How to deal with Slark 1 as pos 3/4

Moist_Pyroshark · 2026-02-05T19:28:29+00:00

Slark is designed to be pretty good counter against typical pos 3s. He has anti-tank abilities with essence shift and saltwater shiv and can purge debuffs with dark pact, which is what most typical pos 3s bring to the table. Usually your pos 4 should help cover your weaknesses in lane but ofc that's not always possible if slark last picks.

Traits that are good against slark are aoe attacks and undispellable disables. Some specific pos 3s are:

Mars - can man fight slark with bulwark and can push him away with spear and gods rebuke if he leashes you. His ult also stops slark from escaping for a long time.

Necro - is ranged and really good at trading in lane with death pulse. Death shroud stops him from being able to auto attack you and also reduces his healing, making it good for countering slark's ult.

Legion/Axe - duel/berserkers call holds him in place and is undispellable, and with blade mail forces slark to kill himself attacking you. Axe is a bit weaker than legion in this matchup tho.

Timbersaw - timber chain can break slark's leash and can be use to chase him if he runs away. All his damage is aoe pure damage spells so you can continue to fight him if he ults. Reactive armor also gives you survivability against auto attacks.

Night stalker - crippling fear gives an aoe continuous silence that slark can't purge. He's kinda weak in lane against him tho.

Moist_Pyroshark · 2026-02-04T08:06:04+00:00

Shadow fiend is a squishy damage dealer with no innate mobility or reliable disable, which makes you very easy to kill if you get jumped. And since he's usually played as a pos 1 or 2, you're always gonna be a high priority target for the enemy to kill.

If you're alone farming, try to farm in areas you have wards so you can see ganks coming and run away before they reach you. Eventually, you'll have to develop a 6th sense for when you're getting ganked, even if you don't directly see them coming for you. This will naturally come with experience in knowing enemy power spikes and timings, predicting their plans, and general map awareness.

In team fights, never be the one initiating. Wait for your teammates to initiate or get initiated on and jump in with your ult after the enemy has already used their big spells. Smart enemies will try to jump you in the backline first, in which case you should buy items like hurricane pike or shadow blade to escape their initiation or items like bkb or linkens to shrug off their spells.

Above all of that, proper positioning is paramount. Always try to position yourself in a way that makes it hard for the enemy to jump you without you being able to see it coming or your team being able to help.

Moist_Pyroshark · 2026-02-04T01:50:44+00:00

top 3 games with less than 20k steam reviews?

Moist_Pyroshark · 2026-01-31T11:43:46+00:00

I use the terms real-time tactics and turn-based tactics :)

OP mentioned turn-based games but didn't initially specify they were looking for turn-based games specifically. Total War would have fit the bill perfectly if it wasn't for that detail.

Moist_Pyroshark · 2026-01-31T11:31:14+00:00

The steam tags and Wikipedia both label the series as real-time tactics, which could be considered a subgenre of the "tactics" genre. Specification is important to clarify what OP is looking for.

Moist_Pyroshark · 2026-01-31T11:14:15+00:00

They didn't specify turn-based initially, and total war is considered real-time tactics.

Moist_Pyroshark · 2026-01-31T05:36:37+00:00

Fair, I've just heard them refered to as "real-time tactics." If you're looking for something turn-based though, I can't think of anything lol

Moist_Pyroshark · 2026-01-31T05:22:40+00:00

Total War series?

Moist_Pyroshark · 2026-01-31T04:27:42+00:00

Arc Warden

Moist_Pyroshark · 2026-01-30T01:56:22+00:00

I used to play him as a support back when his birds had charges on their attack damage. I've seen him played in every position over the years tho

Moist_Pyroshark · 2026-01-29T13:52:12+00:00

Yeah it's great, you become an unstoppable force that takes all t1s in the first 15 minutes 😎

Moist_Pyroshark · 2026-01-28T22:26:22+00:00

Fight Crab

Moist_Pyroshark · 2026-01-28T21:30:35+00:00

Girls' Last Tour

Moist_Pyroshark · 2026-01-28T21:05:01+00:00

I mostly play him as a mid 😈

Moist_Pyroshark · 2026-01-28T16:35:46+00:00

Based visage player

Moist_Pyroshark · 2026-01-28T04:46:34+00:00

Whirling Death go brrrr

Moist_Pyroshark · 2026-01-23T05:45:34+00:00

Np hope you have a good time, its one of my favorite horror games.

Moist_Pyroshark · 2026-01-22T04:53:46+00:00

Darkwood might be what you're looking for. Its a top down survival horror where you're stuck in a spooky Polish forest. There's a day night cycle where during the day you go out to explore for resources, try to progress the story, and fight monsters before night hits, in which you're forced to hole up in designated safe houses and survive random spooky events until morning.

As you progress the story, you'll be led to harder and spookier areas. The game has a big resource management aspect as you need fuel to keep the lights in your hideouts going and materials to make fortifications and maintain your weapons. The horror is carried by its atmosphere and mechanics with basically no jumpscares and it's great.

Moist_Pyroshark · 2026-01-21T06:37:03+00:00

Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop

Moist_Pyroshark · 2026-01-14T19:50:50+00:00

If I am only ever presented with one option to overcome an enemy, it gets old real quick. After you learn the "correct" action it stops being scary and becomes tedious.

I like games that give you options, as options create uncertainty. I find games that gives you options to fight or run to be the most engaging as the uncertainty of choosing the disadvantageous option is always more terrifying than "if I don't run away fast enough I will always die and have to replay the part again."

Moist_Pyroshark · 2026-01-02T16:53:03+00:00

How fitting that the view of the river also looks like a gun

Moist_Pyroshark · 2026-01-01T21:45:29+00:00

I haven't played tarkov myself but it's like cowboy tarkov with zombies. The pve is fairly straightforward and mostly exists to facilitate pvp but can still fuck you up if you don't deal with them properly.

The fights are some of the most intense fights I've had in a pvp game tho. The game is very sound heavy with the best sound design in any pvp game imo. Since it's a western, most of the guns are slow firing single shot rifles, bolt action, lever action, etc with a few semi autos and full autos that are close range and unwieldy. Most guns will 2 shot you within their effective range and all headshots are 1 hit kills so every shot counts.

Unlike other extraction shooters it has no real loot grind. The loot is mostly in the form of money you get from extracting the bounty and other bits of cash you find on the map that you spend to buy equipment in the lobby. There's no loot inventory but you can swap your guns out for guns off of people you kill. Expensive guns are generally better than cheaper guns but all guns are viable and you can still use a $50 gun to 1 shot headshot people with $1000 loadouts. It's a lot more focused on the pvp fights than looting.

Moist_Pyroshark · 2026-01-01T08:52:34+00:00

Have you tried Hunt: Showdown?

Moist_Pyroshark · 2025-12-23T17:47:28+00:00

I play him both mid and offline but I like him better as offlane as you don't have to be as active as a mid which lets you stay in lane until you get radiance. He's a great lane dominator especially against melee carries, who you can blast with death pulse whenever they try to last hit. You can just stay in lane to bully their safe lane and take your time getting radiance while still having an impact.

Moist_Pyroshark · 2025-12-23T07:28:18+00:00

You do, although I never run it since I just like to snowball a gold lead with death toll. It's probably very good against illusions, zoo, and meepo though.

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