Once your active camo is overdriven a single Shatterglass will allow you to stay invisible as long as you want. However, it end a split second after the cooldown reaches zero, so for better results build Shatterglass + Clockwork and you can stay invisible until you run out of energy, and will have plenty of time to trigger the ability again after the cooldown because of the cooldown reduction you receive from clockwork.

Reflex Block is your friend. If you don't block her stun, still trigger your reflex block because it will minimize the damage she does at the end of Yummy Catnip Frenzy. I disagree with those who say she's ineffective late in the game, its just a matter of using her correctly. They have altered her so that she's no longer a brawler. She's much like Taka in that you want to cause burst damage and look to finish off low health targets. She's only OP for the first couple hits after her...

I have almost all of the Samuel quotes on my Samuel guide.

I disagree. broken myth is only mandatory if your opponents build shield items. Now, you could argue that everyone does, especially the higher ranked you get, and thus it's mandatory, but there are economically and damaged based choices that are superior to broken myth if your opponent isn't building shield. And yes, you can technically say Crystal Power and Crystal Damage are different, but in the end they really aren't. Since Crystal Damage is based on how much Crystal Power you have,...

Very well thought out guide. Well done. I will point out one thing tho. Saw gets an additional 2 shells from the overdrive on mad cannon, not just 20 seconds of cool down. Now for that I'll argue both sides of the coin. It's very difficult for those two shells to equal the extra 360 damage you point out getting from the suppressing fire overdrive. Since it's based on missing health an opponent would need to be missing 1200 health for 1 shell to do 180 damage (thus x2 equals the 360)....

Of course it's preference. I personally think aftershock is a situational item. It depends on the comp of your opponents. For a very tanky composition it could be a good choice. For example a phinn roam with a lance jungle. However, allow me to demonstrate aftershock vs clockwork I'm going to use my CP build as the example. Understand the aftershock perk does 15% of the hero's max health. This is going to work better on characters with higher health, however I can't account for...

With the A overdrive you gain 80 damage per shot more, and gain 1 second of charge cooldown. That doesn't sound like much, but... At level 4 you cast - cast - wait 3.5 second - cast - wait 3.5 seconds - cast - wait 3.5 seconds. 4 casts in the course of 10.5 seconds for a total of 1120 total damage output, to possible multiple targets. At level 5 you cast x2 - wait 2.5 - cast - wait 2.5 - cast - wait 2.5 - cast - wait 2.5. That's 5 casts in the course of 10 seconds for 1800 damage....

Because that isn't how I build him. Except in very rare cases I only allow myself 2 or 3 offensive items in a build. I don't think it takes any imagination or skill to create a build guide that essentially says build one of everything. I think that shatterglass is mandatory for baron. Let's face it, the one thing he is good at is raw power, he needs the more raw CP power item there is. I feel that with Baron's low health he benefits from the lifesteal more than the Broken Myth...

I've updated my ability build path for WP baron. After all the discussions, this one included, I've looked at more math, and done some more testing. While I'm under no illusion that people are going to build what I think is best over what works best for them, I do like to think of these build guides as just that, guides on how to use a character well, and also to give people something to think about. Sometimes I am the one who needs to think things over. The solution I've decided I'm...

This is a question that has copious answers. It would take far to long to try to answer. Guides often tell you what order to build your items, so that should help. It sounds like to me that you may need to learn what the items actually do. When you understand what benefit they offer, then you can choose for yourself when to build them. There is also the layer of which character synchronize with which items better. Its really all about what you are trying to accomplish. I created this...