When to use it
Prioritises the popular items that keep you alive — Black King Bar and Echo Sabre. Choose it against heavy disables or burst, or when you are the enemy's focus. Built from what Slardar players buy in the public matches we measured.
Where it's played
Picked before the game: the main lane first, then the alternatives.

221%
177%- OfflaneMain77% of matchesOff lane as the space-making core (pos. 3).
- MidPriority 221% of matchesMid lane, one against one (pos. 2).
Starting items
Iron BranchGauntlets of StrengthTangoCircletFaerie FireQuelling Blade
Core items
- 1Black King Bar+10 Strength, +24 Damage. Active: Avatar.
- 2Echo Sabre+20 Damage, +15 Strength, +1.75 Mana Regeneration.
- 3Eul's Scepter of Divinity+10 Intelligence, +2.5 Mana Regeneration, +20 Movement Speed. Active: Cyclone.
- 4Drum of Endurance+8 Strength. Active: Endurance.
Boots
Power Treads
Late game
Nullifier+75 Damage, +10 Armor, 10% Movement slow. Active: Nullify.Aghanim's Scepter+10 All Attributes, +175 Health, +175 Mana.Heart of Tarrasque+40 Strength, +1% Max Health Regen.
Skill order
Max order:Slithereen Cr…›Bash of the D…›Guardian Spri…
Talents by level
- Corrosive Haze Undispellable-3s Slithereen Crush Cooldown25
- +125 Slithereen Crush Damage+16% Seaborn Sentinel Bonus Attack Damage20
- +250 Health-3 Corrosive Haze Armor15
- +30 Bash of the Deep Damage+2s Guardian Sprint Duration10




























