Spectre Guide

Items

Starting Items:

• Stout Shield   Item   Changelogs     Stout ShieldBL One man s wine barrel bottom is another man s shield. Cost200 Bought FromArmaments Passive Damage Block Disassemble? No Alert allies? No Recipe The Stout Shield is an item is a good pick up to reduce the harassment you`ll take, and it later builds into either Poor Man`s Shield or Vanguard.
• Tangos are good for keeping you in lane as long as possible.
• 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 can save Spectre at the last moment.
• Enchanted Mango gives you a little bit of HPTechnology company regen and can be consumed to be able to use Spectral Dagger again while in lane.

Early Game:

• Quelling Blade is a great pickup early on to help you last hit, and can later be built into Iron Talon to help in farming the jungle before Radiance.
• Poor Man`s Shield reduces the amount of harassment you take and gives you some agility to increase your base damage.
• Boots of Speed help her escape attackers and chase down weakened enemies.
• Ring of Regen is sometimes picked up against a hard lane.
• Ring of Aquila provides agility and bonus damage, and mana regen aura.

Core Items:

• Radiance   Item   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Radiance A divine weapon that causes damage and a bright burning effect that lays waste to nearby enemies. Cost5150 (1350) Bought FromWeapons Passive Burn Bonus +65 is a classic item on Spectre which greatly speeds up her farming, deals burn damage to all enemies during Haunt, and complements her tanky, AoE fighting style.
• Phase Boots are efficient on Spectre in the early game, as she starts with low movement speed and damage. You should usually grab this before Radiance   Item   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Radiance A divine weapon that causes damage and a bright burning effect that lays waste to nearby enemies. Cost5150 (1350) Bought FromWeapons Passive Burn Bonus +65 .
• Manta Style   Item   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Manta Style An axe made of reflective materials that causes confusion amongst enemy ranks. Cost5000 (900) Bought FromArmor Active Mirror Image Bonus +10 Strength+26 Agility+10 Intelligence+15 lets you farm extremely fast by sending your illusions either into lane or into other jungle camps that, with Radiance   Item   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Radiance A divine weapon that causes damage and a bright burning effect that lays waste to nearby enemies. Cost5150 (1350) Bought FromWeapons Passive Burn Bonus +65 , lets them take out the camps, and combines with desolate to deal a ton of damage to unwary foes.

Situational Items:

• Urn of Shadows   Item   Changelogs     Urn of ShadowsB Contains the ashes of powerful demons. Cost875 (310) Bought FromSupport Active Soul Release Charges 0 Bonus +2 Strength+2 Agility+2 Intelligence+2 Armor+1 Mana regeneration Disassemble? No Alert is a great early game item to take advantage of Haunt to get a lot of charges and to buff Spectre`s meager strength.
• Diffusal Blade   Item   Changelogs     Diffusal BladeB An enchanted blade that allows the user to cut straight into the enemy s soul. Cost3150 (700) Bought FromArtifacts Active Purge Charges 8 Passive Manabreak Bonus +25/35 Agility+10/15 increases the damage your illusions deal, gives you some much needed mana and agility, and has a slow to keep up with enemies.
• 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 is a good item to get if you desperately need the stats. It combos well with Urn of Shadows   Item   Changelogs     Urn of ShadowsB Contains the ashes of powerful demons. Cost875 (310) Bought FromSupport Active Soul Release Charges 0 Bonus +2 Strength+2 Agility+2 Intelligence+2 Armor+1 Mana regeneration Disassemble? No Alert .
• Vanguard gives a large amount of damage block, which is calculated after Dispersion. It also gives much needed early-game HP, as well as HP regeneration, which most farming heroes need to farm without breaks.
• Blade Mail works well with Spectre`s constant AoE damage and punishes enemies who try to focus you down.
• Heart of Tarrasque gives a huge amount of health and HP regen. It works well with Spectre`s damage reduction, making her extremely hard to kill and reflecting that damage back on her enemies.
• Sange and Yasha is a midgame snowballing item. The stats transfer well to illusions and the extra movement speed will help Spectre stick to her target.
• Eye of Skadi is a good luxury item on Spectre. The stats benefit dispersion and your illusions, the slow means enemies won`t be able to escape you, and the mana can help sustain the low cooldown Spectral Dagger talent.
• Assault Cuirass adds extra durability and damage and makes Haunt a global -5 armor for the duration while giving any teammates in range extra armor and attack speed.
• Skull Basher adds some damage and HP along with immunity-piercing anticarry and chase potential that again forces attention onto her.
• Mjollnir adds significant farming and push potential, while filling the AoE damage role of Radiance   Item   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Radiance A divine weapon that causes damage and a bright burning effect that lays waste to nearby enemies. Cost5150 (1350) Bought FromWeapons Passive Burn Bonus +65 while also scaling better and having an easier buildup. Illusions can benefit from the attack speed but not the lightning effect.
• Butterfly is a good item on any Agility carry. Spectre and her illusions can use the item to get a good mix of damage and survivability.

Gameplay

Playstyle
Spectre   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs   Known Bugs     Spectre 19 + 2.3 23 + 1.8 16 + is a hard carry who can dominate the late game if she gets the necessary farm. Her Desolate ability lets her take on solo opponents with the upper hand, and Dispersion makes her a tanky foe who deals damage by reflecting incoming attacks. Be that as it may, her early game is one of the worst in the game, being squishy and her only escape using up a lot of her mana pool. Get past this, be that as it may, and Spectre will be a force to be reckoned with.
Pros	Cons
Global map presence. Extremely strong late game. Can gank well early game. Fairly tanky carry.	Low early game health and mana. Farms really slow without Radiance   Item   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Radiance A divine weapon that causes damage and a bright burning effect that lays waste to nearby enemies. Cost5150 (1350) Bought FromWeapons Passive Burn Bonus +65 . Item dependent. Low agility gain for an agility hero.

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Strategy

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Hard Carry

The standard Spectre build, it focuses on taking advantage of Spectre`s amazing late game but awful early game. Early game, Spectre can`t do much but farm for Radiance   Item   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Radiance A divine weapon that causes damage and a bright burning effect that lays waste to nearby enemies. Cost5150 (1350) Bought FromWeapons Passive Burn Bonus +65 , but after getting it Spectre can become a huge threat with her ult, Haunt. She can ult and push lanes while harassing enemies, or even use it to kill fleeing enemies. In a teamfight, Spectre becomes a huge threat. She has plenty of AoE damage to constantly damage opponents, but she`s tanky enough that punishing her for it is extremely hard. She is heavily item dependent with this build, but once she gets Radiance   Item   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Radiance A divine weapon that causes damage and a bright burning effect that lays waste to nearby enemies. Cost5150 (1350) Bought FromWeapons Passive Burn Bonus +65 farming her other items becomes really easy.

Ganker

Another build she has is an early to mid game ganker build. Instead of focusing on rushing Radiance, she instead grabs items like 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 and Urn of Shadows   Item   Changelogs     Urn of ShadowsB Contains the ashes of powerful demons. Cost875 (310) Bought FromSupport Active Soul Release Charges 0 Bonus +2 Strength+2 Agility+2 Intelligence+2 Armor+1 Mana regeneration Disassemble? No Alert to help dominate the laning stage, and can transition into a very effective carry late game, but it won`t be as strong as the standard hard carry build.

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
-10s Spectral Dagger Cooldown	25	+400 Health
+20 Strength Strength is the attribute that grants health and health regeneration. For each point of strength a hero gets: 20 Health 0.06 Health regeneration Additionally, strength heroes also get 1 attack damage per strength point. To	20	+30 Attack Speed
+20 Movement Speed	15	+8 All Stats
+5 Armor	10	+20 Damage

Notes:

• The armor and attack damage are added as bonus armor and bonus attack damage, and therefore do not benefit illusions.
• Upgrading health increases maximum health capacity and keeps the current health percentage.

General

• Spectre has a terrible early game, and it`s likely that enemies will try to take advantage of this. Make sure you always have enough mana for Spectral Dagger while laning so you can escape from enemies who are trying to kill you.
• Spectre has a weak lane presence. Picking her requires a team that will largely be able to support her in the laning phase.
• One of Spectre`s biggest strengths as a carry is her ability to participate in teamfights and ganks instantly through Haunt without wasting valuable farming time.
• Spectre`s main focus should be getting Radiance   Item   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Radiance A divine weapon that causes damage and a bright burning effect that lays waste to nearby enemies. Cost5150 (1350) Bought FromWeapons Passive Burn Bonus +65 , which makes her significantly more powerful, both at fighting at farming.
• Using Manta Style   Item   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Manta Style An axe made of reflective materials that causes confusion amongst enemy ranks. Cost5000 (900) Bought FromArmor Active Mirror Image Bonus +10 Strength+26 Agility+10 Intelligence+15 to farm is a common tactic, allowing Spectre to farm areas of the map in which she would be in risk of a gank. Combined with Radiance   Item   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Radiance A divine weapon that causes damage and a bright burning effect that lays waste to nearby enemies. Cost5150 (1350) Bought FromWeapons Passive Burn Bonus +65 , Spectre can be a rather effective split pusher.
• In late game teamfights, Haunt and Desolate will allow your illusions to wither down support heroes at the back at significant speeds. In addition, you should always be in the middle of team fights to maximize the damage reflection of Dispersion.
• More tips needed.

Spectral Dagger

• It is generally a good idea to level up Spectral Dagger first to provide Spectre with extra mobility so that she is harder to pin down during ganks. Be that as it may, be wary of its mana cost, as a single Spectral Dagger will typically consume half your mana pool per cast (in the early game).
• Early on, always make sure you have enough mana for Spectral Dagger in case you need to make a quick escape.
• During fights, instead of aiming at an enemy, aim it at the ground in a way that it`ll hit as much enemies as possible. It`ll increase the overall DPS it deals.
  • Be that as it may, aim it at fleeing enemies when the fight is ending to make sure they don`t escape.
• There is a grace period after getting off the dagger where you still have free pathing. Use this to your advantage.
• The shadow path left by Spectral Dagger lets her keep track on her prey even if the are invisible or have blinked/teleported. It also slows her target and enemies who came in to the path.
• More tips needed.

Desolate

• Desolate works on creeps, so it makes farming in jungle slightly faster when you can kill that last creep faster. Try to kill the weaker creeps first to maximize the damage bonus.
• Similarly, the bonus from Desolate still works if the enemy is near neutral creeps, so engagements in the jungle won`t lower your overall damage.
• It can be used to check for invisible enemies if you melee a creep who`s alone but you don`t get the bonus damage. This isn`t as reliable as using a Sentry Ward   Item   Changelogs     Sentry WardB A form of plant originally grown in the garden of a fearful king. Cost100 Bought FromConsumables Active Place Sentry Ward Charges 1 Disassemble? No Alert allies? No however.
• Do not forget that Desolate only works on solitary enemies. Try to chase targets away from allies, causing them to take more damage.
• Desolate damage is done before the attack, and cannot miss. While it does not serve as an alternative to Monkey King Bar For the hero, see Monkey King.   Item   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Monkey King Bar A powerful staff used by a master warrior. Cost5200 Bought FromWeapons Passive Mini-Bash, True Strike Bonus +66 , do not hesitate to engage evasive enemy heroes who are alone.
• More tips needed.

Dispersion

• Dispersion effectively reduces all damage you take by 22% at max level, meaning it scales really well into the late game.
• Dispersion is classed as @@@#@@@HP(hp.com)###@### Removal, which means that it won`t proc things such as Bristleback, but it also won`t cancel items such as 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
• Because the effect lessens with range, heroes with long ranges such as Drow Ranger For the race in Dota 2 lore, see Drow.   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs   Known Bugs     with a Dragon Lance   Item   Changelogs     Dragon LanceB The forward charge of the wyvern host grants no quarter. Cost1900 Bought FromArtifacts Passive Attack Range Bonus Bonus +12 Strength+12 Agility Disassemble? Yes Alert allies? No Recipe will take less damage from you than a melee hero would. The amount of damage you take is still fully reduced, however.
• Synergies well with both raw HPTechnology company as well as damage reduction like armor and damage block.
• More tips needed.

Haunt

• The illusions from Haunt carry the same things regular illusions would, which makes Radiance   Item   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Radiance A divine weapon that causes damage and a bright burning effect that lays waste to nearby enemies. Cost5150 (1350) Bought FromWeapons Passive Burn Bonus +65 and Diffusal Blade   Item   Changelogs     Diffusal BladeB An enchanted blade that allows the user to cut straight into the enemy s soul. Cost3150 (700) Bought FromArtifacts Active Purge Charges 8 Passive Manabreak Bonus +25/35 Agility+10/15 even more effective on Spectre.
• Always keep an eye on the minimap The minimap is a HUD element that represents the game map on a smaller scale. It displays in real time the location and status of buildings, heroes, creeps, couriers and wards. The minimap is subject to Haunt to teamfights when needed.
• Use Haunt to finish off fleeing enemies with low health.
• Use Haunt to immediately return to a fight after buying back.
• Use Haunt to assist in fights across the map while you farm in the jungle, and to even drop in if you`re needed in the fight.
• Use Haunt to quickly return to defend your base when the enemy is pushing a lane.
• It is sometimes beneficial to leave Haunt at level 1 in the early and mid-game. Your illusions will not be strong enough to significantly benefit from an extra one or two seconds during skirmishes or team fights, and the extra points may be better spent in your other abilities.
• Haunt can be used to escape from a bad situation if you`re being ganked by 3 or 4 opponents.
• More tips needed.