Earthshaker (Raigor Stonehoof)

Raigor Stonehoof

Strength 22 + 2.5                   Agility 12 + 1.4                 Intelligence16 + 1.8

Fissure

Slams the ground with the Raigor's mighty totem, causing the ground to crack open front of him, damaging opponents and leaving an impassable crevasse for a period of time.

Enchant Totem

Empowers the totem resting on Raigor's back, causing it to deal extra damage on the next attack.

Aftershock

The power of Raigor casting a spell causes the earth to shake below him, dealing additional damage and stunning.

Echo Slam

Raigor sends shockwaves shooting through the ground, dealing damage and ricocheting to nearby targets for additional damage.

SKILL BUILD
1.Fissure
2.Aftershock
3.Aftershock
4.E. Totem
5.Aftershock
6.Echo Slam
7.Aftershock
8.E. Totem
9.E. Totem
10.E. Totem
11.Echo Slam
12.Fissure
13.Fissure
14.Fissure
15.Stats
16.Echo Slam

Skill Build explanation:

This is the main reason Im making this guide so please I need you to read carefully, Im trying to make this as simple as possible because my english is not that good.Lets do some math here:let´s think you are a lvl 7 ES, a regular player will max fissure first and will have 1 level of the other spells.

Now, you are facing a random hero alone and he will not do anything, start using all your spells.

Special Fact:

using E. Totem as a farming skill:
You can do this from lvl 5+. since it deals 75 in 300 aoe you can use it to kill various creeps with 50 mana, in lvl 7 it´s even easier remember to kill at least one creep with E. Totem aftershock and a second one with a regular attack.

THINK IT LIKE THIS, E. TOTEM BECOMES A 300 AOE STUN WITH 1.5 SEC DURATION, 50 MANA COST AND 7 SEC COOLDOWN.


Why should i skill totem instead of fissure first?

Well, many of you guys made this question so im trying to answer this.

PROS:

• It costs less mana(50mp, you may think its not big deal but you are ES, you need a lot of mana so if you can save mp do it).
• Helps you last hit/farm/deny/kill/kill steal a LOT. most of heroes have low hp and low armor so do the math. =)
• Its a 4x critical strike(maybe this is not really wow but its pretty useful).

CONS:

• When it comes to LONG RANGE game, its better fissure, stuns for a long duration and deals more damage.
• 4Xcritical strike is not aoe unlike fissure.

ITEM BUILD

He´s a strength hero who depends on mana so what are you gonna get? mana items, good, now that we made that clear, let´s continue:




Starting Items:

• 1 Tango
• 2 Clarity Potions
• 3 GG branches
• 1 Salve

OR

• 1 Tango
• 2 Clarity Potions
• 1 Salve
• 1 Recipe for Soul Ring

OR

• 2 Tango
• 2 Clarity Potions
• 2 Mantles

Item justification:


Get the first starting items if you see spellcasters in the other team so you can upgrade to a magic wand. The second one is maybe the best one because it gives you both mana and hp regen for a low cost and the sacrifice ability in cases you are out of mana. The third one is my favorite because i got a little trick which i want to share with you guys, time for some math:


Let´s say you have a lvl 1 ES with 208 mp, now add 6 int from the mantles that gives you 286 mp. Now you used your fissure twice (-250 mp) that leaves you 36 mp, go out of the enemy sight of range, drop your mantles, this will reduce your max mp to 208 and your current mp to 30 aprox. Now use 1 C. potion, if we dont count its own mana reg in 30 sec, you will have 130/208 mp, thats 65% of max mp, now pick those 2 mantles you dropped, that will add 78 mp to your max mp, the 65% of 286 is 185 aprox. this means you got 55 mana free! this maybe a little confusing but try it do the math and you will see the difference.

The Boots

Arcane Boots:
Maybe the best boots for ES since he needs mana more than anything else. it´s my pick in every ES game.*ACCEPTED*

Phase Boots:
Not my choice, you don´t need them because you don´t need raw damage, the speed boost is nothing compared to blink.*REJECTED*

Power Treads:
If you like flexibility, maybe this is your choice, it gives you decent mana or some hp for survability, if you see an ally with AB, you can get this.*QUESTIONABLE*

Boots of Travel:
Really high cost, you can get this as a luxury item after you got all your core and you have some extra gold.*QUESTIONABLE*

THE CORE

Raigor needs dagger, everybody knows that, get it asap because your main problem is positioning, a good ES cant do anything if hes not in the middle of the battle alive. They won´t let you get in.

LUXURY ITEMS

Aghanim´s Scepter:
Since last changes, AS can be used by ES now, if you guys don´t understand how it works i´ll tell you: each hero counts as 2 echo damages, that means there´s and extra 140 damage for each hero.

Shivas Guard:
This will help you a lot against dpsers, the mana boost is great. It sinergyies really good with your spell combo(remember, aftershock wont be activated with items)

Guinsoo:
Get it if you find a dps/nuker hero(sf). giving you mana and hp, its a very common pick on ES.

SITUATIONAL ITEMS

Force Staff:
This item is really fun to play with, it works as a small blink to yourself and can be use to help allies scape or doom any enemy hero.

If you think there´s any other situational item i should mention comment so i can place it here.

REJECTED ITEMS

Black King Bar:

You are going to blink in the battle and stun as soon as possible trying to hit every hero near, no need to get avatar for that.


Lothar´s Edge:
Although lothars can be use to position ES, this item is rejected because it can be easily counter with dust or wards. The damage and bonus damage is wasted because you are going to cast asap and you only hit once in every combo.


Refresher Orb:

Since lasts changes, corpses now doesnt deal echo damage so it´s pretty useless.
Any kind of dps item and orb effect is rejected because he doesn´t attack and doesn´t need any orb effect. I once saw a video here and there was an ES with MoM, Battle Fury, Buriza and some other dps-nomana items raping every hero in the game. If you personally can do that in a normal no-AI, no noobs game please send me the replay.

ALLIES

Mana supporters:

He needs a lot of mana, a good mana partner will help you "spam" your stuns

Special cases:

consider it as a free blink.

He places them together , you ult.

Fatal Bonds+ES combo= team rape

ENEMIES

Mana Burners:
 
Don´t let this guys aim you or you won´t be able to use any spell.

Silencers:
  

Nothing you can do here.


Special cases:

Magic inmunity.


No damage at all(if fat).


Wait until he uses it, then blink in.

Easy food:



they so easy to kill but be careful, if you didnt kill them with your combo(maybe they are really fat or you screwed it) you are dead.