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Hello, VainGlory players! It's me, GalacticAttorney. You might remember me from my 'Krul the Ripper' build I put up a little while ago. Well, I discovered another amazing build for a character I've always liked but have never been able to play: Glaive.
Glaive is a monster in combat. He can focus on one target in particular while hitting others around him with his axe swings, and he can even push an enemy toward his teammates or to a desired spot with
Afterburn. This build in particular helps capitalize on his hidden power while still keeping you strong.
Welcome to
Titanium Axe Glaive.
Sharpening the Axe (Abilities) Top
Glaive's abilities are all very useful, but you'll find yourself wanting to use
Afterburn the most. This move allows you to rush forward in a targeted direction and gain some movement speed afterward, but this move's most useful effect is the stun that can be applied to any opponent you basic attack after using
Afterburn. You'll use this move a lot in strategically maneuvering yourself and your opponents, so we're going to max it.
Twisted Stroke has both a passive and an active ability. It passively increases crit chance along with damage of area of effect (AOE) cleave attacks, and its active ability instantly executes a critical attack. This means any foes around you can be hit in the cleave, which is incredibly useful if you're surrounded or squaring off with a squishy character.
Bloodsong is a very good move if you're chasing a ranged fighter or if you just need to bring the pain big time. This move builds up stacks on Glaive as he gives or takes basic attacks; the stacks increase lifesteal. Activating
Bloodsong consumes all these stacks, but deals an incredibly high damage in a wide AOE. It has some finishing lag to the attack animation, though, so be careful.
You Are The Weapon (Items) Top
Here I'll go over the items in the order you should build them.
Sorrowblade: This is what you should go for first, which is why the spawn purchase includes
Weapon Blade. Despite the cost, this item is well worth the painstaking buildup of gold as it skyrockets your damage. Tip: Farming with your jungle teammate can produce lots of gold quickly, especially if they've got an
Ironguard Contract.
Journey Boots: This is necessary so you can get to where you're needed or where you want to go without lumbering slowly over. Also helpful for escaping fights after using
Afterburn.
Tornado Trigger: An obvious choice for Glaive, this increases his already fast attack speed by 75% and increases crit chance even more, making it a very useful tool.
Bonesaw: Bonesaw bolsters both Weapon Power and Attack Speed, which is incredibly useful for racking up both damage and
Bloodsong stacks during fights. Helps a lot with farming too.
Clockwork: This reduces cooldown time for abilities, meaning you can pull off
Afterburn more often during combat.
Crucible: While this item can be swapped out for other desirable ones (look in the item tab describing this) , Crucible is most likely your best bet since as can shield all your teammates if they're close by; useful for teamfights and for increasing your health.
Action Axe (Playstyle) Top
Once the match starts, what you will want to do is head into the jungle with your jungle teammate (works best if they have an
Ironguard Contract) and do some good old fashioned farming. Let them get the first hit and make sure you get the killing blow so gold received is maximized between the two of you. A good teammate for this approach is
Fortress.
After you've gotten to
Tornado Trigger you can start to bring the pain to them. Get a little pushier with your roaming of the jungle but keep your jungle teammate close by just in case. Take the minion mine, do some more farming, help out your laner, and eventually you'll find yourself at the Kraken spawn time. Find the enemy, take them out, and best the Kraken for an almost assured victory.
Brotherhood of the Axe (Useful Teammates) Top
I've discovered some useful teammates to have on your side with this build. Let me elaborate.
Fortress is very efficient in backing up Glaive. He's a good farming partner and his wolf minion summon (
Attack of the Pack) can help find hiding enemies so you can go in and
Afterburn them towards your team. Plus, his bleeding stacks get along perfectly with
Bloodsong stacks.
SAW is a powerful ranged character that pairs nicely with this Glaive build. Once he's got full
Spin Up stacks you can
Afterburn the foe laner (or any opponent) towards him so SAW can let them have it while you join in the beatdown yourself.
Ringo's
Achilles Shot can slow down the target, meaning you can catch up to them easier and
Afterburn them towards your team.
Using
Afterburn on a foe and knocking them towards your ally Taka allows him to hit them hard with his burst abilities, weakening them a lot before the stun wears off.
Celeste's stun ability combos with
Afterburn's stun nicely, as she can stop the foe in their tracks with hers and you can knock them right back with yours.
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