2013-07-16, 06:42 AM
Optimally you would want to just go 3 branches and tangos and rush the bottle. But in some match-ups, if you fear harassment, get a stout shield.
Magnus has a lot of base strength and base armor so it shouldn't be too big of a problem, but if you're against something like a queen of pain picking up a stout and a salve might be worth it so you can stay in lane for the experience.
Stout is worth it against long range heroes with good attack animation(Like sniper though he's not the best mid hero) getting stout against sniper lets you just walk up to him and hit him for example because he can't fight back due to creep aggro, which allows a melee hero to bully a ranged hero.
But yea the later into the match-up you get as magnus the more it becomes just spamming and harassing with shockwave and when they get low enough skewer onto them and RP or RP and skewer into tower, granted that they don't have a blink or something.
Magnus has a lot of base strength and base armor so it shouldn't be too big of a problem, but if you're against something like a queen of pain picking up a stout and a salve might be worth it so you can stay in lane for the experience.
Stout is worth it against long range heroes with good attack animation(Like sniper though he's not the best mid hero) getting stout against sniper lets you just walk up to him and hit him for example because he can't fight back due to creep aggro, which allows a melee hero to bully a ranged hero.
But yea the later into the match-up you get as magnus the more it becomes just spamming and harassing with shockwave and when they get low enough skewer onto them and RP or RP and skewer into tower, granted that they don't have a blink or something.