Help with the spirit of earth

http://dotabuff.com/matches/814178954


I played Earth Spirit and did decently, but I think it was because the opponents were bad at the game. Could someone watch the replay and critique my gameplay?


Things I'll admit beforehand:
1. My ES combos are quite bad.
2. I always forget to pull allies away from danger.
3. I mess around with the Morphling (my friend) a lot, so you might see me randomly kicking him :P.

Why does no one want to help me :(.

Well, I would help but I don't play ES. Sowwi.

Judging by the Dotabuff alone you got a pretty good KDA, so gg wp.

Well, I didn't watch the match because I don't have too much time, but I would recommend to play some games with friends against bots to train E.S. Mistakes with him in real matches can be really punishing, so I think that's a good idea.

Watched the game. Wow, your opponents were really bad. Also, stop using the cooldown on your Boulder Smash without any reason, even if he is your friend.

Item choice was ok. One thing though, when you Magnetize, drop a Stone Remnant imediatly to spread it around, then either roll over it or Geomagnetic Grip, so the slow / stun affects everyone that is magnetized.

Watch JerAx playing is other good way to learn ES. (Try to find matches after the 6.81 patch)

Thanks for the advice, guys! I kick whoever I want, Wulfstan :P. (unless I'm in a serious match)

Part 2: http://dotabuff.com/matches/817941308


I did pretty well this game, despite my team picking no supports. I participated in many kills and despite the fact that I bought every single ward and support item, I had the mek parts by around 17 minutes. Also, I managed to do the push-pull combo once on the Nature's Prophet and it was awesome :D.

Though it was a stomp, I'd like someone (Wulfstan) to assess my play once more.

Here we go.

Wow, this game was worse than the other one quality wise (much more of a stomp than the other one, but Naga Siren was dealt with, so no problem guys, we got this).

Now back to you. I really liked the push pull you did on the Nature's Prophet, it screwed him pretty hard. I see that you actually drop a remnant when you Magnetize SOMETIMES, but sometimes you drop it even if it's not needed (you did hit all the targets in the area with the ult).

The Blade Mail pick - up just makes me salty. You don't have to die or take the pain in teamfights (unless you are doing some sort of strange Kamikaze build like I did after the nerf, I went 2/11/34 with it, MANY assists, so can't complain, plus, it's really funny seeing them throw all the disables at you when you roll in with Blade Mail popped, Magnetize, manage to spread it and die).

I would have rather seen a Black King Bar on you to spread the pain some more, and possibly zone out the supports with it, mainly Lich, since he could have droped the hurt bomb on you with Chain Frost a couple of times in the game)

One last thing : Boulder Smash spreads Magnetize with each unit traveled (what I mean that the Magnetize will spread the moment it can when a remnant hits an alraedy Magnetized unit - so this is another way to spread it, especially in Chronosphere.

Anyway, looking better.