Slardar

Slardar, the Slithereen Guard, is a melee strength hero who uses brute force, low cooldown spells, and high physical strength to bring his enemies to their knees. He excels and thrives in close combat situations, and has high mobility, strong initiation and ganking abilities, and good synergy between his abilities. Guardian Sprint greatly increases Slardar's movement speed for a lengthy duration, and allows him to chase down heroes, and escape with ease. It does increase the damage Slardar takes by 15%, so it must be used with extreme caution. Guardian Sprint can be used to get right next to enemies so Slardar can use Slithereen Crush, which delivers an area of effect (AoE) stun to nearby enemies followed by a minor slow afterwards, all on a very low cooldown. This allows Slardar to take on multiple opponents simultaneously and deliver a potent initiation. Bash of the Deep serves as a strong steroid, locking enemies in place while Slardar whacks at them with impunity. Finally, his ultimate Corrosive Haze is a great armor reduction modifier and allows him to reveal an enemy for its duration (25 seconds), making Slardar very potent against tanks and invisible heroes alike; it will also increase the damage dealt by his Crush and Bash, since they are physical. Although a strength hero, he has a high physical damage output, an agility gain and armor value, which rivals that of most agility heroes, allowing him to carry quite well if the situation calls for it. Chasing enemies relentlessly and pummeling them into the ground, Slardar is a fearsome opponent to be next to.

Talents

 * Upgrading health and mana increases maximum health and mana capacity and keeps the current health and mana percentage.
 * The health regen is added as a bonus and does not benefit illusions.
 * The armor and attack damage are added as bonus armor and bonus attack damage, and therefore do not benefit illusions.

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Trivia

 * In DotA, Corrosive Haze was auto-castable.
 * With the 7.00 gameplay update, three of Slardar's abilities have been renamed: Sprint to, Bash to , and Amplify Damage to.
 * Slardar's voice lines Slar death 12.mp3 "That is not dead that can eternal lie." and Slar respawn 02.mp3 "And with strange aeons even death may die." are direct quotes from H. P. Lovecraft's short story The Nameless City.
 * Another Lovecraft story, The Shadow over Innsmouth is also referred several times in Slardar's backstory and voice files with mentions to "The Old Ones" and "The Deep Ones".