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Pangolier
OfflaneMid

Melee · Carry · Nuker · Disabler

How to counter Pangolier

In lane

  • Dragon Knight
    • Dragon Knight is too tanky to care about any of Pangolier's spells in lane and in the game. • Breathe Fire greatly reduces the damage of Swashbuckle.
  • Ranged midlaners, 5 in this group
    • Pangolier has a hard time laning against these ranged heroes that stay outside of his attack and ability range.
  • Meepo
    • Pangolier relies on the mobility from Swashbuckle and Rolling Thunder. Earthbind can keep him rooted until he dies.
  • Slarkmid
    • There is little Pangolier can do to the harass of Saltwater Shiv and Essence Shift in lane. • Slark can Pounce to prevent him from using his mobility spells.

In game

  • Primal Beast
    • All Primal Beast needs to do in the game is Pulverize Pangolier while in Rolling Thunder. He will disable him and then CANCEL the Rolling Thunder.
  • Terrorblade
    • Pangolier likes to roll around the fight with Rolling Thunder stunning his enemies. There comes a point where Terrorblade stands his ground and melts him. • Terrorblade is a high armor hero which means he does not care about Swashbuckle or Lucky Shot.
  • Bloodseeker
    • All Bloodseeker needs to do is press Rupture on Pangolier and he has to cancel Rolling Thunder or die.
  • Grimstroke
    • If Grimstroke catches Pangolier in Rolling Thunder and an ally in Soulbind, Pangolier will be STUCK in place for the whole duration. • Phantom's Embrace is an okay silence against Pangolier.

Items

  • Black King Bar
    • You need this item to not get permastunned by his Rolling Thunder shenanigans.
  • Orchid Malevolence
    • The best way to approach a Pangolier is silence and kill him before he uses Rolling Thunder.

Kit

Talent tree

  1. -15s Rolling Thunder Cooldown

    25

    +20% Attack Damage as Swashbuckle Damage

  2. -1.5s Shield Crash Cooldown

    20

    +2s Rolling Thunder Duration

  3. +125 Shield Crash Barrier

    15

    -2s Swashbuckle Cooldown

  4. +200 Swashbuckle Slash Range

    10

    +2 Lucky Shot Armor Reduction

Attributes

At level 1, before items.

Growth

Strength
20 + 2.7
Agility
17 + 3.2
Intelligence
16 + 2.5
Damage
26–32

Health & mana

Health
560
Health regen
2.3
Mana
267
Mana regen
0.8

Combat

Armour
3.8
Magic resist
25%
Attack range
150
Base attack time
1.7s
Attack point
0.33
Projectile speed
900

Movement & vision

Move speed
300
Turn rate
0.9
Day vision
1800
Night vision
800
Legs
2