How to counter lifesteal and burst damage + general gameplay tips by Lantean

Armour and shield

Light Armor Coat of Plates Metal Jacket
Armour greatly reduces damage from basic attacks and red items

Light Shield Kinetic Shield Aegis
Shield greatly reduces damage from abilities and blue items


Terms:

Gank: surprise attacking out of a bush
-junglers should Gank the enemy carry after killing all the monsters in their jungle

Kiting: keeping at max range/drawing a monster in a chosen direction by basic attacking then moving away in quick succession
-most useful for laners to keep at maximum range and stay safe
-also useful for captains and junglers moving the miner/Kracken into their triangle bush

Krulls, Ozos and Alphas can sometimes seem invincible, regening their lost health almost instantly.
But what if I told you that one simple item can midigate you problem!

Poisoned Shiv
Every two attacks apply mortal wound for 2 seconds

What does this mean?
Targets affected by mortal wounds take 33% less healing and get 33% less barrier

This is like instantly deleting 33% of an enemy’s health if they are relying solely on lifesteal to keep them alive, which allows you damage to “stick” to your target and whittle away their health 33% faster!

Spellfire
Before update 2.9, crystal power builds didn’t really have a way to apply mortal wounds, but update 2.9 introduced the spellfire item that applies mortal wounds using Crystal power!

!Warning! From my experience, Spellfire only applies mortal wounds and damage over time (DOT) if an ability deals the CP damage, and won’t apply mortal wounds if a basic attack deals the CP damage.

It’s still gud tho

#1 Incessantly ping the burst damage hero so your more-often-than-not stupid teammates will kill them.
Usually they have no defence items and will die almost instantly under the combined onslaught of 3 heroes.

If the enemy burst hero invests in defence items to counter this, problem solved!

If any one hero on your team is below half health, it’s probably best NOT to ingage. They will melt and die, and then you won’t be able to kill the enemy burst hero in time.

#2 If the enemy burst hero builds Weapon(red) items, buy armour.
If the enemy burst hero builds Crystal(blue) items, buy shield.

Buying health boosting items can help supplement armour and shield as the damage resistance from the armour and shield applies to all of your health.

Buy armour/Shield BEFORE getting health boost items

[Gank] using bushes to get close to the enemy laner and bursting them down.

-Kracken and Miner
ALWAYS Kite the Kracken or miner into your triangle bush (not the bushes next to jungle shop or the enemie’s triangle bush)

Generally if Kracken or miner is below 75% heath and not in your triangle bush you would break off your attack or risk the enemy last hitting the kracken and stealing it

Also before taking Kracken or miner ALWAYS have vision in both triangle bushes so the enemy doesn’t steal the kracken by getting in the last hit

If your team I smart your laner will periodically pop into the lane and farm to keep the enemy unsuspicious