Monday, May 11, 2009

Dota Hero Strategy Guide : Axe Mogul Khan


DotA Hero Axe The Mogul Kahn A pretty decent ganker and a mighty tank. A very powerfull adversary early and midle game. Uses the same sound set as Pit Lord. Axe can do solo pushes without help of creeps and can initiate team ganks. It aids as a counter against DPS heroes especially melee heroes with a decent attack speed. When well farmed, Axe is almost ridiculously hard to kill in 1v1 circumstances, even if ganged sometimes. Enjoy reading and we hope this Axe strategy help you outs and will best guide for Axe the Mogul Kahn.

DotA Hero Axe Mogul Kahn Wallpaper

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DotA Hero Axe Mogul Kahn Story - In the war of Humans and Orcs that occured long ago many Orcish warriors were corrupted by demonic influence and became tools of blackest darkness. One such warrior was the leader of the Half-Tribe of the Bloodied Axe Clan; Mogul Kahn. Mogul was slain by human Paladins but mysteriously was seen fighting alongside the Scourge around the time Mannoroth started to command the Orcs in the war against Archimonde. The Axe has been revived by demons and uses his reflexes and powerful blows to hunt down and seek out the Sentinels' agile warriors and cut them down to size, even projecting his lust for war onto them.

DotA Hero Axe The Mogul Kahn Stats

Strength: 25 + 2.5
Agility: 20 + 2.2
Intelligence: 14 + 1.6

Health: 625
Mana: 182

Damage: 49 - 53
Armour: 2.8 (14% Damage Reduction)

Range: 125 (Melee)
Movement Speed: 290

HP Regeneration: 1.00 HP/sec
MP Regeneration: 0.57 MP/sec
Attack Speed: 1.42 (+20% IAS)

DotA Hero Axe Mogul Kahn Skills

Berserker's Call



Mogul Kahn focuses all of his enemies' hatred on him, causing them to attack him at all costs.
300 AoE.

Level 1 - 1.5 seconds, 5 bonus armor.
Level 2 - 2 seconds, 10 bonus armor.
Level 3 - 2.5 seconds, 15 bonus armor.
Level 4 - 3 seconds, 20 bonus armor.

Cooldown: 14 seconds.

Level 1: 80 mana, 14 sec cooldown.
Level 2: 90 mana, 14 sec cooldown.
Level 3: 100 mana, 14 sec cooldown.
Level 4: 110 mana, 14 sec cooldown.

Battle Hunger



Afflicts a target with a terrible killing hunger. The target will take damage per second until it kills a unit.

Level 1 - 15 damage/second, lasts 10 seconds.
Level 2 - 15 damage/second, lasts 15 seconds.
Level 3 - 20 damage/second, lasts 20 seconds.
Level 4 - 25 damage/second, lasts 25 seconds.

Cooldown: 25/20/15/10 seconds.

Level 1: 75 mana, 25 sec cooldown.
Level 2: 85 mana, 20 sec cooldown.
Level 3: 95 mana, 15 sec cooldown.
Level 4: 105 mana, 10 sec cooldown.

Counter Helix



Mogul Kahn counters some blows made to him dealing damage to all nearby enemy units.

Level 1 - 17% chance to counter with 100 damage.
Level 2 - 17% chance to counter with 125 damage.
Level 3 - 17% chance to counter with 150 damage.
Level 4 - 17% chance to counter with 175 damage.

Culling Blade



Purges the weak from Mogul Kahn's sight. Deals moderate damage, but will kill a target that is low on life.

Level 1 - Deals 150 damage, will kill if target is below 300.
Level 2 - Deals 250 damage, will kill if target is below 450.
Level 3 - Deals 300 damage, will kill if target is below 625.

Cooldown: 75/65/55 seconds.

Level 1: 120 mana, 75 sec cooldown.
Level 2: 160 mana, 65 sec cooldown.
Level 3: 200 mana, 55 sec cooldown.

Axe The Mogul Kahn Skill Build

Axe Mogul Khan Berserker's Call Skills Build

1. Counter Helix
2. Berserker's Call
3. Counter Helix
4. Berserker's Call
5. Counter Helix
6. Culling Blade
7. Counter Helix
8. Berserker's Call
9. Berserker's Call
10. Battle Hunger
11. Culling Blade
12. Battle Hunger
13. Battle Hunger
14. Battle Hunger
15. Stats
16. Culling Blade
17-25. Stats

Firstly, it is less mana costly and it give Axe more tanking power and ability to kill heroes early in the game. If you have trouble trying to survive in the game you can pump Stats instead or Battle Hunger to have a higher HP and mana.

Well there are two builds for Axe. Battle Hunger skills build and Berserker's Call Skill build.

Axe Mogul Kahn Battle Hunger Skill Build

1. Counter Helix
2. Battle Hunger
3. Counter Helix
4. Battle Hunger
5. Counter Helix
6. Culling Blade
7. Counter Helix
8. Battle Hunger
9. Battle Hunger
10. Berserker's Call
11. Culling Blade
12. Berserker's Call
13. Berserker's Call
14. Berserker's Call
15. Stats
16. Culling Blade
17-25. Stats

Well this Axe Skill build is for harassing, but we do not suggest this build, although many people go for this skill build. Firstly, it does not give Axe a strong killing ability and by maxing out Battle Hunger over Berserker's call is not really a good idea. Most importantly, Axe does not have the mana pool to support spamming of Battle Hunger.

Axe Mogul Kahn Item Builds

Axe is a hero that requires armour as well as HP. Vanguard thus gives a great damage reduction and I can say that it is just made for Axe.

Axe Starting game Items build :

x1 x4

Axe Final Items build :





Axe Core items build:

1. Ancient Tango of Essifation
2. Stout Shield
3. Boots of Speed
4. Ring of Health
5. Vitality Booster >>>Vanguard
6. Bottle
7. Kelen's Dagger
8. Vitality Booster
9. Messerschmidt's Reaver
10. Heart of Tarrasque Recipe Scroll >>>Heart of Tarrasque
11. Boots of Travel recipe scroll

Axe Mogul Kahn Luxury items :

1. Vitality Booster
2. Messerschmidt's Reaver
3. Heart of Tarrasque Recipe Scroll >>>Heart of Tarrasque
4. Sacred Relic
5. Radiance
6. Claymore
7. Blade of Alacrity
8. Blade of Alacrity
9. Lothar's Edge Recipe Scroll >>>Lothar's Edge

Axe Item Build Explanation:

Ancient Tango of Essifation

-Increase survivability early in game
-Allows Axe to stay in lane longer, since Axe is a rather early game hero, it is important that Axe can stay in lane as long as possible

Bottle

-Important for Axe to stay in lane as long as possible to prevent being under level.
-With bottle it does not only allow u to stay in lane longer, but it also heals mana which is very important, giving Axe’s low mana pool.

Vanguard

-Vanguard also gives a good HP regeneration, buying two Vanguards is almost as effective as buying a Heart of Tarrasque, yet Vanguard is much cheaper and easier to farm in early game.
-If you have no trouble at all surviving with one Vanguard, its ok to save the money for Kelen's Dagger or rush for Heart of Tarrasque. Otherwise, Axe is the only hero that can get a double Vanguard.

Heart of Tarrasque

-Great item that Axe must get, althought hard to farm, but once Axe buy a this, Axe becomes really hard to kill.
-This item gives great regen and HP, making Axe a far better tanker and works well in pushes.
-The HP regeneration boost enables Axe to stay in lane longer without having to return to base to heal.

Radiance

-This item is too expensive and usually the match doesn't drag up till this point, furthermore this item's damage increase is not really benefitial, but this item works well in chase as well as great in pushes.

Boots of Travel Vs Power Treads

-Firstly, Axe has a rather slow movement speed to begin with, this will make Axe a terrible chaser. Moreover, Axe do not depend on his attack to kill his opponents, but rather he uses his Counter Helix to slowly reduce the enemy’s HP and finally finishes the enemy of with Culling Blade.
-Power Treads required 1850 gold and Boots of Travel requires 2,700 gold, this is why most people go for Power Treads over Boots of Travel, but the additional gold spent will give u addition about 10 movement speed instead of the bonus attack speed which is not needed.

Blink Dagger VS Lothar’s Edge

-Blink Dagger is cheaper than Lothar
-Blink Dagger will give an element of surprise to the opponent when u blink in the middle of him and the creeps and do Berserker’s Call they do not have much time to react or run.
-Well as I said earlier, Berserker’s Call have a slight delay upon cast, thus is takes a little skill to use Kelen’s Dagger with Berserker’s Call well.
-If you cannot seem to use Kelen’s Dagger well, there is another more expensive alternative, which is the Lothar’s Edge. Well this item will increase your movement speed when invisible and allows you to chase opponents more efficiently.

Axe the Mogul Khan Items (Other items Build)

Assault Cuirass

I don’t suggest going for this item due to its cost, but it gives Axe an additional armour boost making Axe almost impossible to kill and allow Axe to be a more efficient pusher in late game. The 5 armour reduction aura is really a great buff for your Counter Helix. (Note*: Counter Helix is reduced by armour in case you didn’t know, as it does physical damage)

Hood of Defiance

Buy this item only when you are having trouble against opponent nukers, or else this item is more or less unnecessary, but with this item and the two Vanguards you have, you HP regenerate would be “imba” and you would be almost impossible to kill. Main point is Heart over Hood unless trouble with nukers.

Manta Style

This item can be an alternative for Axe, it gives HP regeneration, as well as a great mana regen. Axe having a low mana pool can make use of this item's mana regeneration to prevent insufficient mana to use Spells. This item also Negates spells, providing Axe a better survival mechanism against nukers. Buy this item if opponent has strong nukes, otherwise dont bother getting this item, Perseverance is good enough.

Sange and Yasha

This items gives Axe a little of everything that Axe needs, movement speed, Strength and maim. But the little boost on Axe is not worth the 5,300 gold so this item is a NO, unless you just have too much gold and do not know how to spend it.

Items Not to Get for Axe

Battle Fury

Not a bad item, gives cleaving for better pushing, gives decent HP and mana regeneration considering Axe’s low mana pool. But he doesn't need the damage, as he doest rely on his normal attack to kill enemies.

Satanic

Lifesteal is just not effective on Axe, Axe does not deal a lot of damage with its melee attack, and furthermore Axe does not have a high IAS attack speed. Meaning to say, he uses his Counter Helix to kill, rather than attack his foes to death. More importantly, lifesteal does not take effect when dealing Counter Helix damage.

Cranium Basher

Stun is good isn’t it? Axe is a melee hero right? Axe IS a melee hero; this item seriously is not for Axe. Once opponent is bashed, no one is left to attack Axe and this means no Counter Helix. Moreover Axe does not have a high IAS and attack speed meaning the chances of bashing the opponent is slim. So why waste that 3k gold just to buy this item?

Armlets of Mordiggian

This item is horrible on Axe, the HP reduction per second cause Axe to be more fragile, as he needs the opponent to attack him in order to kill. The attack speed increase for Axe is just not really important, thus this item is not recommended.

Axe The Mogul Kahn Strategy

Axe is not hero to play defensive and hide from enemies. Bear in mind that if you hold the Axe tower, you are playing Axe all wrong. Axe continues to try to stay near the enemy, like the first game of his Counter Helix is much pain in many of these other heroes. Try staying where your enemy is within your Helix's range; not afraid of him trying to attack you, as you have the potential to withstand multiple hits from enemies. Stay on the path as possible, this is where Tango comes in. The best way to harassing the enemy is to stay between the ranged and melee creeps goose opposite team. This will prevent melee heroes from getting their last hits and deny, with you blocking their way. Blocking enemy of terror is also a great way to push. Axe-tanking is a wave of terror early in the game, it will let the enemy not to stay on the path long enough to farm, your creeps attacking the opponent without the opponent creeps protecting him.

Ganking Strategy

If you already have a Kelen’s Dagger or Lothar’s Edge then good for you. Axe can initial ganks for his team, as his blinks into the enemies, taking them of surprise and Berserker’s Call them, your teammates will have the luxury of the time to attack the enemies while they are affected by Berserker’s Call. Finish the enemy who is about to escape swiftly with Culling Blade.

Pushing and Defending

Basically, just tank the enemy’s creeps keeping your own creeps unharmed, as Axe is one of the best creep tankers. This will allow you to push further with your creeps having full HP for the next wave. A way to do this is by standing in between ur opponent's first tower and second tower, this will allow Axe to block the next wave or creeps, without his own creeps being harmed.

This can also give his creeps a chance to down the first tower quickly while Axe keeps his enemy creeps busy. This will help his team to advance forward faster and effectively aid in pushes.

Jungling Guide

We know many people say Axe is a good Jungler, but yes he is a good jungler, but not a quick one. He wont die to neutral creeps and his regen is good, no problem killing neutral spawns, but note that Counter Helix do not always occur. An example will be the Centaur neutral creeps, imagine the two centaurs, both having a slow attack speed and attacking Axe, while the probability of Axe's Counter Helix occuring is 17%, by calculation, it is estimated that Axe needs to be hit about 5-7 times in order for Counter Helix to take effect, but this is just a probability and not a definite calculation. Therefore he is a good in jungling but not efficient enough to farm in the jungle for a large period of the game.

Axe Mogul Kahn Good Allies

Stunners and Slows

These heroes can stun or slow, allowing Axe to move to them and use Berserker’s Call to engage.

DPSers

These high damage DPS heroes can reduce a whole lot of the opponent’s HP during the period of the enemy being affected by Berserker’s call. Example, Axe calls the opponent while juggernaut uses Blade Fury can do some heavy damage.

Nukers

Heroes like these deal heavy damaging nukes on the opponent and reduces their life dearly, allowing Axe to do Culling Blade to finish the kill.

Axe Worst Enemy & Mogul Kahn Bad Enemies

High Damage DPS

They have high damage attacks, which means they do not need many hits just to kill Axe, therefore Counter Helix do not always occur.

Stunners and Slows

They see Axe they stun or slow him and run, Axe being a slow hero and no chasing mechanisms cant kill them, unless Axe already has Kelen’s Dagger or Lothar’s Edge.

Disablers

Stun, Hex, Stun, Hex, well when Hexed Axe cannot do Counter Helix, has no armour and stun and run allows these heroes to escape efficiently.

Powerful Lifesteals

Example, N’aix steals HP according to opponent’s HP. Axe having a high HP, N’aix will steal more HP when he attacks Axe. Example when N’aix attacks Axe with 2,000 HP for the first time, N’aix will heal around 140 HP which is a large number.

Ursa Warrior

Ursa with Overpower and Enrage on is a killer, Ursa can easily get rid of Axe, with his Damage boost due to its Enrage ability and his stacking orb effect fury swipes. He also can stop you from running away with his Earthshock's 55% slow.

Dota Replay Axe Mogul Khan

This replay take from competitive dota and playing by Kuroky. Download DotA Replay Axe the Mogul Kahn from Kuroky. The map is use Dota Allstars v6.57b and Patch 1.22a.

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