Pesty Guide

[Tiberius`]

Hi and welcome to my pestilence guide and how i think he should be played.
Guide is for pub with 1600+ psr skill level.
:pest:
Pesty is a carry hero aswell as an initiator.While hes a carry hes extremely powerful in the lane from the fact that he has a physical damage stun and early game most heroes have low armour.Hes stun also lasts the longest of all stuns cept maybe behemoths triple spell stun.Hes a strong pick and will do well in all setups.I wont go into the basics since everybody knows him.



Skill Build

1.Impale
2.Flight
3.Impale
4.Flight
5.Impale
6.Swarm
7.Impale
8.Gore
9.Gore
10.Flight
11.Swarm
12. Flight
13-14.Gore
15.Stats
16.Swarm

Get swarm at lvl 6, very important so you can lane kill some1.


Strenghts: Very good early/mid but hes best late game.
Good strenght gain
Excellent armour as starting stats.
Good vs invisible units or shroud people
Low manacost for his spells and very low cd.
Very easy to play.


Weaknesses: Low agility gain
must get shrunken skull as soon as he can to properly initiate.


Early game :LoggersHatchet: is a must.All other items work for him but he must get the hatchet in order to farm.

Items to get in this order.

:Steamboots:
:ShrunkenSkull:
:Insanitarius:
:Shieldbreaker:
:DaemonicBreastplate:

I would not take blink since you do fine with shrunken skull.But if game goes very well and there are no other blink-initiators on your team then you might aswell take it.

How to initiate.

Activate your wings and go straight at the enemy with ur shrunken skull active, stun and focus the guy that might cause the most harm to your team, either carry or big aoe specialist like engy or behemoth.Swarm him before you stun.If hes too tough for you to kill him in time before ur stun wears off or shrunken skull go for the weakest guy on their team.Shieldbreaker + swarm = -10 negative armour atleast.You should check the enemy HP and decide if you can kill him before he casts his spells or not.If you cant kill him in max 5 seconds then it taken too long so go for some1 more fragile.But to be honest with shieldbreaker u break anybody in less that time unless they are farmed big time.Also if there are other blink initiators like pebbles, maliken, deadwood or behemoth tell them to target the number 1 threat and focus him.Comunication is very important.Dont attack during your initiation phase guys that can escape like hag or valky.


Good friends of pesty's
:dead: his rotten graps -4 armour is great and you help him with ur swarm.Go in swarm somebody and let him teleport and ulti them.His ulti is physical.

:souls: His -5 armour aura is awesome for pest and if he has shroud or blink to do a double initiation the better.

:deme: Great ulti for you, his physical heals and that other skill of his i forgot its name :D

:dark:

:pred: His ulti, try and go in first and let him follow with his combo.Tell him to attack the guy you attack, the main target.

:jera::accu::keep::plag: Good shields and heal.

:soulr: If thers a super fat high hp carry(warbeast, zephyr) his ulti and ur stun/swam will take care of him.


And also any blinker with aoe ablities ( behe, magma)
I would try and activate my shrunke skull just enough so it lasts for me to get to enemy and stun him, other enemies will aproach me seeing i have no shrunken skull and attack me, so they get toghether, that is when the mighty aoe initiators from your team step in and end the game.Just be sure to explain your blink guys to wait till enemy got toghether and not target 1 single person.Usually i wouldnt try this if the enemy is resonable good, might be risky but it pays well too.Just dont try that early game if they have heavy nukers.

Enemies of pesty's

:arac: By far your worst enemy.She will ruin your day with her ulti.Also can dispell your ulti

:mali: You cant kill him, he gets low hp hes a machine gun.Cant initiate properly vs him cuz of his ulti.

:succ: Her superior magic ulti disable

:keep: Also superior magic ulti.He is your second best enemy.But this guy is just overpowered with his ulti so hes everybodies enemies.His shield too will ruin your day.

Fayde with her physical imunity and other stuff.

:pand: ulti

:swif: ulti.

:elec: He might be a problem till you get shrunken skull.And dispells your swarm.

So if you already have a good solid initiator or tank that can absorb damage these guys wont pose much of a problem.As in another guide(legopirate's one) if you have a dark lady on your team:dark: her ulti will rend your counters useless and you can initiate properly.Ask dark lady to go with you when you initiate.You wont even need a shrunken skull if she does come with you.Pesty should marry her.And Blink/carry heroes will die 100 per cent too cuz of her silence.So really if you have pesty, dark lady is a must.


Sorry for my bad english, please correct me if im wrong on something or anything you like.:smile:

[Skull4er]

shrunken head ---- not skull
armor ----- not armour
insanitarius is strongest early on. so if you plan to build it, do it before the shrunken, after that, you can spend your money on shieldbreaker and insa is not needed anymore.
its strenght is that it is 65+dmg for less then 3k gold. mid-lategame you can farm well enough for better (and stronger) items. like shieldbreaker, breastplate, heart and so on.

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if you plan on carrying ---->follow this item build.
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steamboots/powersupply/insanitarius/maybe 1-2 bracers, depends on the game. this is core for the early game and obtainable on around 20-25mins.

midgame ---->shrunken/shieldbreaker, which item first depends on the enemys heroes.

lategame heart/breastplate, oh and always try to keep a slot for a homecoming stone


if you have to initate ---->portal key and followed by shrunken is the way to go. after that shieldbreaker and so on.

[Tiberius`]

shrunken head ---- not skull
armor ----- not armour
insanitarius is strongest early on. so if you plan to build it, do it before the shrunken, after that, you can spend your money on shieldbreaker and insa is not needed anymore.
its strenght is that it is 65+dmg for less then 3k gold. mid-lategame you can farm well enough for better (and stronger) items. like shieldbreaker, breastplate, heart and so on.

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if you plan on carrying ---->follow this item build.
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steamboots/powersupply/insanitarius/maybe 1-2 bracers, depends on the game. this is core for the early game and obtainable on around 20-25mins.

midgame ---->shrunken/shieldbreaker, which item first depends on the enemys heroes.

lategame heart/breastplate, oh and always try to keep a slot for a homecoming stone


if you have to initate ---->portal key and followed by shrunken is the way to go. after that shieldbreaker and so on.

I thank you for your reply.

If i may ask why is powersupply important?

Im honestly not sure which is better between insanitarius and shieldbreaker, im going to try and find some guide on how negative armour works.A game jester had -13 or -15 negative armour but he had a -60 damage reduction.But i could be wrong about this.Insanitarius items give you little value till you assemble them while shieldbreaker gives you 2 warhammers.But the 450 hp and attack speed is nice aswell.

As far as blink goes, enemies dont stand infront of you giving you a clear vision of them, especially when they know theres a blinker on the opposite team.I think that knowing where the enemy is and going in and finding them, with your team following you, aswell as targeting the main threat is better than blinking in some1 who isnt important at all.And plus you probably wont have shrunken early if you get the blink.

[Praetorian]

armor ----- not armour
You know, it's funny how the default language for this game is 'English', denoted by a British flag, yet uses the United States' spellings. :rolleyes:

[Tiberius`]

Seems that gold per damage insanitarius does more damage than shieldbreaker but also grants hp and attack speed.So i stand corrected.Its better item.

[Elbioni]

How about portal key for initiation purposes?

[TheSovereign]

Hello, Im just going to post my item build...
:Steamboots: :WhisperingHelm: :Riftshards:

I should get Riftshards lvl 4 at lvl 16-18, Anything with less than 1,5k HP will die in 3-5 hits.

After that, my late game items are very hero dependant, I usually build a :SavageMace: or :BehemothsHeart: I find -armor items like Demonic Breastplate or Shieldbreaker to be overkill on Pestilence, seriously, unless im facing a :legi: or a :jera: with 3k HP and 40 armor, im just swarming them down

Swarm + Impale + Gore + Savage Mace stun... + the 800 dmg crits...

The swarm will follow...

[Skull4er]

Hello, Im just going to post my item build...
:Steamboots: :WhisperingHelm: :Riftshards:

I should get Riftshards lvl 4 at lvl 16-18, Anything with less than 1,5k HP will die in 3-5 hits.

After that, my late game items are very hero dependant, I usually build a :SavageMace: or :BehemothsHeart: I find -armor items like Demonic Breastplate or Shieldbreaker to be overkill on Pestilence, seriously, unless im facing a :legi: or a :jera: with 3k HP and 40 armor, im just swarming them down

Swarm + Impale + Gore + Savage Mace stun... + the 800 dmg crits...

The swarm will follow...
shieldbreaker provides more dmg in nearly all cases then riftshard. if you want to know more about the maths ---->premium guides --->pestilence, there is a link to an -armor calculatings.

[Vlonken]

Max flight first so you actually can catch up to people.