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Leeching Leash

Pounce applies stacks of Essence Shift when striking enemy heroes.

Pounce

Pounce applies stacks of Essence Shift when striking enemy heroes.

ESSENCE SHIFT STACKS: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4

Ability Build

1
Essence Shift
2
Pounce
3
Dark Pact
4
Dark Pact
5
Dark Pact
6
Shadow Dance
7
Dark Pact
8
Pounce
9
Pounce
10
Pounce
Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branchesTalent tree branch
11
-0.5s Dark Pact Cooldown
12
Shadow Dance
13
Essence Shift
14
Essence Shift
Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branchesTalent tree branch
15
+70 Dark Pact Damage
16
Essence Shift
17
Attribute Bonus
18
Shadow Dance
19
Attribute Bonus
Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branchesTalent tree branch
20
+1 Agility gain/stolen per Essence Shift Stack
21
Attribute Bonus
22
Attribute Bonus
23
Attribute Bonus
24
Attribute Bonus
Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branchesTalent tree branch
25
+40s Essence Shift Duration

Item Build

Starting
4
Quelling Blade
Slippers of Agility
Circlet
Iron Branch
Iron Branch
Early Game
Wraith Band
Power Treads
15
Magic Wand
7
Infused Raindrops
Mid Game
15
Diffusal Blade
18
Orchid Malevolence
Aghanim's Scepter
Aghanim's Shard
95
Black King Bar
Late Game
Eye of Skadi
15
Disperser
35
Abyssal Blade
15
Bloodthorn
Situational
Orb of Venom
Orb of Corrosion
Hand of Midas
5
Echo Sabre
19
Harpoon
2.3
Skull Basher
15
Blink Dagger
Sange and Yasha
14
Linken's Sphere
Monkey King Bar
10
Nullifier
Mage Slayer
20
Silver Edge
Butterfly
Moon Shard
15
Swift Blink
Boots of Travel
Core
Power Treads
15
Diffusal Blade
18
Orchid Malevolence
Aghanim's Scepter
Aghanim's Shard
95
Black King Bar
Eye of Skadi
35
Abyssal Blade
Neutral
Lance of Pursuit
Occult Bracelet
20
Iron Talon
Orb of Destruction
Elven Tunic
Vambrace
12
Mind Breaker
Ancient Guardian
Apex
40
Pirate Hat

In Game Guides

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7.37e | Core | 6,058,411 subscribers

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Thunderpick

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1
Essence Shift
2
Pounce
3
Dark Pact
4
Dark Pact
5
Dark Pact
6
Shadow Dance
7
Dark Pact
8
Pounce
9
Pounce
10
Pounce
Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branches
11
-0.5s Dark Pact Cooldown
12
Shadow Dance
13
Essence Shift
14
Essence Shift
Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branches
15
+70 Dark Pact Damage
16
Essence Shift
17
Attribute Bonus
18
Shadow Dance
19
Attribute Bonus
Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branches
20
+1 Agility gain/stolen per Essence Shift Stack
21
Attribute Bonus
22
Attribute Bonus
23
Attribute Bonus
24
Attribute Bonus
Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branches
25
+40s Essence Shift Duration

starting items

Tango
Iron Branch
Iron Branch
Quelling Blade
Slippers of Agility
Circlet

Early game

Wraith Band
Power Treads
Magic Wand

Core items

Diffusal Blade
Aghanim's Scepter
Aghanim's Shard
Black King Bar

Situational items

Hand of Midas
Mage Slayer
Sange and Yasha
Harpoon
Linken's Sphere

Extension items

Nullifier
Refresher Orb
Eye of Skadi
Silver Edge
Abyssal Blade

Luxury items

Moon Shard
Satanic
Scythe of Vyse
Disperser
Bloodthorn

Standard Position 1, Facet 1 |

7.37e | Core | 1,468,557 subscribers

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Thunderpick

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1
Essence Shift
2
Pounce
3
Dark Pact
4
Dark Pact
5
Dark Pact
6
Shadow Dance
7
Dark Pact
8
Pounce
9
Pounce
10
Pounce
Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branches
11
-0.5s Dark Pact Cooldown
12
Shadow Dance
13
Essence Shift
14
Essence Shift
Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branches
15
+70 Dark Pact Damage
16
Essence Shift
17
Attribute Bonus
18
Shadow Dance
19
Attribute Bonus
Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branches
20
+1 Agility gain/stolen per Essence Shift Stack
21
Attribute Bonus
22
Attribute Bonus
23
Attribute Bonus
24
Attribute Bonus
Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branches
25
+40s Essence Shift Duration

starting items

Tango
Iron Branch
Iron Branch
Quelling Blade
Slippers of Agility
Circlet

Early game

Wraith Band
Power Treads
Magic Wand

Core items

Diffusal Blade
Aghanim's Scepter
Aghanim's Shard
Black King Bar

Situational items

Hand of Midas
Mage Slayer
Sange and Yasha
Harpoon
Linken's Sphere

Extension items

Nullifier
Refresher Orb
Eye of Skadi
Silver Edge
Abyssal Blade

Luxury items

Moon Shard
Satanic
Scythe of Vyse
Disperser
Bloodthorn

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1
Essence Shift
2
Pounce
3
Dark Pact
4
Dark Pact
5
Dark Pact
6
Shadow Dance
7
Dark Pact
8
Pounce
9
Pounce
10
Pounce
Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branches
11
-0.5s Dark Pact Cooldown
12
Shadow Dance
13
Essence Shift
14
Essence Shift
Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branches
15
+70 Dark Pact Damage
16
Essence Shift
17
Attribute Bonus
18
Shadow Dance
19
Attribute Bonus
Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branches
20
+90 Shadow Dance Attack Speed
21
Attribute Bonus
22
Attribute Bonus
23
Attribute Bonus
24
Attribute Bonus
Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branches
25
+40s Essence Shift Duration

Starting Items

Quelling Blade
Tango
Iron Branch
Iron Branch
Orb of Venom

Early Game

Wraith Band
Boots of Speed
Power Treads
Magic Wand

Core Items

Diffusal Blade
Aghanim's Scepter
Aghanim's Shard
Sange and Yasha
Eye of Skadi
Black King Bar
Skull Basher
Abyssal Blade

Situational Items

Echo Sabre
Harpoon
Disperser
Orb of Corrosion
Mage Slayer
Bloodthorn
Satanic
Silver Edge
Monkey King Bar
Moon Shard
Linken's Sphere
Nullifier

consumables

Tango
Healing Salve
Enchanted Mango
Clarity
Infused Raindrops
Sentry Ward

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Slark Z | Facet 1

7.37c | Core | 144,564 subscribers

1
Essence Shift
2
Pounce
3
Dark Pact
4
Dark Pact
5
Dark Pact
6
Shadow Dance
7
Dark Pact
8
Pounce
9
Pounce
Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branches
10
-0.5s Dark Pact Cooldown
11
Pounce
12
Shadow Dance
13
Essence Shift
14
Essence Shift
Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branches
15
+70 Dark Pact Damage
16
Essence Shift
17
Attribute Bonus
18
Shadow Dance
19
Attribute Bonus
Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branches
20
+1 Agility gain/stolen per Essence Shift Stack
21
Attribute Bonus
22
Attribute Bonus
23
Attribute Bonus
24
Attribute Bonus
Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branches
25
+40s Essence Shift Duration

Starting Items

Quelling Blade
Tango
Iron Branch
Iron Branch
Circlet
Slippers of Agility

Early Game

Wraith Band
Power Treads
Diffusal Blade
Echo Sabre

mid game

Aghanim's Scepter
Black King Bar
Harpoon

late game

Abyssal Blade
Disperser
Aghanim's Blessing
Moon Shard

scØre

Aghanim's Shard
Aghanim's Shard
Aghanim's Shard
Aghanim's Shard

situational items

Magic Wand
Orb of Corrosion
Hand of Midas
Mage Slayer
Satanic
Sange and Yasha
Manta Style
Butterfly
Eye of Skadi
Silver Edge
Monkey King Bar
Mjollnir
Linken's Sphere
Refresher Orb
Assault Cuirass
Swift Blink
Nullifier
Bloodthorn
Desolator
Scythe of Vyse
Divine Rapier

Pro Builds

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7ly

2 hours ago

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KILLS

5

DEATHS

7

ASSISTS

15

KDA

2.9

TEAM KILL %

66.7%

GPM

465

XPM

648

LH/DN

139/19

STARTING ITEMS

Dota 2 Item tango
Dota 2 Item iron-branch
Dota 2 Item iron-branch
Dota 2 Item quelling-blade
Dota 2 Item magic-stick
Dota 2 Item iron-branch
Dota 2 Item town-portal-scroll

ITEM PURCHASE HISTORY

02:06

Dota 2 Item tango

02:12

Dota 2 Item circlet

03:04

Dota 2 Item boots-of-speed

04:25

Dota 2 Item gauntlets-of-strength

04:25

Dota 2 Item tango

05:05

Dota 2 Item bracer

06:48

Dota 2 Item gloves-of-haste

06:48

Dota 2 Item band-of-elvenskin

07:26

Dota 2 Item power-treads

08:19

Dota 2 Item sages-mask

09:48

Dota 2 Item blitz-knuckles

10:30

Dota 2 Item robe-of-the-magi

10:31

Dota 2 Item town-portal-scroll

10:58

Dota 2 Item oblivion-staff

12:04

Dota 2 Item cloak

12:47

Dota 2 Item mage-slayer

16:40

Dota 2 Item point-booster

19:37

Dota 2 Item staff-of-wizardry

19:37

Dota 2 Item ogre-axe

20:58

Dota 2 Item blade-of-alacrity

21:14

Dota 2 Item aghanims-scepter

22:53

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

22:54

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

25:53

Dota 2 Item aghanims-shard

27:13

Dota 2 Item great-healing-lotus

31:18

Dota 2 Item blade-of-alacrity

31:18

Dota 2 Item band-of-elvenskin

31:19

Dota 2 Item yasha

FINAL ITEMS

Dota 2 Item mage-slayer
Dota 2 Item power-treads
Dota 2 Item aghanims-scepter
Dota 2 Item yasha
Dota 2 Item magic-stick
Dota 2 Item bracer
Dota 2 Item great-healing-lotus

ABILITIES

00:00

1

Dota 2 Ability slark pounce

01:48

2

Dota 2 Ability slark essence shift

03:13

3

Dota 2 Ability slark dark pact

05:03

4

Dota 2 Ability slark dark pact

06:41

5

Dota 2 Ability slark dark pact

07:59

6

Dota 2 Ability slark shadow dance

09:30

7

Dota 2 Ability slark dark pact

10:19

8

Dota 2 Ability slark pounce

11:19

9

Dota 2 Ability slark pounce

12:34

10

Dota 2 Ability slark pounce

15:26

11

Dota 2 Ability slark essence shift

15:36

12

Dota 2 Ability slark shadow dance

18:24

13

Dota 2 Ability slark essence shift

19:55

14

Dota 2 Ability slark essence shift

21:03

15

Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branches

23:03

16

Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branches

28:35

18

Dota 2 Ability slark shadow dance

TEAMMATES

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OPPONENTS

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4308

Insanemoon

2 hours ago

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KILLS

4

DEATHS

8

ASSISTS

5

KDA

1.1

TEAM KILL %

36%

GPM

446

XPM

511

LH/DN

208/36

STARTING ITEMS

Dota 2 Item tango
Dota 2 Item orb-of-venom
Dota 2 Item iron-branch
Dota 2 Item quelling-blade
Dota 2 Item iron-branch
Dota 2 Item iron-branch
Dota 2 Item town-portal-scroll

ITEM PURCHASE HISTORY

00:37

Dota 2 Item ring-of-protection

01:31

Dota 2 Item gloves-of-haste

02:12

Dota 2 Item orb-of-corrosion

02:19

Dota 2 Item magic-stick

04:06

Dota 2 Item gloves-of-haste

04:52

Dota 2 Item boots-of-speed

06:12

Dota 2 Item band-of-elvenskin

06:12

Dota 2 Item power-treads

06:40

Dota 2 Item magic-wand

09:04

Dota 2 Item blade-of-alacrity

10:01

Dota 2 Item robe-of-the-magi

12:46

Dota 2 Item diffusal-blade

15:03

Dota 2 Item blitz-knuckles

15:19

Dota 2 Item sages-mask

15:33

Dota 2 Item town-portal-scroll

15:54

Dota 2 Item robe-of-the-magi

16:23

Dota 2 Item oblivion-staff

18:00

Dota 2 Item dust-of-appearance

18:00

Dota 2 Item dust-of-appearance

19:24

Dota 2 Item cornucopia

19:24

Dota 2 Item orchid-malevolence

23:37

Dota 2 Item hyperstone

23:57

Dota 2 Item dust-of-appearance

25:19

Dota 2 Item dust-of-appearance

26:12

Dota 2 Item javelin

26:27

Dota 2 Item bloodthorn

29:01

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

FINAL ITEMS

Dota 2 Item bloodthorn
Dota 2 Item diffusal-blade
Dota 2 Item magic-wand
Dota 2 Item power-treads
Dota 2 Item orb-of-corrosion

ABILITIES

00:00

1

Dota 2 Ability slark essence shift

01:17

2

Dota 2 Ability slark pounce

02:52

3

Dota 2 Ability slark essence shift

04:35

4

Dota 2 Ability slark pounce

06:52

5

Dota 2 Ability slark dark pact

07:57

6

Dota 2 Ability slark shadow dance

09:25

7

Dota 2 Ability slark dark pact

11:26

8

Dota 2 Ability slark dark pact

12:44

9

Dota 2 Ability slark dark pact

14:30

10

Dota 2 Ability slark pounce

15:47

11

Dota 2 Ability slark pounce

16:47

12

Dota 2 Ability slark shadow dance

19:19

13

Dota 2 Ability slark essence shift

21:58

14

Dota 2 Ability slark essence shift

22:42

15

Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branches

25:40

16

Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branches

TEAMMATES

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OPPONENTS

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2326

Kukubird

2 hours ago

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KILLS

18

DEATHS

5

ASSISTS

21

KDA

7.8

TEAM KILL %

72.2%

GPM

649

XPM

896

LH/DN

170/14

STARTING ITEMS

Dota 2 Item town-portal-scroll
Dota 2 Item tango
Dota 2 Item quelling-blade
Dota 2 Item magic-stick
Dota 2 Item iron-branch
Dota 2 Item slippers-of-agility

ITEM PURCHASE HISTORY

01:46

Dota 2 Item gloves-of-haste

03:16

Dota 2 Item orb-of-venom

03:16

Dota 2 Item ring-of-protection

03:16

Dota 2 Item orb-of-corrosion

03:17

Dota 2 Item tango

05:51

Dota 2 Item boots-of-speed

05:51

Dota 2 Item gloves-of-haste

05:54

Dota 2 Item iron-branch

06:27

Dota 2 Item magic-wand

06:53

Dota 2 Item band-of-elvenskin

07:31

Dota 2 Item power-treads

08:51

Dota 2 Item town-portal-scroll

09:18

Dota 2 Item blade-of-alacrity

09:21

Dota 2 Item town-portal-scroll

10:27

Dota 2 Item robe-of-the-magi

10:27

Dota 2 Item town-portal-scroll

10:28

Dota 2 Item clarity

11:07

Dota 2 Item diffusal-blade

11:38

Dota 2 Item dust-of-appearance

12:40

Dota 2 Item blade-of-alacrity

15:41

Dota 2 Item ogre-axe

17:04

Dota 2 Item staff-of-wizardry

18:23

Dota 2 Item point-booster

18:32

Dota 2 Item aghanims-scepter

18:44

Dota 2 Item town-portal-scroll

18:44

Dota 2 Item town-portal-scroll

19:53

Dota 2 Item ogre-axe

20:22

Dota 2 Item void-stone

21:21

Dota 2 Item broadsword

21:21

Dota 2 Item echo-sabre

22:01

Dota 2 Item dust-of-appearance

22:01

Dota 2 Item dust-of-appearance

25:39

Dota 2 Item diadem

27:01

Dota 2 Item harpoon

30:25

Dota 2 Item town-portal-scroll

30:25

Dota 2 Item town-portal-scroll

31:23

Dota 2 Item ogre-axe

31:23

Dota 2 Item mithril-hammer

31:23

Dota 2 Item black-king-bar

FINAL ITEMS

Dota 2 Item power-treads
Dota 2 Item black-king-bar
Dota 2 Item harpoon
Dota 2 Item diffusal-blade
Dota 2 Item orb-of-corrosion
Dota 2 Item aghanims-scepter

ABILITIES

00:00

1

Dota 2 Ability slark essence shift

01:11

2

Dota 2 Ability slark pounce

02:40

3

Dota 2 Ability slark essence shift

04:39

4

Dota 2 Ability slark pounce

05:42

5

Dota 2 Ability slark essence shift

07:20

6

Dota 2 Ability slark shadow dance

08:23

7

Dota 2 Ability slark dark pact

09:50

8

Dota 2 Ability slark pounce

10:26

9

Dota 2 Ability slark essence shift

12:26

10

Dota 2 Ability slark pounce

14:29

11

Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branches

16:59

12

Dota 2 Ability slark shadow dance

18:12

13

Dota 2 Ability slark dark pact

18:59

14

Dota 2 Ability slark dark pact

19:36

15

Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branches

20:47

16

Dota 2 Ability slark dark pact

26:10

18

Dota 2 Ability slark shadow dance

28:38

20

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TEAMMATES

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OPPONENTS

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Counter Items

Core Players

Laning Phase
Wind Lace
Boots of Speed
Mid Game
16
Wind Waker
19
Hurricane Pike
18
Heaven's Halberd
2.3
Skull Basher
Late Game
20
Scythe of Vyse
22
Ethereal Blade
16
Wind Waker
35
Abyssal Blade
Butterfly
15
Bloodthorn

Support Players

Laning Phase
Wind Lace
Boots of Speed
1
Sentry Ward
Mid Game
16
Wind Waker
19
Force Staff
14
Glimmer Cape
22
Ghost Scepter
1
Sentry Ward
Late Game
20
Scythe of Vyse
22
Ethereal Blade
16
Wind Waker
Sentry and Gem
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