Weaver Guide

Items

Starting items:

• Tango gives Weaver some regeneration in lane.
• Healing Salve can save Weaver after a dangerous situation
• Clarity helps Weaver sustain his mana in lane.
• Slippers of Agility helps Weaver get last hits.
• Circlet gives Weaver a few extra stats, and be built into a Ring of Aquila to help with last hitting and mana regeneration.

Early game:

• Magic Stick gives health and mana in a pinch, useful for playing aggressive or survivability in the laning phase.
• Boots of Speed give a decent speed boost so Weaver can be a bit faster when he isn`t in Shukuchi.
• Ring of Aquila is a cost effective stat boosting item that also helps with mana regeneration so that Shukuchi can be used more often.
• Blight Stone   Item   Changelogs     Blight StoneB An unnerving stone unearthed beneath the Fields of Endless Carnage. Cost300 Bought FromArmaments Passive Lesser Corruption Disassemble? No Alert allies? No Recipe The Blight Stone is an synergizes well with Weaver`s armor reduction.

Core items:

• Magic Wand offers extra attributes and charge capacity.
• Power Treads   Item   Changelogs     Power TreadsBL A pair of tough-skinned boots that change to meet the demands of the wearer. Cost1350 Bought FromCommon Active Switch Attribute Bonus +25 Attack speed+45 Movement speed Disassemble? give Weaver some extra health and attack speed.
• Desolator gives excellent damage and an armor reduction debuff that synergizes with Geminate Attack.

Gameplay

Playstyle
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Pros	Cons
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Carry

Weaver is nearly always played as a carry. To be effective, Weaver depends on the extra hit from Geminate Attack to out-damage his opponents. Time Lapse, when used optimally, essentially gives Weaver a second life, allowing him to make riskier plays and outlast other carries. A carry Weaver requires a large amount of time and farm before he can truly hit hard with his attacks, especially if he chooses to purchase a Linken`s Sphere   Item   Interactions   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Linken s Sphere This magical sphere once protected one of the most famous heroes in history. Cost4850 (1000) Bought FromArmor Active Transfer Spellblock Passive Spellblock first.

Support

Although very unusual, Weaver can somewhat be played as a support. With your level 2 (a point in Shukuchi and Geminate Attack) and your high base damage, you can easily harass an enemy offlaner or support. Unlike most heroes be that as it may, you do NOT want to be trading hits with anyone; just hit him once (twice with your passive) and run away immediately. You may even choose to skip dealing Shukuchi`s damage if it would end with you being too close to the enemy. But your below-average BAT and abysmal starting stats ensure that, by the time you get a second right click on an enemy, you will probably have taken more damage than what you`ve dealt.

On a support Weaver, you will always want to rush an 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 to save your carry. You can choose to skip boots entirely and rely on Shukuchi to keep up instead. Medallion of Courage   Item   Changelogs     Medallion of CourageB The bearer has no fear of combat. Cost1175 Bought FromSupport Active Valor Bonus +7 Armor+50% Mana regeneration Disassemble? No Alert allies? No Recipe The Medallion of is a great pick up on Weaver to further reduce the enemy`s armor, and you can even start off with a Blight Stone   Item   Changelogs     Blight StoneB An unnerving stone unearthed beneath the Fields of Endless Carnage. Cost300 Bought FromArmaments Passive Lesser Corruption Disassemble? No Alert allies? No Recipe The Blight Stone is an immediately to further harass the enemy. Be that as it may, support Weaver provides absolutely no control for your team, nor heal, just a tiny bit of vision with The Swarm, which also barely increases your carry`s damage output, and requires to farm the 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 before having any kind of impact. It is overall a poor choice for a support.

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
+200 Shukuchi Movement Speed	25	+35% Magic Resistance
+15 Agility Agility is the attribute that grants armor and attack speed. For each point of agility a hero gets: 0.14 (1/7) Armor 1 Attack speed Additionally, agility heroes also get 1 attack damage per agility point.	20	+200 Health
+7 All Stats	15	+25 Damage
+30 Shukuchi Damage	10	+6 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

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

• Weaver is very item dependent, but is very hard to stop once he gets a Linken`s Sphere   Item   Interactions   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Linken s Sphere This magical sphere once protected one of the most famous heroes in history. Cost4850 (1000) Bought FromArmor Active Transfer Spellblock Passive Spellblock .
• Weaver is one of the most difficult heroes to lock down, but this elusiveness can be countered by disables, true sight Invisibility is a status effect which makes units and heroes not appear on their opponent s screen or minimap, and makes them unable to be targeted directly by the enemy. Invisibility makes the unit s model appear , and silence Play Silence! Silence is a status effect that prevents those affected from using active hero abilities for the duration of the silence. It can be useful when ganking a hero with a blink or invisibility .
• Weaver is great at kiting and killing melee carries (such as Ursa   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs   Known Bugs     Ursa 23 + 3 18 + 2.1 16 + ) with the low cooldown of Shukuchi and the armor reduction effects of The Swarm.
• Though treated as hard carry, Weaver is one of the most difficult heroes to lane against because of Geminate Attack granting him the ability to hit an enemy twice in a single attack instance, effectively multiplying his damage output by two every few seconds.
• Weaver usually goes for Power Treads   Item   Changelogs     Power TreadsBL A pair of tough-skinned boots that change to meet the demands of the wearer. Cost1350 Bought FromCommon Active Switch Attribute Bonus +25 Attack speed+45 Movement speed Disassemble? . The active on Phase Boots   Item   Changelogs     Phase BootsBL Boots that allow the wearer to travel between the ether. Cost1240 Bought FromCommon Active Phase Bonus +24 Attack damage+45 Movement speed Disassemble? No Alert allies? No Recipe (the phase and the bonus ms) is kind of lost on Weaver since Shukuchi gives both of them already, but you can use it while Shukuchi is on cooldown. The +24 damage however is very nice, especially combined with Geminate Attack which makes it +48, a Demon Edge   Item   Lore   Changelogs     Demon EdgeS One of the oldest weapons forged by the Demon-Smith Abzidian, it killed its maker when he tested its edge. Cost2200 Bought FromSecret Shop Bonus +42 for half the price. Also there are plenty of times where you won`t be attacking that often in a fight, making the attack speed from treads somewhat irrelevant.
  • Alternatively, consider relying solely on Shukuchi for movement speed and skip boots entirely, focusing on more important items like Linken`s Sphere   Item   Interactions   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Linken s Sphere This magical sphere once protected one of the most famous heroes in history. Cost4850 (1000) Bought FromArmor Active Transfer Spellblock Passive Spellblock and 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 for carry Weaver or 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 for support Weaver.
• Weaver starts off with 15 strength for a total of 500 @@@#@@@HP(hp.com)###@### and poor armor. Don`t hestitate to leave your fountain with a couple of 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 or Circlets that you can upgrade into a Magic Wand or a Wraith Band. The only upside to having such a poor health pool is that flat HPTechnology company regen is proportionally better on Weaver than on anyone else. An Enchanted Mango or a Ring of Regen (that will later upgrade into Drum of Endurance for example) will go a long way to keeping Weaver healthy.
• Bottle is a very interesting choice on Weaver. Its flat HPTechnology company regen does wonders on Weaver`s poor health pool and the mana will help you to spam Shukuchi. You may not want to contest for runes considering how fragile you are (though you could try to swipe one under the enemy`s nose with Shukuchi). Once you reach level 6, you can always use a Town Portal Scroll to regenerate in your fountain, fill your bottle, and go right back to lane with your Time Lapse.

The Swarm

• Use The Swarm to soften up enemies before a teamfight.
• Use The Swarm to latch onto enemies, keeping vision over them if they try to juke into the trees.
• Use The Swarm before diving, so towers will target the beetles instead of you.
• Use The Swarm to farm Ancient camps early on.
• The Swarm can cause enemies to take a lot of damage during the laning stage. This can be used to gank or push back enemies.
• When attacking towers, use The Swarm on an incoming enemy creep wave. This will cause the creeps to stop and attack the beetles, giving you and your creeps more time to attack the tower.
• The Swarm fully works on Roshan (armor reduction) and the beetle will also tank a couple of attacks for you. Weaver is actually a decent hero for level 1 Roshan attempts if your team wishes to try it (it will not be enough by itself however).

Shukuchi

• Shukuchi is your main spell and you will be using it all the time provided you have enough mana regen. It provides you, by itself, with no less than 3 means to escape or chase: it turns you invisible (potentially dodging slow projectiles such as Wraithfire Blast), it gives you 522 movement speed and you cannot be slowed, it gives you a phase movement allowing you to go through units. It also deals a bit of damage. In 95% of your games, you will want to max it first.
• Use Shukuchi to dive and harass enemies by touching them.
• Shukuchi allows Weaver to return to fights and deal a little extra damage, even when his health is low.
• Since using Shukuchi doesn`t interrupt channeled spells, you can use a Town Portal Scroll and then cast Shukuchi to hide while you finish the channel.
  • This can be used when teleporting to escape or when teleporting to defend something. For instance, if you cast teleport on a tower you want to defend, then Shukuchi right before the teleport channel completes, when you arrive at the tower, you will be invisible. This can cause confusion for the enemy, since they will not see you appear when the teleport completes, and may think that you cancelled the teleport.
• Attacking, using another spell or using any items will finish Shukuchi. When chasing an enemy, be sure to catch up with him as much as possible while you have 522ms before attacking him. Similarly, when you`re running away, be sure to use your Magic Wand or to tread-switch when Shukuchi is over. Weaver is fragile enough with Shukuchi having a downtime of 2 seconds, don`t make that downtime even longer.

Geminate Attack

• Geminate Attack is excellent for harassing a laning opponent. You can even try to push hard for a kill with it under tower if the enemy is low enough, though it should only be done if the enemy laner has no way to stun you.
• It will not activate while denying your own creeps.
• The second attack gets all the properties from your own right click. That means that it will lifesteal, it will crit if you have a Crystalys or similar, it has 35% chance to mini-stun and deal 160 magic damage if you have a Monkey King Bar, it can even stun if you have a Skull Basher or an Abyssal Blade (not the most recommended item on Weaver, but better on him than on most ranged heroes thanks to Geminate Attack).

Time Lapse

• Use Time Lapse after buying back to immediately return to the fight. This is a risky maneuver, be that as it may, as you most likely won`t be at full HP when you arrive. Consider using this trick when you got nuked by a strong ultimate like ( Finger of Death or Laguna Blade). Using Shukuchi immediately after Time Lapse will also improve your survivability.
• Time Lapse removes most debuffs from Weaver, which is useful for removing Dust of Appearance and many other hazardous debuffs.
• When retreating, a confusing tactic is to run towards the enemy, then use Time Lapse to return to the original spot and escape in the opposite direction.
• If you use Time Lapse after respawning, you should arrive next to where you died. This can serve as a poor man`s tp if you died next to your tower, but it can also allow some sneaky structure damage: if you died next to an enemy tier 3 tower, and there are (allied) creeps about to push another t3 when you respawn, you can be suddenly pushing two t3s at once, and the opponent might not be expecting you to come out of the blue hitting buildings. Don`t do this if there are no allied creeps as backdoor protection will kick in.
• If you`ve farmed an 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 , you can use Time Lapse every 12 seconds on your allies at a considerable 1000 range. If you have a hard hitting ally that wants to land a couple of auto attacks on an enemy tower, he should be able to do with ease if he knows you`re ready to save him.