Guide to Omniknight 7.31

Omniknight was not weak even before patch 7.31 - his win rate was consistently above the 52% mark. That's just the hero almost no one took. Valve decided to increase the interest of the community in the character and reworked his abilities: Degen Aura is now a bonus from Aghanim's Shard, and Hammer of Purity has become a regular spell. This allowed the hero to build his lane in a completely different way.

Now Omniknight has become an incredibly unpleasant character for opponents at the start of the match: a five-second cooldown and low mana costs (and the hero has more due to the increase in basic attributes) allow him to almost constantly use Hammer of Purity, slowing down enemies and digging into them, knocking out resources. Now Omniknight doesn't need 10 Mango to be comfortable in the lane, he can play aggressively and pressure opponents. This was also facilitated by the change to Heavenly Grace, which now works on Omniknight itself when cast on an ally.

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Changes in 7.31

• Cast range increased from 500 to 700
• No longer increases status resistance
• Now when cast on an ally also works on the owner
• Strength and Health regen bonus now increases by 3/4/5/6 per debuff dispelled

• No longer a normal ability

• Now a normal ability
• Mana cost: 50/60/70/80
• No longer an attack modifier
• Cast Range: 350
• Projectile Speed: 1200
• Delay before application: 0.3 seconds
• Damage changed from 60 + 115% of wearer's base damage to 50/75/100/125 + 60/70/80/90% of wearer's base damage
• No longer reduces damage dealt by the target
• Now slows the target by 14/22/30/38%
• Effect duration increased from 4 to 5 seconds

• Aghanim's Scepter no longer grants health regeneration
• Aghanim's Scepter now grants +40% Status Resistance

Purification

• The crosshair of the pointer must highlight the allied creature.

• Despite visual effects, damage is dealt instantly to all enemies in a radius around the target.

Heavenly Grace

• Applies a strong dispel on the target when cast.

• Heavenly Grace first applies the buff, then the dispel.

• The extra strength gives the target 160/320/480/640 health, 0.8/1.6/2.4/3.2 health regen (and 8/16/24/32 damage for strength heroes).

• Restores up to 80/120/160/200 (180/220/260/300) health over the duration.

• Resistance to effects is added according to the law of diminishing utility with other sources of resistance.

Hammer of Purity

The Hammer of the Hero fires flames at the target to slow them down and deal pure damage based on their base attack damage.

Share of base damage: 60.0%/70.0%/80.0%/90.0%

guardian angel

Summons a guardian angel that fully protects allies from physical damage.

Degen Aura

Requires Aghanim's shard

Learning abilities

Talents

Omniknight is a flexible hero and must adapt to the opponents.

50 damage at level 10 is a lot, but we will rarely hit the enemy. The right talent gives us the ability to constantly hang Heavenly Grace on an ally, and at the same time on ourselves. Therefore, we take the right talent.

At level 15, the choice of talent depends on the pace of the game. If the enemies often force fights and there is a lot of physical damage at their peak, you need to take the left talent.

At level 20, everything is simple, then we strengthen the second skill. Right Talent.

At level 25, on a support, we take additional healing/damage from the first skill, in combination with talents for 15 to reduce cooldown, it looks very strong.

Items

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Drum of Endurance gives Omniknight a much-needed presence in teamfights with an active ability and will be improved later..

Solar Crest is one of the best support items, primarily for the buff it gives to team carries; if this is used on carries in every fight, they will be significantly stronger and harder to defeat.

Aether Lens allows Omniknight to do whatever he needs from a greater distance, which is important for a support character.

Boots of Bearing takes this one step further by also significantly speeding up the team, and it helps that they are an update to Tranquil Boots and Drum of Endurance.

Lotus Orb gives Omniknight a secondary dispel, and this extra buff is highly valued by team carries.

Orb of Venom is a good lane aggro item.

Blink Dagger allows Omniknight to keep his position in the fight.

The Aeon Disk is perfect if the enemies are trying to kill Omniknight early in the fight, but the cooldown is high and countered by dispels like the rest of the Omniknight set

Shiva's Guard and other aura items like Wraith Pact are great, but Omniknight's support might not be strong enough to support their effects.

Scythe of Vyse is a strong disable for a hero who doesn't have it, but it's incredibly expensive, especially for a support and a hero who isn't naturally a very fast farmer.

Gameplay

Coming to the lane, you need to immediately start spamming 3 skills to knock out resources from the enemy. Next, just make sure that our carry does not die. We hang on it, if necessary, 2 skills and in parallel with this we continue to use 3 to inflict increased damage to enemies. In principle, the whole game we have to run after position 1 or 2 and give it a second skill, additionally giving them a heal from the first skill.

Best Bundles

Omniknight reveals even more if he has a strong core enforcer in the team. Huskar with a 2 skill buff becomes a killing machine, Bristleback and Primal Beast can be added to this list.

Omniknight is also a counter pick for the following heroes: