Luna Guide

Items

Starting Items:

• Iron Branch   Item   Changelogs     Iron BranchB A seemingly ordinary branch, its ironlike qualities are bestowed upon the bearer. Cost50 Bought FromAttributes Active Plant Tree Charges 1 Bonus +1 Strength+1 Agility+1 Intelligence Disassemble? No es give some good starting attributes, and can be built into Magic Wand   Item   Changelogs     Magic WandB A simple wand used to channel magic energies, it is favored by apprentice wizards and great warlocks alike. Cost465 Bought FromCommon Active Energy Charge Charges 0 Bonus at a later time.
• Circlet   Item   Changelogs     CircletB An elegant circlet designed for human princesses. Cost165 Bought FromAttributes Bonus +2 Strength+2 Agility+2 Intelligence Disassemble? No Alert allies? No Recipe The Circlet is an item purchasable at can be built into a variety of early game items for Luna, including Magic Wand   Item   Changelogs     Magic WandB A simple wand used to channel magic energies, it is favored by apprentice wizards and great warlocks alike. Cost465 Bought FromCommon Active Energy Charge Charges 0 Bonus , Ring of Aquila   Item   Changelogs     Ring of AquilaB The ring of the fallen Warlord Aquila continues to support armies in battle. Cost985 Bought FromSupport Passive Aquila Aura Bonus +3 Strength+9 Agility+3 Intelligence+10 Attack damage , or Drum of Endurance   Item   Changelogs     Drum of EnduranceB A relic that enchants the bodies of those around it for swifter movement in times of crisis. Cost1640 (575) Bought FromSupport Active Endurance Charges 6 Passive .
• Tango   Item   Tango (Shared)   Changelogs     TangoB Forage to survive on the battlefield. Cost125 Bought FromConsumables Active Eat a Tree or Ward Charges 4 Disassemble? No Alert allies? No Recipe The Tango give Luna some starting health regeneration, allowing her to trade hits with enemies in lane.
• Healing Salve   Item   Changelogs     Healing SalveB A magical salve that can quickly mend even the deepest of wounds. Cost110 Bought FromConsumables Active Regenerate Health Charges 1 Disassemble? No Alert allies? No Recipe The allows Luna regenerate almost her entire health pool in the early game.

Early Game:

• Magic Stick   Item   Changelogs     Magic StickBL A simple wand used to channel magic energies, it is favored by apprentice wizards and great warlocks alike. Cost200 Bought FromArcane Active Energy Charge Charges 0 Disassemble? helps Luna survive against heroes that constantly cast spells.
• Boots of Speed are core on any hero for extra move speed in order to chase and to escape.
• Power Treads are the boots of choice for Luna, their attributes and attack speed are helpful throughout the game.
• Phase Boots are the alternative boot of choice, it trades survivability and attack speed for more raw damage and additional movement speed.
• Ring of Aquila   Item   Changelogs     Ring of AquilaB The ring of the fallen Warlord Aquila continues to support armies in battle. Cost985 Bought FromSupport Passive Aquila Aura Bonus +3 Strength+9 Agility+3 Intelligence+10 Attack damage gives Luna a bit of damage, mana regeneration, and other attributes that are helpful throughout the early and mid-game.
• Town Portal Scroll is helpful to quickly enter fights from across the map. Luna is one of the carries that can turn the tide of battle thanks to Eclipse.
• Magic Wand   Item   Changelogs     Magic WandB A simple wand used to channel magic energies, it is favored by apprentice wizards and great warlocks alike. Cost465 Bought FromCommon Active Energy Charge Charges 0 Bonus is good on most heroes in order to get some bonus burst health as well as bonus stats.

Mid Game Items:

• Dragon Lance is among the most cost-effective items in the game, providing 12 strength and agility at a very reasonable price. The range increase is particularly nice on Luna since her own range is poor and she has no mobility tools to help her get in reach of enemies except her high movement speed. The item is also useful for early-mid game pushing and fighting.
• Yasha increases Luna`s movement speed as well as attack speed and damage, and can be upgraded to Manta Style later.
• Manta Style is the core item in most games on Luna giving her damage, health, and bonus move speed. Since Manta Style`s illusions also obtain Moon Glaive passive, they are very useful for pushing and extra damage.
• Black King Bar   Item   Changelogs     Black King BarB A powerful staff imbued with the strength of giants. Cost3975 (1375) Bought FromArmor Active Avatar Bonus +10 Strength+24 Attack damage Disassemble? No Alert allies? No Recipe helps Luna`s damage and survivability with Magic Immunity and Strength if the enemy team mainly uses magic damage.

Late Game Items:

• Butterfly is great mixtures of heavy damage and survivability, giving Luna bonus attack speed, damage, armor, and evasion. Butterfly`s active flutter also can help chase enemy heroes at the end of a fight.
• Satanic gives Luna some much-needed survivability, offering Luna a burst heal to live through immense amounts of damage in fights.
• Monkey King Bar`s damage allows Luna`s glaives to deal more damage. It is a great counter to enemies with evasion.

Situational Items:

• Hurricane Pike is a situational upgrade of Dragon Lance if some form of escaping or chasing tool is needed.
• Eye of Skadi provides great stats all around and the slow effect fully stacks with the lifesteal from your Helm of the Dominator or Satanic. Note that your Manta Style`s illusions benefits from the stats as well.
• Aghanim`s Scepter   Item   Upgraded Abilities   Old Abilities   Lore   Changelogs     Aghanim s Scepter The scepter of a wizard with demigod-like powers. Cost4200 Bought FromCaster Passive Ultimate Upgrade Bonus +10 Strength+10 Agility+10 Intelligence+175 increases the max single target damage of Eclipse. It is great when your team has a powerful initiator such as Faceless Void and the enemy team has few way to dodge a long distance Eclipse. And of course, Alchemist can farm one for you. Also it is a thing of choice for outcarried Luna: if she⃢₀ₙs afraid to approach, tanks will.
• Linken`s Sphere is a situational item for powerful single-target initiations. Luna doesn`t usually have the slot for Linken`s Sphere since Black King Bar   Item   Changelogs     Black King BarB A powerful staff imbued with the strength of giants. Cost3975 (1375) Bought FromArmor Active Avatar Bonus +10 Strength+24 Attack damage Disassemble? No Alert allies? No Recipe is crucial most of the times.
• Sange and Yasha is an alternative item of Manta Style, which provides larger HPTechnology company pool and a maim effect. It is useful when illusions have little effect in this game,
• Shadow Blade can grant Luna a critical escape. Eclipse also continues to work when Luna is invisible, allowing you to chase down enemy heroes with bonus move speed and invisibility. It also upgrades into Silver Edge.
• Blink Dagger provide the availability for Luna to counter initiate with Eclipse as well as the ability to chase, escape and farm efficiently.
• Mask of Madness is a risky pick on a fragile hero like Luna, but it will help her farm the jungle at an outstanding speed.
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Gameplay

Playstyle
Luna   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs   Known Bugs     Luna 15 + 2.5 18 + 3.3 16 + is a highly offensive carry who can demolish buildings and clear the battlefield in very little time. Along with her flying Moon Glaives, Luna can call upon the goddess Selemene Selemene Associated with Heroes Mirana Luna Factions Dark Moon OrderDark Moon Horde Places Nightsilver WoodsTemple of MeneShrine of Selemene Characters Lunar Moth Cosmetics Andalmere the LitigonMei Nei the Jade Rabbit Other Lore Dark MoonMoonsilver Selemene to cover the battlefield in an Eclipse, striking down large numbers of enemies at once. Being a purely offensive hero, Luna suffers from a lack of defensive abilities, and will struggle against carries that are geared towards one-on-one combat.
Pros	Cons
Hits multiple targets at once. Fast pusher and farmer. Good night vision Vision changes around while the hero moves. Vision describes what a unit can and cannot see from its current location and state. Places a unit cannot see are filled with the Fog of War, a . High magical damage output during the early game.	No escape mechanisms. No defense mechanisms. Short attack range. Item dependent. Easily kited by high-mobility heroes.

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Ability Builds

Talents

Hero Talents   Main   Table of Gained Bonuses     The Talent Selection interface. Talents are traits unique to each hero. They are chosen every 5th level starting at level 10, offering a permanent choice between
-4s Lucent Beam Cooldown	25	+15 All Stats
+10% Magic Resistance	20	+25 Attack Speed
+40 Lucent Beam Damage	15	+150 Health
+15 Movement Speed	10	+15 Damage

Notes:

• The attack damage is added as bonus attack damage, and therefore does not benefit illusions.
• Upgrading health increases maximum health capacity and keeps the current health percentage.
• The magic resistance stacks multiplicatively with other sources of magic resistance.

General

• Because Luna has no means of escaping ganks, she is usually played in the safe lane, with a support. Her Lunar Blessing increases support`s right click damage, making lane harassment easier.
• Luna can be played in a solo lane, but this is risky due to her fragility and short attack range.
  • Solo Luna is usually done to give her a level advantage early on, because Luna can snowball off of an early team fight with Eclipse and catch-up in farm very quickly with Moon Glaives, especially if she managed to stack a couple of jungle camps.
• A very odd trait for a hard carry is that Luna gains significant killing power with a level advantage because of Lucent Beam, and by extension Eclipse.
• Luna is an extremely potent pusher, especially when attacking barracks, as her Moon Glaives will bounce between multiple buildings with each attack.
  • Because of this, Luna should be present as often as possible to take down towers with her team.
• Any source of lifesteal Lifesteal allows the attacking unit to gain health when damaging an enemy, which includes any attack modifier with attack damage. The lifesteal ability can be gained via items, passive abilities or the auras of other greatly boosts Luna`s survivability in the late game.
• Creep stacking is very useful for Luna. Ask an ally to start stacking for you early on.
• Tips needed.

Lucent Beam

• Lucent Beam`s cast range is gigantic. Use it to pick off fleeing heroes.
• Lucent Beam mini-stuns. Use to interrupt teleporting and channeling heroes.
• Lucent Beam has a low cooldown, but should not be spammed too often due to Luna`s mediocre mana pool.
• From level 2 on, Lucent Beam can be used effectively to harass enemies out of the lane. Build a Ring of Basilius   Item   Changelogs     Ring of BasiliusB Ring given as a reward to the greatest mages. Cost500 Bought FromSupport Passive Basilius Aura Bonus +7 Attack damage Disassemble? Yes Alert allies? No Recipe The or Infused Raindrop   Item   Changelogs     Infused RaindropB Elemental protection from magical assaults. Cost225 Bought FromArmaments Charges 5 Passive Magical Damage Block Bonus +0.85 Mana regeneration Disassemble? No Alert allies? No Recipe Contents 1 Additional to obtain some form of mana regen in lane.
• Use Lucent Beam after Eclipse to keep the target inside Eclipse`s radius a little longer.
• Lucent Beam is good for last-hitting when you can`t/don`t want to get near a creep. This is especially true when contesting a big jungle creep with an opponent.

Moon Glaive

• Early points in Moon Glaive will push the lane, and is usually not recommended until laning phase has concluded.
• Moon Glaive is the ability that allows Luna to clear creeps and demolish buildings extremely quickly.
• Moon Glaive has no effect on lone enemies, so try to keep all neutrals and lane creeps at roughly the same @@@#@@@HP(hp.com)###@### level when farming.
• Occasionally Can be used to attack targets up to 830 range away, for example strike one last time to a fleeing enemy by attacking a tower.
• The number of bounces increase by 3 between level 3 and level 4. Assuming the glaives bounce as much as possible, they increase Luna`s damage by 65%/107%/135%/172%.

Lunar Blessing

• A point or two in Lunar Blessing helps Luna score last hits, especially at level 1.
• Lunar Blessing`s damage bonus makes a big difference in the early game, when a few auto attacks from Luna`s teammates can kill a weaker enemy.
• Put one point in Lunar Blessing before the first night, as it will provide Luna with its bonus night vision Vision changes around while the hero moves. Vision describes what a unit can and cannot see from its current location and state. Places a unit cannot see are filled with the Fog of War, a .
• Lunar Blessing is best to max early in a 5-man strategy when the bonus damage is still relatively high compared to the base damage.

Eclipse

• Eclipse has a very long cooldown. Use wisely.
• Always underestimate, not overestimate Eclipse`s range.
• Eclipse is most powerful in early to mid game, and should be taken advantage of.
  • Because of this, Eclipse can be considered an early game ganking ability.
• Against weaker opponents, you may get a kill (or two) while pushing a tower. If they TP to defend it and there are no enemy creeps, they`ve just set themselves up for Eclipse`s full blast.
• While a full Eclipse deals tremendous damage, experienced enemies will usually save their escape mechanisms precisely to avoid this.
  • Disables, slows, Force Staff For the cosmetic item equipped by Crystal Maiden, see Force Staff (Equipment)   Item   Changelogs     Force StaffB Allows you to manipulate others, for good or evil. Cost2250 (400) Bought FromCaster Active Force , and movement abilities like Blink will allow enemies to move out of Eclipse`s range.
  • In the late game, Eclipse deals less damage, as many heroes will have Black King Bar   Item   Changelogs     Black King BarB A powerful staff imbued with the strength of giants. Cost3975 (1375) Bought FromArmor Active Avatar Bonus +10 Strength+24 Attack damage Disassemble? No Alert allies? No Recipe .
• Use Eclipse in narrow or confined spaces to make sure enemies don`t move out of its radius.
• Use Eclipse near a single enemy to deal heavy damage.
  • A level one Eclipse will usually kill a solitary target during the early game.
• With Aghanim`s Scepter   Item   Upgraded Abilities   Old Abilities   Lore   Changelogs     Aghanim s Scepter The scepter of a wizard with demigod-like powers. Cost4200 Bought FromCaster Passive Ultimate Upgrade Bonus +10 Strength+10 Agility+10 Intelligence+175 , Eclipse has an enormous cast range and can be cast on the ground or an ally unit.
  • Use upgraded Eclipse on your team`s initiator to deal more damage. This keeps Luna out of harm`s way while still doing damage with Eclipse. Note that Eclipse ends when the targeted ally dies in this case.
  • Use upgraded Eclipse on the ground in front of allied towers to defend the tower, or behind enemy towers while pushing.
  • Use upgraded Eclipse on an invisible ally and let them wreak havoc for you.