DOTA 2: Leshrac Guide 2

LESHRAC SKILLS

- SPLIT EARTH
- DIABOLIC EDICT
- LIGHTNING STORM
- PULSE NOVA


LESHRAC'S SKILL BUILD

LEVEL 1 - SPLIT EARTH
LEVEL 2 - DIABOLIC EDICT
LEVEL 3 - DIABOLIC EDICT
LEVEL 4 - SPLIT EARTH
LEVEL 5 - DIABOLIC EDICT
LEVEL 6 - SPLIT EARTH
LEVEL 7 - DIABOLIC EDICT
LEVEL 8 - SPLIT EARTH
LEVEL 9 - LIGHTNING STORM
LEVEL 10 - PULSE NOVA
LEVEL 11 - PULSE NOVA
LEVEL 12 - LIGHTNING STORM
LEVEL 13 - LIGHTNING STORM
LEVEL 14 - LIGHTNING STORM
LEVEL 15 - STATS
LEVEL 16 - PULSE NOVA
LEVEL 17 - STATS
LEVEL 18 - STATS
LEVEL 19 - STATS
LEVEL 20 - STATS
LEVEL 21 - STATS
LEVEL 22 - STATS
LEVEL 23 - STATS
LEVEL 24 - STATS
LEVEL 25 - STATS

LESHRAC'S ITEM BUILD

STARTING ITEMS
TANGO
HEALING SALVE
CLARITY x2
MANTLE OF INTELLIGENCE x2

EARLY GAME ITEMS
BOOTS OF SPEED
NULL TALISMAN x2

MID GAME ITEMS
ARCANE BOOTS
BLOODSTONE
AGHANIM'S SCEPTER

LATE GAME ITEMS
BLINK DAGGER
EYE OF SKADI
DAGON
EUL'S SCEPTER OF DIVINITY
SCYTHE OF VYSE
ORCHID MALEVOLENCE


ALTERNATIVE/SITUATIONAL ITEMS
RADIANCE
BLACK KING BAR
BLADE MAIL

LESHRAC'S SKILL GUIDE


Split Earth
After a 0.35 delay, Leshrac splits the earth under his enemies. Deals 120/180/240/300 damage and stuns for 2 seconds at all levels. This is your main initiation spell, if you can land this you almost guarantee yourself or your team a kill. I take Split Earth at level one and max it by level eight.


Diabolic Edict
Saturates the area around Leshrac with magical explosions dealing 400/800/1200/1600 mixed damage over the period of 8 seconds to nearby enemy units and structures. The less units available to attack, the more damage those units will take. This is the most ridiculous tower sieging spell in the game, as well as very high damage output for farming and ganking. I take Diabolic Edict at level two and max it by level seven.


Lightning Storm
Summons a lightning storm that blasts the target enemy unit dealing 80/145/205/265 damage, then jumps 4/6/7/8 times to nearby enemy units. I take Lightning Storm at level nine and max it by level fourteen.


Pulse Nova
Creates waves of damaging energy around Leshrac, dealing 66/100/144 damage per second, to damage all nearby enemy units. This spell is a toggle on/off consting an initial 110 mana and then 20/40/60 mana per second after the initial cast. [SCEPTER UPGRADABLE: Increases damage per second to 88/133/177.] I take Pulse Nova at levels ten, eleven and sixteen. I wait until level ten because before then you most likely wont have enough mana to support it.


LESHRAC'S ITEM GUIDE


Starting Items
With Leshrac I start with a fairly standard build, I get a Tango and a Healing Salve for lane sustain against harass and creep damage, I also take two Clarity for mana sustain and counter harass. I grab two Mantle of Intelligence to increase his mana pool and to build into Null Talisman's later. Alternatively if there is an anti-mage or very high bust damage characters you should start with two Gauntlets of Strength and build them into Bracer's instead.


Early Game Items
On your first back, you should be able to build your Mantle of Intelligence into Null Talisman's which will give you a nice little health and damage boost as well as increasing you're mana pool further, you can also pick up your Boots of Speed and if you've farmed really well you can grab your full Arcane Boots which should end your mana problems for the rest of you laning phase/mid game.

Mid Game Items
Once you have your Arcane Boots your going to want to build a Bloodstone as fast as possible because this will give you enough mana and health to be a significant thread in team fights. Next you want to rush Aghanim's Scepter to make your ult even more devastating than it already is.


Late Game Items
These are basically your very late game items and they are all situational, if the guide does well I will update soon and go into details on each.

Boots
One of the hardest choices for me to make, because all of the options are fairly viable, but which work best for Leshrac. I take Arcane Boots because I find they give me enough mana to constantly harass and control my lane early-mid game. My second choice would be Phase Boots because they allow for stronger chase as well as escape and a nice little damage boost (These are an excellent substitute if there is an anti-mage on the enemy team). My third choice would be Boots of Travel, they offer excellent mobility and map control, these boots are very situational and should be bought to the players discretion. My last Choice would be Power Treads, in my opinion these boots do not really suit Leshrac because he doesn't need the attack speed and the +10 to the attribute of your choice is nice, but not enough to make them worth the buy.

LESHRAC'S TEAMING GUIDE

Faceless Void 
If timed right, you can activate Pulse Nova and/or Diabolic Edict just before he uses his Chronosphere and it will freeze all nearby enemies while taking damage from your spells.
Sand King's Epicenter 
Slows all units around him which allow's Leshrac to easily keep up while using his Pulse Nova or Diabolic Edict.
Sven's Storm Hammer
Can stun multiple target which synergies well with your Pulse Nova and Diabolic Edict or gives you enough time to easily cast Split Earth.
Tidehunter's Ravage
A huge aoe stun that gives leshrac plenty of time to line up an easy Split Earth or get into position to chase with Diabolic Edict and/or Pulse Nova.
Lion's Hex and Earth Spike
Can completely stop an enemy in their tracks, allowing you to land an easy Split Earth or to just chase with Pulse Nova or Diabolic Edict.
Tiny's Avalanche
Can stun multiple targets allowing to to easily chase or land your own stun.
Earthshaker's Fissure
An aoe stun and can cut off enemies paths allowing you to follow easily.
Pudge
Essentially all of pudges abilities except for Flesh Heap synergies well with leshrac, hook, slow, and disable.
Slardar's Slithereen Crush
Can stun all enemies around him which gives you time to land Split Earth or chase with Diabolic Edict and Pulse Nova.
Enigma's Black Hole
An aoe disable that synergies very well with leshrac because it keep all of the enemies locked up in a small area allowing you to deal massive damage with your skills.

LESHRAC'S WEAKNESS

Heroes
Doom Bringer's Doom
Can shut down Leshrac with a very long silence and DoT.
Silencer's Last Word and Global Silence
Make Leshrac unable to chain cast any of his abilities.
Anti-Mage's Mana Break
In combination with his Mana Void can be very deadly with Leshrac's large mana pool.
Omniknight's Repel
Grants magic immunity making Leshrac useless against that target.
Juggernaut's Blade Fury
Makes him magic immune and untargetable from any of Leshrac's spells.
Drow Ranger's Silence
Has a very low cooldown and can constantly keep Leshrac shut down.
Bloodseeker's Bloodrage 
Can silence you as well as his Rupture can stop you from chasing or fleeing.
Lina's early game burst damage with Dragon Slave and Laguna Blade
Before you've build your core items can be very deadly.
Lion's Hex
Can disable you are take you out of a fight, as well as his early game burst from Finger of Death should not be taken lightly.

Items
Black King Bar grants magic immunity.
Hood of Defiance reduces magic damage taken.

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