[Hero] The Big Slardar Thread

Slardar increases his movement speed dramatically, but takes 15% bonus damage.
Level Mana Cost Cooldown Casting Range Area Duration Effects
1 50 40 N/A N/A 20 seconds Increases speed by 20%
2 50 40 N/A N/A 20 seconds Increases speed by 27%
3 50 40 N/A N/A 20 seconds Increases speed by 33%
4 50 40 N/A N/A 20 seconds Increases speed by 40%

Notes:
Activating this skill does not cancel channeling spells, meaning you can use Boots of Travel and then use this skill without canceling the teleportation.
Does not stack with Mask of Madness.
Amplified damage is the same type of damage dealt.

This skill is very good as it will enable you to chase down heroes, initiate fights and get those extra melee hits in heroes or even to escape. Do keep in mind that you will take 15% bonus damage while this is active.

Slams the ground, stunning and damaging nearby enemy land units.
Level Mana Cost Cooldown Casting Range Area Duration Effects
1 80 8 N/A 350 1 50 damage, stun and slow
2 95 8 N/A 350 1.5 100 damage, stun and slow
3 110 8 N/A 350 2.0 150 damage, stun and slow
4 115 8 N/A 350 2.5 200 damage, stun and slow

Damage type: physical

This skill synergizes very well with your ultimate and is the key to starting fights and escaping from dangerous situations. It will slow enemies too by 20% by 2 seconds after the stun wears off.

Increases the chance that an attack will do bonus damage and stun an enemy.
Level Mana Cost Cooldown Casting Range Area Duration Effects
1 N/A N/A N/A N/A 1 second on heroes (2 seconds on creeps) 10% chance per attack , 40 bonus damage
2 N/A N/A N/A N/A 1 second on heroes (2 seconds on creeps) 15% chance per attack , 50 bonus damage
3 N/A N/A N/A N/A 1 second on heroes (2 seconds on creeps) 20% chance per attack , 60 bonus damage
4 N/A N/A N/A N/A 1 second on heroes (2 seconds on creeps) 25% chance per attack , 70 bonus damage

Great passive, basically does what it says, stuns the enemy upon attack.

Reduces enemy armor to amplify physical damage. Also reveals invisible enemies.
Level Mana Cost Cooldown Casting Range Area Duration Effects
1 25 10 700 N/A 25 seconds Reduces armor by 8
2 25 10 700l N/A 25 seconds Reduces armor by 12
3 25 10 700 N/A 25 seconds Reduces armor by 16

Works on magic immune units.
Provides True Sight on enemy unit.

Ah, the anti Riki spell. This spell will increase your damage done to enemies by a shiton and will reveal enemy heroes that are invisible. Heroes with very low armor already will tremble before you when you use this skill on them. Use this whenever you can, as the mana cost is very low and the cooldown is very low as well.

-Quelling Blade, Tangoes, Healing Salve, Branches, Gauntlets of Strength, Potion of Clarity

Make sure you have a Quelling blade as this will help your last hits early on. I personally like to have tangoes and a healing salve and with the rest of the money, I spend it on either branches, Gauntlets of Strength or a Potion of Clarity.

Power Theads: Power threads are always an excellent choice for Slardar. They will give you attack speed, more hp, more damage and good movement speed.

Phase Boots: Phase Boots will give you a nice damage boost in the beginning of the game and the ability to phase through units. The phasing ability is great to chase down enemy heroes or to escape. Just keep in mind you won't get any attack speed or HP increase from these.

Boots of Travel: Boots of travel are always good but I wouldn't get these at the beginning of the game. They are simply too expensive for Slardar. I would get these once gold starts jizzing out of your character (late game) and replace whatever you took.

Arcane Boots: I don't really reccomend these. Slardar doesn't really have that many problems with mana (his skills cost very low mana) so I would pick up Power Treads or Phase Boots instead. If you have this, you can spam slithereen crush but yeah...

Tranquil Boots: I haven't tried these yet on him so I can't really comment on these but I still prefer having threads on Slardar.

Alright, I don't really have a set of "core" items I usually get on Slardar, I usually just check what my team needs the most and what kind of team composition the enemy team has.

Try to aim to get 2 Bracers before the mid game. You should farm these fairly quickly (along with your boots) then decide to start another item.

Armlet of Mordiggian: Armlet is a great item on Slardar. It gives him everything that he could want (Attack speed, damage, more HP). Just remember that you will drain your HP as this is active but the HP drain does not increase while sprint is on.

Black King Bar Very good initiation item on Slardar. I usually tend to get this almost every game as it will enable me to run into a team and stun them to start the fight for my team. Get this if the enemy has a ton of pesky disablers

Desolator Desolator will give Slardar a HUGE damage boost. Not only does the -armor stack with your ultimate, this item also gives some good damage boost for him. You can potential 2 or 3 shot people with your ultimate and with this item.

Assault Cuirass Assault Cuirass is never a bad choice on Slardar. The increased attack speed will give you more chances to proc his bash and extra armor helps when you have sprint on.

Heart of the Tarrasque Expensive but will give Slardar a ton of HP and nice damage boost as well. I usually tend to get this after I have BKB and Desolator.

Satanic Satanic combined with Armlet will make Slardar an even scarier killing machine. Satanic will give you a nice lifesteal and very nice 175% lifesteal when you active it.

Vanguard Vangaurd will effectively nullify those pesky pop shots from ranged heroes early on. It will give you great HP regen and nice block damage.

Blink Dagger You can never go wrong with a Blink Dagger. This will make your initiation's much easier and you will be able to escape.

Hood of Defiance If you somehow don't want BKB and want some magic resist, you can always get this item.

Monkey King Bar: If you have annoying heroes like Mortred or heroes that got a Butterfly, then you can always get this item. You won't miss and MKB gives a ton of damage.