COUNTER HEROES FOR ATROPOS : Omniknight, Anti-Mage, Silencer, Life Stealer

THE BANE ELEMENTAL GUIDE : 

Early Game: Lvl 1 ~ 6
ITEMS : Belt Of Giant Strenght, Staff Of Wizardry

The belt gives you str bonus, meaning added hit points, while the Staff Of Wizardry give a +10 intelligence bonus, meaning, +10 damage because your primary attribute is Int, and also bonus mana points.
 
Creep Block

Creep blocking is an art. Art of trying to delay your creeps for the opposing enemy creep wave can come up an hit your tower directly but the enemy hero will be in a spot where he is vulnerable to tower shots and your nukes or ganks.

Another way for additional exp bulk up for Atropos is the art called neutral creeping.

Creeps spawn every 30 seconds, you can check your timer to see whether a creep wave is spawning or not: Whenver the minute mark reaches :30 or :00, a creep wave is spawned.

• Tree clearing skills such as Wild Axe can make things easier for creep pulling
• Axe’s Berserker Call can drag a neutral creep outside its ’safe range’ (Ancients are immune to calls now)
• Fissure can cause the creeps to run in another direction and it can be used for creep dragging
• Don’t pull enemy creeps, because your opponents will see what you’re doing, and they will intercept you
• The main goal is to farm neutrals without getting hurt, don’t tank for your creeps.
• Some creeps are faster than others, centaurs, satyrs and wolves move faster than the rest, while the forest trolls always maintain a distance from you because they’re ranged.

Lvl 7 ~ 10
ITEMS :Ring of Basilius, Ancient Tango of Essifation, Ironwood Branch ( excess money, +1 all stats )

STRATEGY :
Even at this level, you can now start to harass some heroes Agility, Strength or even Intelligence types. In this screenshot, you’ll be able to know how to properly use your creeps or maybe even creep wave.

Mid Game: Lvl 11 ~ 16
Items :

Necronomicon 1, Null Talisman
STRATEGY :
In this point of the game where almost all heroes in the game is coming up with their hard earned items. You must already have these items. Farming is not hard. Just go for last hits and neutral kills.

Late Game:Lvl 17 ~ 25
Items :
Necronomicon 3, Null Talisman, Boots of Travel, Dagon

Necronomicon 3

    * Give’s True Sight, no need for gem.
    * More Strength and Intelligence bulk.
    * Necro summons are more powerful now.

Strategy :

As of now, it’s almost the climax. Be sure that you’ve upgraded your Necronomicon to level 3. Some people tried to buy the ingredients again and again to upgrade it, NO!, a big NO! NO!, just click the Necronomicon recipe again to upgrade it until lvl 3. Null Talisman’s will give you extrta mana, since they’re really cheap, it’ll be ok. Boots of Travel because of its boost in your movement speed, Bane doesnt really rely on his attack speed, so we wont be needing Power Threads. Dagon for catching up dying heroes. Last hit in other terms.

Skills to Watch Out :

    * Lightning Bolt / Static Field
    * Frostbite / Frost Nova
    * Impetus / Enchant
    * Lightning Strike Aray
    * Mana Leak / Illuminate
    * Ice Path / Auto Fire
    * Aphotic Shield
    * Shackles
    * Repel
    * Impale / Voodoo / Mana Drain
    * Lvl Death? / Doom
    * Impale / Mana Burn / Vendetta
    * Rage
    * Greater Bash

Skills to Avoid :

    * Bloodrage
    * Silence
    * Global Silence
    * Last Word

Silence is the worst, silence makes you useless, Bane Elemental depends on his skills. Avoid them if possible.

thanks to : Steve-O™ , DotaStrategy.com