Messenger of Flames is another take on the self-damage mechanic seen in heroes like Bloodseeker and Pudge, this time making your self damage increase your movement speed, and your other abilities and items you build turn that movement speed into damage, with two primary builds that differ in careful but impactful ways. The hero is near certainly a terrible support, as you will always need some amount of items and will always want to be in fights for as long as possible, and contesting enemy cores with your life expendably. You also farm absurdly quickly with Immolation, and this hero might be one of the best stack takers in the game, likely behind only Templar Assassin and Bristleback in reliability, and Leshrac in speed. The two primary builds that I suspect are the best way to utilize your abilities to their greatest potential are drastically different in the way they deal damage. One of them is a spellcaster+magic resistance build that aims to deal as much amplified magic damage as possible through the Aghs Scepter upgraded ultimate, and the other is a physical attack damage+lifesteal build that uses Immolent Zeals attack damage from movespeed scaling to chase down enemy heroes and pummel them with physical damage. I have outlined both of these builds and given a short writeup on each of them above. I will list a few other notes of interest about the hero here. In an offlane position especially they are strangely good at diving towers, as Immolation will shove waves incredibly quickly and cause the enemy safelaners to light eachother and their creeps on fire as they are jumped. This becomes especially good when Messenger reaches level 6 and gains a whopping 1800 bonus health for 8 seconds during his ult (at level 6 with Phase, 2x Wraith Band, and RoP). And in any lane he is great at denying enemy cores from farming, as whenever he attacks the wave Immolation will engulf any heroes nearby trying to last hit or deny in flames, disrupting them from approaching creeps or allies for many precious seconds of their lane. This also gives him ample time to farm the hard camp or make stacks in the jungle, given that his waves will near always push. Let me know what you think! If you have any other item build ideas or catch something I might have missed, let me know. If any numbers or skills seem wrong or you would like some clarification on something (the abilities are oddly complex in some areas) post a comment and I will be happy to discuss the hero and my thought process!