Dota 2 Hero Spotlight: Nessaj the Chaos Knight
Valve Corporation and IceFrog seem to know really well what fans of Defense of the Ancients (Dota) 2. That pretty much explains why they wasted very little time to add Nessaj the Chaos Knight to the hero-roster in the free-for-play action role-playing game
(RPG).
Chaos Knight is a strength hero with an ominous presence in the battlefield. He has an advantage over the rest of the heroes in terms of movement speed, which is significantly greater than other heroes even without any movement speed items.
When playing with Chaos Knight, one ends up relying heavily on luck as two of his defining abilities have a random number generation, namely Chaos Bolt and Chaos Strike. At their maximum potential, both the abilities are devastating to say the least, but
at other times, they are pretty-much average.
One of Chaos Knight’s most crucial abilities and the reason that he will be picked in a number of games is Chaos Bolt. It is a single-target spell that, when aimed at an enemy, has the potential to stun him for duration of up to four seconds, while dealing
damage somewhere in the range of 100-275. This ability is extremely useful in initiating a gank, as well as bringing a feeling enemy to a halt and making him a sitting duck.
Chaos Knight’s second ability Reality Rift has a striking resembles to Rikimaru’s and Phantom Assassin’s Blink Strike, though with one notable difference. Instead of teleporting the hero to the targeted enemy, the ability will move both you as well as the
targeted unit towards each other. In addition, the ability will give you a 100 percent damage buff for 1.2 seconds. There is more to the ability that will be revealed when we talk about his ultimate.
His third ability, Chaos Strike, is a critical strike, making it possible for Chaos Knight to deal a huge amount of damage while dealing a physical hit. With 10 percent chance to deal three-times the damage that he deals on his normal hit, the passive ability
indeed strikes fears into the hearts of his enemies.
Nessaj’s ultimate is called Phantasm, an aptly named ability that, when activated, summons three images for 24 seconds at its highest level. One thing that makes these images unique from that of Terrorblade or other heroes is the fact that these images deal
100 percent damage, though they will take 200 percent damage. These damages are extremely powerful and can bring down a tower with apparent ease. The ultimate also ends up confusing the enemy by creating a jumble of Chaos Knight look-alikes, grating him a
slight advantage in form of deception.
One thing to note is that Chaos Knight’s ultimate has a strong synergy with his other skills, especially Chaos Bolt and Reality Rift. Summoning up to three images at the ability’s maximum level, it will be so much easier to lay an enemy to waste by striking
him with Chaos Bolt, preventing him from moving as much as a muscle. Aside from that, the Reality Rift ability moves Chaos Knight as well as his images in the 1400 Area of Effect (AoE) to the targeted enemy in a blink of an eye, instantly bringing him within
striking range.
Chaos Knight is indeed a powerful hero to play with, though he is best left for the advanced players.
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