Earthshaker

Earthshaker is a disabler melee Hero commonly played as a ganker/initiator.

Gameplay
Early game, Earthshaker's main spell is Fissure. Fissure is a unique disable as it has a lot more practicality than most disables; it can be used as a stun, to block off an enemy's retreat or to save an ally from their pursuers. Enchant Totem is used mainly to activate his passive ability for the stun, allowing Earthshaker to keep his target stunned longer. Aftershock is Earthshaker's passive ability, adding a stun to both Enchant Totem and Echo Slam. Echo Slam is Earthshaker's ultimate, blinking into the centre of a battle can disable an entire enemy team with the Enchant Totem and Fissure can keep a team or at least one enemy disabled for almost 4.75 seconds or you can use the stun from Echo Slam and Enchant Totem to give you time to place Fissure to block off the enemy's retreat. Early game Earthshaker is a powerful ganker as Fissure can be used to block enemies for several seconds almost ensuring a kill on heroes without a blink. Late game Earthshaker is more of a initiator using Blink Dagger and his ultimate to start fights.

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.