this is my second guide for

just like my 1st guide,this guide is for pub games

Guide Contents:
I. Big Pictures time
II. Introduction and Foreward
III. Skill Build
IV. Item Build
V. Luxury items
VI. Situational items
VII. Optional Items
VIII. Rejected items
IX . Gameplay
X . Friends and Foes
XI . Replays
I.Introduction and Foreward

An unusual hybrid of Demon and Orc, Strygwyr is an outcast amongst all mortal creatures. By thriving on and bathing himself with the blood of those he slays, Strygwyr can heal his wounds - even those that could prove fatal. Beware the fool who dares venturing alone, for Strygwyr can sense his blood miles away and gain vision through his helpless prey's eyes. Having ruptured the enemy with mighty blows in his bloodthirsty frenzies, Strygwyr corners his foe into making the impossible decision - bleed to death by trying to outrun the hasty demon, or be ripped to shreds in its awesome fury.

Base stats
Base Damage: 53 - 59
Base Armor: 5.4
Primary Attribute: Agility
Strength: 23 + 2
Agility: 24 + 2.6
Intelligence: 18 + 1.7
Movespeed: 305

skill build

1. Bloodrage
2. Blood Bath
3. Strygwyr's Thirst/Blood Bath
4. Strygwyr's Thirst/Blood Bath
5. Strygwyr's Thirst/Blood Bath
6. Rupture
7. Blood Bath/Strygwyr's Thirst
8. Blood Bath/Strygwyr's Thirst
9. Blood Bath/Strygwyr's Thirst
10. Blood Bath/Strygwyr's Thirst
11. Rupture
12. Stats
13. Stats
14. Stats
15. Stats
16. Rupture
17-25. Bloodrage

i m upping bloodrage 1st because of the damage and silence which can help for a 1st blood.and you will most probably get damaged while doing 1st blood or casting bloodrage,so you will need bloodbaths at lvl 2.as for what to up:Blood Bath or Strygwrs Thirst?it depends,if you are better at taking last hits up Strygwrs Thirst,if you are not so good at taking last hits up Blood Bath.let me explain,since you can't really take last hit,when you do,it has to heal you a reasonable amount.you do not want focusing all your mental energy on taking 1 last hit.and when you do,it heals 50 health,you don't want that.hence,up Blood Bath.now,if you are pretty good at taking last hits up Strygwrs Thirst because since your goos at taking last hits,you can frequently take them.healing your life bit by bit.hence, up Strygwrs Thirst .

the bloodrage at level 1 can be used to kill someone as it does 120 damage at 20 damage per second for 6 seconds.

item build

WARNINGthere in't really such a thing as a perfect build.i 'm just saying what works for me.that's there are optional items,for those people that play like me but not exactly for me,everyone plays differently,so items work differently on different people's playing style.

starting




the 3 slippers of aglilty make it easier to take last hits and in turn heal if you are damaged.the tango is used to heal if you don't dare to go out and take last hits to heal.the clarity's use will be explained in the early game section of the gameplay section

early game




the wraith bands add to his damage and survivability.the power treads adds to his attackspeed and damage.the reason why i don't get 1 boots(to be turned into a boots of travel later) is becausefor early and midgame you remain slower in attackspeed and movementspeed than everyone else and therefore vulnerable to attacks/ganks.
mid game

Build 1


(optional)

the s n y adds his speed and slows his enemies,making it a good itme for bloodseeker when he is chasing his enemies(which he does reasonably often).if you got the radience and skipped the s n y, you might have to be careful because you can't run as fast,slow people,have higher attack speed or have a higher health.but then you would have really nice damage

OR

Build 2




if your team doesn't need tougher people(you already have 1 or more tankers) and you are capable of doing it,you can rush radience,but you have to do it by,say level 14, the earlier the better.

late game

Build 1




radience makes him able to push faster which is sometimes needed in games as they go on or to kill people just as he is chasing them.radience is also i great item for BS because of the 60 damage that it gives....that's nice..i like that part lol.butterfly is also a really nice item as it gives you evasion,60 damage as well and 30 damage

OR

Build 2





if you didn't get s n y and got radience, then you should get the butterfly earlier. your problems now wuld be that everyone is getting fatter,and your health has not been boosted by any items.so my advice now is that you get a basher,stopping people from hexing/disabling you,or(is PA's case)dealing criticals or troll/faceless void/slardar bashing you 1st.

late late game(or overtime)

this won't happen often,but once in a while there's this game that can't seem to end because both teams are too evenly matched or some other reason,anyway,this section is for those times.

Build 1
okay,you have 2 empty slots right now,what to make?
1stly,you follow build 2 and make a cranium basher.you can't make an orb effect item like build 2 since you already have s n y.so,following up the basher,you have 1 empty slot left,you can use this to keep TPs or an aegies.but if you want to fill it up with an item from the luxury items section below build 2 or come eith your own item as long as it's on an orb effect and not unreasonable.


Build 2
if you look at the the late game items,you will realize 2 things,you have 2 empty slots(the double wraith bands,because they have already lost they're effectiveness)and that you don't have an orb effect item.let's start by getting an orb effect item.


potential orb effect item list

(my usual choice)Maelstorm--like helm of the domiator,this will surely be upgraded into a MJ unless the game ends before you get a chance to upgrade it.MJ is a pretty good item for late late game as it adds attackspeed,increasing the times you bash,it also gives you a 20% chance to deal extra 200 damage everytime you zap out lightning,the lighting jumps 4 times,so it helps alot during those late late game clashes,plus the static charge(lightning shield thingy) which can hit a maximum of 9 units,there's a 20% chance this will happen when enemies hit you.you can do static charge on the person that is being attacked the most(axe,youself maybe,or another carry). but it doesn't really give much health(which can be solved if your team has more than 1 tanker,meaning people might focus on you less if axe berserks them or something)
YES

Stygian desolater--like MOM and diffusal blade,this item sort of loses it's effectivenes as late game comes around,and now is supposed to be late late game,plus it can't be upgraded in anyway.so.....
NO

Helm of the Dominator--this will be turned into a satanic for sure unless the game ends before you get the chance..it gives lifesteal,more lifesteal when you change it into a satanic(more lifesteal is never bad) and a strength boost,although it doesn't give much damage(although you have bloodrage for that).other than that,it's quite a good item.
YES

Mask of Madness-- it can't be upgraded,and it has much less effect starting from late game
NO

diffusal blade--this item might be useful from early to mid-late game but starts to lose it's effect at late game.
NO

okay,now we're done with orb effects,so still have 1 slot,most of the time,you can fill these with a TP or aegis.but if you don't want to do that,you can always fill that slot with an item that forfills your needs(say,heart if you got MJ for your orb effect and don't have enough health) or buriza(if you got satanic and don't have enough damage).if you aren't sure,looking at the luxury items section below might help you make your decision.

luxury

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

you hit faster,you hit harder, and people can't hit you


gives 60 damage,plus burn damage,burn damage is 40 per second in 650 AoE and can be turned on and off by clicking on radience

chasing him,chasing him,boom! he's dead.how?radience killed him


+200 damage,drops on death,but item is muted if picked up by original owners ally,XD

on bloodrage,1 hit:boom!! OMFG i m gonna die.2 hit: I M GONNA-- oh yeah, i m dead,no nid to shout, ppl~


+75 damage
Critical Strike (passive)(Gives a 20% chance to deal 2.4x normal damage on an attack)

hit,hit hit,boom 754 damage,he's doomed


this item offers an extra 80 damage,an extra 15 damage

True Strike--Prevents your attacks from missing (except due to exceeding Movement Buffer Range on melee units)
Interferes with some attack modifiers on ranged units

Mini-Bash
Gives a 35% chance to bash on attacks
Deals 100 bonus damage and stuns for 0.01 seconds

it's a pretty good deal...


+30 damage
+6 Strength
Bash (passive)
Bash
Gives a 25% chance for melee heroes, and 10% chance for ranged heroes to bash on attack
Stuns for 1.4 seconds and deals 25 bonus damage
Has a 2 second cooldown
Does not function with other Cranium Bashers, Troll Warlord's Bash, Slithereen Guard's Bash, or Faceless Void's Time Lock


Enemyh,he hit me,nvm,i can still run
You: are you so sure?
Enemyf course i m su--WTF!! i cant move!!
You: XD

situational



this is for if there is a vengeful spirit or a lion that can stun/hex you



this is for if there are an army of hexers/stunner and disablers in general.



this,this is very simple,if you are fighting PA or troll, buy this



this is against skill spammers like lich or zeus

Optional Items



you gain life as you kill him as well as when you kill him,why not?



Huge strength and damage increase,(Blood Bath rejuvenates health from curse)so this is also a pretty good item for bloodseeker
Rejected Items


yes it does give damage.yes it does higher your movement speed.yes when you phase you phase it gives you even mre movememnt speed.so why no to phase boots? although it has all the pros mentioned above,it does not higher your attackspeed.so you have high damage,do you have the attackspeed to deal that damage to it's highest potential.as for the movement speed that is less when you buy treads.the second someone's life is below half,your movement speed is 522(max).and people will usually fight with you till half life to see of they can kill you,so in the end of the fight,you'll have 522 speed.so,no phaseboots



this item is quite unnececary,unless you tank towers often and fight tones of creeps 90% percent of the time,no.you are a ganker,not a tanker.,even though the 2 words are sepperated my 1 letter,there's a huge difference in what they do.


yes it does giv you a nice regen and damage boost but it's a farming item.meaning item for farmers.again,you are not a farmer,you are a ganker!!


seem tempting?you rupture the guy then you use force staff and push him,making him bleed all over the place.in case you wondering whether it even works,it does,i have tried it.anyway,the reason why you shouldn't buy this item is because you are spending 2.2k gold to make people run a short distance.me?i just get an extra hero or 2 and the guy runs back to his base,killing himself.because 60% of the dota comunity i play with don't know that for BS's ulti,all you have to do is stand still and you'll live.so unless you can farm this up in like 1 minute and afford to sell it.no



i have seen build many times,i have done a number of times,the flaw,if you don't farm this up by level 6 it won't work,you see,my money usually starts coming in at level 6. so you can imagine how hard it can be to farm 3k in time. the 1st time i did this build i just started playing DotA.i finally managed to make a dagon at level 16.so i tried to zap a guy,the guy didn't even notice it,well he did run,at me.bam! i m dead.so again,unless your a super farmer,no.


never,you already have a silence,you have damage.there is no need for this.

Gameplay

Early Game(level 1-5)

you can solo mid if there aren't any extremely strong heroes on the enemy team and u are skilled enough not to get your self killed.solo mid especially if the enemy team is filled mostly with tofu.you need the solo mid because you are much weaker without your ulti,so you have to get it ASAP.if you meet 2 ppl in mid,keep spamming Blood Rage on the most tofu-est hero among the 2 that you are facing.at level 1,very few people would be willing to BK.so might be left with say a luna with 150 health.you just go hit her say 1 to 2 times and then Blood Rage her.this sequence actually works both ways,meaning you can Blood Rage her and then hit her 1 or 2 times or hit her 1 to 2 times and then Blood Rage her.but if there's just one person in mid,for example,tinker,your gonna have some fun.again just keep spamming blood rage,after a few blood rages,check his health bar,if it's below 250(the lower the better as long as you he doesn't BK),bloodrage him,then charge to hit him and bloodrage him ASAP.1st blood.

Mid Game(level 6-14)

This is where you really shine,nobody is that tough yet,so almost anybody you cast your ultimate on is litterally issued a death sentence.so now you must use your advantage,roam ,hunt and gank as much as you can.you might still use bloodrage to kill people with a pinch of health left or to silence some nuker.

Late Game(level 15-25)
if you went with build 1 you have to be careful because right now you don't have the needed damage to kill some of the tougher heroes,radience ASAP.if you went with build 2 and was successful,becareful,you didn't get s n y so your health would be lower than if you did.but you can kill pretty easily,be more careful,but don't stop killing,you might want a team mate to tag along now to guard your back unless you are really fat.

late late game

most of the time late late game comprises of team clashes and then fast pushes and retreats.kill the loners,but you will almost surely get an ally with you now or get some wards so that you will know if someone is sneaking up on you.as for teambattles,if there are any major nukers or intelligence heros,bloodrage them,it won't matter when they have 80% more damage if their spells are more dangerous.rupture the weakest person on their team or the person fleeing the battle and join the battle,maybe focus ontheircarry hero and bash him,either way,just join the battle,try not to die,and get some kills with your bashing,lightning(if you made build 2) and ruptures.if you went along with build 1 this is all you can do,if you went with build 2 and made MJ,you can static charge(lightning shield thingy) the person they are focusing on(troll,axe,yourself),the normal lightning shooting out from MJ when you attack will help alot in team battles as well.

Friends and Foes

Friends

disablers/super slowers



disablers,slowers and stunners,they give you a chance to hit the enemy and hopefully damage his life so it falls below half,then you go for the kill

Enemies

disablers/super slowers



lol? well,these guys can help you almost as much as they can hurt you,but there's a solution,you can get a bkb or a linken sphere,that way you can't get stunned/slowed/disabled.

blinkers



these guys are bloody annoying!!! u ulti them,and they don't get damaged,why?they never walked,they blinked.akasha might not be that much of a problem,but magina is,i already wrote a guide on magina,but that magina would destroy this bloodseeker

Tankers(guys that are hard as shit!)



you ulti these guys,they don't feel a thing.as for skeleton king,when you finally kill him using all your skills,he comes back....shit!

healers



their life almost never becomes lower than half!!! you hit,they heal,the intelligence heroes might not be that much of a problem but have you ever fought Abbadon?you use your ulti,bloodrage yourself,then just as he is about to die or go below half of his life while running/getting hit , he uses his ulti and VROOOM !!! his life goes up like he has 50 fountains next to him..

Replays

map version 6.64 http://www.playdota.com/forums/10804...odseeker-game/

here's another replay http://www.playdota.com/forums/11060...me/#post529461

here's my 3rd replay :http://www.playdota.com/forums/11140...me/#post532727

This is my 4th replay.this game wasn't as good as i hoped because i spent most of my time arguing with my teammates to allow someone to switch over there and arguing with the host calling him not to remake so i didn't get as many kills as i would have or farmed as much as i would have.
http://www.playdota.com/forums/11199...me/#post535533

here's my 5th replay:http://www.playdota.com/forums/11259...rs/#post538072

here's my 6th replay:http://www.playdota.com/forums/11368...me/#post541812

here's my 7th replay:http://www.playdota.com/forums/12613...me/#post593900

this is my 8th replay,1st recorded game with build 2http://www.playdota.com/forums/19973...de/#post922397

this is my 9th replay,http://www.playdota.com/forums/200022/bs/#post923963

this is my 10th replay,http://www.playdota.com/forums/204582/bs/#post951636