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WHAT ARE THE WEAKNESSES OF CHIRON? an important tool, as it provides the attack speed
and penetration he desperately needs to be relevant
Chiron lacks a steroid, which hurts him quite a later on in the game. This is also why I’m tempted to
bit and requires the player to compensate for that pick up both Ninja Tabi and Souleater over Warrior
through items. The penetration and attack speed Tabi and Devourer’s Gauntlet on him. However, this
that a Hunter needs to push towers and box the does hurt his damage per shot a little, so you can
enemy Hunter effectively are completely missing feel a little underpowered if you go this route.
in his kit. This leads to Chiron needing the safety
and overall ‘nope-ness’ of his abilities to survive. ANYTHING ELSE YOU NOTICED
The healing from Herbal Medicine isn’t completely ABOUT CHIRON?
reliable either. It happened quite often that I needed
the heal for myself only to have it go to a team I mentioned it before, but I can’t stress it enough:
member who was already safe but within range of keep your eyes open at all times! Chiron’s kit is so
Herbal medicine’s AoE (area of effect), resulting in diverse that it takes quite a bit of time to get used to.
my death. You need to be very conscious of everyone’s The best comparison I can think of is Janus. Initially,
positioning to effectively use every part of his kit. he was played as a pure damage dealer, and he could
be very hit or miss. But when people started to use his
WHAT ITEMS ARE ESSENTIAL ON CHIRON? abilities to both support and deal damage at the same
time he skyrocketed into first pick/first ban territory. I
I feel mana items are really valuable on Chiron. expect something similar to happen to Chiron. While
His sustain is tied to casting abilities over and over, he has a strong early game already, and is considered
so having the mana to spam those abilities really pretty strong as he is now, there’s still a lot in his kit
helps him out. This makes Transcendence a really that has a lot of potential but people haven’t found
high value pick up, as it provides both the power and out how to utilize to it’s maximum potential yet. ■
mana he needs to be effective. Executioner is also
By Jorg van der Velden
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