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Killing Roshan Level 1

September 15, 2012 by vlladonx
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Killing Roshan Level 1

vlladonx
September 15, 2012

1.How To

How To

I'm going to try to keep this short. I'm sure a lot of players know how to kill Roshan before leveling up to level two. However most of players don't even think it's possible, leave alone know exactly how to kill him.

So here is quick guide on how to do it.

Hero Pick:

Ursa and Skeleton King. It is best to do it with your mate or at least if you've made arrangements with someone who knows how to do it before the Hero Pick is over.
Note: it is best to select separately, not in the same time, or there is reasonable chance someone will understand what you're trying to do and that will be the end of it.

Skills:

Vampiric Aura for Skeleton King and Fury Swipes for Ursa. I don't think I need to explain why.

Items:

Skeleton King: Ring of Basilius and a Healing Salve.
Ursa: Poor Man's Shield and a [Branch]].

Strategy:
Heroes attack Roshan, Skeleton King goes first, then immediately after goes Ursa.
The trick is in positioning. Roshan hit's the hero who's closer to him. He will beat you senseless so when Skeleton King has less than 20% he should walk off and let Ursa take the hits, immediately the Healing Salve on himself.
If you are confident in your ability to stay further than Ursa then go right back to the battle but it may be safer to wait until at least half of your hp is restored.
When Ursa has less than 20% hp you come in again giving Ursa time to vampirize some health from Rosh and increase his attack even further. Once you're below 20% again you just let Ursa do the talking. By now he should be able to vampirize more hp than Roshan damages him.

Notes:
Be very careful with your hp. I can be so the moment you decide to walk off Rosh he'll stun you and you'll die. I don't think that was your intention when you decided to kill rosh lvl1.
Ursa must never stop hitting Roshan for more than seconds, or Fury Swipes will start again and you won't be able to output enough damage by the time Skeleton King has no hp left to spare.
Skeleton King must never go too far away from [[Ursa or he'll lose the effect of the Aura he needs to kill rosh.
Don't let other players 'help you' or be anywhere near you. It's likely they'll spoil the whole thing (unintentionally) and you'll end up reporting the **** out of them in frustration.
If you suspect the enemies found out of your sly plans - don't even think of going with it. Wait for level 6 and solo Roshan with Ursa.

P.S. Please tell me if I got any inaccuracies in the guide or if it's pointless. (i.e. common knowledge how to do it)
Otherwise share your opinions and vote it up! Thanks.

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Quote | PM | +Rep by Hades4u » September 15, 2012 5:18am | Report
Ursa + Wisp also works very well at level 1.

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Quote | PM | +Rep by SNSDLive » September 15, 2012 3:32pm | Report
how about syllabear? his bear's super tanky.

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Quote | PM | +Rep by wilddeonpwn » September 15, 2012 4:23pm | Report
But the bear will die very quickly, then the heroes will be left to feed on. I tried this a while a go it's great! So fast and we easily win the game

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Quote | PM | +Rep by vlladonx » September 15, 2012 7:18pm | Report
ty :)

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Quote | PM | +Rep by Blitxxen » September 16, 2012 5:00am | Report

I mean I tried this way before this guide was made :D


Yeah, besides, everybody except for new people already know about Ursa + SK combo for Roshan lvl 1, its kind of hard to go on just like that without expecting that someone arrives to **** all over your healing and make you loose the fury swap stacks besides of First blood + Double Kill.
Last time I did that both Ursa and SK rage quited, they tried to do Roshan lvl 1 twice, I killed them with Venomancer twice, it was so funny.

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Quote | PM | +Rep by Glayde » September 16, 2012 10:22pm | Report
Technically, you can level 1 rosh with anybody with Ursa, but your method is pretty good. The Syllabear choice isn't bad either. What about Chen/Enchantress, or even Furion?

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Quote | PM | +Rep by Wulfstan » September 18, 2012 8:24am | Report
I thought there will be 5 man explanations not just Ursa+SK.

like: Lone Druid+ Beastmaster+ Lich+ Skeleton King+ Venomancer.

This actually looks like a solid team pickup not one that has 2 carries picked(SK ursa)and you are unfortunate enough to get another carry on the team,then just getting raped in the rosh pit,

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Quote | PM | +Rep by Sefi » September 18, 2012 11:56am | Report
it is funny seeing people insta-pick Ursa and SK. Right away you're like welp, I wonder what they're doing...and sure enough there they are. So many games of killing half-dead Ursa and SK and having them ragequit.

I would personally approve more of a guide that covers more possibilities. The Ursa/SK combo has been elaborated on numerous times, but it is perfectly possible to lvl 1 Roshan with other heroes.

Also, I don't think it's too troublesome for one or two of your teammates to stand guard outside Rosh, especially if you're doing it before the game actually starts. Better than sitting in the pit blindly and hoping no one thinks to check. At least your buddies can help you get out of there.

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Quote | PM | +Rep by OmniBoy » September 19, 2012 3:23am | Report
Glayde wrote:

Technically, you can level 1 rosh with anybody with Ursa, but your method is pretty good. The Syllabear choice isn't bad either. What about Chen/Enchantress, or even Furion?

Lol, the reason you pick skele king is for his vampiric aura, if you don't know what it does it is basically a free vlads. Without that ursa, chen enchantress or whatever will die in seconds.

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Quote | PM | +Rep by jaslam » September 19, 2012 3:47am | Report
chen enchant can't do it because there are no neutral creeps until 00:30, by then the laning phase has started, and you will gap!!
Ursa, is good for the swipes, obv.. however Lich is an excellent hero to do it with thanks to his armor. it will really slow rosh down.. Stack that with another slow from veno, viper, trax whatever and a OOV - sylabear's bear could easily tank rosh with a shield and some salves.

the main challenge is speed - which is why ursa is so good, rosh goes down quickly!!

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