Ivy has disruptive combat tricks that slow and stun enemies. She's most effective when linking up with an ally, empowering her and her ally's guns as well as sharing heals.
Ivy has disruptive combat tricks that slow and stun enemies. She's most effective when linking up with an ally, empowering her and her ally's guns as well as sharing heals.
Description
i couldn't find zerggy's exploderman so i made my own while also baking in my original playstyle.
Item Build
Laning
Make Sure You Proc AB and Catalyst Before Dashing. Generally L -> R.
500
500
500
Makes Up For The Infuser Nerfs...
500
Slot Fill, Very Good!
500
Extra Stamina!
1250
Trust Me, It Works. Catalyst T3 later will give you 400+ damage in a 1v1 since the cooldown is so low.
1250
apply afterburn, catalyst, flame dash, coldfront, get a free kill!
1250
diving tower with this and ur whole combo on a victim lets u survive and kill them.
Ass Lane
500
Early Game Items
No Specific Order
1250
even after the additive lifesteal nerf its still good for the price. please do not buy soulshredder headshots.
1250
I know exploderman relies less on AB, but this item is such a big QOL for Infernus + ammo management.
1250
I Know Typical Exploderman Doesn't Bother With Firerate But I Feel Like Infernus' Gun Needs This Ngl
1250
Sell Extra Spirit for This!
1250
I like buying both armors.
1250
I like buying both armors.
Core
RR First
3500
Aim to Buy This When You Get T3 Flame Dash.
3000
Warpstone To Catch People With Ur Ultimate.
3000
Imbue on The Dash. Movespeed + Firerate + 37 DPS.
3500
+12 Spirit and Insane Movement
Hard Sustain
L -> R How Often I Buy
1250
devs really thought -4% debuff resist was doing shit to the meta.
3000
Better Than Improved IMO. Sell Rapid Rounds For This.
4250
Good Survivability.
4250
omg can we nerf this already? lol.
6000
insane item.
4250
erm... escalating resilience is better.
3000
Vyper, Wraith, Haze. You should be able to evade the regardless.
6000
80K souls carry is destroying your team? say no more.
Utility + Situational + Broken Items
L -> R for how useful they are!
1750
catch certain heroes.
1250
Easily Counter Warden Ult.
1250
Broken asf Item
1250
this is for myself. if you want it go ahead lmao but its not very good.
6000
Insanely OP Item.
3000
Sometimes If Exploderman isn't working I buy toxic over surge of power and call it a day LOL.
4250
having trouble 1v1ing a gun carry?
6000
i got my ass flamed hard for using this in an e6 lobby lmao
4250
troll ass item.
HOW 2 PLAY
Assuming you already know how to play normal infernus, the goal of exploderman builds (in general) is to transform infernus from a late-game carry, to someone who has more impact early-mid. this build heavily relies on the T3 catalyst rush (which is insane lmao). the T3 catalyst gives you 40% damage amp on everything, which is one of the highest damage amp abilities in the game. combine this with the T2 flame dash, you get yourself a billion damage early-game. you don't even need to actually proc afterburn before you dash, it still does shit tons of damage regardless. i also added some firerate items + QSR because i personally like them. in a perfect scenario, the combo to kill someone from full health is: apply your afterburn and catalyst (order doesn't matter), than press ult while dashing into them. before your ult explodes, charge up an un-parryable heavy melee so that you punch them AND gain a little burst of movement incase they might barely make it out. then, you can coldfront / mystic shot. you can keep spamming mystic shots and catalyst's for infinity damage. feel free to make your own edits to this build. there are also some preference items like toxic and duration if you need them. i generally just run with healbane as i usually have all my actives taken up.
dash conservation
the heavy melee ult is very nice in lane, but please DO NOT use your flame dash boost all the time. i know it's instinct to go as fast as possible by holding down W, but it's probably more value to go slower so that you can conserve your duration for when they get back up from your ult. feel free to hold down W though if they're running away like pussies. If they're already stunned, slow, if they are running away, fast! simple
Ability Point Order
Catalyst
Flame Dash
Afterburn
Concussive Combustion
1
2
1
2
5
5
1
1
2
5
2
5