Abilities, roles and builds with an explanation for every purchase.
HERO GAME PLANI stay in range to deal magic damage and turn mana regeneration and health into sustained fighting.
Leshrac's powerful spells lay waste to enemies and their defenses alike. Pushing deep into enemy territory with his devastating edict, careful timing of his ability to split the earth will stun foes, allowing his merciless allies to finish them off.
My recommendation is a starting point. We choose another position together with the team and for its needs.
Levels, lane control and joining the team at the right moment matter.
My resource is the team's space: I hold the lane and build for initiation or team protection.
This is an editorial starting plan based on hero mechanics. It is not presented as a match I have already tested or a popularity ranking.
Here is my initial plan: I do my role's job first, then choose the items the team needs. I adapt the order and expensive purchases to the opponent.
Provide mana for laning and regular ability use.
Sustains prolonged fights by restoring health from spell damage.
Strengthens a magic damage build and adds survivability for longer engagements.
Provides a window for my actions against eligible magical damage and disables. I check effects that pierce the protection.
Adds armor and pressure in an area, helping limit the enemy’s health restoration.
Eul's Scepter of Divinity ↗Provides a separate tool for disabling an enemy or protecting yourself; I prepare the follow-up combo before landing.
Wind Waker ↗Improves your escape plan and gives you more freedom of movement while lifted.
Aghanim's Scepter ↗Unlocks or upgrades Nihilism. The exact effects are shown below in the abilities section.
I do not assign one ‘correct’ minute to every purchase. I look at my gold, the next fight and the problem: am I missing mana, target access, control or protection? If an expensive slot will arrive too late, I get a useful answer earlier.
Original Valve icons and descriptions. Cooldowns and mana are shown by level from the data snapshot; talents and upgrades can change the values.
Splits the earth under enemies. Deals damage and stuns for a short duration.
Splits the earth under enemies. Deals damage and stuns for a short duration.
The ability triggers 2 more times in the same location at 5 sec. intervals. Each trigger increases the radius by 45. Both teams can see the area where it will trigger again.
Saturates the area around Leshrac with magical explosions that deal pure damage to enemy units and buildings. The fewer units available to attack, the more damage those units will take.
Summons a lightning storm that blasts the target enemy unit, then strikes any nearby enemy units. Struck enemies have their move speed slowed.
Creates waves of damaging energy around Leshrac, one per second, to damage nearby enemy units. Drains Leshrac's mana with each pulse.
These abilities are not necessarily available at the same time. I check the condition beside the name: innate ability, another form or an Aghanim purchase.
Gives the ability’s owner and nearby enemies an ethereal form in which they are slowed, cannot attack, and take increased magic damage.
Causes Leshrac and all nearby enemies to turn ethereal, preventing them from attacking, slowing them, and making them take more magic damage. Increases Leshrac's speed rather than reducing it. Does not cause Leshrac to take amplified damage.
Leshrac gains 0.7 Area of Effect Bonus per Intelligence.
Leshrac gains 0.7 Area of Effect Bonus per Intelligence.
These are fields from the official source. The hero's final values in the client account for attributes and other active mechanics.
Items, slang and real episodes help connect abilities with what happens in a match.
