Tips for Silencer?
How should he be played? carry or support.
Originally a lane support hero , he can carry the game too, just like QoP does.
I always play this hero as a semi carry as I dont know how to support with this hero.
He is best against heroes who needs early game farm and dependent on mana, like juggernaut, Pl, AM, etc... Max your 1st skill first, followed by 3rd skill, with 1 point on 2nd ability before before lvl 5. Ulti at respective levels.
1st spell is basically use to make your enemy lose their mana and HP until and unless they cast a spell. So its more like asking them to waste a spell or take damage. (Not true with al heroes though, like PA can use her dagger, which has low mana cost to counter this skill of Silencer).
2nd spell is a toggle ability which lets you get bonus damage depending upon your intelligence level. More the intelligence, more dmg boost you get. Also, each time an enemy hero dies within a certain radius, you get
permanent Int stats, +2 if someone else killed or +4 if you killed him. But to do so, you must have at least 1 point put on this skill (toggling ON is not required.)
3rd spell is even more impressive. First of all it will puts a curse on enemy that if they use a spell, they will be silenced. And also, it disables them to attack for a certain duration, like 3-4 secs i think. So it is best to use against those hero who depend highly on their right click attacks like Void, Antimage, etc. And ya, it does good amount of damage too.
Ultimate silences all of enemy team for 4, 5 6 secs. Most people use ulti and then use 1st skill to make the enemy team lose mana and HP for that period of time. And if you manage to make Aghanim Scepter, then your ulti will automatically apply 1st skill to all the heroes.
My preferable skill build:
1 3 1 2 1 4 1 3 3 3 4 2 .....
My preferable item build
Power treads--> Meka if no one else in your team has one --> Force staff
then either Orchid or Eul's Scepter depending upon enemy team
Scythe of Vyse, Rod of Atos, Blood stone , Aghanim Scepter
I sometimes change my boots to boots of travel too if got enough money i