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Example guide
This is my old dwarf guide that I posted a long time ago in another place, but it should work nicely to show you how a guide can look like.
Admin Notes:
Heavily outdated, as an example only. [by SatanReaper] but some pictures are not working... [by Tomaxko]
Keywords:
- Heroes,
- Normal guide,
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 Hammerogohdan the Dwarf
Table of contents:
1. Introduction
2. Skill Descriptions
- Primary Skill
- Active Skills
- Power Skills
- Passives
3. Skill Build
4. Items
- Starting items
- Core items
- Further items
- Other items
- Item explanation
5. Strategy
6. Good allies / Bad enemies
7. Replays
8. Conclusion
1. Introduction
Foreword
I have finnally found some time to make a guide about the all-time ownage hero. Even though he was nerfed at least 4 times, he is still one of the best (if not THE best) hero-killers in-game. I have also made this guide to try out my new design and to improve the way of writing. Unlike my Breaker guide, this one will have a longer strategy section.
Enjoy
Pros:
-Great spell combo
-Magic Immunity
-Disabler
Cons:
-Virtually no mana
-Heavily item dependant
-Slow
2. Skill descriptions
- Primary Skills
 Storm Bolt
- Active Skills
 Yeti Strike
Level 1: 150 damage / 0.9 second stun / 25 second cooldown / 175 casting range
Level 2: 225 damage / 1.05 second stun / 25 second cooldown / 175 casting range
Level 3: 300 damage / 1.2 second stun / 25 second cooldown / 175 casting range
Level 4: 375 damage / 1.35 second stun / 25 second cooldown / 175 casting range
Level 5: 450 damage / 1.5 second stun / 25 second cooldown / 175 casting range
 Frenzy
Level 1: 5% attack rate bonus / 6% movement speed bonus / 14 second duration / 24 second cooldown
Level 2: 10% attack rate bonus / 7% movement speed bonus / 14 second duration / 24 second cooldown
Level 3: 15% attack rate bonus / 8% movement speed bonus / 14 second duration / 24 second cooldown
Level 4: 20% attack rate bonus / 9% movement speed bonus / 14 second duration / 24 second cooldown
Level 5: 25% attack rate bonus / 10% movement speed bonus / 14 second duration / 24 second cooldown
- Power Skills
 Avatar
 Thunder Clap
- Passives
 Strength of the Giant
Huge damage boost.
Level 1: 5 + strength / 6 damage
Level 2: 10 + strength / 5 damage
Level 3: 15 + strength / 4 damage
Level 4: 20 + strength / 3 damage
Level 5: 25 + strength / 2.5 damage
 Regeneration Aura
It increases your movespeed, which is needed now that the overall speed was lowered and it also gives you some early game support.
Level 1: 2% movespeed bonus / 2 HP regeneration / 800 AoE
Level 2: 4% movespeed bonus / 3 HP regeneration / 800 AoE
Level 3: 6% movespeed bonus / 5 HP regeneration / 800 AoE
Level 4: 8% movespeed bonus / 7 HP regeneration / 800 AoE
Level 5: 10% movespeed bonus / 9 HP regeneration / 800 AoE
 Endurance Aura
Increases the attack rate and movement speed of all nearby friendly units.
Level 1: 2% movement speed increase / 3% attack speed increase / 1200 AoE
Level 2: 4% movement speed increase / 6% attack speed increase / 1200 AoE
Level 3: 6% movement speed increase / 9% attack speed increase / 1200 AoE
Level 4: 8% movement speed increase / 12% attack speed increase / 1200 AoE
Level 5: 10% movement speed increase / 15% attack speed increase / 1200 AoE
 Slow Aura
The best slowing skill in the game, who wouldn't want to take it?
Level 1: 10% movement speed decrease / 3% attack speed decrease / 600 AoE
Level 2: 12% movement speed decrease / 6% attack speed decrease / 600 AoE
Level 3: 14% movement speed decrease / 9% attack speed decrease / 600 AoE
Level 4: 16% movement speed decrease / 12% attack speed decrease / 600 AoE
Level 5: 18% movement speed decrease / 15% attack speed decrease / 600 AoE
5th passive:
This one depends on the game, I always forget what to get because I never come this far but some of you do therefore you can pick anything that suits your style of play, but here are some good choices.
 Weakness Aura
Improves your tanking ability.
Level 1: 10% damage reduction / 850 AoE
Level 2: 15% damage reduction / 850 AoE
Level 3: 20% damage reduction / 850 AoE
Level 4: 25% damage reduction / 850 AoE
Level 5: 30% damage reduction / 850 AoE
 Vampirism
Increase survivability in team fights.
Level 1: 8% lifesteal / maximum 75 hit points healed
Level 2: 16% lifesteal / maximum 75 hit points healed
Level 3: 24% lifesteal / maximum 75 hit points healed
Level 4: 32% lifesteal / maximum 75 hit points healed
Level 5: 40% lifesteal / maximum 75 hit points healed
 Cleave
Mass creeping and also good when all your opponents are melee, so you can strike them all at the same time. I am not sure if they are all afflicted with Strength of the Giant.
Level 1: 14% damage splash / 275 AoE
Level 2: 18% damage splash / 275 AoE
Level 3: 22% damage splash / 275 AoE
Level 4: 26% damage splash / 275 AoE
Level 5: 30% damage splash / 275 AoE
 Power Mana
Only take this if you have extreme problems with keeping your mana up.
Level 1: 4 mana points replenished when you cast your power skill
Level 2: 8 mana points replenished when you cast your power skill
Level 3: 12 mana points replenished when you cast your power skill
Level 4: 16 mana points replenished when you cast your power skill
Level 5: 20 mana points replenished when you cast your power skill
Explanation on the skill pick:
With my active abilities I try to stun my opponents and for an additional blow, they can't nuke me to oblivion while the avatar is active. But with the passives you get huge magical damage with the Strength of the Giant, a neat speed bonus in form of Regeneration and Endurance Aura and a slow that helps you chase down your enemies
3. Skill build
Serious games:
Level 1-14: Max out Storm Bolt and Yeti Strike. Get Regeneration Aura for passives. (active+passive)
Level 18: Power Skills
Level 15-21: Finish Regeneration Aura and get Strength of the Giant (passive)
Level 25: Power Skills
Level 22-28: Finish Strength of the Giant and get Endurance (passive)
Level 32: Power Skills
Level 29+: Get Slow Aura and continue with the 5th passive or with Frenzy (passive + active)
Pub ownage / Play for fun:
Level 1-5: Regeneration Aura (passive)
Level 6-10: Strength of the Giant (passive)
Level 11-15: Endurance (passive)
Level 18: Power skills (ultimate)
Level 16-21: Slow Aura (passive)
Level 25: Power Skills (ultimate)
Level 22-28: Yeti Strike and Storm Bolt (active)
Level 32: Power Skills (ultimate)
Level 29-33: Storm Bolt (active)
Level 34+: Get your last passive and Frenzy in last place (passive + active)
4. Items
- Starting items
 Gloves of Haste
 Raven
 Boots of Speed
- Core items
 Flame Holy Sword
 Flame Boots
 Orb of the Dragon
 Ring of Lightning
 Orb of Bad Lion
 Divine Hammer
- Further items
 Shaman's Buckler
 Rhynn's Eye
 Crushing Axe
 Ogre Smasher
 Slayer
 Orcrist
- Other items
 Kris of Insomnia
 Nosperatus
 Magic Gloves
- Item explanation
 Flame Holy Sword: Nice strength bonus and an additional silence to prevent enemies from casting on you.
 Flame Boots: Movespeed bonus and an invaluable ganking tool.
 Orb of the Dragon: Nice mana boost and the ability to Banish, which shouldn't be used unless:
- You have a lot of mana
- Your enemy has outrageus HP
- The enemy has no heal
Or if you wish to escape from an assassin type hero.
 Ring of Lightning: A neat movespeed and inteligence bonus.
 Orb of Bad Lion: Oh look, another silence and additional gold for hero kills.
 Divine Hammer: Nice late game attack bonus item.
 Rhynn's Eye: 10 second silence FTW, with additional bonuses that make your hero a real killing machine.
 Orcrist: Nice damage, armor and a very strong slow.
5. Strategy
Remember to put all your points on strength during the whole game. But you may start investing into agility once you hit lvl 40 and you wish your attack speed is higher. If you get problems with mana, then you can also put 10-15 points into intelligence
The strategy is meant for the Serious build and not for the passive rush.
Early game (1-17)
Pick a side a lane and destroy the tower before the game starts, after that is done, get 2 rejuvenation pots, one for immediate use and one for later.
The object of your early game is to harrass your opponent with 2 nukes and hopefully a hit or two, the strength bonus will improve your creeping while doing dmg to the enemy hero if he gets close. Remember to play conservatively until you hit lvl 15, because you are pretty fragile even though you are a strength hero.
Mid game (18-32)
I don't like this part of the game because intelligence hero reach their full potential here and therefore you become dogfood if they catch you with no mana for avatar or if it is on cooldown and you have no mass silence. Luckily you still have your Thunder Clap that costs very little mana and gives you a small distance bonus for an easier escape. You should quickly heal and teleport back onto the battlefield to make a quick kill and then rush back into your base before the enemy team pulverizes you.
Late game (33-44)
Unlike most other heroes, Hammerogohdan is a hero that keeps getting better while the game progresses, because he isn't that item dependant later on, but becomes a monster because you continue buying them. This is way late game is your favourite part of the game. Start owning the whole enemy team by yourself and rush on to victory. This will be easier because intelligence heroes lose their power and agility heroes are not great farmers and other strength heroes are inferior to the Dwarf, so this means that you should have a good time owning.
End game (45-50)
I don't remember if I ever got that far with this build. The games usually ended when I was lvl 40 or so. But I know that if you have all your items you are unstoppable.
6. Good allies / Bad enemies
The dwarf is a solo hero that has almost no counters, but if you have problems with killing your opponents, it is best to get another disabler like Breaker / Axe / Kobold. But this usually only happens when you are against a very good summoner. Other heroes are not that much of a threat because they have no HP or too low dmg output to bring you down. Also beware of Nukers, when your avatar drops you are easy meat for them.
7. Replays
Coming soon
8. Conclusion
Thank you for reading my guide, I hope you liked it. If you disagree with something please post why and please restrain yourself from flaming. Also before you post that I have a short strategy section, it is longer than my previous one and I also have strategy written with all skills and items, so it isn't so little after all
Bonus:
Mystical ownage
I never use mysticals, but if you do, I suggest making it like this:
Get Deadly Staff and Grotlantneruber.
Everything else goes as said before, except that you will get Battle Magic as your 5th passive..
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