Dota 2 - Axe Build Guide

BIO
As a grunt in the Army of Red Mist, Mogul Khan set his sights on the rank of Red Mist General. In battle after battle he proved his worth through gory deed. His rise through the ranks was helped by the fact that he never hesitated to decapitate a superior. Through the seven year Campaign of the Thousand Tarns, he distinguished himself in glorious carnage, his star of fame shining ever brighter, while the number of comrades in arms steadily dwindled. On the night of ultimate victory, Axe declared himself the new Red Mist General, and took on the ultimate title of 'Axe.' But his troops now numbered zero. Of course, many had died in battle, but a significant number had also fallen to Axe's blade. Needless to say, most soldiers now shun his leadership. But this matters not a whit to Axe, who knows that a one-man army is by far the best.

INTRODUCTION
Axe is a strong melee hero that needs to fight near enemy's crowds. In the crowds, he become a monster, no   one can stop him because he will deal tons of damage from the Counter Helix. He is also a powerful nuker, he have Battle Hunger that deal massive damage per second and is very deadly in the early game, and he also have the powerful nuke to instant-kill the enemy that is on a low HP.

PROS	CONS
A nice melee counter	Need to be near the enemy to reach his maximum potential
A good initiator	His Battle Hunger can be cancelled by last hitting a creep
A good nuker	Culling Blade needs the enemy to be on a low HP to deal maximum impact
A good creep blocker

ROLE

Melee - Durable - Initiator - Disabler - Jungler

STATS

LEVEL	1	15	25
HIT POINTS	625	1,290	2,145	SIGHT RANGE	1800 / 800
MANA	234	525	993	ATTACK RANGE	128
DAMAGE	49-53	84-88	129-133	MISSILE SPEED	N/A
ARMOR	2	6	12

ABILITIES
1. Berserker's Call

Axe taunts nearby enemy units, forcing them to attack him, while he gains bonus armor during the duration.

MANA COST: 80/90/100/110	COOLDOWN: 10
ABILITY: NO TARGET	DAMAGE: 0 / 0 / 0 / 0
RADIUS: 275	BONUS ARMOR: 40
DURATION: 1.5 / 2 / 2.5 / 3

Mogul Khan's warcry taunts opponents into engaging in an unconquerable battle with the Axe.
Axe makes all nearby enemy attacks him while he gets extra armor. This increase the chance to do Counter Helix so you can cut all nearby opponents. This will also automatically helps your team to attack the enemy that attacks you.

2. Battle Hunger

Enrages an enemy unit, causing it to be slowed and take damage over time until it kills another unit or the duration ends. Axe gains movement speed for each unit affected with Battle Hunger.

MANA COST: 75/85/95/105	COOLDOWN: 20/15/10/5
ABILITY: UNIT TARGET	AFFECTS: ENEMY UNITS
DAMAGE: MAGICAL	DAMAGE: 15 / 21 / 27 / 33
DURATION: 10 / 13 / 16 / 19	MOVEMENT SLOW: 8%
SPEED BONUS: 8%

Ordinary heroes cannot withstand Mogul Khan's rage for battle, such that it injures them until it is satisfied.
This is your main nuking skill. With this skill, your target will be in trouble if he cannot find a creep to get a last hit and cancel this skill. The damage is so great and will come in handy anytime you need it. Be smart and use it if you think your enemy can't find a creep in the next 19 seconds. So good, usually gives the Axe many kills on the early-mid game.

3. Counter Helix

When attacked, Axe performs a helix counter attack, dealing damage to all nearby enemies.

COOLDOWN: 0.65/0.60/0.55/0.50	ABILITY: PASSIVE
DAMAGE: PHYSICAL	DAMAGE: 100 / 135 / 170 / 205
RADIUS: 275	CHANCE TO HELIX: 17%

Axe is the only reinforcement this army needs.
A good skill to make you become a brutal hero. Position yourself in the crowds and start spinning and killing. Very good to block the enemy creeps, and also very good to initiate a teamfight.

4. Culling Blade

Axe spots weakness and strikes, dealing moderate damage but instantly killing an enemy unit with low health. When an enemy unit is killed in this way, Axe and nearby allied units gain bonus movement speed. Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter.

MANA COST: 120/160/200	COOLDOWN: 75/65/55
ABILITY: UNIT TARGET	AFFECTS: ENEMY UNITS
DAMAGE: MAGICAL	KILL THRESHOLD: 300 / 450 / 625
DAMAGE: 150 / 250 / 300	SPEED BONUS: 25%
SPEED DURATION: 6	SPEED RADIUS: 600
SCEPTER COOLDOWN: 6 / 6 / 6

Mogul Khan is the embodiment of battle and fury, launching into a gruesome fatality against those who dare engage the Axe in combat.
This skill is your finishing skill. In a certain HP treshold, you will get an instant kill over an enemy. So if you see a low HP-ed enemy walking around, just click this skill on him. And if you cannot met the minimum HP treshold it will still deal some amount of damage.
After you successfully kill a hero, all nearby allies will receive a boost in the movement speed.

SKILLBUILD

Level 1: Counter Helix
Level 2: Berserker's Call
Level 3: Battle Hunger
Level 4: Battle Hunger
Level 5: Battle Hunger
Level 6: Culling Blade
Level 7: Battle Hunger
Level 8: Counter Helix
Level 9 : Berserker's Call
Level 10: Counter Helix
Level 11: Culling Blade
Level 12: Berserker's Call
Level 13: Counter Helix
Level 14: Berserker's Call
Level 15: Stats
Level 16:Culling Blade
Level 17-25: Stats

Why take Counter Helix for level 1? You can use this to block the enemy creeps.

Why maxed Battle Hunger first?  This is your main nuke, you will need this for ganking, farming, and killing on early-mid game.

STRATEGY
Early Game
Axe is a 100% manly hero. Since the beginning, you can block enemy creeps and get some easy Exp. If you want do this, make sure that your friend back you up. And keep harass your enemy using your 2nd skill battle Hunger, it will always drain their HP. Always be brave on every situation. Keep forward and keep smashing opponenents with your axe.

Mid Game
Start roaming around is the best option here. You can find enemies in other lanes and kill them all. First thing to do is casting the Battle Hunger on your target. Then come to him and after you reach him, use the Berserker's Call to him and start spinning around. Keep chasing and cast Battle Hunger again if he don't die yet. And if your enemy Hp is below 30% you can use your ultimate to finish him.

Axe is an initiator. You must come first in every teamfight. Don't hesitate and keep smashing enemies as hard as you can. And then after you successfully initiate a teamfight, just wait your friends to come up and finish the enemy.

Late Game
Your late game part is still the same. That is to lead your partner in a teamfight. Come first on the teamfight, and bound all enemies together so all your friends can easily attack them. Use Blink Dagger for better initiation. And also you can also use Blade Mail to strengthen your immune system.

Late game is the time for a big teamfight. Use all your skill and kill all the opponents.

ITEMS
1. Arcane Boots
Total cost: 1450
Recipe: Boots of Speed + Energy Booster

Active: Replenish Mana - Restores mana in an area around the hero. Flat movement speed bonuses from multiple pairs of boots do not stack. + 60 Movement Speed   + 250 Mana MANA RESTORED: 135 Mana Needed: 25    Cooldown: 55

Why Arcane Boots? With Arcana Boots, you can fill your mana for your skills. And also you can helps team to fulfill their mana.

2. Dagger
Cost: 2150

Active: Blink - Teleport to a target point up to 1200 units away. If damage is taken from an enemy hero, Blink Dagger cannot be used for 3 seconds. Manacost: 75   Cooldown: 14

Blink Dagger is a perfect item for Axe for initiating purpose.

3. Aghanim Scepter,

Passive: Ultimate Upgrade - Upgrades the ultimates of certain heroes. + 10 All Attributes   + 200 Health   + 150 Mana

Why Aghanim's Scepter? Decrease the cooldown on your ultimate. Makes you become a decent harasser for your enemy team.

4. Blade Mail
Total cost: 2200
Recipe: Broadsword + Chainmail + Robe of Magi

Active: Damage Return - Returns any damage you take to the unit that dealt the damage. Lasts 4.5 seconds.  + 22 Damage   + 5 Armor   + 10 Intelligence Manacost: 25   Cooldown; 22

Why Blade Mail? After you initiate a teamfight, your opponent is likely to target you because they will hate you. So you can reflect their damege using this item.

5. Black King Bar
Total cost:: 3900
Recipe: Ogre Axe, Mithril Hammer, Recipe

Active: Avatar - Grants magic immunity. Duration and cooldown decrease with each use. Some Ultimate abilities are able to disable through Black King Bar. + 10 Strength + 24 Damage     DURATION: 10/9/8/7/6/5     Cooldown: 80

Why Black King Bar?  It  gives you survivability in a teamfight because you will get magic immunity during teamfight.

6. Shiva's Guard  

Total cost: 4700

Recipe: Plate Mail + Mystic Staff + Recipe                                                  

Active: Arctic Blast - Emits a freezing wave that does 200 damage to enemies and slows their movement by -40% for 4.0 seconds. Passive: Freezing Aura - Reduces attack speed on enemies. Multiple instances of Freezing Aura do not stack. + 30 Intelligence   + 15 Armor    AURA SLOW: 25% Manacost: 100   Cooldown:   30

Why Shiva's? Shiva's Guard, Very good in teamfights, gives:Active: Arctic Blast - Emits a freezing wave that does 200 damage to enemies and slows their movement by -40% for 4.0 seconds.

Passive: Freezing Aura - Reduces attack speed on enemies. Very reliable for an initiator like Sandking.

7. Heart of Tarrasque
Total cost: 5500
Recipe: Reaver + Vitality Booster

Passive: Health Regeneration - Restores a percentage of max health per second. This ability is disabled if damage is taken from an enemy Hero or Roshan within the last 4 seconds if your hero is melee or 6 seconds if your hero is ranged. + 40 Strength   + 300 Health     HEALTH RESTORED: 2%    Cooldown: 6

Why Heart of Tarrasque? Makes you tanky. So good item for Axe.

GOOD ALLIES

1. Carries
(Example: Magine, Void, Luna)

Carries should come after you initiate a teamfight, and they should the right click and use all their skills to the enemies.

2. AoE Combo
(Example: DarkSeer, Magnus, Disruptor)

 You have Berserker's Call + Counter Helix, and combo-ed with their AoE skill, and your team will get a big combo-wombo in your teamfights.

Dota 2 - Spectre Build Guide

BIO
Just as higher states of energy seek a lower level, the Spectre known as Mercurial is a being of intense and violent energy who finds herself irresistibly drawn to scenes of strife as they unfold in the physical world. While her normal spectral state transcends sensory limitations, each time she takes on a physical manifestation, she is stricken by a loss of self--though not of purpose. In the clash of combat, her identity shatters and reconfigures, and she begins to regain awareness. She grasps that she is Mercurial the Spectre--and that all of her Haunts are but shadows of the one true Spectre. Focus comes in the struggle for survival; her true mind reasserts itself; until in the final moments of victory or defeat, she transcends matter and is restored once more to her eternal form.

INTRODUCTION
Spectre is an Agility Carry hero that will shine on late game. And on early-mid game, her job is to 24/7 farms. If you can't succeed farm, then you will be useless. So farm well cand carry your team into victory.
He is a hero that can teleport straight into enemy hero from anywhere on the map. And she also will deal damage to a lone hero and her damage is very painful on a lone hero.
She also deal damage to opponents using his health, which is the tankier she become, the more damage dealth on  a teamfight.

PROS	CONS
Can go through trees and hills using one of her skill	Needs lots of farms
Have a global detector and teleport	Low mana pool
Enemy feels pain on damaging her
Strong on late game

ROLE

Melee - Carry - Durable

STATS

LEVEL	1	15	25
HIT POINTS	511	1,043	1,803	SIGHT RANGE	1800 / 800
MANA	208	554	1,061	ATTACK RANGE	128
DAMAGE	46-50	77-81	119-123	MISSILE SPEED	N/A
ARMOR	3	8	13

ABILITIES
1. Spectral Dagger

Spectre flings a dagger to draw a Shadow Path, dealing damage and slowing the movement speed of any enemies along the trail. Units hit by the dagger also trail a Shadow Path. While treading the path, Spectre phases through otherwise impassable terrain.

MANA COST: 130/140/150/160	COOLDOWN: 16
ABILITY: UNIT TARGET, POINT TARGET	AFFECTS: ENEMY HEROES
DAMAGE: MAGICAL	DAMAGE: 50 / 100 / 150 / 200
MOVEMENT SPEED CHANGE: 5% / 9% / 14% / 18%	DURATION: 7 / 7 / 7 / 7

Mercurial's dagger eclipses the physical plane in shadow, a state in which mortals cower, but spectres thrive. 
This is your one and only: nuke. Send a path of shadow that deals some damage and slowing down the enemies. You can move without collision in the shadow path, you also can move through trees and high land.

2. Desolate

Deals bonus pure damage when Spectre attacks an enemy hero with no nearby allied units.

ABILITY: PASSIVE	DAMAGE: PURE
BONUS DAMAGE: 20 / 35 / 50 / 65	RADIUS: 325 / 325 / 325 / 325

Often times, warriors find themselves alone with a vision of Mercurial - the fated question is if it is the true Spectre.
Attack with more damage to a lonely hero. So if you find a lonely hero in the jungle, don't afraid and fight one vs one. You will deal + 20 / 35 / 50 / 65 damage per attack based on this skill's level.
Combined with your ultimate, you can find a lonely hero with your ultimate which send a clone into every enemy hero, and then jump into that lonely hero and can harass him with extra damage.

3. Dispersion

Damage done to Spectre is reflected on her enemies, leaving her unharmed. The effect lessens with distance.

ABILITY: PASSIVE	DAMAGE: PURE
MIN RADIUS: 300 / 300 / 300 / 300	MAX RADIUS: 1000 / 1000 / 1000 / 1000
DAMAGE REFLECTED: 10% / 14% / 18% / 22%

A daunting task lies before enemies of Mercurial - killing a shadow with blade and magic.
If your HP is being reduced, the HP loss percentage will damaging nearby enemies. It will become A very good skill the more HP you have because the damage received by your enemy will increase and become painful.
With the formula of this skill, you will deal more damage the more HP you have, so buying lots of Tarrasque will deal a massive AoE damage to nearby enemies. At least, if you have like 4000 HP and the enemy successfully kills you, they all will receive 4000x22%=880 damage

4. Haunt

Creates a spectral nemesis to attack each enemy hero after a short delay. Haunts are uncontrollable, take extra damage, and deal less damage than Spectre herself. At any moment during the duration, Spectre can use Reality to take the place of a given illusion.

MANA COST: 150/150/150	COOLDOWN: 120
ABILITY: NO TARGET	DURATION: 5 / 6 / 7
INCOMING DAMAGE: 100% / 100% / 100%	OUTGOING DAMAGE: 40% / 40% / 40%

At the height of combat, Mercurial's physical manifestation shatters, and the shadowy pieces haunt those who still cling to life.
Creates illusion of you that attack every enemy hero on the map. You can quickly jump into that illusion and your real self become the attacker of the enemy hero. If your real self has jumped, the other illusion will gone.

5. Reality

Spectre physically possesses a chosen Haunt, giving it solid reality while the other images blink out of existence.

COOLDOWN: 10

ABILITY: POINT TARGET

The scattered shadows unite into the one true Spectre.
Jump into one of your illusions. And you can attack the enemy there. If you choose the lonely hero you can have additional damage from your 2nd skill Desolate.

SKILLBUILD

Level 1: Spectral Dagger
Level 2: Dispersion
Level 3: Spectral Dagger
Level 4: Desolate
Level 5: Spectral Dagger
Level 6: Haunt
Level 7: Spectral Dagger
Level 8: Desolate
Level 9 : Desolate
Level 10: Desolate
Level 11: Haunt
Level 12: Dispersion
Level 13: Dispersion
Level 14: Dispersion
Level 15: Stats
Level 16: Haunt
Level 17-25: Stats

Why take Spectral Dagger for level 1? You need Spectral Dagger to escape if enemy wants to get firstblood by killing you so you can use Spectral Dagger into trees or hill and escape there.

Why maxed Spectral Dagger first?  This is your only nuke, you will need this for ganking, farming, killing, and also escaping for early mid game.

Why maxed Desolate before Dispersion? Desolate is needed for mid game ganking which needs enemy to be alone to deal the additional damage, and if you increase this too late, the enemy is rarely to be alone because on late game, a team should be almost always together. So on about 15-30 minute into the game, is about the right time to increase this skill.
And Dispersion will deal more damage the more HP you have, and the late game is the time your HP reaches it's maximum.

STRATEGY
Early Game
On this stage of the game, your only job is to farm as much as you can. If you can kill all the creeps that come to your lane, you will have enough money to buy any items you need to carry the team into victory. On the early game, be careful of enemy's nuke and harassment. You are a melee hero, waht you need to do is to maintain your range not in the range of enemy's attack and only come near the creeps if there is a low HP creep.
If your team wants to gank enemy in your lane, what you need to do is to use Spectral Dagger to slow down and damaging the enemy and helps with your normal attack.

Mid Game
In the mid game, usually enemy wants to gank you and try to kill you so you can't get the farm you need to become strong on late game. What you need to do is to keep aware of enemy's icon on the map and if one enemy is missing you should protect yourself by hiding in your tower, tower keeps us save.
You can also jungling if the creeps equilibrium is not near your tower.
If there is a teamfight happening far away from your place, you can help using Haunt and if necessary, you can jump there using Reality and attack the enemy.

Late Game
Late game is your time to shine. here you should have the core items you need to carry the game. What you need to do in every teamfight is to Haunt and deal damage to every enemy, and then go inside the center of the teamfight and attack enemy hero one by one. Focus is the key o success. So keep clicking the right enemy and not the creeps, and you will be owning.
Here on the late game, you should already have thousands of HP, by keep stayingon the teamfight and receiving some damage, you will automatically reflect the damages to all enemies nearby (because of Dispersion), the damage is considering high so if enemy is successful in killing you, they at least should feel some painful damage of themselves.

ITEMS BUILD
1. Starting Items

Quelling Blade: for easier last hitting Stout Shield: to block some damage and makes you tankier on earliest stage of the game. Tango: to refill your health

2. Phase Boots
Total Cost: 1350
Recipe: Boots of Speed + 2 x Blades of Attack

Active: Phase - Gives increased movement speed and lets you move through units. Phase is cancelled upon using another item or ability. Flat movement speed bonuses from multiple pairs of boots do not stack. PHASE DURATION: 4 PHASE MOVE BOOST: 16%    + 55 Movement Speed    + 24 Damage Cooldown: 8

Why Phase boots? Gives you attck damage, and gives phase skill(+ms and can walk through creep/heroes).

3. Vanguard
Total cost: 2225
Recipe: Ring of Health + Vitality Booster + Stout Shield

Passive: Damage Block - Gives a chance to block damage, depending on the type of hero you are. + 250 Health    + 6 HP Regeneration    BLOCK CHANCE: 70% RANGED BLOCK: 20    MELEE BLOCK: 40

Why Vanguard. Will reduce physical attacks damage. So good for a tanker like Skeleton King. Really helps in a teamfight against some physical attacks.

4.  Radiance
Total cost: 5150
Recipe: Sacred Relic + Recipe

Active: Toggles Burn Damage on or off. Passive: Burn Damage - Deals damage per second in a 650 radius. + 60 Damage BURN DAMAGE: 45

Why Radiance? Helps yo to deal some constant damage in teamfights. Also helps in farming creeps. Also can farms while bear are far away from it's master.

5. Diffusal Blade
Total cost: 3300
Recipe: 2 x Blade of Alacrity + Robe of Magi + Recipe.

Active: Purge - Purges a target unit, removing buffs, slowing, and dealing damage if it is a summoned unit. Passive: Feedback - Your attacks burn 20/36 mana and deal the same amount in damage. Upgradable. Diffusal Blade is a Unique Attack Modifier, and does not stack with other Unique Attack Modifiers. + 22/26 Agility     + 6/10 Intelligence      Cooldown; 12

Remember that your illusions can deal pure damage and manaburn too. You will get tons of damages by using this because that.

6. Heart of Tarrasque
Total cost: 5500
Recipe: Reaver + Vitality Booster

Passive: Health Regeneration - Restores a percentage of max health per second. This ability is disabled if damage is taken from an enemy Hero or Roshan within the last 4 seconds if your hero is melee or 6 seconds if your hero is ranged. + 40 Strength   + 300 Health     HEALTH RESTORED: 2%    Cooldown: 6

Why Heart of Tarrasque? Makes you tanky. And also this item will increase damage from Dispersion that will deal tons of damage in a teamfight.

7. Manta Style
Total cost: 5050
Recipe: Yasha, Ultimate Orb, Recipe

Active: Mirror Image - Creates 2 illusions of your hero that last 20 seconds. Melee illusions deal 33% damage and take 250% bonus damage. Ranged illusions deal 28% damage and take 300% bonus damage. Percentage based movement speed bonuses from multiple items do not stack. + 10 Strength + 26 Agility    + 10 Intelligence    + 15 Attack Speed    + 10% Movement Speed Manacost:165    Cooldown:50

Why Manta Style? Creates 2 illusion of yourself to attack the enemy. Because your damage is high, this item will reach its maximum potential beecause your illusion will also deal some high damage. This items also provide a defense mechanism for you because your opponent will be confused and don't know whose to attack, they should guess where is the real you. So while they are confused, kill them.

8. The Butterfly
Total cost:: 6000
Recipe: Talisman of Evasion, Eaglesong, Quarterstaff

+ 30 Agility            + 30 Damage + 35% Evasion      + 30 Attack Speed

Why Butterfly?
It gives you more damage and more attack speed that makes you become much more powerful. It also gives evasion to helps you survive in teamfight.

Alternative

a. Refresher Orb

Total cost: 5300
Recipe: Obilivion Staff + Preserverance + Recipe

Active: Reset Cooldowns - Resets the cooldowns of all your items and abilities. + 5 HP Regeneration + 200% Mana Regeneration    + 40 Damage    + 6 Intelligence Manacost: 375     Cooldown: 160

Why Refresher Orb? It will gives you ability to cast Haunt 2 times that can demolish all of the enemies.

b. Blade Mail
Total cost: 2200
Recipe: Broadsword + Chainmail + Robe of Magi

Active: Damage Return - Returns any damage you take to the unit that dealt the damage. Lasts 4.5 seconds.  + 22 Damage   + 5 Armor   + 10 Intelligence Manacost: 25   Cooldown; 22

Why Blade Mail? After you initiate a teamfight, your opponent is likely to target you because they will hate you. So you can reflect their damege using this item

GOOD ALLIES

1. Supportive Heroes
(Example: Shadow Shaman, Crystal Maiden, Vengeful Spirit)

Supportive heroes have disables and nice skill to helps carries and makes a teamfight easier for the team.

Shadow shaman: Have hex, shackles, and wards to helps you disables enemy

Crystal Maiden: Have 1 lockdown, 1 slower, and have +mana regeneration

Vengeful Spirit: Have stun, swap, and +damage aura

2. Initiator Hero

(Example: Tidehunter, Earthshaker, Treant)

They have initiating skill that will make your way into the teamfight. After they use their skill, you can jump into the enemy and kill them all!

ANNOYING ENEMY

1. Early Game Harasser - Mid Game Ganker

(Example: Venomancer, Shadow Shaman, Balanar)

 If they suceeded in obstruct your farm, you will have a hard time on mid-late game because your item will be suck.

ART
These are some spectre art I found on google.