Abilities, roles and builds with an explanation for every purchase.
HERO GAME PLANI give a physical damage core access to a vulnerable target and initiate the fight.
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.
My recommendation is a starting point. We choose another position together with the team and for its needs.
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.
Help maintain close contact and pass through groups of units.
Changes the entry angle and lets me reach a target quickly. Damage taken can prevent its use.
Provides a window for my actions against eligible magical damage and disables. I check effects that pierce the protection.
Gives the team armor and attack speed, helping it apply physical pressure to heroes and objectives.
Unlocks or upgrades Slithereen Crush, Seaborn Sentinel. The exact effects are shown below in the abilities section.
Force Staff ↗Moves me or an ally out of danger; direction depends on the target's facing.
Lotus Orb ↗Lets me remove an eligible negative effect and complicates the opponent's targeted focus.
Harpoon ↗Helps close the gap to a target and builds on items for close-range combat.
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.
The hero swiftly slithers, moving much faster and passing through other units. For the first 2.5 sec.
The hero swiftly slithers, moving much faster and passing through other units. For the first 2.5 sec., the ability increases slow resistance to 100%, but this bonus gradually falls to zero over the remaining duration.
Slams the ground, leaving a puddle of water, and stunning and damaging nearby enemy units. After the stun, the affected units are slowed.
Slams the ground, leaving a puddle of water, and stunning and damaging nearby enemy units. After the stun, the affected units are slowed.
Increases Slithereen Crush puddle radius and duration.
Slithereen Crush now applies Corrosive Haze for a short time to units affected.
After 3 attacks, your next attack will bash the target.
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.
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.
Slardar gains bonus movement speed, health regeneration, attack damage, and armor while in a puddle, trail, or river.
Slardar gains bonus movement speed, health regeneration, attack damage, and armor while in a puddle, trail, or river.
Increases health regeneration, armor, and status resistance in the river, a puddle, or a water trail. Also increases the puddle and water trail radius by 75% and their duration by 5 sec.
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.
