Elder Titan

The Elder Titan is a melee strength hero who plays the role of initiator and durable, he is a progenitor of this world capable of knocking entire teams unconscious with his mighty Echo Stomp as he and his Ancestral Spirit stomp the ground, he can also cast this spirit into enemy ranks to damage anything it touches and provide movement speed and attack damage for every unit it has hurt upon it's return. His mere proximity to his enemies restores the Natural Order of their elements and reduces their defenses against both magic and physical attacks. His ultimate Earth Splitter sends forth a jagged crack in the targeted direction, after three seconds this crack will implode, pulling all enemies caught within it's reach together and dealing composite damage to them based on the maximum life of the units caught and can easily shift the fight in the Elder Titan's favor.

Tips

 * Ancestral Spirit spawns at a target location up to a distance of 1200 away from Elder Titan. Elder Titan can use this to initiate by casting Ancestral Spirit in the middle of an enemy team followed immediately by Echo Stomp; if the enemy team was unaware of Elder Titan's location beforehand they usually won't have time to react before Echo Stomp's cast time is finished. If Echo Stomp's level is high enough the enemies should be stunned for the entire 3 seconds it takes for Earth Splitter to form and activate, assuming they don't take any damage that breaks the stun.
 * Ancestral Spirit is an effective harassing and pushing tool throughout the early game that can be used without putting Elder Titan in danger.
 * Although unmentioned, a Refresher Orb is a fairly good choice for the Elder Titan; two casts of Earthsplitter will both severely damage the enemy and slow them for an extended duration, if both hit.

Trivia

 * Elder Titan was known as Tauren Chieftain in DotA. The name change was likely done to avoid copyright issues with Blizzard, since the Tauren is an existing race in the Warcraft universe.
 * Elder Titan is voiced by Jim French, a prominent voice actor and radio personality; he is best known for voice-acting Bill in the Left 4 Dead series and Father Grigori in Half Life 2, two titles also made by Valve. This is the first voice work he has done for Dota 2.