Skeleton King Build Guide DOTA 2: Dave's Wacky Concept Guide For Skeleton King

Offense
Damage	54-56
Defense
Armor	3.52
Other
Movement Speed	300

Offense

Damage

54-56

Defense

Armor

3.52

Other

Movement Speed

300

Attributes
Strength	94.5
Agility	60.5
Intelligence	53
Basic Stats
Health	2259
Mana	923

Attributes

Strength

94.5

Agility

60.5

Intelligence

Basic Stats

Health

2259

Mana

923

Items And Order

When you Start you get a nice reduction on damage of all sources and +1 armor do to the 7 Agi(6 from the shield and 1 from the branch) Along with a nice 7% Attack speed bonus.

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As soon as you have 900 gold Go get the mask for more life steal, this will help you farm while getting harassed. As soon as you get another 1000 !Go and upgrade it!
(NOTE: USE THE EFFECT WHILE FARMING AND ATTACKING IT'S GOOD FOR THE ATTACK SPEED AND CHASE!!!)

Next work up to Boots, You can buy the build items in any order you see fit, if you are getting chased a lot then get , Str for health etc.

I work up to the drum. It's a nice aura and a little attack speed but the +9 to all Attributes is what you want, you need the Heath AND Mana for your ult.
(NOTE: USE THIS EFFECT EARLY IN TEAM FIGHTS IT HELPS CHASE AND DAMAGE!)

Next i go for the Crystalys, You can build the build items anyway you wish. This item is essential, it adds more crit giving you a 35% Crit chance along with your life steal makes for great damage and life steal, Used with makes for a great combo.

Is a item for tankyness and the aura of armor reduction makes you hurt more and counters anyone who decides to build armor.

and are items, You can switch out. If you would like to upgrade other items that is fine.

How To Play

Early Game

Farm Farm Farm
You Start off a bit like a tank, this means you can take a little damage and farm minions. This is made possible by And .
Whenever possible you should hit enemy hero's this adds a "Fear Factor" and keeps melee pushed back.
"Stun,Hit,Crit,Walk"
If you have a active Laning Partner wait for them to Initiate the fight and throw your and hit them a few times (Trying to get a crit in) and walk away. There is no reason to be dying before you have your ult.
((Bot Lane))
If you happen to be put in bot lane after rank two of your You will take no damage on the smaller camps.!!After rank two its a good way to "Heal"!!

Mid Game<You have your Ult>
At this point you have and at least .
Using the old combo with the addition of the toggle of You can start ganking and fighting.
!!!!!Remember that your ult cost Mana to cast!!! while fighting MAKE sure not to drain your Mana Below 140. When your Activates you have full health and Mana, What does this mean?
YOU ARE THE INITIATOR, TRY TO DIE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIGHT! The slow from your is helpful to the team. When Initiating Remember to use your because it does not matter if you take a little more damage.

Late Game
This is pretty similar, Keep an eye on your Mana
BUT WAIT your team sucks? No problem at this point you can solo Roshan and spread gold among the team you can pick up For solo pushing and team fighting.

Things To Remember

You Gain life Early in game, Attack minions and FARM, hit Bawlsy enemy hero's to create a "Fear Factor"

You can Heal in Bot lane early in game by attacking the weak creep camp.

Your Cost Mana, WATCH IT. !!!!!140!!!!!

Use For Damage and Chasing.(You take more Damage but gain more health}

Has 3 Charges USE THEM your team need the help.

You can solo Roshan late game for and Gold to help your team.

Note's/Contact Me

This is a build I use, I posted it so others can try it out.

I understand that this may be a play style that doesn't fit you but please Rate honestly to promote the concept here.

I will be updating for new items and I will be adding sub builds for other play styles or Concept's.

Please leave a comment on what you think could be changed or what you would do, I'm always up for ideas.

I am in game I have just recently gotten my own Beta key, if you would like to talk or play together I'm always up for it!

My Steam: Dave(YourFault)

I'll be quite honest here: I don't approve of your items or skill build. Here's why.

Getting Vampiric Aura early pushes your lane by quite a bit. You, as a carry, do NOT want to push your lane. It makes it easier for enemies to gank you and it also causes you to lose some farm under the opponent's tower.
Leveling up Hellfire Blast doesn't make it cost any more mana. There's literally no reason why you should get Critical Strike or Vampiric Aura early game over it.
Mask of Madness is only even halfway decent on certain heroes, such as Faceless Void. You have Hellfire Blast for chasing and Hand of Midas / Armlet of Mordiggian for attack speed. Speaking of which...
Where's Armlet? This item gives incredible damage and survivability for a relatively cheap price. It's pretty much core on Skeleton King no matter what your build, and you didn't even mention it.
Getting crit items such as Crystalys / Daedalus is generally frowned upon, as your chance for getting a crit with them is lowered. (If SK gets a crit naturally, your Crystalys / Daedalus won't proc).

I'm in kind of a hurry, so that's all for now. I may or may not leave some more comments later.

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Dr.D wrote:

I'll be quite honest here: I don't approve of your items or skill build. Here's why.

Getting Vampiric Aura early pushes your lane by quite a bit. You, as a carry, do NOT want to push your lane. It makes it easier for enemies to gank you and it also causes you to lose some farm under the opponent's tower.
Leveling up Hellfire Blast doesn't make it cost any more mana. There's literally no reason why you should get Critical Strike or Vampiric Aura early game over it.
Mask of Madness is only even halfway decent on certain heroes, such as Faceless Void. You have Hellfire Blast for chasing and Hand of Midas / Armlet of Mordiggian for attack speed. Speaking of which...
Where's Armlet? This item gives incredible damage and survivability for a relatively cheap price. It's pretty much core on Skeleton King no matter what your build, and you didn't even mention it.
Getting crit items such as Crystalys / Daedalus is generally frowned upon, as your chance for getting a crit with them is lowered. (If SK gets a crit naturally, your Crystalys / Daedalus won't proc).

I'm in kind of a hurry, so that's all for now. I may or may not leave some more comments later.

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I understand what your saying, The reason I'm getting right now is because, I intend to push the lane back, this leaves me time to be able to walk into the jungle and farm, this is also the time that I use . I know that mana cost does not go up with level, and I rank it quickly after getting . I rank fast for survivability and solo laning(Sense many games you can end up with a wandering partner) As for Armlet I will take it into consideration but frankly I forgot about it, and know how useful it is. As for / Crit stacks, making for more damage and shorter jungling times. Thank you for you input, I will take Armlet into consideration next game.

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PMS isnt really much better than a stout shield on a strength hero like SK. And I dont know if you do, but your guide implies you start with no regen and just a PMS and branch. Even with lvl 1 vamp aura, you need some regen items.

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Keep in mind this was a random Concept build not for hardcore meta play.

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I'm all for unique builds, but no early sustain..?

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Dave's Wacky Concept Guide For Skeleton King

Hero Build

DotA2 Hero: Skeleton King

Offense

Defense

Other

Attributes

Basic Stats

Purchase Order

Hero Skills

Hellfire Blast

Vampiric Aura

Critical Strike

Reincarnation

Stats

Dave's Wacky Concept Guide For Skeleton King

Items And Order

How To Play

Things To Remember

Note's/Contact Me

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