Hunt the Weak

Slot: Heroic Perk



Glaive's critical strikes cleave in a 4-meter cone in front of him.

Cleave deals half damage to minions.

Afterburn

Slot: A



Glaive rockets in the target direction, damaging all enemies along the way. His next basic attack is replaced by a frightening blast that knocks his target back 5.5 meters and briefly stuns them.

Twisted Stroke

Slot: B



Instantly executes a critical strike.

This ability deals weapon damage, but it can deal bonus crystal damage if you have any crystal power.

Triggers basic-attack effects.

Passive: Increases critical-strike chance and AOE-cleave damage of basic attacks.

Bloodsong

Slot: C



Swings Glaive's axe in a 5.4-meter circle, dealing massive area damage that increases with the number of Bloodsong stacks used. This removes all stacks.

Passive: Glaive generates Bloodsong stacks from basic attacking or from receiving basic attacks (max 20 stacks).

stacks from basic attacking or from receiving basic attacks (max 20 stacks). Each stack grants Glaive bonus lifesteal.

This passive may not seem like it provides much, but with the proper positioning you can cleave multiple enemies for huge chunks of damage. The keyword is positioning. This passive really shines against triple melee compositions, or double melee carry compositions. This is because they are often clumped up on top of each other focusing the same target. Against ranged carries, it’s a bit more difficult to line up successful cleaves, but it’s still very possible. If two enemies are close to each other, even if it’s a support and a carry, you should try to position yourself so the support is in cleave radius of the carry.This passive doesn’t define glaive’s kit, but it fits into it very well. Glaive’s kit is largely based around critical strikes and high scaling with weapon power, and with the proper build, this passive can melt entire teams if they dare stand in this cleave radius.There are so many things that I can and will say about this ability later in the guide, but for now I’ll just go over a few things. This ability is so extremely versatile in it’s uses. It’s good for initiating, escaping, chasing, disengaging, and.. it does a hell of a lot of damage. This is an ability that can change the course of the entire game if used in the correct way and with the right timing. Pushing an enemy out of position can be so devastating. In fact, almost half of this guide will be about this ability, because it is what makes Glaive such a threat in all points in the game.Using this ability is not something that can be learned right away. In fact, it’s one of the most difficult abilities in the game to use to it’s maximum potential. It’s an ability you have to get a feel for, but I promise once you start to get the hang of it, you’ll be impressed with how impactful it can be.This ability is very.. basic. Actually, it’s a basic attack. The important things about this ability are that it has a much larger range than glaive’s auto attacks, and it is always a critical strike. There are very few heroes that are granted a critical strike whenever they want. Ringo is granted a critical strike whenever he kills an unit or hero, but glaive can use this whenever he wants. As Glaive’s passive states, your critical strikes will cleave in a radius in front of you. This ability goes along with his passive very nicely because it is a guaranteed critical strike.Besides the guaranteed critical strike, this ability also grants Glaive passive critical strike chance. This is something unique to Glaive. It helps him scale into the late game after his early and mid game dominance. You won’t get many critical strikes until you start putting a few points into this ability, but when you overdrive it, it gives 25% crit chance. This is more than a tornado trigger gives! Crit chance is a stat that scales very well with weapon power and attack speed, and of course, more crit chance! That’s why you want to at least build a couple tier 3 offensive items, to make the most of the scaling.This ability was victim to some very impactful nerfs because of the immense area of effect damage and survivability it provided through the lifesteal. Nowadays, it’s still a good chunk of damage that can’t be overlooked. It also has quite a high range, and provides a great deal of lifesteal. At level 3 of this ultimate, it gives 20% lifesteal! (Barbed needle and Serpent mask only give 10% lifesteal)Managing your Bloodsong stacks is very important to glaive. A Bloodsong stack is gained when you basic attack anything (Twisted stroke counts!), or when you’re basic attacked by an enemy hero. Ideally, when you know there will be a fight you should go into it with 20 stacks. It’s not something that will lose you the team fight if you don’t, but it will give you a big advantage if you do.I’ve already mentioned that you gain increased lifesteal per stack, but the other reason it’s important to manage your stacks is because the damage of the ability is based on the amount of stacks you have upon activation. Don’t hesitate to use the activation of this ability when you’re in the middle of the enemy team or you need to finish off a fleeing target, but just remember you will lose your lifesteal until you’re able to gain stacks again.