Rona, simply put is a Beast. You can easily change a battle for the better. She can be an effective lane player or jungle player, however mostly leaning on the jungle early game. She has strength enough to start off jungle farming solo. Your best bet when playing Rona is to get ahead early. She has incredible late game potential. When solo jungle farming she easily progresses quickly. While fighting enimies she can ( depending on circumstances) typically go 2v1. And if you get good with her the real Beast shows when you go 3v1.
Rona is extremely versatile. She doesn't really have a problem taking on any opponents. IF you're good, very aware, and ahead in the game ( whether by level early game, or overall gold / skills late game )
Rona is a character where you need to know your opponents and their limits, as well as your own limits. This is hard to grasp at first. Play a few games, use this guide, find out what works well for you. Above all learn to effectively play the game. Doesn't matter if you're utterly a failure at playing Rona, if you tough out some bad games, but learn to play effectively it won't matter which character you change to you will become better.
When starting a match your first purchase is your Crystal Power ( Crystal Bit item) after buying this go straight for the jungle. ( buying a Heath potion is option, I almost never do. If it makes you feel safer go for it) Jungle strategy I stick with is simple, farm from your base to the middle( I use jump to get over wall between middle enimies for efficeny). Rinse Wash and Repeat.Keep farming jungle until you have about 1000-1500 gold. Your next purchase is one often skipped, however it is extremely important. You absolutely must buy tier two boots. With out this, you can lose some speed in jungle farming. Definitely lose your mobility and alround beastlyness. Buying boots early allows you to buy and forget about needing them, helps you move around quicker, recover from accidentally deaths ( your own death or even your teammates when you jump to lane to cover for a dead team) After this go right back to jungle farming, and if you haven't noticed yet the key to playing a good Robe is sucsessful jungle farming. It keeps you ahead of your enimies, you occasionally help in lane when needed but you need to stay in the jungle as long as possible. Head to the middle shop to pick up your next upgrades once you have 1500-2000+ gold, your next purchase will be the items which bring you closer to your first tier 3 Eye of the Harvest. This bring Rona survive illite through the roof, especially when you start going into unfair fights. After this purchase return to your established pattern, Jungle farming and once you get 1500-2000+ gold return to the shop for your next tier three goal. Your next tier 3 goal is Frostburn, this keeps your foes around to receive the full brute force of the Beast. Once again after buying return to your pattern. (Jungle farming till 1500-2000+ gold then go shopping) Your third and final " set in stone" purchase is alternating current, this adds a big damage bonus as well as a great attack speed bonus. Alround increasing your immensely Beastly powers. After your purchases return to your pattern. Once you saved up again you will choose your next tier 3 by what you need.
Here the choices are as follows :
Need: damage to non hero targets ( ie opponents getting kraken)
Tier 3 choice : Aftershock
Need: increase survive/ protection ( look at opponents builds and pick most effective)
Tier 3 choice: Aegis( Crystal builds- blue) Atlas Paulsrons( attack speed builds-red or blue( look at the skills but most likely a red build)) Coat of plates ( Weapon builds- red)
Need: more damage against enemy heroes( for some reason your beastly powers aren't working or the enemy has immensely defensive builds)
Tier 3 choice: Shatterglass( for utter brute force) Broken Myth( allow your beastly strikes to cut through defenses)
Finally when your able to and have extra gold it's a good idea to have a chronograph on hand as you can use you abilities more. And when you get around to it you can upgrade to your tier 3 boots, however I rarely find the need to and the game usually ends before then.
That's basically all you need to know to effectively play Rona. Experiment a little an find out what works best for you. Remember Rona is a good alround character if you play her well. Stay aware while playing, utilize oppourtunities, and don't be afraid to run from bad fights, also the element of surprise is huge its your greatest ally ( regardless of the character you play) you will play better if you get the drop on your enimies and not the other way around. Don't forget ( once you get the hang of things) You're a BEAST.
Finally, Remember: "North is always forward"
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