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Infernus
Lights up enemies and watches them burn

Infernus has many ways to deal damage over time, burning foes before swooping in for the kill. Due to Infernus' blazing speed, his enemies won't be able to escape the flames.

Infernus
Lights up enemies and watches them burn

Infernus has many ways to deal damage over time, burning foes before swooping in for the kill. Due to Infernus' blazing speed, his enemies won't be able to escape the flames.

Description

Kelvin, in my opinion, is up there with Seven as one of the characters best equipped to win economically.
This build, in my experience, can very succesfully keep a wide economic lead over your opponents and enable you to buy a swathe of high tier items to keep you alive and make them dead - so long as you make the effort to online Trophy Collector early.

Item Build

$$$

If they are low in lane, or you are winning lane hard, buy this now. Otherwise, grab before Enduring Speed.

Deadlock Item

III

Trophy Collector

If you play your cards right, it'll pay for itself twice over. Range, speed, and money - what more could you want for a beam Kelvin?

Armors

Buy if their team is skewed.

Midgame

Pick a side of the map and push its lanes constantly. Help teamates that are winning fights to farm assists.

Choose 1

Can get more later if needed. Or rich.

Deadlock Item

II

Spirit Lifesteal

Helps sustain, especially once it becomes leech. If your team has damage mostly covered, go here.

Deadlock Item

II

Mystic Vulnerability

Free extra 8% damage. Escalating is a waste until you have literally nothing else to buy, so don't rush upgrading.

Deadlock Item

II

Suppressor

If their team is very gun focused, a very good pickup.

Optional Counters 1

Deadlock Item

I

Rebuttal

An actually hilarious item. Atomizes melee builds for like, 3$. Buy if they've got a melee guy giving you trouble.

Deadlock Item

II

Debuff Reducer

Useful on its own sometimes but you'll just upgrade most of the time.

Deadlock Item

III

Active

Debuff Remover

Bomb bebop? Infernus setting you on fire? Just say no!

BURN

Once you have spirit burn, you are really online. Control the teamfights, avoid 1v1s.

Deadlock Item

III

Superior Cooldown

Extremely important item. Your gun damage is terrible so you rely heavily on spamming abilities.

Deadlock Item

III

Radiant Regeneration

Stacks like crazy in a teamfight. You won't go down easy while your beam is up.

Optional Counters 2

Deadlock Item

IV

Active

Curse

30m you-no-longer-get-to-play. Extremely versatile. And tilting.

Deadlock Item

III

Active

Knockdown

Go down please, only *I* am allowed to be up super high (Vin, Talon mostly).

Deadlock Item

II

Healbane

For when Warden/Yamato/Geist is getting a little too uppity.

High End Tanking

As beam falls off you transition to a tank. Which you buy first depends on enemy but I always buy both before moving on to luxruy T4s.

High End Spirit Tanking

Deadlock Item

III

Active

Decay

Nobody's allowed to be fat except me. Punish their big health bars (Shiv, Abrams, Yamato).

Deadlock Item

IV

Active

Scourge

Sticking this on yourself and icepathing into the enemy team always scatters them. Not a lot of damage but the crowd control is impressive. Price is a bit high so don't feel obligated.

TOO MUCH MONEY

If you've run out of T4s above, I'm sorry for how long your match is going. Heres some extras.

Deadlock Item

IV

Active

Infuser

Extremely good item but I always forget to hit the button : (

Deadlock Item

IV

Cheat Death

Not particularly useful but really, really funny. 4.5 seconds is a pretty damn long time in a teamfight.

Deadlock Item

IV

Escalating Exposure

Really just in here for the hell of it. Sucks pretty badly on Kelvin IMO but if you have *nothing* else to buy...

Ability Point Order

Frost Grenade

Ice Path

Arctic Beam

Frozen Shelter

1

2

1

2

5

1

2

1

2

5

5

5