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Earthshaker: Melee, position 2 (mid), Initiator, Disabler, Nuker. In patch 7.41f the hero has a 50.6% win rate in pubs and a 16.2% pick rate.

Meleeposition 2 (mid)InitiatorDisablerNuker
50.6%Win rate · all pubs
16.2%picked in 1 of 6 games
48.7%Turbo · 353,088 games
Cheat sheet · patch 7.41f

How to play Earthshaker

Build and skills from 100 pro matches, STRATZ matchups and OpenDota norms

1What to build?

Start
TangoIron BranchObserver WardFaerie Fire
Laning
Bottle2′Boots of Speed4′Magic Wand5′Power Treads7′
Core
Aghanim's Shard18′Kaya20′Boots of Travel22′

Core items in order: Aghanim's Shard (around minute 18), Kaya (around minute 20), Boots of Travel (around minute 22).

Full build by minute →

2How to skill?

Lv 1–4Enchant TotemAftershockAftershockFissure
Maxed by level
Aftershock
lv 7
Fissure
lv 10
Enchant Totem
lv 15
Echo Slam
lv 17
11+75 Fissure Damage16+50 Aftershock Damage18+50 Echo Damage

Max Aftershock, then Fissure, then Enchant Totem.

Abilities and talents →

3Who counters the hero?

Toughest opponents: Leshrac, Chen and Visage; easiest: Naga Siren, Broodmother and Shadow Fiend.

All 126 opponents →

4How much to farm?

478603728

Half of the players on this hero farm under 478 gold per minute; the top 5% get over 728.

5Common mistakes by role

Enemy took the runesAegis without buildingsKey spell not used in the fight

Fewer than 20 reviews on this hero so far, so these are guides for the mid and offlane role.

AI coach

Compare your Earthshaker match with this cheat sheet

The coach shows on the map where you fell behind the pros on items and where you died.

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Mistake guides for the mid and offlane role

Picked by the hero's role. Once the hero has 20 reviews, its real common mistakes show up here.

AI coach

A review of your Earthshaker game

Sign in with Steam and pick a match: the coach reads the replay second by second and in a couple of minutes shows where the game slipped.

  • Every death and fight becomes a moment on the map: the fog of war as you saw it, and what the enemy saw that second.
  • Your pace against the Earthshaker benchmark: 478 GPM for an average player, 603 for a good one.
  • Timings against pros: they have Aghanim's Shard by minute 18, and the coach shows where you lose time.
  • Five-game homework the coach checks in your next review, plus a chat with the coach about the match.
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Pro build by minute

Minute is the median first purchase, percent is the share of matches with the item.

100 pro matches · 47.0% wins · OpenDota
0′5′10′15′20′25′30′35′40′45′
Tango · 95%Iron Branch · 88%Observer Ward · 73%Faerie Fire · 31%
Starting
Bottle2′80%
Boots of Speed4′49%
Magic Wand5′84%
Power Treads7′29%
Soul Ring7′47%
Blink Dagger12′100%
Aghanim's Shard18′97%
Kaya20′26%
Boots of Travel22′46%
Yasha and Kaya26′62%
Black King Bar29′62%
Energy Booster34′37%
Octarine Core37′34%
Refresher Orb41′38%

Skill build

14% of 99 pro matches

All abilities and talents →
  1. 1Enchant Totem
  2. 2Aftershock
  3. 3Aftershock
  4. 4Fissure
  5. 5Aftershock
  6. 6Echo Slam
  7. 7Aftershock
  8. 8Fissure
  9. 9Fissure
  10. 10Fissure
  11. 11T
  12. 12Enchant Totem
  13. 13Echo Slam
  14. 14Enchant Totem
  15. 15Enchant Totem
  16. 16T
  17. 17Echo Slam
  18. 18T
  • Lvl 11+75 Fissure Damage
  • Lvl 16+50 Aftershock Damage
  • Lvl 18+50 Echo Damage
Fissure

Fissure

на точку

Slams the ground with a mighty totem, creating an impassable ridge of stone while stunning and damaging enemy units along its line.

Pros max it by level 10

Enchant Totem

Enchant Totem

без цели

Empowers Earthshaker's totem, causing it to deal extra damage and have 100 bonus attack range on the next attack.

Pros max it by level 15

Aftershock

Aftershock

пассивная

Causes the earth to shake underfoot, adding additional damage and stuns to nearby enemy units when Earthshaker casts his abilities.

Pros max it by level 7

Echo Slam

Echo Slam

без цели

Shockwaves travel through the ground, damaging enemy units. Each enemy hit causes an echo to damage nearby units. Real heroes cause two echoes.

Pros max it by level 17

Slugger

Slugger

пассивная · innate

Enemies killed with Enchant Totem or Earthshaker's other abilities are sent flying, dealing damage to enemies they hit.

Aghanim's Scepter
Aghanim's ScepterUpgrades Enchant Totem.
Aghanim's Shard
Aghanim's ShardUpgrades Fissure.
-50% Echo Slam Cooldown25-1.5s Enchant Totem Cooldown
+50 Echo Damage20+65% Enchant Totem Damage
+200 Fissure Range15+50 Aftershock Damage
+25 Base Damage10+75 Fissure Damage

Matchups

Hero winrate against each opponent, circle size is the number of games

All opponents · 126 →

Hero win rate against the opponent, Divine+Immortal over the past week, STRATZ.

Who to pick against Earthshaker: counter picks →

Benchmarks on the hero

Average beats half of the players on this hero, good beats 80%, great beats 95%.

Gold per minute
478603728
Experience per minute
6558811,091
Last hits per minute
5.27.39.3
Hero damage per minute
5868281,051

Win rate by rank

The curve is pub winrate, pick rate under each rank

pubs · OpenDota
4748495051525349.5Heraldpick 16%49.8Guardianpick 16%49.8Crusaderpick 16%50.3Archonpick 16%51.0Legendpick 17%51.4Ancientpick 17%51.2Divinepick 17%48.7Turbo

Hero at a glance

It does best in Ancient (51.4% wins) and wins 48.7% of Turbo games. Hero positions in pro matches: position 2 (mid) in 80% of games. Pros usually build Aghanim's Shard, Kaya and Boots of Travel by minute 22. It struggles most against Leshrac, Chen and Visage and has the easiest time against Naga Siren, Broodmother and Shadow Fiend.

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