Earthshaker

Earthshaker is a disabler melee Hero commonly played as a ganker or initiator. Early game, Earthshaker's main ability 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 utility 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.

Due to Earthshaker's easy to hit area of effect abilities despite tricky placement and timing, it is suggested to new players who want to transition to more difficult heroes. He is recommended for new to intermediate players.

Tips

 * 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.
 * Force Staff is very useful if you do not want to save up 2150 gold for Blink Dagger at once, as you can buy it in parts, making you lose less gold on deaths. It also has a lower cooldown and can make you a lifesaver by fissuring and then force staffing someone over during a chase.