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This gives her a very strong early game by push
if built early enough or complete your build
lanes faster and possibly killing enemies earlier.
and secure your place of power late game.
If one is to build her with power and little attack
Demonic Grip is a must for Sol. She is an auto-
speed, your control over a lane or teamfight rises
attacking based mage; she was made for this
significantly. You are still able to burst enemies down
item. This item gives her the power and increased
with your kit even though you have setups for auto-
attack speed to help boost her abilities and in-hand
attacking. If you are to choose attack speed, your kit
attacks. The passive on Demonic Grip also gives
becomes less about trying to burst someone down
magical protection shredding which with the massive
but rather set yourself up to quickly attack enemies.
amount of attack speed that she is gaining both
What are some weaknesses of Sol?
from her passive and from the item itself, can really
Sol still falls into the mage pitfall of being low
take down tanky foes.
on defences. Sol low defences allow any other power
Shoes of the
class to come and kill her easily. This statement
Magi are the base;
becomes stronger after she has used her third
the foundation
ability, Disapparate, she has to wait 15 seconds for
on which you start
it to comeback. Within that time, many other mobile
your build. Shoes of
gods like Sun Wukong, Ullr, or Serqet can catch
the Magi provide
and kill her. So whether or not you are playing with
the movement
or against a Sol, don’t forget she’s not invincible.
speed that
you will need to
What items are essential on Sol?
navigate more
Rod of Tahuti is a good pick for Sol because
quickly and easily
of her passive power scaling compliments Rod
of Tahuti passive power strike of 25% magical
power. This means that when you gain magical
power from your passive you also get the bonus
from Rod of Tahuti as well. This can help snowball
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