Trident in Dota 2: The Secret Weapon to Dominate Nest of Thorns

With each new year, DOTA 2 introduces new features that delight their fans the most. Among them was also the new mini game ‘Nest of Thorns’ where an item the Trident was also introduced. In this guide, you will get information about the trident, how can you make one and how it can aid your hero.

What Is the Trident?

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Trident is an offensive combined item in the game which is in the Trident mode - Nest of Thorns. It is made up of 3 legendary items called Sange, Kaya, and Yasha and of the three, all need to be of level 5. The Trident is easy to acquire and also has great benefits meaning it is effective in almost all playstyles and builds.

How to Obtain the Trident in Dota 2

Step 1: Play in Nest of Thorns Mode

So the first step in unlocking the Trent is by locating one of its mini-games called Nest of Thorns, this particular mode is located in the “Crownfall” event. It’s also one of the other modes which enable players go through automated battles while upgrading their die heroes.

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Step 2: Choose and Upgrade Your Hero

At this point you need to pick a hero that you feel comfortable with, There are some of such heroes in Nest of Thorns in the current Dota 2, the examples are:

Skywrath Mage (Dragonus): Specializes in magical damage and crowd control techniques.

Vengeful Spirit (Shen): A versatile hero which can go head on as well as defend.

Kez: The New Hero Whose Best Play Style is Melee and High Mobility.

Step 3: Collect the Components

While progress, gather some gold and experience for buying and enhancing necessary items such as:

Sange – increases physical health pool as well as increases melee attack damage, which is mandatory for melee heroes.

Kaya - Boosts magical damage and decreases cooldowns of abilities.

Yasha - Enhances motion speed plus attack speed; therefore it escalates hero’s mobility.

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Step 4: Upgrade Items to Level 5

Now to progress fast first let’s focus on leveling each of the parts of this Trident individually to the max level, how now? This is how you do it:

• Continue winning gold throughout the game by choosing to get rid of the enemies in the arena and gold itself in the trident.

• Make item upgrades considering the other artifacts and the heroes attributes.

• Try to use the hero enhancement and skills for farming more effectively

Step 5: Create the Trident

As mentioned before, once Sange, Kaya, and Yasha reach level 5, you can fuse them together and form the Trident. All you would need to do is go to the item crafting menu and select the appropriate recipe.

Benefits and Effects of the Trident

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Now that we’ve come this far let’s examine the disadvantages and strengths too now that if you understood all other points this will help you in deciding the time pursuing these steps is it a waste or worthy.

• Trident: Feedback Impulse Modifier (+100%): Enhanced the knockback effect but this times by 100 which’s very helpful in game pacing/ control

• Trident: Feedback Impulse Improvement (+125): And lastly, increase in the movement speed, or rather the idle speed is also faster making both the offense and defense transitions smoother without much delay.

• Trident: Magic Multiplier (+75%): This would further multiply magical damage which means your hero abilities will have more impact as the effects will be even stronger than before.

Conclusion

Without any doubt the trident happens to be one of the key artifacts when playing the nest of thorns mode in Dota 2. While the construction of this item requires time and material, the benefits that it provides are enough to alter the shift of the game to your side. Using the guide will help you achieve efficient collection and at the same time usage of the trident which will help you boost your hero as well as your skills in the mini-game.