Earthshaker

Earthshaker is a disabler melee hero commonly played as a ganker/initiator. Early game, Earthshaker's main spell is Fissure. Fissure makes him a powerful ganker as it can be used to block enemies for several seconds almost ensuring a kill. It has a lot more practicality than most disables; not only can it be utilized offensively as a stun, it can block off an enemy's retreat or save an ally from their pursuers. Enchant Totem is used mainly to trigger Aftershock's stun, allowing Earthshaker to keep his target disabled longer. Aftershock is Earthshaker's passive ability, adding aditional damage and an area of effect stun to his other spells. Late game, Earthshaker is more of an initiator using Blink Dagger and his ultimate to start fights. Echo Slam is Earthshaker's ultimate; blinking into the centre of a battle can disable an entire enemy team and do major damage. If chained successfully, an enemy can be stunned up to 4.75 seconds, making him a great disabler and overall contributes to team fights very well. Earthshaker's easy to hit area of effect spells despite tricky placement and timing is recommended for beginner to intermediate players.

Basic Strategy

 * Blink Dagger is a commonly built item on Earthshaker, used in conjunction with Echo Slam, it can cause massive area of effect damage by placing Earthshaker in the middle of a large group of units.
 * Arcane Boots and Soul Ring are great early items to have as they give him instant mana.