Luna Moonfang - The Moon Rider

Posted by lionel319 @ Mon 12 Dec, 05, 06:03PM under Sentinel Hero
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Lucent Beam (C)
Luna concentrates on the moon's energy and channels it forcefully to the surface, damaging an enemy unit.

Level 1 - 75 damage.
Level 2 - 150 damage.
Level 3 - 225 damage.
Level 4 - 300 damage.

Moon Glaive (G)
Allows Luna to attack extra enemies with each Glaive attack. Each enemy struck beyond the first incurs a 40% damage loss, per unit.

Level 1 - Luna hits 2 enemies with every attack.
Level 2 - Luna hits 3 enemies with every attack.
Level 3 - Luna hits 4 enemies with every attack.
Level 4 - Luna hits 5 enemies with every attack.

Lunar Blessing (L)
Nearby ranged units gain the power of the moon.

Level 1 - Increases base ranged damage by 6%.
Level 2 - Increases base ranged damage by 13%.
Level 3 - Increases base ranged damage by 20%.
Level 4 - Increases base ranged damage by 27%.

Eclipse (E)
Calls to the moon's magic, summoning a concentrated burst of Lucent Beams to damage targets around Luna.

Level 1 - Summons 4 Lucent Beams.
Level 2 - Summons 7 Lucent Beams.
Level 3 - Summons 10 Lucent Beams.

Early Game (lvl 1-6)

Items (1570)

1. Chicken (225)

2. Mantle (150)

3. Cilclet (185)

4. Sobi Mask (325)
5. Null Talisman (185)
6. Boot Of Speed (500)

Skills

1. Lucent Beam

2. Stats

3. Lucent Beam

4. Stats

5. Lucent Beam

6. Eclipse

Reasoning
Lucent beam is Luna's main skill. Your ultimate(Eclipse) depends heavily of it, and so, we would want to upgrade this spell ASAP.

The reason i choose stats against Luna Blessing / Moon Glaive is because:-
1. Stats give you more hp, mana to spam lucent beam.
2. Glaive doesn't help u farm early stage. Your damage isn't that great, yet.

3. Blessing doesn't help you in increasing your mana/hp. You need more mana for harassing/experience denying/killling.

Game Play

Choose any lane, preferrably a solo lane. You need to get to lvl6 as fast as possible. When u have lvl2 Lucent, cast it once on enemy hero. When you have lvl3 lucent, cast it again on the same hero. Just stay back and leech experience. Don't die if possible. If at lvl 6, your lane has only one single enemy, then you can go for the kill. If 2 enemies, your ultimate can't kill either of them.

Hero Killing

Hide. Wait for hero to come near to your tower. Timing is the key to success. When you see enemy creeps only left one, run towards your enemy from behind. Immediately press e (Eclipse) and then c (lucent beam) on hero. Give in chase if he's still alive.

Mid Game (lvl 7-16)

Items (7100)

1. Claymore(1400)

2. blade of agility (1000)

3. Lothar (1400)

4. Point booster (1200)
5. Vitality booster (1100)
6. Enegy booster (1000) --->Soul booster

Skills

7. Lucent Beam

8. Stats

9. Stats

10. Stats

11. Eclipse

12. Glaive

13. Glaive

14. Glaive

15. Glaive

16. Eclipse

Reasoning
Once you've got your First damage item (Claymore +21 damage), you can now put substitute your Stats with Glaives. I normally got it at arouns level 11, and so, i will gradually up my Glaives at lvl12. With 5 stats on you on your earlier stage, you can now semi spam your lucent, and have quite a tough hp to take on some pain.

Game Play

Basically still the same as of early stage. Just keep in mind that, although your eclipse says that you can churn out 7/10 lucent beams, the most an enemy hero will get beamed is only 4 times. That means, at lvl2 and lvl3 Eclipse, if there's only one single enemy hero near you and you casted eclipse, only 4 beams will hit him, while the rest will be gone wasted.
Soul booster makes you tougher, and be able to spam your lucent beams easier. The reason for it is because without it, you won;t be able to use your Eclipse-Refresh-Eclipse combo later on during end stage.

Hero Killing

Once you've got your lothar, you will be able to kill heroes easier. When you've spotted a single wonderer, just wait for the right timing (when the enemy creeps left around 1-2), activate your WW on lothar, and sneak behind him. Eclipse, and immediately cast Lucent beam on h im, and attack. If he's not a strength hero with high hp, 9 out of 10 he will be dead. If he's a high hp strength hero, you should keep on casting lucent beam on him. Wears down his hp to around yellow/half, then only sneak behind him and eclipse.

End Game (lvl 17-25)

Items (15225)

1. Void Stone(900)

2. Ring Of Health (875)

3. Robe of Magi (450)

4. Quater Staff (1150) ---> Got your Oblivion staff
5. Refresher scroll (1850) ---> Got your Refresher
6. Mystic Staff (2900) --->Aghanin Sceptor , your panther grows torns.

Skills

17. Stats

18. Stats

19. Stats

20. Stats

21. Stats

22. Blessing

23. Blessing

24. Blessing

25. Blessing

Reasoning
Heroes now will be not as tou-hu-fa(fragile) as before, and most probable, they are sticking together, thus making it a must for a Refresher. Making luna a battle luna is, to my humble opinion, err... just not my type. Farming won't be a problem for you. You would probable be noticing that with Glaives, you can almost get all the golds for the entire wave. When pushing towers, DO NOT hit the creeps. AIM at tower, your glaives will clear all the creeps for you. (Point to note* If your enemy has a lot of disablers, it is wise to get a BKB)

Game Play

Same thing, except that you will be most of the time, sacrificing for your team. When during 5v5, everyone gathers in mid lane, activate your WW when your team engage with the enemy (Note here, if they have wards / Gems, it's good to get a Blink Dagger<2150> ). Blink / WW into the middle of the battle (of course when all creeps are cleared), do the Eclipse-Refresh-Eclipse combo. Of course, if your team doesn't consists of noobs, they will do the finishing for you, and make your sacrification a very worth it one. Most of the time, you will be dead, killing none of the heroes, but in return, you have thinned out all the enemy's hp, and most probable help your team to get a 5 total kill on all enemy heroes. This will greatly help them in pushing during end games whereby it normally takes around 1 min or 2 to ressurect.

Hero Killing

Normally during this stage, there won't be any solo wanderer. Just in case there's any rambo wandering and farming, go ahead and eclipse him. If he's a strentgh hero, do the eclipse-refresh-eclipse combo. Most hero can't take that kind of punishment :)

Summary

That's all for now. That's how i play luna :) I have actually tried out luna getting lothar and blink dagger. Maybe it might reduce the numbers of death on my count. Blink in, eclipse-refresh-eclipse, then WW out. I will try that out. :)

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	sELipAr_jEpUn @ Thu 24-09-09 02:09AM cmne nk dpt farming tok item 2...fkir la sndri aku pnat neh...hehe

	sELipAr_jEpUn @ Thu 24-09-09 02:08AM ntah apa2 yg ko ajar dorg neh...huhu item tok luna -The Butterfly -Satanic -Eul's Scepter of Divinity -Power Treads -Buriza-do Kyanon/Bloodstone -Orchid Malevolence

	basti @ Sat 24-01-09 10:51AM im not a fan of luna but this guide is good

	Guest @ Mon 21-04-08 01:02PM Thanks alot and ignore the haters

	stupidGUIDE @ Thu 27-03-08 02:52PM this is the WORST GUIDE EVER .. go die in hell dude you SUCKS!!! HIDUP

	Guest @ Fri 21-12-07 11:56AM first time I've heard of luna getting lothar, interesting, must giv it a try. I'm more of the battle luna than the spell casting one so yeah, I'm more convinced the satanic build will be more useful late game then spamming eclipse especially if you have strength heros with like 4k hp.

	sky lapcheong @ Sun 16-12-07 09:27AM guest; Ya .... ya ..... whatever ....

	Guest @ Sat 15-12-07 06:02PM luna doesnt need mana ... what it needs is attack damage and speed ..noob guide..

	Guest @ Sat 08-12-07 12:01AM NO LUCA! your ENGLISH sucks more! go fuck!

	Guest @ Tue 23-10-07 06:11PM Mask of death is useless, orb effects malfunction her attacks anyway.

	net @ Wed 17-10-07 09:39AM for me the my first item as a newbie is mask of death it will make more stable on my lane..then try to make soul booster for higher hp ang mp...that's for me a newbie....hehehhe

	Jah’rakal @ Thu 13-09-07 09:56AM storm-crow™ : Waaaah... pandai mia gagak, so pandai... satu patah haram pun tak paham apa lu cakap...

	storm-crow™ @ Wed 12-09-07 06:21PM OWS!!!!!!!!! UMOBRA KYA 2??? MAS MGANDA KUNG WLA NANG LOTHARS BKA MAG GEM ANG KLABAN USELESS TLGA MABUTI DAGGER AGAD

	kaossp @ Tue 28-08-07 11:39AM hey, great guide, but i dont seem to understand if we sell lothar edge bcuz of the ward after we get the dagger, couse the WW of lothars would be useless

	Guest @ Wed 15-08-07 05:59AM refresher is wrong u need oblivion and the cyclone staff thingy

	Guest @ Thu 09-08-07 08:11AM it's a good guide but 7-16, its highly unlikely you'll have 7k+, and if you are good at using your glaives its better to get them. You can do a bunch of damage from the bouncing on the hero and b4 he realises ur even hitting him he will have lost a lot of hp

	geust @ Tue 12-06-07 02:00PM mga bolok masmalakas ang farming kapag merong 2nd and 3rd skill mga bolok!!!

	J0K3R @ Thu 08-03-07 07:59PM Good guide. I don't hear nabs who say that the glaives are better than stats...You are right, author.

	killer @ Sat 16-12-06 01:20PM these items are bot very good there is more items for yurnero i buy for him buriza dyo caynon and sange and yasha end of the game butterflyand for me oblivian is the most powerfull hero

	si saiah @ Sat 09-12-06 10:55PM uaehuaheueauaeh.... barelegug keneh maen teh ah.... masih tarolol keneh, lobakeun latihan lah... urang mah cukup weh make pasukan ecek² ge geus cukup ngabantai maraneh kabeh

	quiel @ Mon 04-12-06 06:42PM nice game plan!

	davao_eMo_skater @ Sat 25-11-06 06:22PM yeah luna is very weak. . . hahah. . .luna sucker

	Guest @ Thu 16-11-06 07:45AM dont upgrade the beams. they are useless just upgrade youre stats. very useful

	Guest @ Thu 16-11-06 07:43AM i preferr to get lunar a black king bar first then a blink dagger so to own the game

	Luca Blight!!!!!! @ Thu 12-10-06 05:45PM cool, but i think i don't need a luna in my best heroes list. she is suck!!!

	Guest @ Thu 05-10-06 02:22PM I think glaive is better at lane control and harassing than stats.

	Lois @ Sat 23-09-06 05:51PM Where Is Rikimaru Guide?

	guest @ Fri 15-09-06 08:21PM what is farming?

	guest @ Fri 15-09-06 08:19PM please make rikimaru guide

	STALONE41 @ Fri 15-09-06 08:19PM Luna's second magic spell should hit 6 ememies because all the creeps which coma are 5 so it hits the five creeps and the enemie hero.Logical!

	teh leet pwnzorz @ Mon 11-09-06 07:59PM for all teh noobs who dont know what bkb is its black king bar gives you activatable avatar

	Guest @ Tue 05-09-06 12:32PM you should go fer de glaive first then the blessing..farm more faster..an opinion of mine.

	Guest @ Sat 19-08-06 01:40AM luna is just fuckin asshole!!

	Guest @ Sat 19-08-06 01:40AM luna is just fuckin asshole!!

	Guest BVAH ABUhsdfukh wg @ Fri 18-08-06 07:39AM dude ur a noob u get these skill first lucent beam] glaive lucent beam glaive lucent beam Eclipse lucent beam glaive glaive lunar blessing Eclipse lunar blessing lunar blessing lunar blessing stats Eclpise 17-25 stats

	Guest @ Fri 18-08-06 05:51AM yes, what is BKB ?

	Guest @ Tue 15-08-06 08:31PM u stink

	Lonely_guy @ Mon 14-08-06 09:13PM I think Stealth Assassin can kill much,much more better than Luna coz He's the Ultimate Hero

	joel nival @ Tue 25-07-06 06:34PM moon fang is not that good. right?

	joel nival @ Tue 25-07-06 06:33PM ok

	Guest @ Sat 08-07-06 12:00PM medusa is more than your moonfang!

	Guest @ Fri 07-07-06 12:20AM this is a great guide; but i am not only writing this message to say this . i am a beginner in dota and i would like to know pls if any one can tell me what BKB does. thx

	Guest @ Wed 07-06-06 06:06PM hey.isit better for luna to buy power threads or boots of travel?

	pemain @ Tue 30-05-06 03:44AM saya rasa anda masi cupu !!!

	Guest @ Sat 27-05-06 09:24PM can anyone tell me how to kill sniper cause he always stun me using cranium bashers

	Guest @ Sat 27-05-06 09:24PM can anyone tell me how to kill sniper cause he always stun me using cranium bashers

	moofang @ Tue 16-05-06 02:57PM Quote : easy as that... hex or cyclone luna when she eclipse.... result in u owning her instead.... My friend, neither hex nor cyclone cancels the eclipse. If ur doing it to run out of the eclipse AOE, then salutations to u. If u cyclone/eclipse then stay around to "own" luna, see u next round.

	moofang @ Tue 16-05-06 02:51PM I'm a battlemage luna player, but I think caster luna is good as well (tho I'm not good with it). Just wanted to remark that in v6, the eclipse beams churn out much more slowly, so it may be wiser to 'e' (eclipse) then chase first, wait for the eclipse to hit full force, then only throw in the last beam. bcos lucent beam has a long channeling time, 'e' + 'c' immediately creates too long a time so that ur target may get out of ur eclipse AOE b4 ur done with him. Just an opinion :)

	davestar @ Tue 09-05-06 09:40PM mate try getting diffuisor blade and get boots for travel then get scepter i dont get ww its useless cause heros are always near creeps

	sauce @ Tue 25-04-06 12:15AM ai or blueserver?

	Guest @ Fri 14-04-06 12:11AM i can pawn till beyond godlike sui...

	asta la vista @ Sun 26-03-06 10:04PM Hi lionel319,I try all your tactics and there are very very good!Can u also do tactic foe STEALTH ASSASSIN, everybody says that he`s a noob hero, but i want to see your tactic for him!!! be good , bye bye :D

	Guest @ Mon 06-03-06 08:29PM i think if at late game can buy a butterfly if u have money. butterfly is very useful

	geekomania @ Sun 19-02-06 10:09PM how do you do the eclipse refresh thing?

	y2k517 @ Thu 16-02-06 11:45AM its really a good guide.but i think moon glaive is important 4 defending n tis wil help him 2 gain more gold!!!i think dagger is better than Lothar due 2 it wil surprising ur opponent!!! if u play in a correct way,i think u no nid 2 sacrifice urself 2 kill ur opponent. Luna is a best hero...depends on how u play wif it :-)

	daphiel218 @ Tue 14-02-06 10:02PM wtf, why stats after lucent beams ? why not get moon glaive for defending ur base from creep waves.

	lionel319 @ Tue 07-02-06 10:42PM becuase Aghanin Sceptor works wonder on Luna's ultimate spell.

	Guest1 @ Sun 05-02-06 11:21AM then y buy int stuff?

	lionel319 @ Sat 04-02-06 05:37PM Guest: Luna all these while has been an agility hero. Never has her been an intelligent hero before. Monifang: Yeah. If you really have the spare gold, get the dagger if you want. Here, i get Lothar instead.

	monifang @ Sat 04-02-06 10:19AM i suggest that you use dagger of escape to surprice your enemies from behind. you can also use that from in escaping at gangbang.....m/

	Guest @ Fri 03-02-06 06:59PM now i have 1 more question,is it that luna at 6.27b is a ablity hero,not anymore a int hero?or it is still a int and ablity hero.by the way the guide was great.it clearly tell me what to buy for a newbie

	Guest1 @ Thu 02-02-06 03:52PM my friend told me that in dota 6.27b,luna shld go 4 wraith band right?he call me dun buy tailsman

	lionel319 @ Mon 09-01-06 09:36PM reply guest: If you were to take blessing, i would rather go for stats. Stats adds your agility, mana, and hp. Blessing only adds to your damage.

	Guest @ Mon 09-01-06 08:39AM i think its better to get blessing than glaive

	lionel319 @ Thu 29-12-05 09:41AM reply Guest: That is why if too many disablers around, u need a BKB

	achew @ Sat 24-12-05 09:35AM reply ALLAIN: I don't really understand your situation. MAybe can u please explain more in detail so everyone here can offer their help to you?

	Guest @ Fri 23-12-05 07:27AM easy as that... hex or cyclone luna when she eclipse.... result in u owning her instead....

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	ALLAIN @ Fri 23-12-05 06:39AM pleeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaasssssssse teach me how to download dota allstar without membership i have already dowload many patches but when start the game it will come come back to create menu

	Guest @ Mon 19-12-05 08:24PM nice blog hope to see more

	gay @ Mon 19-12-05 06:47PM hahaha... wat is q-_-p?? princess leia?

	lionel319 @ Mon 19-12-05 06:32PM Guest: No Problem :)

	Guest @ Sat 17-12-05 11:00PM thanks achew q-_-p

	achew @ Fri 16-12-05 12:09AM reply Guest: AoE = Area Of Effect. Meaning 400 area around you.

	Guest @ Thu 15-12-05 12:33AM when i use SA~Stealth Asserin~there got 1 attack the mise what is the 400AoE???

	moonfang @ Tue 13-12-05 09:29AM usually i'll keep the distance just nice for the lucent beam to hit enemy hero, not too near. I think you can test the distance by casting one beam. If they chase, just run around slowly to maximize the beam ;)

	moonfang @ Tue 13-12-05 09:25AM if i am not solo, usually i take glaive so that i can creep. oso good to harass hero coz the glaive bounce towards hero.

	ikan @ Tue 13-12-05 09:19AM Thumbs up!!!1