How to Master Largo in Dota 2: The Ultimate Guide for Every Rank (2026)

Why Largo Is the Most Unique Support in Dota 2

Largo is classified as a Melee, Strength, Durable, Disabler, Support hero. His primary attribute is Strength, giving him natural tankiness that most position 4 and 5 supports can only dream about. He sits at a 48.2% winrate and 2.6% pick rate in the current patch — numbers that undersell his actual power, because most of that winrate drag comes from players who have not yet learned the rhythm mechanics of his ultimate.

Here is what makes Largo special compared to every other support in the game:

• Built-in dispel on a 7-second cooldown. Catchy Lick is one of the best basic dispels in Dota, and it also repositions the target. That means you are Oracle’s Purifying Flames and Force Staff rolled into a single ability with 700 cast range.
• Spell amplification for your entire team. Croak of Genius gives any allied hero 15% mana cost reduction and up to 45% damage reverb. Put this on a Zeus, Lina, or any spell-spam core and watch their damage numbers skyrocket.
• The only rhythm-based ultimate in Dota history. Amphibian Rhapsody turns Largo into a walking aura machine that pumps out healing, movement speed, spell amplification, and bonus magic damage — but only if you hit the beat correctly.
• Incredible scaling with items. Aghanim’s Shard lets every unit-target item buff apply to two heroes at once. Aghanim’s Scepter lets you play two songs simultaneously. Largo does not fall off — he gets exponentially stronger as the game goes longer.

His base stats reinforce the tanky support identity:

That 3.6 Strength gain is massive for a support. By level 15, Largo naturally has over 1,400 HP before items. Combined with the armor stacking from Groovin’ during Amphibian Rhapsody, he becomes surprisingly hard to kill for a hero who is supposed to be standing in the backline playing a lute.

Abilities Deep Dive

Innate: Encore

Encore is Largo’s passive innate ability. All buffs that Largo applies to himself or allies have their duration extended by 9% plus 1% per level. This sounds minor on paper, but it compounds dramatically. At level 20, a 30-second Croak of Genius buff lasts an extra 8.7 seconds. At level 30, it is an additional 11.7 seconds. This also applies to unit-target item buffs like Glimmer Cape, Lotus Orb, and Solar Crest — which becomes absurd once you get Aghanim’s Shard.

Encore is breakable, meaning passive-break effects like Silver Edge or Hoodwink’s Sharpshooter will disable it. Keep this in mind against lineups that build break items frequently.

Q — Catchy Lick

This is the ability that defines Largo’s lane presence and save potential throughout the entire game. Largo extends his tongue to a target unit, pulling it a short distance and applying a basic dispel. Against enemies, it deals magical damage and pulls them toward Largo. Against allies, it pulls them toward Largo without damage and removes debuffs.

Hidden mechanics most players miss:

• Catchy Lick can pull runes to Largo, and doing so refunds the mana cost. This is incredible for contesting power runes at mid lane.
• The ally pull works through magic immunity. If your carry pops BKB and gets caught in a bad spot, you can still reposition them.
• It works on controllable units like Visage familiars and Lone Druid’s Spirit Bear.
• If you dispel a debuff from an ally or kill a target with the ability, Largo gains bonus HP regen for 8 seconds.
• The dispel is a basic dispel — it removes things like Ignite, Shadow Strike, Venomous Gale, Crystal Maiden’s Frostbite, and Urn/Vessel charges. It does not remove strong debuffs like Hex or Doom.

Cast range: 700. With the level 15 talent (+100 cast range / +50 pull distance), this becomes 800 range with 425 ally pull and 375+ enemy pull — longer than most targeted stuns in the game.

W — Frogstomp

Largo tosses his froglings to a target area. They repeatedly stomp the ground once per second, dealing magical damage, applying ministuns, and slowing enemy movement speed.

The ministuns happen every second. That is 7 ministuns at max level. This is enough to repeatedly cancel channeled abilities like Black Hole, Fiend’s Grip, or Death Ward if the target stays inside. More practically, the slow and repeated stuns create a sticky zone that enemies desperately want to leave — which sets up the Catchy Lick combo perfectly. Lick them back into the stomp zone after they start walking out.

Frogstomp is also your primary farming tool. At level 3-4, it clears creep waves and stacked camps efficiently for a support hero. Use it to accelerate toward Arcane Boots and your first utility item.

E — Croak of Genius

This is Largo’s core amplification ability and the reason spell-heavy drafts love having him on their team. Largo targets an allied hero, granting them a buff that reduces mana costs by 15% and causes a percentage of their spell damage to “reverb” as additional magic damage over 5 seconds.

Critical interaction: When the buffed hero spends mana, the remaining buff duration decreases by 0.5 seconds per mana expenditure. This means heroes who spam abilities rapidly burn through the buff faster. However, this penalty does not apply when Largo has the buff on himself. With Aghanim’s Shard, casting Croak on an ally also gives it to Largo — and his version never loses duration from mana spending.

Only damage affected by spell amplification triggers the reverb. Pure right-click physical damage does not count. But abilities like Blade Mail reflected damage, Radiance burn, and Mjollnir procs do qualify if they are affected by spell amp. This makes heroes like Leshrac, Zeus, Bristleback, Tinker, and Lina the ideal Croak targets.

With the level 15 talent, Croak of Genius also applies 1% max health DPS to enemies damaged by the buffed hero. Against tanky Strength cores with 4,000+ HP, that is 40 damage per second on top of everything else — a meaningful addition in extended fights.

R — Amphibian Rhapsody (Ultimate)

This is the ability that makes Largo unlike any other hero in Dota’s history. Amphibian Rhapsody is a toggle ultimate with a 2-second toggle cooldown. When activated:

• Largo becomes disarmed (cannot auto-attack)
• His Q, W, and E are replaced on the ability bar by three song abilities
• A beat indicator appears on screen with a 1-second interval
• Songs only work if activated on the beat
• Each successful strum grants a Groovin’ stack (max 5)
• Missing a beat removes one stack
• Items remain usable during the ultimate

The three songs:

Bullbelly Blitz (W slot): Deals 20/30/40 magic damage to nearby enemies. Grants allies +20/25/30% attack magic damage and +8/12/16% spell amplification for 1 second. This is your damage song — use it when your team is committing to a fight and you want to maximize burst.

Hotfeet Hustle (E slot): Gives nearby friendly units +16/20/24% movement speed for 1 second and 70/75/80% slow resistance for 0.3 seconds. This is your mobility song — use it to help your team chase, disengage, or dodge enemy ground-target abilities.

Island Elixir (D slot): Heals nearby allied heroes for 34/56/78 HP per successful note. This is your sustain song — it does not sound like much per beat, but at 5 Groovin’ stacks with the level 25 talent (+30% song effects), you heal for over 100 HP per second in a massive AoE. Over a 10-second fight, that is 1,000+ healing across your entire team.

All three songs share a 0.2-second cooldown and cost mana per strum. The Groovin’ stacks reduce that mana cost, making sustained play more efficient. The 5-second linger duration on stacks means you can briefly toggle off to use Catchy Lick or Frogstomp and toggle back before losing all your stacks.

Aghanim’s Scepter Upgrade

Allows Largo to play two songs on the same beat by pressing both song keys simultaneously. When double-strumming Bullbelly Blitz, it deals additional magic damage scaling with Groovin’ stacks (6/12/18 per stack). This is the go-to late-game pickup that transforms Largo from a utility support into a hybrid aura-and-damage machine.

Aghanim’s Shard Upgrade

Upgrades Encore so that whenever Largo casts a unit-target buff on an allied hero, he also gains the same buff. If he targets himself, the buff additionally applies to the nearest allied hero within cast range. This works with Croak of Genius, Lotus Orb, Solar Crest, Glimmer Cape, Spirit Vessel, and Linken’s Sphere. A single item activation now benefits two heroes — doubling the value of every utility item in your inventory.

Item Builds by Rank

Why Item Builds Differ by Rank

Herald-Crusader: At lower ranks, games go longer and fights are chaotic. Glimmer Cape is your survival tool because nobody will protect you while you are playing Amphibian Rhapsody. The Shard doubles your item value but is only worth rushing if you are consistently casting buffs on allies — which lower-rank players sometimes forget to do. Guardian Greaves is the dream item because the heal, mana restore, and dispel all work with your kit.

Archon-Legend: Players here understand team coordination better. Force Staff becomes viable because you can use it alongside Catchy Lick for double-repositioning plays. The Shard is more valuable here because you will actually use Croak of Genius on allies before fights. Lotus Orb is premium with Shard — casting it on your carry also gives you the reflected spell shield.

Ancient-Divine: At this level, Solar Crest is extremely efficient with Shard — the armor and attack speed buff applies to both you and your target. Holy Locket amplifies all your healing output, including Island Elixir and Catchy Lick’s HP regen. Refresher Orb in the ultra-late game lets you double-up on Croak of Genius for two separate cores.

Immortal: Pro-level builds prioritize the Shard rush at 15 minutes because the item duplication is the single strongest power spike in Largo’s game. Mekansm into Guardian Greaves is favored over Glimmer because Immortal-rank players position well enough to survive without invisibility. The Aghanim’s Scepter timing around 25-30 minutes is when Largo spikes hardest in teamfights.

Laning Phase Masterclass

Position 4 (Offlane Support)

Largo’s lane presence as a position 4 is built around Catchy Lick harassment. At level 1, the ability deals 85 magic damage on a 13-second cooldown with 700 range. That is comparable to a Lion Impale in terms of damage but with significantly more range and the added pull displacement. Against fragile carry heroes like Drow Ranger, Sniper, or Luna, repeated Lick harass forces them to burn regen or play far from the creep wave.

Level 1-3 combo: Open with Catchy Lick to pull the enemy carry toward you, then immediately walk forward for 2-3 right-clicks while they are displaced. At level 2, take Frogstomp and throw it slightly behind where the enemy will land after the Lick pull. The ministuns keep them in the zone while the slow prevents easy escape.

Skill build for position 4:

• Level 1: Catchy Lick (Q)
• Level 2: Frogstomp (W)
• Level 3: Catchy Lick (Q)
• Level 4: Croak of Genius (E) — one value point for your offlaner
• Level 5-7: Max Catchy Lick, then max Frogstomp
• Level 6: Amphibian Rhapsody (R) — take it but use it sparingly in lane

Position 5 (Safe Lane Support)

As a position 5, your job shifts toward protecting your carry. Catchy Lick becomes primarily a save tool — pulling your carry away from enemy dives. The basic dispel is invaluable against common offlane harassment like Bristleback’s Quill Spray stacks (not dispellable, but Nasal Goo is), Necrophos’ Ghost Shroud, or Spirit Breaker’s Charge.

Skill build for position 5:

• Level 1: Catchy Lick (Q)
• Level 2: Frogstomp (W) or Croak of Genius (E) — E if your carry has high mana cost spells early
• Level 3: Catchy Lick (Q)
• Level 4: Croak of Genius (E)
• Level 5-7: Max Catchy Lick, then prioritize Croak

Laning Tips

• Use Catchy Lick to secure ranged creeps. If your core cannot safely walk up for the last hit, Lick the ranged creep to pull it closer and potentially kill it with the damage.
• Lick the enemy rune. You can pull power runes and bounty runes toward yourself with Catchy Lick. The mana is refunded. This is a free rune contest tool.
• Stack camps between laning rotations. Frogstomp later becomes your farming ability, so stacking camps for yourself (or your offlaner) pays off at levels 7-10.
• Do not toggle Amphibian Rhapsody in lane unless you are diving. The disarm means you cannot trade right-clicks, and the mana cost adds up fast without Groovin’ stacks to reduce it.

Mid and Late Game Transitions

Largo’s Power Spikes

Teamfight Positioning

Largo’s teamfight role depends on whether Amphibian Rhapsody is toggled on or off:

When Rhapsody is OFF: You are a save and disable support. Stand 700-800 range behind your frontline. Use Catchy Lick to pull enemies into your team or save allies who get jumped. Drop Frogstomp on choke points or under stunned enemies. Cast Croak of Genius on your primary damage dealer before the fight starts.

When Rhapsody is ON: You are an aura bot who needs to be within 800 range of as many allies as possible. Position centrally but not at the absolute front. You are disarmed, so being in melee range serves no purpose unless you need the Groovin’ armor. Focus on hitting every beat — consistency matters more than song selection.

The toggle dance: The best Largo players constantly toggle Rhapsody on and off during fights. The pattern looks like this:

1. Pre-fight: Cast Croak of Genius on your carry. Toggle Rhapsody ON.
2. Stack 3-5 Groovin’ stacks with Island Elixir or Hotfeet Hustle.
3. When an ally gets caught: Toggle OFF (stacks linger 5 seconds). Use Catchy Lick to save. Use Frogstomp for zone control.
4. Toggle ON again before stacks expire. Resume songs.

This on-off-on rhythm is what separates a 48% winrate Largo from a 55%+ winrate Largo in skilled hands.

Mid Game Objectives

Largo excels at extended sieges and Roshan fights. Island Elixir sustains your team through chip damage during tower pushes. Croak of Genius on your mid laner lets them spam spells at the tower without running out of mana. During Roshan, toggle Rhapsody and alternate between Island Elixir (keep everyone healthy) and Bullbelly Blitz (speed up the kill with spell amp and attack magic damage).

Late Game Scaling

Largo is one of the few supports who gets stronger as the game goes later. With Aghanim’s Scepter, Shard, Guardian Greaves, and Lotus Orb, every item activation affects two heroes. Your Croak of Genius provides permanent 45% reverb and 15% mana reduction to two cores simultaneously. Your songs heal for 100+ per beat, your Groovin’ armor aura gives +10 armor to nearby allies, and your double-strum Bullbelly Blitz adds AoE magical damage to every teamfight.

The question is never “does Largo scale?” — it is “can he survive long enough to scale?”

Counters: Heroes That Destroy Largo

1. Silencer

Why it hurts: Global Silence shuts down Amphibian Rhapsody completely. Largo cannot strum songs during silence, and losing all his Groovin’ stacks mid-fight is devastating. Last Word also punishes Largo for casting Croak of Genius or toggling his ultimate. Arcane Curse chips away at him as he constantly casts spells.

How to play around it: Buy Eul’s Scepter or BKB specifically against Silencer. Wait for Global Silence to be used on other teammates before toggling Rhapsody. Position so you can Catchy Lick yourself (you cannot, it targets others) — instead, rely on allies with dispels.

2. Nyx Assassin

Why it hurts: Mana Burn destroys Largo’s large Intelligence-based mana pool. Spiked Carapace reflects all of his AoE Frogstomp and Bullbelly Blitz damage and stuns him. Vendetta’s burst damage kills a squishy support quickly.

How to play around it: Never Frogstomp when Nyx has Carapace available. Stay grouped with your team so Nyx cannot solo pickoff. Build Aeon Disk as a panic button.

3. Anti-Mage

Why it hurts: Mana Break and Mana Void punish Largo’s constant mana expenditure. Largo spends mana every second during Amphibian Rhapsody, making him a high-value Mana Void target. Counterspell reflects Catchy Lick.

How to play around it: Do not Lick Anti-Mage when his Counterspell is up. Keep your mana above 50% during fights to avoid being a Mana Void bomb for your team.

4. Doom

Why it hurts: Doom (the ability) disables every single thing Largo does — Encore, Catchy Lick, Frogstomp, Croak, and Amphibian Rhapsody. A Doomed Largo is a melee creep with no attack for 16 seconds.

How to play around it: Stay far enough back that Doom has to commit heavily to reach you. Buy Linken’s Sphere — with Shard, casting it on an ally also gives you the spell block.

5. Spirit Vessel Carriers

Why it hurts: Spirit Vessel reduces all healing by 45%. This destroys Island Elixir’s teamfight value and makes Catchy Lick’s HP regen negligible. Any hero that naturally builds Vessel — Clockwerk, Spirit Breaker, Undying — becomes a natural Largo counter.

How to play around it: Catchy Lick can dispel Spirit Vessel’s debuff from allies. Prioritize removing Vessel charges from your carry before toggling Rhapsody. Buy your own Vessel to apply the debuff on enemies.

Heroes Largo Destroys

1. Venomancer

Catchy Lick’s basic dispel removes Venomous Gale and Poison Sting. Venomancer relies on damage-over-time effects that Largo can simply purge off allies every 7 seconds. Frogstomp also zones Venomancer’s plague wards effectively.

2. Warlock

Fatal Bonds and Shadow Word are both dispellable. Largo removes Warlock’s lane harassment tool with a single Lick. In teamfights, Catchy Lick repositions allies away from Chaotic Offering’s AoE before the golem lands.

3. Zeus

While Zeus outputs massive magical damage, Largo’s 50% Groovin’ Armor Aura talent (level 20) and Island Elixir healing directly counter Zeus’s chip damage. Croak of Genius on your own Zeus is also incredibly powerful — Zeus with 45% damage reverb and 15% reduced mana costs is a nightmare for the enemy team.

4. Drow Ranger

Catchy Lick pulls Drow out of her preferred max-range position, disabling her Marksmanship bonus. Frogstomp’s slow keeps her from kiting. Largo’s natural tankiness means Drow’s physical damage takes a long time to bring him down.

5. Crystal Maiden

Frostbite is a basic dispellable debuff — Catchy Lick removes it instantly. Crystal Nova’s slow gets purged. CM is slow and squishy, making her an easy Catchy Lick into Frogstomp kill target. Largo essentially makes half of CM’s kit irrelevant for his team.

How Pros Play Largo in the Current Patch

Since his release in patch 7.40, Largo has carved out a niche in professional Dota 2 as a position 4/5 support who is primarily picked for his Croak of Genius amplification and save potential rather than his ultimate. Here is what the pro meta tells us:

Pick and ban context: Largo currently sits around ban rank #35 in high-MMR games. He is not a first-phase pick or ban, but he is a strong counter-pick when the enemy drafts spell-heavy cores or heroes with lots of dispellable debuffs. Pro teams favor him as a 2nd pick (60% winrate) over first pick (41.7%) or last pick (33.3%), suggesting he works best as a reactive draft choice.

Pro item builds: The most common pro build path is Arcane Boots into Aghanim’s Shard rush (15-minute timing), then Mekansm or Holy Locket depending on whether the team needs burst healing or sustained healing. Aghanim’s Scepter comes around 25-30 minutes as the teamfight escalation item. Late game, Lotus Orb and Guardian Greaves are the standard closers.

Pro skill builds: Pros almost universally max Catchy Lick first for the 340 damage nuke and 7-second cooldown. Frogstomp second for zone control. Croak of Genius gets one value point at level 4 but is maxed last because the mana reduction stays at 15% regardless of level — the reverb percentage increase is nice but not worth delaying your lane dominance spells.

Lane and net worth data from pro tracker: Largo averages approximately 3,600 net worth at 10 minutes, 5,600 at 15, and 7,800 at 20 — respectable numbers for a position 4/5 that indicate pros are actively farming stacks and waves between rotations rather than sacrificing all economy. Radiant-side Largo has a notably higher winrate (57.1% vs 51.1% Dire), likely because the Radiant triangle stacking positions are more efficient for Frogstomp farming.

Rank-Specific Climbing Guide

Herald to Guardian: Foundation Basics

At this rank, forget about Amphibian Rhapsody. Seriously. The rhythm mechanic adds complexity that will hurt your gameplay if you are not yet comfortable with basic support fundamentals. Focus entirely on:

• Catchy Lick harassment in lane. Hit the enemy carry with Lick on cooldown. 85 damage at level 1 forces regen usage and creates kill opportunities for your offlaner.
• Basic dispels. Watch for common debuffs on your allies — Venomancer poison, Crystal Maiden Frostbite, Ogre Magi Ignite — and Lick them off immediately.
• Warding and pulling. Do the fundamentals of a support hero. Largo’s kit does not excuse you from buying wards and dewarding.
• Frogstomp in fights. Drop it on stunned enemies or in choke points during tower defenses. The ministuns and slow do serious work when enemies stand in it.

When to start learning Rhapsody: Once you are comfortable enough that you look at the minimap every 5 seconds and do not panic during fights, add one song at a time. Start with Island Elixir only — toggle on, heal, toggle off. Then add Hotfeet Hustle. Then Bullbelly Blitz last.

Crusader to Archon: Adding Game Sense

This is where Largo starts feeling powerful because your team coordination improves enough to benefit from Croak of Genius. Key habits to build:

• Always Croak your mid before ganks. Cast Croak on your Lina, Zeus, or Queen of Pain before a smoke rotation. The reverb damage turns their nuke combo into a kill combo.
• Start practicing 2-3 beat Rhapsody bursts. Toggle on, hit 2-3 Island Elixir beats during a push, toggle off. Short and controlled.
• Farm Aghanim’s Shard by 15-18 minutes. Stack camps with Frogstomp and clear them between rotations. The Shard timing is your biggest power spike.
• Catchy Lick saves win games at this rank. Archon players overextend constantly. Pulling your carry out of a bad position with Lick turns lost fights into won fights more often than any ultimate.

Legend to Ancient: The Macro Leap

At this bracket, Largo becomes a draft-dependent pick rather than a comfort hero. You should pick Largo when:

• Your team has a spell-heavy mid or offlaner who benefits from Croak (Zeus, Leshrac, Tinker, Storm Spirit)
• The enemy has many dispellable debuffs (Venomancer, Warlock, Crystal Maiden)
• Your lineup needs sustained teamfight rather than burst engage

Mechanical expectations at this rank:

• Maintain 4-5 Groovin’ stacks consistently during fights
• Switch songs mid-fight based on context (healing when low, damage when committing, speed when kiting)
• Use the toggle dance — Rhapsody ON for buffs, OFF for Lick saves, ON again within 5 seconds to keep stacks
• Solar Crest and Glimmer Cape with Shard should be used pre-fight on your carry, giving both of you the buff

Divine to Immortal: What Separates the Top 1%

Immortal Largo players do things that lower-rank players never consider:

• Double-strum optimization with Scepter. They pair Bullbelly Blitz + Island Elixir during brawls (damage + sustain) and Hotfeet Hustle + Island Elixir during retreats (speed + sustain). The pairing choice changes every 1-2 beats based on the fight state.
• Croak target switching. They cast Croak on one core for a skirmish, then immediately switch it to another core when the first target’s burst window ends. With Shard, they can keep the buff on themselves permanently while rotating it between allies.
• Rune-licking at mid. Immortal Largo players path to mid at minute 4:00, 6:00, 8:00 to Lick power runes for their mid laner. The mana refund makes this essentially free.
• Positioning during Rhapsody. They stand at exactly 750-790 range from the fight center — close enough for song auras, far enough to avoid being jumped. They use Hotfeet Hustle’s movement speed boost on themselves to micro-adjust position during fights.
• Refresher Orb for double Croak. In 50+ minute games, casting Croak on two separate cores (plus yourself via Shard) means three heroes have 45% reverb and 15% mana reduction simultaneously. That is game-ending value.

Tips and Tricks

Hidden Mechanics Only High-MMR Players Know

• Catchy Lick can pull allies across impassable terrain. If your carry is trapped in trees or on a cliff, Lick pulls them to safety regardless of pathing. This is strictly better than Force Staff in many situations because it ignores terrain.
• Croak of Genius duration penalty does not apply to Largo. When buffed allies spend mana, they lose 0.5 seconds of Croak duration per cast. Largo himself is exempt from this penalty. With Shard, always cast Croak on an ally first (both get it), and your personal buff lasts the full 30+ seconds regardless of how much you spam.
• Groovin’ stacks linger for 5 seconds after toggling off. This means you have a full 5 seconds to use Catchy Lick, Frogstomp, or items before you need to toggle back on to maintain stacks. Use this window aggressively — do not just stand there during the linger period.
• Frogstomp froglings give vision. The stomping area provides vision for its duration. Use it to scout Roshan pit, high ground, or fog areas before committing.
• Songs affect invisible allies. If your carry has Shadow Blade or Glimmer Cape active, your song buffs still apply to them within the radius. You do not need to see them for the aura to work.

Common Mistakes to Avoid

• Staying in Rhapsody too long. The most common Largo mistake is toggling on and never toggling off. You give up Catchy Lick, Frogstomp, and right-click damage for the duration. Toggle dance — always.
• Ignoring Croak of Genius. Many players treat Largo like a pure Rhapsody bot and forget that Croak provides massive value before and during fights. Always buff a core before engaging.
• Panicking and missing beats. If you cannot reliably hit beats, default to Island Elixir. Healing per beat is forgiving — missing a beat only costs one Groovin’ stack, and the heal still works on the successful notes.
• Building carry items. Largo is not a damage hero. Radiance, Desolator, and other damage items are traps. Your gold is always better spent on utility items that benefit from Shard duplication.
• Not buying detection. You are a support. Buy sentries and dust. Largo’s kit does not change this fundamental responsibility.

Animation Cancels and Advanced Techniques

• Lick into Stomp combo: Cast Catchy Lick on an enemy, then immediately drop Frogstomp where they will land after the pull. The timing window is about 0.3 seconds. This guarantees they take 2-3 stomps minimum before walking out.
• Pre-fight Croak rotation: Cast Croak on yourself, then on your carry, then on your mid (with Refresher). Start walking toward the fight during the second cast so you arrive with all buffs already distributed.
• Shard item optimization: Before a fight, use Solar Crest on your carry (both get it), then Glimmer Cape on your carry when they get focused (both get invisibility and magic resistance). Two item activations, four buffs.