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Diving into the Mind of Cowbuttzex

By on August 13, 2010 4:56:50 PM from Demigod Forums Demigod Forums

OMG_ZEX

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  • A complete anthology of all of my builds with no explanations because I am lazy. Work in Progress.

ASSASSINS

ROOK

The original that I have used sence the begining of time:

  • 1.Towers
  • 2.Archers
  • 3.save
  • 4.Tower 2
  • 5.Boulder 1/ Tower of Light
  • 6.Slam
  • 7.Slam
  • 8.Slam
  • 9.Save
  • 10.Slam 4/Boulder 2
  • 11.Treb hat
  • 12.Towers 3
  • 13.Towers 4
  • 14. Save
  • 15. Poison Arrows/dizzying force
  • 16. boulder 3
  • 17-19. God Strength
  • 20. Stat

Items:

  • Favor: Crimson/blood
  • 1. banded 7. Narmoths ring
  • 2. Skaled Helm 6. Plenor
  • 3. unbreakables
  • 4. Vlemish
  • 5. Nimoth
  • 8. Orb of defiance

Speed Rook ZOMG THE EPICNESS:

  • 1.Towers 1
  • 2. Archers
  • 3. Slam1
  • 4. Slam2
  • 5. Tower of Light
  • 6. Boulder
  • 7. Slam 3
  • 8. Treb hat
  • 9. Save
  • 10. Boulder 2/ Slam 4
  • 11-12. God Strength
  • 13-14. Save
  • 15. Dizzying Force/Poison Arrows/Boulder 3
  • 16.God Strength
  • 17-20. Stats

Items:

  • Favor: Anklet
  • 1. Boots of Speed 7. J-boots
  • 2. Banded Armor
  • 3. Skaled Helm 6. Plenor
  • 4. Vlemish
  • 5. Unbreakables

Try to carry a gadget for extra LULZ

Structural Transfer MAGNUS's build rip off:

  • 1. Towers 1
  • 2. Archers
  • 3. Structural Transfer
  • 4. Towers 2
  • 5. Boulder
  • 6. Tower of Light
  • 7. Towrers 3
  • 8. treb hat
  • 9. Structural Transfer
  • 10. towers 4
  • 11. Boulder 2
  • 12. Transfer
  • 13. Transfer
  • 14. Save
  • 15. Poison Arrows/ Boulder 3
  • 16. Energizer (just because this is structural transfer dammit)
  • 17-20. Slam

Items:

  • Favor: Staff of Renewal
  • 1. Banded 7. Narmoths Ring
  • 2. Skaled 6. Plenor
  • 3. Unbreakables
  • 4. Vlemish
  • 5. Nimoth Chest
  • 8. Orb

Normal Tower Whoring Rook that everyone plays and is incredibly unoriginal:

  • 1. Towers
  • 2. Archers
  • 3. Save
  • 4. Towers
  • 5. boulder/ Tower of Light
  • 6. slam
  • 7. towers
  • 8. Treb
  • 9. Save
  • 10. Towers boulder 2
  • 11-13.  Slam 2-4
  • 14. Save
  • 15. Poison arrows/ dizzying Force
  • 16. Boulder 3
  • 17-19. God Strength
  • 20. Whatever

Items:

  • Favor: Crimson
  • 1. Banded 7. Narmoth's ring
  • 2. Skaled Helm 6. Plenor
  • 3. unbreakables
  • 4. Vlemish
  • 5. Nimoth Chest 8. j-boots
  • ???

No Shoulders:

  • 1. Towers 1
  • 2. Slam 1
  • 3. Save
  • 4. Towers 2/ Slam 2
  • 5. Boulder 1
  • 6. Save
  • 7. Towers 3/ Slam 3
  • 8. Save
  • 9. Save
  • 10. Towers 4/ Slam 4/ Boulder 4
  • 11. Archers
  • 12. Tower of Light
  • 13. Treb hat
  • 14. Save
  • 15. Poison Arrows/ Dizzying Force
  • 16. Boulder 3
  • 17-19. God Strength
  • 20. Whatever.

Items:

  • Favor: Blade of the Serpant
  • 1. Banded/ Pot/ TP
  • 2.Unbreakables
  • 3.Nimoth chest
  • 4.Vlemish
  • 5.Narmoth's Ring

Note: if you are running oom before cooldowns with blade get vlem, if you are not then more hp the better.

Slam Rook

  • 1. Towers 1
  • 2. Shoulders
  • 3. Slam 1
  • 4. Slam 2
  • 5. Shoulders
  • 6. Boulder 1
  • 7. Slam 3
  • 8. Treb Hat
  • 9. Save
  • 10. Slam 4, Boulder 2
  • 11. God Strength 1
  • 12. God Strength 2
  • 13. Save
  • 14. Save
  • 15. Boulder 3, Slam 5, Poison Arrows
  • 16. God Strength
  • 17-20 Stats

Items:

  • Favor: Blood
  • 1. Scalemail 7. Nimoth Chest
  • 2. Skaled helm 4. Vlemish/ plenor
  • 3. Banded 8. J-boots/narmoths ring
  • 5. Unbreakables
  • 6. Vlemish/plenor

Note: Most desirable when laned with Sedna on HP lane. Very good versus tower rooks.

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UNCLEAN BEAST

Cow's world famous OOOOOOOOOOOOZEEEEEEEEE Beast (or as playground and dice previously called it OMGWTFBBQ BEAST):

  • 1. Ooze
  • 2. Inner Beast
  • 3. Diseased Claws
  • 4. Ooze 2
  • 5. grasp
  • 6. Inner Beast 2
  • 7. Ooze 3
  • 8. Inner Beast 3
  • 9. Stats
  • 10. Ooze 4
  • 11. Stats
  • 12. Stats
  • 13. Stats
  • 14. Stats
  • 15. Acclimation
  • 16. Stats
  • 17-20. Bestile Wrath

Note: with this build you can reach 10,000 hp by level 12 without artifacts and no sigil.

Version 2: Wrath Build:

  • 1. Ooze
  • 2. inner Beast
  • 3. Diseased Claws
  • 4. Ooze
  • 5. grasp
  • 6. Inner Beast 2
  • 7. Ooze 3
  • 8. Inner Beast 3
  • 9. Bestile Wrath
  • 10. Ooze 4
  • 11. Wrath
  • 12. Wrath
  • 13. Wrath
  • 14. Save
  • 15. Unrelenting Wrath/ Acclimation
  • 16-20. Stats

Items:

  • Favor: Blood
  • 1. Banded
  • 2. Scalemail 6. Narmoth's Ring
  • 3. unbreakables
  • 4. Nimoth Chest
  • 5. Heuberk of Life

Other items: Orb, Gadget, Artifact shop Pots purple+green for chain potting, sigil.

DEMON ASSASSIN

Ability spam/speed build:

  • 1. warp strike 1
  • 2. spine 1
  • 3. save
  • 4. warp strike 2/ spine 2
  • 5. swap
  • 6. save
  • 7. warp strike 3/ spine 3
  • 8. Demon Speed
  • 9. Save
  • 10. warp strike 4/ spine 4
  • 11. Demon Speed
  • 12. Demon Speed
  • 13. Elusiveness
  • 14. Elusiveness
  • 15. Deadly Warp
  • 16. Elusiveness
  • 17. Assassin Speed
  • 18-20. never played a game that went this long with DA

Items:

  •  Favor: Blood
  • 1.Banded / pot and tp 7. J-boots
  • 2. Skaled helm 6. vlemish facegaurd
  • 3. Nature Rekoning
  • 4. Unbreakables
  • 5. Nimoth chest / vlemish facegaurd (depends on your level you might be running oom so replace skaled with vlem)

Note: Try to carry a gadget for extra LULZ

Auto Attack:

  • 1. Precision 1
  • 2. Spine attack
  • 3. Demon Speed
  • 4. Precision 2
  • 5. Swap
  • 6. Spine attack 2
  • 7. Precision 3
  • 8. Demon Speed 2
  • 9. Demon Speed 3
  • 10. Precision 4
  • 11. Spine attack 3
  • 12. Elusiveness 1
  • 13. Elusiveness 2
  • 14. Elusiveness 3
  • 15. Assassin Speed
  • 16. Spine attack 4
  • 17. Swap 2
  • 18. Swap 3
  • 19. Stats
  • 20. Stats

Items:

  • Favor: Blood/ Mards Hammer/ Bots
  • 1. Banded 7. J-boots
  • 2. Gaunlets of Brutality 5. Slayers Wraps
  • 3. Natures Rekoning
  • 4. Unbreakables
  • 6. Nimoth Chest

Note: Gadgets ftw.

 TORCH BEARER

Hybrid:

  • 1. Rain of Ice 1
  • 2. Fireball 1
  • 3. Save
  • 4. Rain of Ice 2/ Fireball 2
  • 5. Ice Nova 1
  • 6. Save
  • 7. Rain of Ice 3/ Fireball 3
  • 8. Deep Freeze 1
  • 9. Save
  • 10. Rain of Ice 4/ Fireball 4
  • 11. Deep Freeze 2
  • 12. Deep Freeze 3
  • 13. Deep Freeze 4
  • 14. Save
  • 15. Biting Chill/ Fire and Ice
  • 16. Permafrost 1
  • 17. Permafrost 2
  • 18. Permafrost 3
  • 19. Ice nova 2
  • 20. Ice nova 3

Note: There is an incredible amount of ways to deviate from my build. The most obvious would be to tech Fire Nova and Fire Aura over the ice skills after level 15.

Items:

  • Favor: Blade of the Serpant (duh)
  • 1.Banded/ pot/ tp
  • 2.unbreakables
  • 3.nimoth chest
  • 4.boots of speed
  • 5.heuberk

Fire:

  • 1. Fire circle 1
  • 2. Fireball 1
  • 3. Fire Aura 1
  • 4. Fireball 2
  • 5. Fire Nova 1
  • 6. Fire aura 2
  • 7. Fireball 3
  • 8. Fire Aura 3
  • 9. save
  • 10. Fire ball 4 / Fire nova 2
  • 11. Fire circle 2
  • 12. Fire circle 3
  • 13. Fire circle 4
  • 14. save
  • 15. Inspirational Flame/ Fire Nova 3
  • 16-20. Stats

Items:

  • Favor: Blood
  • 1. Banded/ pot/ tp
  • 2. Unbreakables
  • 3. Vlemish Facegaurd
  • 4. Nimoth Chest
  • 5. Heuberk of Life

Note: Pretty well known build nothing special.

Dagger Ice:

  • 1. Rain of Ice 1
  • 2. Permafrost 1
  • 3. Deep Freeze 1
  • 4. Rain of Ice 2
  • 5. Permafrost 2
  • 6. Ice Nova 1
  • 7. Rain of Ice 3
  • 8. Permafrost 3
  • 9. Deep Freeze 2
  • 10. Rain of Ice 4
  • 11. Deep Freeze 3
  • 12. Deep Freeze 4
  • 13. Stats
  • 14. Stats
  • 15. Biting Chill
  • 16. Stats
  • 17. Stats
  • 18. Stats
  • 19. Ice nova 2
  • 20. Stats

Items:

  • Favor: Poison Dagger
  • 1. Banded/ pot/ tp
  • 2. Skaled helm 4. Vlemish Facegaurd
  • 3. Unbreakables
  • 5. Boots of Speed 7. Journeyman's Treads
  • 6. Nimoth Chest

Note: Constant form dancing is a must for the damage and + mana regen.

 REGULUS

Snipe Harrass:

  • 1. Snipe
  • 2. Mines
  • 3. Scope
  • 4. Snipe 2
  • 5. Tracking Bug
  • 6. Mines 2
  • 7. Snipe 3
  • 8. Mark 1
  • 9. Save
  • 10. Snipe 4 Mark 2
  • 11. Mines 3
  • 12. Shrapnel mines
  • 13. Angelic Fury
  • 14. Angelic Fury
  • 15. Mark 3
  • 16. Angelic Fury
  • 17. Angelic Fury
  • 18. Scope
  • 19. Scope
  • 20. Maim

Items:

  • Favor: Staff of Renewal/ Divine Wrath/ swift anklet/ Magical Coin Pouch (THE JEW REG)
  • 1. Banded
  • 2. Skaled Helm 5. Plenor
  • 3. Unbreakables
  • 4. Vlemish
  • 6. Boots of speed 7. J-Boots

Prioritze Mines/ Anti Rook towers:

  • 1. Snipe 1
  • 2. Mines 1
  • 3. Maim
  • 4. Mines 2
  • 5. Tracking Bug
  • 6. Snipe 2
  • 7. Mines 3
  • 8. Mark 1
  • 9. Save
  • 10. Mark 2/ Shrapnel mines
  • 11. Snipe 3
  • 12. Snipe 4
  • 13. Angelic Fury
  • 14. Angelic Fury
  • 15. Mark 3
  • 16. Angelic Fury
  • 17. Angelic Fury
  • 18. Maim
  • 19. Maim
  • 20. Impedance Blow

Items:

  • Favor: Staff of Renewal/ Divine Wrath/ Swift Anklet/ Magical Coin Pouch (THE JEW REG)
  • 1. Banded
  • 2. Skaled Helm 5. Plenor
  • 3. Unbreakables
  • 4. Vlemish
  • 6. Nimoth chest

Dual Build:

  • 1. Snipe
  • 2. Mines
  • 3. Save
  • 4. Snipe 2/ Mines 2
  • 5. Tracking Bug
  • 6. Save
  • 7. Snipe 3/ Mines 3
  • 8. Mark
  • 9. save
  • 10. Mark 2/ Shrapnel mines
  • 11. Snipe 4
  • 12. Angelic Fury
  • 13. Angelic Fury
  • 14. Angelic Fury
  • 15. Mark 3
  • 16. Angelic Fury
  • 17. Maim
  • 18. Maim
  • 19. Maim
  • 20. Impedance Blow

Items:

  • Favor: Staff of Renewal/ Divine Wrath/ Swift Anklet/ Magical Coin Pouch (THE JEW REG)
  • 1. Banded
  • 2. Skaled Helm 5. Plenor
  • 3. Vlemish
  • 4. Unbreakables
  • 6. Nimoth chest

Auto Attack:

  • 1. Snipe
  • 2. Angelic Fury 1
  • 3. Mines 1
  • 4. Mines 2
  • 5. Tracking Bug
  • 6. Angelic Fury 2
  • 7. Mines 3
  • 8. Mark
  • 9. Save
  • 10. Mark 2/ Shrapnel Mines
  • 11. Angelic Fury 3
  • 12. Angelic Fury 4
  • 13. Maim
  • 14. Maim
  • 15. Mark 3
  • 16. Maim
  • 17. Impedence Blow
  • 18. Scope
  • 19. Scope
  • 20. Scope

Items:

  • Favor: Blade of the Serpant/ Swift Anklet/ Blood/ Magical Coin Pouch (THE JEW REG)

Note: Items for this build vary greatly depending on favor choice.

Generals

OAK

Assassin:

  • 1. Shield 1
  • 2. Pent 1
  • 3. Divine Justice
  • 4. Pent 2
  • 5. Surge of Faith
  • 6. Shield 2
  • 7. Pent 3
  • 8. Shield 3
  • 9. Save
  • 10. Pent 4 / Surge 2
  • 11. shield 4
  • 12. Divine Justice 2
  • 13. Divine Justice 3
  • 14. Save
  • 15. Surge 3 / Rally
  • 16. Raise Dead Ward 1
  • 17. Raise 2
  • 18. Raise 3
  • 19. Raise Dead Ward 4
  • 20.  Soul Power 1

Items:

  • Favor: Blood
  • 1. Monks
  • 2. Banded 8. J-boots
  • 3. Skaled Helm 7. Plenor
  • 4. Vlemish
  • 5. Unbreakables
  • 6. Nimoth Chest

LORD EREBUS

Assassin:

  • 1. Bite 1
  • 2. Coven 1
  • 3. Mist 1
  • 4. Bite 2
  • 5. Bat Swarm 1
  • 6. Mass Charm 1
  • 7. Bite 3
  • 8. Mass Charm 2
  • 9. Mass Charm 3
  • 10. Bite 4
  • 11. Mass Charm 4
  • 12. Bat Swarm 2
  • 13. Poison Blood 1
  • 14. Poison Blood 2
  • 15. Muddle
  • 16. Vampiric Aura
  • 17- 20 Whatever

Items:

  • Favor: Blood
  • 1. Monks 9. Bishops
  • 2. Skaled Helm 7. Plenor
  • 3. Banded
  • 4. Vlemish
  • 5. Demolishers
  • 6. Unbreakables
  • 8. Nimoth Chest

Note: I encourage getting Dems early because it adds a significant DPS to erebus. Assassin Erebus can be played many ways and my build can be deviated from with great success. The biggest suggestion I would say is getting Bat Swarm 2 at 10 because if offers up better ganking opprotunities and escape methods.

Mist Minion:

  • 1. Bite 1
  • 2. Coven 1
  • 3. Mist 1
  • 4. Bite 2
  • 5. Charm 1
  • 6. Coven 2
  • 7. Bite 3
  • 8. Improved Conversion Aura
  • 9. Coven 3
  • 10. Bite 4
  • 11. Batswarm 1
  • 12. Batswarm 2
  • 13. Mist 2
  • 14. Mist 3
  • 15. Mist 4
  • 16. Charm 2
  • 17. Charm 3
  • 18. Cham 4
  • 18. Muddle
  • 19. Improved Conversion Aura 2
  • 20. Improved Conversion Aura 3

Items:

  • Favor: Blood
  • 1. Monks 9. bishops
  • 2. Skaled Helm 7. Plenor
  • 3. Demolishers
  • 4. Vlemish
  • 5. Unbreakables
  • 6. Banded
  • 8. Minotaur Kings
  • 10. Nimoth Chest

Note: This build is a bizarre one to play right. the general idea to approach a 1v1 fight is to bite, go into mist, attack the opposing DG with minions hopefully replenishing the dying ones with creeps killed by mist, come out of mist, bite, and AA to make them retreat. In this process you will most likely yellow or lose the flag the general idea is to yellow it and make them retreat from the combined DPS of Mist and the minions. VERY HARD TO DO THIS BUILD EFFECTIVELY, I have not played this build extensively but it has potential and diviating from the Build Order is recommended to try new things.

QUEEN OF THORNS

Cows Aggro Style (IMO one of the only ways to play qot):

  • 1. Shield 1
  • 2. Ground Spikes 1
  • 3. Summon Shambler 1
  • 4. Ground Spikes 2
  • 5. Mulch 1
  • 6. Spike Wave 1
  • 7. Ground Spikes 3
  • 8. Save
  • 9. Save
  • 10. Mulch 2, Ground Spikes 4, Spike Wave 2
  • 11. Shield 2
  • 12. Shield 3
  • 13. Shield 4
  • 14. Save
  • 15. Mulch 3, Goddess of Thorns
  • 16. Summon Shambler 2
  • 17. Summon Shambler 3
  • 18. Summon Shambler 4
  • 19. Entourage 1
  • 20. Entourage 2

Items:

  • Favor: Blood
  • 1. Monks 8. Bishops
  • 2. Skaled Helm 4. Vlemish
  • 3. Banded
  • 5. Unbreakable Boots
  • 6. Plenor Battle Crown
  • 7. Nimoth Chest

Notes: Shield is used to take the brunt of burst damage, you see TB casting Fireball shield it. The idea with this build is to stay in open form as much as possible to deal the most damage you can before retreating into closed and going into survival mode where you spam shield and mulch. Mulch can also be used to clear creep waves when your not in a position to use Ground Spikes ( when your attacking portal towers ). Try to get mulch to do its damage as much as possible, people don't account for mulch damage especially the 800 it can cause at level 15.

Extra Note: There is another item set that requires 3 helms, I have been forced to go to 3 helms on several occasions in high level matches because you require so much more mana. Drop Banded armor for another helm, Usually skaled helm until u can afford Hungerlings but if you must have more mana get vinling helm.

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December 17, 2011 6:33:16 PM from Demigod Forums Demigod Forums

Bump for teh noobs

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December 27, 2011 9:24:59 AM from Demigod Forums Demigod Forums

can it be cross posted to steam forums? please do.

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December 28, 2011 2:08:41 PM from Demigod Forums Demigod Forums

Is it possible to play speed Rook with Poison Dagger instead of Swift Anklet? (I have no idea if PD's slow triggers on shoulder weapons' hits).

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December 28, 2011 2:24:56 PM from JoeUser Forums JoeUser Forums

Quoting athelasloraiel,
can it be cross posted to steam forums? please do.

You are certainly welcome to post a link on the steam forum to this.  I don't think the OP owner is going to monitor the thread over there, so its probably best to redirect them to here.

@in1 - I'm pretty sure PD is not triggered by his shoulder weapons.  If so, that would be very interesting - would make it pretty damn near impossible to get away from him without bat swarm or shield.  You could test it pretty easily if you were inclined though.. just host a 1v1 ai game and walk near the enemy without aaing when u hit level 2 and get arrows - if it never procs, then you have your official answer anyway. 

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December 28, 2011 2:35:22 PM from Demigod Forums Demigod Forums

@in1 - I'm pretty sure PD is not triggered by his shoulder weapons.  If so, that would be very interesting - would make it pretty damn near impossible to get away from him without bat swarm or shield.  You could test it pretty easily if you were inclined though.. just host a 1v1 ai game and walk near the enemy without aaing when u hit level 2 and get arrows - if it never procs, then you have your official answer anyway. 

Yeah, I'll do it. Maybe I have discovered the Rook build to end all builds, eh? (Yes, suuuure...)

Update: No, I haven't ):

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January 4, 2012 3:51:08 PM from Demigod Forums Demigod Forums

Quoting OMGIN1,
Is it possible to play speed Rook with Poison Dagger instead of Swift Anklet? (I have no idea if PD's slow triggers on shoulder weapons' hits).

I am almost 100% sure that it doesn't trigger. 

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