Gazlowe Talents

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Rocket Boots greatly increase Gazlowe's follow up potential while also adding more damage and mobility to himself. This Talent is excellent when you are paired with Tanks who can engage from a relatively high distance (like Diablo and Anub'arak). It is also good in normal situations, as it makes Gazlowe's main crowd control easier to hit.

Big Game Hunter's extra scrap allows Gazlowe to instantly build 3 turrets, adding more presence into his teamfighting potential, and more sustain when paired with Rock It Sock It. It also increases the rate in which the scrap is regenerated, as long as you keep attacking a Monster (like Tomb of the Spider Queen's Webweavers), Mercenary or Hero. With this Talent, you can solo any Mercenary Camp without losing Health and will be much more present in Objective, like Infernal Shrines, due to being able to regain Scrap by attacking the Monsters spawned by it.

One Man Wrecking Crew helps Gazlowe to beat the opposing Offlaner on Maps such as Dragon Shire or Braxis Holdout. However, most of Gazlowe's damage is tied to his Basic Abilities, and since he has no gap-closer, you will be dependent on enemies to dive you, in order to get the small value of One Man Wrecking Crew.

Rock It Sock It is the main Talent to improve Gazlowe's survivability. The Shield duration is much bigger than the Rock-It! Turret's Cooldown, so it can be wasted if you create more than one Turret instantly. After getting this Talent, you should only spawn a secondary turret if the Shield from the previous one already expired or was destroyed.

Hyperfocus Coils adds more damage to Deth Lazor and Xplodium Charge, which can be useful if you are playing around following your Tank. Still, it does not add as much self-sustain as Rock It Sock It does, and should only be picked with good setup to hit your Abilities.

EZ-PZ Dimensional Ripper basically makes Gazlowe invincible for 3 seconds, but in most situations the extra self-sustain from the other options will be more consistent. On the other hand, it is a great option against a dive composition, since the damage reduction will stop their momentum during the dive.

Goblin Fusion is an excellent way to add more damage, self-healing, and presence in the teamfight. The extra scrap is converted to more turrets, which is the main source of damage and self-sustain from the Hero. After getting this Talent, you should never use Deth Lazor with full scraps; place one or two turrets before using it, so you do not waste the extra resources you get.

Overload greatly increases Gazlowe's waveclear, and can be an option if you need to double soak against a good waveclear Hero. This Talent has good synergy with Hyperfocus Coils and Firin' Mah Lazorz.

Master Blaster adds a useful Slow to your damaging Basic Abilities. Every hit from Rock-It! Turret will increase the Slow duration, so it is essential to use Focus Turrets! towards targets recently hit by Deth Lazor or Xplodium Charge.

In this section we discuss when and why to pick a given Heroic Ability. If you want to read how they work in detail and/or you are looking for some tips on how to use them, check them out on the Abilities and Strategy page.

Grav-O-Bomb 3000 is one of the most impactful Heroic Abilities in the game, and essentially makes or breaks the effectiveness of Gazlowe players in team fight situations. Grav-O-Bomb 3000 is especially good if one or more of your teammates have access to area of effect Heroic Abilities, such as Apocalypse, Mosh Pit, Leap, Divine Storm, or Void Prison. It is also recommended on Maps where split pushing is not generally effective, such as Sky Temple or Towers of Doom.

Should your team elect to play a more split-push-oriented playstyle, Robo-Goblin allows you to take down Minions, Structures and Mercenaries at a speed that is second to none, all while being very difficult for any melee Hero to duel. Picking Robo-Goblin, however, is never a decision that should be taken lightly, as it deprives you of Grav-O-Bomb 3000, which can single-handedly turn team fights in your favour.

Positive Reinforcement's extra Attack Speed would greatly increase Gazlowe's push capabilities, but unfortunately, it only works when turret hits Heroes. In fights, due to not having any gap-closers, he has a hard time getting value from Basic Attacks.

Superior Schematics moves Turrets from being annoying to being a great threat. This Talent enhances Gazlowe's main Ability, and should not be skipped if you picked either Big Game Hunter or Goblin Fusion.

Overcharged Capacitors is a good Talent to get when you did not go for scraps focused Talents, since you will not have many turrets up. It will be better to enhance the other parts of the Hero, like Deth Lazor or Grav-O-Bomb 3000.

Firin' Mah Lazorz has antisynergy with Rock It Sock It because it gets value the faster you use Turrets, but the Shield from the Level 4 Talent encourages you to use them spaced, getting much more value from the Shields. It is not as consistent and reliable as Ark Reaktor, but is useful to have more damage to follow up your Grav-O-Bomb 3000.

Ark Reaktor always guarantees a good amount of damage in fights, while also reducing the cooldown from Xplodium Charge. This is the standard choice for this tier. It also empowers others Xplodium Charge Talents, having a great synergy with Rocket Boots and Bomb Toss.

Overklock, like most other Basic Attack Talents, is not recommended, because Gazlowe has a hard time trying to properly deliver hits on a chosen target.

Mecha-Lord is not particularly useful against Ranged Assassins that will simply kite him due to his lack of a gap closer. Against team compositions featuring more than 2 melee or low-range Heroes, we recommend getting Grav-O-Bomb 3000 instead.

Miniature Black Hole significantly improves the usability of Grav-O-Bomb 3000 by making it much more difficult to avoid. The damage increase and cooldown reduction are nice bonuses as well, however, the radius increase is what makes this Talent truly shine.

It's Raining Scrap has the potential to allow one to summon a ridiculous number of Rock-It! Turrets. The Talent, however, competes with Miniature Black Hole, which can win a fight by itself. When paired with Rock It Sock It, This Talent can be used to provide insane self-sustain to Gazlowe, because you can spawn a turret and delete it instantly, being able to obtain the Shield many times in the fight.

Bomb Toss is excellent when paired with Rocket Boots and Ark Reaktor. It enables Gazlowe to use Xplodium Charge freely, as he will always have another charge to follow up an engage. The extra bombs spawned by this Talent provide great zoning. A good thing to note is that Xplodium Charge can be used to Stun a target hit by the extra bombs again.