DotA101: Hero Guide Yurnero the Juggernaut

Dota2 Juggernaut Wallpaper

Juggernaut is an agility hard carry hero that excels it dealing massive physical damage to the enemies but also deal a lot of magic damage during early game through his first ability. This hero is soft but can survive in lanes because his first ability provides magic immunity. While his 3rd ability which is to deal a critical strike in a certain chances gives you the power to deal huge physical damage and heals ultimate also gives a lot of physical damage by number of slashes. His 2nd ability can also give a support to the team because it gives a huge heal to allies in a radius.

Juggernaut art in DotA

For your starting items, I recommend you to have a Ring of  Protection to be upgraded into Ring of Basilius later on, Quelling Blade to deal more damage to non-hero units, Tango for healing and two Clarity Potions for mana regeneration because his first ability consumes a lot of mana. Or you can have this build as an alternative, one Stout Shield for defensive purpose, three Ironwood Branch for more stats and to be able to upgrade it to Magic Wand for survival and of course Tango and Healing Salve to heal your self.

Juggernaut in middle lane with his 2nd ability-Healing Ward

In your respective lane you can choose with this two boots for movement speed modifier, Phaseboots for more damage and unit-walking in six seconds or Power Treads for attack speed and stats enabling purpose. And as I've said earlier that you can have Ring of Basilius, you can hen upgrade it to Ring of Aquila to boost  your agility stats and some mana regeneration. And you need to have Ring of Health to be needed for your mid game items. Your Stout Shield can be upgrade to Poorman's Shield to have more block and extra agility. You can up one lifesteal item in your lane, you can choose from Vladimir's Offering or Helm of dominator since the both of them offers a lot of help to Juggernaut.

DotA2 Juggernaut with skill icons

Mid game items for Juggernaut can be many and different according to your playing style and tow hat is needed. Battlefury is mostly the key items for every hero that has a critical strike because it gives a cleave to every enemy around a radius and alsogives a regeneration for both mana and health. For Juggernaut's escape, i can recommend you Lothar's Edge because aside from giving you invisibility for 9 seconds it also provides attack speed and damage which is very helpful to him. Yasha is also good for Juggernaut in the mid game because it gives a huge boost in his agility and gives a additional movement speed.Desolator can also be a good mid game item for Juggernaut in replacement for yasha, since it gives you a lot if extra damage adn reduces your enemies armor by 6 when hit, so its gives you the advantage to deal more physical damage.

Juggernaut in Dota during late game.

During late game, your team relays on you in dealing massive damage to enemies, so you should give Juggernaut items that can boost his attack damage. Monkeyking Bar can be one because it gives you bonus damage and 100 true  strike damage. Butterfly is very essential too because it gives a lot of agility to him and as well as an increase in his evasiveness.Your Yasha can be upgraded Sangeyasha by building up Sange in your items, this item provides both agility and strength stats and also deals 15% maime or slow to enemies when you hit. Aghanim's Scepter can also  be added to your items because it boosts your ultimate skill which gives it addtional slashes and therefore a lot more of damage to enemies.

DotA101: Hero Guide to Azraith the Phantom Lancer

This agility hard carry hero excels is pushing and deceiving enemy hero units because multiplying illusion  skills. He can also be a hard tank in the later game because it gains so much durability and power in the later parts of the game. This hero helps much in pushing enemy lanes and in the same time confuse them. Phantom Lancer is applicable from beginner to average players because you don't have to click too mush keys for him to escape or get a kill. And having such items would make him even stronger to the extent that he can finish up all enemies.

Phantom Lancer's fan-art

For starting items you can have Ring or Protection for you to have 2 armor, Quelling Blade to have an easy creep kill and earn gold points as fast you can, Tango for healing purposes and two Ironwood Branch for stat increase. Or another starting item build will be a Stout shield for blocking incoming damages, Quelling Blade for fast GPM and a Tango for healing purposes.

Phantom Lancer in DotA

In the lane you need either Tranquilboots or Power Treads. You can have Tranquilboots if you have a Soul Ring to bully enemies in the lane.This item combo is very efficient in bullying because Soul ring provides mana in exchange for health points and Tranquilboots is very effective item in this, since it provides 300 HP regen in 10 secs. You may use Power Treads if you dont have this build up, and have Ring of Health to have some health regeneration.You can also upgrade your Ring of Protection in Ring of Aquila to provide some agility, armor and as well as mana regeneration.

Phantom Lancer in the top lane

In the mid game, you will need Vanguard to block enemies' physical attacks and some health regeneration. Diffusal Blade is also useful for its provided agility,man burn per hit to the enemies  and eight charges of purge. This item can be upgraded once to have more mana burn and to regain eight more charges. Then you can have Radiance to boost your damage and have an aura that creates burn that deals 60 magic damage per second to the enemies. Cranium Basher is a good idea too, it boosts your damage and gives you a little strength  and some chances for you to deal 2 second stun to the enemy.

Phantom Lancer in DotA2 picking phase

 For his luxury items, you can have many items that can give him enough strength to defeat enemies. One item would be Manta style, this items provides two illusions thus giving you advantage because your ultimate skill multiplies your illusions. You can also give him an item that turns him into a hard tank in the late game. Heart of Tarasque can be one, since it gives you a lot of strength attribute and big number of Hp regen per second. Assault Cuirass can be used for Phantom Lancer too since it gives huge armor advantage and desolates enemies' armor by 5. And of course you can upgrade your Cranium Basher into Abbysal Blade by adding one Sacred Relic into it, which gives you a lot more of damage and gives you a passive item ability to stun enemies in 2 seconds and still has a passive chance in dealing a bash.

DotA101: Hero Guide to Kardel the Sniper

Sniper is a range carry agility hero who is very useful in dealing  massive physical damage to enemies. This should hero should be incorporated with a run and hit style wherein you must hit enemies from a far and learning his 3rd skill is much useful. This hero applicable for beginners because it doesnt have complicated skills and its use is just to slow down enemies and give them a hit.

Sniper in Dota2

For his starting items you can have one Slippers of agility and Circlet of  Nobility  for some stat advantages, one Tango for healing purposes and two Ironwood Branch for more stats, and Clarity potion for mana regeneration in case you spam your first skill. I guess this is all you need to have an advantage in the start of the game.

In the early lanes you can have Wraithband from the agility stat addition items(Slippers of Agility and Circlet of Nobility) just for some more damage, you can have 2,3 or even just one. Then for your boots you can choose from this Phase boots and Power treads depending on what is needed for you in the lane. Phase boots for more damage gives a unitwalking for 6 seconds while Power treads give you stats depending on the boots color (red for strength, green for agility and blue for intelligence). I suggest you buy an Empty Bottle for regeneration for purpose for both mana and health which can be refilled when you go back to base or get a rune.

Sniper in the middle lane

During mid game Lothars Edge is very useful to Sniper since he is too soft to go close combat so you need to have this item in case someone comes close to fight with you. Yasha is also needed for you to have bonus agility and for an increase in your movement speed. Maelstrom is also a very combative item for him because it gives a lot of damage, gives additional attack speed and has chances in dealing chain lighting to enemies around and deals 200 magic damage. Helm of Dominator or Mask of Madness is also widely used for Sniper because they give lifesteal, bonus attack speed and armor. Or whether you can have Crystalys for more damage and to have a chance to deal critical strike to enemies.

Dota2 Sniper fan-art

In the late game stage, you can upgrade your Yasha into Manta style for dealing more physical damage to enemies through illusions. Or you can create Sangeyasha out of it which gives you bonus agility and strength and also maimes enemies when you hit them. Your Maelstrom can be upgraded to Mjolnir to supply you more attack speed and bounces back lighting to enemies hitting you. You can also upgrade Crystalys to Buriza do Kyanon for much larger critical strike. Butterfly or Monkeyking Bar is one of your most essential item during late game when playing Kardel. Butterfly gives you bonus damage, attack speed and armor because of its huge amount of agility given to a hero handling it. It also gives you a 25% chance to evade enemies' physical attacks. Monkeyking Bar gives you a 100 true damage per hit which is very useful in late games.

Sniper with late core game items

This build is just my own build, its up to you on how you play this hero. I use this build because this is one of the widely used build ups of Kardel the Sniper. Try and use this build to check it out.

DotA101: Hero Guide to Rikimaru the Stealth Assasin

Riki is a melee carry agility hero that specializes in scouting enemies due to its permanent invisibility skill. He is best useful in late games due to his massive physical damage to enemy heroes. But remember, his greatest strength can also be his greatest weakness. 

Rikimaru in Dota2 fanart

As starting items you can have a series of choices. One is having a Quelling Blade to have an easy creepkill, Stout Shield for protective uses and Tango for regeneration purposes or you can have Ring of Protection, Quelling blade, Tango and Healing Salve and then two Ironwood Braches. Another option is having two Slippers of Agility for more agility stats in the lane, two Ironwood Branches and then Tango and Healing Salve. I guess that's all you need to survive and to be successful in your lane.

For your laning items, you might have a Poorman's Shield as damage blocker, Magicwand for survival purposes, Power Treads or Tranquil boots, and some stats  addition items like Wraithband for instance. I dont recommend Phaseboots for Riki because his got a passive ability which is his ultimate, the Permanent Invisibility, activating such item would diffuse his ulti.

Riki in the bottom lane

As core items or mid game items, i extremely recommend Cranium Basher, Masko of Madness for attack speed increase and Diffusal Blade. Even though Diffusal Blade's mana burn wont stack, I still recommend to have that because what's important is its purge effect which slows enemy and therefore giving them a hard time escaping the Smokescreen, the first ability of Riki. While Mask of Madness is of very mush use for having fast attack speed and therefore gives Riki a lot of advantage in dealing massive physical damage. But be wise in using this item because it gives you additional 30% damage taken from enemies attacking you. And because of that I require you to have Blackingbar to prevent magic attack in damaging you, since Riki has a small hp pool.

Rikimaru in full item build

And finally for his luxury and late game items, I'd like you to upgrade your Cranium Basher to Abyssal Blade for more disable to the enemy.You can also have Monkeyking Bar as a replacement to Diffusal Blade if you like to give enemies a painful bonus 100 true damage. While you can change the Mask of Madness to Butterfly as his supreme item in the late game for increasing his attack speed. You may also upgrade your Diffusal Blade to its level 2 state for more slow charges to the enemy. And finally you can add Manta Style or SangeYasha as your final item to your hero.

Riki in Dota2

Everyone, I guess this is my own hero guide to one of my favorite hero. I hope you can take some good suggestions from this blog. But you also experiment on your hero to try what items could help them in helping your teamates to the highest extent.