Harbinger of Death

too short but fine 6/10

hey nice guide. will try this!

Very well written. I've only seen one other person use Harbinger and he was doing INSANE damage. I'll definitely have to try this out. Thanks for sharing. Good strategy.

I've made a build with 6 Scepters... he does like 900 bonus damage O_O But it's more important to have other items to make him the perfect killer. Overall nice strat but rather expensive item build, 7/10

have you thought about adding a skadi for some situations? i think it helps alot for his weak strength/atk speed. 25 intel still gives a good boost to your ulti/orb too.

A very nice strat.
Althou, i use to get 3 circlets of nobility and boots in the begining then i start on my first scepter.
Last time i played this i got 2 scepters and like 300 bounus damage. :)

Without any survivability in early game, your head will be toasted.
The main idea to rush boosters is nice, but meanwhile nulls/bracers arent bad to have.
Basillius is just a waste of money, imo.

@volatile
I think its a given to get bracers/nulls or wutever to suit your situation early game. Thats why he didn't include bracers/nulls.

sweet strategy. nice and informative. i'll definitely try this.

I've seen your strategy, and i do have a few comments here:

1. Your info on Essence is not correct. To get the 40% or 2/5 proc on Essence, you CANNOT auto-cast Arcane Orb. You must MANUAL-CAST it. Autocast just gives you 1/5 chance to proc Essence.

2. It's nice for Harbinger to have a spammer ally (ie, Leshrac) like what you said, to benefit from his essence aura, but truth is, the very nature of Harbinger is that of a DPS carry hero, much like silencer. My point? Being a carry hero means you pretty much have to solo a lane much of the time, and this means Arcane Orb is useless early game, because it does not protect Harbinger, and the harassing ability is minimal when his mana pool is still very low. To be serious, Essence/Imprisonment is still the way to go, especially since he has to solo and he's not a great lane controller like Silencer. At least imprisonment gives an escape for harbinger and gives him more INT to last-hit.

3. Unless it's furion and syllabear, Travels > Treads on any hero, Harbinger included. Plus, you forgot to mention the all-important ORB WALK (like what fwii~ does on his silencer strategy). Without Travels, he can never catch up with that guy (who's running away) to last-hit with his powerful Orb. If you need the ASPD, a midas is better and helps him better in the long run to get all those INT items.

4. Most of your worst enemies seem to be early-mid gankers. That is fine, although I need to emphasize, having used Harbinger several times, that Harbinger is basically GG when he dies too many times in early-mid game. Basically any hero that harasses the hell out of him so much that he can't farm is his nemesis. You know, ppl like Pugna (nether ward), Viper, Enchantress, Silencer. If you intend to go Essence/Orb then don't face Pugna, his ward will zap you everytime you Orb him.

5. Finally, it's good you say this is a general guideline. I do agree that having Orb early game can be a little beneficial, ie like scaring Syllabear's bear away, but it's rather situational at best. Your guide is okay enough, therefore I think 7/10 is within your reach.

I agree on the item guide, because harbringer needs hp. But i ussually get only one point of arcane orb at the beginning because you need astral imprissionment early game to escape ganks and the intel steal makes a difference with your ulty early game if you use it twice then ulty.

ranged skadi is a buff placer, arcane orb also is a buff placer. having 2 buff placers in one attack isn't possible. so if you have skadi, you wont have frost attack if you are using arcane orb

I don't think you need the Astral Imprisonment, you should just get stats.

@ unholy. this is true, but you can also turn on/off arcane orb every couple seconds when your chasing so you still get the slow effect for help.

GG capsain just said everything that I was about to say...

Bracers in early-game,a couple of nulls and a bracer are needed on Harbinger.They boost your weak life and also the essence aura.

Not bad... a few pics will make your guild 4-5 stars other than that i suggest getting 2-4 nulls during early game for extra hp and intel ^^ 7/10!!!

this skill build will kill you early game. you have no stun, no disable, and yet you still insist on putting arcne orb. arcane orb is one of the most useless skills early game. you should put 2 points in astral imprisonment for escaping and easier lane control.

I'm really sorry. I think you're not playing Harbinger properly...
You should get something like...
Boots of Travel
Assault Cuirass
Guinsoo
NOW SPAM MYSTIC STAFFS/SCEPTERS
OK?

Oh yea, you put up Imprison first along with Essence.

I agree with everything that capsian and fwii~ said, although I suppose the only real issues are:
A) Orb or Astral in early game skills;
B) focus on Orb or Ult itembuild;
C) get BoT or Treads.
That said, this guides still good.
I ESPECIALLY agree that a mention of Orb-Walking is appropriate, because Harby has horrifically slow animations AND less-than-great range. I really dunno Harby too well but I did alright two games ago (up until it became a 3v2 vs Mortred, kill the leavers -.-), went straight for Aghanims. Your way probably works better but I was using my default unfamiliar INT hero build so meh. One thing I am confident in adding, throw in a Hyperstone, or Cuirass if you're rich or its post-late game. MAYBE an escape mechanism, Blink Dagger or Lothars (I didn't ever see that though). A coupla games BEFORE the one I randomed him, my ally got him and went from 2-2 to 7-2 in about 30 seconds - missed Quintuple by maybe 5 seconds of pursuit. So obviously he owns. Like you said, hes sh!t if he dies a few times early game, no way to recover, but hes easy to play if you are smart.
I commend your guide. 10/10, even without those bits we've mentioned.

Ring of basilus is fixed mana regeneration. Meaning, it gives a flat 0,65 mana per second.
Sobi mask, on the other hand, gives you 50% increased mana regeneration.
If I remember right the "line" was 33 int. If you have 33 int, both are equal in terms of mana reg. if you have more, sobi is better than rob.
Just take the ring of protection if you want some armor.

IMa try this guide...

Not so good at using harbinger....

nice strat....

Nice guide...9/10

awesome guide dude. i am a veteran player with this hero, including in CAL and IHL games. i agree with comments made about giving him ASPD such as a hyperstone or 2 or even butterfly. he is one of the premier DPS hero's if not the best. only avatar/silence temporarily stops his effectiveness. also, even when facing another INT hero you are not as outmatched as you may think. if his resistence to SAN ECLIPSE is high his remaining mana will be drained making it a straight up dps fight. unless its silencer, no one would stand much of a chance. i once went 28-3 with harby in an ihl match playing with guys from apex(first CAL winners ever on west) using almost this exact build. nice guide dude.

Tokemus is liar. U cannot make 6 scepters becouse u cannot drop them. Just think: U have 4 scepters and u should get all three boosters and mystic staff to complete soul fifth scepter... ROFL. I think u havent even played this hero!

Well done man nice strategy
going to try it out as soon as possible
give it 8/10

@Subconscious
Well... I don't know if he's done it before but yes u can do it... all u gotta do is get a chick and place all the itens in it...
still that sound quite impossible...

Nice man 8/10

huh... 6 sceptor? who will do tt? maybe 5 sceptors and 1 BoT ba...or 4 sceptors, 1 AC and 1 BoT? hahahas... well, juz use a chick lo... den later kill the chick with neutral creeps can le...haiz, wads the problem man...
Well, juz a note on essence aura... there's 2 sides on that skill-->
1. For casted spells, such as casting astral prison, ulti or manual casting of arcane orb
2. For auto cast, harby oni has 1 auto-cast skill lah, duh!
I find that casting spells and atking would be beta (following orb-walking). Kills beta, saves time, and 20% more chance to trigger essence aura...
Well, he is one of those late game int hero that depends on stats lo...
Overall its a gd guide 8/10

wow, i would always either trade or repick when i got this boy in -ar, now i love playing him. Thanks, although i was a bit confused as to what the final build was, exactly. 3 Ag. and 3 Sb.? i didn't get a straight answer from the guide. 9/10

@ Artimon = what is needed for 3 Ag's? 3 Mystic Staffs and 3 ____ ______'s.

the items give you insane mana.... I LIKE IT!

@subconcious Its possible to make 6 sceptres... just make your chicken assemble it and give it to you. The cannot be dropped rule does not apply to our feathery little friend

another great strat is if you max out imprisionment and essance aure.essance aura is so you can spam imprisiontment. If you spam it the will now have enough mana to uses spells with. when they have close to 5 int and you have eclipse weaken him/her to 1/2 -3/4 hp and use eclipse. BOOM instant death. for items i get boots and 4 nulls first. Then sceptar and sell off nulls if you need room.

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love this guide cause im lazy to play end gamers

quite a nice guild but item is too exp and it is a bit short.i will try it and ty 4 sharing...

its alright 7/10

It's an okay guide.

You lack justifications, but it's fine. Kind of short, but still a nice and decent one. Strategy is good too.

PS, your guide is familiar. Have you posted this on a site called "Dotaportal".

astral imprisonment is very powerful versus an INT hero in earlygame.
When u keep draining his INT-stats, he ll loose dmg and mana, what makes casting and lasthitting much more difficult

DUDE.... YOU OPENED MY EYES!! 10/10!!!

Still, his priority is DPS.

I think only 4 mystic staff,,treads, an 1 item as you like...
use ur ulti,,you got triple kill..
you own the game very well..
Btw, its depend on the heroes in your enemy side..
it's just my opinion and how I'm playing

Good guide doesn't need to be long. This is one of them =D

Rating 9/10

hmm i prefer to get a guinso with this hero. very usefull is group fights. hex one hero, astral another. This can be of advantage its also good when escaping or chasing. and it gives a good int boost

i dun think u shud go for the energy boosters at the starts.. i think there are too mani.. u shud jus go for mystic den ag scept and tat wil be more steady.. it wil grant you mana and mana regen too... and also int for ur ulti.. and i think harby has onli some potential to kill, like dealing an int hero like pugna wib life drain, tats quite impossible to win

Question: When you cast astral imprisonment to your enemy let's say at level 4, you stole 8 intelligence, right? Now, will that 8 intelligence comes back to the hero when he pops up or when he dies and respawn, he will regain that stolen 8 intelligence?

Question: When you cast astral imprisonment to your enemy let's say at level 4, you stole 8 intelligence, right? Now, will that 8 intelligence comes back to the hero when he pops up or when he dies and respawn, he will regain that stolen 8 intelligence?

nice guide, a bit more strategy than PWN PWN PWN!! and it would be near perfect. i recognise the build(oh how i hate a harby with 6 mystics making my whole team almost dead with 1 spell)

thinking...thinking....

ooo MoM maybe towards the end might help against other late gaming int heroes since you can really rely on your ult against them so just DPS them to death

nice!! get improve that

Its so long to get =(

Who said this hero cant get early game kill?
Its very easy. get banish and essance aura. Spam banish(lvl 3) at lvl 5 lvl 6 hrass until oj hp. Ultimate and bam, A kill. Banish only good for disabling. Wrong it drains enemy int and INCREASE yours. With lvl 4 if you spam it you can have an auto 36 int advantage.(8 int each essance each last 1 min. 20sec cd 40 sec = 16 int. 60sec=16. YOu gain 16, enemy lose 16.) Plus he gets alot of int. Increase your int alot with nulls to increase hp and int.

nice strategy. I was slaughtered by harbinger in my last game. I thing the guide really exposes his weakness. thanks!

not bad but you increase his mana pool only and less his other attributes.

use da guuide and got first blood in no time. Also got triple kill with ulti and arcane orb. nice guide 8.7/10

Fantastic s-guide. I used it and though it did not look too promising before level 10, it really took off and I ended up killing heros in 1 go with my ultimate.

Thx for the comments! There's a lot to catch up on so I'll just start.

@ mv20vm: INT is restored to heros 60 seconds after they were imprisoned.

@ a bunch of people: Again, I can't stress enough to build for the situation. If you're against very aggressive opponents early game, then max out imprisonment asap. Otherwise, I still use this skill build to harrass early game and to have orb maxed by early mid game for the damage.

Also, as far as item build goes, assault cuirass is great if you want it, but definately not a necessity. Eye of Skadi is really not that great. I would even say straight up to not get it. Butterfly was suggested, and I like it, as long as your opponents aren't nukers, because the 30% evasion is awesome, not to mention the insane attack speed.

If I've made sure to not get ganked early game, and if I've creeped correctly, by the end of most games my items are: power treads, guinsoos, 2 ags, and a soul booster. I've tried other builds, but honestly, i find that it's best just to keep maxing out the mana and INT. So when games go more than 60 minutes, I'll usually have a third ag's as well.

@ Caspian: You could be right about the autocast only activating essence aura 1/5 attacks instead of 2/5, but I've payed attention since your comment, and honestly, I'd be interested where your source is on that, because it's gotta be close to 2/5. Play him, and count how many times his orb triggers the aura, and I think you'll find the same. But again, I could be wrong. If I am, the point still remains to keep arcane orb on autocast.

Thx for the comments and ratings!

It's actually written in the skill description but the description itself is vague because of the "of" word.

"40% chance to restore 25% of mana pool. 20% chance to trigger off [of -> from] your autocast."

Personally I've experimented with this auto-manual cast thing b4. Manual cast = perma essence. Auto-casts can drain a lot of mana before essence triggers.

eghm...
Well builded anti mage with bashers can pwn
Harbinger of Death anytime anywhere...
FFs 3.5k mana pool ..
End of Story ^^

Mana Void FTW

@ Caspian: Touche my friend. Touche. So it is.

i personaly think that the items u get depend on the selection of hereos on the oppostion but good work on the guide.

3 aganim holy fuckin shit

so expensive item build.OMG!

good guide, but OMG the item build,
3 aghanims and 1 euls? What a dream build! You got to be a REALLY good farmer/ killer if you can managed to get all of that, since IMO he has no farming skills that i can count on. Even 2 of it is already NICE, and in case of "lack of money", you can trade it with 1 aghanims only and fill the other with mistic staff ONLY, since his skill depends fully on INT, and depends on the situation, you can changed the euls into guinsoo or even another euls, astral one enemy and cyclone/hex one enemy, you already disable 2 of them

And dagger / lothar is also good optional item for him, strangely enough, blink then ulti, or invi then ulti. I once see this build was used by one of my teammates.
And funny that IT WORKS

Overall, nice and short guide
8/10 for it

nice idea

Very nice strat, my exact pwnage strat :D nj.

Very nice strat, my exact pwnage strat :D nj.

try adding dazzle as best allie u can get all ur items even if u die no one can stoop u

masubukan nga

3 algha?!!?, but damn it works

i think its more important to get mystic staffs cz scepters are soo expensive. and by the time u get them game over. cz one of my frds had treads and 5 staffs and he owned the shit outta everyone.

about the skadi !! its orb effect ! will it work with his orb attak or not

Skadi is not an orb when used by Range hero.

Skadi is not an orb when used by Range hero.

Skadi is not an orb effect on range but it does not stack with arcane orb. Haha.

for me harby is the most monobuild hero in dota... there is no other builds for this hero... all you have to do is increase his int stats and thats it... the only gap between noobs and pros in this hero is the farming ability (of course that includes last hitting and denying) plus the orb walking.

ur item build is good but i mostly use all int bracers early until i get all mystics works for me everytime..

shouldn't u at least change 1 scepter to another item like heart or guinsoo?

buy at least one EoS...OK...†health

nice guide! ;D

but I still might change som things in the itembuild (:

if i HAD to use those algha, i would change them into just Mystic Staff

i would rate this build 8/10 because i have a better build..i think scepter can be replaced with 5 nulls and 1 boots since u will have astral imprisontment..and quickly farm for soul booster and one attack will be like 200+ damage..OMG!! farm for scepter..then soulbooster..and take treads.....nor mally i iwiill get triple kills or more using this hero...just use ur ulti when enemy heroes stay together...its damn Funny to see them wiped out in a second

5 null eh ? make it six!! LOLZZ just kiddin dude!!

The item build of Harbinger may be expensive, but since his Arcane Orb cuts through creeps n' heroes like a hot knife through butter, it doesn't really matter much. Definitely not a newbie-friendly unit, and he's mincemeat with Magina with his mana build. But do it right and Roshan will wet his pants with the sight of you.

extremely good strategy . but i haven't use it yet!!!!

" eghm...
Well builded anti mage with bashers can pwn
Harbinger of Death anytime anywhere...
FFs 3.5k mana pool ..
End of Story ^^ "

Sheesh.. Helac... That's a real exceptional situation there. There will always be heroes that are able to kill a different hero easily. So don't act as if this guide sucks 'cause magina is made to kill harbinger. Seriously.

I liked this build, I managed to get 2 scepters before the game ended. More than 2k hp and 3k mana = really good.

I followed the skill & item build to the letter. I was on down lane (scourge) and playing with magina against bloodseeker & tiny.


We killed bloodseeker pretty fast, my arcane orb wasn't amazingly strong, but good enough in conjunction with mana break to finish bloodseeker & scare away tiny. No need for either of our ultis.

Harbinger is an amazing DPser. With 2 disables (if you make eul's)
In normal games, I would've gotten eul's too,

but I had no need for it since mirana killstole a lot of my kills, got overfed thanks to that, and went imba & raped them. :p

Interesting guide at least, pretty effective too. You should include orb-walking though, autocast sucks imho. :p

good build.. i usually start with an ror and rob trads and then get 1 aghamins then mass soul boosters, then change them to aghamins if i have time/money.. very similar build 9/10

Thx again for the comments.
Again, I just want to emphasize to build for the game you are playing. If your opponents are smart, they will target you. I always complete the Ag's in that case simply for the extra HP. But if you feel you can go without the HP, and straight for power, stick with the Mystic Staffs only. Also, he's simply better all around with 2 Ag's then 3 or 4 Staffs.

very good and balanced. i gotta try it out as soon s possible!

OD with dagger and multiple scepters is ,OMFG, a killing machine with its gay ulti! to say that is a massive understatement

this hero is sooooooooooooo hard to use...;(

tai

I was once 1 vs 1 with me Harbinger
my friend TerrorBlade

My inventory was:
2 x Aghanims
Skadi
MkB
PowerTreads
Messerschmidt's Reaver

Homidas < Key to this rich build >
God like damage man....

Nice guide. well written. I saw a guy use Harbinger once and he OWNED ME FLAT beyond god-like 35 kills b4 we ganged him usin 4 heroes... Next time i random him , i'll try this build

btw, they nerf sanity's orb so change it!!! its 8x,9x,10x

nice strategy

its a good strategy i used it in a 1v1 game and worked well. as you said the kills will come

u should get null tailsman first place, especially when he is strong with INT. Get one or two. For the skills build u should up arcane orb and aura until u finish it. The rest are ok.

OOOO....
Nice build,but i think buying refresher orb and guinsoo would be nice
This dude's ulti is SOOO bloody strong
Cast it twice and your sure to kill or mabye get a double kll

Really like this kind of build so much mana an int goodbye for those non int hero enemies, try this

Threads
Orchid
Shivas
3 aganism
cuiras

do insane amounts of damage that make Rooftrellen into less of a tank and more of a scooter with branches.

astral imprisonment at early game is crazy
better use eul scepter to ran and it also give 18int

BOT,two aghan scepter and A resfresher,two ulti,triple kill !!!

Pictures plz and ty.

Good guide.

8/10

I'm not exactly a pro player, hell i'm super freaking noob.. but even i can see that the item build that you put in is ridiculous.. i used harby before and i did get to that build in a ONE on TWO game with 2 stupid AIs when my internet server was down.. i got 5 agahims and BoT.. but in a real 5v5 game.. i doubt you can get your 3rd agahim

@freefree598
haha u don't have to tell us about ur ownage if it is wif AI!
i can even win 1 v 5 insane AI+.

btw, arcane orb should be maxed early game asap, so it is by lvl 7.
it is the only nuke harbinger has and it is so deadly that it can harass the enemy very well.

That's the craziest item build I have ever seen. Unfortunately for us both, I like crazy. 3 Aghanim's Scepter for Harbinger? WTF?! Are you serious?!

i wish u would give a better item build and more techniques for harrassing in early or mid game
but nice strategie 7.5/10

lol 3 ags

In patch 6.49b ulti power has been decreased from 14 to 10times of INT difference. So I'd advice to base Harby on Arcane Orb:attack speed and mana pool.
Generally I'd start with 2-3 null talisman, and a Tango (ring of regen is waste of many - u can keep with 2 Tango for only 180 until mid game, basilius also waste of money). After that a power treads, then Orchid Malevolence. This new stuff is perfect: gives 40% attack speed bonus, 25 to INT, 35 dmg, and silence spell. Having 2-3 talismans, power treads, malevolence u can continue with soul boosters and mystic staffs or either eul.

Well, your guide is very close to how I generally play Harbinger. Basilius for armor/mana, treads for overall efficiency, a null talisman to ease fighting early on, and then straight to Aganim.

The funny (if not dumb) thing is I always though aga improves his ulti, but I didn't bother to really check... I only spammed arcane orb; I generally use the ulti to scare heroes off because it has a decent AoE, and it's flashy. It doesn't do as much damage as I would like (given I have 1 aganim, 1 null talisman, power treads, and a ring of basilius).

The people I play with (and against) generally finish or get finished before I get to a second aganim. :)

Harbringer is one of my best guys. My strategy is basically the same as yours. I never thought of Eul's Scepter though. It'd be good to team up with Rhasta, use cyclone, have your friend put his snakes down in waiting, and then add to the damage with arcane orb. Hahaha, that would be too evil.

..for me...its good to buy first the mystic staff for its 4th skill...

What would u think about getting 1 orchid malevolence & 1 aghanim instead of 2 aghanims?

+30% attack speed + soul burn&silence ...
Yum...

power threads isn't good for harbinger hands of midas give you actice skill /40% to regain mana on casting/also arcane ring is very good for harbinger gives you replenish and 40% on each replenish to regein mana from essence aura

i dont understand how u can get all this cash in one game

GOOD QUESTION ANSWER IT

33925 GOLD

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u are a fag....
lol not skill Imprison ? U WERE B ORNED NOOB AND WILL DIE LIKE ONE!!! OBVIOUSLY ! ! ! U SUCK ANY1 CAN SEE THAT , SO FUCK OFF AND DIE U LIL MOFO

Imprison is very importent u noob ! ! ! perfect for ganking and escaping and improving ulti and your own dmg.....

anyway i like your tactic , dude

its better than mine, u good, me bad.. im gonna try

anyway i like your tactic , dude

its better than mine, u good, me bad.. im gonna try

anyway i like your tactic , dude

its better than mine, u good, me bad.. im gonna try

i think itz best to have hand of midas in early game cuz in early parts of the game he totally rips the sh!t out of me... and y not take shiva's gurad as it has an active freezing blast... and a freezing aura... gud for harassing melle heroes ryt?

i think the strat isn't very realistic... how can u get all this cash in a game?

get him a refresher orb, it helps.

nice! galing

nice! galing

ezalor with mana leak can simply own him noobs

you have nothng to answer suckas?

This hero sucks

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While it's expense, sometime during mid to late game you should use one of those soul boosters to get the Bloodstone from the new recipe shop.

+450 hp
+400 mp
+110% mp regen
+5 hp regen/sec
bloodpact(passive)

Everytime you kill a hero the stone receives a charge. For each charge you gain hp and mp faster and when you die you lose a charge but you also respawn faster and lose less gold. A must have for any INT character. Extremely good for Harbinger since he tends to be a hero killer.

NOTE: Bloodstone only available in DotA 6.49 or later

Listen up y'all cause this is where it gets good!

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While it's expense, sometime during mid to late game you should use one of those soul boosters to get the Bloodstone from the new recipe shop.

+450 hp
+400 mp
+110% mp regen
+5 hp regen/sec
bloodpact(passive)

Everytime you kill a hero the stone receives a charge. For each charge you gain hp and mp faster and when you die you lose a charge but you also respawn faster and lose less gold. A must have for any INT character. Extremely good for Harbinger since he tends to be a hero killer.

NOTE: Bloodstone only available in DotA 6.49 or later

Thx again for the comments.
I've said this earlier but want to emphasize to build for the game you are playing. If your opponents are smart, they will target you. I always complete the Ag's in that case simply for the extra HP. But if you feel you can go without the HP, and straight for power, stick with the Mystic Staffs only. Also, he's simply better all around with 2 Ag's then 3 or 4 Staffs.

Shiva's and Orchid work great. There is nothing wrong with getting them. But I've found you are more powerful just stacking the ags.

How about 5x Mystic staff??

astral imprisonment gives 1/2/3/4 int

bice hero

guinso is not made with euls any more

you could go for a skadi after the guinsoo and the aghanims, that way your target will have a much more difficult time to scape

awesome strat
10/10

is a guinsoo better for this guy or just eul's? cuz i've seen a 522ms chicken!

the guide is short, but good nonetheless.

wat about adding shiva's guard or orchid malevolence?
9/10

i wont get the cyclone item i rather get the hex its better and gives more int stat and the skill build u get is kinda bad i would get arcane orb first than the aura thats my oppinion not to offend u or anything

to last poster: Euls is great because you need the movement speed, seeing as you have treads of int instead of Boots of Travel. It's cheaper so first item.

Also, i get this because I don't get banish until level 22, so I can have stats for hp and int, the euls is next best thing to banish escape-wise..

Thanx for the guide, completely agree with it and getting 2 energy boosters instead of buying a staff or finishing a soul booster straight away.

Beyond godlike last game I played..

I love this guy it was me and a bunch of my friends we played ar and we got a bunch of ints and i got harbringer and the other team got a bunch of tanks im like o man how i use him so i just gave him a bunch of scepters i got 3 and then they came to gank me all 5 and ulti boom all dead xD hes the ultimate anti-tank

Intresting...I am going to try it and rank u then...by the time it sucks...20/10!

hey y r u get essence aura first?At lvl 1 u don't need to recover your mana!

3 aghanims? this was before the new recipes: improve your guide with shiva's guard, Scythe of Vyse, Orchid of Madevolence...

3 aghanims scepter!!! The price is 9000 gold

I don't know if anyone posted this but Omniknight completely massacres this wonderful hero. As soon as he casts his repel, your dmg bonus is toast.

7/10...........
my build

1.aghanim's scepter
2.shiva's guard
3.orchid manevolance
4.guinsoo's scythe
5.BOT
6.necronomicon lvl 3

@ Shinoda!LP

so that when the essence aura's level is higher than the arcane orb's
the higher the mana that will be returned after using an arcane orb attack.......thats wat i think...peace

Nice..

Kinda good 2/5 :/

But this sucks........u should have placed here 2 Shiva Guards, at least one, and Guinsoo, sucks

garbi is such a noob

awesome guide! 9/10

nice,, but also add dagon for early nd mid gme

uMmmm...can sum1 tell me how to view replays...coz i can't see my replays...please help me anyone...i had the greatest battle using harbinger(against AIs that is but the turn about is so good)...anyway, i wanna watch it...im juz a newbie needing help..thnx...


oh! bout this guide...items strat too expensive..but good killin' strat though... all in all...


7.5/10

hmmm, when i play as harb, i never get scepter cuz i find it useless with people if it doesn't upgrade ult... although i usually stack mystic staffs cuz it's cheaper

Good strat have you considered getting 2 aghs and a guinsoos instead of 3 aghs and an euls?

omfg noob
go back to em, get arcane ring with this guy, he gets essence chance off it.
noobhost gg, fag lol

@ squirtle
Arcane Ring is a waste of money on Harb, you can get so much more mana off of other items and the active ability, even though it may activate Essence Aura, is nothing, not a good enough chance compared to orb.

10/10 this has become my fav hero :)

Hmmmmm... I'm gonna try this...

The skillbuild is (in my opinion) crap.
Mostly i skill essence aura astral.
ulti at lv 10-11 before you dont have enough int for "total Devastation"
also max aura and astral then one arcane orb then ulti. Items: Agha hehe..-.- yea. But you dont have a disable...also Guinsos 3.5 sheep +35 int. Then agha of course the slow from shiva is great that rocks.

After I read your guide I tried it out, geez 5:4, the first 3 kills was just noobie but then I started do some teamplay and omg, 2 disablers + mega dmg spell and an awesome ulti. I got 1 scpeter then we won. Luna, troll and mortred, lol that was funny. How did I manage to get the killing blows..? 10 assists ftw

Actually got a double kill when I used my ulti. Gotta love low-int agi heroes :P

weeehhhhh

1/10 use 6 aghanims its good

hey, nc strat! i dominated in our last game, 2vs1. i was harbinger and my enemies were leviathan and tiny. hahaha,very nc!! 10/10 but i dnt use him in 5v5.... dnt ask

hey, nc strat! i dominated in our last game, 2vs1. i was harbinger and my enemies were leviathan and tiny. hahaha,very nc!! 10/10 but i dnt use him in 5v5.... dnt ask

oh yeah, one other thing.. a permabasher could snuff this guy. i dunno, maybe...

yup! tried and tested.. a perma like faceless could pawn this guy in his sleep. but theres a chance that he'll be un bashed for a couple of seconds, so you just ulti him and be done with it.. and in the 2nd game, he wasnt able to hit me coz everytime i see him, i use lothars, then go around his back and ULTI!!!
but thats just me, im a perma-tank player in DotA. ehehehe, ^^

i cnt believe i was using faceless (my fave hero) into a guinea pig but it was worth it... ahahaha

p.s.

those hu said that harbi sucks, u suck

those hu think that this guys strat suck, show some respect noobs!

those who think that his item build is expensive, hey noob! theres this thing in DotA called "farming".. ^^

to those hu think that this strat is cool, i salute you!

i dont think 3 scepters would be that good but a scepter with blood stone is good enough