The Swarm
A swarm of 12 beetles will move towards the target point, each latching onto an enemy unit that it comes into contact with. Each unit will only get latched onto by one creature maximum. This skill reduces enemies armor and its great for boosting you DPS. Use it before the battles.


Shukuchi
Causes the Nerubian Weaver to move so fast as to become invisible. Any units passed through will take damage. Lasts 4 seconds. Nuke, an escape mechanism, a chasing skill and an anti-stun (for projected stuns only) all in one spell. This may also be used to avoid being hit by the tower. Raises your ms to 522!


Geminate Attack
Occasionally the Nerubian Weaver will send out two swarms, attacking an opponent twice. You must do an ordered attack to activate this. This is your main harassing skill, just keep it in mind that it will proc when you issue an ordered attack.


Time Lapse
Warps the Weaver 5 seconds back in time, resetting the HP, Mana and position. Does not affect cooldown, gold or experience. If you use this spell properly there is no way that you will die consistently in a game. Upon activating removes negative buffs.[/left][/CENTER]

Level 1 - Shukuchi
Level 2 - Geminate Attack
Level 3 - Shukuchi
Level 4 - Geminate Attack / The Swarm
Level 5 - Shukuchi
Level 6 - Time Lapse
Level 7 - Shukuchi
Level 8 - Geminate Attack
Level 9 - Geminate Attack
Level 10 - Geminate Attack / The Swarm
Level 11 - Time Lapse
Level 12 - The Swarm
Level 13 - The Swarm
Level 14 - The Swarm
Level 15 - Stats
Level 16 - Time Lapse
Level 17+ - Stats

Without a second though Shukuchi is maxed out first, then Geminate attack should be gotten but feel free to get a level from the swarm at 4 for scouting purposes and better laning, but1 level is enough, max The Swarm after maxing out Geminate Attack. Time Lapse is gotten whenever possible.[/center][/left]

Starting Items



You should buy 2 slippers of agility because it grants you last hitting power and nice armor which you need a lot (You start the game with 1 armor). 2 GG branch are gotten for stats and the fact that they ensure a good game. Tangos and Salves for healing.
The Core Build



Get some cheap stat and protection items, you already have 2 slippers of agility and 2 Ironwood branches, so use them to get magic wand, wraith band or poor man's shield. Then complete power treads since its the only thread Weaver should get. Radiance must be rushed ASAP. Radiance is made for Weaver! Radiance gives a high damage and a burning aura which synergizes with Shukuchi. Also great for farming.
Essential Items After Core



The reason I split these items from luxury is the fact that they are more important than simple luxuries, so after completing the core you should either get Butterfly or Skadi, or perhaps both depending on situation. Take a look at how Skadi works with Geminate attack:

Luxury



Monkey King Bar is a good DPS item specially if the enemy team has evasion. Also the mini-stun can be used to stop channeling spells. Buriza-Do Kyanon is also a nice DPS boost. Assault Cuirass not only fixes your armor problems, but also gives amazing attack speed along with armor reduction witch works well with The Swarm. Heart can be gotten for raw HP since its the best item for this purpose out there. Nerubian Weaver is one of the best Divine Rapier carriers, so if you want to risk and the game is uber long, you can get it.
Situational Items



Nuking Nerubian Weaver down is the only way to kill him most of the times, thus if enemy has a lot of Nukers, consider getting one of the above items.
Rejected Items

Orb Effect Items




None of them will work with Geminate Attack.

Melee Oriented Items



You are ranged, you should not get these items, not even in dreams!

Early Game

You can either solo or go to a dual lane, if you are going to a dual lane you should Always choose bottom lane for Sentinel and top lane for Scourge because creeps battle much farther from the enemy tower. In this case you can Shukuchi for harassing without worrying about being sighted by the tower. Focus on last hitting, try also denying but if you are to choose between farming and denying, by all means farm because its much more important. Use Geminate attack both for harassing and last hitting.
You are a fragile hero. Thanks to your Shukuchi you are most likely to survive. But don't spam Shukuchi for farming because that would be most impractical. Use it for escaping and chasing enemy heroes. If you are up against a stunner, like Skeleton King, or any other heroes that have a projected stun, use Shukuchi before it hits you. You will dodge both the damage and the stun. Don’t try to chase a hero up to their tower before level 6, that would be suicidal.
Chaser is your main role early game. When you Shukuchi, wait till it wears off or you are revealed, you should be ahead of your enemy when doing this. Always give the order of the attack in order to activate geminate attack, don't wait for Weaver to attack himself.
You can dodge towers projectile as well. Just Shukuchi before the tower's projectile hits you, it will deal no damage. Make sure that the tower has already launched the projectile before you cast Shukuchi because if you cast Shukuchi and the projectile has yet to be launched, it will damage you.

Mid Game

By now you should already be in the process of farming radiance. Team battles should start by now, but remember that you are not a tank so you should not initiate! just wait and go for low hp heroes and fragile support heroes and casters. After getting radiance things will be much more easier. So start killing! Also don't forget using The Swarm just before the clash starts, it has a perfect range.

Late Game

Again, in team battles, you must chase and kill fleeing enemy heroes. This will help your teammates a lot because enemy team will be short on numbers so you can push. Also scout with shukuchi to make sure blink initiators can't do their job, thanks to radiance you can do it well.
you are a hero killer. Use this to your advantage. Hunt down enemies who are alone. With your Time Lapse, you can escape if things get out of hand so you can attempt later. Once the enemy team is one hero short you may be able to push. and With Shukuchi and Radiance creep wakes are a joke for you.

Using Shokuchi Properly

Shukuchi is Weaver's main skill, you will be using this skill a lot during each game, it has many purposes such as harassing and escaping.

Harassing


Escaping


Chasing


Activating Geminate Attack

Geminate Attack will only be activated, if you rightclick or press 'A' and leftclick on an opponent or make attackwalk by pressing 'A' and leftclick on the ground.

Last hitting


Harassing


Importance of Time Lapse

Whenever you lost a lot of HP in short time you must immediately activate time lapse. Timing time lapse determines who is a good Nerubian Weaver player.