Glaive, he is meant to be played almost as a cross between a tank and an assassin. Fountain of Renewal or by having a designated team tank to soak damage while you wreak havoc upon the enemy.
Bloodsong also gives him passive lifesteal up to 20% which, when combined with the weapon power of this build, allows for great sustain in jungle and a heck of a long time to bring you down in a fight. Afterburn: This is probably the best gap closer in the game, and is an absolute monster at ganking the lane. When activated, it launches you in a direction of your choice, damaging all in your path. The next hit you inflict on an enemy hero will send them flying back as well as stun them. With a base energy cost of 120, try to use this sparingly in the early game. Although it is a tad difficult to master, once you do, you'll be racking up kills all day. The following are situations I normally use it in: Twisted Stroke: Glaive's second ability is practically an enhanced basic attack. Passively, it increases your critical hit chance, and when activated, it unleashes a boosted critical hit. Every time you level it up, cleave damage is increased by a percentage. Feel free to use this as often as you want, whenever you want. Bloodsong: Glaive's ultimate is not as impressive as other hero's, but nevertheless, it has the potential to deal a lot of damage. A useful feature of bloodsong is the fact that it generates stacks that boost its damage and its passive lifesteal with every basic attack you deal and receive (caps at 20). With a 16 second cooldown, you'll almost always have it available to you after level 6. One thing to consider is to try to have as many stacks as possible before heading into a teamfight. A bloodsong with 0 stacks is the most pathetic thing to witness. Additionally, the passive lifesteal gives you some nice sustain in jungle and allows to survive for longer in teamfights. Hunt the Weak:
Frostburn slow and
Bonesaw armor shred. This can absolutely devastate in teamfights since you will be doing damage to multiple people as well as apply debilitating effects to them.
Sorrowblade. When you think about it, it makes sense. The damage with both
Heavy Steel and
Six Sins is 110. With sorrowblade, it gets increased to 150. However, you will have to pay 1300 gold for an extra 40 weapon damage. You might as well buy another Six Sins, which can be built into other items to increase your weapon damage even further. This saves precious time and gold. Save Sorrowblade until you absolutely need to buy it to free up an inventory slot. Bonesaw: Shreds enemy armor by 12% and stacks five times. Armor shred diminishes an opponent's armor value temporarily, and allows your entire team to benefit from it For example, a
Catherine that has built 100 armor to counter you will get melted as she watches her armor plummet to a minuscule 40 units. Suddenly, she's not so much of a tank anymore.
Tension Bow and
Aftershock. Tension bow is better if the enemy has only one tank, since it has the guaranteed 180 burst attack while contributing to your overall damage with an extra 45 WP and 15% armor pierce. However, if the team is building a lot of health, Aftershock is the better deal since the damage it deals is 15% of their max health, which will often be higher than the 180 you would get from Tension Bow. Note that to get maximum effeciency from Aftershock, you should time out your abilities to strike when the 4 second cooldown time on the burst is finished. Tyrant's Monocle: Adds a significant boost to your already powerful af criticals. If you're playing against a really squishy team, they might as well surrender. Build first against such teams, but if they start building resistances, get Bonesaw first to tear right through it. Fountain of Renewal: Adds a little health while adding armor and lots of shield to withstand bursts. When activated, it can save you and your team from certain death. The passive also allows you to quickly recover missing health after a skirmish in the jungle. Your insane base health makes
Crucible a little overkill anyways.
Atlas Pauldron is much cheaper than
Metal Jacket. This allows you to build resists and then move on to damage as quickly as possible.
Taka), the less likely a gank will happen on your laner, giving them more time and safety to farm. Nothing is more deadly than a well-coordinated jungle team.
Ardan is a really good choice to support Glaive since he can dash out to follow an
Afterburn. This allows you to do some nasty jungle invades since he can match the aggression of Glaive's play style. Also, Afterburn can be used to smash enemies into the wall of
Gauntlet for double damage and stun.
Skaarf is an excellent choice in lane. If your teammate knows how to play him correctly, he can compensate for the lack of any significant burst damage on your team. A
Spitfire and
Goop combo melts away health at an astonishing rate. And if paired with Ardan's ultimate, he can unleash an unescapable
Dragon Breath that's guaranteed to devastate the enemy team.
Celeste also has a decent amount of burst and her crystal build varies the damage sources on your team (since you are building weapon power).
Krul with an
Ironguard Contract is surprisingly a great damage support for Glaive, provided he doesn't steal farm. Having two tanky junglers with outstanding chase capabilities (
Afterburn,
Dead Man's Rush, and
From Hell's Heart) and damage almost guarantees that you will dominate the jungle. Additionally, having two warriors in the jungle often causes confusion as to who is building damage and who is supporting. You can use this to your advantage early game as they will not know who to focus in the event of a jungle invasion. Once they realize that you are the threat, it's already too late and you've already racked up a couple of kills.
Vox is also a candidate for lane. He can do a lot of damage and has impressive mobility through the use of his first ability. If he goes with a weapon build, a
Bonesaw on the team should help regain damage lost to any built up armor.
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