An Overview and Character Predictions

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Sange-and-Kaya and Yasha-and-Kaya: An Overview and Character Predictions

A brief overview of the likely stats of the predicted Kaya-based items and the characters we might expect to use them.

We know they’re coming. It was obvious from the moment Kaya was released. Seeing as Sange-and-Yasha gives us something of a template for combining the swords, we can guess at the abilities of these items: namely that they will give 16 of each appropriate attribute, 16 damage or attack speed (for Sange or Yasha respectively), and the combined specials (Maim from Sange, movement speed from Yasha, spell amplification and manacost reduction from Kaya). Exact values from the specials will probably be changed a little, seeing as the Maim from Sange retained its values when combined but the move speed from Yasha was increased. Seeing as Kaya gives neither damage nor attack speed, either its spell amplification or manacost reduction could be treated as the equivalent of one of those values, and we could thus expect it to be increased to about 16% (increased manacost reduction seems most likely).Anyway, it’s time to start theorycrafting, so to start with let’s take a quick look over the characters that might use these items. I’ll be fairly broad in who I include, just looking for some minimum justifications.

Abaddon: Abaddon is one of those characters with a bit of an identity crisis, so it makes sense he would be a candidate for this item. His mana issues and the often underestimated damage from Aphotic Shield (and even Mist Coil) make Kaya useful to him, but he usually wouldn’t go out of his way to build it. Gaining the ability to combine it with Sange, however, gives him more damage (whatever), health (yay!), and a slow on his attacks that stacks with Curse of Avernus. Looking at all that together, its a reasonable Abaddon item. Most players would probably just build a Halberd, however.

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Phoenix: Kaya is already good on Phoenix. Getting the ability to upgrade that item slot without giving up its bonuses would be excellent, and he could use the health Sange provides. That said, the rest of Sange’s contributions aren’t that useful to him.

Sand King: Mana troubles. Check. Spell damage. Check. Need of health. Check. Could use a slow. Check (stacks with Caustic Finale and Epicenter). Probably not a go-to on Sand King, but potentially useful.

Timbersaw: Timbersaw likes to be in the thick of things while dealing spell damage, so an item that grants casting stats and more health would be useful.

Underlord: A tank/support, often on the front lines, mana trouble, deals some magic damage, could use a slow to complement his area abilities, and always needs more health. Underlord is a natural candidate.

Luna: Maybe if opting for one of those caster Luna builds with Agh’s?

Shadow Fiend: Yasha-and-Kaya could possibly see use as a transitional item during Shadow Fiend’s midgame as a way to make use of Kaya’s bonuses when he is still dependent on his spells. For msot common builds, he would probably disassemble it to make Manta Style and eventually sell off the Kaya portion.

Outworld Devourer: It’s basically the same argument as for Enchantress, this time for Arcane Orb. He doesn’t make use of the manacost reduction like Enchantress, but the increased Intelligence is even better for him.

Zeus: Like Timbersaw and Leshrac, Zeus benefits from Kaya and may want to upgrade it. Unlike them, he tends to be far from the fight and thus benefits more from Yasha for positioning than from Sange for health.

Sange-and-Kaya and Yasha-and-Kaya probably won’t be widespread staple items in the way Sange-and-Yasha is, but could see some use. I don’t see them being widely used on most of the characters I listed, and even fewer would consider one a core item, but a few characters stand out. In particular, I feel they are best for Enchantress and Viper and I will definitely be experimenting with these characters when the new items are released.

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