Hi! Welcome to my guide! I like to make guides about the non-meta heroes/underrated heroes to make people more aware of them. Most people don't realize it, but all heroes can be strong if you use them correctly. This guide will show you how CP SAW can be OP and all the benefits of using it. This is still a WIP so it's not finished yet but I will update it as much as possible. Please leave comments about what I can do to improve it or what I should add to it and please rate it. Thanks!

Extra note: I am currently working to add a bunch of stuff to this guide, such as a ToC and a better layout. Please be patient and it will come soon! Edit: wow um I'm lazy I need to update all of my guides xP. I promise i will work on my guides more and a Kestrel(unless u want like a diff hero. might change to Lorelai) guide will be coming later! Oh and the threat positions are correct, I just need to update the descriptions

So I'm sure you have heard of being poked to death by Celeste or Skaarf before, but have you ever heard of being poked to death by SAW?!? I know, it sounds crazy, but when you look at his Suppressing Fire, you will find that he can deal almost 1000 damage without any CP items so just imagine what it would be like with a bunch of CP. In this guide, you will learn to poke people to death and to carry your team to victory. NOTE: This works in Solo Queue rank and usually works with random teammates. Also, CP SAW is super squishy early game, but is devastating late game. Don't forget to rotate and get your allies to gank the enemy laner.

P.S. The third build is just the heroes that have good synergy with SAW

[1.23] So SAW's Mad Cannon can no longer nuke the enemy vain crystal but it can still do a lot of damage. Play it safe and fight from a distance in this update. Let your allies protect you and have a tanky jungler like alpha or krul so they can soak up most of the damage.

[2.3] His attack speed per stack got reduced slightly, makes him do less damage but isn't that big of a deal and doesn't even really matter for CP. Makes it slightly harder to stutter-step for some people though.

[2.4] wow slight attack speed buff woo

[2.8] lol Healing Flask sucks, make sure to sell it by 10-15 min

[2.9] lop everyone has more health so you have to be even more careful in the way you play. Would advise a strong jungler(glaive as long as he doesn't punt people away from your skill shots, alpha, and black feather are all good) and a good roam that can protect you well like Lyra, extremely good phinns, and churnwalker sometimes(great against the poke of skaarf and celeste cause he can pull then to you and provide massive opportunities) (BTW CP is extremely hard to play this meta)

[2.11] Less Suppressing Fire damage ;-;

SAW, like all heroes, has unique abilities and can be deadly when used correctly, but first we need to break down his abilities.

Spin Up

Each basic attack increases SAW's attack speed by 25% and armor & shield by 1, but it also decreases his move speed by -0.12 (up to 12 stacks). After 3.5s without basic attacking, SAW will lose 1 stack of Spin Up every 0.2s.

SAW's heroic perk means that he attacks faster with each stack of Spin Up and receives a stack every time he hits someone with an AA. He will also become slower with each stack too, so you won't be very mobile so you'll have to watch out. The stacks also give you a bit of armor/shield, something that most people don't know, and it will be pretty helpful early game and help a bit against ganks.

Roadie Run

SAW sprints & switches to a melee combat knife. If SAW attacks someone, he will deal bonus damage based on the target's missing health & roll backwards. Activating this ability clears all stacks of Spin Up. Crystal will boost the speed, up to a maximum of +3.2.

Roadie Run basically turns him into a melee hero for a short time, gives him move speed, and most importantly, removes all his stacks of spin up. This allows him to quickly get away from teamfights or quickly get into one. You can easily kill someone with about 25% health or less left bc of AS and then you will roll backwards. You can even roll through walls! You can use this trick to get away from chasing enemies by hitting the jungle monsters and then using your A. This seems hard at first, but gets easier after you know the tricks to it. SO in order to roll through a small wall, the creep/enemy hero has to be pretty close to the wall you are trying to go through, run toward the creep/hero from the place you are trying to go through and shank them. Voila! you have successfully traveled through a wall. Just remember that although traveling through walls is cool and is great for escaping, it is really hard to do it on purpose so just don't try to do this all the time, it isn't worth it unless you really need to. NOTE: the destination on the wall roll has to be past the wall in order to go through it so you have to be pretty close to the wall for this to work.
PS you can use this ability when you respawn to get to the lane faster but don't use it when the enemies are near you third turret or inside your base because then you have to wait for it to cooldown and you won't get as much damage off it.

Suppressing Fire

SAW fires a hurricane of bullets in a set direction for 2 seconds, damaging and slowing enemies in its path. Finishing this ability grants all stacks of Spin Up and resets the cooldown of Roadie Run. Deal reduced damage to turrets if out of range.

SAW's B will make him fire in a direction for 2 seconds, but while those 2 seconds, you can't move at all so this will make you vulnerable to attacks/ganks so you want to be careful about where you use it. This ability does a ton of damage, slows them so your allies can catch up to them, gives you all 12 stacks of Spin Up, and resets the cooldown of Roadie Run. Important! You won't get the stacks or the CD reset if you are stunned out of it so you'll wanna watch out for that. In lane, you will want to try and use this to poke the enemy laner and hit the minions at the same time, because during late game, this ability can effectively clear out a giant wave of minions and you will deal ~1000 damage to the enemy laner if they stay in it. (Typically, you will deal ~500-800 damage to the enemy laner)

SAW loads explosive shells into his gun which deal additional damage based on the target's missing health. The shells also deal splash damage based on the amount of crystal power SAW has. This explosive ammo fires 36% slower and grants 2 stacks of Spin Up.

No one can stop you if you use this right. I have aced the enemy team by myself with an afk teammate before because of this ability. (Note that you have to have at allies protecting you or you will be bursted down when you use your Suppressing Fire) You can burst down the laner and the jungler with this and the roamer will not stand a chance. Even though you will attack slower with this, you still shoot faster than normal bc of your passive. This can heal over 500 health back with eve if you use all your abilities. You have to max out this ability because you will get more Mad Cannon stacks and deal more damage with them. Tip: if an enemy is right next to you,(like an Ardan or Blackfeather) shank them, use your Suppressing Fire, and then activate Mad Cannon and they should be dead before you use up all of your stacks(unless it's a Krul. Don't let him get full weakness stacks). If you have any leftover stacks, it's ok to use them on minions cause you should have short CD times but your Suppressing Fire should kill all of them if you really want to save your stacks.

So you read about his abilities and now you have the general gist of how he's supposed to be played. He's supposed to mainly play it safe and poke the enemy team so you can get an advantage in the next teamfight while your allies protect you. You are extremely vulnerable while you are using your Suppressing Fire so you want to be very careful and not be rash with your abilities. CP SAW is a lot harder to play than WP simply because you need to be extremely skilled with your abilities in order to be effective and not just tap an enemy and occasionally tap other buttons/stutter step. You need to know when to use which ability and decide whether or not to engage. You need to have good decision making and that is the difference between a loss and a win (good allies and an Eve of Harvest also help).

Reflex is an important part of this build, you will typically need a reflex for most battles, if you can't reflex block anything then you're doomed. You can try practicing reflex blocking someone as a roam, cuz you need to heal allies with foutain/block aoe with crucible/atlas enemies. I suggest playing cath cuz she is easiest to play but don't be like a noob cath that wastes silences/stuns everything.

IMPORTANT!! YOU WILL BE SQUISHY AND PRETTY WEAK EARLY GAME UNTIL YOU GET AN EVE AND DEFENSE. YOU WILL RECOVER SO MUCH HEALTH WITH EVE AND BLOCK STUNS WITH REFLEX, THIS ITEM IS A MUST! GET IT AS FIRST-THIRD T3 ITEM AND GET REFLEX EARLY GAME!

Amplifies damage and pierces shield Allows you to actually kill people and do tons of damage. A must for every CP hero.

Lifesteal will save your life since you do so much damage. This item is a must. Heals you when you use abilities so you aren't as squishy. Allows you to make riskier/more aggressive plays

For that extra burst damage with your A. Only if you need extra burst/a bit more heal. Otherwise, I would get Clockwork since it amplifies your damage. Burst/some heal with your A. Great for killing high health roams like Catherine (when her shield's not up) and Ardan

Gives a bunch of CD and amplifies crystal damage. For ability spam and extra damage.

Short reflex block cooldown and shield. Shortest reflex block CD and a ton of shield for those CP heroes like Celeste, Skaarf, and Skye

Sometimes you will need another reflex block/need to protect your allies from AOE like Adagio when your roam is too noob to get one. When there are 2 important things to reflex block, like an Ardan ult and Koshka stun. Also whenever you need more health

Armor to protect yourself from WP heroes. Armor. That's it

Boots, CD, and energy. 3 sec sprint to get away. Don't use to engage unless you are absolutely sure that you will win the teamfight.

This is it for now, let me know if you want anything added or if you want another guide published!

Q: Why are all the heroes so high up on the threat list???
A: Cause it takes a ton of skill to play SAW correctly and you are extremely vulnerable/squishy, especially when going cp(You're literally a glass cannon cause Mad Cannon + Shatterglass xD). A lot of players tend to be overaggressive and die often, thus making SAW useless late game. You cannot let them get fed and have to be playing extremely well in order to win(unless your enemies suck).

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