Viper, Netherdrake

[SenSeiFAR]

What's Viper's proper build? I heard it was SnY, but from what I've learned from all of you, I would say SnY has some disadvantages. Loathers, MKB and Butterfly are other items, I've seen people make, so which one is good?

[CvP]

IF you are doing good, rush radiance, butterfly and then bkb/buriza, heart.

otherwise, try vanguard, sny, crystalis.

also, bot isnt bad if you start ganking early and do good.

[<nfs>j0j0]

Well well, today i watched the match between sohel(SRS) and HASIB, sohel beat hasib brutally with viper. Sohel is a decent Dota player and believe me he's never a noob now.
Btw, his item with viper was lother,assault, butterfly, tread.
Welcome sohel to the world of Dota.

[KinG SRS]

thanxx jojo..ami bhabi nai j jitbo..but bhalo khela hoise

r viper niya bhalo pari

[Pyro.Dynamics-]

Travel, Dagger, Lothars, MKB, BKB, Cuirass - Super Duper Mega Offensive Build (Virtus.Pro Build).
Treads/Travel, (3X Wraiths), Radiance, BKB, Butterfly, Heart, Cuirass - Intermediate Build.
Treads/Travel, (4X Wraiths), Desolator, Dagger, Cuirass, Heart, Butterfly - Advanced Micro Intensive Build.
Treads/Travel, (3X Wraiths), Maelstrom, Skadi, Cuirass, Buriza - Retarded, Handicapped Build.
Treads/Travel, (3X Wraiths), SnY, Butterfly, Buriza, Cuirass - Blizzard Build™. (?)
Treads/Travel, (3X Wraiths), Diffusal, Butterfly, Buriza, >Manta, Heart - Advanced Situational Teamplay Build.

* There is no point in making Diffusal unless your team really needs purge.
* Heart is effective 90% of the time, because of Resistant Skin and the fact that in game Viper actually needs quite some time to eliminate a formidable target. So, standing there and being able to fight is a big need. As much as it may seem like, in reality, Viper has no burst damage. Yes, he can slow and kill but it requires a lot of time. (The reason his is rarely picked in team games despite being such a great hero).
* The Desolator build can be effective if you know how to use it properly. You should hit your enemy once without poison Attack to inflict Corruption (the -ve armor effect) on your enemy, and then auto-cast Poison Attack. If the foe is a tank, you might have to strategically turn off Poison Attack to inflict Corruption on your enemy again as it will not likely die from the 3-4 second of the first corruption. If the enemy dodges you using fog at this time, your kill will most probably be lost. So, it is apparent you buy a dagger if you want to use this build.
* You should try to buy Travel most of the time as Viper is a killer and it needs to kill for it to be effective. And, to do that you'll need mobility that Teleportation provides. If you want a carry-hero that'll farm all game and carry near the end, you're better off picking Razor/Sniper/Troll/Luna/Drow etc.

[SinEater]

Just to put 2 and 2 together from PD's post

1. Viper has no burst damage, but deadly slow from spell and DOT/slow from ulti.
2. Viper is a killer hero, and NEEDS to kill.

Conclusion: You have to kill early, as many heroes as possible. Gank with him....he will usually dominat a lane solo if the opponent is not tinker/zeus....if u have these 2 in your lane, ask a spell caster of your team to just come once and gank him for u....and from then on, dominate your lane and gank the others....You have to have decent damage mid/late game to capitalize on frenzy...

[SenSeiFAR]

Most heroes who's builds I ask for, you reply with, "Make Boots of Travel", now that's one Item I could NEVER make. =S. So basically, I make 3 Wraiths, and then I go for the Travel? Or make 1 larger item and then make Travel? =\\.



EDIT:

Doesn't Viper have low attack speed for a Agi hero? So how come in each build there's only 1 agi item? And where is god'a name do you get so much cash? =\\.

[Pyro.Dynamics-]

All the attack speed you need comes from Frenzy. The downsides of Frenzy are negated with a Heart. Also, Resistant Skin helps here to survive too.

BoT is the golden item of DotA. Well you ought to make Treads. Playing it is easy, playing it properly is extremely hard. I could say stuff about playing Viper that would go over your head (Accusation Aspects, Target Abuse, Range Optimization, Solo-Targeting yourself) but these aspects are best self-learned. It comes in time.