DOTA: Raigor Stonehoof

Raigor Stonehoof / Earthshaker (Kill a tonne of enemies in DOTA with a single wave)

Do you like strong heroes? Do you like having a lot of hp as well? Do you like dealing a lot of damage? Do you like stunning your enemies? ... and so on. If you answered yes then this is your hero you must play with.

The earthshaker is one hack of a powerful hero, with strength being is primary attribute it will not only increase your damage but your health too. So keep in mind that you will deal damage and have plenty of life with it too.

A huge mistake that many players do is that they forget about intelligence, but you wont make that mistake because you will buy intelligence items to for this hero that way you can stun and cast powerful spells and after those you can still hit with that huge wooden totem from your back to finish your enemy off.

Let's see what spells I'm talking about.

Fissure (F) "Slams the ground with the Raigor`s mighty totem, causing the ground of around 1000 range to crack in half in front of him, damaging opponents and leaving an impassible trail for 8 seconds." Now this will be your most important spell, this is your primary spell, it will deal 275 damage and 1.75 second stun for a mana cost of 170 at lvl 4 and just 15 seconds cooldown. So you can cast this many times and within a huge range, just don't forget you will need mana.

Enchant Totem (E) "Empowers the totem resting on Raigor` s back, causing it to deal extra damage on the next attack." At lvl 4 you will deal 200% increased damage for a mana cost of 50 and has 8 seconds cooldown. This is a powerful spell to but i always lvl this one up in the end game, because i mostly use the spells.

Aftershock (A) "The power of Raigor casting a spell causes the earth to shake below him, dealing additional damage and stunning." Now this is a good one to lvl up along side fissure because this spell is passive and will deal at lvl 4, 115 damage and 1.5 second stun after each spell, haha run if u can, not.

Echo Slam (C) Raigor's Ultimate spell. "Raigor sends shockwaves shooting through the ground, dealing damage ricocheting to nearby targets for additional damage." At lvl 3 it deals 350 initial damage and 65 echo damage. You must have 265 mana to cast this and it has 60 seconds cooldown.

Buy strength and intelligence items and maybe kelen' s dagger of escape so you can get near your enemy faster.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

im really bad with this hero, can you post some replays to see how to use it?

one time i build him a arcane ring, it works great.
Or a perseverance, and you transform it into battlefury, works great too.!

Anonymous said...

battlefury aint that good with es. sure, the effect is nice, but what is the use of a farming toll when all ur skills are farming tools? get killer items like refresher coz when u double ulti the dmg is humongus, and arcane works well with it. Just try not to be the first to charge in battle without a heart. Es is good for ganks, but also good for trapping and assist. Good luck playnig es!