dota 2 guide

BIO
Strygwyr the Bloodseeker is a ritually sanctioned hunter, Hound of the Flayed Twins, sent down from the mist-shrouded peaks of Xhacatocatl in search of blood. The Flayed Ones require oceanic amounts of blood to keep them sated and placated, and would soon drain their mountain empire of its populace if the priests of the high plateaus did not appease them. Strygwyr therefore goes out in search of carnage. The vital energy of any blood he lets, flows immediately to the Twins through the sacred markings on his weapons and armor. Over the years, he has come to embody the energy of a vicious hound; in battle he is savage as a jackal. Beneath the Mask of the Bloodseeker, in the rush of bloody quenching, it is said that you can sometime see the features of the Flayers taking direct possession of their Hound.

INTRODUCTION
Bloodseeker is a hero that is noted for blood for all of his activities. From killing creeps until his ultimate that will continuously drain blood from his target. He can detect enemies that the HP is low and can chase him using a very high movement speed. He also is a silencer that can make his target can't use spells. Bloodseeker, from his name we know that he is always thirst of blood.
STATS

ABILITIES
1. Bloodrage
Drives a unit into a bloodthirsty rage, during which it has higher attack damage, but cannot cast spells and takes damage every second.
Strygwyr shares his animalistic thirst for bloodshed.
This skill is a double edged sword. This skill gives damage while also Silencing the target and deal DPS to the target.
On early game, you can cast this to harass a target, or make him can't use his skill.
On mid game, it is a perfect skill to use on a hero after you use your rupture on him. That will make him can't use skill and if he run, he will loss his health.
On late game, you can use this to yourself and increase your damage like crazy.
Always remember that if you do this on enemy, he will receive additional damage, be careful to use it on some carry who the damage is depend on physical attack like Magina, Ursa etc. because it will be a backfire.
Also don't use it on self on early game to maintain your health.
2. Blood Bath
Bloodseeker revels in combat, gaining health with every unit he kills. The health gained is a percentage of the killed unit's maximum HP. If a hero dies within a radius of 225 of Bloodseeker and he is not the killer, he is healed for half the normal hero kill effect.
Flayed ones bathing in the blood of the recently fallen is a terrifying sight on the field of battle.
This skill makes you to get some HP if you successfully kill creeps or hero. This can help you to maintain your HP to always full on early game. And this also will helps you become a jungler and not killed by neutrals.
If you catach a target and you are on a low HP, this skill can helps you to recover your HP.

3. Thirst
Enables Bloodseeker to sense enemy Heroes with health below a certain percentage, giving him vision of that unit and increased movement speed. Bloodseeker gains True Sight of enemy heroes below half their visiblity threshold.
Strygwyr becomes frenzied when blood is spilled.
This is your detector skill. If there is an enemy who is low HP. he will be visible in the in your eyes. Go to him and use Rupture immediately to kill him. Also use Bloodrage to Silence him. This way your  team can get an easy kill.

4. Rupture
Causes an enemy unit's skin to rupture, dealing massive damage. If the unit moves while under the effect of Rupture, it takes a percentage of the distance traveled as damage.
When the Bloodseeker hunts you, injuries become fatalities.
This skill is what makes you called a Bloodseeker. This is the trademark of you. All enemies are afraid of this skill because they don't like to be targetted by Rupture. Because it will difficult to him who is your target, Enamy will face a difficult siuation to run and HP become 0 or to stay and get harassed by you and your team.
Use this to your target who are away from his tower so he must run and cannot run. And now with the latest update, Rupture affects a magic immune unit, and this makes you become so much powerful, because you can use Rupture on Bkb-ed unit.

SKILLBUILD
Level 1: Blood Bath
Level 2: Bloodrage
Level 3: Blood Bath
Level 4: Bloodrage
Level 5: Thirst
Level 6: Rupture
Level 7: Bloodrage
Level 8:  Blood Bath
Level 9 : Bloodrage
Level 10: Blood Bath
Level 11: Rupture
Level 12: Thirst
Level 13: Thirst
Level 14: Thirst
Level 15: Stats
Level 16: Rupture
Level 17-25: Stats

Why take Blood Bath for level 1? You need this to maintain your HP. Keep alive by absorbing the blood by getting last hits and denies.

Why maxing Bloodbath and Bloodrage together? Bloodbath and Bloodrage is your main skill for early game. Bloodbath is needed to maintain HP by lasthits the creeps while Bloodrage needed to harass enemies. Bloodbath can also useful for jungling. Jungling will faster your earnings.

On early game, You need to increase Thirst by 1 level to give you the sighting ability if there are any enemy who is on a low HP. And then your team will know it and can kill him. This will also increase your movement speed while chasing your taget which is on a low HP.

STRATEGY
Early Game
Keep your health always full by always last hitting and denying the creeps using Bloodbath. Your enemy will have a hard time harassing you because you can always fulfill your HP using Bloodbath. Quelling blade also comes in handy here. With quelling blade, it is easier to get the last hits because it gives additional damage to creeps. Quelling blades makes your gold and HP always good on early game. You can also harass  their nuker with Bloorage. It will deals small damage. If you are by a sudden being ganked, quickly press the Bloodrage and use it to the ganker. Bloodrage silences the enemy. A good defense for early game.

Mid Game
In this stage of the game, you should already learned Rupture. This skill is one of the most feared skill in DotA. You cast this on your enemy, and he will be depressed because if he move he will loss the blood, and if he not moving, you and your friends will kill him. Be careful not to use Rupture near their tower because the tower can defend the hero youa are targetting. And of course if he already to far diving near your tower, cast Rupture there, and he will suffer from tower or the Rupture.

Your ganking method will be like this:
1. Use Bloodrage to silence your target
2. Use Rupture to your target
3. You and your friends come and kill him
Blade Mail is one of the good alternative here. Because now your enemy can't attack you or use his skills.
Or force staff: It will force your target to move and lose his blood.

Jungling is one of your option. Because you have the Bloodbath, you can always fulfill your Hp by killing the Neutrals.
Late Game
Late game depends on your performance on early-mid game. If you already get many kills using Rupture on early-mid game, then late game will be easy for you. That is because you already have the nice items you need to be good on late game. You may buy some items like Radiance or Butterfly or some DPS items. All items of that are good for you. You considered a carry on a late game, so us eyour potential wisely.
It is recommended to use Bloodrage on self. It will increase your damage by 120%. A decent increase for a late game. It will gives 100+ damages on late game. Use your with focusing on a target, and if he already dead or become too far, the you should chane your target. The key of a successful carry is to can click ok enemy while in crowds, and not clicking the creeps.

After winning a teamfight your team have 2 options, to push or to Rosh. Thaose 2 options is both good choice. Just need to choose it base on your leader or based on vote.

ITEMBUIILD

2. Poor Man's Shield
Total cost:: 550
Recipe: Stout Shield + 2 x Slippers of Agility
Why Poor Man's Shield?
With this item, your farming ability become more powerful. You can last hits easily or jungling easily.

3.  Power Threads
Total cost: 1400
Recipe: Gloves of Haste, Boots of Speed, Belt og Giant Strength/ Robe of Magi/ Band of Elvenskin
Why Power Threads? It will gives you attack speed, thats what you need, attack speed and damages. Power threads is laso a flexible shoes, you can change it to STR, AGI, or INT for what you need.
STR for Survivability, AGI for damage and attack speed, and INT for mana.

4. Sange & Yasha
Total cost: 4100
Recipe: Sange (Ogre Axe, Belt of Giant Strength) + Yasha (Blade of Alacrity + Boots of Elvenskin)
Why Sange & Yasha? It will makes you more tanky, more damage, more attack speed and more movement speed + gives a slower with you attack. Very good item for a carry-chaser like you.

5. Radiance
Total cost: 5150
Recipe: Sacred Relic + Recipe

Why Radiance? Helps yo to deal some constant damage in teamfights. Also helps in farming creeps.

ALTERNATIVE ITEMS
6. Blade Mail
Total cost: 2200
Recipe: Broadsword + Chainmail + Robe of Magi
Why Blade Mail? After you use Rupture on your target, there is no choice for your target, and he should fight you, then with this item, you will reflect his own damage to damaging him!

7. Force Staff
Total cost: 2350
Recipe: Staff of Wizardy + Ring of Regen + Recipe
Why Force Staff?
Use this for your Ruptured enemy. He then will forced to move and automatically loss his blood.
ForceStaff is useful on many purposes, you can initiate a teamfight with ForceStaff, or you can save somebody, or you can save yourself.

11. Butterfly
Total cost:: 6000
Recipe: Talisman of Evasion, Eaglesong, Quarterstaff
Why Butterfly?
The agility will increase your backstab damage more. and also: It gives you more damage and more attack speed that makes you become much more powerful. It also gives evasion to helps you survive in teamfight. Butterfly is always a good item for a carry.

And don't forget this for the late game
12. Boots of Travel
Total cost: 2450
Recipe: Boots of Speed + Recipe
Why Boots of Travel? With the creeps becoming more powerful in pushing your base, you need fast teleport to save your Ancient.
Also, this item will give you 1 free slot that is saved for Teleport Scroll if you don't have this Boots

GOOD ALLIES
1. Pugna
You have a combo with this hero, he have a Life Drain that need the target to stand still to deal damage, and you have Rupture that needs enemy to move to deal damage. The if these 2 skills is casted together on a target, then he can't run because of Rupture, and he also can't stand still because of Life Drain, how's that!

2. Hero that can make the enemy to move: 
Example: (Pudge, Venge, Batrider)
Pudge: Ruptured target is forced to move because is being pulled by this hero. A nice combo.
For more scary combo= Also include Chen or Exalor to cast his Back to base skill to Pudge and the Ruptured target will die instantly. :D
Venge: Her Swp makes the ruptured target to move 1200 range. So good Rupture damage will be achieved.
Batrider: His lasso can pull enemy.

ENEMIES
1. Teleport Scroll
Every enemy can ecape from Rupture easily by using this item

2. Large HP-ed Heroes
(Example: Centaur, Ursa, Axe)
 They have the large HP and hard to solo kill them.

3. Blademail
Ruptured target move? you can feel the damage too.

FANART

BIO
Barathrum the Spirit Breaker is a lordly and powerful being, a fierce and elemental intelligence which chose to plane-shift into the world of matter to take part in events with repercussions in the elemental realm that is his home. To that end, he assembled a form that would serve him well, both in our world and out of it. His physical form borrows from the strengths of this world, blending features both bovine and simian-horns, hooves and hands-as outward emblems of his inner qualities of strength, speed and cunning. He wears a ring in his nose, as a reminder that he serves a hidden master, and that this world in which he works is but a shadow of the real one.

INTRODUCTION
Barathrum is eay hero for noobs. Noobs need to buy him Mom and then can become OWNING!! Easily. He use greater bash to knock down enemy easily. He also have a powerful ultimate that will knock-back his target to the direction he can’t escape.
His trademark is movement speed. He have all the movement speed to be good in game.
His movement speed also adds his damage.
STATS

ABILITIES
1. Charge of Darkness
Spirit Breaker fixes his sight on an enemy unit and starts charging through all objects. All enemy units passed through will be hit by a Greater Bash, and the targeted unit is stunned upon impact. If the targeted unit dies, Spirit Breaker will change his target to the nearest enemy unit to that location.
Barathrum erupts from the darkness with unwieldy force.
This is your main skill to gank. You need this to gank a target, use Charge from anywhere from the map and chase your opponent like a boss with an ultra high movespeed. Stun them, and then attacks. Usually enemies will get surprised and the instantly stunned by you, and can't do anything.

2. Empowering Haste
Causes the Spirit Breaker to gain power with higher movement speed. His presence increases the movement speed of nearby allied units.
Aspiring heroes gain speed and power from simply observing the Spirit Breaker's dominance on the battle field.
Increase Barathrum and allies movement speed in the radius. Very good skill, movement speed is the main thing for chasing and escaping. Needed in every situation in DotA. Your movement speed also increasing your Greater Bash damage.

3. Greater Bash
Gives a chance to stun and knockback an enemy unit on an attack, as well as gaining bonus movement speed after a bash occurs. Deals a percentage of movement speed as damage.
The signature strike of Barathrum's ghostly ball and chain.
Knock back enemy and make him feel helpless. It will knock back enemy once in a while. And the bash also hava additional damage from your movement speed which is I believe the highest in DotA.
Very good skill to carrying. Will deal lots of damage to enemy.

4. Nether Strike
Spirit Breaker slips into the nether realm, reappearing next to his hapless victim. Upon reappearing, a Greater Bash of the current level occurs and deals bonus damage. Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter.
Barathrum temporarily returns to the realm from where he came, bringing with him the retribution of both worlds.
Your ultimate. Jump in front of your enemy and knock him back so he will turn around. Very good skill to make your enemy can't escape from you.
Aghanim Scepter will makes this skill deal damage to AoE. a "worth considering" item.

SKILLBUILD
Level 1: Charge of Darkness
Level 2: Greater Bash
Level 3: Charge of Darkness
Level 4: Greater Bash
Level 5: Charge of Darkness
Level 6: Nether Strike
Level 7: Charge of Darkness
Level 8: Greater Bash
Level 9 : Greater Bash
Level 10: Empowering Haste
Level 11: Nether Strike
Level 12: Empowering Haste
Level 13: Empowering Haste
Level 14: Empowering Haste
Level 15: Stats
Level 16: Nether Strike
Level 17-25: Stats

Why take Charge of Darkness for level 1? You need this to try to get firstblood together with your friend. If you don't want to try to get firstblood, then take a Greater Bash instead, it will makes you easier to last hits.

Why maxed Charge of Darkness first? This way you will be a powerful ganker on early game with 2.4s stun and makes your team easier to kill the enemy.

Why maxed  Greater Bash before  Empowering Haste? Greater Bash is more useful for damaging the enmy. You need this to increase your damage and carrying ability.

STRATEGY
Early Game
On early game, you should have a decent damage to farm early creeps. Barathrum receives additional damage from if he do Greater Bash. And with an additional quelling blade, last hits is a piece of cake for you. Try to last hits every creeps using your high damage and + quelling blade.
Charge a target that you feel is easy. Tell your friend that you will target “X”. And together focus fire on x, kill him. Ask your partner to cooperate with you in your gank. Your partner should come after you successfully stun your target and helps you kill the enemy.

Mid Game
On mid game, MoM is your target. Try to save 2000 gold for this item. This item will benefit you by a lot. You will gain more attack speed and lifeteal and makes you a decent carry. You also gain an additional movement speed that means adds damage more for carrying. Your killing method is very simple, first: use Charge of Darkness, and then after you hit your target, use your ultimate and Mom, and right click until the target dies.
Late Game
If you succeeded on mid game, late game will be easier for you. You are considered a carry, so you should buy DPS items such as Daedlus, Mkb etc. Although you are an STR hero, you are strong, you have a Greater Bash that will knock back enemy and make you a powerful carry.
Charge of the Darkness should be done before the teamfigh starts. Once you arrive at the enemy, your friend should come after you and participate in the teamfight. Use you normal attack, and then use your ultimate and kill your target. Focus on one enemy, after he death, change to other enemy.
Bkb is a nice option for Barathrum, as a carry you need survivability.

ITEMBUILD
1. Quelling Blade
Cost: 225
Why Quelling Blade? Makes you easier to lasthit every creeps.

2.  Power Threads
Total cost: 1400
Recipe: Gloves of Haste, Boots of Speed, Belt og Giant Strength/ Robe of Magi/ Band of Elvenskin
Why Power Threads? It will gives you attack speed, thats what you need, attack speed and damages. Power threads is laso a flexible shoes, you can change it to STR, AGI, or INT for what you need.
STR for Survivability and damage, AGI for attack speed, and INT for mana.

3. Mask of Madness
Total Cost: 1900
Recipe: Morbid Mask/Mask of Death(Dota1) +Recipe
Why Mask of Madness? It will gives you + Attack Speed to destroys enemies quickly. This is what you need as a carry, attack speed. This will also gives you movement speed and lifesteal. For you, attack speed = damage (thanks for Greater Bash).

 4. 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 teamfights.

5. Battle Fury
Total Cost: 225
Recipe: Broadsword, Claymore, Preserverance
Why Battlefury? Makes you faster in farming creeps. Makes your gold flow faster. Your job is to farms, this item will really help.
The most important is, you will need the Cleaveas a melee carry. It will makes you have a splashed attack to demolish all enemies.

6. You can increase your DPS more. Choose your own DPS items.As a carry, damage is your priority.