Here's a quickie,
Slardar has a very average strength growth and for a melee hero it
would be nice to add some stats.But Crush is too good to delay,and
Bash must be maxed early,if you hope to get any kills early
on.
1.Slithereen Crush
2.Bash
3.Crush
4.Bash
5.Crush
6.Amplify damage/Bash.
7.Crush
8.Bash
9.Bash
10.Sprint/Amplify damage
11.Amplify damage
12.Sprint
13.Sprint
14.Sprint
15.Sprint/stats
16.Amplify damage
17-25.Stats
Item Build.
1.Treads.
2.Bracers(optional)
3.BLink Dagger
4.Desolater
5.Hyperstone
6.Heart/BKB/Finish AC
Explanation of items.
Treads for cheap and early attack speed. With Sprint and
Treads,Slardar already has 511 movespeed. How many heroes can
actually outrun you? Besides,you will need the quick IAS early.As
for the TP of boT,Slardar does not have to be running around the
map all the time.And if you really need to get somewhere fast,you
can use Sprint.
Bracers are gotten for the early stats and damage. With Amplify
damage alone,the damage from these Bracers are good enough to last
you till you get Desolater,which is without a doubt the best item
for Slardar. It increases DPS by a huge amount when coupled with
Amplify damage.Also,its cheap and easy to build.With desolater
alone Slardar is already very powerful.Few heroes can withstand
your Uber-DPS,and even fewer can run from it. Kill,kill,kill. Play
something from Kill Em All and kill em all np.
If you are harassed badly early game,the temptation may arise to
get an ROH. Not a bad idea,actually. Upgrade to either Hood or
Vanguard,since regen helps with mid-game farming.
Lategame,Hyperstone is the best way to boost your DPS.Think of DPS
as a square, with one side being damage,and the other being attack
speed. To have a large DPS.you will need both sides to be large.
Thats where Hyperstone comes in.
Finishing AC is good,but other items must be considered. If the
enemy team has plenty of disables, or the get Diffusal to Purge off
your Sprint, BKB is the best option. If they have plenty of ranged
DPS heroes who can hit you safely,such as Sniper,Heart would allow
you to tank up.
Strategy.
Get whatever starting items you want,but include at least 2 sets of
tangoes. As a melee hero,expect harassment from ranged
enemies.Slardar has reasonable base damage and animation, so
last-hitting should be fairly easy. You must last hit as much as
possible,try to finish Treads and 2 bracers by 20 minutes at the
very least.
Mid-game,farming takes priority over ganking,but if enemy heroes
are near and your ally pings madly at his location,dont hesitate
to participate,you have a disable,and your ultimate allows every
hero in the gank to take advantage of it.
Once you have desolater, killing heroes should be fairly simple as
long as you didnt take too long to get it. The way you ambush/gank
is a follows. Turn on Sprint. Use Amplify damage on the enemy
hero,then attack him immediately. Only use Crush if he begins to
run,or he has a powerful spell he is about to or already has
casted. E.g: Death Ward. With Sprint you should be able to chase
him down np. If you have DOE, blink in for the crush so as not to
miss.
Late game,you should save Blink-Crush for when the fighting has
already begun. If you initiate,without BKB you will die pretty
soon. You are the damage dealer,not the tank.Blink in and Crush,
then Amplify the hero which is likely to die the fastest,then start
attacking him. Turn on Sprint when he begins to retreat out of the
fray,since you will be focused and killed if you turn it on in the
middle of all the enemy heroes. A good way to predict enemy
strategy is to think of how you would counter your own.
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