How to play Lion, Dota 2 Guide: Infographics (Meta, Lore, interesting stats, fun facts, and counter picks) Patch 7.22h

Lion is the king of disables, and even though he’s slowly fallen out of meta, the hero still remains as one of the “classic” supports, with all the features q good support needs. The point of this hero is to keep annoying your opponents with your constant Mana Drains and low-cooldown stuns. Killing a good Lion isn’t easy, especially if you are playing a melee hero, however, Lion is also not the most popular support at the moment, mostly due to a lackluster laning phase, an enormously long cooldown of his ultimate, and an overall lack of durability. But he can still be quite useful from time to time, and some professional teams even have him as their go-to pick. After all, the amounts of crowd control this guy packs are legendary. He is obviously not very easy to play, but when played right, he can make some solid impact on the match.

From the following infographics you would learn not only the story of the hero and a few interesting facts from his biography, but also learn when to pick him, and what are the counters and the peak performance timings for this cute little hell demon!

For a more micro and detailed guide on how to play and when to pick Lion, check out the video guides we have for him, for example:

• Scofield from team Thunder Predator, playing Lion in their match against Braxstone, played during the qualifiers for the Kuala Lumpur Major.
• To see how to handle two melee heroes at once, with one of them being Naga Siren, we will take a look at the match played by Pablo from The Final Tribe. It was played during the qualification series for The International, and their opponents were team OG.

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