Hey, I'm a very new player who started about a week ago, and I've been playing mostly Spectre. I recently switched to the Twist the Knife facet, and from what I can tell, it doesn't do anything?

I tried it in demo and in game to see what was going on, but whenever I switch to my Shadow Step Illusion, it doesn't seem like my Spectral Dagger gets cast. I don't see any noticeable damage and I don't see a trail on the ground either.

Am I just not understanding how it works or is it bugged? Sorry if this is a stupid question, like I said, I'm very new.

Come on Valve, he is a Samurai right? No offense to the voice actor but I think for this Character it doesn't fit

I cant use 1 of the token to open it up. Need help

Had a really good game with him mid maxing E. Falcon rush into katana can really tear people down early game and get some quick kills. I was pretty katana focused though and found it hard to fit in sai into my rotations besides a silence while engaging before I switch to katana

Seems like separate from katana Q sai has better dps, though I haven’t tested it

Once I get aghs I love rush to grab to silence to echo and then back to katana slashes for the stacks. Would love to see the numbers on slash dps vs sai crit. I imagine if you’re looking for a quicker kill the sai might be better with upfront damage and stun, but again need to test it

His katana ulti sucks without setup, and his lockdown without items sucks. I’ve seen a lot of diffusal in the currently available builds, but I’m not sure if that’s the best way to do it.

Mostly made this thread because I haven’t seen one like this yet, and want some input besides just blindly trying builds from the guide list

TL;DR: How have you seen Kez be successful, what builds (item/ability), what lanes, what lane partners

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This patch is dope, thanks Volvo 😎🫰🏻

I didn't read of the comics so if it is at all revealed there I wouldn't know. The sword he wields looks a bit similar and his kit has a lot of 'echoing' as a theme as seen in his first and ult in sword discipline (and falcon rush in sai but that wouldn't really be echo sabre anymore would it?). Anyway, just a random thought.

Drop your tips and tricks here.

You can falcon rush into echo slash with aghs for twice the dmg!

You can parry with sai then switch to katana to benefit from the crit higher dmg into the katana passive dmg over time effect.

Katana is better for physical dmg while ssi is better for magic dmg such as maelstrom or mkb unless you always falcon rush then katana wins both cases.

Talon toss can crit with the sai parry and the ult debuff. The crit is magic dmg. Early on tty to parry+talon for some heavy dmg.

Diffusal mana burn does not crit nor count towards katana debuff.

His best playstyle is to try and single-out out of position enemies with falcon rush or sai ult if needed. His katana ult is a good finisher but not a good initiator it just doesnt deal threatnening dmg early game. Once you get bkb feel free to initiate with it and then bkb.

Linkin can guarantee that enemy bane cannot stop your katana ult. It also prevents any single target stuns, do watchout for heroes that right click bash. The stats and mana regen are also always nice.

Strong dispels are supposed to remove hex.

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I just unlocked this but it's already claimed. Anyone else had this problem?

Which hero do you guys like more?

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Every 2nd game is so miserable i have over 10k behaviour score but party ques and having 3 to 4 times the same role in a team makes 50% of my games ruiner games.

In the past we had role que until 7.5k which was totaly fine and today we could easyliy increase it to 9k or sth. Why we mid/low tier immortals need to have this garbage drafting system when theres 0 benefit for us.

How do you feel about the hero and his role options?

Never been so hyped about the new hero. ive spent 3 hours in demo mode just theorycrafitng combos and doing dmc combo mad cuts with aghs and shard. can't wait to lose 100+ games on him

What items have you found work best on Kez? For me falcon blade/echo sabre for mana regen. Deso for dmg and bkb for his sai form Q buff. And of course aghs.

I really like the sai Q buff and switching to katana, the katana passive is incredible and with the buff you stack so much dmg.

What items are you buying on this guy?

What do you think of this new hero? I think the skills are pretty cool so far, but I think the hero's skin is crap! A chicken with a sword? It doesn't look like the Dota heroes that came from the Warcraft line, it's very childish, following the same line of what I think of LoL and that makes me have no desire to play it. I think Steam should be inspired by the Warcraft universe to create any new hero, taking references from the races that are in the game (Human, Orc, NE, Und).

I'm newish to the game (4 months) and admittedly out of the loop when it comes to pro play. I know for League of Legends there are some champions like who have historically had their kneecaps broken for regular players due to their presence in pro play, are there any heroes who are like that for dota currently?

Not necessarily difficult to play heroes either, but ones who got nerfed due to their strength in a coordinated setting.