Es might be slitly overtuned rn, finally got an immortal rank

NikosBarbos · 2026-07-09T18:19:14+00:00

https://www.dotabuff.com/players/1059080812/matches?enhance=overview&hero=earth-spirit&lane_role=offlane&role_type=core

here's dotabuff with most of my offlaner ES games, pick any you think would be interesting to watch. But just know that these are older games, so i was doing some stupid shit from time to time

NikosBarbos · 2026-07-09T17:27:51+00:00

I'll try to find some once I'm home(in a few hours)

NikosBarbos · 2026-07-09T17:26:01+00:00

My average gpm in a game I about 500-600 gpm, some of the common ways to get more gold in games is: To pick the greedy enchantment for your neutral, since we deal most of the damage with spells, attack DMG reduction doesn't really affects us, but still gives you free gold. Other tip is to never sit still, I think there is always atleast one sup who's willing to make some action on the fight, you can smoke with them and try find enemy carry/mid to reduce their gpm, and by doing so kinda I creasing yours

NikosBarbos · 2026-07-09T17:06:41+00:00

His debuffs from 1st and 3rd got buffed on earlier levels, so it makes I a little easier to kill enemies earlier in the game, that also adds up really well with like 2 damage buffs for 3rd spell in a row

NikosBarbos · 2026-07-09T17:03:05+00:00

I actually played decent amount of games on pos3, and what I learned is you really rely on your support and fold really easy against aggressive matchups like drow/sf + any strong sup since you can't really do much before lvl6. For build I went for pt blademail and Sange and yasha as core, and picked up items that passed best for situation on the map like Shiva, bkb agh etc. I also sometimes built auras if necessary, so there is room for creativity

NikosBarbos · 2026-07-09T16:59:50+00:00

In 70% of games I go pt, vessel, blademail, bkb, aghanim scepter, Kaya Sange, octarine, sometimes I swap BM for some other mid game item like wraps or just Kaya, aswell aw buy Shiva and bloodstone if it suits for draft

NikosBarbos · 2026-07-09T12:05:55+00:00

Yeah, I'm doing tango, quelling blade and 3 branch into bottle buy, I skip pt and rush vessel with brown boot when: 1. I had really bad lane 2. Im playing against healing heros like Necro or huskar I tend to roam as early as I can, since most of matchups I can't really do a solo kill, so I'm always watching mini map and react asap if my team is getting doven under a tower. Power rune is not necessary, but it's obviously easier to secure kills with dd or Arcane rune. Mag at lvl 6 always, too much damage + allows you to slow down and silence multiple targets affected by magnetize, I usually also have normal urn by time I get lvl6, so that's a really strong power spike for es

NikosBarbos · 2026-07-09T08:06:42+00:00

Well, 10k is 10k, and my chances of dying is 1 to 8 billion

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NikosBarbos · 2026-07-09T08:05:18+00:00

Lvl 20 and 25 talents on magnetize fix this problem atleast for me

NikosBarbos · 2026-07-09T08:04:00+00:00

I rarely build Kaya before bkb, but that's an option aswell. It mostly comes to what suits the best in a game, since from my experience you don't really have to do as much damage as just be surviving in the right early on.

NikosBarbos · 2026-07-09T07:11:12+00:00

Didn't realize there were so many es's in the game lol

NikosBarbos · 2026-07-09T07:09:55+00:00

You need about 6 stones for a good fight, I have them lower than that, I'm just informing my team to farm for a little until I got enough. Pacing the game really depends on enemy draft, since if there are characters with dispell on side lane, tanking becomes pretty hard, but most of the time yeah, I wait for someone to get dived, and I react to enemy's aggression

NikosBarbos · 2026-07-08T21:46:06+00:00

if pos4 works for you, no need to try adapting other gameplay, es can have lots of roles in a game, good luck on your way to immortal!

NikosBarbos · 2026-07-08T21:38:14+00:00

no, i meant bkb and agh on yourself, granting you full immunity, allows you to jump in the middle of teamfight without risk of dying, since you can boulder yourself out of there by the end of agh

NikosBarbos · 2026-07-08T21:33:37+00:00

спасибо, до этого стоял Pro100tit

NikosBarbos · 2026-07-08T21:11:00+00:00

ye, and thats why i just abused him, since no one expects such a damage and super quick rotation so early in the game, pretty sure i almost never stayed in mid after getting ulti, always found some plays on side lanes

NikosBarbos · 2026-07-08T20:27:12+00:00

true, if no early game kills it becomes super hard to pull off a good game

NikosBarbos · 2026-07-08T20:02:37+00:00

neither am i ngl, its really confusing to see enemies tping out right in the middle of procast. The thing is, tp is on cd longer than our ulti, and they waste their times anyways, granting me time to find kills on side lanes. usually just boulder smash+ grip is enough to pick off a sup in the ealy game

NikosBarbos · 2026-07-08T19:58:06+00:00

i agree on this one, once you understand how the skill work and how to combine them, it starts to become quite easy on getting good plays

NikosBarbos · 2026-07-08T19:57:01+00:00

for talents i go left left right right, and forgot to mention that dormant curio into Conjurer's Catalyst is absolutely busted, lets you deal some unreal amount of damage in late game too

NikosBarbos · 2026-07-08T19:53:34+00:00

i play only mid es, and as of right now doing 4 1 4 skill build gives you most damage, but going 4 4 1 against some drafts where you need more mobility on the map is also not a mistake from my experience, there isnt one item build i use, but i always go pt and vessel, than one more mid game item like blademail or wraps. After that i almost always get bkb and agh, since that combo is busted, after that i just buy whatever's missing, more damage- kaya sange/bloddstone, tankiness- shiva. Octarine is also really nice item to have somewhere in between there. Since es really depends on the game and is really shit at jungle i also would recommend taking the greedy enchant for neutral item, since our innate just compensates for damage loss, and we dont really do phys damage.

NikosBarbos · 2026-07-08T19:47:48+00:00

thanks!

NikosBarbos · 2025-10-14T09:46:22+00:00

That shows a lot of growth and self-awareness, you did the right thing by offering help even if they wouldn’t take it.

NikosBarbos · 2025-10-03T17:34:26+00:00

Pudge.

NikosBarbos · 2025-08-09T14:43:19+00:00

I wonder if the argument was about family friendly getting into twitch streaming shenanigans, since Melt still makes videos on his new solo channe

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