MAJOR
Lane dominator: The Refraction
ability of TA gives her both survivability and extra damage to out–last-hit her
opponent in the lane. Moreover, Psi Blades help her harass enemies from a
distance although she has very low range.
Survivable: Refraction provides
the main portion of TA’s survivability. The spell allows TA to absorb any damage
from 6 sources at maxed level. In addition, her Meld allows her to become
invisible and so dodge projectiles and spells. Refraction also has a rather
overpowered interaction with Blink Dagger which won’t go on cooldown as long as
refraction is up. Thanks to that, she is hard to pick off even in the later
stages of the game unless the enemy has great
initiation.
Map control: The Traps of TA
provide a good amount of map control since they give vision in a small area
where they are placed. TA can, for instance, scout important locations such as
the Roshan Pit, neutral camps or rune spots. Furthermore, TA is a great ganker thanks to her burst damage and slows. As
a result, she can create a lot of space
from early on by rotating and killing heroes.
Item-independent damage dealer: Although TA
scales well with items, she can deal quite a lot of damage even without much
farm thanks to her Refraction and Meld abilities. The minus armor in
combination with the extra damage of Refraction makes her a strong single
target nuker that can burst heroes in team fights.
MINOR
A fast farmer with carry potential: TA can
potentially hit several targets thanks to
the Psi blades. This, combined with her extra damage and minus armor from
Refraction and Meld allows her to quickly clear creep waves and jungle camps.
It is worth noting that Refraction and Meld allow her to also kill Roshan quire
quickly. She can also clear stacks, including ancients, very efficiently. With
a good game, TA can farm about 10 creeps/minute, which puts her on part with
fast farming cores like Luna, Medusa or Gyro for example.
Can cut waves: Thanks to
the level 15 talent (+200 Psionic Trap Damage), TA can place traps on the lanes
and use them to clear the enemy waves. This presents numerous advantages – more
farm, protection from pushing, keeping the lanes pushed.