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you. This can often lead to a
landslide victory in the lane as you
will not gain the gold necessary
to fight back if you let the enemy
minions under the tower. The
HOG2 allows you to instantly clear
at least half the wave every other
wave, and this can give you a good
amount of experience and gold to
keep up before your wave clear
becomes more powerful than
his heal. Alongside these items
you have gold to buy potions and
wards; I would suggest buying at
least one ward to protect against
Freya who can combo easily with
Hercules, a ‘Banish’ into a ‘Driving
Strike’ and you are completely
out of position and isolated.
After this you must make
the judgement call again, like
type of defense. This can actually
good item to get against other
you have had to in middle lane:
occur quite often, and therefore
physical Solo laners because if
who’s coming off better in your
starter items or offensive items
they build physical defense to
lane? Are you going to be helpful
may be more popular to start with,
fight you then you still have good
with your build later on? Is there
as they generally won’t be made
damage output from the Mystical
anyone in particular to worry
redundant by who you’re fighting.
Mail passive (which deals magical
about that you should build to
damage). Having the Deaths Toll
fight? It is easy to forget there is
to start off by buying a Deaths
provides you with some early
a whole match going on when
Toll and Hand of God (HOG) rank
sustain as well as decent early
you’re playing in Solo lane,
2. If you know you’re fighting a
power, and buying straight into the
especially when you’re relatively
Hercules you could very well buy
HOG2 is a defensive move in case
new to the game and there’s not
straight into a physical defense
you are fighting the enemy Ra. Ra
many rotations happening.
item, especially something like
has a powerful early game heal
Mystical Mail which, when finished,
and it can be very dangerous to try
beginning, looking at team
makes up for the lack of power in
and clear the minion wave, as he
composition and where the
your lane clear with its own source
will clear faster than you and then
damage is going to come from,
of damage. This is an especially
you will have minions attacking
you know that there are more
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