Trap-setting Mage who transforms into a melee Assassin to finish kills.
Selena is a hybrid Assassin-Mage who plants Abyssal Trap and fires Abyssal Arrow in Elven Form to mark and stun distant targets, then swaps into Abyssal Form via her ultimate for Garotte's dash and Soul Eater's empowered, shielded attack. Every mark she applies in Elven Form pays off as bonus magic damage once she closes in for the kill.
Selena requires predicting enemy movement to land Abyssal Trap and Abyssal Arrow from range, then correctly timing the form swap into Abyssal Form before the marks she applied expire.
Level Abyssal Trap first for the mark and slow setup, max Abyssal Arrow second for stun uptime, and take Primal Darkness at 4, 8, and 12.
Selena can switch freely between her two forms. Elven Form: Selena applies "Abyssal Mark" with her skills. The mark can stack up to 2 times. When "Abyssal Trap" hits an enemy, it immediately adds an "Abyssal Mark". Abyssal Form: All damage will consume 1 stack of "Abyssal Mark" to deal 225 (+15 × Hero Level) (+40% Total Magic Power) extra Magic Damage.
Always active — no cooldown
In Elven Form, Selena plants an invisible Abyssal Trap that attaches to the first enemy that comes near, applying an Abyssal Mark and, after a delay, dealing Magic Damage and slowing nearby enemies. In Abyssal Form the skill becomes Soul Eater, empowering Selena's next Basic Attack to dash onto a target for bonus Magic Damage and a Shield.
Selena plants a hidden trap at a location. It attaches to the first enemy that walks near it, applying an Abyssal Mark, and after a short delay detonates for Magic Damage to that enemy and other nearby enemies while slowing them.
Selena empowers her claws, causing her next Basic Attack to dash to the target and deal bonus Magic Damage while granting her a Shield.
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In Elven Form, Selena fires a long-range Abyssal Arrow that deals Magic Damage and stuns the first enemy hero hit, with damage and stun duration increasing the farther the arrow travels. In Abyssal Form the skill becomes Garotte, a dash that deals Magic Damage to enemies in Selena's path and resets its own cooldown if it detonates an Abyssal Mark.
Selena fires a magic arrow in the target direction that deals Magic Damage to the first enemy hero hit and stuns them; both the damage and the stun duration scale up with the distance the arrow has traveled before impact.
Selena dashes in the target direction, dealing Magic Damage to enemies along her path. If the dash detonates an enemy's Abyssal Mark, Garotte's cooldown is immediately reset.
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Selena switches between her two forms, briefly gaining Movement Speed and resetting the cooldowns of her other two skills. Cast from Elven Form as Primal Darkness, she melds with the Abyss and becomes Abyssal Form. Cast from Abyssal Form as Blessing of the Moon God, she sheds the Abyss's influence and returns to Elven Form.
Selena melds with the Abyss, entering Abyssal Form, gaining a short burst of Movement Speed and immediately resetting the cooldowns of Soul Eater and Garotte.
Selena calls on the Moon God to purge the Abyss from her body, returning to Elven Form, gaining a short burst of Movement Speed and immediately resetting the cooldowns of Abyssal Trap and Abyssal Arrow.
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Signature combo
Core items in buy order, with the emblem, talents and battle spell that go with them.
8,010g total
Default pick to isolate and pick off a single backline target per fight.
Battle spell
Flicker120s CDThe 'Flicker combo' — blinking in right as a hook or stun lands, or blinking out the instant an enemy ultimate is cast — is the single most common high-elo outplay moment in the game.
Swap in when needed
Winter Crown — Against burst diving her before Abyssal Form can commit to a kill.
Genius Wand — Early-mid burst against low-defense targets before enemies stack magic defense.
Clock of Destiny — Scaling magic power, plus Destiny's Hybrid Defense stacking off every magic hit.
7,760g total
When played as a roaming initiator to set up ganks with Abyssal Trap and Abyssal Arrow.
Battle spell
Purify90s CDPurify does not clear suppression (e.g. Franco's Bloody Hunt or Khufra's ultimate) — a common mistake is trusting it to escape a hook combo it can't actually cleanse.
Swap in when needed
Winter Crown — Insurance when committing to Abyssal Form on a locked-down target.
Lightning Truncheon — Cooldown reduction to reset Abyssal Trap and Abyssal Arrow faster for repeated ganks.
Clock of Destiny — Extra HP and Destiny's stacking Hybrid Defense for extended roaming and skirmishing.
Beyond the swaps listed in the builds above.
The heroes that make this matchup hard, and the mechanic that does it.
GlooTankHardGloo's binding CC and tankiness let him walk through Selena's Abyssal Trap zone and punish her for the wasted setup.
PhoveusFighterHardSelena's Garotte dash feeds Phoveus's Demonic Force passive when she engages in Abyssal Form, and Judgement lands on her Sinner's Mark before she can swap back.
WanwanMarksmanHardWanwan's dash-jump mobility and true damage burst punish Selena for whiffing her skillshot Abyssal Arrow.
KhufraTankHardBouncing Ball knocks Selena airborne if Garotte dashes across him, and Tyrant's Rage wall-stuns her mid-combo.
ObsidiaMarksmanHardHunt of Bone stuns Selena, tethers her to Obsidia and blocks the displacement skills she needs to leave, so the isolated pick her kit depends on turns into a fight she can't walk away from.
Popol and KupaMarksmanSoftPopol and Kupa's mobile burst and stun close the distance on Selena before Abyssal Trap can be set and triggered from safety.
SunFighterSoftSun's clones trigger Selena's traps for free, wasting her CC before the real Sun engages.
ZhaskMageSoftZhask's summoned minion soaks Selena's Abyssal Trap trigger, and his long-range poke chips her before she can safely set up a pick.
ChipSupport · TankSoftChip's Shortcut portals an ally straight past Selena's trap-and-stun setup and onto her instead.
FaramisSupport · MageSoftFaramis's ultimate revives allies Selena picks off, undoing the value of her isolate-and-burst playstyle.Winter CrownNegates the burst window right after Selena swaps into Abyssal Form to finish a kill.
Tough BootsCuts the stun duration on Abyssal Arrow, letting a marked target walk out of her setup.
Antique Cuirass924 flat HP absorbs her Abyssal Form burst — Deter's reduction is Physical-only and does not touch her magic damage.Duo partners whose kit completes this one.
BaratsTank · FighterSelena's Abyssal Arrow stun chains directly into Detona's Welcome, whose 1.2-second suppression guarantees the lockdown.
ThamuzFighterSelena's trap-and-stun setup gives Thamuz a safe window to dive in and stack his sustain-fueled combo.
FlorynSupportFloryn's healing keeps Selena topped up for repeated Elven-to-Abyssal form swaps and gank attempts.
AulusFighterSelena's Abyssal Trap slow and stun hold a target still long enough for Aulus to land the Basic Attacks his Fighting Spirit needs.ZhaskMageZhask's summoned minion zones an area, forcing enemies into Selena's trap placement.
LeomordFighterSelena's stun sets up Leomord's mounted charge for a guaranteed follow-up burst.
ValentinaMageValentina can copy the CC or burst Selena's setup creates, doubling the punish on a picked target.
CyclopsMageCyclops's Star Power Lockdown immobilize chains into Selena's Abyssal Arrow stun for a double-lockdown pick.
LaylaMarksmanSelena's trap-and-stun isolates a target for Layla's Destruction Rush to finish safely from range.
ZhuxinMageSelena's Abyssal Trap slow keeps a target inside Zhuxin's zone-control AoE burst.Pre-place Abyssal Trap in brush or chokepoints enemies are likely to walk through, not directly in the open
Land Abyssal Arrow to apply a guaranteed mark and stun before swapping into Abyssal Form to burst
Only commit to Abyssal Form once a kill is close to secured — swapping back costs tempo
Use Elven Form to farm and poke safely, saving Abyssal Form for a coordinated pick with your jungler or roam
Selena is one of the hardest heroes in the game to master — landing Abyssal Trap and Abyssal Arrow from range while timing the form swap into Abyssal Form takes significant practice.
A burst magic build with Lightning Truncheon, Holy Crystal, and Ice Queen Wand covers most games, giving her cooldown reduction, burst, and anti-mobility slow.
Gloo, Khufra, and Wanwan counter her hardest — all three either negate her setup CC or punish her for whiffing a skillshot.
Selena flexes between mid lane, where she farms and poke-picks in Elven Form, and roam, where she sets up ganks with Abyssal Trap and Abyssal Arrow for her team.
