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Manta Style
Carry · 4,650gold
Images that purge, eat targeted spells and push lanes — insurance against lockdown.
How to actually use it
Most players treat the images as extra damage. It is a dispel.
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It is a dispel first, damage second
WhyActivating it purges most debuffs: silence, leash, slows, track. In many games that one press is worth more than the two images.
HowBind it to your brain as a purge key. Press it when you are leashed, silenced or tracked — not before the fight starts.
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The images eat targeted spells
WhyThe enemy has to pick one of three targets. The moment they pick, you stop taking that spell.
HowPress the instant a targeted spell is in the air. An image eats it for you.
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The images are free vision and free push
WhyTwo images can watch two directions, or shove a lane while you farm.
HowSend them into different jungle camps while you farm; send them down a lane when you push.
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The images barely hurt — do not count on their damage
WhyMelee images deal roughly a third of your damage and expire quickly.
HowTheir job is baiting spells, eating projectiles and forcing AOE. You still have to hit the target yourself.
When it is the right call
- You are an agility core who wants stats and wave clear.
- The enemy has debuffs that lock you down: silence, leash, track.
- They have a lot of targeted spells for the images to eat.
- Their lockdown is hard stuns — Manta does not purge those. That is a BKB.
- You already have another way to purge.
- What you actually lack is damage, not survival.
Timing
4,650, usually second or third item around 20–28 minutes. It gives stats and a purge at once, so it does not fall off late.
If you skip it, buy
They have a Manta. Now what?
- Stop throwing targeted spells at him — an image will eat it.
- Clear the images with AOE the second they appear.
- Right after he uses it he has no purge. That is your window.
- Images do not carry auras or most passives. Do not be scared of the clones.
Base data
- Agility#4 of 23 items granting agilitytop 17%+26
- Attack Speed#25 of 29 items granting attack speed+15
- Illusion duration (s)18
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