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Raigor Stonehoof - The Earthshaker

In the barren-lands, tales spoke of tauren sages reaping the essence of dirt. Their consciousness melds with the brown beneath them. The loam becomes the conduit of their mental thought and reality. These warriors were feared for they could summon massive ruptures at their mere whim. So tremendous was their power that their magic leaks out of the earth violently with every spell. Sadly these sages mysteriously faded from the land. When the World Tree was threatened, couriers searched these mighty ones but found just one. A young adept, Raigor Stonehoof, seeks battle to weave new tales of these shamans.

Fissure (F)
Slams the ground with the Raigor`s mighty totem, causing the ground of around 1000 range to crack in half in front of him, damaging opponents and leaving an impassible trail for 8 seconds.
Level 1 - 1, 25 damage1 second stun.
Level 2 - 175 damage, 1.25 second stun.
Level 3 - 225 damage, 1,5 second stun.
Level 4 - 275 damage, 1.75 second stun.
Mana Cost: 125/ 140/ 155/ 170
Cooldown: 15

Enchant Totem (E)
Empowers the totem resting on Raigor`s back, causing it to deal extra damage on the next attack.
Level 1 - 50% increased damage.
Level 2 - 100% increased damage.
Level 3 - 150% increased damage.
Level 4 - 200% increased damage.
Mana Cost: 50
Cooldown: 8

Aftershock (A)
The power of Raigor casting a spell causes the earth to shake below him, dealing additional damage and stunning.
Level 1 - 25 damage, .3 second stun.
Level 2 - 45 damage, .7 second stun.
Level 3 - 75 damage, 1.2 second stun.
Level 4 - 115 damage, 1.5 second stun.
Mana Cost: N/A
Cooldown: N/A

Echo Slam (C)
Raigor sends shockwaves shooting through the ground, dealing damage ricocheting to nearby targets for additional damage.
Level 1 - 200 initial damage, 35 echo damage.
Level 2 - 275 initial damage, 45 echo damage
Level 3 - 350 initial damage, 65 echo damage.
Mana Cost: 145/ 205/ 265
Cooldown: 150/130/110

Strategies:

Earth Bound, Donatboy's guide to Raigor posted by donatboy on 2007-03-03
A guide to The Earthshaker the Big BadAss cow by nwa4life posted by nwa4life on 2009-06-04
The best stunner posted by maxi12 on 2006-09-02

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523 By MTisgreat 2009-11-05

some bracers if needed
arcane ring
bot
shiva

if the game hasent ended
guinsoo
refresher
bkb
heart
radiance

522 By Seras54 2009-11-01

the enchant totem is also handy for pushing towers

521 By killerz1191 2009-11-01

@frost-viper
that's a mouthful 0.0

520 By slyfe 2009-10-31

You need one enchant totem... not for the damage but mainly to activate the stun from aftershock.

Bracers are alot cheaper than a vanguard so that would be better or you could go for a bloodstone.

You're also missing out his early core item which is arcane ring or if there aren't much gankers then a bottle.

I don't play es but i am pretty sure people max the totem before stats. 200% damage is nothing to laugh about and it can be done twice... activate it blink spam skills hit enchant hit.

519 By frost-viper 2009-10-30

Lane Choices: The Earthshaker works marvelously with allies, and First Bloods are possible against tenacious opponents that do not realize the full power of Fissure. Fissure may seem relatively harmless at Level 1, but blocking an opponent in near your tower will spell sure death, especially with an ally beating on him as well. Earthshaker also is unable to handle most 1v2 and 1v1 lanes because of his lack of range. Head to the top or middle lane for Sentinel, or the bottom or middle lane for Scourge so that you can use the secret shop with ease to get your Ring of Health.

518 By frost-viper 2009-10-30

2. Vanguard is the best upgrade to Ring of Health for the Earthshaker, and helps him to be able to Blink into the middle of a bunch of opponents without being absolutely slaughtered.

517 By frost-viper 2009-10-30

Necronmicon on Earthshaker? The Earthshaker has a clear mana problem, with an extremely powerful long-ranged nuke that he wants to spam every time it is up, as well as an expensive 3 spell combo. The main power of Fissure comes in its ability to block opponents in, and this is discussed at length in most Earthshaker guides, so I will not go into detail here; suffice it to say, though, that you want to have plenty of mana to cast that Fissure as many times as needed. He also needs mana to support his Blink Dagger. Thus, a mana item is needed. Most people instinctively turn to Eul's Scepter of Divinity, and while that item is not terrible on the Earthshaker, Necronmicon is, in my opinion, far superior. In addition to providing all the mana he needs, the Necronmicon summons are given plenty of time to beat his opponents to oblivion during his extremely long combo's stun time of 4.75 seconds. The extra Strength is also a great bonus, and Necronmicon is also a great support item for his teammates. Increasing their attack and movement speed, burning away mana from threatening Heroes with low mana pools, and eventually providing Truesight, Necronmicon is a great all-around item. Necronmicon is further strengthened by Blink Dagger, because your opponents won't see you and your Necronmicon buddies coming from a mile away.

516 By frost-viper 2009-10-30

1. Ring of Health (875)
2. Sobi Mask (325)
3. Ring of Protection (175)
4. Boots of Speed (500)
5. Ring of Basilius (0)
6. Staff of Wizardry (1000)
7. Belt of Giant Strength (450)
8. Necronmicon Level 1 (1300)
9. Vitality Booster (1100)
10. Stout Shield (300)
11. Vanguard (0)
12. Blink Dagger (2100)
13. Necronmicon Level 2 (1300)
14. Necronmicon Level 3 (1300)
15. Plate Mail (1400)
16. Boots of Travel (2200)

515 By frost-viper 2009-10-30

One Level of Enchant Totem at Level 10, then nothing afterwards. Though it may be tempting to get that first Level of Enchant Totem at Level 4 to give you a Fissure/Aftershock+Enchant Totem/Aftershock+Echo Slam/Aftershock combo, you will actually stun for longer and do more damage with that combo just by simply having Level 2 Aftershock. Instead of three stuns at .3 seconds and 25 damage each, you get two stuns at .7 seconds and 45 damage each, for a total of a whole .5 second long stun and 15 more damage!Attribute Bonuses are chosen over the remaining levels of Enchant Totem because Enchant Totem just isn't worth much other than a stun from Aftershock.

514 By frost-viper 2009-10-30

1. Fissure
2. Aftershock
3. Fissure
4. Aftershock
5. Fissure
6. Echo Slam
7. Fissure
8. Aftershock
9. Aftershock
10. Enchant Totem
11. Echo Slam
12. Attribute Bonus
13. Attribute Bonus
14. Attribute Bonus
15. Attribute Bonus
16. Echo Slam
17-22. Attribute Bonus
23. Enchant Totem
24. Enchant Totem
25. Enchant Totem

513 By infernape 2009-10-29

the order of items i always follow
start of the game:
ring of protectiobn
chicken
tangox1
---
sobi mask(u will have to break it later)
bottle->u should be able to kill some retard once u get ur bottle
boots
ebooster
arcane ring
dagger
complete refresher in whatever order u like
shiva/assult/guisoo whatever u need for this game

512 By mrgamesman 2009-10-27

just to clarify why i dont think it should always be in your build is that it depletes your mana pool (ES cant support it over and over due to poor int), it also provides no survivability, take zkims build as an example: no survivability, except shivas armor and guinsoo stats (which is last on the list). ES core items dont give him survivability and therefore his alternatives have to. Ofcourse after all your core items and so on if the game drags out then considering a refresher isnt bad

511 By mrgamesman 2009-10-27

yeah i totally forgot about the corpses when i posted it, i apologise for that but i didnt say it was a bad item, i just said there are better items, ofcourse refreshers has its times but that isnt very often!!! so putting it in your build is not worth it unless under special circumstances.

510 By BlinkEchoEnchantFissure 2009-10-27

@ mrgamesman and smithers083

Actually, refresher is an OK item on him but I wouldn't get it tough.

For both of your information, Echo Slam bounces also to corpses.

509 By zkim01 2009-10-25

mine

Dagger
Dagon
B.O.T / Phase / Treads ( INT )
Shivas
REFRESHER
Guinsoo

508 By mrgamesman 2009-10-24

there are much, much better items than refreshers and yes the second Echo will do way less damage than the first due to all the creeps being dead, although if there are 4 enemies then the second echo will still do 610 damage, which is alot for AoE damage (especially if they are nearly all dead because of the first one)but like i said, there are better items!!!

507 By smithers083 2009-10-24

this might be a stupid question, but wouldn't refresher suck for earthshaker? the first time you use your ulti it would most likely kill all the creeps, so it would hardly do any damage the second time...

506 By PsYcHo-.- 2009-10-20

I usually go for caster build :
1.treads int
2.dagger
3.bloodstone(gives alot of mana and hp / mana hp regen)
4.refresher
5.shivas
6.HoT or whatever u want

505 By kevin.mnm 2009-10-15

Once, i ran from my base to the scourge's (all the towers in that lane had been destroyed), and ran across 3 creep waves that followed me.. found nevermore and nerubian assassin waiting for me, used echo - 350 + 65*30 damage.. double kill + 1400 gold instant.. ownage!

504 By EARTH_SHAKER 2009-10-14

It's all situational, no fixed playing..