Slardar: Melee, position 3 (offlane), position 2 (mid), Durable, Initiator, Disabler, Escape. In patch 7.41f the hero has a 49.4% win rate in pubs and a 6.6% pick rate.
Ready to find and demolish his foes, Slardar quickly slithers into battle. After exposing an enemy's position and shattering their defenses, he closes the distance to lock them in place with crushing blows and powerful bashes from his trident.
Build and skills from 100 pro matches, STRATZ matchups and OpenDota norms
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25′Core items in order: Blink Dagger (around minute 13), Aghanim's Shard (around minute 17), Black King Bar (around minute 25).
Full build by minute →
Max Slithereen Crush, then Guardian Sprint, then Bash of the Deep.
Abilities and talents →Toughest opponents: Meepo, Shadow Demon and Troll Warlord; easiest: Enchantress, Gyrocopter and Tiny.
All 123 opponents →Half of the players on this hero farm under 501 gold per minute; the top 5% get over 679.
Fewer than 20 reviews on this hero so far, so these are guides for the mid and offlane role.
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Minute is the median first purchase, percent is the share of matches with the item.
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2′69%
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6′79%
7′98%
9′72%
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17′96%25′80%
34′27%
34′37%
36′24%17% of 99 pro matches
Slardar slithers ahead, moving significantly faster and passing through units. Slardar has 100% slow resistance for the first 2.5s. The slow resistance gradually fades over the remaining sprint duration.
Pros max it by level 10
Slams the ground, leaving a puddle of water, and stunning and damaging nearby enemy units. After the stun, the affected units are slowed.
Pros max it by level 7
After 3 attacks, your next attack will bash the target.
Pros max it by level 15
Slardar gains bonus movement speed, health regeneration, attack damage, and armor while in a puddle, trail, or river.
Reduces enemy armor to amplify physical damage and provides True Sight and vision of the targeted unit, revealing invisibility. The enemy unit leaves a trail of water behind it.
Pros max it by level 17
Hero winrate against each opponent, circle size is the number of games
Hero win rate against the opponent, Divine+Immortal over the past week, STRATZ.
Who to pick against Slardar: counter picks →Average beats half of the players on this hero, good beats 80%, great beats 95%.
The curve is pub winrate, pick rate under each rank
It does best in Herald (51.4% wins) and wins 51.7% of Turbo games. Hero positions in pro matches: position 3 (offlane) in 54% of games and position 2 (mid) in 43% of games. Pros usually build Blink Dagger, Aghanim's Shard and Black King Bar by minute 25. It struggles most against Meepo, Shadow Demon and Troll Warlord and has the easiest time against Enchantress, Gyrocopter and Tiny.
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