DotA2 - Original Thread

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Leshrac can be played in quite a few different roles, when coupled with a good slow and stun he can play as 5th position and just help get kills, he can also 4th position in a trilane(3 people in the same lane going for kills most of the time)
And then there is 2nd position leshrac.

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The build you go for varies from game to game but i'd say, the most beginner friendly leshrac build is probably going to be Maxing split earth first, then max diabolic edict and THEN put points into your ulti and ignore lightning storm and just get stats. Lightning is good if you need to stop a push, but for a second position leschrac(Going solo mid) it's usually not worth getting points into, and you don't usually have mana for your ultimate early on which is why you go 4-4-0-0 since it's more mana-effecient.

Other builds include:
4-4-4-0 into stats.
1-4-4-0 keeping stun at level 1 till the others are maxed(this is only if you have allies that makes it sure you wont need the extra range.
4-0-4-0 with not touching edict which is decent for a 4th~5th position leshrach.

He's a very versatile hero and if you want you can get his pulse nova at level 6, 11 and 16 but you'll just very rarely have the mana for it.

Items are usually:
Arcane boots, which you can disassemble(Rightclick the item to split it into main components, this only works on very few items that don't use a recipe).
You disassemble it when you're trying to build a bloodstone because then you save 1k gold and bloodstone should solve all your mana problems.

Although if you're 4th or 5th position you'll most likely not be able to afford a bloodstone, which means just keep your arcane boots.
Other boots that work are either phase boots if you really need the chasing power or power treads if you really need the extra strength for HP.

good items on him include:
Bracers(If you just need to get more HP), Drums of endurance, sheepstick, shivas guard, euls scepter of divinity(Allows you to 100% land your stun if you time it right), Aghanims scepter, force staff(Great support item to give yourself an escape mechanism), ghost scepter(If you have problems surviving due to physical damage, Black King Bar(If you get the farm, this is great to allow you unhindered movement mid-fight, Necronomicon(If you want to take towers early on), Urn(Good for support leshrac), Mekansm(can be gotten on lesh if nobody else is suited for it.

I didnt' list the items in order of importance, but leshrac is a VERY versatile hero so there's a lot of paths to go with him.

And tips for his abilities:

His cast time is 0.7 seconds, which means it takes 0.7 seconds before any spell is activated. Ontop of this his stun has a 0.35 delay, which means it takes 1.05 seconds from you try to cast your stun till it actually lands. It's a good timing to know.

Your diabolic edict is composite damage, which means it's partly physical and partly magical. It isn't blocked by magic immunity or physical immunity but is affected partly by magical armor and physical armor. It also works on towers and is a CRAZY ability for taking down towers.

Ligthning is a great tool for farming and counter-pushing.

And pulse nova.. This ability costs a lot of mana but allows you, if you have the mana for it and can survive, to work as a lawn-mower, you stand in the middle of everything dealing massive damage to everybody.

I hope that helped

Spoilered most of my two posts because wall of text.