Earthshaker Guide


Items

Starting items:

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

Playstyle
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Pros Cons
  • Numerous stuns.
  • Excellent initiation.
  • Good early ganking.
  • Low mana.
  • Long cast animations.
  • Easy to harass in lane.

Videos

Info

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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 dota2 , 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 dota2 , 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? dota2 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 dota2 . 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 dota2 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

Generic Earthshaker
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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
Brawler Earthshaker
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Talents

Notes:
  • 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

Echo Slam