Last time I face Kez, after the game, I scrambled to find report for sexual harassment button cus no way that shit is legal and not personally motivated
The other thing is that this video doesn't even go into aghs combos. There's some insane stuff that can be done once you're 25 with the echo slash talent. You get aghs, the echo slash talent, and then go: Start Katana -> Swap to Sai -> Sai Q -> Katana Q Which will proceed to hit everyone with 3 echo slashes, which will also echo and hit everyone that is hit with echo slash with an additional falcon rush hit. You can add Sai ulti to it as well, and you can do it without actually exhausting katana ult, having both available to you in a fight such that you can raptor dance mid fight while still applying a mark to everyone: Start Katana -> Switch to Sai -> Sai Ult -> Katana W -> Sai Q -> Katana Q -> Katana Ult Aghs has a skill ceiling that is disgustingly high and that's not even touched on here. - If you want to use both the katana and sai spells on a single key, then the mode has to be swapped into before you use the spell, unless it's counterpart has already been used, then you can just use the other ability. - For example in the above combo, you have to swap from katana into sai in order to falcon rush but leave echo slash up. However, since we have used sai ult already, it's totally okay to just use the katana ult without swapping from sai into it. I've had entire enemy teams explode single handedly from just aghs combos on this hero. He's insane.
There's an additional combo with aghs, where you go Katana -> Sai -> Sai ult -> katana -> Katana ult and the % based dmg from raptor dance "crits" from the mark and does even more damage. Does 60%+ hp dmg with no items but removes all of your defensive ults immediately, so very risky.
Omg The Effort for teaching us noobs how to play this hero properly😅 I myself hated this hero caused of spells combination needed to memorize you know we are getting older i takes a lot of time to master it
I think the most important combos to learn are the: 1. Laning combo from lvl 4 to 6: (sai) Parry the attack => Falcon Rush => Hit twice => Switch to Katana => A. (If target in range of a hit) Hit with Katan => Grappling Hook (Right after the hit). [It's 8 hits total, and the absolute max I found on lvl 4) B. (If out of range of the next Katana Hit) just Grappling Hook. [It's 6 hits total] This will deal about 400-500 dmg on lvl 4, depending on how lucky you are on sai crits and armor. From what I found you should do the combo, disangage, and kill on 2nd or 3rd attempt. And second and third important combos are agh combos, which are essentially your late game: 1. Kill without fully commiting: (Start with Katana) Switch to Sai => Falcon Rush => Switch to katan => Echo Slash => Switch to Sai => Sai Ulti (Escape + Crit) / if wasn't enough finish with => Switch to Katana => Grappling Hook => Katana Shard Thus should be about 3000-5000 dmg with 6 slots, which is enough to kill almost any hero + before every skill there was a switch so everything else is still available like Katana ulti. Also its very fast and if done fast enough you'll be able to keep the opponent stunned with Sai ulti and Katana Shard 2. Commit: (Katana) Switch to sai => Falcon Rush => Switch To Katana => BKB(if jumping into all out fight) => Grappling Hook => Echo Slash => Switch to Sai = Sai Ulti => Sai toss (2nd skill, silence backline) => Switch to Katana => Katana Ulti => Katana Shard => if winning- finish them off, if not sure- disangage => switch to sai => w8 for Falcon Rush (by the time it resets everytjing except ulties will be ready) If you manage to land Echo Slash and Katana Ulti on at least 3 heros its usually a win (since it's 3000-5000 dmg each). But you will most likely be dead if you begin the fight first, so usually the first Agh combo is the go to. If you are able to pull this off without constantly thinking about how to press buttons, you'll definitely be able to do everything you might need. Since it's just a versetile hero, combos should be adapt to a certain scenrio. So I don't really see the point in framing youtself into any combo (maybe only lvl 4 combo since it's most optimized)
wait till datohleong find the fact that aghanim kez is more terrifying you literally can Sai Q and Katana Q at the same time you trigger sai Q with Katana Q to 5 heroes + other unit at the same time with the aghanim
i honestly think that getting agha on carry kez is a waste of gold. i believe the best way to play the hero is with efficient spell usage. using as little spell as possible to get as much done as possible. buy items that snowball really quick and end the game. 😉
@@datohleonggez 100% dude, i made a thread in reddit about this and got tore to pieces. It's overkill to have both sides with Kez so strong right now. Essentially would you rather sceptor or early khanda or butterfly etc
@@datohleonggez I see, I think what you're saying is right with 'carry safelane kez' in mind (and the video say strongest way too) I'm starting to play dota again after finding out mid kez with agha is super fun, and I'm subscribing to you bcs of ur way having fun in this stressful game called dota, so yeah just giving some thought that maybe you would love too xD
Sai Parry auto cancels when you use an ability. (you cannot cancel it your cancel hotkey) this way you can Punish people during laning phase. parry -> silence parry -> Katana Q Parry -> Sai Q -> Katana W Since you mark your opponent. Your Katana W deals more damage + get more lifesteal It's funny because when you do it several times. You'll basically make your opponent anxious in lane. You can Parry "Most" Physical damage. that includes PA's dagger, ember sleight of Fist (although it doesn't stun him) Mar's Shield bash etc;
I just want to leave a small tip about Kez lane phase that I it's good for solo players, where you can't communicate properly with your supports, or you can't get rotations from team. I started to play this hero starting with Hook (W) spell, instead of Q, and I am usually doing 1-3-1-1 Skill build. The reason is that Kez is kind squishy and he can be pressured super hard, like in this video where You're almost always < 50% HP. Focusing his W in lane means you can keep healthy and deny enemy harass while you gather your stick charges for any lane fights. Winning harass battle means your presence in lane is strong and you're not afraid to get all last hits in lane, you can use W to hit enemy and heal for a flat 120 HP + attack damage, or use it to grab a tree and escape ganks. So here is my tip, if you're learning Kez or you feel you get harassed a lot in lane with him, focus his W spell and embrace the great heal / harass it provides and the dive / escape potential after level 6.
Have you experimented with Agh's much? At a base level I think it allows you to walk around in Katana mode freely, which feels nice because of the grappling hook and ult. You can switch to Sai to get the Dragon Rush and immediately switch back to Katana and Grappling Hook. From there you can keep trying to switch before using each ability to maximize efficiency, but you can also just Raptor Dance or whatever you need. I've only used it in a few games, but I feel like there's a lot of potential.
0:20 there's quite a bit of misconceptions here. How you want to think of katana vs sai is whether you want to kill an enemy as fast as possible or dish as much damage as possible (given they have no escape/team saves/bkb/etc). When you do katana, you will do more damage overall but the passive can be dispelled in many ways including bkb despite being physical so the katana will do much less damage if the person pops a bkb after your combo compared to just staying in sai. When you want to assassinate someone or kill them as fast as possible or they have something to dispel the damage over time in the katana stance then use sai. Also, you as much as possible do not want to cast the raptor dance when you still have remaining duration on the falcon rush in most cases. The example here used raptor dance barely into the combo and had about 25-30% of the buff left missing out on a lot of damage. Also saw a bit more stuff here like tower pushing using katana stance. If I remember correctly sai stance will dish more damage to towers since it has a higher attack speed.
Thanks for the tutorial. Im a KEZ player, earn 3 rampages for a single day and 5 rampages total in a week but still gt no idea how to preperly use this hero lol
Crystalis first is interesting, doesnt it delay BF too much?? Also have you looked at the Katana shard it is an absurd amount of dmg if you can make use of it late easily atleast 1000 extra dmg for 1.4k gold
kez is a snowball tempo hero. if you're farming late game against other carries, you gonna lose most of the time. i bought casual crystalis so my combo one shots anyone 1v1 from early to mid game, that way I can kick anyone out of the map solo and have good control of the game. fury then helps me scale and buy end game items. 😉
Also lvl 1 I think 2nd spell is much better than 1st unless if something happened like in the video theres a fight on the runes where 1st skill is better because u can hit multiple targets and slow them to deal maximum inpact when contesting a rune. Because 2nd skill gives you a decent amount of sustain during the first wave and it also helps u secure the range at the same time. Also theres 2 kinds of play style of kez that I know, 1 where you first max q and 2 where u first max w. The first play style is good for bursting people at lane but u will lack the mobility and sustain to play after the laning phase which is why u go battlefury to farm like what carries does and scale throughtout the game while also looking for chances to join fights because kez is a good carry that doesnt really require much item to have an impact as long as you have ult mainly the katana ult. The second play style is the one where you have alot of sustain and can pretty much move around the map easier cuz ur w gives u an ability to escape initiate and also lifesteal and you can use that to play actively throughtout the entire early to mid game which is why you shouldnt really go for battlefury with this skill build but instead go for diffusal, s and y, manta or witch blade first item that lets u snowball your lane and also help other lanes which is very common in high bracket. I'm not the best Kez player but this is just my opionion on the hero I use alot during it's release. I hope this helps :) dont mind my english please :D
you forgot about kez aghanim double ult combo, the katana ult can proc sai mark and the 2nd and 3rd hit deals more damage because the 1st deal critical for some reason, it's really great to fight meepo or to combo with team disabler, I have the full combo sequence but be careful to not proc the sai ult with the bunshin, Katana switch sai Q switch katana Q switch sai silence switch katana hit (use katana W if necessary for chasing) switch sai ult switch katana (make sure no bunshin is still active from katana Q hitting the target) ult and you deal a lot of area damage with the ult dealing more damage with AOE bash and more heal, your welcome
Great video and all but it honestly went in one ear and went thru the other. Learning this hero is pretty overwhelming. I’m confident to say that invoker is easier to learn than Kez😂
I play a clown build that rushes deso and build blink/more damage/scepter, maxing Q and E first All I do in the game is walk around, wait for teamfight/solo kills, use Sai ult to mark and Katana Q to land big damage If you manage to land counter to mark it works too but less reliable Usually bursts supports very well and unless they have heals as long as you land the combo you can start walking away because it does a lot of damage and DoT if you hit decent item timings Obviously if you know the combos and all it'll be good, but with this you can play with 1 braincell and still make decent impact
Hey mate, really good Kez example, but you forgot to mention agh shard, it doesnt cost much, but it is really strong for bursting down important/mobile targets with it. Also consider building desolator as crystalys doesnt stack well with sai crits, while deso works really good with passive crits and you gain deso stacks pretty easily on kez.
At this point, many dumbasses started to use AHK to compile whole combo list into certain hotkeys, spamming themselves up to higher rank. OP are just understatement.
Kez is actually broken AF even if you can't utilize all the skills, just using the 2nd skill during katana to get closer then use sai or just using sai permanently then using ulti to get close to enemies and attack them is just as OP. if you use the latter then even building pure atkspd and no damage like say: 1. Boots Travel (upgraded to 2 optimal) 2. Butterfly 3. Mjolnir 4. Bloodthorn 5. Assault Cuirrass 6. Monkey King Bar 7. Moonshard (Consumed) 8. Aghanims Blessing (Consumed) 9. Aghanims Shard 10. Neutral item with Attack Speed or Movespeed or Both (Tier 5 Pirate hat optimal) (*TAKE NOTE that the list of items is not in the right order to get but just a general consensus of a maxed item) Optional: Can exchange 3,4,5 or 6 with BKB and/or Nullifier if needed. 7-9 can be prioritized after getting at least 2 of the items before those. Now imagine using all the items in the list, just press Ultimate to get close to an enemy and then use 1st to activate damage output with the atkspd build then 2nd skill only to silence enemy if needed while 3rd (it becomes activatable with the shard IIRC) won't be used but stays as passive for a bigger chance to deal more damage as well as the talents you get prioritize for Sai and not Katana like especially the 50% evasion during 1st skill use in Sai form. With this build, you can practically kill all within seconds and I kid you not, even though I sucked playing this hero and although I lost the game, I was able to kill all 5 enemies twice in the clash (not full rampage sadly but the damage output was insane provided I was against 2 beefy heroes, pudge and bristle back along with a PA, sniper and a WD). You don't need to buy damage items like Daedalus or Desolator or even Divine Rapier, all you need is Sai 1st skill and max atkspd. PS: If you're laning with heroes who spam magic like DATOHLEONG was against lich and rubick, don't be afraid to buy "Infused Raindrops" costs 225 with 6 charges to block magic damage. Can save you a lot of healing items or possibly a fatal blow during early games. It's underrated but it's one of the best early game defenses you can get against magic damage heroes.
How about Mageslayer, well it was nerf but still good sustain item for my setup. Also for me im prefer using bracer recently than wraithband as agi hero in this lane rubick lich situation
@@MrWeissenHerz bracer is the better option than wraithband at start but it's cheaper and way better to get Infused Raindrops instead of buying a bracer costing 500+. Mageslayer is also an option as it depends on your preference as long as you get attackspeed as a main attribute considering you're aiming for a max atkspd for this build, you can change Mjolnir or AC the most out of the other items on the list for it. It is a situational item build NGL as if you need defenses to avoid dying when diving in. But then again, if you are a carry, never be allergic to BKB as Mageslayer is not a substitute to being actually immune to disables and magic and those diminishing 10-6 secs of immunity are bigger than magic defense from mageslayer during a clash.
In Dota Watafak Best Rampages 2024 video, i don't understand how Kez dealt so much damage with just Sai Q and hit with Katana. Is that because the enemy is stick together ?
Thats the new update they did for Kez only so they only posted in on Facebook. Right now the Sai Q no longer can active the cleave from BF. That makes him weaker IMO.
I'm noobish, so don't listen to me. But I really like buying lightnings to farm (it procs on katana Q) and I usually level the E at the laning stage. It's so much poison dps that trading hits is always favorable (unless it's a slark or w/e). The downside is you can't garantee not getting kills stolen, which is very common in my bracket (archon 3). also mageslayer is my second item after lightning if there are enemy spellcasters. pretty fun to debuff everyone with katana ulti. plus you need some mana regen anyways. sometimes I even get a blink dagger to setup and W to leave afterwards! so much fun anyways
Early counter is bane elemental just sleep all the time. Mid counter is Bloodseeker rupture iand late counter is ursa or huskar. If you have these 3 in your team then Kez wont be a problem.
IDK why people say this hero is bad, the first combo you mention can kick anyone out of the lane immediately, from then just snowball. The combo is also not hard, feels like complexity 2 hero
Thanks for the great content . Is quite amazing you still have friend who can play together with you no matter what version what new hero comes out. I got 7/8 friend play together but in 2025 is just left me playing only. Really envy have friend to play together . By the way, I very agree with you is take down the support first. We support will control carry later. I like your team work well played .
I still think aghs is the best item for Kez. The problem is the very high skill ceiling. imo Kez with aghs is arguably a little bit harder than invoker in real gameplay.
Idk man, getting Ags is easier to play. Because normally you're so limited in these combos, you always need to beware to not mess up something to not get something important on cooldown etc. After Ags, its easier to use more skills. When I played Kez, I went off-lane pos 3 and did Aghanim xD
The Invoker of agility heroes. When it plays on your side you lose, when you play against it totally overpowers you. Classic dota 2.
can't deny that
I really love kez. I think he’s the best hero added in years
how dare UA-cam hide this video for 16 second
fug. Matrix is real
men see, men try, men brain cant keep up, men feed
men reported sadlife
😂lol
Supports know how truly broken that hero is
Last time I face Kez, after the game, I scrambled to find report for sexual harassment button cus no way that shit is legal and not personally motivated
Guy just goes on top of your face like nobody's business
yep but turbo players know how shit he can be XD
i always faced kez head-on as PA once i got Fan of Knives and basher
@@ming-5392 but who the hell takes turbo into the context to describe how broken a hero is?
Truly sad that this hero skills seems not working for legacy keys user
The other thing is that this video doesn't even go into aghs combos.
There's some insane stuff that can be done once you're 25 with the echo slash talent.
You get aghs, the echo slash talent, and then go:
Start Katana -> Swap to Sai -> Sai Q -> Katana Q
Which will proceed to hit everyone with 3 echo slashes, which will also echo and hit everyone that is hit with echo slash with an additional falcon rush hit.
You can add Sai ulti to it as well, and you can do it without actually exhausting katana ult, having both available to you in a fight such that you can raptor dance mid fight while still applying a mark to everyone:
Start Katana -> Switch to Sai -> Sai Ult -> Katana W -> Sai Q -> Katana Q -> Katana Ult
Aghs has a skill ceiling that is disgustingly high and that's not even touched on here.
- If you want to use both the katana and sai spells on a single key, then the mode has to be swapped into before you use the spell, unless it's counterpart has already been used, then you can just use the other ability.
- For example in the above combo, you have to swap from katana into sai in order to falcon rush but leave echo slash up. However, since we have used sai ult already, it's totally okay to just use the katana ult without swapping from sai into it.
I've had entire enemy teams explode single handedly from just aghs combos on this hero. He's insane.
That is very difficult to execute especially in a real fight. Imma just stick with the 7 styles for beginner.
There's an additional combo with aghs, where you go Katana -> Sai -> Sai ult -> katana -> Katana ult and the % based dmg from raptor dance "crits" from the mark and does even more damage. Does 60%+ hp dmg with no items but removes all of your defensive ults immediately, so very risky.
let's add agh's shard into the mix
ABSOULUTELY BIG THANK YOU for the 7 styles tutorial in the beginning, I'm one of the players who are really itching to play kez but dont know how to
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4:24 I thought it was my steam notification lmao
Omg The Effort for teaching us noobs how to play this hero properly😅 I myself hated this hero caused of spells combination needed to memorize you know we are getting older i takes a lot of time to master it
I realized after the explanation of how the combo works is why I'm a crusader😭😭
my fav combo is katana. katana W, katana Q, now you is infront of the enemy, body block n hit them. use ulti to escape. Katana E if enemy move fast
I think the most important combos to learn are the:
1. Laning combo from lvl 4 to 6: (sai) Parry the attack => Falcon Rush => Hit twice => Switch to Katana =>
A. (If target in range of a hit) Hit with Katan => Grappling Hook (Right after the hit). [It's 8 hits total, and the absolute max I found on lvl 4)
B. (If out of range of the next Katana Hit) just Grappling Hook. [It's 6 hits total]
This will deal about 400-500 dmg on lvl 4, depending on how lucky you are on sai crits and armor. From what I found you should do the combo, disangage, and kill on 2nd or 3rd attempt.
And second and third important combos are agh combos, which are essentially your late game:
1. Kill without fully commiting: (Start with Katana) Switch to Sai => Falcon Rush => Switch to katan => Echo Slash => Switch to Sai => Sai Ulti (Escape + Crit) / if wasn't enough finish with => Switch to Katana => Grappling Hook => Katana Shard
Thus should be about 3000-5000 dmg with 6 slots, which is enough to kill almost any hero + before every skill there was a switch so everything else is still available like Katana ulti. Also its very fast and if done fast enough you'll be able to keep the opponent stunned with Sai ulti and Katana Shard
2. Commit: (Katana) Switch to sai => Falcon Rush => Switch To Katana => BKB(if jumping into all out fight) => Grappling Hook => Echo Slash => Switch to Sai = Sai Ulti => Sai toss (2nd skill, silence backline) => Switch to Katana => Katana Ulti => Katana Shard => if winning- finish them off, if not sure- disangage => switch to sai => w8 for Falcon Rush (by the time it resets everytjing except ulties will be ready)
If you manage to land Echo Slash and Katana Ulti on at least 3 heros its usually a win (since it's 3000-5000 dmg each). But you will most likely be dead if you begin the fight first, so usually the first Agh combo is the go to.
If you are able to pull this off without constantly thinking about how to press buttons, you'll definitely be able to do everything you might need. Since it's just a versetile hero, combos should be adapt to a certain scenrio. So I don't really see the point in framing youtself into any combo (maybe only lvl 4 combo since it's most optimized)
the patch drought is so severe, we're getting a hard hero tutorial instead of a wacky build
wait till datohleong find the fact that aghanim kez is more terrifying
you literally can Sai Q and Katana Q at the same time
you trigger sai Q with Katana Q to 5 heroes + other unit at the same time with the aghanim
i honestly think that getting agha on carry kez is a waste of gold. i believe the best way to play the hero is with efficient spell usage. using as little spell as possible to get as much done as possible. buy items that snowball really quick and end the game. 😉
@@datohleonggez 100% dude, i made a thread in reddit about this and got tore to pieces. It's overkill to have both sides with Kez so strong right now. Essentially would you rather sceptor or early khanda or butterfly etc
@@datohleonggez I see, I think what you're saying is right with 'carry safelane kez' in mind (and the video say strongest way too)
I'm starting to play dota again after finding out mid kez with agha is super fun, and I'm subscribing to you bcs of ur way having fun in this stressful game called dota, so yeah just giving some thought that maybe you would love too xD
Sai Parry auto cancels when you use an ability. (you cannot cancel it your cancel hotkey)
this way you can Punish people during laning phase.
parry -> silence
parry -> Katana Q
Parry -> Sai Q -> Katana W
Since you mark your opponent. Your Katana W deals more damage + get more lifesteal
It's funny because when you do it several times. You'll basically make your opponent anxious in lane.
You can Parry "Most" Physical damage. that includes PA's dagger, ember sleight of Fist (although it doesn't stun him) Mar's Shield bash etc;
I just want to leave a small tip about Kez lane phase that I it's good for solo players, where you can't communicate properly with your supports, or you can't get rotations from team.
I started to play this hero starting with Hook (W) spell, instead of Q, and I am usually doing 1-3-1-1 Skill build.
The reason is that Kez is kind squishy and he can be pressured super hard, like in this video where You're almost always < 50% HP.
Focusing his W in lane means you can keep healthy and deny enemy harass while you gather your stick charges for any lane fights.
Winning harass battle means your presence in lane is strong and you're not afraid to get all last hits in lane, you can use W to hit enemy and heal for a flat 120 HP + attack damage, or use it to grab a tree and escape ganks.
So here is my tip, if you're learning Kez or you feel you get harassed a lot in lane with him, focus his W spell and embrace the great heal / harass it provides and the dive / escape potential after level 6.
Thank you for the guide. It was helpful. It's good to see a little variety in your videos.
Perfect timing i’ve been wanting to learn this hero thank you!!
Have you experimented with Agh's much?
At a base level I think it allows you to walk around in Katana mode freely, which feels nice because of the grappling hook and ult. You can switch to Sai to get the Dragon Rush and immediately switch back to Katana and Grappling Hook. From there you can keep trying to switch before using each ability to maximize efficiency, but you can also just Raptor Dance or whatever you need.
I've only used it in a few games, but I feel like there's a lot of potential.
On my ban list for a reason. In pubs where coordination is not there, Kez is feasting. Wipes a team in a few swipes and heals himself.
0:20 there's quite a bit of misconceptions here. How you want to think of katana vs sai is whether you want to kill an enemy as fast as possible or dish as much damage as possible (given they have no escape/team saves/bkb/etc). When you do katana, you will do more damage overall but the passive can be dispelled in many ways including bkb despite being physical so the katana will do much less damage if the person pops a bkb after your combo compared to just staying in sai. When you want to assassinate someone or kill them as fast as possible or they have something to dispel the damage over time in the katana stance then use sai. Also, you as much as possible do not want to cast the raptor dance when you still have remaining duration on the falcon rush in most cases. The example here used raptor dance barely into the combo and had about 25-30% of the buff left missing out on a lot of damage.
Also saw a bit more stuff here like tower pushing using katana stance. If I remember correctly sai stance will dish more damage to towers since it has a higher attack speed.
Thanks for the tutorial. Im a KEZ player, earn 3 rampages for a single day and 5 rampages total in a week but still gt no idea how to preperly use this hero lol
Playing dota 2 with the command input like SF6
Crystalis first is interesting, doesnt it delay BF too much??
Also have you looked at the Katana shard it is an absurd amount of dmg if you can make use of it late easily atleast 1000 extra dmg for 1.4k gold
i go phaseboots>manta>bkb/upgraded orchid on kez usually. i dont get why most of people go bf.
I moved from Orchid to Mage Slayer, I play him Mid. As long as you max Q and E you still farm camps fast. Just need mana regen.
kez is a snowball tempo hero. if you're farming late game against other carries, you gonna lose most of the time. i bought casual crystalis so my combo one shots anyone 1v1 from early to mid game, that way I can kick anyone out of the map solo and have good control of the game. fury then helps me scale and buy end game items. 😉
The only combo I remembered from this is:
Sai- Eat Sai-Double Patty Sai-eat Katana-Cut Meat Sai Roast Meat Sai-eat... SAI-Qute U!
Works.
naah, for me its saii duck saiii yayayayaaa
okay so slark had time to press orchid, null, diffusal, but no time to press ulti or on cd ? 02:22
Also lvl 1 I think 2nd spell is much better than 1st unless if something happened like in the video theres a fight on the runes where 1st skill is better because u can hit multiple targets and slow them to deal maximum inpact when contesting a rune.
Because 2nd skill gives you a decent amount of sustain during the first wave and it also helps u secure the range at the same time.
Also theres 2 kinds of play style of kez that I know, 1 where you first max q and 2 where u first max w.
The first play style is good for bursting people at lane but u will lack the mobility and sustain to play after the laning phase which is why u go battlefury to farm like what carries does and scale throughtout the game while also looking for chances to join fights because kez is a good carry that doesnt really require much item to have an impact as long as you have ult mainly the katana ult.
The second play style is the one where you have alot of sustain and can pretty much move around the map easier cuz ur w gives u an ability to escape initiate and also lifesteal and you can use that to play actively throughtout the entire early to mid game which is why you shouldnt really go for battlefury with this skill build but instead go for diffusal, s and y, manta or witch blade first item that lets u snowball your lane and also help other lanes which is very common in high bracket.
I'm not the best Kez player but this is just my opionion on the hero I use alot during it's release.
I hope this helps :)
dont mind my english please :D
with shard can do very high finishing katana with sai ult > katana w > katana q > katana e
you forgot about kez aghanim double ult combo, the katana ult can proc sai mark and the 2nd and 3rd hit deals more damage because the 1st deal critical for some reason, it's really great to fight meepo or to combo with team disabler, I have the full combo sequence but be careful to not proc the sai ult with the bunshin, Katana switch sai Q switch katana Q switch sai silence switch katana hit (use katana W if necessary for chasing) switch sai ult switch katana (make sure no bunshin is still active from katana Q hitting the target) ult and you deal a lot of area damage with the ult dealing more damage with AOE bash and more heal, your welcome
Q+katana is trasg combo and next ss? cant hit while they running
how do you decide whether you make sy or bkb first?
Great video and all but it honestly went in one ear and went thru the other. Learning this hero is pretty overwhelming. I’m confident to say that invoker is easier to learn than Kez😂
I play a clown build that rushes deso and build blink/more damage/scepter, maxing Q and E first
All I do in the game is walk around, wait for teamfight/solo kills, use Sai ult to mark and Katana Q to land big damage
If you manage to land counter to mark it works too but less reliable
Usually bursts supports very well and unless they have heals as long as you land the combo you can start walking away because it does a lot of damage and DoT if you hit decent item timings
Obviously if you know the combos and all it'll be good, but with this you can play with 1 braincell and still make decent impact
what do you think of echo sabre?
You can also do that full katana combo but you start with parrying enemy's attack
What do you think about his Aghanim?
19:44 question here, how he got a billion heal?
katana ulti 100% lifesteal
Katana ulti with sange&yasha
He's hitting 4 targets here and heal by the same amount of damage dealt. Also, S&Y heal amp + illu taking more damage.
satanic maybe and ulti katana did lifesteal correct me if im wrong
ult + sny health/spell regen amp
Hey mate, really good Kez example, but you forgot to mention agh shard, it doesnt cost much, but it is really strong for bursting down important/mobile targets with it. Also consider building desolator as crystalys doesnt stack well with sai crits, while deso works really good with passive crits and you gain deso stacks pretty easily on kez.
How u handle early/midgame mana problem?
12:35 your average dota 2 early game. Just a tip you can do it faster with 2 player facing each other. You will reach 20x in just under 10 second
13:36
Kez : GTFO!
😂😂😂
With a core hero this active he is definitely best for midlane rather than carry
2 combos were missing, sai deflect into katana grapling claw & sai ulti into katana Q, aghanim come with alot more
If the "skill issue" is present across all brackets, including professional players, then its not a skill issue, its a balance issue.
Was hoping you explain the aghs cus a lot of the high winrate kez players kinda get the aghs early too
saw this on my frontpage then randomly said "OKEI" then when the video played i was greeted with the DTL "OKEI". lmao
At this point, many dumbasses started to use AHK to compile whole combo list into certain hotkeys, spamming themselves up to higher rank. OP are just understatement.
Kez is actually broken AF even if you can't utilize all the skills, just using the 2nd skill during katana to get closer then use sai or just using sai permanently then using ulti to get close to enemies and attack them is just as OP. if you use the latter then even building pure atkspd and no damage like say:
1. Boots Travel (upgraded to 2 optimal)
2. Butterfly
3. Mjolnir
4. Bloodthorn
5. Assault Cuirrass
6. Monkey King Bar
7. Moonshard (Consumed)
8. Aghanims Blessing (Consumed)
9. Aghanims Shard
10. Neutral item with Attack Speed or Movespeed or Both (Tier 5 Pirate hat optimal)
(*TAKE NOTE that the list of items is not in the right order to get but just a general consensus of a maxed item)
Optional:
Can exchange 3,4,5 or 6 with BKB and/or Nullifier if needed.
7-9 can be prioritized after getting at least 2 of the items before those.
Now imagine using all the items in the list, just press Ultimate to get close to an enemy and then use 1st to activate damage output with the atkspd build then 2nd skill only to silence enemy if needed while 3rd (it becomes activatable with the shard IIRC) won't be used but stays as passive for a bigger chance to deal more damage as well as the talents you get prioritize for Sai and not Katana like especially the 50% evasion during 1st skill use in Sai form.
With this build, you can practically kill all within seconds and I kid you not, even though I sucked playing this hero and although I lost the game, I was able to kill all 5 enemies twice in the clash (not full rampage sadly but the damage output was insane provided I was against 2 beefy heroes, pudge and bristle back along with a PA, sniper and a WD). You don't need to buy damage items like Daedalus or Desolator or even Divine Rapier, all you need is Sai 1st skill and max atkspd.
PS: If you're laning with heroes who spam magic like DATOHLEONG was against lich and rubick, don't be afraid to buy "Infused Raindrops" costs 225 with 6 charges to block magic damage. Can save you a lot of healing items or possibly a fatal blow during early games. It's underrated but it's one of the best early game defenses you can get against magic damage heroes.
How about Mageslayer, well it was nerf but still good sustain item for my setup.
Also for me im prefer using bracer recently than wraithband as agi hero in this lane rubick lich situation
@@MrWeissenHerz bracer is the better option than wraithband at start but it's cheaper and way better to get Infused Raindrops instead of buying a bracer costing 500+. Mageslayer is also an option as it depends on your preference as long as you get attackspeed as a main attribute considering you're aiming for a max atkspd for this build, you can change Mjolnir or AC the most out of the other items on the list for it. It is a situational item build NGL as if you need defenses to avoid dying when diving in. But then again, if you are a carry, never be allergic to BKB as Mageslayer is not a substitute to being actually immune to disables and magic and those diminishing 10-6 secs of immunity are bigger than magic defense from mageslayer during a clash.
watching the tutorial when I'm a support main hurts my brain
Too much confuse what combo should I do. Maybe practice helps😅
Yea datoh you speak a lot of using sai here, but can we use laosai for playing this hero? 👀
Ahhh 1st datoh video of the year....😁
why u not talk about the itemization?
Hey what the heck Datohleong! I was expecting a KHANDA DAGON build, this is some legit play! xD
Finally another video 🎉 sir I'm gonna need more content. Thanks.
So dota2 slowly becoming like street fighter combo style 😂😂😂
most amount of sai's i've heard in 5mins, sai here sai there sai everywhere, tml i confirm pang sai
Why u not using ur Razer chair bro
all this sai makes me feel like Kanasai😅
SONG?
Why crystalis b4 battle fury?
And also why sange and yasha and butterfly?
got down to 52 health while 27/0/8 then full healed with ult lmao.
If only there was an item to help against magical burst in lane... Something with 6 charges that's relatively cheap
In Dota Watafak Best Rampages 2024 video, i don't understand how Kez dealt so much damage with just Sai Q and hit with Katana. Is that because the enemy is stick together ?
Thats the new update they did for Kez only so they only posted in on Facebook. Right now the Sai Q no longer can active the cleave from BF. That makes him weaker IMO.
есть комбо через аганим, где он? можно за секунд 5 прожать все скиллы + аганим шард. И урон будет колосальный.
I'm noobish, so don't listen to me. But I really like buying lightnings to farm (it procs on katana Q) and I usually level the E at the laning stage. It's so much poison dps that trading hits is always favorable (unless it's a slark or w/e). The downside is you can't garantee not getting kills stolen, which is very common in my bracket (archon 3).
also mageslayer is my second item after lightning if there are enemy spellcasters. pretty fun to debuff everyone with katana ulti. plus you need some mana regen anyways. sometimes I even get a blink dagger to setup and W to leave afterwards!
so much fun anyways
Kez: Katana W + Sai E+ Sai W + Wait for animation + Sai Q W + ... = 1 kill
Juggernault: Press Q = Rampage
Early counter is bane elemental just sleep all the time. Mid counter is Bloodseeker rupture iand late counter is ursa or huskar. If you have these 3 in your team then Kez wont be a problem.
Long story short, kez is hit version of invoker
You're using legacy keys too??
IDK why people say this hero is bad, the first combo you mention can kick anyone out of the lane immediately, from then just snowball. The combo is also not hard, feels like complexity 2 hero
Take a vodka shot everytime he says Sai and Katana
Thats not funny at all, why did you even comment???
Im kez user, u should try shiva + kaya yasha, kez ultimate will be super huge
Thanks for the great content . Is quite amazing you still have friend who can play together with you no matter what version what new hero comes out.
I got 7/8 friend play together but in 2025 is just left me playing only. Really envy have friend to play together .
By the way, I very agree with you is take down the support first. We support will control carry later. I like your team work well played .
The besr combo.
Ulti Sai. katana lvl 1 with deso😂😂 always works for me
hearing you say sai q sai w sai hit , i wanna pangsai
bro try, medusa immortal build with tinker shield and wyvern mana regen facet using vladimir or something to heal medusa
Sounds like Invoker
This hero is overtuned big time, it looks like it comes from League of Legends or something...
got dizzy alrerady when sai sai pat combo..
I watched 2b pos 4 kez and he really likes using sai ulti then silence.
my brain already hurts by just watching this. who the hell is invoker again?
i keep hear Sai Q as saikyou
Wow, Did u watch Dreamocel before??
combo with aghanim is much harder
This combos reminds me of Dragon Nest days
THE REAL QUESTION IS HOW MANY COMBOS ARE THERE WITH THE AGHS??
My brain exploding as i hear u speak
I still think aghs is the best item for Kez. The problem is the very high skill ceiling. imo Kez with aghs is arguably a little bit harder than invoker in real gameplay.
Idk man, getting Ags is easier to play. Because normally you're so limited in these combos, you always need to beware to not mess up something to not get something important on cooldown etc. After Ags, its easier to use more skills.
When I played Kez, I went off-lane pos 3 and did Aghanim xD
Then we aghanims he gets an insane combo
kez tutorial 2025
Later Dota Cinema is gonna upload it
I have an 85% win rate with Kez around 20-25 games. It definitely is a skill issue.
me 2 mins into the video: jiak sai lah
you use legacy keys?!
best kez tutorial
take a shot everytime u hear sai. oh wait ur asleep...
I lost it at Sai Kio Da...
What I hear: Sai-kyu, Sai-dabolyu, katana, katana, shadow 🙂🙂💀💀
Someone tell him, the dota player is ZAI not SAI.