Hero Guide - Lil'Eath: Great Harlequin

-Hero-
Lil'Eath - Great Harlquin

"For the warrior dancers of the Harlequins, there is no distinction between art and war. Followers of the cunning deity known as the Laughing God, they are the strangest and most inscrutable of all the Eldar. Their mastery of the physical arts twinned with their incredible spped makes the Harlequins the deadlist fighters of their race. Every moment is a performance, and they perform their legendary masques with puissant skill, flair and passion - their hallmark upon the field of battle."

Strength: 19 1.7 (59), +20 (79)
Agility: 26 3.2 (102), +20 (122)
Intelligence: 15 1.55 (52), +20 (72)

Innate: Fleet of Foot
Learns: Dance of Death, Flip Belt, Holo-Field, and Harlequin's Kiss

Attack Range: Melee
Movement Speed: 300

Fleet of Foot:
Passive: Speed Boost: Self
"Eldar are known for their agrave and agility, and Harlequins are no exception. They are able to leap and bound over difficult terrain without effort, and their attacks strike quick and true. Give the Harlequin 4/5/6/7/8/9% movespeed and 10/14/18/22/26/30% attack speed."

Dance of Death: Active: Multi-Target Attack: Ground: Enemy units: Range 750
"The harlequin displays her combat abilities by dancing in and out of the enemies men, slashing random enemies, dealing damage plus .85X her strength as damage."
Level 1: Slashes 2 times, 15 damage.
Level 2: Slashes 3 times, 25 damage.
Level 3: Slashes 4 times, 35 damage.
Level 4: Slashes 5 times, 45 damage.
Cooldown: 16/14/12/10
Manacost: 75

Flip Belt: Active: Escape Mechanism: Units: Enemy Units: Range 800
"Harlequins are equipped with flip belts that allow them to perform outstanding acts of acrobatics, defying gravity. The great Harlequin can use the belt to fly into the air, moving in the direction the Harlequin is facing, excaping any immediate threat."
Level 1: 100 damage upon jumping. 250 AoE.
Level 2: 150 damage upon jumping. 275 AoE.
Level 3: 200 damage upon jumping. 300 AoE.
Level 4: 250 damage upon jumping. 325 AoE.
Cooldown: 15/13/11/9
Manacost: 75/80/85/90

Holo-Field: Pseudo- Evasion
"The Harlequin wears a suit that has powerful holo-emitters that blind and confuse her enemies. Grants the harlequin evasion from enemy spell damage and attacks, as her form becomes fractured and hard to hit."
Level 1: 9% evasion
Level 2: 15% evasion
Level 3: 21% evasion
Level 4: 27% evasion

Harlequin's Kiss: Instant Kill or Target Damage: Units: Enemy units: Melee Range: 400 AoE.
"The harlequin attacks the target with the harlequins kiss. If the target is a hero, it takes damage and is stunned. Else it is slain instantly, dealing AoE damage based on its life."
Level 1: 30% of max life as damage; 250 damage to heroes.
Level 2: 45% of max life as damage; 325 damage to heroes.
Level 3: 60% of max life as damage; 400 damage to heroes.
Cooldown: 35/30/25
Manacost: 190/210/230 (Ill double check on this because grass ran out of room for manacost).



-Items-

This is the order I try to get these items, but not the order you have to get them.

Jet Pack- +30 ms; 500 gold
Boss Pole- +6 str; 450 gold
Waaagh! Banner- needs: Boss Pole; WAAAGH! (+15% ias, 3%ms aura), +10 str; 1600 gold, 1 honor
Swooping Hawk Wings- needs: Jet Pack; +60 ms, Deep Strike; 2400 gold, 2 honor
Adamantine Mantle- +5 armor; 600 gold
Nartecium- +2 hp regeneration; 400 gold
Wraithbone Armor- needs: Adamantine Mantle + Nartecium; +6 armor, +4 hp regeneration; 350 gold
Runes of Witnessing- +6 int; 450 gold
Waystone- +50% mana regeneration; 350 gold
Rune Armor- needs: Wraithbone Armor + Runes of Witnessing + Waystone; +6 armor, +4 hp regeneration, +10 int, + 75% mana regeneration; 200 gold, 1 honor
Runes of Warding- +3 int; 150
Spirit Stone- needs: Runes of Warding + Runes of Witnessing + Waystone; +10 damage, +10 int, 100% mana regeneration; 1450 gold
Armor of Ulthamar- needs: Rune Armor + Runes of Warding + Spirit Stone; Manashield (Blocks 80% damage, 1 mana per damage), +7 armor, +25 int, +200% mana regeneration; 900 gold, 3 honor
Close Combat Weapon- +8 damage; 500 gold
Power Weapon- needs: Close Combat Weapon; +15 damage; 800
Digital Weapons- +15 attackspeed; 350 gold
Lightning Claws- needs: Power Weapon + Digital Weapons; +20 damage, +6 agi, +15 attackspeed; 600 gold, 1 honor
Dual Lightning Claws- needs: 2 Lightning Claws; +30 damage; +20 agi, +30 attackspeed; 100 gold, 3 honor
Master Crafting- +5 damage; 400 gold
Anonited Oils- +6 agi; 450
Implant Attack- +10% Lifesteal (orb effect); 900 gold
Raven's Talons- needs: Dual Lightning Claws + Master Crafting + Anonited Oils + Implant Attack; Rending (20% chance to slow) [Orb effect], +35 damage, +25 agi, +30 attackspeed; 1200 gold, 5 honor
Purity Seals- +1 to all stats; 55 gold
Chapter Banner- needs: Boss Pole + 2 Purity Seals; Inspiring (Passive: +15% damage aura), +10 str, +5 agi, +5 int; 200 gold, 1 honor


-Strategy-

Lil'Eath- Great Harlequin: Is a great hero, if played well. I know not every one will play the Great Harlequin as I do, but here is the way I play her.

Skills: All her skills are good at the start of the game, but I've found that using two skills together will get you till the end. Now, your first skill should be, if your going to play how I play, 'Dance of Death'. 'Dance of Death', at level 1, 15 x 2 + 0.85 x your str. Quite weak, yes, but you should be using it till level 7 (level 4 skill). Your second skill should be Holo-Field. I know... Son, getting damage spells are better then passives. But let me tell you that if you play right, you wont need a second damage spell. Also the 90 mana could be used to deal some 300+ in damage. Now, keep on leveling up these two spells till you get to level 6. At level 6, get Holo-Field. Again... Son, getting a 250 damage ult is better then getting a 21% evasion. But let me tell you, again, that if you play right, you wont need your ult till later, Besides it has a long cd, and high mana cost for her atm.

wait, u get armor of ulthmar for harle?

I actually get armor of Ulthumar on agi/STR chars more often than int chars

Armor of Ulthumar is great on her. The int and mana regen is good for her since a lot of her damage and manuverability comes from her abilities. The extra mana she has compared to hers normally is used for the shield which is better survivability than the agi armor imo.

i generally find that just a spirit stone is good enough to cover most of my mana needs

<_< Shield, grass, shield

eh, 27% evasion vs everything, fast ms, and 1.5 escape skills. why waste your valuable mana on more survivability that you dont 100% need?

In case you get into a "OHGODGONNADIEGONNADIEGONNADIE" moment. And you yourself said soul stone covered your mana needs, so that usually means you got some excess at times.

well, why go from spending 1450 to spending ~5k just for an OSHIT moment?

<_< Cause with Lil'eath you don't really neeeeed much do to the job with her, so why not just do it just in case? QUIT ARGUING IT WORKS!

lmao its far mroe cost effective to get items that help her (like id rather get termi armor vs manashield if your worried about survival)

But Grass, think of it this way: With the evasion, you don't take as many hits. If you aren't hit, you don't lose mana, meaning that you have time to regen mana between hits. On top of that, you no longer have to invest in a spirit stone.

I see this helping her more than termi armor.

yes, but if you arent losing mana through manashield cause of evasion... why bother

i get what your saying, but i just think its a waste of money, when all you really need is a spirit stone

Grass Hopper wrote:yes, but if you arent losing mana through manashield cause of evasion... why bother

i get what your saying, but i just think its a waste of money, when all you really need is a spirit stone

Yes and no. This covers survival and mana in just one item slot.

I find that Lil'Eath is exceptionally weak in terms of health throughout the early to mid game, so I try to gank her as much as I can during that short period as to prevent her from killing the game.

Psst: She doesn't need Armor of Ultramar. Just a designs or spirit stone sees her throughout the game.

ha! gly agrees with me XD

Meh, both can probably work. I've seen Son play Harle, so I know his build works pretty well (to my own misfortune...).

Let me just repoint this out for the people who might have missed it.

Son007 wrote:I know not every one will play the Great Harlequin as I do, but here is the way I play her.

If you have a different way at play the Greath Harlequin, then be my guest and play her that way. There is no one way to play any heroes, and this is my way at play the Great Harlequin. If you find that you dont need mana regen as much as more attack speed, then go for another item.

When I finish my hero guide on Lil'Eath the Great Harlequin it'll explain what I get and why I get it; and if i can find some way record some games I'd post those for your viewing pleasure.

But if Grasshopper72's idea of having all the items stats halved gets put in, then my build will no longer work and I'll have to think of another way to play the Great Harlequin.

Mana regen, MS and IAS won't get halved, so it could still work. Passive and active abilities on items aren;t either.

Lol harlequin guide..
But all you really need is jetpack, then mass lightning claws/recipes on him,
maybe if he becomes to squishy later get some armor but yea no need too much.