Abilities, roles and builds with an explanation for every purchase.
HERO GAME PLANI protect an ally from focused physical damage and add healing at the moment of greatest danger.
A guardian at the front lines of battle, Omniknight is always eager to join his team in battle. Whether healing an ally with a spell that also harms nearby foes, or battering an enemy with his mighty hammer, he protects his allies from harm.
My recommendation is a starting point. We choose another position together with the team and for its needs.
Help the lane, provide vision and keep the ally alive first; expensive upgrades follow the necessary team purchases.
My resource is the team's space: I hold the lane and build for initiation or team protection.
This is an editorial starting plan based on hero mechanics. It is not presented as a match I have already tested or a popularity ranking.
Here is my initial plan: I do my role's job first, then choose the items the team needs. I adapt the order and expensive purchases to the opponent.
Provide mana for laning and regular ability use.
Strengthens the hero’s healing plan and provides another source of restoration when needed.
Buffs an allied hero for close-range fighting and adds a defensive tool.
Lets me remove an eligible negative effect and complicates the opponent's targeted focus.
Combine mana and health sustain for the team; useful in prolonged fights together.
Glimmer Cape ↗Adds a protective tool and hides the chosen ally; invisibility does not replace escaping detection.
Pipe of Insight ↗Provides team protection against substantial magical damage.
Aghanim's Scepter ↗Unlocks or upgrades Guardian Angel. The exact effects are shown below in the abilities section.
I do not assign one ‘correct’ minute to every purchase. I look at my gold, the next fight and the problem: am I missing mana, target access, control or protection? If an expensive slot will arrive too late, I get a useful answer earlier.
Original Valve icons and descriptions. Cooldowns and mana are shown by level from the data snapshot; talents and upgrades can change the values.
Instantly heals a friendly unit and damages all nearby enemy units.
Instantly heals a friendly unit and damages all nearby enemy units.
After a delay of 3 sec., the ability triggers on the target again at 65% of its normal strength.
Grants the target debuff immunity and +60% magic resistance, and increases its health regeneration.
The hero imbues his hammer with holy power to deal pure damage based on base damage. This attack has increased range and briefly slows the target.
The hero imbues his hammer with holy power to deal pure damage based on base damage. This attack has increased range and briefly slows the target. Over 4 sec. after the attack, the hero heals for 40% of the damage dealt.
Omniknight calls upon a Guardian Angel that grants immunity from physical damage to all allied units near Omniknight.
Omniknight calls upon a Guardian Angel that grants immunity from physical damage to all allied units near Omniknight.
Guardian Angel has global radius, affects buildings, and amplifies health restoration.
These abilities are not necessarily available at the same time. I check the condition beside the name: innate ability, another form or an Aghanim purchase.
Degenerates the movement capabilities of enemy units that stray too near, slowing their movement speed.
Degenerates the movement capabilities of enemy units that stray too near, slowing their movement speed.
These are fields from the official source. The hero's final values in the client account for attributes and other active mechanics.
Items, slang and real episodes help connect abilities with what happens in a match.
