Glaive
- Attribute
- Full STR (*can go Full HP if not confident/learning*)
- Weapon stats
- Primary: Slashing Damage/Pen, Blunt Damage/Pen ; Secondary: STR, AGI, Crit Value, Crit Damage
- Epic Schematic
- No (*but nice to have if playing heavy playstyle*), Royal Sentry's
- Best armor
- Carniflex (recommended) or Epic shem if heavy playstyle
- Best gender
- Male (Faster auto-attacks and sprint attacks) or Female (Faster Arc of Steel animation, currently not used)
- Aiming (Hero)
- Assisted no, Locked no
- Aiming (Units)
- Assisted no, Locked no
Playstyle
Glaive is a mounted-focused hero with high burst and team utility. Due to nerfs to foot-based skills, it rely less on being a burst class on foot. It excels as a mounted brawler and team buffer. You play around Turn & Attack, horse auto-attacks, and once on ground: buffs + burst, then disengage.
Two armor approaches:
- Heavy Armor (Safer, better survivability)
- Medium Armor (High damage, relies on proper spell use for defense)
1. Heavy Armor/Epic Armor
You mostly play around your horse. Use Right Click into horse turn and attack to optimize your damage. You can move your camera during right click to extend the swing and hit more targets. Once dismounted, Shift-AA into block to cancel the animation and immediately go into another Shift-AA for quick, repeated hits. When fully committing on foot, the ideal combo is: Warlord’s Greeting -> Flying Reaper (ult) -> Shift-AA chain
Learning how to space, what spell can you cancel with heat of battle, and to be on horse, optimize the buff timing if you play it, learn how to be pro-active while not losing horse will be key to being useful as glaive!
2. Medium Armour
- Warlord’s Greeting: (Double CC, Mandatory)
- Heat of Battle: (Defense buff, knockback, control cleanse, spell cancel tool)
- Flexible Slot: God of Battles (team damage buff) or Breaker of Shields (duel burst)
- Flying Reaper: (Ultimate CC, AoE damage, self-cleanse)
This build is focused on full Strength and medium armor to amplify blunt damage (especially effective with event sets like Season 6’s, which allow stacking blunt bonuses). You rely on Immense Turn and attack & Right click DMG on horse, Flying Reaper for burst and control on ground, and Heat of Battle to cancel enemy spells and survive pressure.
Playstyle centers around horse mobility: Right Click into a horse turn and camera drag to extend swing range and poke from safety. Once dismounted, Shift-AA into block cancels the animation, allowing you to chain multiple Shift-AAs for burst.