Vamana is the new Wukong :: Vithaliy's Blog

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is dead. Long live !

In the next patch Shadows of Olympus the king of solo-lane a.k.a will suffer from a "small" nerf. Not a big one. But big enough so that his supremacy in this lane ends.
Yes, there are some alternatives. and can play in the solo lane in this healer meta. But Wu cares about healers right?

Anyway, if you liked , you should like as well.
I've been trying this little dude a few times, and he can do almost everything can do with the .
I don't have time to write a guide right now (moving from France to Poland in 12 days) but you can have a pretty good guide here that fits with the current meta.

To sum-up 's kit:
- His lane clear is amazing (3+2)
- His 3 is also a 30% slow (attack speed + movement speed)
- Early game kill potential
- His 1 can be used as an escape or gap closer
- His ultimate can be used for sustain early game or for fight initiation late game

Does it remind you of ? Yep.

Try . Adopt .

Who do you think is gonna be the new king of solo lane?

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I'm not arguing about the build, tho I usually go double hammer as well, with , , (or the other way around), or , or and or .
is also a good situational item on .

That post was kinda intended as a joke. Sorry for not making that obvious! :D
I'd still prefer , , or an hypercarry in that lane.
Still, is really underrated and can really be a good counter pick when is banned. With the recent nerf of some items (especially ), he could make a real comeback on the top tiers.

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What Zilby said, is by no means the king of the Solo lane, nor will he be any time soon unless something significant changes

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A well coordinated team can use without . A less coordinated team cannot.

Overall, Vamana is in a fine spot right now, but calling him king of the solo lane may be a bit much :P

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I'd argue that only NEEDS , is definitely useful but not necessary in my opinion.

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Not necessarily, I use a double hammer build with all the time and it works for me.

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You do realise needs both and to be SOMEWHAT OK, right ?

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