u mean Naix not being an exception or not needing an armlet?

Armlet and Treads are your build for Naix. That's your core. Beyond that it's situational or luxury. There is no static build, and everything mentioned above is viable (though I don't agree with S/Y). If you REALLY want the early game staying power, or if you're hitting the jungle early 1 stout will help, but don't waste the money converting it to vanguard because that will delay your armlet too long.

Ziffy's post is pretty accurate. Armlet is indeed core on pretty much any STR hero looking to DPS. Its incredibly cheap, easy to build, includes great laning items (helm), and provides a ridiculous DPS increase for its cost. Particularly on a hero like N'aix who can basically ignore the degen in an extended team battle, and who benefits so much from cheap IAS, Armlet is good. Treads again, pretty standard on most DPSing heroes, and like I said, N'aix gets huge DPS boosts from IAS.

The game now is moving faster and faster. Even bad pubs generally don't take more than 30-40 minutes. You need to be a somewhat effective carry as early as possible, so spending all game farming your A/C, Heart, Buriza, etc. won't do your team any good in most cases. Deso gives you the biggest DPS increase for the cheapest price and makes N'aix a beast much earlier than many carries. Really, he can be a presence with just Armlet and Treads. Armlet->Treads->Deso is a good build order. The only time you should deviate is if the other team has mass disables and you find yourself unable to do your job with just rage. In this case, Armlet->Treads->BKB is fine. Otherwise, aim for a BKB after Deso if you seem to have trouble finishing some people off.

Cuirass/Heart are good, but are ultra luxury items that don't provide enough benefit fast enough if you get them before the others. In general, I'd say Cuirass would be better than Heart, however. With Rage and BKB, casters won't touch you before you 2-shot them, so the EHP from Heart over Cuirass is void, and Cuirass gives IAS which again, gives N'aix a great burst DPS increase. -armor is also good for high armor targets that reduce the effects of Feast as well.

i don't know why people are bashing spirit's build, he pretty much has it right.

the only thing I'd add is that sometimes its better to max feast first then rage if you have high hp heroes in your lane or if you plan to jungle when the lane is pushed too far.

other than that spirit basically described the best build possible. and if you're a pub who goes vanguard and bfury on every strength hero you pick then you really shouldn't comment on other builds

are you retarded? vanguard + mkb? no blink on naix?

LOL

did i say that no? fuckin rand hat your bad shh get a team and coem league faggot

A strategy that is fun is to get Beastmaster on your team. Have him give control, Send out his hawk, and have Naix jump in it, and turn invisible.
BM will look lonely and most likely the other team will try to gank, then you pop out of the invisible bird, and rock face.
It is really fun in pubs, I have had people call me a hacker for doing this. >.<

As for item build.

Armlet
Str treads
Hood if team is spell based
AC
Bkb
Deso

This post was edited by Scimish on Jul 22 2009 02:32pm

VANGUARD LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I laugh at these pointless arguments.
People play DotA differently.

You can play as differently as you want; the choice to play optimally is yours, but that doesn't change the fact that there is an optimal build. Those who care about improving their skill will optimize their builds.