Mathilda
SupportHero Guide
Build Explanation
This build focuses on enhancing Mathilda's roaming capabilities, providing a balance of durability, cooldown reduction, and utility. Tough Boots help mitigate crowd control effects, while Enchanted Talisman and Flask of the Oasis boost her mana sustainability and support capabilities. Dominance Ice and Antique Cuirass enhance her survivability in team fights, and Immortality offers a second chance in crucial moments.
Introduction
Mathilda, in her role as a roamer, excels in mobility and support, offering both offensive and defensive capabilities to her team. Her skill set allows her to engage, disengage, and provide significant utility in skirmishes and team fights. This guide focuses on maximizing her potential in the roaming lane, emphasizing skill combos, matchups, and strategic gameplay.
Early Game
In the early game, focus on securing vision, assisting in jungle invasions, and providing support to your teammates. Use Mathilda's mobility to rotate quickly between lanes. Prioritize leveling up her Guiding Wind for mobility and shield, aiding in early ganks or escapes. Be proactive in setting up ambushes and securing Crab for your team, but avoid overextending without proper backup.
Mid Game
As the game progresses, Mathilda's role becomes crucial in initiating or countering team fights. Use her Circling Eagle to engage on key targets, preferably squishy enemies or isolated targets. Combine her Soul Bloom with Guiding Wind to maximize damage output and provide shields to allies. Focus on objectives like Turrets and the Turtle, using your mobility to roam efficiently and respond to enemy movements.
Late Game
In the late game, Mathilda's role shifts towards more of a peeler and secondary initiator. Protect your carries with Guiding Wind and use Circling Eagle to disrupt enemy formations or peel for your damage dealers. Positioning is key; stay near your carries to shield them and be ready to counter-engage. Prioritize Lord and push with your team, using your skills to secure kills or escape high-risk situations.
Skill Combo
Mathilda's skill combo typically involves using Guiding Wind for positioning, followed by Soul Bloom to gather wisps, and then engaging with Circling Eagle for burst damage and crowd control. Always be mindful of your positioning and the state of your team, as Mathilda excels in turning the tide of battles with her mobility and utility.
Conclusion
Remember, your primary role is to support and enable your team, so adapt your playstyle to the needs of each game.
Hero Skills
Ancestral Guidance
Mathilda gains (Ancestral Guidance) while moving. When it's fully charged, her next Basic Attack will be enhanced, dealing 200( +100% Total Physical Attack) (+100% Total Magic Power) (Magic Damage) to the target and granting her 80 extra Movement Speed that decays over 2.5s.
Guiding Wind
Mathilda leaps in the target direction and creates a field around her, gaining a 500( +180% Total Magic Power) shield and 25% extra Movement Speed for 3s. Allied heroes who come into contact with the field will receive a 60% shield and (Guiding Wind). The first allied hero that triggers (Guiding Wind) will be guided to Mathilda, and both of them will gain the same Movement Speed boost. When casting this skill during (Circling Eagle), Mathilda won't change her position. (Guiding Wind) expires 2s after the hero leaves Mathilda's field.
Soul Bloom
Mathilda resonates with the power of her ancestors for 3.5s, attracting wisps as her movement distance increases (up to 6 wisps). At the end of the duration, or when Mathilda casts this skill again, the wisps will seek and attack nearby enemies, each dealing 350( +100% Total Magic Power) (Magic Damage) and revealing the enemies' positions briefly. The damage of successive wisp hits on the same enemy will decay to 20%.
Circling Eagle
Mathilda applies a Soul Mark to the target enemy hero and circles around them for up to 2s, during which wisps will rush toward nearby enemies, each dealing 60( +15% Total Magic Power) (Magic Damage). (Soul Bloom) will prioritize targets with Soul Mark. At the end of the duration, or when Mathilda casts this skill again, she'll charge at the enemy, dealing 320( +120% Total Magic Power) (Magic Damage) to enemies in her path while knocking them back and stunning them for 0.4s. Mathilda gains Control Immunity and a 600( +160% Total Magic Power) shield for the skill duration.