Shadowblade dota 2

General DiscussionWhen do you buy Shadow Blade on Sven?

During games I get confused whether to buy Shadow Blade or Blink Dagger. In what situation should I buy Shadow Blade? Which enemy heroes should I buy Shadow Blade against? Please help.

If you’re confused, always blink dagger

I really don’t see too much usefulness of sb in sven, maybe a late game silver edge against ench

But srsly, blink is amazing on sven, why would you want to get sb instead?
And both would hold you down abit, there are better items to get

pickoff in area protected by observer

Wtaf sb sven what else? Meteor hammer sven??

sb sven isnt that bad u mongol
just situational

What The Actual Fuck are you punks saying? Sven is not an agi core. He is a fucking beast who blinks in a two-shots you.
Maybe I’m wrong. who knows! You can find anything in shit brackets

He has no other escape mechanisms except of blink dagger. Its so crucial on him

^or top tier brackets
there r definitely games ive seen bsj or reso going this item on sven
if u think its 100% bad to have sb on a right clicking hero who needs to initiate you dont know what ur talking abt

u can go both if u need it too
sven isnt abt escaping either, he isnt a hit and run hero like ursa
he goes in and he stays in, and preferably kills people before they can react

Okay man try it and message me as soon as you get at the same level as them lul

its situational item, its good to buy when there is BB, DK, Timber, etc. those heroes that needed to break their passive in late game. if these heroes have a good start its not easy to kill them. another consideration is when enemy is having alot of global presence that could easily cancel your dagger (eg. zeus, np, puck’s orb, tinker, etc. ), it can be use as secondary escape and sometimes it hurts economically on enemy supports, investing sentry wards.

I still believe the common blink into heavy right click build is better than the pick-off agi core style build on sven

Never that’s it never, blink is always better for a sven and even then there are a lot better items than a silver edge for sven.

If you see an enemy Enchantress or Bristleback getting tons of kills, buy a Shadow Blade. Then upgrade it to Silver Edge.

It shuts down their passives.

It’s kinda situational but it gives him much more stats plus upgrading it to Silver edge gives him more. Hard passives such as their survivabilites can easily removes their tankiness in teamfights .

sb into silver edge for break is super situational
but using it to get past wards to kill targets that need to be removed is the far FAR more important part
it scares any support out of relatively contested territory, because they cant reliably see you coming to kill them
its the same reason sb is good on arc warden, it gives map control through pick offs

im not saying sb is better than blink, blink is far more reliable and thus common, but sven sometimes needs sb.
its not bad to get both too
its just an item u get in specific scenarios for a specific purpose
u can find high mmr players who will build it every now and then

SB Sven is not bad. But go blink dagger with shadow blade, since Sven always dive inside a tower.

SB can be use as a escape tool when you dag in. Attack speed and damage bonus are underrated too.

CK, Juggernaut, and even a fookin Morphling can SB.

Having 72% win rate with Sven, guess I can answer this. (Normal skill)
I prefer shadow blade when I’ve had a good early game and blink if defensive. Building both ain’t bad either