Valir: Best build, Counters
Role: Mage · Lane: Mid Lane
Heir to Fire Throat, fire mage.
Valir – Best build
Items
Demon Shoes
Arcane Boots
Glowing Wand
Ice Queen Wand
Concentrated Energy
Wishing Lantern
Emblem
Mage
Talents
Vitality
Festival of Blood
Impure Rage
Battle spell
Flicker
Flameshot
Valir – Pro build
Claw Kun · Team Vamos
Blood Wings
Divine Glaive- Wishing Lantern
- Ice Queen Wand
- Glowing Wand
Magic Shoes
Basic Common Emblem- Festival of Blood
- Impure Rage
Inspire- Flicker
S A N Z · ONIC
Lightning Truncheon
Brute Force Breastplate- Wishing Lantern
- Ice Queen Wand
- Glowing Wand
- Magic Shoes
- Basic Common Emblem
- Impure Rage
- Festival of Blood
- Inspire
- Flicker
Killuaa · ONIC
Genius Wand- Divine Glaive
- Wishing Lantern
- Ice Queen Wand
- Glowing Wand
- Magic Shoes
- Basic Common Emblem
- Inspire
- Festival of Blood
- Impure Rage
- Flicker
Moreno · Bigetron by Vitality
- Wishing Lantern
- Concentrated Energy
- Ice Queen Wand
- Glowing Wand
- Arcane Boots
- Demon Shoes
- Custom Mage Emblem
- Festival of Blood
- Vitality
- Impure Rage
- Flicker
- Flameshot
Valir – Counters
Weak against (counters)
Valir is countered by agile Assassins like Lancelot and Fanny because they can easily evade his 1st Skill.
Strong against
Valir excels in both sustained damage and Crowd Control. He counters heroes lacking mobility like Balmond and Fredrinn.
Valir – Skills
Ashing
Valir's skills apply a stack of Ablaze to enemies hit, dealing them Magic Damage equal to 1 (+0.2% Total Magic Power)% of their HP per second for 3s.
At 3 stacks, the fire detonates, dealing Magic Damage equal to 5 (+1% Total Magic Power)% of the target's HP and stunning them for 1s.
A target can only be stunned by Valir's skills once every 7s.
Burst Fireball
CD: 1.5 Mana Cost: 45
Valir launches a fireball that explodes upon hitting the first target, dealing 235 (+80% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage and slowing them by 30% for 1s. The flame on the ground explodes after 1s, dealing 118 (+40% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage.
Valir recharges 1 fireball every 9s (up to 2 charges). Hitting an enemy hero or legend creep with this skill immediately restores 1 charge, while hitting a minion restores 4s of the recharge time.
Vengeance Flame: Increases the cast range of Burst Fireball by 30%.
Searing Torrent
CD: 13 Mana Cost: 75
Valir unleashes a torrent of flames in the target direction, dealing 200 (+60% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage and knocking them back to the end of its path.
Vengeance Flame: The torrent forms a firewall at the end of its path that lasts 4s, dealing 100 (+30% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage to nearby enemies every 1s.
Enemies hit by the torrent or the firewall are slowed by 25% for 1s.
Vengeance Flame
CD: 36 Mana Cost: 100
Valir removes all debuffs on himself and gains 40% Movement Speed that decays over 3s. Meanwhile, he conjures 4 Vengeance Flames that enhance Burst Fireball and Searing Torrent for 9s.
Combo
LANING COMBOS
In the laning phase, harass enemies with Valir's 1st Skill
until their HP is low, then cast his 2nd Skill to push them back and follow up immediately with his 1st Skill for burst damage.
TEAMFIGHT COMBOS
In teamfights, activate Valir's Ultimate to enhance his skills, then blast the enemy with his 1st Skill. If the enemy tries to get close, use his 2nd Skill to push them away, and hit them with his 1st Skill for high damage.
