Dota 2 - Hero Discussion of the Day: Raigor Stonehoof, the Earthshaker (June 26th, 2018)

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• Hero Discussion of the Day: Raigor Stonehoof, the Earthshaker (June 26th, 2018)
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• Valve please ignore slot for qualifier predictions!
• I mean , why not
• Here is some advertising tips for icefrog
• Immortal Treasure 3 2018 - Heroes without immortals

Hero Discussion of the Day: Raigor Stonehoof, the Earthshaker (June 26th, 2018) Posted: 26 Jun 2018 03:10 PM PDT Raigor Stonehoof, the Earthshaker Earthshaker is a melee strength hero with several area of effect (AoE) disables, commonly played as a ganker or initiator. Good usage of his spells allow him to damage and chainstun multiple enemies at once, making him very disruptive in skirmishes and teamfights. His Fissure is a versatile long-ranged spell that affects enemies in a line, used to stun, inflict moderate damage, and create an impassable wall of earth for a significant duration. Proper usage of this can allows him to cut off chokepoints, leaving enemies with no escape routes or preventing them from chasing after endangered allies. Enchant Totem massively boosts his attack damage for one attack, and has a very short cooldown. Aftershock lets the Earthshaker deal additional damage and stun in a small area around him every time he uses one of his spells, and combos particularly well with Enchant Totem, given the former's very low cooldown. Earthshaker's heavy AoE-centric kit is most powerful when his enemies are in large numbers and in close proximity. With his Echo Slam, he can deal heavy damage to clusters of enemies. All of Earthshaker's spells (with the exception of his ultimate) have a long casting animation, but with proper positioning, an adept Earthshaker can wreak havoc. Blink Dagger is an essential item for him to be able to properly land Echo Slam within a cluster of enemies. At the same time, because of the high mana costs of his spells, he needs some form of mana sustenance. With his tremendous seismic power, the Earthshaker is never one that should be taken lightly even when he is heavily outnumbered. Lore Like a golem or gargoyle, Earthshaker was one with the earth but now walks freely upon it. Unlike those other entities, he created himself through an act of will, and serves no other master. In restless slumbers, encased in a deep seam of stone, he became aware of the life drifting freely above him. He grew curious. During a season of tremors, the peaks of Nishai shook themselves loose of avalanches, shifting the course of rivers and turning shallow valleys into bottomless chasms. When the land finally ceased quaking, Earthshaker stepped from the settling dust, tossing aside massive boulders as if throwing off a light blanket. He had shaped himself in the image of a mortal beast, and named himself Raigor Stonehoof. He bleeds now, and breathes, and therefore he can die. But his spirit is still that of the earth; he carries its power in the magical totem that never leaves him. And on the day he returns to dust, the earth will greet him as a prodigal son. Roles: Support, Initiator, Disabler, Nuker Strength: 22 + 3.2 Agility: 12 + 1.4 Intelligence: 16 + 1.8   Damage: 49-59 Armor: 2.92 Movement Speed: 310 Attack Range: 150 Missile Speed: Instant Base Attack Time: 1.7 Sight Range: 1800 (Day) / 800 (Night) Turn Rate: 0.9 Spells Fissure Slams the ground with a mighty totem, creating an impassable ridge of stone while stunning and damaging enemy units along its line. Level Manacost Cooldown Casting Range Area Duration Effects 1 125 18s 1400 225 (width) 8s Causes an impassable wall to erect dealing 110 damage and stunning whoever it hits (or is in the AoE) for 1 seconds 2 140 17s 1400 225 (width) 8s Causes an impassable wall to erect dealing 160 damage and stunning whoever it hits (or is in the AoE) for 1.25 seconds 3 155 16s 1400 225 (width) 8s Causes an impassable wall to erect dealing 210 damage and stunning whoever it hits (or is in the AoE) for 1.5 seconds 4 170 15s 1400 225 (width) 8s Causes an impassable wall to erect dealing 260 damage and stunning whoever it hits (or is in the AoE) for 1.75 seconds Dispellable Fissure's effects are instantly applied within its whole area. There is no travel time. The Fissure consists of 24 (with talent 31) segments, which are placed in a straight line in front of Earthshaker. The segments have a collision size of 24 and a distance of 8.25 between each other, with the first one being placed 8.25 range in front of Earthshaker. This means the Fissure's effective blocking area is 1350 (with talent 1743.75) range long and 24 range wide. Every unit (except wards and buildings) which is within that area upon cast is pushed aside. The stun and damage are applied in a circular shape around each segment. This means the total damage/stun area consists of multiple overlapping circles, and not a smooth line. A unit can only be hit by one instance per cast, even when within the damage/stun radius of multiple segments. Can hit units up to 1575 (with talent 1968.75) range in front and 216.75 range behind Earthshaker. Fissure first applies the debuff, then the damage. Flying units and units with free pathing (Spectral Dagger, Charge of Darkness, Spin Web) are not blocked by Fissure. They still are fully affected by it otherwise when hit. They are pushed aside, stunned and damaged. Units not controlled by any player do not try to path around the Fissure, but simply walk against it as if it is not there. This effectively causes them to get stuck, until they change directions (e.g. when aggro-ing them), or until the Fissure dissipates. The Nishian totem splits the world to its core with tectonic force.   Enchant Totem Empowers Earthshaker's totem, causing it to deal extra damage on the next attack. Level Manacost Cooldown Casting Range Area Duration Effects 1 35 5s N/A N/A 14s Enchants Earthshaker's totem to deal 100% extra damage 2 40 5s N/A N/A 14s Enchants Earthshaker's totem to deal 200% extra damage 3 45 5s N/A N/A 14s Enchants Earthshaker's totem to deal 300% extra damage 4 50 5s N/A N/A 14s Enchants Earthshaker's totem to deal 400% extra damage Dispellable Only increases base damage and that given by the primary attribute of Earthshaker. Raw bonus damage is not increased. The Enchant Totem buff grants True Strike, so the attack cannot miss. Aghanim Scepter upgrade: Enchant Totem becomes a 900 range ground target ability, causing Earthshaker to jump in the air and land at the target spot, casting Enchant Totem there. Self-casting the ability will behave in the original form, without jumping. When upgraded, the spell turns into an area targeted spell. It may only target the ground or self. Double-clicking the ability automatically targets self. When targeting self, the ability behaves like the unupgraded version, using the 0.69 + 0.57 second cast animation and not leaping. When targeting ground, it uses a 0 second cast time and a 0.2 second cast backswing, during which Earthshaker is disabled. The leap duration is always the same, so the speed adapts based on the targeted distance. The leap height is always 562 range. During the leap, Earthshaker is fully disabled, unable to move, turn, attack or cast spells or items. The spell counts as cast as soon as the leap starts. However, Aftershock and the totem buff are applied upon landing. Aftershock and the totem buff are applied even when Earthshaker gets disabled or dies during the leap. Getting hit by other sources of forced movement causes the leap's trajectory to change, but it is not interrupted. However, getting hit by forced movement causes the ability to not apply Aftershock or the totem buff upon landing. The spell is fully and immediately canceled when getting moved upwards or teleported by other spells. While in the air, other units may pass below Earthshaker. The targeting reticule shows the radius of Aftershock, even when it hasn't been learned yet. Raigor's gorilla strength can destroy mountains.   Aftershock Passive Causes the earth to shake underfoot, adding additional damage and stuns to nearby enemy units when Earthshaker casts his abilities. Level Manacost Cooldown Casting Range Area Duration Effects 1 N/A N/A N/A 300 0.6s After every spell Earthshaker casts, enemies around him are stunned for 0.6 seconds and dealt 75 damage 2 N/A N/A N/A 300 0.9s After every spell Earthshaker casts, enemies around him are stunned for 0.9 seconds and dealt 100 damage 3 N/A N/A N/A 300 1.2s After every spell Earthshaker casts, enemies around him are stunned for 1.2 seconds and dealt 125 damage 4 N/A N/A N/A 300 1.5s After every spell Earthshaker casts, enemies around him are stunned for 1.5 seconds and dealt 150 damage Dispellable with strong dispels Aftershock does not trigger upon using items. Aftershock first applies the debuff, then the damage. Applies its own effects before the effects of the triggering spell are applied. The stun does not stack with the stun of Fissure. It follows the regular rule of stuns – the longer stun overrides the shorter one. Applies damage after stun. The earth trembles beneath the mighty footsteps of Raigor.   Echo Slam Ultimate Shockwaves travel through the ground, damaging enemy units. Each enemy hit causes an echo to damage nearby units. Real heroes cause two echoes. Level Mana Cost Cooldown Casting Range Area Duration Effects 1 145 150s N/A 600 N/A Causes massive damage in an area around him, each unit gets damaged by 100 initial damage and then each unit hit initially causes 70 echo damage per unit to hit all other units nearby (real heroes echo twice) 2 205 130s N/A 600 N/A Causes massive damage in an area around him, each unit gets damaged by 100 initial damage and then each unit hit initially causes 90 echo damage per unit to hit all other units nearby (real heroes echo twice) 3 265 110s N/A 600 N/A Causes massive damage in an area around him, each unit gets damaged by 100 initial damage and then each unit hit initially causes 110 echo damage per unit to hit all other units nearby (real heroes echo twice) Echo Slam interrupts Earthshaker's channeling spells upon cast. Each enemy within the initial search radius sends echo waves towards enemies within the echo search radius. The echo waves travel at a speed of 600. The echo search radius are centered around each unit hit by the initial damage. Echo waves are sent out to every enemy unit within the search radius, except to the unit itself. This means the echo waves targets can be up to 1200 range away from Earthshaker upon cast. This also means when only one enemy is within the radius, it takes no damage, since it cannot send echoes to itself. Hit enemy heroes send two echoes to every valid target within the radius, and not only to other heroes. Wards and buildings are completely ignored, meaning they do not release and are not targeted by echoes. Fully affects invisible units and units in the Fog of War. Total damage when hitting a certain amount of heroes, with no other units nearby (before reductions): 1 Hero: 100 (with talent 100) total damage to the hero, since echoes do not deal damage to their source. 2 Heroes: 240/280/320 (with talent 340/380/420) damage to each hero, 480/560/640 (with talent 680/760/840) total damage. 3 Heroes: 380/460/540 (with talent 580/660/740) damage to each hero, 1140/1380/1620 (with talent 1740/1980/2220) total damage. 4 Heroes: 520/640/760 (with talent 820/940/1060) damage to each hero, 2080/2560/3040 (with talent 3280/3760/4240) total damage. 5 Heroes: 660/820/980 (with talent 1060/1220/1380) damage to each hero, 3300/4100/4900 (with talent 5300/6100/6900) total damage. Tectonic plates crack, mountains fold, and foes are crushed by the Echo Slam. Talent Tree Level Option 1 Option 2 25 -2s Enchant Totem Cooldown OR +50% Magic Resistance (+0.1%) 20 +400 Fissure Range (+1.5%) OR +50 Echo Slam Damage 15 +7 Armor OR +30 Movement Speed (+2.7%) 10 +250 Mana (+1.9%) OR +30 Damage Win Rate statistics from Earthshaker's Dotabuff Talents page, 26/06/2018 Matchups Best against Opponent hero Advantage Meepo 6.06% Broodmother 5.78% Phantom Lancer 4.12% Chaos Knight 3.06% Visage 1.97% Worst against Opponent hero Advantage Tiny -2.76% Viper -2.57% Lifestealer -2.44% Techies -2.12% Spectre -2.12% Matchup statistics from Earthshaker's Dotabuff page, 26/06/2018 Recent Changelog 7.18 Increased health regeneration from 2 to 2.5. Increased movement speed from 305 to 310. Increased Aghanim's Scepter upgraded Enchant Totem cast range from 900 to 1100. Echo Slam Echo waves can no longer be disjointed. Increased echo damage from 60/85/110 to 70/90/110. 7.17 Echo Slam now deals 100 initial damage on cast instantly to all units within its area. 7.16 Increased base armor from 0 to 1. 7.14 Increased base attack damage from 24-34 to 27-37. 7.13b Reduced movement speed from 310 to 305. Reduced base armor from 1 to 0. 7.07 Increased base health regeneration from 0.5 to 2. Increased base mana regeneration from 0.01 to 0.9. Echo Slam No longer deals 160/210/270 initial damage to everyone within the radius. Units no longer send echoes to themselves. Hit enemy heroes now release two echoes to units around them. Increased echo damage from 40/55/70 to 60/85/110. Reworked talents Level 10: +250 mana or +30 attack damage Level 15: +7 armor or +30 movement speed Level 20: +400 Fissure cast range/length or +50 Echo Slam echo damage Level 25: -2s Enchant Totem cooldown or 50% magic resistance 7.06f Increased Fissure cooldown from 15 on each level to 18/17/16/15. Increased Enchant Totem mana cost from 20/30/40/50 to 35/40/45/50. 7.06 Increased strength gain from 2.9 to 3.2. Reduced base health regeneration from 0.75 to 0.5. Enchant Totem now has True Strike. Level 20 left talent: Replaced 35 seconds respawn time reduction with 350 Fissure range bonus. Previous hero related threads Hero discussion of the day, 05.11.2011 Hero discussion of the day, 24.02.2012 Hero discussion of the day, 20.12.2012 Hero discussion of the day, 30.03.2014 Hero tips for Earthshaker Previous hero discussion Earth Spirit (June 12th, 2018) No Valve Artwork | Voice Responses | In-game Icon | Dota Cinema Video Overview | Dota2Wiki page | Liquipedia page | Dotabuff page | Hero discussion archive submitted by /u/Laccnow [link] [comments]

All Standard Hero Builds updated for Patch 7.18 (117 changes) Posted: 27 Jun 2018 08:19 AM PDT submitted by /u/TorteDeLini [link] [comments]

"Can I copy your homework?" WK Edition Posted: 27 Jun 2018 01:44 AM PDT submitted by /u/Wariorsu [link] [comments]

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To the people who voted for Riki..... why? Posted: 27 Jun 2018 06:05 AM PDT "Look at my amazing Arcana" - says the little bastard who is invisible for 85% of the game -_- Suppose his ult could look pretty cool though. submitted by /u/stopstealingmynames1 [link] [comments]

Edge of the Lost Order (Jugg's immo) Blade Dance animation is back Posted: 27 Jun 2018 05:20 AM PDT submitted by /u/Ki-ng [link] [comments]

Bill Gates speaks about Dota and OpenAI Posted: 26 Jun 2018 04:28 PM PDT submitted by /u/Pablogelo [link] [comments]

solo matchmaking is broken in all brackets and games as a result are +5 mmr -50 +11 -37 and huge badge/mmr disparity valve needs to act upon this Posted: 27 Jun 2018 04:11 AM PDT yes it affects even normal ranked matchmaking i just got a +37 game and it seemed like our team was normal ranked vs role queue which might partially explain https://old.reddit.com/r/DotA2/comments/8u8jz3/my_ranked_role_queue_matches_have_such_a_high_mmr/ https://www.reddit.com/r/DotA2/comments/8u850f/wtf_is_this_rank_matchmaking/ https://www.reddit.com/r/DotA2/comments/8u7ip3/broken_ranked_roles_matching_making_anyone https://www.reddit.com/r/DotA2/comments/8u7xi6/is_ranked_completely_unbalanced_right_now/ https://www.reddit.com/r/DotA2/comments/8u7zuu/why_is_ranked_roles_so_imbalanced_now/ https://www.reddit.com/r/DotA2/comments/8u7j3j/why_the_difference_so_huge_its_not_even/ edit(s): https://old.reddit.com/r/DotA2/comments/8u8ryx/dota_2_matchmaking/ https://www.reddit.com/r/DotA2/comments/8u8xxv/40_5_50_of_games_5800_mmr_eu_west/ submitted by /u/khonsrighttesticle [link] [comments]

TI7 bracket prediction guy Posted: 27 Jun 2018 02:16 AM PDT Do you all remember the only guy who predicted the bracket correctly. He was going to get invited to TI8? Any info/update on that or was that a jebait by volvo? submitted by /u/7Zlatan [link] [comments]

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Meepo clone gets no gold when ult is levelled up by another player whilst disconnected Posted: 27 Jun 2018 10:53 AM PDT submitted by /u/aamadeus675 [link] [comments]

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Stranded in the Underhollow Posted: 27 Jun 2018 07:26 AM PDT submitted by /u/meeposki [link] [comments]

"We're going on vacation" they said... Posted: 27 Jun 2018 11:15 AM PDT submitted by /u/Ono_Palaver [link] [comments]

Competitive Hero Tier List June 2018 Posted: 27 Jun 2018 07:24 AM PDT submitted by /u/Skulz [link] [comments]

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Vega Squadron prematurely terminate the contract with Kips Posted: 27 Jun 2018 03:39 AM PDT submitted by /u/Shkip [link] [comments]

Grrr Icefrog Posted: 26 Jun 2018 12:35 PM PDT submitted by /u/HALAKAJAN [link] [comments]

With all these Pudge picks lately I found a way to help my teammates from getting hooked Posted: 27 Jun 2018 10:53 AM PDT submitted by /u/BlinkClinton [link] [comments]

Rallying y'all for EMBER ARCANA Posted: 26 Jun 2018 08:32 PM PDT YOU KNOW WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE? PURE, FUCKING, FIRE BLASTING ASSES LEFT AND RIGHT AS HE BLOWS UP THE ENTIRE FUCKING MAP. AND THIS AINT JUST ANY FIRE BABY, ITS A NEVER ENDING FLAME OF DESTRUCTION. AN INFERNO OF LIGHTING AND BLADES. AN PROFESSIONAL ASHMAKER. YOU ONLY GET THIS SHIT IF YOU VOTE EMBER, VOTE FOR HIM TODAY submitted by /u/JDW3 [link] [comments]

Valve please ignore slot for qualifier predictions! Posted: 26 Jun 2018 04:44 PM PDT Since Qualification slot sequence does not matter, Valve should award points for guessing the correct qualified teams irrespective of slot. submitted by /u/DotaFrog [link] [comments]

I mean , why not Posted: 26 Jun 2018 01:03 PM PDT submitted by /u/HealingSlave [link] [comments]

Here is some advertising tips for icefrog Posted: 26 Jun 2018 05:16 PM PDT If you say "Night Stalker's void now deals half damage during day" people can react to it in a bad way. But if you reduce void damage to half, then say "Night Stalker's void now x2 damage during nights" people will applaud you. submitted by /u/Nepravda [link] [comments]

Immortal Treasure 3 2018 - Heroes without immortals Posted: 26 Jun 2018 09:39 PM PDT Let's hope all heroes can get immortals. These are the heroes who were left behind: Arc Warden Batrider Chen Lycan Naga Siren Techies (Has Arcana) Io (Has Arcana) submitted by /u/shotiso [link] [comments]

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