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The best stunner

Created by maxi12 on 2006-09-02
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Before we go through the other sections of this guide, we'll have to know raigor's strength and weaknesses. We'll discuss all his skills and i'll explain how to use them. And so as his statistics, i'll explain all of those matters that here. I really recommend everybody to read this section since it will explain why I chose the item and skill builds i'll post later on in this guide. Each hero in dotA has his/her distinctive ability. Some hero has the power to disable, some to tank, to damage, to empower team mates or to curse enemies. That's why team work is very needed. Thus having heroes of various abilities can give your team a bigger chance to win. Moreover, earthshaker's special ability is to stun huge amounts of enemies which is the best disable ever. Why? Stun halts every movement available to enemies. They can't attack, cast skils, or even move!

	Raigor Stonehoof - The Earthshaker Range: 128 \| Move Speed: 290 Primary: STR Str: 22 + 2.5 \| Agi: 12 + 1.4 \| Int: 16 + 1.8 Damage: 46 – 56 \| HP: 568 \| Mana: 208 HP Regen: 0.9 \| Mana Regen: 0.65 Attack Speed: 1.5 \| Armor: 2
	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 Comment: Fissure's impassible trail looks very interesting. It can be used in various strategic plans. But that's not the only use of fissure. Fissure's stun effect, long range and 275 damage looks attractive too. Fissure can be used to spam, to harrass, to kill and many more!
	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 Comment: Enchant Totem can be very useful when you attain daggers of escape. Casting this skill without learning aftershock will be totally useless because there is no stun effect. But aside from the stun effect, this skill enhance your damage for the next attack. One attack only! When I compared this skill to S-Ven's ultimate, this skill is a little bit stronger. God's Strength at level 3 iincreases your damage by 175% while enchant totem bolster your next attack for 200%. But there is a big difference in the usefulness of each skill. Earthshaker's Enchant totem only enhances your next attack while S-Ven's God's Strength improves your attack for 30 seconds i think... That means you can use GS for destroying towers and killing more efficiently than ET of Earthshaker. That makes ET less interesting.
	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 Comment: quite interseting and effecient skill. It is used to enhance stunning skills of Raigor.
	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 - age, 45 echo damag 275 initial dame. Level 3 - 350 initial damage, 65 echo damage. Mana Cost: 145/ 205/ 265 Cooldown: 80/ 70/ 60 Comment: Sick of strong pushers or crowds of creeps? This is the answer of all your problem. Everytime there is a creep, Echo Slam grows more powerful. So those who like broodmother, Furion, Necrolic' too much, WATCH OUT!! Joke!!

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1 By Charles 2006-09-02

This Hero Is a strength hero ,not a int why do u get so refresher orb?

2 By kamikaze.x 2006-09-02

haha nice. mana spammer> i like to play that way too with this hero

3 By zex 2006-09-03

you're stunner not hero killer. good job

4 By yukino_silvermaine 2006-09-03

Since you'll use Echo slam when the enemy has lotsa creeps, you really wouldn't need the refresher.

@ zex
You kill heroes when they're stunned. ^_^ hehehe..

5 By shadowmastermk47 2006-09-04

Yo, replace refresher with satanic or something! Also give him Divine-aegis and kill..

6 By koin 2006-09-05

i like the build, the concept...

wouldn't you want a b.fury(heal,damage,cleave) than a mekansm(gold thing aside)?

anyway...WOW...very comprehensive...learned a lot man...(hope i could apply it)

7 By *b*o*n*u*s* 2006-09-07

NICE STRAT! heheh... i use that build too, except the refresher, coz i cant find any relevance on how to use it,.. otherwise, you rock man! heheh... i also think b.fury would be nice... you could team up with luna moonfang to finish off the heroes... Blink - Echo Slam then Eclipse...

8 By lolplayer 2006-09-08

nice one!but i could add a satanic instead of the mekansm.

9 By hellnash0001 2006-09-08

refresher orb is for ehxho slam it can do combo !!

fissure enchant totem echo slam then refresher orb fissure enchant totem echo slam urr enemy is lucky if he escape that !!

10 By holyshit98 2006-09-09

charle refresher is not only for int type? nice strat dis is the combo in raigor blink->totem->echo slam-> fissure->refresher->fissure->totem->echo that's all

11 By yukino_silvermaine 2006-09-10

Echo loses it's effectiveness when there are no more creeps around. Just one echo slam can wipe out a whole creep wave. O_O

12 By nastykosh 2006-09-11

A unique way of playing this hero.. good job

13 By ~Leigh 2006-09-12

nice strat!!!!!I should suggest Fury instead of refresher.....one lvl 3 echo can kill a lot of creeps...the best partner for this combo is sand king.fissure 1st then let sand king use burrow+epi and he will kill all the creeps if the hero is closer to the creeps,the hero takes a lot of damage from sand king's 3rd skill,the finale coustic.1 creep can damage an area for 100+ damage. nice strat.

14 By Faticant 2006-09-13

Boots of Travel is nice since this hero doesn't has a fast attack but refresher??? i'd rather use my mana to do something else than double echo, dont u think???

15 By hellnash0001 2006-09-13

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16 By holyshit98 2006-09-14

tang na nash batibot tao d2 gago
walang dota haup na yan
nag oonlyn nlng aq na dota hehe

17 By loze. 2006-11-01

This hero is like an intell hero but with strength status. like naix hes a strength hero but his agility is mcuh higher

18 By ringostarrr 2006-11-25

Earthshaker is a caster and should be played as a caster. sick strat..sick @ss strat

19 By chaochao_24 2006-12-26

duh................... y using a refresher orb?! use battle fury instead and level up the Enchant totem as early as possible! as u cast fissure enchant ur self and smack him really hard!
also, when u use battle fury, raigor's attack changes, instead of slamming the totem resting behind him to his enemies, he just slams it on the ground!

20 By Raziel84 2007-01-25

decent guide but I wouldnt wait till the end to max enchant. To me that and aftershock are husband and wife. stun longer, then a hard whack...why not make the whack harder with it?anywho everyone has own style :)

21 By ccc 2007-02-14

wow, i can not agree with your strat.
E.shaker is a STR hero. you are collecting almost no STR-items. This strat. will only provide your E.shaker to be a good passive hero. He wont be able to attack heros in 1v1. Damage and quickness are missing.

22 By Mu 2007-02-15

Try that :
tangos, perseverance, boots, 2 null, dagger, aegis. And if you have some more gold, go for bfury, tarrasque, BoT, linken for example

23 By Mu 2007-02-15

@ ccc
Try the build before telling us shaker can't kill -_-
totem, echo, fissure, totem ==> GG no re

Btw, as some ppl said, refresher is useless coz echo slam usually kills all creeps in a wave

24 By jeevang13 2007-02-26

Hey, this is the most useful guide that I have read, and I have read many guides. I especially like your item build and your explanations for it; it is extremely clear and very reasonable. Thanks for the spectacular help. I played him and got the exact item build as here and can sense his power, but I am just not used to it yet because there are many things that I have to do when entering/during a battle; I have to activate Mekanism for the extra armor, use Guinsoo to transform the enemy hero, use his Enchant Totem for the bonus damage, use Fissure when the enemy tries to run, and then finish off with ult, and if ult doesnt kill then I will have to use DoE. It is just too many tasks to do, and I am just not used to it; however, the fault is mine and not this guides because this guide is...perfect, no other word to perfectly describe it. Do you have any other guides? If so, for which hero because after reading this guide it really helped me a lot. If not, you should write more guides for other heroes, such as Nerubian Weaver because it is my favorite hero for the moment. To summarize, this guide is awesome and thanks for it.

25 By jokerz12 2007-03-03

what'z for a refresher?...

26 By viksa 2007-03-11

You have very much items for int heros
i dont think they are better than Hert of Tarr , Sattanic , Battle Fury , Radiance
If You buy this items you will be much stronfer

27 By yuurei28 2007-03-19

i think this build is for support stunner n_n... good for 3v3 or up i think...

28 By penzoid0725w 2007-03-22

29 By mitchiezzz 2007-04-10

inutil m nmn...
gngwa mng bobo ung hero...
bkt m llgyn ng mga png int n item?
eh png str yan...

30 By xXNoobVlasicXx 2007-04-19

i dont really like using es cuz he's a support hero, only support hero i like is omni

31 By Artimon 2007-04-24

@ first post. Kinda noobie of u to say that. Who would want to eat two echo slams? Great strat 10/10

32 By Capwn33 2007-04-28

Pretty basic build, kinda disappointing, a good different item to consider : Necro book. Anyways, horrible skill build.. you wanna go fissure asap along w/ after shock. Then max out totem asap after wards and of course Echo Slam on : 6,11,16. Stats on 15 and 17-25.

33 By phalankz 2007-05-22

only real downside i see to this build is mana with items like blink meka refresher and sheep stick your lucky to have an int hero that can keep up with that sorta mana consumption without using skills I havent tried this build yet all i know is i have trouble spamming this guys skills without items Like the guide though

34 By mr-boffo 2007-05-23

35 By dotakilla12 2007-06-02

looks like an "ok" guide but could use alot of work

36 By euphoria 2007-06-14

Well refreshers orb is the most important item of earthshaker. Have a friend whos playing professional and he says he gets unstoppable with this item. Fissure - Blink - Enchant totem - Echo Slam - Refreshers orb - And all over again. In 5on5 = Total pwnage. I totaly agree with the item setup!

37 By Kilseo 2007-06-14

Maybe I'm noob, but this build is kinda expensive.

38 By laxpro008 2007-06-25

this hero is garbage

39 By ahmad_zawawi_amer 2007-07-19

gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood

40 By caralextan 2007-07-21

raigor have mana but isn´t to buy guinsso or refreshereser orb

41 By korokoro 2007-07-25

wow...no battleFury?! wat a mess...

42 By TheEternalLooser 2007-07-26

Course not, if want dmg go radiance, but bf useless. But guinzoo is a must on him. Aftershock have a really short range, so slow him with sheep, go near him (doe powaaaaaaaaa) then enchanttotem fissure and if many creeps echoslam =) course go guinzoo no way to play without it, not only for mana regen but also for the sheep.

43 By Fabz 2007-07-27

nice strategy but i think buy arcane first,bcos at the early game raigor dont have too much mana for casting spells.

44 By Redmption 2007-07-27

Good guide overall i get arcane instead of guinsoo.
also i dont like refresher on this guy , wen u cast echo u want there to be alot of creep to deal more dmage right? after 1 echo they all dead...

45 By iluvpies 2007-08-15

hmmm i tried this item build best ive ever tried,kind of expensive but effective.and i have 1 question after i have alll the items and stead of meckanism 1 null talismin i always run out of mana for the next,fissure,blink,enchant,echo combo after the first 1 responese plz

46 By pornO_staR 2007-08-16

Why everyone looks at this hero as caster.Yeah sure u have great skills,so what?If your enemy makes Hood of defiance?You have useful skils so use them.This hero is imba with this items:
1.Assault Curiant
2.Bouriza
3.Basher
4.Satanic
5.Guinso
6.Power Treads
You have mana to cast spells but the difference is that when you get close to someone he will surely die.You capture him with Fisure,Then Totem and if he menage to escape from bash you decide Guinso or echo slam(depends how much creeps are near).

47 By youdienow123 2007-08-16

Ns strat but missing one thing.
Earthshaker needs more mana to use refresher so i would replace meka with bloodstone or sceptar(if you wanna spam skills like a maniac without worrying about mana)

48 By mv20vm 2007-08-16

@pornO_staR
You don't need basher dude! Raigor doesn't have fast ASPD to trigger bash.. Basher is a waste of money for raigor..

49 By GiGa_WooTAgE 2007-08-17

Es i one of my fav/best heros. This strag and guide is good but im not sure about mek. Its good for low hp heros early got useless late game
Maybe the money could be better spent on something like likens or Radience
Pretty good though.
8/10

50 By Tuny 2007-08-24

51 By emokid316 2007-09-30

Please rewrite your paragraphs it's so annoying when you have to read something that is not professional and hard to read !!

try paragraphing so we can understand

52 By flamminroy7 2007-09-30

boo its another caster-type build 4 a str hero! Man i can't believe a build similar to this 4 Doom made it to premuim guides in dota-allstars.com.....

53 By flamminroy7 2007-09-30

boo its another caster-type build 4 a str hero! Man i can't believe a build similar to this 4 Doom made it to premuim guides in dota-allstars.com.....

54 By movefaster 2007-10-01

If i used
2 busher
1 treads
1 dagger
1 HOT
1 assault
to rigor who wants to stop me in late game???

55 By pauluy08 2007-10-01

haha! ref orb for sure kill in echo slam or aditional stun for fisure!!!

56 By w1ck3r 2007-10-01

Very detailed strat, very nice indeed 9/10

57 By ad982347 2007-11-01

Refresher Orb + Guinsoo`s Scythe is a waste of money and space, There is no point in refreshing for another ult when all the creeps(the thing that makes the ult work will be dead) and 2 Fissure sounds great but not worth the money involed, would rather get life steal or great damage items for that slot

58 By AXCELACCEL 2007-11-06

nice strategy is ther is no limit i give this 11/10 hehe, keep the good work

59 By untouchables 2007-11-22

60 By myfasionlover 2007-12-03

refesher orb to live 5 more time..u canot die at all..i buy six at biging

61 By myfasionlover 2007-12-03

refesher orb to live 5 more time..u canot die at all..i buy six at biging

62 By 123takbo!!! 2007-12-03

cOOL......niCe!!
i LeARn bOUt tHIs......
jUsT cOnt. tO giVe aN sTraTeGieS...........

63 By cold boy 2007-12-10

great build but hey how bout a battlefury for optional items??

64 By Thril 2007-12-19

Arcane ring!!

65 By monstar 2007-12-19

I think this build sucks. IMHO.

All you need for raigor is Arcane Ring, Some Nulls, Dagger, Boots of Travel, and some HoTs

66 By Cloud93 2007-12-21

I agree for the item but why not arcane rather than mekanism coz' raigor needs mana especially when he is chasing enemy.Replace mekanism with arcane when tarras is already available cause mekan won't affect as he is already having large life

67 By streamofhooks 2007-12-30

a PRETTY GOOD BUILD IN A CLASH OR IN SOLOING HEROES. i WUD SAY GOOD JOB8/10. bUT SERIOUISLY I WUD PREFER TO MAX UR ENCAHNT STILL AFTER UR AFTERSHOHCK. ONE HTING U FORGOT. GUINSII ADDS DAMG 35. PLUS UR BASE DMG AND STAS AND WATEVER ITEM U BUY ALONG WITH REFESHER, U WUD HAVE A HIGH ATTK OF NEAR 200, 35 FROM GUINSOO, 40 FROM RFEESHER, PLUS UR HUNDRED BASE AND STATS IT WUD BE KETS SAY 200. ECHNAT GIVES 200% WHICH MEANS UR ATTACKS IS BOOSTED BY 3 TIMES!(MANY IDOITS TINK THAT UR ATTK TIMES 2). A 600 HUNDRED DMG HIT! PLUS AFTER SHICK IT IS 715! AND A FREAKING 8 SEC CD!U GOTTA CONSIDER PUMPING THIS MAN! I HAV CALULATED EVERYTHING OUT FOR U. U GOTTA HAVE THIS SKILL. IT HELPS BIG TIME!

68 By iceice_pogi26 2008-01-04

I hate your item build!!!

This is the greatest item build for raigor stonehoof:
1.power treads
2.battle fury
3.arcane ring
4.kelen's dagger of escape
5.Bracer
6.Bracer

69 By Toro 2008-01-12

why Guinsoo`s Scythe of Vyse ????
i think for raigor you need this
1.Battlefury
2.Cranium Basher
3.Buriza Do Kyanon
4.Vanguard
5.Assault Cuirras
6.Satanic

70 By ericpasaway 2008-01-13

uhhh..lack of mana?? need arcane ring so that you can use your skills more often and at the same time not running out of mana..helps in killing enemies too

71 By ericpasaway 2008-01-13

y do we need to buy meka?? is it necessary? i think not

72 By ericpasaway 2008-01-13

we ddont need cranium basher dude
nor satanic need upgrade in mana because raigor is a skill type of hero duh?!

73 By kakuna 2008-01-23

weakling k

74 By ic4three778 2008-01-23

loser, id prefer not getting fissure. echo slam and after shck due to mana problems... which makes the core build cheaper by not buying an arcane ring.

75 By holyshito 2008-02-08

n00b..

76 By bango 2008-02-08

Ok Strategy. An Abit Alternative item build, but can't judge it since i haven't tested it. 8/10

77 By tjfbb3 2008-02-12

dude for early game you abslutely need arcane

78 By mecha_nic16 2008-02-27

I like the strat. I'll try it some time but I'm trying some experiment items on him 2. Satanic is not bad for him. Well anyways I think it's a good guide for item build. He really needs extra extra mana.

79 By mecha_nic16 2008-02-27

80 By KMJKMJKMJ 2008-03-06

well no gd strategies

81 By deadeyedan 2008-03-06

this strategy guid is good..but still depends on ur enemies...refresher aint just for int heroes...only noobs say that its a bad item for str...it also depends if the hero is skillful...some people dont appreciate ur guide cuz its kinda hard cuz u have to activate a lot of skills...but if u practice it u'll definetly be unstopable..and u'll be able to do it easily..only noobs say that this build is useless...
refresher is a must have item of Earthshaker.for sure kill.just like treant

82 By Ic3 2008-04-19

Nice Strat, about the refresher i saw somewhere that if u echo -> refresher -> echo the second echo will ricochet in the creeps corspses. I try this and i got a triple kill but i dunno if it was the initial damage that killed them or if it was that "ricochet". See if u can understand what i mean. Sry for my english.

83 By markxavier 2008-04-29

it's beter if you'll use satanic .... and arcane ring is also useful in the early game..plus battle fury for mana regen...add tarrasque...radiance .lastly my favorite,,, assault currias... awwww...refresher is not that useful... second shot of echo slamm would only damage 350...

84 By genggers 2008-05-10

uhmm battlefury,arcane ring,travel= gg^^

85 By i_am_pussy 2008-05-10

im just wondering myself where to get enough mana for refresh orb, also GSk
V vont help u here..only 1 item is proper here..
like heart of tarasque..strenght uith a looot mana needed so..arcanne ring??no matter gold needed this item will support u and ur allies uith mana..
preshes mana!!

The best stunner

Raigor Stonehoof - The Earthshaker

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