

Also, he has slightly longer cast animation on his abilities, so it is necessary to plan ahead when using abilities. Beware that while Bane is a strong disabler, he is also quite fragile and easy to kill if focused by enemies as such, he is not a very strong first initiator in teamfights, but can be a strong second-wave disabler who casts his disables once the enemy's attention is not focused on him.His movement speed allows him to quickly get within range to use Nightmare on a gank target, holding them in position for up to four seconds and making them easy targets for a follow-up disable. Bane's high base movement speed and disabling potential also allows him to be played as a roamer, especially if combined with a teammate with an unreliable but strong disable.Also, Brain Sap can be a strong damage nuke to use in the event of ganking targets while also healing Bane. Nightmare can be used to set up kills against lane opponents or hinder them from pursuing in the event of rotations and ganks from either side. Bane can be played effectively as a side lane support due to his combination of disabling and nuking power.Be sure to factor this into each game, as the enemy team's lineup as well as that of your own can vary, and as a result drastically affect Bane's effectiveness in that match. His single-target nature means that he is unable to disable more than two enemies in an engagement unless additional disables can be obtained through farming items. All of Bane's abilities are single-target, which makes him quite easy to be countered by items such as Linken's Sphere and Lotus Orb.As such, Bane should focus on building items to increase the size of his mana pool and give himself mana regeneration, as well as mobility items to give him initiation and escape ability. While Bane possesses strong disables, he suffers from a poor mana pool and no escape abilities, meaning that he can run out of mana quite often while casting his high-cost low-cooldown abilities, and can be easily killed if caught out of position.


His strongest suit is setting up kills for teammates with high damage output or unreliable stuns, making him a powerful roamer and ganker who can assist teammates in getting kills throughout a match. Bane is a powerful single-target disabler who possesses reasonable nuking power.
