Very well written guide. Thank you for the effort. I love E.T.C. because you can experiment and mix talents on the go, depending on what you need each match, so I am happy you managed to express that here. He is amazing hero and the king of CC, especially if you go like "Powerslide baby!" with Loud speakers at lvl 7 and Face smelt at 13. Optionally Storm shield at 20 if your team is too squishy. Thumbs up and hopefully this will be up to date if major changes come.

Nice Hybrid build. Thumbs up. :) I also feel that Artanis fits as tankish bruiser. I believe that Zelot charge is the best talent in the tier and Shield surge is worth taking only in case that you are loosing and need to defend and catch up in xp. Artanis deals damage primarily with auto attacks and need to be able to close the gap fast or he is useless due to his small attack range and slow speed. Especially since a bruiser needs to dive the back line not fight at the front and take...

You have put a lot of effort on this build. Thanks for that. However I feel like it is dedicated to dominating early game / mid game. The talents are very effective in that period, but post level 20 I think your Artanis will under-perform on damage (considering latest changes in patch 16.5)and lack survivability against ability damage. Usually with Artanis on the team there is no other warrior to soak those abilities. How do you deal with that downside?

An interesting idea, to give Purifier beam at least some killing potential. But relies heavily on you landing skilshots. And to make it work you need to engage heroes that are alone, because in a teamfight you will be bursted down in seconds, as long as the enemy team has any skill. Still its good to see someone trying to break the convention and create new ways to use heroes. Thanks for the effort you have put in this and I hope to see more new ideas. :)

Hey. Great idea for Nova build. A bit limiting with the "Snipe master", because you tent to almost never use your snipe, just the decoy, but definitely thumbs up. I think that with this limitation, "Rewind" at lvl 20 is a must, so you can contribute enough to your team late game. It does miracles as I have explained in my guide on her. I am really happy to see this new playstile emerging, and hopefully she will rise in the hero tears. Again great job.

Hey. I have been playing this style for some time now, and I am glad somebody made a guide with this build. Its really powerful and if controlled right you can surprise the enemy, diving for you ,thinking they will score an easy kill (R.I.P Illidan ;D). I have never tried "Force Armor" on lvl 1, but it might be better than "Astral Presence" and "Aether Walker" in lots of games. How do you deal with the mana problems? Especially early game? Also a fun thing...

+1 vote. Hey. Its great to see someone else who realizes that now Nova is supposed to play by constantly poking the enemy and not as 1 target killer. I especially like that you made a build around Explosive round for AOE. Have you tried taking Advanced Cloaking at level 1? I find it really useful, because of great mobility and the fact you never have to decloak to mount. I will definitely try this build.

Thank you for commenting. I reviewed the talent again and fixed the guide. I appreciate you pointing out my mistake there.