i really hate to play against coward regs. trying to fight with him on a lane is just impossible. hell just hit and run, being unreachable for you, while slowly draining your life. he's a pretty fucked up hero. would be cool if he would've never been taken in to the game. his design is ridiculously gay as well^^ (mr british goodsir on steroids).

Haha! So true!  I would like to see him as a mid range fighter in unreal tournament style rather than like he is now.

Now he is just a mixture of the two most hated characters of dota: A killstealing sniper and a raggequit-creating mine layer.

Snipe range isnt infinite

Ya, that's pretty true.  I actually like TB's lines.  Reg?  Not so much.

Vengeance is a dish best served at high velocity!

First: Snipe has not infinite range. But on smaller maps it is from across the whole map (right to left) or from your crystal to the middle.

But in my humble opinion it is even than too lame.

If I can get away with 300 HP and no other demigod can kill me on my way to the crystal then this is fair. Because they had their chance to kill be but I realised the danger and run away early enough.

BUT any Regulus on the enemy team makes the whole tactic of staying alive rediculous: If I get away with 300 HP and no other demigod is able to kill me, regulus is able in 90% of the time. Just snipe - kill. Snipe deals on lvl 1 ~500 damage and can rack up even more with skill points in it. That goes to the point where you need to run even if you have the slightest damage and need to run. So the game is never a measure of skill, tactic and stratregy but only a measure of how quick you run and THAT you run everytime you get a liitle bit more dmg.

Without a Regulus ingame you can risk more, stay longer in the lane , and overall the battles are more thrilling.

And with more than one Ergulus ingame these problems exponentialy increase.

OK.  So I've been complaining about how **boring** it is to play against a hypothetical shy Reggie.  The legitimate problem (that many people have noted) is that being a shy Reggie isn't a feasible way to win a game.

I played a couple rounds today with a Shy Reggie build and preformed well.  Team won both times and I got the most favor points at each round.

Shy Reggie build

The big idea

This build leverages Staff of Renewal and mana regen to pump out a constant stream of damage from Snipe and mines.  It uses cost-efficient health gear and Sniper Scope early game to stay out of direct combat.  Mid game, Journeyman's Treads and Wand of Speed are used to stay out of combat.

Unlike the hypothetical Shy Reggie that many envision, he doesn't stay near base.  He goes out and caps flags.  But he doesn't over extend.  If you keep dying, you're overextending. Sometimes, especially against chain stunners, you can't help it.  Shy Reggie loses.  Nobody's perfect!

Feel free to join a 2v1 battle.  But if you see any DG focus on you, turn tail and run.  Don't try to absorb the hits because you'll be ganked.

He likes to stay in the middle to maximize his Snipe coverage, provided he is levelling at pace with everyone else.  Angelic Fury plus Snipe kills/assists are used to level.

He doesn't spend points in Mark of the Betrayer because he can't get close enough to land it and survive.  Same applies to Maim.

Ability progression

1. Angelic Fury
2. Sniper Scope
3. Snipe I
4. Snipe II
5. Mines I
6. Mines II
7. Snipe III
8. Mines III
9. Tracking Device
10. Snipe IV
11. Mines IV

Items

Favor:  Staff of Renewal (-20% cooldowns)

Starting:  Scalemail, Banded Armor, Totem of Revelation

Level 3ish:  Vlemish Faceguard

Level 5ish:  Plenor Battlecrown (Spam Snipe and Mines now)

Level 6ish:  Wand of Speed

Level 9ish:  Journeyman's Treads

+1 Karma for excellent rhetorical technique:  Appealing to authority!