Items
Starting items:
- Tango Item Tango (Shared) Changelogs TangoB Forage to survive on the battlefield. Cost125 Bought FromConsumables Active Eat a Tree or Ward Charges 4 Disassemble? No Alert allies? No Recipe The Tango provides health regeneration in lane.
- Iron Branch gives basic stats and can be built into Magic Wand, also allows more regeneration from Tango.
- Clarity potions allow him to cast Fissure`s more than once, since its mana cost is relatively high and Earthshaker`s mana pool is small.
- Animal Courier should be purchased if there are no other supports on the team. Be that as it may, he may need to sacrifice a few items, such as Gauntlets of Strength, or two Clarities, reducing his lane presence by a big deal.
- Infused Raindrop provides excellent protection against magical harassment, against which Earthshaker normally has no defense.
- Enchanted Mango provides extra health regen, also an extra mana source in a pinch for an extra Fissure.
Early-game items:
- Magic Wand can be a good source of health and mana restoration if the enemies use their abilities often, and can even be used in a pinch to get enough mana for his Fissure.
- Arcane Boots are important to compensate for Earthshaker`s low mana.
- Power Treads is another good choice for combat-oriented Earthshaker.
- Soul Ring is an alternative source of mana in the early game, allows for liberal use of Fissure.
- Tranquil Boots effectively regenerates the @@@#@@@HP(hp.com)###@### loss from Soul Ring.
- Bracer gives a good source of health, attack damage, and mana. It can also be used to chase fleeing enemies to take them down with his Enchant Totem.
Core items:
Gameplay
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Initiator/Support
Earthshaker is mostly played as an initiator. In early game, he can set up gank with allies and initiate with Fissure. With the help of Blink Dagger For the cosmetic item equipped by Axe, see Little Blink Dagger. Item Changelogs Blink DaggerBL The fabled dagger used by the fastest assassin ever to walk the lands. Cost2250 Bought FromArcane , his role is to jump into enemy clusters and chain stun opponents with Echo Slam > Enchant Totem > Fissure. A fully executed sequence will deal very significant damage, even if no allies are around to follow up. New players may find it hard to farm a quick Blink Dagger For the cosmetic item equipped by Axe, see Little Blink Dagger. Item Changelogs Blink DaggerBL The fabled dagger used by the fastest assassin ever to walk the lands. Cost2250 Bought FromArcane , and should thus play conservatively to avoid early game deaths (and therefore gold loss). Once a Blink Dagger has been obtained, Earthshaker is no longer heavily item-dependent, and can transition into buying support items if needed.
Brawler
Earthshaker can sometimes be played as a brawler, building items like Crystalys Item Changelogs CrystalysB A blade forged from rare crystals, it seeks weak points in enemy armor. Cost2120 (500) Bought FromWeapons Passive Critical Strike Bonus +30 Attack damage Disassemble? No Alert allies? to make the tripled damage from Enchant Totem more effective. Players who go this route require significant farm, and therefore often start in the Mid Lane A Lane is one of three paths connecting the two Ancients. Lane creeps will push along these lanes after spawning. There are three lanes: Top line, which runs along the left and top edges of . A Blink Dagger For the cosmetic item equipped by Axe, see Little Blink Dagger. Item Changelogs Blink DaggerBL The fabled dagger used by the fastest assassin ever to walk the lands. Cost2250 Bought FromArcane is also recommended for this build. Keep in mind that a brawler Earthshaker must rely on abilities to deal damage in bursts, and should avoid damage in between cooldowns. He will not be able to stand toe-to-toe against a real carry. Players should discuss with their team prior to choosing this build, as most teams expect Earthshaker to be played as an initiator/support.
Ability Builds
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- This build is good for games where it is highly possible that you will have a better hand in early game fights due to your team`s draft. It works well when Earthshaker earns money by taking part in a lot of early kills, earning assists and not dying too often. This is how earthshaker should be played by default
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- This build is for core farming Earthshaker. It is based on high damage bonus from Enchant Totem combined with damage bonus from fast Shadow Blade For the cosmetic item equipped by Kunkka, see Kunkka s Shadow Blade. Item Changelogs Known Bugs Shadow BladeB The blade of a fallen king, it allows you to move unseen and . First, such Earthshaker chooses his target, then activates Enchant Totem, then goes invisible and attacks his victim. If the victim didn`t die after that, Earthshaker finishes it off with his other abilities and the second Enchant Totem because its duration is longer that its cooldown. Two Crystalys Item Changelogs CrystalysB A blade forged from rare crystals, it seeks weak points in enemy armor. Cost2120 (500) Bought FromWeapons Passive Critical Strike Bonus +30 Attack damage Disassemble? No Alert allies? ` will be a good choice for this build.
Talents
Hero Talents Main Table of Gained Bonuses The Talent Selection interface. Talents are traits unique to each hero. They are chosen every 5th level starting at level 10, offering a permanent choice between | ||
-2s Enchant Totem Cooldown | 25 | +600 Health |
+350 Fissure Range | 20 | +40 Echo Damage |
+50 Damage | 15 | +20 Movement Speed |
+250 Mana | 10 | +10 Strength Strength is the attribute that grants health and health regeneration. For each point of strength a hero gets: 20 Health 0.06 Health regeneration Additionally, strength heroes also get 1 attack damage per strength point. To |
- Upgrading health and mana increases maximum health and mana capacity and keeps the current health and mana percentage.
- The attack damage is added as bonus attack damage, and therefore does not benefit illusions, nor does it get increased by Enchant Totem.
General
- Due to his costly abilities, Earthshaker needs good timing and game sense to be effective.
- In the early game, Earthshaker is very easy to harass in lane. Players should play conservatively except when setting up a gank with his allies.
Fissure
- At 1500 range, Fissure is one of the longest ranged stuns in the game.
- Use Fissure to block off enemy retreat or reinforcements.
- Earthshaker is exceptional at ganking the mid lane, because at a good angle, Fissure can completely block the enemy midlaner from running back to their tower.
- Keep your finger on the Stop hotkey (
S
by default) to immediately cancel the cast animation if it looks like you`re going to miss. - Fissure creates an impassable ridge and splits two adjacent heroes between the ridge.
- Fissure is useful for separating a fleeing ally from a pursuing enemy. This requires practice, as it is quite common to misclick and wall off both heroes on the same side.
- The impassable terrain is effective in splitting the battlefield during a teamfight. Be that as it may, improper use of Fissure can prevent melee carries from inflicting damage on or chasing the enemy.
- Fissure`s long range can be used to snipe off retreating enemies.
- Fissure has a long cast animation and may be interrupted in a hectic fight.
Enchant Totem
- Enchant Totem has a very long cast animation and can be interrupted,
- One of Enchant Totem`s main roles is to stun enemy with Aftershock. It can be used as a mini-initiation ability with Blink Dagger For the cosmetic item equipped by Axe, see Little Blink Dagger. Item Changelogs Blink DaggerBL The fabled dagger used by the fastest assassin ever to walk the lands. Cost2250 Bought FromArcane or its Aghanim`s Scepter Item Upgraded Abilities Old Abilities Lore Changelogs Aghanim s Scepter The scepter of a wizard with demigod-like powers. Cost4200 Bought FromCaster Passive Ultimate Upgrade Bonus +10 Strength+10 Agility+10 Intelligence+175 upgrade.
- Beware of its long cast animation: Enemy may simply walk out of the Aftershock radius.
- Enchant Totem has a very low cooldown, allowing Earthshaker to repeatedly return to the fight during long engagements.
- The Enchant Totem buff lasts 14 seconds, meaning that it should be pre-cast before a fight to maximize Earthshaker`s damage.
- Enchant Totem is useful for last hitting buildings Buildings are special units that are immune to most spells, use structure armor, and are immobile. Destroying a building rewards you with a bounty, similar to most creeps or heroes. Destroying towers rewards the entire . Be that as it may, if the team`s carry is around, Earthshaker should yield the last hit (and therefore extra gold) to them.
Echo Slam
- For maximum damage, use Echo Slam around as many enemy units as possible.
- Use the Aftershock stun duration from Echo Slam to follow up with other abilities.
- It is not always best to use Echo Slam to initiate. Experienced players often stay back during fights, waiting until enemies are grouped up before jumping in.
- That said, some team compositions are very dependent on Earthshaker to initiate. Use sensible judgment.
- A well placed Echo Slam is one of the few abilities that can turn around a badly losing game.
- There are certain positions that enemies will natually group up. This includes Roshan pit, the high ground around Tier 3 Towers Tier 3 Tower Building Level 3 Health 1600 Health regeneration 0 Armor 16 Magic resistance 0% Attack damage 142‒162 Acquisition range 700 Attack range 700 Base attack time 0.95 Attack animation 0.6+0.4 Projectile speed 750 , narrow paths such as river, places without vision such as uphills, or even at times when they are ganging up on a teammate.