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: This is your primary skill, and although it is valued mostly for its combos into
Torment and
Trespass, the ability by itself is a great poking tool. If you use this on two nearby enemies and you have a good poke fighter like Kestrel or Blackfeather with you, this double hook followed up by poking from your ally can recover a decent amount of your HP and inconvenience the enemy, especially if you and your teammate continue to follow and harass the targets (sometimes this can lead to a kill as well). However, please be wary of your surroundings, and make sure to flare bushes frequently, as Churnwalker does not retreat well. Trespass: In Teamfights).
: This ability is simple yet amazing (Simply Amazing haha). Use this skill to disrupt enemy movement and pull them in range for your teammates to start raining down high damage skills (this is usually useful for getting them into position for skillshots). When using this, wait until the enemy moves a moderate distance away before activating it, just so you can maximize how long they stay hooked for. Remember to follow them if necessary.
: One of my favorite abilities in the game right here. It may seem sort of bland but it's so dynamic! You can use this skill to retreat, engage, assist allies in escaping, chase down enemies, set up additional hooks, etcetera. This skill encourages creativity, and unless you like diving into the enemy sanctuary with it, there isn't a very incorrect way to use it.
Crucible, but not really). Also, if you need to stop the damage flow from the opposing team so you can disengage/re-position, using this is ideal.
Frostburn, can be pretty helpful for catching up to enemies, and the damage increase can end up being significant. Remember, though: do not build CP early game as Churnwalker! You need to be tanky as a captain, not a squishy hybrid. And, due to the fact that everyone already has little max HP at low levels, you cannot afford to be that squishy, or you'll be torn apart when fights break out. I won't really go into that much detail about the normal support items, because every support player should know how these work already. However,
Stormcrown on Churnwalker might require some explaining. It was put in this build for the cooldown reduction, for Churnwalker to deal slightly more damage while still having a lot of HP, and for the significant damage to turrets and other objectives. But, as I type this, I realize that Stormcrown is used like this for most captains. I suppose that it is a bit of an odd item, then again, so explaining it wouldn't hurt.
Slumbering Husk. When you purchase this, you'll be able to stay in the thick of fights for a longer period of time, and it can prevent you from dying early (which can ultimately spell defeat for your allies in that fight). And, chances are, if the enemy is so busy with attacking you, they're letting a lot of free damage come in from your teammates. Try not to buy this if you're already tanky enough, though, because that inventory slot could be put to much better use, in that case.
Nullwave Gauntlet (alternatively, use this on an enemy captain right before a fight breaks out, if your allies are constantly getting blocked by
Crucible). Amazingly, I almost never see people buy this item. I assume this is because players think it's used just for the item silence (which is already really strong). However, this is incorrect. Just look at the percentage damage. It's very significant! Countless times I have used this item to secure a kill and get the ace for my team. This item gives you a moderately damaging target ability with a very short cooldown, plus 25% cooldown reduction, a good amount of energy recharge, and +400 max HP. All of these things packed into one item. You would think that it would be more common on supports. I recommend purchasing this item in the mid/late game, after you finish your primary support items (like Fountain, Contraption, Stormcrown, and Crucible). Maybe buy this earlier if the enemy is giving you serious problems during fights.
Aftershock is a great item that you can't really go wrong with. It fits very well into all builds (just make sure you evaluate whether you need a separate item for that specific situation), and the damage it brings to the fight is very high, especially for Churnwalker, where
Hook & Chain gets refreshed after every successful hook. That means you can blast a hero for 45% of their health in 4.5 seconds (taking into consideration Aftershock's 1.5s cooldown). Not to mention the cooldown reduction, which allows you to act more frequently, the CP, which can help with your damage over time, and energy recharge, once again. Although energy is barely needed on Churnwalker, I have noticed that over the course of long fights, it does deplete. This can make sure you're ready to throw hooks and CC the enemy. I would suggest purchasing this mid/late game, like
Nullwave Gauntlet, after your primary items.
Atlas Pauldron, is fairly straightforward. If you have someone like
SAW on the enemy team who is shredding you or your teammates, use this to defend yourself with a bit extra armour, and activate it to protect your allies from the high DPS. Try to get in close by using
Torment and occasionally
Trespass, although I wouldn't recommend using your ult for the sole purpose of activating this though, unless the circumstances suggest it would be efficient.
Journey Boots in place of
War Treads in order to chase down enemies and keep them hooked better.
Scout Traps can cause problems, and will cause you to lose the game very frequently.
Baptiste is usually not a good idea. Sometimes, you may accidentally take your jungler's farm due to the damage over time from
Hook & Chain, which isn't terribly serious, but to avoid taking any of your ally's farm, it's best to roam with a burst-damage jungler who can take out the creatures before the DoT gets them. In preference to this, your ally might want to just strike when the monster is low enough to be killed, instead of just randomly whacking it. Think of it like a carry in lane, waiting for the perfect moment to get the last hits, only your A represents the damage from allied minions. If the carry just keeps attacking without paying attention, a friendly minion might kill the enemy minion and the carry wouldn't get the gold. Now, I'm not saying that your jungler should pause before attacking like a carry does. I'm just saying that they should be a little bit more aware than usual, so they know when to activate an ability to land the killing blow.
Churnwalker is how you get to control the battlefield so well when playing him. It's like your flowing through water, and adjusting your position depending on how strong the waves are. In this case, the waves would represent damage, enemies, position of teammates, etc. But sometimes, the waves can get way too strong and knock you out of position, if you aren't careful.
Catherine,
Koshka, and
Lance who can knock you out of position, silence, or stun you pose a serious threat. Against these types of heroes, you'll want to get
Crucible quickly, maybe even before
Stormcrown. This might not always be necessary, however, because activating
Trespass at the right time can prevent devastating abilities such as
Blast Tremor. The reason that Churnwalker is so susceptible to disruption is because he is a very ability-oriented hero. Churnwalker doesn't do that much when his abilities are momentarily shut down by a silence, and perhaps this is why his cooldowns are so low: to prevent him from being too weak. Koshka, you will encounter some issues. Since you aren't very fast as this hero, you will probably be able to use
Torment to pull back enemies who are very fast, and maybe even activating your C to stun them, then land another hook could be useful. But that's a lot of wasted time just to make sure 1 enemy doesn't get away. And, chances are when your B and C are on cooldown, they'll get away pretty easily. To remedy this problem, I would suggest getting your team to focus the fast Hook & Chain. These heroes are annoying, but aren't as huge of a threat as the stunners talked about above. Be careful and play smart when faced with these ones.
Krul,
SAW, etc. They shred your HP (particularly SAW) and it's so hard to get rid of them. Krul can jump out of a bush with
Shadows Empower Me up and make sure you never escape, due to your already low movement speed. SAW doesn't follow you as much, but when fighting him you have to make the decision of staying in the middle of the fight and getting mowed down, or retreating and allowing your foes to gain initiative. Against these characters, try to stick with your team and lock them down. When stunned or CCed, they can be finished off quite easily.
Futility of Life, so a team comp like
Joule (CP jungle) and Baron (WP lane) works pretty well. I once played a match where a Joule ult on all 3 chained enemies saved me from having to use an emergency fountain in order to avoid dying, and it also devastated all of the opponents, allowing us to easily clean up and get an ace. Krul would work well with Churnwalker, due to
Spectral Smite, but the pattern I've noticed during my testing is that the damage spread is rather insignificant. This was partly because our Kruls usually have no clue what they're doing, and I'm sure some people can make it work, but without strong cooperation these comps really don't do well in teamfights. Joule (WP jungle) and
Celeste (CP lane). Torment to pull enemies into the attacks of your teammates. This can be useful for correcting a slightly misplaced
Solar Storm or for keeping enemies in the blast from
Big Red Button.
Kestrel (WP lane) and
Alpha (CP jungle).
Termination Protocols. Combined with
Futility of Life, this is one team you really don't want to mess with.
Taka (CP jungle) and
Gwen (WP lane). Torment, and prevent dangerous stuns/CCs with his ult. Also, the high and frequent burst damage sent along the chains ends up being very powerful. Gwen is a sustain fighter that normally isn't great with Churnwalker, but she does pack some burst into her attacks, and while Taka's retreating/recovering with
Kaku, it's always necessary to have someone who can swap in while the other ally isn't ready. All of these heroes compliment each other very well, and they can back each other up with ease. This isn't a very defense-heavy team though, so be careful when fighting tankier enemies.
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