Clinkz

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[e][h]Clinkz

Dire Hero

Attributes

14 +2.2

22 +2.7

18 +1.7

15 - 21

0

290

Base Stats

Base HP Regen

0.25

Base Mana Regen

0.25

Sight Range

1800 / 800

Attack Range

650

Missile Speed

900

Attack Duration

0.7 + 0.3

Cast Duration

0.5 + 0.51

Base Attack Speed

100

Base Attack Time

1.7

Base Magic Resist

25%

Turn Rate

0.4

Level Changes

Level

1

15

25

Health

452

992

1388

Mana

291

567

771

Armor

4.4

12

17.4

Damage

37-43

74-80

101-107

Spell Amp

1.3%

2.9%

4.1%

Magic Resist

25%

27%

29%

Movement Speed Amp

1.1%

3%

4.3%

Most Played As

LessMore

Role

1

2

3

4

5

Clinkz, the Bone Fletcher

Recommended Roles

Carry Escape Pusher

At the base of the Bleeding Hills stretches a thousand-league wood—a place called The Hoven, where black pools gather the tarry blood of the uplands, and the king-mage Sutherex sits in benevolent rule. Once a sworn protector of the Hoven lands, Clinkz earned a reputation for his skill with a bow. In the three-hundredth year of the king-mage, the demon Maraxiform rose from sixth hell to lay claim to the forest. In response, the king-mage decried an unbreakable spell: to any who slew the demon would be granted Life Without End.

Unaware of the spell, Clinkz waded into battle, defending his lands against the demon's fiery onslaught. Clinkz drove Maraxiform back to the gates of sixth-hell itself, where on that fiery threshold the two locked in a mortal conflict. Grievously wounded, the demon let out a blast of hellfire as Clinkz loosed his final arrow. The arrow struck the demon true as hellfire poured out across the land, lighting the black pools and burning Clinkz alive at the instant of the demon's death. Thus, the mage's spell took effect at the very moment of the archer's conflagration, preserving him in this unholy state, leaving him a being of bones and rage, caught in the very act of dying, carrying hell's breath with him on his journey into eternity.

Abilities

Strafe

QT

Targeting
No Target

Affects
Self

Clinkz nimbly attacks with a barrage of arrows. Dramatically increases attack speed for a short time and grants Clinkz the ability to automatically dodge projectiles.

Bonus Attack Speed	110 / 160 / 210 / 260

Duration	3.5 7.5 25

Cast Point	0

30 / 25 / 20 / 15

75 / 80 / 85 / 90

	Dispellable.

It's hard to say whether the blur around the Bone Fletcher is from his flaming heart or his speed with the quiver.

Notes

• Strafe lets Clinkz dodge any projectiles, including spell projectiles. Dodged spells have no effect.
• Clinkz gains a red fiery effect around his head for the duration of Strafe. This is visible to enemies.

Searing Arrows

WR

Targeting
Unit Target
Autocast

Affects
Enemy Units
Buildings

Damage Type
Physical

Clinkz, with his eternal flaming essence, imbues his arrows with fire to deal extra damage.

Bonus Damage	20 / 30 / 40 / 50 35 / 45 / 55 / 65 15

Multishot Arrows	2 25

6 / 8 / 10 / 12

Clinkz simply lights his arrows from his flaming essence for quite the destructive effect.

Notes

• Arrows are on fire and visibly different from normal arrows. This is visible to enemies.
• Multishot Details
  25
  • Only fires a secondary arrow if there are targets within attack range.
  • Secondary target is chosen randomly.

Skeleton Walk

EW

Targeting
No Target

Affects
Self

Clinkz moves invisibly through units until the moment he attacks or uses an ability.

Bonus Movement Speed	15% / 25% / 35% / 45% 45% / 55% / 65% / 75%

Duration	20 / 25 / 30 / 35

Fade Time	0.6

Cast Point	0

20 / 19 / 18 / 17

75

	Creates two skeletons near Clinkz when exiting Skeleton Walk. Increases Skeleton Walk speed and unlocks max movement speed.

With a burst of fire and puff of smoke, the Bone Fletcher was nowhere to be seen.

Notes

• Clinkz can phase through units when under the effects of Skeleton Walk.
• If cast again while invisible, the brief animation is visible to enemies.

Burning Army

RE

Targeting
Vector Target

Affects
Enemy Heroes

Damage Type
Physical

Clinkz summons an army of fiery skeleton archers.

Skeleton Archers	4 / 5 / 6

Base Attack Time	1.6

Hero Hit Count	2

Non-Hero Hit Count	8

Spawn Interval	0.7

Duration	20

Summon Distance	1300

Cast Range	1200

Cast Point	0

110
     80

15

125 / 175 / 225

Sutherex' bond of life and death has become a part of Clinkz, and his old bones are refreshed with repetition of the pact on lesser beings.

Notes

• Skeletons attack using  Searing Arrows. They also gain the talent buffs.
• Skeletons have Clinkz's attack range and base damage.
• Skeletons are immobile from the spot they were summoned.
• Vector Targeting:
  • While holding the left mouse key, the summon direction is determined by moving the mouse.
  • The spell occurs after the left mouse key is released.

Talent Tree

Talent Tree
Searing Arrows Multishot	25	+4s  Strafe Stacks/Duration
+16 Health Regen	20	+125 Attack Range
+15  Searing Arrows Damage	15	-30s  Burning Army Cooldown
+8 Agility	10	+10 Strength

Summon Stats

Skeleton Archer [h]

Stats

Unit Type

Summoned

Attack Type

 

Hero

Armor Type

 

Basic

Duration

20

Health

8

Damage

80% / 100% / 120%
of Clinkz Base Damage

Attack Range

650
and matches Clinkz

Attack Duration

0.3 + 0.3

Base Attack Time

1.75 / 1.6 / 1.45

Sight Range

800 / 800

Magic Resistance

0%

Turn Rate

0.5

Gold Bounty

20

Experience

20

Notes

Attack damage and range are equal to Clinkz. Takes 4 damage from heroes and 1 damage from non-hero units.

Recommended Items

Starting Items			Early Game

Mid Game			Late Game

General Strategy

When Clinkz stalks invisibly through the battlefield, none are safe from ambush. Swift of foot and arrow, he rains fiery death upon his foes, then retreats to absorb life from the creatures of the forest as he prepares for his next assault.

Clinkz (In-Game Description)

Overview

Clinkz is a versatile and powerful Ganker/Carry hero with excellent pick off potential.

Strafe is your general attack speed steroid. Try to use it whenever an enemy is immobilized, so that most of your time is spent attacking, and not chasing the target. It's also one of the best pushing abilities in game, so don't be afraid to use it against towers.

Searing Arrows is where your damage comes from. It gives 30 bonus damage for 10 mana at level one, so you can use it in lane to get last hits if needed. Be careful with spamming it, since you have a below average mana pool. Combined with Strafe it can be really mana intensive. Don't forget that the bonus damage works on towers and other buildings.

Skeleton Walk is your main escape and roaming ability. Use it to get pick offs, position yourself in a team fight or escape from enemies. At level 1 the duration is already the same as the cooldown. Be careful not to overextend, Clinkz is a really squishy hero when caught out of position and can easily be bursted down.

Death Pact is what gives you durability and some damage. It devours an enemy or neutral creep, and gives you temporary HP and damage. On early levels, if you don't wish to leave the lane to Death Pact a creep, you can use it on your own lane creeps to deny xp and pull back the wave. Always try using it on the large neutral creeps, like the Centaur Conqueror, Satyr Tormentor or Troll Summoner. Use the cooldown strategically, before a pick off or team fight starts. Be careful to not lose the buff before fighting, since Clinkz has a below average HP pool. On level 1 and 2 the cooldown is longer than the duration, only at level 3 is the cooldown the same as the duration.

Skill Build

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Spell
Level	11	12	13	14	15	16	18	20	25
Spell

Early Game

Clinkz is great at any lane. Searing Arrows can be used to harass and get last hits. It might be tempting to get early kills with Searing Arrows, but remember that overextending with Clinkz might be certain death. Focus on your last hits to get some quick core items. A Ring of Aquila is a good first item, but remember to disable the aura in lane. A Soul Ring is core because it has perfect synergy with Death Pact.

Mid Game

You should have your Orchid Malevolence partially completed by now. Focus on completing it as soon as possible. This is where Clinkz really shines. When you have your Orchid Malevolence completed, you can really start picking off targets. Start roaming the map aggressively. Try finding weak targets, and pick them off with Orchid, Strafe and Searing Arrows. You can roam through the enemy Jungle or in the lanes. Ask your support to ward aggressively in these places. A good Clinkz should make supports, and later on all enemies, afraid to run around alone.

Clinkz is a really good pusher with Strafe and Searing Arrows. If you can't find an easy kill when roaming, focus on getting a tower instead. Be careful not to linger around too long, you're still squishy at this stage of the game.

In team fights positioning is key. Keep the initiating to others, and try to stay behind. When the fight has started, look for weak targets and pick them off. If needed, you can build a Black King Bar to increase your durability in team fights. Otherwise, look towards a Monkey King Bar or Daedalus depending on the situation. A Monkey King Bar makes sieging towers easy. A Daedalus increases your damage output in team fights and pick offs.

Late Game

By now, most outer towers should be down. Keep warding aggressively to get a pick off, so when you get one you can start sieging the enemy base. Good luxury items you can buy are Daedalus to really increase your damage if you got the Monkey King Bar first. Butterfly to get the durability against enemy carries and get some nice attack speed and damage. Scythe of Vyse to make picking off targets even easier. Or Manta Style to make tower sieges easier and to dispel Dust of Appearance from yourself.

Version History

Version	Balance Changes
7.22d
	Strength gain increased from 1.9 to 2.2 Agility gain reduced from 3 to 2.7 Burning Army spawn interval improved from 0.8 to 0.7
7.22c
	Level 10 Talent changed from +5 Armor to +8 Agility Level 10 Talent changed from +12% Magic Resistance to +10 Strength Level 15 Talent changed from +15 Strength to -30s Burning Army Cooldown Level 25 Talent increased from +3s Strafe Duration to +4s
7.22b
	Base Strength increased by 2 Searing Arrows damage reduced from 30/40/50/60 to 20/30/40/50 Searing Arrows mana cost reduced from 12 to 6/8/10/12 Level 15 Talent reduced from +20 Searing Arrows to +15
7.22
	Now has 0.25 base mana regen Added Scepter upgrade: Creates two skeletons near Clinkz when exiting Wind Walk Increases Wind Walk speed by +30% and unlocks max movement speed Burning Army base attack time changed from 1.75/1.6/1.45 to 1.6 Burning Army units damage from 100% of your base damage to 80/100/120% Level 15 Talent reduced from +30 Searing Arrows Damage to +20
7.21
	Movement Speed reduced by 5
7.20d
	Burning Army damage type changed from Pierce to Hero type (50% vs heroes to 100%) Burning Army base attack time increased from 1.5/1.35/1.2 to 1.75/1.6/1.45
7.20c
	Attack range increased from 640 to 650 Burning Army base attack time improved from 1.65/1.5/1.35 to 1.5/1.35/1.2 Level 20 Talent increased from +100 to +125 Attack Range
7.20b
	Burning Army base attack time improved from 1.8/1.65/1.5 to 1.65/1.5/1.35 Burning Army cast range increased from 800 to 1200
7.20
	Replaced Death Pact with Burning Army Uses Vector Targeting Spawns 4/5/6 Fiery Skeleton Archers along a 1300 line Skeletons attack using Searing Arrows, have your base damage, and are immobile They only attack enemy heroes (like WD ward, but killable) Takes 2 hits to kill from a hero Attack range matches your hero Spawn at 0.8 second intervals Base Attack Time: 1.8/1.65/1.5 Mana Cost: 125/175/225 Cast Range: 800 Cooldown: 110 Duration: 20
7.19c
	Base strength reduced from 14 to 12 Searing Arrows mana cost increased from 10 to 12 Level 20 Talent reduced from +20 Health Regen to +16 Level 25 Talent reduced from +4s Strafe Duration to +3s
7.19b
	Base strength reduced from 16 to 14
7.18
	Strafe cooldown reduced from 45/35/25/15 to 30/25/20/15 Strafe mana cost reduced from 90 to 75/80/85/90
7.17
	Base armor increased by 1 Strafe dodge now works against non-player units Strafe attack speed increased from 80/140/200/260 to 110/160/210/260
7.16
	Increased Base HP regen to 1.75 Intelligence increased from 16 + 1.55 to 18 + 1.7 Strafe dodge no longer has a count limit
7.12
	Strafe duration increased from 3 to 3.5 seconds
7.10
	Strafe projectile dodge count increased from 3 to 4 Level 15 Talent increased from +15% Evasion to +20%
7.07
	Movement speed reduced by 5 Agility gain reduced from 3.3 to 2.6 Death Pact HP reduced from 50/70/90% to 40/60/80% Death Pact damage reduced from 5/7/9% to 4/6/8% Reworked Strafe Reworked Talent Tree
7.06c
	Skeleton Walk movement speed increased from 11/22/33/44% to 15/25/35/45% Death Pact health gain increased from 50/65/80% to 50/70/90% Death Pact damage gain increased from 5/6.5/8% to 5/7/9%
7.06
	Death Pact cooldown increased from 45/30/15 to 85 Death Pact duration increased from 35 to 65
7.02
	Level 15 Talent from +12 Strength to +15
7.00
	Death Pact cooldown rescaled from 45/35/25 to 45/30/15 Added Talent Tree
6.88
	Attack range increased from 630 to 640
6.86
	Agility gain increased from 3 to 3.3
6.85
	Strafe cooldown reduced from 45/40/35/30 to 40/35/30/25
6.84
	Skeleton Walk cooldown from 20 to 20/19/18/17 Death Pact cooldown from 45/40/35 to 45/35/25
6.83
	Base attack range increased from 600 to 630
6.82
	Searing Arrows is no longer a Unique Attack Modifier
6.81
	Death Pact cooldown reduced from 45 to 45/40/35
6.79
	Searing Arrows damage increased from 20/30/40/50 to 30/40/50/60 Searing Arrows mana cost increased from 8 to 10 Searing Arrows is no longer blocked by magic immunity
6.78
	Strafe cooldown decreased from 60/50/40/30 to 45/40/35/30
6.75
	Strafe attack speed bonus increased from 110 to 130
6.74
	Death Pact hp bonus increased from 50/60/70% to 50/65/80% Death Pact damage bonus increased from 4/6/8% to 5/6.5/8%
6.73
	Wind Walk movement bonus increased from 10/20/30/40% to 11/22/33/44% Strafe Attack Speed bonus increased from 90 to 110 Searing Arrows no longer has a cooldown at level 1
6.69
	Death Pact attack damage rebalanced from 6/7/8% to 4/6/8% of targets HP
6.67
	Death Pact reworked
6.65
	Searing Arrows cooldown from 2/2/0/0 to 2/0/0/0
6.63
	Strafe changed from 50/60/70/80 AS for 10 seconds to 90 AS for 4/6/8/10 seconds
6.61
	Improved Searing Arrows damage from 10/20/30/40 to 20/30/40/50 Strafe attack speed bonus increased from 20/40/60/80 to 50/60/70/80 Strafe cooldown increased from 30 to 60/50/40/30
6.58
	Death Pact can now be used on any non-hero unit, not just allied units
6.55
	Improved level 2 and 3 mana cost and regen on Death Pact
6.50
	Lowered Searing Arrows cooldown

Notable Players

Funn1k

black.z

See also

• Attack Modifier
• Invisibility

External links

Guides

• Standard Clinkz (Lane) Build
• DotaFire's Builds & Guides for Clinkz