dota 2 guide

BIO
Rizzrack could still hear the screams in his mind. He worked, frantically turning wrenches, twisting screws, building and carving and forging. Sleep eluded him; he only built. Months had passed since he had shut himself in his uncle's workshop, and his deliverance was nearly complete. He rubbed his back as his eyes drifted shut, and saw a blanket of flowers floating on the placid waves of Augury Bay before exploding into a cloud of pollen that silenced lives as it seized the lungs. He woke with a choking start. For hours the rhythmic sound of a whetstone filled the shop as he sharpened a set of massive blades, his mind filled with images of strangling vines garroting neighbors, enwrapping homes. The flooding of Augury Bay had been nothing compared to the violent horrors the waters left to take root beyond the city walls. But the saw-suit would make him strong and safe he thought, allowing himself this sliver of hope before the full might of his fear crashed into his fading mind. Branches and bark and blood. When the city fell, Rizzrack fled trees that walked, and fought, and killed. Trees had shattered the gates and swarmed into the city. Trees had crushed and thrashed and stomped the last that Augury Bay could muster in defense, and stalked the few fleeing refugees. In addled silence Rizzrack unspooled the thick chain from the suit's arm, his hands quaking as he inspected each link and ran a trembling finger along the claw attached at its end. The saw-suit was ready. With his hand trembling he sparked the bladed machine to life. Terror drove him, terror of what awaited him and of what he would have to face to have any hope of calming his mind. As the saw-suit shuddered to life he knew he must face this fear, and he knew he wouldn't like it one bit.

INTRODUCTION
Rizzrak the goblin shredder is one of the four new heroes that came with 6.73. much like dragonus, he's been a little neglected for some reason, at least compared to legion and xin. this is a shame, because he's really powerful and fun as shit to play. the other guides out on him right now suck dick so i wrote this one, for pubs obviously since he's not even in the -cm pool yet. you're welcome

STATS

ABILITIES
Timbersaw whirls extremely sharp edges, damaging enemies and destroying trees around him in an area. If an enemy hero is affected, it loses some of its primary attribute for a short duration. Whirling Death will deal Pure damage if a tree is cut down in the process.
Your nuke. Deal damage to area around you. Also make affected enemy to lose some of his/her primary stats. Nice skill to nuke enemies. Also can be good to farm some creeps. Remember that this skill can cut some trees.

2. Timber Chain
Timbersaw fires a chain that embeds itself in the first tree it hits, pulling him towards it. Any enemy in the path takes damage.
Jump into a tree and dealing damage in your path. With this skill, you can jumping like a Tarzan and makes you can escape easily. Feel like a Tarzan with this skill.

3. Reactive Armor
Each time Timbersaw is attacked, he gains increased health regen and armor.
When you're attacked, you gain more armor and HP Regen. Makes you a decent tanker. Really helps you to survive on ganks or in teamfights.

4. Chakram
Fires your main saw blade at the target location, and once there the blade will spin, dealing damage in an area around it and slowing enemies. For each 5% of health missing, enemies caught in the saw blade move more slowly. The blade deals damage and cuts down trees in its path when fired and retracted. You lose the ability to attack and spend mana while the blade is out.
Release a spinning Chakram that deal damage to enemies who touch it. This skill can be good to escape because you will slow down enemies that touch this Chakram. Also will deal a decent damage in teamfight. This skill absorbs some mana per second, so watch your mana.

Return Chakram
Returns the Chakram to Timbersaw.

SKILLBUILD

Level 1: Timberchain
Level 2: Whirling Death
Level 3: Whirling Death
Level 4: Timberchain
Level 5: Whirling Death
Level 6: Chakram
Level 7: Whirling Death
Level 8: Timberchain
Level 9 : Timberchain
Level 10: Reactive Armor
Level 11: Chakram
Level 12: Reactive Armor
Level 13: Reactive Armor
Level 14: Reactive Armor
Level 15: Stats
Level 16: Chakram
Level 17-25: Stats

Why take Timberchain for level 1? Well, you need to avoid if there is a firstblood attempt from enemies. Use Timberchain to jump-out.

Why maxed Whirling Death first? This is your biggest nuke, can be use to farm, or to damaging some nearby enemies.

Why maxed Timberchain before Reactive armor? Nukes should be maxed first, thats the rule of DotA. Nuke will deal a nice damage for early-mid game, and will loss it's potential in late game. And Reactive armor will reduce damage from attacks which is useful on mid-late game.

ave to go mid, you might consider taking death over chains, but shredder shouldn't mid (no trees).

STRATEGY
Early Game
If you are not partnering with carry, you can use your time to last hits the creeps. Farm something to make you get some nice items. Use your skills WhirlingDeath and TimberChain once in a while to harass enemies. And if you have the chance, try to get firstblood using those two skills.

Mid Game
You need to start ganking here, in mid game, this is your time to shine. Here you should already have Chakram and start roaming and finding enemy to kill. You can jump freely like a Tarzan using Timberchain, and have some fun using Whirling Death that also can cut some trees. Use Chakram to deal damage more. If you have loss all your mana, retreat is the best choice, you are a very mana dependant hero, mana is everything for you. Remember that Chakram is also a slower skill, with this, you will be easier to escape from enemies. Timberchain and Chakram, a perfect tool for an escape artist, you.
Late Game
What you need in teamfights are: To keep cahainskill all you have. Although your damage isn't painful anymore. You still have slower ability from Chakram that will slow down enemies, and maybe still deal a good damage. Also remember that you have Whirling Death that will reduce enemy' stats. 15% reduction for main stats in a late game can be a pain for your enemy. be sure to cast any items you have during teamfights, maybe item like Shiva, Mekans, or NecroBooks will helps your team.

ITEMBUILD
1. Arcane Boots
Total cost: 1450
Recipe: Boots of Speed + Energy Booster
Why Arcane Boots? You have spammable skills, so you need more mana, with this item, your mana will be fulfilled. And also to replenish mana of the team.

2. Bloodstone
Total Cost:
Recipe: Preserverance + Soul Booster
Bloodstone is very recommended for you because it gives mana and hp regeneration, also makes your hp and mana pool higher. This is the item for the tanky-nuker-dps er like you. Very Recommended.

3. Shivs's Guard
Total cost: 4700
Recipe: Plate Mail + Mystic Staff + Recipe
Why Shiva's? Helps you chase enemies faster because this item will slow down your target. + Arctic Blast (More Slow and 200 damage)

Supportive Item you Might Needs
4. Mekansm
Total cost: 2306
Recipe: Headress + Buckler + Recipe
Why Mekansm? Heal for all allies in AoE, is a must for teamfights.
Nice Item you Might Needs
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 will not automatically die so you still can play your demons if you die.

DPS Item you Might Needs
6.  Radiance
Total cost: 5150
Recipe: Sacred Relic + Recipe
Why Radiance? Helps yo to deal some constant damage in teamfights. Also helps in farming creeps.

GOOD ALLIES
1. Heroes Will Helps You to Land Your Chakram  into the Middle of Enemies
(Example: DarkSeer, Puck, Disruptor)

VIDEO SECTION
1. Dota Alan - Timbersaw
Alan plays using his Timbersaw, watch this to see Alan;s skill

  2. Yaphets Plays the Shredder
Nice DotA video from Yaphets, the legend of DotA

  FANART

BIO
Leshrac, Tormented Soul, is an entity torn from the heart of nature, a liminal being that exists half in one plane of existence, half in another. His penetrating intelligence is such that he can never ignore for a moment the agonizing horror at the heart of all creation. Once a great philosopher who sought the meaning of existence, he plumbed the depths of nature with the haunted Chronoptic Crystals, and was forever altered by the hideous mysteries thereby revealed to him. Now the darkest depths of his enlightenment are illumined only by the fitful glare of his arrogance. Like other elemental characters, he is completely at one with nature, but in his case it is a nature lurid and vile. He alone sees the evil truth of reality, and has no use for those who believe the cosmos reserves a special reward for those who practice benevolence

INTRODUCTION
Leshrac is a heavy nuker hero which all of his ability is "nuke". He is specialized in the Magical AoE Damage. You need to spam all the magic you have on the teamfight.It will damaging all area around you.
 Be careful to any "magic resistance" because it will makes you difficult to beat your enemy. Leshrac is also a nice ganker with his stunning ability, although it's rather difficult to hit on the right spot. And finally, leshrac is a nice pusher with his Edict.
ROLE
Ranged - Nuker - Pusher - Disabler - Support

STATS

ABILITIES
1. Split Earth
Splits the earth under enemies. Deals damage and stuns for a short duration.
Twisting nature to his vile will, the shifting earth consumes those unlucky enough to cross Leshrac's path.
This is your main ability for ganking. You may need your friend to set up the stun for you. You need your friend to lock down the target so you can land this stun correctly. If not, the enemy may walks out of the radius of this ability.
If the enemy already out of the radius, you should cancel the ability immediately by pressing [S] button on your keyboard. S here stands for Stop).

2. Diabolic Edict
Saturates the area around Leshrac with magical explosions that deal mixed damage to enemy units and structures. The fewer units available to attack, the more damage those units will take. Lasts 8 seconds.
Chronoptic energy bursts from one plane to the other, evaporating anything it touches.
Very useful ability to destroy towers and buildings. It will gives damage to tower and also units around you. If there is just 1 enemy, he will receive all the damage. The damage won't stop even if you die.

3. Lightning Storm
Summons a lightning storm that blasts the target enemy unit, then jumps to nearby enemy units.
The Tormented Soul's mastery of the elements is evident in the massive storms that strike down armies before him.
This skill is a spammable ability that have a decent damage. Very nice ability harass enemies. It will jump from one target to another. The early game damage is considering high.

4. Pulse Nova
Creates waves of damaging energy around Leshrac, one per second, to damage nearby enemy units. Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter.
If necessary, the Tormented Soul can manipulate space time itself, ravaging lesser beings.
Your most high damaged skill. You should use it in every teamfight, it will deal lots of damage per second. Chase your enemy and deal lots of damage. This skill will consumes lots of mana so you need lots of mana regeneration.

SKILLBUILD
There are 2 types of skillbuilds for Leshrac, one is for pushing strategy, and the other one is for ganking strategy.

a. For Pushing Strategy
1. Split Earth
2. Diabolic Edict
3. Diabolic Edict
4. Split Earth
5. Diabolic Edict
6. Pulse Nova
7. Diabolic Edict
8. Split Earth
9. Split Earth
10. Lightning Storm
11. Pulse Nova
12. Lightning Storm
13. Lightning Storm
14. Lightning Storm
15. Stats
16. Pulse Nova
17-25. Stats
This build is focusing on Diabolic Edict on early game for destroying enemy tower as fast as possible. The advantage of destroying the tower on early game :
1. Your team gets more golds.
2. Your team gets the map control, makes your team easier to initiate a gank.


b. For Ganking Strategy
1. Split Earth
2. Lightning Storm
3. Lightning Storm
4. Split Earth
5. Lightning Storm
6. Pulse Nova
7. Lightning Storm
8. Split Earth
9. Split Earth
10. Diabolic Edict
11. Pulse Nova
12. Diabolic Edict
13. Diabolic Edict
14. Diabolic Edict
15. Stats
16. Pulse Nova
17-25. Stats
The advantage of this build is:
1. You get lane control over enemy heroes, you will get more farm than enemy heroes
2. You have the high nuke damages. You will likely to have more chance to get early kills over rhe enemy

You should choose which build that fits into your team strategy. Discuss strategy with your teammates before the game start. Don't debate about skill build after the game reaching mid game.  Every aspect of the game is important to win the game. Good luck!

STRATEGY
Early Game
In choosing the lane , please don't choose lane that will make one of the lane become so weak and the other is too strong. Make your lane is balanced to win the whole map. Be careful to another hero that will make you weak like: Pugna with his Nether Ward that don't allow you to spam all your skill. Or Keeper of the Light that can burn your mana.

If you're chhoosing to solo, try last hitting every creeps and don't forget to deny.
Also harass the enemy whenever possible.

For the one that choose the pushing strategy:
If you're using pushing strat, make your team destroy towers as early as possible with your Edict (Skill 2).

Mid game
Your job here is to gank as much enemy as you can. Coordination is very important here. Stay together with your friend and gank together.
Step by step ganking strategy for Leshrac

1. If your friend have the lockdown ability, let him use it, this will make you can easier to land your stun. Example: Sven's Storm Bolt, vengeful Spirt's Stun, Shadow Demon's Disruption
2. Use your split earth to stun the enemy,
3. And then spam all your abilities to make sure enemies die.

Late Game
Late game is the time for decisive teamfight. All you need to do is to spam all your abilities on the teamfight. And also don't forget to use all your clickable items during the teamfight.

After your team won the teamfight, you can destroy towers using Edict.

ITEM BUILD
Leshrac is very mana dependant, so buy any item that will make your mana regeneration will be faster

Early
a. You can buy branches, tangoes, clarities, or any cheap item for early game

b. If no one want to buy courier, you should buy it. Maybe you also need wards

1. If you play in mid lane, I recommed you to get a bottle
Cost: 600

2. Boots
I think you should buy Arcane Boots for replenish mana.
Total cost: 1450
Recipe: Boots of Speed + Energy Booster
Why Arcane Boots? You need this to fulfill mana for your early game to be able to spam all your abilities, like Edict, or Lightning Storm

3. Bloodstone
Total Cost: 5050
Recipe: Preserverance + Soul Booster
Bloodstone is very recommended for you because it can gives unlimited mana regeneration. With seeing enemy is being killed near you. You will get the Bloodstone Charge, and every charge will increase your mana regeneration. If you already reached high charge. It will be no mana problem for you because your regeneration will be as fast as lightning.
Also makes your hp and mana pool higher.

4. Guinsoo Schyte of Vyse
Total cost: 5675
Recipe: Mystic Staff + Ultimate Orb + Void Stone
Why Schyte of Vyse? Very good item to initiate a teamfight. By making your enemy into a chicken, you can easily kill your target.
You can also use this to defend yourself from the enemy.

5. Shiva's Guard
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.

And you also need survivability item like
6. Black King Bar
Total cost:: 3900
Recipe: Ogre Axe, Mithril Hammer, Recipe

Why Black King Bar? It gives you survivability in a teamfight because you will get magic immunity during the  teamfight. With magical immunity, you will become immune to some dangerous magic like impale, hex, etc.

and maybe a
7. Ghost Scepter
Cost:1600
Why Ghost Scepter? Ghost Scepter, Will make you immune to physical attacks

ANNOYING ENEMY
1. Pugna
He has nether wards which will deal damage if you cast spells

2. Doom Bringer
Have Doom that will make you cant cast a spell and also can't click any of your items.

3. Keeper of the Light
Have Mana Leak that will drain your mana


GOOD PARTNER
1. Doom Bringer
Have Scorched Earth and usually buy Radiance, that will make a combination of AOE damage between you two become malicious

2. Keeper of the Light
Have Chakra Magic to restore your mana, also can Recall to make you closer to the teamfight if you are far away.

3. Sven
Sven have an AoE stun that helps you land your stun correctly. He also a tanker that will helps you with tanking enemy's damage so you can use spells to the enemies.