Soul Ring is best combined with low-mana carry heroes that have short-cooldown stuns or damage spells. Through this method, Soul Ring can generate up to 900 MP in under 2 mins for your Tether buddy. You must spend the 150 MP before the Soul Ring buff ends (10 seconds), but your Tether partner is not effected by this rule. With this item, you can generate 150 MP every 25 seconds for yourself, which is 158 MP for your Tethered partner ( 225 MP at Lv4 Tether). Soul Ring is a more stable mana-replacement item than Bottle. Because this build lacks Bottle (and the early healing that comes with it), Io spends heavily on consumable regen items to help support his carry's HP. If already purchased, buy a ward instead. Animal CourierĬourier is an EZ way to support the team that will make your teammates happy. Tethering to a teammate will give them explosive mana gain. This will help to replenish mana spent in the first few minutes of the game, from Tether and potentially early Spirits casts. Consume Mango to secure an early kill by gaining 125 MP and 188 MP for your Tethered Ally. Mango increases passive healing by +0.6 HP/sec, improving casual Tether healing even further and reducing pressure to use consumable regen. This becomes 75 HP/sec through Tether, and can be used to win teammates, save allies, and keep Io alive in crucial situations. Healing Salve heals 400 HP over 8 seconds, at a rate of 50 HP/sec. +3 Strength helps support Io's HP as well as his opening harass/deny damage, while also building into Soul Ring very early in the game. Tangos last for 16 seconds, so try to make sure you're Tethered for most/all of the duration. Tangos heal you for 7 HP/sec, and heal your Tethered teammate for 10.5 HP/sec. The items described below are my personal core Soul Ring Build items. It avoids Bottle and instead relies on Soul Ring for non-Rune-based MP regen and better passive HP regen. " Soul Ring Build " is a subtype of Io itemization that I often play with. *Update 10/2017: This guide won the DotaFire 2017 Guide Contest in the Strength Hero Category! That being said, if you play Io, and you want to get better with the hero, I guarantee that you will learn something new from this guide. Io is very complex hero, and that complexity extends to how each individual skill can be used. Play Video Play Video Play Video Play Video I apologize in advance for the length of this guide. Trust me when I say, I am borderline obsessed with this hero and its complexities (of which there are many). *Update 2/2019: The in-game version of this guide is ranked as the #1 Io Guide in Dota 2. *Update 1/2018: I am currently ranked Top 100 on Dotabuff Io Player Rankings. I have spoken with some of the best Io players in the world as listed on Dotabuff ('Ziqi', 'N-R-C', 'Mikushiru', 'Pardon My Trench', 'Guardian/Wisp', 'Hachi') to understand their logic and strategy when playing the hero. I also manage a small Youtube channel and Twitch channel dedicated solely to Io gameplay. I maintain a >58% Io win rate, which is almost 20% above the global average. This means I have spent more than a third of my Dota 2 experience playing Io. Of those ~10k matches, ~3500 of them have been with Io. I have 10,000+ matches played in Dota 2, totaling 9000+ hours. So why listen to me? What makes me an expert on Io?
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