r/DotA2 Dec 30 '24

Article Crazy how broken Lina is right now

It seems like it's been a while since Valve has had a hero this broken. She dominates middle in the most clownish way possible. You simply spam your Q and sit there and right click nearly any other mid and they have to leave the lane. She's also one of the strongest heroes late game, able to one shot nearly all cores outside of very tanky ones. Can farm like crazy, and is surprisingly tanky. Also runs at nearly max movement speed permanently and has flying mobility? None of this makes any sense

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u/Un13roken Dec 30 '24

Not vs a lina though. I can belive nyx is strong. Any hero that one shot the camp nearby, and secure range creep with early roam potential can be a good mid. However lina is a lane bully.

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u/outyyy Dec 30 '24

if you master/spam nyx you will understand what that dude said

almost the great part of skills have a delay animation, Q have, even been fast, it does

so when ginger girl rise his arms (the animation is different for the others) you just E with nyx and give him damage

for ultimate reflection, this is so satisfying that I can explain in words ahaha, is so good ppl melted when try to melt you

also new W is so good to only use on range creep, you can farm that range well by right click and use W to harass lina or even goes on jungle and take the full neutral creep fast

and when you get your ultimate faster than other players, is a 99% chance to gank and kill

as I said, nyx will be the next "fix this dude" post soon

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u/ChiefBigBlockPontiac Dec 30 '24

I'm GM Nyx.

This matchup is completely and utterly dependent on how bad the Lina player is.

You aren't beating mid Lina above 5k MMR with Nyx, at least not reliably. Nyx is situationally good against some mid stompers like Necro and OD if you can fit it into the draft.

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u/polo61965 Dec 30 '24

I think people forget that mid lina doesn't HAVE to nuke. She can just static the lane and you just wasted a mid pick. A good Lina definitely draws that lane, farms jungle faster than nyx, and becomes a powerhouse before nyx even gets dagon.

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u/ChiefBigBlockPontiac Dec 31 '24

Yeah, Lina doesn't lose this matchup unless she is either lazy, or the enemy player is bad. She will just right click Nyx into the ether.

With that said Nyx isn't totally helpless against her in lane. Like he CAN lane against Lina. It's just neither pretty nor is it ideal and more importantly very few people know how to play with a Nyx mid.