Torturer

Skill Build1 – Chain Reaction
2 – Agonizing Bondsl
3 – Agonizing Bonds
4 – Chain Reaction
5 – Agonizing Bonds
6 – Chain Reaction
7 – Agonizing Bonds
8 – Chain Reaction
9 – Impalement
10 – Impalement
11 – Impalement
12 – Impalement
13 -Torment
14 – Torment
15 – Stats
16 – Torment
17 – Stats+

Justification / Modifications:
This is the most effective harasser / killer build. The ulti is gotten late as your other skills are more important and you won’t have the Mana to support Torment yet. If you prefer to build a more pushy build or are fighting invisible heroes or if you are not very good at aiming the stun then leave Chain Reaction on 1 and max Impalement along with Bonds first.

Lane Starting Items:
2x Runes of the Blight, 4x Mana Potion, 4x Minor Totem

Core:
Bottle >> 2x Fortified Bracelet >> Marchers >> Glow Stone >> Post Haste >> Icon of Goddess

Bottle if Mid. Bracers for Survivability, Post Haste to make good use of your ultimate and to be able to farm/push all the lanes quickly.

After Core:
Sacrificial Stone >> Staff of the Master >> Frostfield Plate >> Behemoth’s Heart

Sacrificial Stone turns you into the tank you need to be in order to get full use of your Ultimate. You can’t cast from the second row , you need to be in the middle of the action. SotM provides a fair boost to the ultimate and is your next items; after that keep workin on your EHP.

Alternative Items:
– Nullstone: Very solid choice in place of Sac Stone if they have heroes with targetet silence or brutal ults. – Kuldra’s Sheepstick: Provides a lot of mana regen but no survivability and I therefore do not recommend it.
– Portal Key: If you have troubles chasing enemy heroes. Or as initiation once you got the tank gear.

Information:
Roles: Nuker, Pusher, (Semi-Carry )
Prefered Lane: Any
Difficulty: 4 – Hard
Farming capabilities: 4 – Good (Mana intensive)
Item dependancy: 4 – Heavy
Power:
– Early Game / Lane Control: 5 – Very Strong (Very strong nukes/stuns)
– Mid Game / Ganks: 3 – Medium (Nukes decrease in efficiency fast)
– Late Game / Team Fights: 3 – Medium (Stronger if farmed well)

30-Seconds-Guide:
– You are considered a Semi-Carry. That means you should not be babysitting and optimally not giving up the last hits to a carry.
– You have one of the lowest starting HP pools and one of the highest starting mana pools. Thus you are very squishy and should get the Bracelets asap.
– As a proper Semi-Carry you should be farming a lot, don’t be afraid to use your mana to get some extra gold.

Counters:
– Magic Armor all the way. Torturer is a semi carry who deals a LOT LOT of magic damage, especially with his ultimate later on. Barrier Idol is the way to go.
– Shrunken Head also helps and can be considered if they have more disablers.