot depends on the situation in the game. Therefore, it is important to understand the macro game in order to choose the right abilities.
Items
To be always in meta, it’s important to keep an eye on what Kvope is collecting in Dota 2. To do this, the Internet collects statistics of players around the world. So you can determine that most often the “Queen of Pain” collect Power Treads and Bottle, so that it was comfortable to stand on the midline.
After they can choose situationally items. Some people prefer to buy Orchid Malevolence in order to increase their intelligence and prevent enemies from conjuring for a while. After that you can buy Linken's Sphere, which helps block one directional ability. You can apply this artifact to an allied hero.
Since ultimate ability improves with Aghanim's Scepter, this item is also popular with the hero.
Strong and weak heroes
It’s not difficult to guess who is countering Kvop. Since the heroine is strong due to her abilities, including jumping, any characters who can impose silence on the “Queen of Pain” immediately become stronger than her.
So, according to statistics, a lot of harm is done to the heroine Puck, who can both bind and "shut up" her. An unpleasant rival is also Silencer, which has an ultimatum ability - silence for all enemies, as well as a couple of other skills that can forbid Kvope to conjure.
Dangerous for Queen of Pain is Techies. This hero has a root and silence, which can also significantly reduce the pace of Quops.
From the heroine, Chen, who can not stop her in any way, can suffer greatly. He does not have a single disable against her. By the same logic, many supports that have little health and are free from mills and slows can receive from the “Queen of Pain”.