Heroes of Newerth Shadowblade Guide, Build And Strategy

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Shadowblade is a Hellbourne Agility hero introduced in HoN 2.3.5 Patch.Shadowblade is a good mobility hero, his skills make him steal damage while constantly dealing damage to the enemy target.  Shadowblade Guide, spotlight and overview.

HoN Shadowblade background story:-

Only whispered of by those who dare to speak its name aloud. A blade forged by the daemons themselves in the pits of the abyss and tempered in the still-beating hearts of their enemies. Its tainted magic ensured that no one slain by the blade will ever find refuge in the light of Sol or the branches of the Tree of Life. Instead they will find themselves forever bound within its cold metal prison and giving shape to its infernal form. It is the Shadowblade, drinker of souls.
 

Affiliation : Agility

Movement Speed: 310

Attack Range: 128

Damage: 51 - 54

Strength: 2.1

Agility: 2.1

Intelligence: 2.1

Armor: 3.66

Damage Reduction: 18%

Magic Dmg. Reduction: 25%

Attack/s: 0.70

Attack Type: Melee

HoN Shadowblade Spells:-

1.Gargantuan's Blast

• Radius: 300
• Cast Time: 0.1 Seconds
• Mana Cost: 90 / 100 / 110 / 120
• Cooldown: 10.0 Seconds
• Required Level: 1 / 3 / 5 / 7

Activation
Activate to deal in an area around you 60 / 110 / 160 / 210 Magic Damage and apply a 20 / 25 / 30 / 35% Movementspeed Slow.
 
Gargantuan form lasts 11 seconds or until another form is summoned.
Gargantuan form grants: 2 / 4 / 6 / 8 Armor, 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 Magic Armor, and 3 / 6 / 9 / 12 Strength.

 2. Feint's Siphon

• Type: Magic
• Range: 600
• Cast Time: 0.5 Seconds
• Mana Cost: 90 / 100 / 110 / 120
• Cooldown: 10.0 Seconds
• Required Level: 1 / 3 / 5 / 7

Activation
Target a unit to leap at him from 600 units away. Upon contact with an enemy, Feint deals 60 / 110 / 160 / 210 Magic Damage, and drains 10 / 20 / 30 / 40% of enemy's damage applying damage drained to yourself for 5 seconds.

Feint form lasts 11 seconds or until another form is summoned.
Feint form grants: 10 / 20 / 30 / 40 Movementspeed and 3 / 6 / 9 / 12 Agility. 

3. Soul's Sight

• Type: Magic
• Cast Time: 0.3 Seconds
• Mana Cost: 45 / 50 / 55 / 60
• Cooldown: 10.0 Seconds
• Required Level: 1 / 3 / 5 / 7

4. Essence Shift

• Type: SuperiorMagic
• Range: 600
• Cast Time: 0.7 Seconds
• Mana Cost: 60
• Cooldown: 60.0 Seconds
• Required Level: 6 / 11 / 16

Activation
Target a hero to gain 20 / 30 / 40% of their primary attribute. Your primary stat then changes to the one that you gained.

Maximum of 40 of a stat may be gained.

HoN Shadowblade Item build:-

HoN Shadowblade Skill Build:-

HoN Shadowblade Guide:-

Introduction:  

Shadowblade is a very versatile hero that may be built effectively in many different ways.
This guide is for a specific build of Shadowblade which starts off with more ganking and staying power in lane and transitions into an intelligence based carry late game.

Strategy :  

Maxing Gargantuan's Blast first gives very solid survivability and allows you to engage into a battle with less fear of taking damage. It is important to put one point into Feint's Siphon and Soul's Sight for the movement, clearvision, and ranged attack which are necessary when ganking.

When you get your first level of Essence Shift, you should use it on a strength hero to give you even more survivability and allow your steamboots to be on strength and give you damage.  

As the game progresses and you finish your Harkon's Blade, you should use Essence Shift on an intelligence hero to grant Soul's Sight a bigger boost in damage. After you create your Harkon's Blade, depending on your game situation either a Kuldra's Sheepstick or Null Stone are good choices.

Remember to not be afraid to switch your build to strength if you are finding that you need more survivability, or agility if you would rather carry with a different build.