Sye's Andromeda Guide - old discussion

[Blessed_]

So is carry andromeda seriously considered viable already or something?

[Sauron`]

If you have a glacius on your team. against incompetent teammates Aurora spamming is quite funny. 1 aurora blows a tango's regen. and that -armor REALLY makes your auto attacks hit hard.

not for competitive games but it is fun as hell.


btw Im a BIG fan of SoTM on her

[SunmaN`]

Good job

[HeSu]

does this build still work?

[[iOnY]MartianChild]

Is this guide finished? Where are the replays? And please, remove the warding and runes sections.. this is a guide to Andromeda, not general gameplay, correct?

[Sye]

This build is way off as I made this when I started playing and was not aware of hero roles. I will update in the next few days. And you can be sure that i will maintain the ward and rune guides as Andro is a great roamer and needs to rely on both.

[[iOnY]MartianChild]

The Haste rune is very useful for ganking.
Additionally you are able to chase enemies if they are running away as your movement speed is at maximum.
Invisibility is extremely powerful for ganking your opponents as they might not expect you.
The regeneration rune allows you to directly continue you ganking as it refreshes you completely.

What does any of this have to do with Andro? This is just describing what runes do, common knowledge.

[Kcolraw]

jflogr: Yes, you will be very, very low level compared to the rest of your team. However, you have two solos, and if the ganks go off well, they will be very, very buff.

The item build listed from the guide is trash. The skill build is decent. You should be getting:
1: Out the door- One set of runes, two mana potions, courier, and wards.
2. Boots / Bottle
3. Two bracers
4. Wards, wards, and more wards
5. If the game progresses, get a staff of the master.
6. If the game still progresses, get a portal key

Note: The author is incorrect in saying you don't need steamboots. If anything, you don't need the +Damage from enhanced marchers. Getting +10 strength from steamboots is phenominally greater, as are plated greaves if nobody on your team is getting them.

Those are the ONLY items you should be getting on andromeda.

ALWAYS get comet level 4 by level 7. An andromeda with no comet damage is a useless andromeda. I usually skip aurora and just go
Comet / Stats / Comet / Stats / Comet / Ult / Comet
However foregoing stats for ONE level of aurora at level 4 is viable as well.

THIS THIS THIS

Mid game Game
Depending on your kills you will
finish Steamboots in mid-game

NO
andromeda should never killsteal
you don't need ANY of the listed "mid game" items
same with the "end game" items

you should be buying all the wards

[HeSu]

This build is way off as I made this when I started playing and was not aware of hero roles. I will update in the next few days. And you can be sure that i will maintain the ward and rune guides as Andro is a great roamer and needs to rely on both.

Can't wait!

[Sye]

complete revamp of the content.
colouring,replays , new pictures, formating, ganking routes, screenshots and additions from you will be added soon

[Sye]

updated with some pictures and some colouring

[[S2]ElementUser]

DotA style is Comet-Aurora-Aurora-Aura-Aurora-Ult-Aurora-3x Aura-Ult-3x Comet, not putting Comet before Aura

:P

But anyway...

[Sye]

That would be pretty hardcore
Need to see how my guide works out, i might add it as last option, never tried it.
I'm personally not really a fan of aura's that early. Well maybe arachna for some lasthitting damage but else, i dont know.
btw have great holidays

[Sye]

updated again

would love some feedback

[[SKze]powerofsk]

worst guide ever.

jk sye you did a pretty good job on it.

i actually learned a bit

we need to play again!

[Sye]

Fool you sword

Did some more formatting and colouring. #1 will be reworked next for an easier read and overview.

[[S2]ElementUser]

Note for Aurora:

Every 0.25 seconds, an affector providing 500/500 sight is created for Aurora.

The projectile for Aurora travels at 1400 units/second, which means it finishes in 1 second (since it travels 1400 units total)

The code files also say that 1 sight affector is created right on top of Andromeda, so a total of 5 sight affectors are created at these positions in front of Andromeda:

0 units @ 0s, 350 units @ 0.25s, 700 units @ 0.5s, 1050 units @ 0.75s, 1400 units @ 1s (the times listed here are the times after Andromeda reaches the cast point of Aurora)

Also, each sight affector lasts 5 seconds.

[Sye]

Thanks a lot for the info EU
Post #1 redone with colouring and formating.

Next up:
Trilane info as they are upcoming those days =]

[[S2]ElementUser]

Hm, I have never used the "Usual Build" ever

Massing 3-5 levels of stats is something I never do on Andromeda before level 11 - I only get 2 levels of stats max early on, if ever

[Sye]

Adjusted, didn't see that flaw. Thanks a lot
Sorry =)