The forest... a dangerous place to be!

wow didn't know that the new naix would be stronger than the old one!!! gud strat

Nice work Greater Bash co'z ive been waiting for a N'aix guide.
Im kinda sad back then when they change N'aix skills,but with your guide i am overwhelmed and so happy to take the whole world.
I give it a 10/10

Great guide man.Skill build great,item build great.Just one thing,i think its better to make hotd first,and then buy reaver and finish satanic.Armlet is a great item on him but should be buyed earlier.Whatever,great guide 10/10.

i disagree a lot here
ypu would only need 1 level of open wounds early, as the slow rate is unchanged . If you say you want lifesteal, i would say it's kinda silly earlier since i believe no one would get mask of death for a start. feast deals less damage on heroes with lower HP. you info is wrong

item build
disagree on rushing hearts early
this would leave you un effective mostly. what naix should do, is get armlet early and then mkb or radiance. Armlet early gives him the armor and HP(cont)

he lacks to rambo with towers and creeps. MKB is for DPS boosting or radiance for better farm performance. butterfly is plain hideous since what you need is massive speed and damage. eagle is crappy to farm up for early so hyper would be it. i would rather get another hyper instead of this

i think this guide is a bit lacking, i would say 7/10

you also left out a very important mass HP healing tactic which is wounds + infest, that will heal full HP

and lastly, screenies arent much helpful. what naix needs, is a replay of great teamwork

the new naix is weaker than the old one but this one is more versatile.

i also find that it is easier to rush the armlet and tend to only get 1 level of fest early game then alternate between rage and open wounds

and i pretty much agree with most of what CF[X] said, still a good guide but butterfly is better than hyperstone but then hyperstone has 1/3 the cost.

oh right and i also disagree with satanic as rage disables it. ^_^ for that reason SnY is a great item for him.

BoT
SnY
Heart
Heart
Hyper
Hyper > AC

just my build but it works.

sorry on first comment
satanic rush is not helpful. the new HotD is great on naix since open wounds full disable last too short. ensnare from dark troll is very good. btw this isn't a submit for the tournament right? the name is not like what orochi specified

Perfect guide nothing to say

I disagree with santanic. niax is alrdy hard to kill with vlads or just rage,sny would benefit him more. i totally agree with armlet of modigan its so good for him

I disagree with santanic. niax is alrdy hard to kill with vlads or just rage,sny would benefit him more. i totally agree with armlet of modigan its so good for him

I've been waiting for a Na'ix guide. I can't own with this guy. I don't know why. 10/10 great guide.

pls make another guide for another awesome hero!

nice strategy, but... naix shuold buy sny rather than satanic, in my opinion.
Armlet is acceptable for naix, though. but i prefer maim than more lifesteal on naix. :]

naix's passive lifesteal sucks after hits, as it is based on current HP. you need the leech or just gets vlads lol

Nice, i was waiting for a strat for the new Naix cause i SUCK with him^^

And owyeah can u post a replay where u own with naix^^??

good guide i like the screenshots but i can't see them all. anyway, good guide and ty for making a guide for nai'x

sry man... Can tell you put quite a bit of effort on this guide. But I disagree on adding too many points to open wounds. It's really the slow that matters. I go for either rage or stats depending on who I'm up against. And oh yea, hotd, then armlet. Unholy rage cancels out feast if i'm not mistaken. And since you already have feast, satanic isn't needed that early. And another thing, the butterfly is a litttllee too strange for me :/

Cant see the images, when I caqn I will rate but an incredible guide as it is.

I wouldnt suggest Saving for satanic so soon. I usually get items in this order:
PowerTread
Helm of T.D.
Hyperstone
Armlet
Satanic

WEll i couldnt understand this:
you want some damage don't buy these items, buy Butterfly instead because N'aix don't really depends on just more attack, he depends on STRENGTH, IAS and LIFESTEAL.

Strength and lifesteal isnt really offensive. A buriza is good in late games because it allows more hp gain in a single hit. And bfly has low damage (30) :/

Anyway its a nice strat 8/10.

adding on to the 1st comment, satanic isnt really that useful in mid game because you dont have the damage yet. With HotD + damage, you could steal just as much life :)

Not saying your item build is bad, in fact its beautiful! its just the order :/

Good new Na'ix!, 10/10..

^_^V,

if you are going to get armlet at all you need to do it early, otherwise you are better of buying a reaver then turning it into a heart.

not good... you should get armlet before tarrasque... feast does more damage when your enemy has gree life...
i say this is a good guide...
i`ll give it a 7/10
P.S. why didn`t you compete to the DS contest?

Well, it's kinda good... It CAN work, but there are often better things you can do...
The skill builds are fine, (wounds maxed early is for cooldown), but it's the items I don't agree with...
Satanic is kinda bad for this guy, you say you get weaker during the fight and Satanic helps you then, well, imo, that's what Rage is for... And it cancels Satanic, so I think you'd be better off spending that money for an earlier Armlet... HotD is all the lifesteal you will need together with feast...

great guide! ^^
but you should get S & Y first, then satanic.
it doesnt stack, but the only time u dont get lifesteal is when u get maim ;P so it doesnt rly matter if it doesnt stack.
its alot easier to kill with naix if he has S & Y.

Ty all for reading and commenting

@ Counter_Force[X]
lifesteal in the beginning is also bought because his passive lifesteal gets lower during the fight. Now for Opening Wounds: U can cast this at 2 times. When you are attacking a hero or when a hero flees. Mostly i use this in early game in the beginning of the fight so he gets damaged a lot and im not thx to 25% lifesteal. The purpose Naix has to do is farm and stay in lane until he farmed enough for his items.

Continue

my exact build. nice

About the wrong info

I mean low hp heroes will suffer from it much thx to the bonus damage from feast. It's quite a punch for low hp heroes in early game. No misunderstandings here.
Where does it stand im rushing hearts? I get Armlet first i think. I just buy Satanic early so he can survive more easily from gangs and he can jungle easily.

I can live with it that u suggest buy another hyperstone instead of a Butterfly.

Continue

@ the guys that suggested S&Y

Also i believe this can be a good item for him but he already has a slow. Ok the IAS and IMS is nice. But if you buy Vlads to replace Satanic the lifesteal he gets will not be enough. Besides i don't think Vlads is a worthy item to stand in a late game item slot.

@ rllian

No Unholy rage does not cancel out feast. If u look carefully when playing him u will see 2 lifeleeches at once on him. Butterfly is only bought to IAS and the evasion. Continue

But i doubt you would reach this item because 99% of the time the game already ended.

@ sfsy1

N'aix also is played most a little bit of a tank that gets lifesteal whole time so his teammates can do whatever they want.

@ Lestat

I dont get why people say i buy heart before Armlet. :p I just buy Armlet first like all u guys. Where does it stand that i buy Heart first?



@ CFX and Lestat

No this is not my guide that will compete yours in Dotactics. My Alchemist guide will

I will see what i can do because everybody doesnt can see all the pictures. Excuses for that.

@ post immediately above me = the pictures didn't all load but I loaded the page again and they all worked the second time around.

@ guide = it is good, explains the skills well enough, but I do disagree with the skill and item builds SOME.
For instance, Feast doesn't ramp up very much, you spend three skill points to increase its power by 75% versus lvl1? And the others are correct in that the slow on Wounds remains the same.

Curse the 500 character limit.

OK. The items... I dislike the 'you must get Satanic and no other orb' ruling you have, while I do acknowledge it is a superior orb. Vlads-Deso is nasty, SnY I know works, and Ghost is right that Rage will debuff Satanic's Unholy Rage. Also, Bashers are nearly as good on the new Naix as on the old Naix.

Screenies... a little hard to see. The weather didn't help. The Infest ones in particular, I could only tell because I knew what to look for - inexperienced players won't know.

Curse it again.

Nonetheless it is a decent guide and it says how to use the skills effectively, which is probably the most important part to the new Naix - beyond that its just point and click to be honest. I say 9/10, room for improvement. Possibly a secondary build. Of course, that won't be instant if you're also working on an Alchemist guide for the competition, good luck.
Again, 9/10

well done, good guide for the new naix

love the build

good work

also how long did it take to get this approved?

Ern just asking for Rage:
A skill which you will use often from mid till late game. You don't actually need it in early game but in late game it becomes one of your best spells. Also a nice disabler for channeling spells and the magic immunity can also be used for escaping so you won't take any damage from the spells they sent to you.

What does it mean by it's a disabler?

Yeah i think when u ativate unholy str, and the stanatic, then rage. The buffs would cancel out..

TY man! Good guide. But the screenshots aren't that clear. But a good guide.

to everyone saying to get S&Y instead of Satanic for maim, why dont you just get both. I KNOW it says that orb effects wont stack but in the case of these two they wont go off at the same time. i.e. if maim goes of then lifesteal wont but otherwise every other attack will steal have lifesteal which means these two skills pretty much stack perfecty as two different orbs. I think its a good way to build naix, i personally dont play him much but when i do i have an int build for him... CONT

CONT, but thats just cause i like to try new and different builds on him, eg i get a dagon to eliminate the reduction in damage as the heroes hp goes down cause once its low enough i just kill them, also get guinsoo's and/or malevolence so spell casters do f8ck all but thats just me. (try malevolence on am instead of bashers silence for 5 secs by then they have no mana lol) I think your guide is good 9.5/10 gw

I havent played this hero much. Since ur guide proves that naix is such a powerful hero I think i will consider him in my next game.

Anyways a good guide. 10/10

note on open wounds, its initial slow is 100% you then gain back 14.285% of your movespeed each second for 7 seconds, this gives you roughly 4 seconds of adequate slow to use, when you factor in 80% IAS from rage you are probably going to land about 7 hits in those 4 seconds once you have farmed a bit, this is statistically perfect for landing a maim.
chances are you are going to kill the smaller heroes in less than that amount of time but one can't be too careful.
14% IMS is great for running.

i'll try this so i can see if this is good...

Nice!!!
that's a pretty good one keep go'in

Finally a N'aix guide

a guide for the new naix... excellent

New nai'x is clash starter and tanker now. He can't do much to kill. Anyway, good guide 9/10

hey man , nice strategy , but I disagree u in the situation of "no battle fury or monkey ...."I know u have "enemys hp lifesteal"but but when u are facing 2 heroes in a mid game , u'll never can kill anyone of them , u don't have a big damage , so they'll stun u and run away , or just kill u , no body know !

If this is a strategy then I am very, very sad.

Sure, the best guide around as of 6.50.

pretty good, but i must disagree with the whole satanic thing. HotD is better, and can be gotten from the secret shops.

but instead of using 3 OR MORE comments to argue with you about item builds im going to bring up something ELSE.

The layout of the guide is wonderful, but the actual content is a bit bad. as you can see from the comments, there is much dispute over the item build, the pics are just you owning, and they make it a pain to read due 2 size

I alwayz rushed satanic on naix, but the news that rage disables it surprised me... I got to try S&Y and satanic and item builds to really rate cz this newz really changed soo much to me

Hell with pictures, I voted 9/10

-You need to elaborate more on mordiggans's attack speed boosts aswell as the str boost.
-I can't see the screenshots so I cant actually comprehend on what your strategy does. But I'm sure its good.
-It would help if you focused more on infest.

Thats all, those are minor things.

pls make a guide for Troll Warlord. TNx...

gj man.

@Bosconian:

I'm waiting for my guide to get approved.

@greater bash:

well... Satanic doesn't exactly enable you to survive ganks. Feast+HoTd is actually more than enough for me. And not only that, since you said feast+satanic helps you survive ganks, then the evasion for butterfly isn't really necessary. Besides, the green swords aren't cheap either...

oh yeah, screenies aren't really needed to show how to kill for naix. It's pretty straightfoward lol

Your item selections are limited considering the farming potential of the new naix. Naix own ancients early game so damage items like mkb/ radience is no problem to get. I think HotD is enough. get hearts instead if you want to tank or else get buriza if you want damage. Also, i think you also consider S&Y. It is much more needed to chase while OW is in cooldown.

Nice strat helped a lot,although i've been using almost the same item build on the new naix ever since they changed him 10/10

oh and i forgot thanks for fixing the pictures

Mordigan, very interesting!
I´ve won lots of pub games with this:
-PT
-2 Bracers
-Dominator
-MKB
-HiperStone
-Cranium basher

I like rushing MKB because you can take down an int or agi hero very quik! an int hero with 1000 hp it´s food with open wounds+feast+rage(spell inmunity) GG!
You must consider MKB, couse you get
Massive damage with rage. For a killer naix I would keep my MKB ^^, for a tank, satanic.
Also basher is to consider, for the combo.

Still, I want a more serious build

Well for me Naix doesnt need a guide...

I prefer the old good naix...

D$%&M LIMIT!
I must consider Armlet, Excellent sinergy with his skills, but why not getting mordigan before Satanic?
Well what I was trying to say with basher is that is great for the combo OpenWounds+feast+rage+MKB Serious damage! With a MKB you have a strong Mid-game, but it depends on the role you are playing, if your team dosn´t have a tank you could build a heart or Satanic,
But for hero killing, Dominator and MKB are nasty.
Do you have a more Killer Build? something reasonable...

I mean resonable by not saying, BURIZA, MKB, DESO, RADIANCE and you will own!

haha! almost like my build...minus the cuirass and butterfly cose i never thought of that i usually just get satanic, armlet and vlad's...

i like it...thank god that there's finally a strategy for n'aix....thx a lot...!!! i idolize you know

good guide but i do not agree on getting armlet of mordiggians. i feel that satanic, battle fury and MKB and assault cuirass is enough. other than that i agree with the skill build.

I preferred the old Nai´x before i read this guide. Good work! Hope to see a third strat from you soon!

nice build.. very effective. 8.5/10

Guys, his Reaver was for Satanic. If you check out his screenshots he doesn't even have HoT on his inventory. I'll try Armlet before Satanic before I comment further. For now, I really liked the part about alternative item builds.

It's much more realistic to have a substitute for Satanic in mind rather than some of the other guides that basically just tell you to buy 4 x level 4 items without thinking for a moment how on earth anyone can farm for 20k worth of gold.

@ shazzam66

I think about a month

@ Dashy_gazzz

I mean with a disabler for example if pugna life drains you and you use rage the spell wont cancel but it also wont work.

@ rllian

Yeah i know screenies arent much needed for Naix because the most he does is just attack the enemy heroes but i just put them in there to be sure :)

@ dota_amateur

Np mate :)

@ chaoswhite

You should consider taking it a phew times because it really helps with playing.

@ jnutse

Ty for pointing that out :).

@ all

Ty all so far for commenting and rating. I will keep all this suggestions in mind when i am playing N'aix and see how they work. Updates will come very sure!

9/10
Great Guide Mate ;)
I used your strategy and it worked
Killed 10
Died 4 Times
Keep Up The Good Work!

Very nice work, pretty much exactly the way i play him. : )

well. i just get level 1 feast because Rage is definately a good early game ki lling move... feast, open wounds, open wounds, rage, open wounds, rage, open wounds, rage, rage. and u do NOT need more life steal with someone that already has it.

The lifesteal from Opening Wounds also helps your allies.

Soo can u post a replay or someone else:)?

lol i was making a guide for this guy >_>
when i play this guy i get lv one open wounds, then rage. the slow on wounds doesn't go up per level, and i have never ned the lifesteal. And rage is really good, by level 11 i can kill ppl in like 3-5 seconds. curuis and MKB are prety good for this guy, 2. also, you should start creeping at level 7 with level 4 feast, you wan creep like cents, furbolgs, and even dragons at that point.

other than that stuff, good guide for him.

new naix isnt is great but still aint wroth a testicle of old naix , sry btw farming mid game in the forest isnt efective only early game , starting items for a pure jungling guilde should be 2 stout shields and u can jungle from lvl 1 and kill ancients at lvl 7 u can get up too 10k gold till lvl 15 if u famred well

good guide!

this guide is rubbish!!!!!! I say I rate this 5 out of 10 cause u made armlet late game already when it is very useful for naix in early game.....gago.....and Satanic is not that very useful for naix since he has already lifesteal i would make SnY than Satanic and replace satanic with vlads.haha fool fool fool....

I like the guide except a couple things. first of all the screenshots dont really show how to use naix (save a couple) more of just you killing people. also satanic is canceled by rage . i tried ur guide as soon as i read it and found it works better if u get armlet before satanic as i had figured partway into ur guide. I dont disagree with satanic but wouldnt vlads armlet and HoT be beter? and also, why do you only have 2 bracers treads and a reaver at 38 minutes. good work tho

Pretty good guide, but one more extra tip :

You can use Rage to escape skills like, Epicenter, Freezing Fields, and even lots of AoE spells, although, Black Hole now silences(not really, but you can't use skills, pretty much the same), except if you activate Rage BEFORE black hole.

i start playing the new naix with your guide. i only notice that obtaining armlet of mordiggian early is better. and by advise of others, sange and yasha is useful than satanic.

still, thanx for the guide. 7/10

Mmm.. ALthough i still think old naix is betta cause if ur are really fat u can get really hell lot of lifesteal. But this depend on enemy to b fat to get lifesteal.

You have no idea how long i have been waiting for a N'aix guide. Thank you so much ^^

@ `UnholY` = I'm pretty sure that Black Hole actually goes through so-called 'spell immunity' - it just doesn't do any damage. However the disable will work.
I think.

OLD NAIX was the best.. he had a permanent slow...goo guide tho

@ coco616

You can also see that i had enough gold soon to buy HotD. And yeah i know about the screenies but most of the time N'aix is just attacking a hero with his claws. The spells he has don't really need screenshots to see how he need to be played but i just set them there in case.

@ all

I will try buying Armlet earlier and see what it gives.

hmm overall nice guide..
u could of explained a little bit more about armlet but its still good.

in my opinion i like to get armlet early because it helps your build up for other item much faster, due to the +25str
armlet is also a good savivability item as well w/ the much needed hp burst when activated because when your hp is around 200 deactivate armlet(warning!! this brings your hp down to 1)and straight away reactivate it giving you a instant 475hp =)
remember that armlet has 10sec cd

great guide 10/10
but i dot get why people say the new naix is better than the old one.
its not true.
naix is now a more fun hero to play. but i mean he's been nerfed.

@G B
armlet vs heart or reaver

A - costs 2850
H - costs 5500
R - costs 3200

A - gives +9 damage +15% aspd +5 armor +3 hp regen (active +25 strength, -30 life/second
H - gives +300 Hit Points +11 HP/Sec Regeneration +35 Strength
R - gives +25 Strength

for an extra 350 you can buy the passive from armlet without losing life then turn it into a heart.

therefore you get armlet early because it is easier to farm and its abilities are more suited to early game. (small passive regen ect.)

ghost armlet gives 25 str and 40 dmg when activated

I dunnoe dad the new naix can be so pro!!!I always thought that the new naix sux like hell.

heart is still better ^_^

Another thing. Hiding in enemy or allied units with infest isn't a very good idea all the time. You should hide in roshan as he has the highest hp you know.

I dont exactly get what his ulti does. Someone explain

dont finish bracer at start of the game, it costs 175 gold and only gives u +1 stats, u have enough slots for items at beginning, so buy components of another bracer or branches/tangos, u will benefit more from it

Minor point that it is, he is right. 1 Gauntlet and 2 Circlets would be better, or similar.

nice guide for the new n'aix
10/10

@ DrowRangerTraxex

Its the best method to just pick N'aix and use his ulti and u will see what happens.

Nice guide.... i Learn alot about the New Naix.

The only time that I try to play with him was a complety disaster

Not that I wanna complain, and I think your guide is quite good. It contains everything one needs to know.
BUT: It's only for starters in my oppinion. I'd like to have seen a little more strategy and a little less builds.
Maybe you can explain a little more? I'd say N'aix deserves it

@j-frost:

actually, that's exactly how guides are supposed to be made. The specify that at the starting of a new strategy. All guides are supposed to be noob friendly.

Naix is a real high damage killer dat can do 1on2 easily!
Ok lets say.. One butterfly n one assault cuirass.. why not just two butterflies? or a butterfly and a skadi?

by the way.. wen wut i meant was my dream item build,

pt,
armlet,
butter,
satanic,
skadi,
skadi/mkb?

provided u r daym filthy rich.
by the way.. the two orb effects, u can make the lifesteal overide the slow.
eye of skadi just for the stats!

@afro_scum:

yea, skadi doesnt stack with satanic. So you've an excellent dream item build

great guide man
naix is one of my fav. heroes lol, almost everything i do, you do the same.

cheers!

NICE TIPS

Been waiting for a new N'aix guide since they revamped him. Great guide. I don't see why people don't use him anymore. Really, he's not as bad as people put him out to be.

Well this is an ok strat.
My build is tread vlad satanic hyperstone basher and if its possible get a mkb but this build is working for me.

To those that say that Rage debuffs Satanic:

Yeah. Rage may debuff Satanic. But it works when you first activate Rage, then Satanic. If you activate first Satanic, then Rage, It will be totally useless.

@kirujan94
ARE U SURE

i did not like this guide

I say Vlads > satanic, because the lifesteal isn't an orb and it gives minor aura benifits, as well as being cheaper.

SnY isn't really needed on N'aix, Buriza or MKB is better if you add in a hyperstone like this tems buid. However, Rage has a high chance to main, so SnY may be worth it if used well

N'aix can be a tank with Vlads, Vanguard, and HoT.

He can also be a herokiller with Satanic/SnY, MKB, and Hyperstone.

@coconutwarrior

Yah! I'm truly and really sure bout that. Just try it. It'll work.

hey,.. this is good strat but. i dont like the items... i ue him quite a lot nd i get

PT agi
vlads
armlet
SnY
Cuirass
MKB

sum1 else try and prove mi point plz

What a great guide you made

the item build may be nice but its not the standard :S

a niax with just SNY, 2x Basher and GG
and den just make a satanic and den burizda for damage

he does not need aspd becuz of his 1st spell

more attack speed makes feast work better, you could do more damage but then you would loose potential feast damage.
AS > Damage for naix.

dude very nice i got GODLIKE like 3 times!!!

I'm glad to hear that

u have given accurate details of how to play naïf but I completly disagree with ur item build ok not completly only the butterfly part u should replace with radiance cuz farming for thus. Guy is very hard and would be easier aid a rushed radiance if possibe or else after satanic and mordigonnab armlet as he is a tank and very use full in ganks

Wow, and i thought naix was lousy, would love to try him some other day using your guide ^^ 9/10

If i were you i would go back to your pictures you have and black out or erase all the players names (except urself) just so u dont get in trouble...

but other than that great guide!

nice guide.. keep it up!

I never knew that N'aix could be that strong!

use 7 iron wood for a better build

as many have pointed, HotD gives more lifesteal compared to satanic early (because of the +20 damage). also, i think you missed something important. in 5v5 battles naix would do best if he tries not to get a kill. i mean attack full hp heroes bring them to red hp and then attack the next full hp hero and leave your allies deal with the 1st one. your damage drops really quick with your target's hp. so you should elaborate naix's role in teamplay better i think.

Hey!((none22))wat do you supposed to mean wen you say "use 7 iron wood for a better build"???....are you kidding me!?!?!?...

For a totally silly build (PUB bitchyness only)

Treads
Hyper
Basher
Hyper
Basher
MoM

I used your guide and our team won.
Thnks very much dude.

LOL

try build this!!!
1.MoM(+rage u've high aspd so u've a quick HP's back)
2.BFury/Linken(the new naix need alot of mana)
3.Cuirass(high armor & aspd)
4.Buriza(high damage)
5.Treads(+ aspd & ms)
6.HoT(high HP)
i'm agree with the butterfly and the cuirass ^_^ (great)
but the AoM,nonono(it's just give u a little stats)

u'r skill build is wrong,i's better support u'r team first and survive (open wound and rage must build first).if u'r enemy harras u with all of their skills,u gonna die easily...

as always i come to comment this

looks good at first hand but just like shimmra says about that braclet talk

i can give a high score but then you have to beg for it

just kidding
i give it a 9 for the good lay-out and build and time you putted in

Hmm just one question

-excuse my noobness lol-

Does satanic stack with his lifesteal? o_O i never knew lol

i think its much better to have buriz than butterfly,..with assault cuirass his very unstoppable..

crits do much lifesteal that having butterfly that doesn't give much damage to him.

@ nascar385

yes it stacks

nice

Actually i prefer buying vladimir offering instead of satanic...cheaper and naix has a good lifesteal by his own so i don't mind wasting my money in buying satanic at all!

very good strategy 9.5/10

Ty all

Oo
emmm quite a good guide
but i think u should make bouriza......

nice guide!!i tried it and it's effective..

finally a naix guide, thx alot :D

youre welcome

Nice strategy i will try it!10/10

I would save for mordiggian before i go for the reaver. but really nice guide anyway
5/5

I quite agree with Counter Force..... though not fully. The open wound is not use in early game as the lifesteal is not that much...... even if its 25% it wont heal much. But rage wouldn't haf much use either...... so overall, u still haf to adept to changes( my favourite quote XD). if there is a nuker in ur lane, add rage etc. if there isnt, add open wound( the lifesteal in early game is quite useless..... add it for the low cooldown) also, i completely disagree on bfly. (i rather get two heart

i prefer to go jungle with 2 stout and get feast and stats before open wounds. or maybe 1 lvl of open wounds the slow effect is the same.

lol i used this strat in a 2v2 nd i did exactly as u sed - exept in was om so nd i wos on the scourge so i couldnt hunt ppl in the jungle - but this dude owns!!! i had vengeful spirit on mi team nd this dude is good as for first blood cos of damage amp.
this strat rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


can u plz put vengeful spirit on list of good allies cos its a good stun and it has damage auro

and that pic wen ur attacknig roshan is dum cos ive seen ppl solo him at like lvl 10 nd the cum out with more hp than that. try do it at about lvl 10 with power treads, helm of the dominator, 2 bracer and helm of iron will. nd it was a 5v5 game aswell

Naix eats babies

i've been waiting for this guide.. thanks

whoa... 10/10 from me baby~
now i think i'm gonna use N'aix.
Thx man.. come up with something else wuldcha?

bulok

not this loser again

why dont u just buy
rapier
rapier
rapier
rapier
rapier
BoT

great guide, thanks. Damn that his ulti cant target heroes

That would have been nice a 1 hit ko

10/10.....rawr!!

why dont u combine vladmir's offering with satanic?they will stack....
satanic 25%LS+vladmir 16%LS=41%
when active satanic=66%LS
dont make a mistake vladmir's LS is 16% not 12%.the item list in dota strategy is wrong...http://www.dotastrategy.com/item-99-VladmirsOffering.html
dun 4get its 16%

Nice strat finally now I know how to use Nai'x

What the?!!
i used the items you dont prescribe but i got a triple kill and they cant kill me..

i used:
2 basher
threads
dominator
midas
void stone

and why did you didnt get the infest?
i used midas for farming, and infest for farming too and regeneration. actually i didn't go back to the fountain when i get the midas. and i bought the dominator from the hidden shop..
i also summoned a bradwarden. then i farm in the scourge's farm site then i got a triple kill.

to be continued..

...some of my enemies are stunner too, but i used 2 bradwarden and first stun them then i will hit one, when the stun came off, i will activate my rage then wait for the cooldown. and when i have a low health, i will infest one of my bradwarden.just try my comment...

N'aix is da man!
He rocks ... he always did!
AWESOME strategy man I bow before thy glory! :D
Satanic rulez also! satanic tyranny (as cradle say ^^)

Thx

I agree with your item
Satanic give you more lifesteal (and damage)

SnY give you more MS
but you must buy vladimir to get more lifesteal because Feast don't give you enough lifesteal from low hp heroes

10/10
VERY NICE BUILD

good item good guide same as my build

5/5 An alround good guide - i prefer to have some arrows and drawings in the Screenshots though ;)

8/10

Guide is good ,but I did not like your item build.

Why POh SataniC? okay naman ung iba pero why not mkb nalang! ty

fuck satanic man.its expensive as.heres my build
treads
armlet
s and y(for movement speed,attack speed,armour,strenght)
assault cuirass
heart

fuck satanic man.its expensive as.heres my build
treads
armlet
s and y(for movement speed,attack speed,armour,strenght)
assault cuirass
heart

Good not bad

Awesome guide! Thanks!!

nice..

SIF NOT GET SATANIC U WILL BE INVINCIVBLE

adiktus15 is a philo lol ^_^ SUP!

I think this is the worst build for new naix. You should buy pt vlad a sy and two bashers then you can do what ever you want but i advice assault after them

hahahahaha.... the new naix is good...at 1st i think he was well u know weak but when i play with him i own the game...hahahahaha!

It's really annoying when people come in and list their item build because they think it's better. It's even more annoying when they just post a comment and not support it or give a good reason behind it. If you come in and just post your item build in a comment, just make a guide of your own.

Greater Bash, amazing guide. That's all I can say. It gives a nice item build justification and a tactics walkthrough. Following your guide, I went beyond godlike twice.

10/10 from me. :)

@ trYptOphAn

Thx, happy to hear that u went beyond godlike

Yeah, the biggest problem with this guide is that it relies on alot of farming. If you're not playing an -em game that means jungling form about lvl 3, which can leave you underleveled if you don't know how to jungle. That's my whole problem with the new naix, actually.. he's item dependant, heros like mirana, rexxar, warlock and others who don't need alot of items do better in those games.

would lothars be good for this hero?

Lothars can work good on any hero i think if u are planning to gank.

Lothar's isn't that good of an idea on non Agility-based heroes. You're paying 4050 for a flawed 9 second invisibility that takes 17 seconds to cool down. 9 seconds isn't nearly enough to get close enough to somebody without giving it away because of the sound it makes when you go invisible.

Open wound and Infest can be cast on a creep for a full heal, allowing you to refresh your HP during a large fight.

I typically despise the use of SnY, but N'aix needs movement speed. From my experiences, unless your enemies are stupid enough to try to fight until they're in the red before running, Open Wound is seldom enough to get a kill without allies around.

Nice strat. This one Rocks!

Great guide, i did pretty well with it. :)

Glad to hear :)

Personally I think Buriza is more benefictial than Butterfly due to the high damage combined with Satanic, 600 crit + 25% lifesteal = 150HP for N'aix.
just a think to consider IMO.

cool astig

Fist of all you dont need the satanic use the reaver for heart instead you do not need lvl 4 open wounds early that is so stupid i max out rage firs. my skill build is Feast, open wounds , max out rage , max out feast get invest lvl 10 and 11 then stats until lvl 16 then max out open wounds after you lvl your ult for the last time. for my item build i go 2 bracers, treds, Reaver, MoD (use for creeps), turn Reaver into heart , armlet , AC (replace a bracer) then w.e you want. BITCH!

wow............. the pics were not in d correct order =P

Yeah man great strat always been looking on here for a strat on him but no 1 had done him. Came on other day to check out and i was like nice now i know why not to get sny cause of the orb effect. So yeah 10/10

i suggest you put in Armlet of Mordiggian in Your Item Build. That way it should be Power Treads Strength, Vladimirs Offering, Armlet of Mordiggian, Eye of Skadi then Butterfly. Why Skadi? because first of all you need to slow your opponent, open wounds has little duration. you need skadi for the extra slow.

SnY also has an orb effect, hasn't it? I think it's the maim effect... Guinsoo is useless against Naix, as well as Doom... but the moment you chose Naix, one of your opponents will pick Akasha.. awww she's hard to kill using Naix

and i think Skadi is also orb effect, right?

nice one greater bash, i used your guide and i owned the game in GGclient, with jahrakal as my enemy in my early game, i have problems but when i reached lvl 6 and went farming, everytime i show up they are just like criminals who have seen a police man. they run for their lives!

And they should run

i jst wona note.. that in the new version(6.52c) i use this guide but at the start u get..wel i get..

power treads
mask of death
2 bracers
and 2 tangos(4 charges all up)

nd it stil follows this guide..

your guide rocks man, I totally thrashed my friends with it

Ty

really good 1 mate... loved it

ang lupet

buy 2 basher & 2 butterfly for naix.
then he can solo 1 on 1 with spiritbreaker

ASALAAM ALAIKUM SADIK!!!!!!!!

Does skeleton king fare better against this guy?

Definetly not. N'aix is better

Well, sk do better at disabling tho

Good job, but isn't messershmidts too expensive? If your saving your money for about 5-6 lvl's, it's possible that opponents will have good staff know... They didn't kill you, but you will be wasting 2-3 lvl's... I am not so good player but this is the result of my game of your strategy. My strategy:2 bracers, boots of speed, mask of madness, vladimir's offering and maybe vanguard for mid game... but 9/10

Where is the Early game , Mid game , Late game ?

bravo! 10/10
a very nice strategy . . .


keep up the good work . . .

great

Thx all!

hey man good build but i had a fun game once wen we and a few mates were stuffing around and i had a assualt,avnguard,PT,2xiron helm and a platemail he was so imba wit 40+armour ut was a walking tank try it out sum time when u board and want a funny game

will do :)

ye but this shit is slow and when gank u die like shit

u r a noob

You mean me or the guy above you...?

rage doesnt debuff satanic!!!
just dont activate rage and satanic's unholy rage at the same time
use rage 1st after 5 sec only then activate unholy rage

also naix's feast can replace the satanic 25% lifesteal while rage is activated

btw really good guide 10/10

but skill build is bad though you only need lvl 1 open wounds early game

i just think that the butterfly+bash will do a really good combo, but, EXCELENT strategy!
=D
10/10

great guide but you forgot my fave hero arthas on best mates for naix. He got slow and repel w/c is a very great help when you are playing naix. 8/10

As long as you can communicate with them people with summons can be an amazing ally to naix. Especially Rexxar, Lycan and Weaver since they can summon invisy units. Have a watcher set to follow you then when a fight gets rough you can infest it and just walk away invis with max movespeed. Lycans wolves can give you max too for a chase and Rexxars bird can fly over jungles for quick scouting. Ive been accused of map hacking because of this and its hillarious

a butterfly is much better than HoT simply because butterflies crazy IAS makes your lifesteal give you more than 900 HP over the course of a battle. Usually I get butterfly after bracers, PT, and HotD and THAT is when I start to get the full HP lock on most characters. As long as I am attacking them with wounds, my HP shoots because I am attacking so much more often than if i had gotten HoT, harder, and with evasion(excellent on naix). Naix dont need hp, pure dmg and speed and leech.

hahaha

I love this strategy , i totally owned .But i disagree with u saying the new naix is better than the new 1.Good job 10/10

I mean new 1 better than old one

imo MOM + vald is alot more effective than satanic because MOM gives 15% MS so chasing is much easier...

they are also like 1000 gold cheaper than santanic

Great Stat - 9/10
Good details as well, but some of your images aren't working.

Your build rapes

10/10

how to defend naix to troll ?

I swear at like lvl 25 this guy takes like 3 guys to kill

MAN ur build is dream items your lucky if you get to armlett with ur gear frm up and down "ur lucky if you get that long" WE DONT PLAY FUCKING NOOB game with "EM" em isnt even dota its another game on another dimension and it SUCKS requires -99999 in skill and teamplay noob mode pls make item changes for a real game that means NONE "EM"

@ matti89

Ofcourse it is a dream item build idiot. What did you expect, i only give you the items you can go when game stretches very long. And i never play em mode so your theory doesnt make sense at all. Now calm down and go thinking of how stupid you really are.
And i already said that im gonna remake N'aix but not in the terms you suggest.

excellent guide , thank you