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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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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

4281

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3 days ago

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KILLS

20

DEATHS

3

ASSISTS

13

KDA

11

TEAM KILL %

62.3%

GPM

704

XPM

859

LH/DN

186/25

STARTING ITEMS

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

ITEM PURCHASE HISTORY

01:43

Dota 2 Item boots-of-speed

02:01

Dota 2 Item gloves-of-haste

02:38

Dota 2 Item tango

03:23

Dota 2 Item gauntlets-of-strength

04:27

Dota 2 Item observer-ward

04:29

Dota 2 Item bracer

05:00

Dota 2 Item band-of-elvenskin

05:34

Dota 2 Item power-treads

06:37

Dota 2 Item observer-ward

06:37

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

06:37

Dota 2 Item observer-and-sentry-wards

07:36

Dota 2 Item blade-of-alacrity

07:46

Dota 2 Item clarity

07:47

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

08:21

Dota 2 Item observer-and-sentry-wards

08:56

Dota 2 Item magic-stick

08:56

Dota 2 Item iron-branch

08:56

Dota 2 Item iron-branch

08:56

Dota 2 Item magic-wand

09:48

Dota 2 Item observer-ward

10:04

Dota 2 Item observer-and-sentry-wards

10:04

Dota 2 Item robe-of-the-magi

10:05

Dota 2 Item diffusal-blade

12:08

Dota 2 Item blitz-knuckles

13:18

Dota 2 Item town-portal-scroll

13:18

Dota 2 Item town-portal-scroll

13:34

Dota 2 Item clarity

16:41

Dota 2 Item broadsword

16:54

Dota 2 Item shadow-amulet

17:20

Dota 2 Item shadow-blade

18:00

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

18:24

Dota 2 Item clarity

18:56

Dota 2 Item great-healing-lotus

19:28

Dota 2 Item point-booster

21:04

Dota 2 Item staff-of-wizardry

21:05

Dota 2 Item ogre-axe

21:09

Dota 2 Item great-healing-lotus

22:11

Dota 2 Item blade-of-alacrity

22:23

Dota 2 Item town-portal-scroll

22:23

Dota 2 Item town-portal-scroll

22:48

Dota 2 Item aghanims-scepter

24:19

Dota 2 Item aghanims-shard

28:25

Dota 2 Item demon-edge

31:28

Dota 2 Item helm-of-iron-will

31:43

Dota 2 Item sacred-relic

31:43

Dota 2 Item nullifier

32:03

Dota 2 Item silver-edge

FINAL ITEMS

Dota 2 Item nullifier
Dota 2 Item diffusal-blade
Dota 2 Item power-treads
Dota 2 Item silver-edge
Dota 2 Item magic-wand
Dota 2 Item aghanims-scepter
Dota 2 Item bracer

ABILITIES

00:00

1

Dota 2 Ability slark essence shift

01:08

2

Dota 2 Ability slark pounce

02:20

3

Dota 2 Ability slark essence shift

04:37

4

Dota 2 Ability slark dark pact

05:44

5

Dota 2 Ability slark dark pact

07:18

6

Dota 2 Ability slark shadow dance

08:17

7

Dota 2 Ability slark dark pact

09:32

8

Dota 2 Ability slark dark pact

11:04

9

Dota 2 Ability slark pounce

12:38

10

Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branches

14:32

11

Dota 2 Ability slark pounce

16:34

12

Dota 2 Ability slark shadow dance

18:29

13

Dota 2 Ability slark pounce

19:51

14

Dota 2 Ability slark essence shift

20:52

15

Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branches

21:50

16

Dota 2 Ability slark essence shift

24:48

18

Dota 2 Ability slark shadow dance

28:17

20

Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branches

TEAMMATES

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OPPONENTS

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3512

weaver

3 days ago

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KILLS

5

DEATHS

3

ASSISTS

5

KDA

3.3

TEAM KILL %

55.6%

GPM

443

XPM

517

LH/DN

190/4

STARTING ITEMS

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

ITEM PURCHASE HISTORY

02:16

Dota 2 Item boots-of-speed

04:02

Dota 2 Item gloves-of-haste

04:05

Dota 2 Item enchanted-mango

05:54

Dota 2 Item band-of-elvenskin

06:24

Dota 2 Item power-treads

08:09

Dota 2 Item blade-of-alacrity

08:18

Dota 2 Item town-portal-scroll

12:15

Dota 2 Item robe-of-the-magi

12:35

Dota 2 Item diffusal-blade

13:13

Dota 2 Item band-of-elvenskin

13:40

Dota 2 Item magic-wand

15:11

Dota 2 Item blade-of-alacrity

15:22

Dota 2 Item town-portal-scroll

15:24

Dota 2 Item clarity

16:32

Dota 2 Item yasha

17:01

Dota 2 Item town-portal-scroll

17:39

Dota 2 Item diadem

20:18

Dota 2 Item manta-style

21:34

Dota 2 Item blitz-knuckles

23:02

Dota 2 Item broadsword

24:25

Dota 2 Item shadow-amulet

24:38

Dota 2 Item shadow-blade

26:04

Dota 2 Item town-portal-scroll

FINAL ITEMS

Dota 2 Item power-treads
Dota 2 Item quelling-blade
Dota 2 Item manta-style
Dota 2 Item shadow-blade
Dota 2 Item diffusal-blade
Dota 2 Item magic-wand

ABILITIES

00:00

1

Dota 2 Ability slark pounce

01:49

2

Dota 2 Ability slark essence shift

03:22

3

Dota 2 Ability slark dark pact

05:52

4

Dota 2 Ability slark dark pact

06:13

5

Dota 2 Ability slark dark pact

07:36

6

Dota 2 Ability slark shadow dance

09:28

7

Dota 2 Ability slark dark pact

10:22

8

Dota 2 Ability slark pounce

12:52

9

Dota 2 Ability slark pounce

14:09

10

Dota 2 Ability slark pounce

15:50

11

Dota 2 Ability slark essence shift

16:52

12

Dota 2 Ability slark shadow dance

18:37

13

Dota 2 Ability slark essence shift

20:45

14

Dota 2 Ability slark essence shift

22:00

15

Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branches

23:27

16

Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branches

TEAMMATES

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OPPONENTS

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1646

gabelle

3 days ago

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KILLS

12

DEATHS

8

ASSISTS

11

KDA

2.9

TEAM KILL %

57.5%

GPM

670

XPM

919

LH/DN

193/6

STARTING ITEMS

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

ITEM PURCHASE HISTORY

00:14

Dota 2 Item healing-salve

02:03

Dota 2 Item boots-of-speed

03:22

Dota 2 Item gloves-of-haste

03:24

Dota 2 Item tango

04:52

Dota 2 Item band-of-elvenskin

05:25

Dota 2 Item power-treads

06:14

Dota 2 Item robe-of-the-magi

06:15

Dota 2 Item sentry-ward

10:07

Dota 2 Item blade-of-alacrity

11:15

Dota 2 Item clarity

11:42

Dota 2 Item diffusal-blade

11:43

Dota 2 Item sages-mask

11:44

Dota 2 Item town-portal-scroll

14:27

Dota 2 Item blitz-knuckles

14:29

Dota 2 Item dust-of-appearance

14:34

Dota 2 Item magic-wand

15:21

Dota 2 Item robe-of-the-magi

15:51

Dota 2 Item oblivion-staff

17:42

Dota 2 Item dust-of-appearance

17:42

Dota 2 Item town-portal-scroll

19:12

Dota 2 Item cloak

19:12

Dota 2 Item mage-slayer

22:37

Dota 2 Item ogre-axe

22:37

Dota 2 Item blade-of-alacrity

24:18

Dota 2 Item staff-of-wizardry

25:31

Dota 2 Item point-booster

25:45

Dota 2 Item aghanims-scepter

26:55

Dota 2 Item aghanims-shard

29:18

Dota 2 Item mithril-hammer

29:18

Dota 2 Item belt-of-strength

29:18

Dota 2 Item skull-basher

29:19

Dota 2 Item clarity

30:38

Dota 2 Item ring-of-health

30:38

Dota 2 Item void-stone

30:38

Dota 2 Item perseverance

FINAL ITEMS

Dota 2 Item power-treads
Dota 2 Item mage-slayer
Dota 2 Item diffusal-blade
Dota 2 Item perseverance
Dota 2 Item aghanims-scepter
Dota 2 Item skull-basher
Dota 2 Item quelling-blade

ABILITIES

00:00

1

Dota 2 Ability slark essence shift

01:22

2

Dota 2 Ability slark dark pact

03:02

3

Dota 2 Ability slark pounce

04:06

4

Dota 2 Ability slark dark pact

06:06

5

Dota 2 Ability slark dark pact

08:03

6

Dota 2 Ability slark shadow dance

09:54

7

Dota 2 Ability slark dark pact

11:02

8

Dota 2 Ability slark pounce

13:38

9

Dota 2 Ability slark pounce

15:10

10

Dota 2 Ability slark pounce

16:08

11

Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branches

18:40

12

Dota 2 Ability slark shadow dance

19:06

13

Dota 2 Ability slark essence shift

21:44

14

Dota 2 Ability slark essence shift

24:01

15

Dota 2 Ability slark essence shift

24:37

16

Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branches

26:33

18

Dota 2 Ability slark shadow dance

28:41

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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