Crystal God SAW [OUTDATED] by cooldude1223

Crystal God SAW [OUTDATED]

By: cooldude1223
Last Updated: Nov 12, 2017
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Ultimate Crystal Powered SAW

    SAW

    Build: Ultimate Crystal Powered SAW

    Ability Path

    Spin Up
    Heroic Perk
    Roadie Run
    1
    2
    3
    4
    5
    6
    7
    8
    9
    10
    11
    12
    Suppressing Fire
    1
    2
    3
    4
    5
    6
    7
    8
    9
    10
    11
    12
    Mad Cannon
    1
    2
    3
    4
    5
    6
    7
    8
    9
    10
    11
    12

    Item Choices

    Starting items

    Energy Battery
    Halcyon Potion
    Halcyon Potion

    Early game

    Sprint Boots
    Energy Battery
    Heavy Prism
    Halcyon Potion

    Mid game

    Travel Boots
    Eve of Harvest
    Crystal Bit
    Crystal Bit

    Late game

    Travel Boots
    Eve of Harvest
    Shatterglass
    Shatterglass
    Piercing Shard
    Crystal Infusion

    Final build

    Journey Boots
    Eve of Harvest
    Shatterglass
    Shatterglass
    Broken Myth
    Aegis

    Situational

    Aegis
    Atlas Pauldron
    Crucible
    Fountain of Renewal

    Threat Meter

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    Threat Hero Notes
    1
    		   No Threat
    2
    		 SAW Killing SAW is easy as 1,2,3. Remember to use your second ability first and load mad cannon. After your 'suppressing fire' has finished, attack SAW with your ultimate. If he is running, use your sprint boots or 'roadie run' to finish him.
    2
    		 Ringo Ringo is nothing compared to the others. He can't stun which makes him powerless against SAW. Although his damage is pretty devastating, he can easily be ganked.
    3
    		 Petal Petal is so weak, use suppressing fire on her and her munions and you will win the fight.
    3
    		 Koshka Koshka is very easy to takedown. Her melee attacks give you the advantage as you have the ranged attack. But beware of her ultimate, it will remove your stacks. Make sure to get that reflex block to negate that 2.2 second stun.
    4
    		 Ardan Extremely Tanky, but weak against SAW. He is pretty hard to kill due to his high defense and health. Try to avoid him during late game.
    5
    		 Adagio Adagio used properly can destroy SAW instantly. Remeber to get that reflex block.
    5
    		 Skaarf Strong early game, weak late game. Suppressing fire - Mad Cannon - Roadie Run. Follow these steps and you can easily kill him.
    5
    		 Vox Vox will be tricky to take out. He will dodge your suppressing fire and make you go through hell trying to chase him.
    6
    		 Taka Taka is not easy to take out,. He can use his skills to take you out pretty easily. When fighting him, make sure to place scout traps in your area. Flare gun can also be used when Taka tries to flea with his second ability.
    7
    		 Catherine Catherine is very hard to take care of. She can stun you, stopping the suppressing fire. She will also deflect all damage back at you and then your mad cannon bullets are wasted. Remember to use reflex block when she uses her stun, it maybe a bit harder but practice makes perfect!
    7
    		 Fortress Fortress will probably be your worst nightmare, but don't worry, there is a solution to this problem. Don't run but rather fight.
    8
    		 Joule Joule's perfectly timed ultimate can destroy SAW in seconds. Her stun also makes her a major threat to SAW. But remember to time that reflex block, it will save your life!
    8
    		 Celeste Anti-SAW character, Celeste will dominate SAW in early game. Her second ability will stun and remove your stacks making you powerless. Solution to this is reflex block.
    8
    		 Rona Rona will kill you if you aren't prepared for what's coming ahead. Do not try and fight back when she is using her ultimate. Use your suppressing fire when she has used all her abilities.
    9
    		 Krul Krul is a ultimate threat towards SAW. He has the ability to drain, stun and slow down attack speed of whom he attacks. He also reduces crystal power by 10% per stack. Very hard to predict when he uses his ultimate.
    10
    		 Glaive Glaive is a major threat to SAW. Glaive has the ability to stun and deal massive amounts of damage at the same time.

    Introduction Top

    SAW
    Diffculty: High | Position: Lane | Role: Sniper

    SAW has arguably the highest damage potential in the game ... but at the huge expense of mobility. Excellent at sieging important locations, SAW zones out entire regions from the enemy team with Suppressing Fire. Try starting him on lane, earn as much gold as possible, then make your presence felt wherever needed.

    Tips and Tricks Top

    Infusion's are best used late game, make sure to sell the Piercing Shard and switching it with crystal infusion. Use the infusion, buy a weapon infusion and use it. If maxed out with lots of coins, buy the Broken Myth. If getting coins is hard, just buy the Piercing Shard.
    Edit: 1.3 Update Includes a new feature that allows consumables to be bought with a full inventory. Tip: Buy infusion's when you are lv10-12, that is when you use the most out of the infusion.

    Situational Items:

    Aegis - Aegis is best used against characters that are skill reliant/based. For eg. Mage. Recommend using this against characters like Krul, Taka, Celeste etc.

    Crucible - Crucible should be used to counter high damage dealers like Taka. Try to build this during mid game. Remember to use the reflex block to support your team from enemy attacks.

    Atlas Pauldron - Atlas Pauldron is not too much of a helpful item early game, but very useful late game. Build this when enemy has high attack speed melee enemies such as Glaive. If enemy has only high attack speed ranged characters, try to get one of your melee teammates to get Atlas Pauldron.

    Fountain of Renewal - Fountain of Renewal should be used to counter medium crystal damage dealers like Petal. Try to build this during late game. Remember to use the ability to support and heal your team and yourself from repetitive enemy attacks.

    Skills and Abilities Top


    		 Spin Up
    Slot: Heroic Perk

    Every basic attack gives SAW increased attack speed, but it also significantly decreases his move speed.
    • Each basic attack grants SAW +15% attack speed.
    • Each basic attack decreases SAW's move speed by -0.09
    • Max 12 stacks.
    • After 3.5s without basic attacking, SAW rapidly spins down.

    		 Roadie Run
    Slot: A

    SAW sprints & switches to a melee combat knife. If SAW stabs someone, he will deal bonus damage based on the target's missing health and roll backwards.
    • Activating this ability clears all stacks of Spin Up.
    • Crystal power will boost the run speed, up to a maximum of +3.

    STATS LEVEL 1 LEVEL 2 LEVEL 3 LEVEL 4 LEVEL 5 Crystal Ratio % Weapon Ratio %
    COOLDOWN 15 14 13 12 11 - -
    ENERGY COST 65 65 65 65 80 - -
    MISSING HEALTH % 20% 23% 25% 28% 45% - -
    BASE DAMAGE 80 125 170 215 380 230% -
    SPEED BOOST 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 1.5% -

    		 Suppressing Fire
    Slot: B

    SAW fires a hurricane of bullets in a set direction for 2s, damaging and slowing enemies in its path.
    • Finishing this ability grants all stacks of Spin Up and resets the cooldown of Roadie Run.
    • Pressing the button again will end Suppressing Fire early.

    STATS LEVEL 1 LEVEL 2 LEVEL 3 LEVEL 4 LEVEL 5 Crystal Ratio % Weapon Ratio %
    COOLDOWN 15 15 15 15 15 - -
    ENERGY COST 40 50 60 70 100 - -
    SLOW DURATION 1 2 2 2 3 - -
    TOTAL DAMAGE 250 370 490 610 1030 400% -

    		 Mad Cannon
    Slot: C

    SAW fires an explosive shell, dealing damage to nearby enemies when it explodes.

    STATS LEVEL 1 LEVEL 2 LEVEL 3 Crystal Ratio % Weapon Ratio %
    COOLDOWN 100 80 60 - -
    ENERGY COST 60 75 90 - -
    # SHELLS 5 7 9 - -
    MISSING HEALTH % 15% 15% 15% - -
    Crystal Damage 40 60 80 140% -

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