[Juggernaut] Poetry in Motion

[iKrivetko]

Unfortunately, I am quite lazy to maintain this guide. Sometime later I might consider updating it.

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Introduction

Yurnero was the hero I picked when I first played DotA. And guess what? I got about 5-6 kills and had a positive stat. That does mean something. Namely, it means that he's not that hard to use if you just do a little thinking. Ever since, I've been playing Jugger a lot, trying out different build-ups, learning advanced mechanics, calculating the effectiveness of this or that item, and at last I've come up here with a guide, which is, as it seems to me, the first really in-depth guide to playing Yurnero on this site.
Juggernaut is a carry/ganker hero, who stays powerful and useful throughout the game, if played correctly of course. This guide will give you some ideas on playing Yurnero, show you a door, metaphorically. It is up to you to open it. So read, analyse and have fun playing this awesome character.

• Prelude
• Alt-Tab Guide
• Description
• Skill and Item Builds
• Friends and Enemies
• Strategies
• Tactics and Techniques
• Replays
• FAQ
• Credits

Background Story

Tavern - Agility, Sentinel

Slicing through armor with the greatest of ease. Whirling, dancing like a dervish, swiping foes with a flick of the wrist. Poetry in motion, slashing enemy upon enemy in the blink of an eye. Yurnero seeks perfection. Seeks to become one with his blade. All to fulfill his destiny as the unstoppable Juggernaut.

Interesting Facts

A Juggernaut is a term used to describe a literal or metaphorical force regarded as unstoppable. The word is derived from the Sanskrit जगन्नाथ Jagannâtha, which means "Lord of the Universe".

Omnislash is a skill that came from Final Fantasy VII. It was Cloud Strife's limit break move.

6.63 was the first DotA version to have Yurnero in the loadscreen

Alt-Tab Guide

Gameplay

Always lane with a slower/disabler.
Gank when possible.
Take down lone heroes.
Refill your Bottle whenever possible.
Farm with your Blade Fury whenever possible.
Always have a TP.
Only max out Blade Fury when you can no longer kill a creep wave with it.

Skill Build





Item Build

Starting:
or

Core + [ Extension [ Situational ] ]
+ or or

Luxuries

Stats

Quick Summary:

Above average STR and it's gain for an Agi hero allows you to be rather safe early game. AGI and it's gain are above average too, which leads to a rapid DPS increase and a boost in survivability due to a fast increase in armour. Speaking of armour, its base value is rather high. INT and it's gain are quite miserable. BAT is standard, while MS is a bit above average.

Skills

Blade Fury

This is Yurnero's most versatile skill. It provides you with: a nuke, both for hero killing and harassment, an escape mechanism and a farming tool.

Hotkey is F

Causes a bladestorm of destructive force around Yurnero, rendering him immune to magic and dealing damage to nearby enemy units.

Deals 80/100/120/140 damage per second
Manacost is 110 at all levels
Cooldown is 30/28/26/24
AOE is 250 at all levels

Notes and tips:
- Damage type is magical
- This skill won't affect mechanical units.
- You can use items during Blade Fury.
- Ethereal units aren't affected by this skill.
- If a unit is not being affected by Blade Fury, Yurnero can perform normal attacks against this unit.
- Orbs will still have their effect if you click-attack the enemy during Blade Fury.
- Dispels runes, however you may activate a bottled rune during Blade Fury without losing the effect of the rune (DD is an exception).
- Dispels most buffs. For the list of buffs that are not dispelled, look below.

In-Depth Mechanics:

[A05G] Blade Fury

The base spell is Bladestorm which provides all functionality.

If the spell which went into effect was [A05G] then set BladeFuryActive to be Active for 5 seconds. This is used by triggers to confirm that Juggernaut is magic immune during Blade Fury.

List of non-dispellable buffs

Positive

Ion Shell
Aphotic Shield
Inner Vitality
Howl
Shadow Word
Alacrity
Shallow Grave
Weave
Battle Trance
Captain CoCo's Rum
Clarity Potion
Healing Salve
Ancient Tango of Essifation
Empty Bottle
Pipe's Magic Barrier
Dust of Appearance
Static Charge
Warcry
Chilling Touch

Negative

ALL Orb effects and Buff Placers
Spectral Dagger
Viscous Nasal Goo
Life Break
Gush
Meld
Weave
Venomous Gale*
Shadow Strike*
Viper Strike*
Chain Frost
Crystal Nova
Frost Nova
Ice Wall
Dual Breath*
Entangle (Spirit Bear)
Ensnare
Pit of Malice
Earthbind
Ignite*
Battle Hunger*
Maledict*
Rupture*
Fatal Bonds
Mana Leak**
Plague
Rot*
Earthshock
Time Walk
Slithereen Crush
Thunder Clap
Cold Feet*
Ice Blast*
Pounce

* - Doesn't damage
** - Doesn't drain mana

Healing Ward

This skill is usually used for lategame pushing. May be used as a saving mechanism.

Hotkey is G

Summons a Healing Ward that heals all nearby allied units' life.

Heals 1/2/3/4% of max hp per second
Manacost is 140 at all levels
Cooldown is 60 at all levels
AOE is 500 at all levels

Notes and tips:
- The Ward is mobile (movespeed 150).
- If a unit is affected by two Healing Wards only one will work.
- Won't heal mechanical units.
- May be destroyed.

In-Depth Mechanics:

[A047] Healing Ward

The base spell is Healing Ward which provides close to all functionality.

If the summoned unit was [o00C] then set the level of its [A058] ability to the same level as [A047]. The [o00C] unit is the healing ward, and the [A058] ability is the healing aura which the ward provides.

The [A058] ability has the following stats;

• Static Fields; AoE - 500
• Level 1; Heal per second - 1%
• Level 2; Heal per second - 2%
• Level 3; Heal per second - 3%
• Level 4; Heal per second - 4%

Blade Dance

Provides the second highest dps boost among other criticals, being inferior only to Mortred's lvl 3 Coup de Grace.

Hotkey is C

Yurnero's cunning blade gives him a chance to deal double damage on each attack.

Chance to proc is 10/18/26/36%

Notes and tips:
- Provides a total of 10/18/26/36% linear dps increase.

In-Depth Mechanics

[A00K] Blade Dance

The base spell is Critical Strike which provides all functionality.

Omnislash

Yurnero's signature move. Enormous burst damage, invulnerability and a really nice animation. Aghanim-ready since 6.60.

Hotkey is E

Yurnero moves around the battlefield, slashing many enemies. Yurnero becomes invulnerable while Omnislashing. The search area is 450.

Performs 3/5/8 (+2 with Aghanim's) jumps
Manacost is 200/275/350
Cooldown is 130/120/110 (-20 with Aghanim's)

Notes and tips:
- Damage type is physical
- Provides a mini-stun in the beginning of the spell. The ministun is blocked by Linken's Sphere.
- Each slash deals 150 - 250 damage, with an interval of 0.4 seconds.
- With enough attack speed, Yurnero can use his normal attack, with these attacks Yurnero can place buffs, trigger chance effects and benefit from splash.
- The slashes can't be avoided by evasion. The normal attacks, however, can.
- You can use items while using Omnislash.
- As you are becoming invulnerable, the focus of towers/creeps will be shifted towards something else. Good for low-hp tower-diving.
- May be interrupted by Tiny's Toss, Pudge's Hook. NOT interrupted by Void's chronosphere though.
- Always remember, that you can jump on any unit in range, be it a sent/scourge creep, or a neutral. Omnislash, however, is unusable on ancients, mechanical units and buildings.
- The time between slashes is 0.4, while your BAT is 1.7. Hence, you need a total of about 325% increase in AS to push the amount of normal attacks to the maximum.

Extra Attacks Per IAS Graph

In-Depth Mechanics

[A0M1] / [A1AX] Omnislash

The base spell is Storm Bolt which provides the mini-stun and the targeting function.

Variables

• Source //Juggernaut
• Target //The current target unit for a slash
• Level //The level of the Omnislash ability
• Slashes //The total amount of slashes to be performed
• SlashCheck //Used to stop Omnislash if all slashes have been performed
• Damage //The amount of damage dealt by each slash

Abilities

• [A0M1] //Omnislash
• [A1AX] //Omnislash (Aghanim's Scepter)
• [A05G] //Blade Fury

Functions

• Function 1
  If Condition 1 is satisfied then

  Call Function 2

• Function 2
  Store the triggering unit as Source
  Store the spell target unit as Target
  Store the level of the [A0M1] ability as Level
  Set Slashes to 3
  Set SlashCheck to 2
  
  If [Level=0] then //Quite an awkward way to check for Aghanim's Scepter in my opinion

  Set Level to the level of the [A1AX] ability
  
  If [Level=1] then

  Set Slashes to 5
  

  If [Level=2] then

  Set Slashes to 7
  

  If [Level=3] then

  Set Slashes to 10
  

  Else if [Level=2] then

  Set Slashes to 5
  

  Else if [Level=3] then

  Set Slashes to 8
  

  Remove the [A05G] ability from Source
  Set the pathing of Source to False
  Make Source invulnerable
  Create a 0 second timer and when it runs out

  Call Function 4

  Create a timer which runs at a 0.4 second interval

  Call Function 3 for each interval

• Function 3
  If [Slashes < SlashCheck] then

  Give Source the [A05G] ability
  Set the pathing of Source to True
  Make Source vulnerable
  Destroy this trigger
  

  Else

  Set SlashCheck to SlashCheck+1
  Pick a random unit which satisfies Condition 2 within a 450 AoE around Source and store this unit as Target
  Call Function 4
  
  If no unit could be picked then

  Give Source the [A05G] ability
  Set the pathing of Source to True
  Make Source vulnerable
  Destroy this trigger

• Function 4
  Get a random real between [150,250] and store this value as Damage
  Set the position of Source to be 50 units away from Target in a random angle //Done with the SetUnitPosition(unit,X,Y) native function
  Make Source face Target
  Make Source play its attack animation
  Make Source damage Target for Damage physical damage //ATTACK_TYPE_HERO,DAMAGE_TYPE_NORMAL
  Order Source to attack Target

Conditions

• Condition 1
  If the spell which went into effect was [A0M1] or [A1AX] ...

• Condition 2
  Is a visible living enemy non-dummy non-structure non-ancient (except Spirit Bear) unit ...

Notes

The fired Storm Bolt has a missile speed of 1000 and a the mini-stun duration is 0.01 seconds.

Quick Summary:

The Blade Fury - Omnislash combo at lvl 6 deals approximately 1k dmg, what makes Yurnero one of the most potent burst damagers. A lvl 3 Blade Fury Can kill a whole creepwave, which is a decent amount of farm. Healing Ward can save the day for your team, healing you in no time, even after really damaging aoe nukes.

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Background Story

Tavern - Agility, Sentinel

Slicing through armor with the greatest of ease. Whirling, dancing like a dervish, swiping foes with a flick of the wrist. Poetry in motion, slashing enemy upon enemy in the blink of an eye. Yurnero seeks perfection. Seeks to become one with his blade. All to fulfill his destiny as the unstoppable Juggernaut.

^ - T o p - o f - S u b s e c t i o n - ^

Interesting Facts

A Juggernaut is a term used to describe a literal or metaphorical force regarded as unstoppable. The word is derived from the Sanskrit जगन्नाथ Jagannâtha, which means "Lord of the Universe".

Omnislash is a skill that came from Final Fantasy VII. It was Cloud Strife's limit break move.

6.63 was the first DotA version to have Yurnero in the loadscreen

^ - T o p - o f - S u b s e c t i o n - ^

Mini Alt-Tab Guide

Gameplay
Always lane with a slower/disabler.
Gank when possible.
Take down lone heroes.
Refill your Bottle whenever possible.
Farm with your Blade Fury whenever possible.
Always have a TP.
Only max out Blade Fury when you can no longer kill a creep wave with it.

Skill Build




Starting:
or

Core + [ Extension [ Situational ] ]
+ or or

Luxuries

^ - T o p - o f - S u b s e c t i o n - ^

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I Introduction
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Yurnero was the hero I picked when I first played DotA. And guess what? I got about 5-6 kills and had a positive stat. That does mean something. Namely, it means that he's not that hard to use if you just do a little thinking. Ever since, I've been playing Jugger a lot, trying out different build-ups, learning advanced mechanics, calculating the effectiveness of this or that item, and at last I've come up here with a guide, which is, as it seems to me, the first really in-depth guide to playing Yurnero on this site.
Juggernaut is a carry/ganker hero, who stays powerful and useful throughout the game, if played correctly of course. This guide will give you some ideas on playing Yurnero, show you a door, metaphorically. It is up to you to open it. So read, analyse and have fun playing this awesome character.

II Hero Description
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Stats

Quick Summary:

Above average STR and it's gain for an Agi hero allows you to be rather safe early game. AGI and it's gain are above average too, which leads to a rapid AS increase and a boost in survivability due to a fast increase in armor. Speaking of armor, its base value is rather high. INT and it's gain are quite miserable. BAT is standard, while MS is a bit above average.

Skills

Quick Summary:

The Blade Fury - Omnislash combo at lvl 6 deals approximately 1k dmg, what makes Yurnero one of the most potent burst damagers. A lvl 3 Blade Fury Can kill a whole creepwave, which is a decent amount of farm. Healing Ward can save the day for your team, healing you in no time, even after really damaging aoe nukes.

III Skill and Item Builds
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Skill Build

Explanation:

It is obvious why you should get Blade Fury on lvl 1 - it's a nuke, an escape mechanism, etc. "Why should I get stats instead of Blade Dance?", you might ask. First of all, two points of stats allow you to execute your Blade Fury - Omnislash combo at lvl 6 without any extra items. Second - survivability. Yurnero is still a melee character and extra meat never hurts. "Why don't you max out Blade Fury at lvl 7?", is what people ask me a lot. After you get Omnislash, Blade Fury is no longer your main damage source, so these 100 magical damage will not be that significant, since they're not burst damage anyway. As the game drags on it will become your farming and escaping tool. You only have to max it out when you can no longer kill melee creeps with it. Blade Dance, on the other hand, boosts your dps, allowing easier jungle farming and hero killing. Healing ward, in its turn, is a kind of skill which is only useful when it's maxed out. As it depends on max hp it's not that useful unless you and your team get hp boosting items (Simple math: with 1k hp a maxed out ward will regenerate 40 hp per second which is as much as a Salve/Bottle will, but without wasting your skill points and without limiting your movement).

Item Build

IV Friends and Enemies
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Friends

Enemies

V Strategies
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Early Game

The golden rule when playing Juggernaut - NEVER solo lane. Always have someone to disable/slow/harass your opponents, so that you can easily finish them off with a Blade Fury

The preferred lane choice is bot sent / top scourge.
Here's why:
-Enough space for a fast first blood
-Possibility to pull creeps for extra farm
Cons:
-Most gank vulnerable lanes
-Goblin shop is safely accessible only after some pushing. Again, gank vulnerability.
Just keep an eye for missing opponents when taking this lane.

You can, though, go to the sent top / scourge bot lane
Pros:
-Easy access to the goblin shop
-Less gank vulnerability
Cons:
-No pulling for extra farm
-Not much space for a fast first blood
You may creepblock to get some extra space.

Early game strategy is quite simple in theory, though usually it's a bit harder in practice. Last-hit as much as you can, always watch your opponents' hp and kill when possible, check for runes when necessary, watch out for missing enemies.

Notes
-Issuing an attack order makes creeps aggro towards you. Abuse it to pull them closer to your tower.
-Lvl 1-3 Blade Fury deals 300/375/450 dmg (After magic reduction). Watch out for pseudoevasion, magic reduction skills and items though.

Mid Game

This is the time for ganking. Look for roaming/jungle farming heroes, or just ones careless enough to stay alone. ALWAYS have a tp with you. Refill your Bottle whenever you see a rune. Look for large creepwaves and slay them with your Blade Fury for a nice bounty. And still, don't forget to help your team out on pushes and in clashes.

Notes
-If you decide to build a Battle Fury, you may ask your allies to pull neutral camps for multispawns, or do it yourself. A triple-spawned ancient camp is worth about 1k gold
-When using the Blade Fury - TP combo for escaping, do remember that some skills can disable through magic immunity. Just run if you see someone with that kind of skill coming for you, or make him/her waste it somehow.

Late Game

This is the point where you will shine. Your dps becomes really crazy, matched by few. As a result, your Omnislash now deals tremendous amounts of damage. In some way, it's comparable to Lich's Chain Frost. Meanwhile, the healing capabilities of your Ward will exceed any healer in DotA. Just stick with your teammates and mass push/mass gank until you win.

Notes
-In team clashes, try to hold your Omnislash back until all creeps are cleared.
-During pushes, put your Healing Ward under a large hero (Enigma, Leviathan...), so that it can't be focused and destroyed that easily.

VI Tactics and Techniques
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Offensive

Defensive

Farming

Replay Section
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None at the moment

FAQ
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Answer: Seriously, read the guide carefully. If I'm suggesting something - I'm explaining it. I won't tell you anything new. So please people, RTFM before asking a question like this and wasting both your and my time. It'll take you MUCH less time to read the guide, than to write a question and wait for a reply.

Answer: If you think that your way of playing Yurnero is better than mine/you don't like me personally, you have lots of efficient ways of spending/preserving your energy, such as:
A Write your own guide
B Reconsider your opinion (Either about me or about the way I play Yurnero)
C GTFO

Credits
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First of all, I would like to thank you, my dear reader, for reading my guide. Also, I want to thank IceFrog, Guinsoo, Eul and the whole DotA community, for creating and developing DotA (and Yurnero as a part of it!:D). Special credits go to my cousin, GUSEEB for helping me out while making the Tactics section. Credits go to:
Akiro for giving constructive ideas and reminding me of some things I've forgotten to add.
nix for reminding a few important things.
Robzor for the trigger descriptions.

[iKrivetko]

Notes:
Add pictures - Done
Add a FAQ Section - Done
Add strategies - Done
Improve formatting - Done

[Lightmaster34]

Divine Rapier should never get in a Build, only your enemies are totally noobs, Buriza-Do-Kyanon boost your Critical Strike not to 50%, it's just a second Critical Strike, in my Opinion useless... Dagon and Cranium Basher are for him a big no... Dagon because he leaks on Mana, Cranium Basher because if a Hero try's escaping, you finish him off with Omnislash, but still good, but add like iKrivetko those things.

[iKrivetko]

Let me explain.
Rapier is always a for fun item. But it DOES fit Yurnero nevertheless, doesn't it?
Buriza gives you a 20% chance, your innate is 36%. That is 20% of 64, which is about 13. Total 49 percent chance to crit. Of course, it's inferior to MKB in this case.
Dagon no longer needs a hell lot of mana. In fact, it gives more mana, than it consumes.
Basher isn't a preferable choice, as I've already said. But again, situations differ.

[Lightmaster34]

Yeah, but still I don't like it:S, (my opinion), maybe adding some pictures of items, skills?

[iKrivetko]

Already on my "To-Do" list above!

[perrorist]

????????? buriza overrides blade dance, thats why divine rapier is a must item on juggy ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ONLY AS YOUR LAST ITEM!!!!!!, your critical damage is an aprox of 1200.

now mix it with a satanic(undefeatable in physical combat), and omnislash(DX)

[iKrivetko]

As I've probably stated already - your main damage source is your Omnislash, not mere physical damage. You do not have to be "Undefeatable in physical combat". You must max out the effectiveness of your Omnislash. That's why MoM is recommended.

[swordofhonour01]

uh dude..word of advice...YOUR NOT SUPOSED TO SPOILER EVERYTHING!!!

[iKrivetko]

Really? I like the compactness it gives. Maybe I will reconsider this design.
Thanks for the feedback anyways.

[Yurnero]

MoM? I don't really advocate it, since I play jug as a ganker with his bladefury instead of melee attacking.
Though I have seen some successes with it, I don't think it's that useful, even if you try to get more slashes into omnislash. The amount of bonus slashes given are negligible and you might as well save that orb slot for deso.

Actually, screw purposely pumping ias for more slash/getting agh, just get more dps as jug's ult diminishes as he hits late game anyways.

[iKrivetko]

Well, I DID mention Deso as a possible orb, didn't I? The amount of bonus slashes is NOT negligible. Every extra normal attack during your Omnislash is about 200 dmg+crit chance+MKB proc chance/splash, which is quite a lot. Two extra jumps you get from Aghanim's are about 400 dmg + roughly 600 from normal attacks. An Omnislash on a fully equipped Yurnero deals 6400 damage on average, though the maximum is somewhere near 10k. That's an average of 1280 dmg per hero (May be more with a Battle Fury). Combined with another mass ultimate (think of ES, Enigma, Magnus, SF, SK, CM... Whatever comes to one's mind) that's a complete wipeout. And one more point. A DPSer CAN and WILL be permahexed/permastunned by a good team. While an Omnislasher CANNOT.

Thanks for your opinion anyways. Everyone has his own point and playstyle.

[Yurnero]

Originally Posted by iKrivetko

Well, I DID mention Deso as a possible orb, didn't I? The amount of bonus slashes is NOT negligible. Every extra normal attack during your Omnislash is about 200 dmg+crit chance+MKB proc chance/splash, which is quite a lot. Two extra jumps you get from Aghanim's are about 400 dmg + roughly 600 from normal attacks. An Omnislash on a fully equipped Yurnero deals 6400 damage on average, though the maximum is somewhere near 10k. That's an average of 1280 dmg per hero (May be more with a Battle Fury). Combined with another mass ultimate (think of ES, Enigma, Magnus, SF, SK, CM... Whatever comes to one's mind) that's a complete wipeout. And one more point. A DPSer CAN and WILL be permahexed/permastunned by a good team. While an Omnislasher CANNOT.

Thanks for your opinion anyways. Everyone has his own point and playstyle.

I have to agree with you on those then.

(Must have forgotten a bkb somewhere in my post)

However, your example is a best case scenario.

IMO, should jug be in a teamfight, the time of his ult should be the end of the teamfight, because control of the hero is very important, and say if you targeted the necro, who should die asap, and have most of your bounces unluckily bounce to something like centaur... You kill centaur, but you still lose because necro is running around pulsing everything, and you got 1 slash on him.

That's why I say that his ult isn't as great as it is during early game.

[iKrivetko]

Yeah, of course what I've said is a model, not a real in-game situation.
About his Ultimate. I can't totally agree that it isn't as great during late game as it is during early game, though in no way I can totally disagree. In some way, it is due to the fact, that it is used for different purposes during these periods. Early game it is (mostly) used as a single nuke for ganks. And it copes really well with this task, if used correctly. Late game, as stated above, it is mostly a source of massive aoe dmg (though it still may be used as a "single nuke" and in late game it is far more efficient, as it scales with your dps). The damage itself is colossal, however it is randomly dispersed, hence unstable (much like Chain Frost or Eclipse). Though there are ways to make Yurnero not focus exact characters (Astral Imprisonment, Eul's...). But that's a matter of teamplay.

Again, many thanks for the input!
It's always a pleasure to discuss an interesting topic with a competent person.

[perrorist]

too bad that juggy depends more of meele attack than bladefury in lategame, then its only useful for chaseing LOW health heroes or evading magic attacks

[iKrivetko]

It's a great farming tool as well. All early-level nukes lose their effectiveness late game, as long as they're not disables. That's the way DotA is.

[iKrivetko]

Added "Tactics/Techniques" section. Looking forward to seeing some refreshing ideas.

[iKrivetko]

Published! Finally! Weee!

[perrorist]

yeah, bladefury with manta has a special trick to evade magig damage

[Pudgechomper]

When you bladefury and then you cast invis rune you definately lose the invis rune at the end of the bladefury FYI