Early Game

Boots

value that you get from finishing one of these items gives you a big advantage in early game

If you feel like you do not tread switch effectively, consider getting other boots instead

Its active ability allows you to pass through allied and enemy units for a short duration

Farming

all items that give stats, damage or mobility increase your farming speed to some extent, consider going for them instead, if you plan on fighting and want to keep up on farm with enemy heroes

This item turns into Satanic, making it really slot effective

Use it as much as you can when you farm to increase your farming speed

used to get more experience

There are many heroes that get a lot of value out of extra levels, because their stat gain per level is very good

Mobility

can be used aggressively as well

Other

Only one urn on your team gets charges

ability to do Roshan early

amplifies your farming capabilities without taking away your ability to fight early

big mana cost should be considered

Generally, you want to finish one of these as soon as possible, because they are very slot and cost effective. Just having Boots of Speed can be good too, however,- best boots for offlaners, provides a little bit of tankiness and a lot of health regen when you are not auto attacking or getting auto attacked.- gives mana. If you need a lot of mana, consider buying it. This item is generally picked up on cores that use a lot of mana to farm or push. It will help you keep your teammates mana pools full, prolonging pushes.- provides a small amount of damage and good transition towards late game due to increased attack speed, it also gives a lot of mana sustain through tread switching.- good item for snowballing, provides plenty of damage in early stages of the game and movement speed advantage.. This can used to counter heroes and units that block your way, like Broodmother's Spiderlings or Shadow Shaman's Serpent Wards.- allows you to be very mobile around the map, which means safer and better farming spots for you during early game. Generally, picked up during late game when you have no slot for Town Portal Scroll.These are cheap items that do not make your hero really strong right away, but increase your farming speed effectively. Consider going for one of those items if you do not plan on fighting early and have good laning stage, where you are able to farm safely. However,- Mostly farming item that provides sustain from lifesteal and ability to stack camps on another side of the map. Dominating a creep with an aura will buff your team fight presence if you keep it nearby.- same as Helm of the Dominator, but provides a lot more damage and mobility from its active and much less slot effective. Just because you purchased this item, does not mean you have to use it in fights.- purely farming item, however, instead of gold, it is generally. If you are not using Hand of Midas to reach higher levels as soon as possible, you are doing it wrong.Generally, picked up to boost ability to initiate or escape and synergizes very well with heroes that require good positioning to get their spells off, like Puck or Invoker.- the best mobility item in the game, allows you to easily initiate and sometimes escape- generally an escape item, best used to counter strong initiators like Clockwerk or Centaur Warrunner. You can use it on allies and enemies, so itThese items are generally situational and you rarely need more than one of them per team. They provide a lot of value in the early stages of the game, but quickly fall off, because of low slot effectiveness.- an item that no one uses, but many should. It provides a lot of sustain in the early game, if you are planning to play aggressively. It may help a lot of heroes to snowball towards mid game., so it's generally a bad idea to buy more than one per team.- another item that no one uses, but provides great damage amplification from armor reduction and tankiness in the early stages of the game. Also, theis a big thing to consider.- a lot of cheap stats and movement speed. Another item that helps snowballing characters or. Its aura and active strengthen your team fight capability too.- great item to help you buff your own team, will win you a lot of team fights if rushed, however,. Its active provides extra health and armor for your whole team, so it is generally picked up on team fight oriented carries.