Claude: Best build, Counters
Role: Marksman · Lane: Gold Lane
An excellent thief who comes and goes without a trace.
Claude – Best build
Items
Demon Hunter Sword
Corrosion Scythe
Golden Staff
Tough Boots
Malefic Gun
Rose Gold Meteor
Emblem
Fighter
Talents
Swift
Festival of Blood
Quantum Charge
Battle spell
Purify
Flicker
Claude – Pro build
CW · ONIC
Wind of Nature- Malefic Gun
- Corrosion Scythe
- Golden Staff
- Demon Hunter Sword
Warrior Boots
- Custom Fighter Emblem
Thrill- Quantum Charge
Master Assassin- Purify
EMANN · Bigetron by Vitality
- Rose Gold Meteor
- Malefic Gun
- Demon Hunter Sword
- Golden Staff
- Corrosion Scythe
- Warrior Boots
- Custom Fighter Emblem
- Master Assassin
- Thrill
Brave Smite
Aegis
Domeng · Aurora Gaming PH
Windtalker- Malefic Gun
- Golden Staff
- Demon Hunter Sword
- Warrior Boots
- Corrosion Scythe
- Custom Fighter Emblem
- Thrill
- Quantum Charge
- Festival of Blood
- Purify
SUPER MARCO · Team Falcons PH
- Rose Gold Meteor
- Malefic Gun
- Tough Boots
- Golden Staff
- Corrosion Scythe
- Demon Hunter Sword
- Custom Fighter Emblem
- Festival of Blood
- Quantum Charge
- Swift
- Purify
- Flicker
Claude – Counters
Weak against (counters)
Claude is countered by heroes with powerful CC abilities. Their CC abilities will cause Claude to lose his Mobility advantage. Like Eudora and Franco.
Strong against
Claude is strong against heroes with weak CC abilities and poor Mobility, so he can easily dodge their attacks with his 2nd Skill, such as Vexana and Luo Yi.
Best partners
Claude works best with heroes who can buff him, like Angela and Faramis.
Harith46.6%
Popol and Kupa54.6%
Dyrroth49.3%
Angela50.1%
Natalia50.9%
Claude – Skills
Battle Side-by-side
Dexter assists Claude on each of his Basic Attacks, dealing 25 (+25% Total Physical Attack) Physical Damage to the same target (inherits a portion of Attack Effects).
Art of Thievery
CD: 5 Mana Cost: 35
Claude emits a disruption wave in the target direction, dealing 250 (+40% Total Physical Attack) Physical Damage to enemies in a fan-shaped area, reducing their Movement Speed by 20% and Attack Speed by 10%.
For each enemy hit, he gains 4% Movement and Attack Speed (doubled if hitting enemy heroes) for 6s (up to 5 stacks).
Battle Mirror Image
CD: 13 Mana Cost: 90
Claude conjures a mirror image of Dexter at the target location that automatically attacks nearby enemies for 5.5s. The mirror image's Basic Attacks deal 25 (+25% Total Physical Attack) Physical Damage and trigger Claude's Attack Effects.
Use Again: Claude switches places with the mirror image.
Blazing Duet
CD: 50 Mana Cost: 100
Claude and Dexter rapidly fire at nearby enemies for 3s, dealing 40 (+40% Total Physical Attack) Physical Damage to up to two enemies with each shot (counts as Basic Attack Damage). Claude also gains a 20 (+3% Total Physical Attack) shield each time the Ultimate deals damage to an enemy.
Combo
LANING COMBOS
In the laning phase, Claude can use his 1st Skill to poke the enemy, and use his 2nd Skill to close in on them when their HP is low, then use his Ultimate to kill them.
TEAMFIGHT COMBOS
In teamfights, Claude should use his 1st Skill to stack up his buff first, and look for the best opportunities to get close to enemies with his 2nd Skill, and then use his Ultimate to finish them off.
