Zilong is a Fighter / Assassin class melee hero, with the ability to quickly deal a lot of damage in a short amount of time. He is one of the most mobile heroes in the game due to his ultimate, which increases his attack and movement speed.
Hero Skills
To understand Zilong's abilities, it is necessary to briefly familiarize yourself with his skills at the beginning of the match.
Passive Skill - Dragon Fire
After landing 3 basic attacks, unleash a quick combo of lightning strikes at 150% of total physical. attacks, and also restores its health at 50% of damage received.
First Skill - Spear Throw
Throws an enemy hero behind his back with a spear, causing 250 (+80% of P. Attack) P. Def. damage.
Second Skill - Spear Strike
Immediately approaches the enemy and strikes with a spear, introducing 250 (+60% Total Physical Attack) P. Def. damage and lowers his physical defense by 15 units for 2 seconds, then immediately performs a basic attack.
After killing an enemy hero, Zilong immediately recharged the skill.
Ultimate - Great Warrior
The character strengthens their body for 7.5 seconds, increases movement speed by 40%, attack speed by 45%, and becomes immune to any slow effects. While empowered passive skill Dragon Fire triggers after 2 basic attacks.
Sequence of skills in leveling
At the first level, it is worth pumping the first skill to immobilize the enemy in the event of a sharp attack. In the second - download javelin strike, but Javelin Throw etc. You should always download the ultimate whenever possible.
Best Emblem
Experienced users when playing as Zilong most often choose Assassin avatars.
Fatality - increased crit chance and damage from it.
Master Assassin - single target damage increased.
Killer feast - regains health and haste after killing an enemy.
Recommended Spells
Inspiration - will give a significant increase in attack speed and allow you to quickly kill an opponent.
Sharing - a mandatory spell to play in the forest, which reduces damage from forest monsters and increases the reward for their destruction.
Arrival - rarely used when the hero is taken for split-pushing the enemy tower and the throne.
Popular item builds
This hero is usually collected either as a pure damage killer, or as a percussion fighter with high burst damage. Depending on the choice of battle strategy, there are different popular builds.
Build for Zilong
A typical fighter's meeting for professionals looks like this:
Wind Speaker.
Walking boots.
Crimson Ghost.
Fury of the Berserker.
Blade of Despair.
Evil growl.
Killer build
There is a lot of controversy about how to collect murderer Zilong. One person puts all their gold into increased critical chance and buys Blade of Despair while the other improves vampire abilities, making the hero more durable in long solo battles.
Here is one of the most popular builds for Zilong as an assassin, optimized for maximum damage.
Boots of the Frost Hunter.
Windspeaker.
Crimson Ghost.
Fury of the Berserker.
Blade of Despair.
Evil growl.
Additional:
Blade of the Seven Seas.
Immortality.
How to play a hero
In order to successfully upgrade the hero and defeat rivals, you need to play Zilong correctly, cooperate with allies for joint ganks. He is rarely used as a solo hero, except in situations where you need to quickly push enemy towers.
Starting the game
At the start of a match, Zilong usually goes to the touchline alone, acting as a fighter. You have to carefully farm the creeps and don't fight with the enemy heroes. After reaching the second level, you can perform a quick attack (2nd skill + 1st skill) to lower the enemy's HP and immediately run back under the protection of the tower.
Some people play this character in the forest, but this strategy is rarely successful. To do this, you need to cast Retribution as a spell.
Mid game
Having reached at least level 5, you can gather with mage with and organize ganks on enemies. Zilong's first skill is able to immobilize an enemy hero for a second, allowing allies to attack him from all sides.
You need to continue calmly farming and buying equipment, trying not to engage in one-on-one combat. This is especially necessary to avoid collisions with enemy tanks that can suppress the character with control skills and expose him to the blows of his allies.
End of the game
Zilong's true power is revealed at the end of the game when he finishes 5 build items. At this point, he has great instant damage and strong vampirism, capable of defeating any enemy single-handedly.
You still need to act as a team, correctly distributing roles and entering the battle after the enemy has exhausted control skills.
Pros and cons of Zilong
Of benefit Zilong has the following parameters:
- high mobility;
- explosive damage from skills;
- the ability to quickly escape with the help of the last.
among the shortcomings the hero can be noted for a small amount of HP, weakness at the beginning of the game, weakness to control skills.
Best Ally and Worst Enemy
The best allies Worst Enemies
Any hero with high burst damage and CC skills will be a great ally for Zilong in co-op ganks.
Good tanks, like Tigrilla и Atlas, are able to suppress enemy heroes and immobilize them in a few seconds.
Among the worst enemies, you can choose any hero with powerful control skills, including tank (Tigrill, Belerick, Khufra, etc.) or magicians (Lo Yi, Aurora, Eudora and others).