dota 2 guide

Earthshaker is considered a strength-nuker hero in DotA. Earthshaker's most important role is to initiate a team fight. All of his abilitites are designed to initiate a teamfight and stun the enemy. Breaking the crowds and slamming the ground. It's fun to use Earthshaker. Slam! 

Earthshaker can also blocking a road using Fissure, be careful to use it, because it also can distress yourself.

ROLE
Melee - Initiator - Disabler - Support - Lane Support

STATS

ABILITIES

The Nishian totem splits the world to its core with tectonic force.
This is your main skill for every situation in a game.
This skill have many functions:
1. You can nuke, damaging, and stunning all the enemy heroes.
2. You can also block enemy's way with this skill ( Be careful not to block your friends with this skill!),
3. You can also farm creeps using this skill. But it is not recommended for you to farm that much, It will be wise to let your carry to farm all the creeps, so he can get the expensive items for the team. Remember: your carry's items will decide the winner of the match.



2. Enchant Totem

Empowers Earthshaker's totem, causing it to deal extra damage on the next attack.
Raigor's gorilla strength can destroy mountains.
Note: You need to combine this skill with the Aftershock to makes this ability become a stunning skill. If you already learned aftershock, this skill will stun some enemies in area around you. 

The main use of the skill Enchant totem is for additional stun especially when pursuing the enemy. Where you can stop the enemy for 1 second and make room for the team to move forward. Be sure to hit enemies once with the bonus damage from enchant totem.

Build for Fun
The funny thing about this skill is: This skill could make you become a carry for 1 second. Imagine you have Daedlus and your normal damage is  about  150, then you will deal about 1200++ damage in a single blow with a critical hit.

Causes the earth to shake underfoot, adding additional damage and stuns to nearby enemy units when Earthshaker casts his abilities..
The earth trembles beneath the mighty footsteps of Raigor.
Makes all of your skill become a stunning skill because everything near you will be stunned after you use a skill. A very nice skill, Makes your 3 skills: Fissure, Encant totem and also Echo Slam becomes more destructive because it will also gives stun to the enemies around you.

Shockwaves travel through the ground, damaging enemy units. Each enemy hit causes an echo to damage nearby units. Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter.
This is your ultimate. You need the best positioning to makes this skill become powerful. So you need the blink dagger for this problem. By jumping into the middle of the enemy crowds, you can destroy them using this skill and deal tons of damage. The more the enemies the better. So wait until enemies is gathering in one spot and then Slam! destroy them all

SKILLBUILD
The most importance is maxed Fissure at level 7 , and the rest is up to you, and don't forget to get Echo Slam in level 6,11, and 16.

Your skill will look like this:
1. Fissure
2. Enchant Totem 
3. Fissure
4. Aftershock
5. Fissure
6. Echo Slam
7. Fissure
8. Enchant Totem 
9. Enchant Totem 
10. Enchant Totem  
11. Echo Slam
12. Aftershock
13. Aftershock 
14. Aftershock 
15. Stats
16. Echo Slam
17-25. Stats 

Why take Fissure for level 1? You need this to escape if enemy wants to get firstblood by killing you,

Why maxed Fissure first?  This is your main nuke, you will need this for ganking, farming, and killing on early mid game.

Why maxed Enchant Totem before After Shock? Enchant totem will gives you a nice damage for one shot. A nice boosting damage for killing your gankidng target. Or a nice damage booster for destroying tower. Better than the Aftershock on early game. Aftershock just gives you a stun for area near you after you casted a spell. You can take the Aftershock later.

STRATEGY

Early Game
In the early game, if you're in a lane with a carry, you must  protect him and make sure he get the farm he needs. You are a hero that don't need good items, so let the carry to get the golds. You may also helps him by denying the creeps, or maybe stacking and pulling the creeps. Be careful with the opponent, if they suddenly use their ability, then you must immediately use Fissure, this way your enemy will afraid and retreat immediately. 
Also don't be a reckless, you are not a solo killer, ask your friend to help you kill the enemy. 
The Fissure is your harassing skill here, so if you need to do some damages to your foe's use Fissure. Fissure is the most important skill here, your main nuke.

Mid Game
Once the game is mid game, you can change lane and ganking the enemy. Use your mainstay skill Fissure, and together with your friends killing some enemy.  Mid game will be the determinant if your team will win or lose. If you can conquer mid game with lots of kills, it is likely to win the game. If there are lots of enemy in an area, that's your time to use your Echo Slam. It will demolish the enemy team and makes your team proud of you.

Late Game
Earthshaker role in the late game is to initiate a teamfight and that maybe lead a counterattack of victory. With your combo using dagger and echo slam, you can easily break a wave of enemy heroes and creeps, and thenwin a teamfight that leads to victory.

Here is the way:
1. Make sure you have a blink dagger,
2. and then jump inside the crowds of the enemy. It will break enemy's concentration.and then
3. you can use your ultimate Echo Slam after that. The Echo Slam's damage depends on how many enemy is near the area so make sure there at least 3-5 heroes in the AoE. It will make enemy to feel the most from the blast.
4. Then, you can use Fissure after Echo slam
5. and then finish with your last blow: with Enchant Totem + 1 attack.
6. You can also add your combo with Shiva's Guard or Refresher Orb, and then followed by your friend's going into the area and genocide the enem

Iif you have earthshaker in the team I recommend to wait the enemy to attack your tower rather than doing teamfights in the jungle, because it will do more Echo damage  because lots of creeps in the lane.

After your team won the teamfight, you have two options:
1. You can get the Aegis for your team's main hero or
2. Your team can push enemy base and destrouy their buildings. Choose wisely!

ITEMS BUILD
Total cost: 800
Recipe: Ring of Regen + Sage's Mask + Recipe
Why Soul Ring? Soulring provides mana for early games

The core item for Earthshaker is just 2 those are Arcane Boots and Dagger
2. Arcane Boots
Total cost: 1450
Recipe: Boots of Speed + Energy Booster
Why Arcane Boots? With Arcana Boots, you can fill your mana for your skills. and also hrlps the team to restore their mana.

3. Blink Dagger
Cost: 2150

4. And in the late game you can buy: 
Aghanim Scepter
Why Aghanim's Scepter? Make an initiator more stronger because your ultimate damage will be increased. It will greatly increase the chance of winning a teamfight. 
Total cost: 4700
Why Shiva's? This item is very good in teamfights, With the slowing of attack speed and movement speed, the enemy will hardly move and attack on the teamfight. A nice defense mechanism for your team.
Total cost: 5300
Recipe: Obilivion Staff + Preserverance + Recipe
Why Refresher Orb? It will gives you ability to cast Echo Slam 2 times that can demolish all of the enemies. Not just that, you also can use Fissure 2 times and Enchant Totem 2 times, that's the same as , permanent stun until death for all of your opponents. IMBA!!

7. Boots of Travel
Total cost: 2450
Recipe: Boots of Speed + Recipe
Why Necronomicon? After initiate a teamfight, you can summon 2 demons with reliable power. This demon is so powerful, and other advantage is that if you die, your demons won't die so you still can play your demons if you die.

9. Pipe of Insight
Total cost: 3628
Recipe: Hood of Defiance + Headress + Recipe

Why Pipe of Insight? Gives barrier for all allies in AoE that Block 400 spell damage,Nice item for support heroes, it will decrease magic damage from enemies during a teamfight.

Enemies that Gives You Advantages
All the heroes below will gives you extra echo damage for their extra units. Makes an initiation more powerful. Note: illusion is counted as creeps for echo damage calculation.
1. Nessaj/ Chaos Knight (CK)
Gives extra echo damage from his illusions

2. Naga Siren
Gives extra echo damage  from her illusions

3. Natures Prophet
Gives extra echo damage  from  his creeps

4. Enigma
Gives extra echo damage  from  his ediolons

5. Broodmother
Gives extra echo damage  from  her spiderlings

6. Lycan
Gives extra echo damage  from  his wolfves. It is rather hard to counter Lycan because of his wolves is invisible, but with good timing, it is possible.

7. Beastmaster
Gives extra echo damage  from  his units, this hero is also usually buy necromicon that add +2 units for more echo damage

8. Phantom lancer
Gives extra echo damage  from  his illusions

9. Undying
Gives extra echo damage  from  his zombies

10. Dark Seer
Gives extra echo damage  from  his ultimate illusions (Wall of Replica)