Monday, July 1, 2013

Lina

So you just randomed Lina and you've only got sixty seconds to learn how to play Lina. What will you do? Never fear: this is DOTA in :60.

Lina is a perfectly lovely woman who suffers from horrific hot flashes. She's a carry and a perfect mid due to her long range and no-nonsense stance on creeps.

She's got no armor, don't 1v1 without your ulti. When she quotes Kurt Cobain, you have my permission to shed a single tear.

Lina has four magical powers, the first of which is "OMG, you're on fire"! Great for obliterating creeps and tagging the guy behind them.

The second is "Wait for it, oh, sorry, I set you on fire :(", a great way to deliver huge bursts of pain... every seven seconds.

Lina has a passive that makes her go apeshit every time she casts a spell. It stacks, meaning that she can end up looking like this... Whasuuppp!

Ulti-time. Zap!

With "OMG, you're on fire" you fizzle out a creep wave, with "Wait for it, oh, sorry, I set you on fire" you can back off a five-man push, with the passive you can... throw... fire... balls... like... this, and with "zap" you can... well, zap stuff.

So what about items?

She likes to hurl, so get some attack speed.

She's support, think magic regen.

Arcane Boots and Aghanim's Scepter are most popular. And for good reason: she could run down Jackie Joyner-Kersee and then smoke her like a joint.

Orchid of Malevolence adds fire to fire and Mjollinir will turn her into a floating light show!

Thanks for watching this video, good luck in your match, watch that first rune!