Oh one more thing most people don't know about Slark: your corpse can gain permanent agility. If you die, and an enemy who is affected by essence shift dies within 300 radius of your corpse, you will gain permanent agility. This is a nice bonus for offlane or support Slark where you don't mind trading your life as much as a carry would.
yeah i played loads of offlane slark before so i know most of the laning matchups vs standard carries pretty well vs ursa the only levels where essence shift beats fury swipes with equal farm is 1 so having no items and rushing ring is bad. if you have like oov and 4 branches or something then lvl 1 come swining out the gates you can bully him badly get a lead and then hopefully you will be lvl 4 by the time ursa gets 3 then you might stand a chance
@@Green13Gaming yes at lvl 2+. at lvl 1 essence shift beats fury swipes (and jingu for that matter. it blows mk players brains when you just walk up to them at lvl 1 with oov and trade punches with them and win). like i said i played a lot of slark offlane for slark vs ursa you are playing to dominate at lvl 1-2 because at 3 ursa will have fury swipes 2 this naked ring rush would only work in a lane where you can hit a decent timing at like lvl 4-5 once you finish your vangaurd which makes no sense vs ursa as lvl 1-2 will determine if you will already have killed him 2x or been killed by him 2x by lvl 5
Wait a second Jenkins. You are telling me that when the enemy bans my Dark Seer, I can play an even better Dark Seer game by selecting the forbidden fish? This changes everything.
i kind of thought i was hearing things with the background music. but no, it's actually Limbus OST. Thanks you Jenkins for not only showing the best builds, but acknowledging the best songs
Hi. Slark spammer with about 1000 games here. Definitely love me some offlane Slark, always felt it was potentially underrated. Thanks for giving me the the green light.
Not gonna lie, my main position is 3, and the heroes I play on the offlane are Pudge, Anti Mage, and Undying. All thanks to Jenkins' videos. Now I can add Slark to my hero pool as well.
history truly repeats itself. When I started playing back in 6.75 or so, invisible offlane was somewhat popular, and heroes such as riki, clinkz and even slark with sb were really common, back when most people didn't know how to play and never had dust on em (of course this applies to pubs, pro scene was aware of such items lol)
Before I quit doto years ago, Slark has been one of my offlane then transitions to carry if needed in late game. My build for him though at core was with dagger and diffusal blade, and yes he was one of my core heroes that I actively hunt with during transitional early-mid past the 8~10 min mark due to his ult ult passive that can definitely try to hunt or notify for wards/enemy visibility. Dagger was a core for me due to how dark pact has a delayed activation and a short cooldown, basically you'd activate dark pact prior to going dagger in so it'll already be a few secs in cooldown once you already blink in. Essentially, you'd dark pact > blink > pounce if enemy tries to escape to lock him > dark pact again. You'd be activating dark pact twice in a shorter duration which basically destroys squishy heroes and that's just Slark with a Dagger and no other item. Dagger is also insanely useful for jukes and escapes, due to Slark's passive you have insane high mobility that once you enter fog of war, with dagger on cool down you'd blink out. It's why shadowblade has never found a use for me with most of my Slark builds primarily because it's so easy to counter and even if you do get into fog of war, if they know your sense of direction, you'd be easily chased down. And considering his health regen and with a mana recovery/regen item, you basically have a hero who will most likely never go back to fountain to recover. Slark was one of my favorite heroes at the time, and people really never liked me playing offlane with him and using dagger due to a lot of people getting stuck on traditional builds back then. Dagger Slark has never been popular, and to this day I don't think it has.
Already play a lot of slark 3. His base regen and essence shift make him a trade god. His aghs and shard are broken tier and literally provide enough utility on their own.
haven't played dota in 2 years. Decided to play because this build seemed funny. My team started flaming before game even started, my pos 5 and 2 ran down mid saying it was a waste of time. Ah yes, good ol' dota
As a professional slark auto picker this means a lot with my record of 411 slark games played i would like to address his ults nerf after nerf,mfing mana problems became his problem and turned me off on aghs build but as an offlane slark...
yo that chrono trigger sound byte at 1:00 i will never forget. also this is how ive been building almost all heroes since they lowered cost of ring of health. NAKED ROH my friends are always slow to accept my genius
As a slark main, the main reason he’s the best carry is infinite scaling with essence shift. Same goes with other heroes with similar features, pudge, legion commander, axe and silencer (though it depends on how much intelligence is left on the enemy).
Same thing with Slark Off, i think people don't know about the existence of Outworld Devourer 5 Why i think this is a good support 5? - Infinite Mana - Astral Prision can save a teammate (even from Legion), catch an enemy for your team to kill, Transform 2v2 situations into 2v1 -Ult. is a perfect nuke to help on important team fights or to secure a kill on the carry -Build the "Green" boots, and you will hace both infite mana and infinte health regen - Meteor Hammer, for Astral combo and destroying a tower (+ push) -Can transition into a carry + OD Shard makes the Astral even better for saving you'r team, since it allows allies to walk away while they are imprisoned I hope you can try this I love your videos ❤️
Just tried it, it worked surprisingly well. Completely shat on the safelane Antimage and Oracle. After Vanguard, Echo/Harpoon, then later Aghs, I felt I had plenty of health to be confident during teamfights, unlike with the usual carry build. Jumping in as an initiator as Slark felt great.
Earlier there was so many stuns with writing - can be dispelled : no. But in a last patch everything dispelable with strong dispel, it is a patch of slark and dark willow
I remember one game where our team's slark would do anything for stacks that he would even die for them. He kept saying that he needs agility over and over again. Annoyed, I replied with "You don't need agility, you need intelligence" and everyone laughed (including him). One of the most memorable moments I've had of playing this shit game 😂
The most illegal build depends on your rank In Herald to Crusader it is Sniper Support: Points into attack range to harass the lane or points in shrapnel to get vision around trees and disrupt junglers Build Mana Boots into Guardian Greaves, having been buying most or all wards up to this point and occasionally a Tome to give to your carry Once you complete the Greaves it should be mid-game or sooner so you can make the choice to double down on the build with Assault Cuirass or Aeon Disk, or you can transition into a rat with a Shadow Blade. I personally think this is a fantastic build that is fun to play: it gives the carry tons of room to farm, it confuses the enemy about who to tunnel, and you can provide cover fire whenever they attack your carry without risking. However, if you play this build you will be reported, cussed at, your team will abandon or throw the game, etc.
Oh one more thing most people don't know about Slark: your corpse can gain permanent agility. If you die, and an enemy who is affected by essence shift dies within 300 radius of your corpse, you will gain permanent agility. This is a nice bonus for offlane or support Slark where you don't mind trading your life as much as a carry would.
It's only stealing 1 Agility, it's really has no bearing on whether or not its worth trading a kill. Basically just a "worth got stacks"
@@SeisoYabai its important in pubs to have something to type when you die like an idiot
@@alex7435 You're 100% correct, I retract my statement. It truly is a game-changer.
support slark ?
i want this on silencer
After following this build, I've climbed from rank 10k to top 100.
But instead of immortal, it's behaviour score. Thanks Jenkins!
Gay
Gay
@@lifestealer4699naix is a good oral machine
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ahahahahahahah
Did this in my crusader bracket and stacked up 7 reports in 1 hour. Perfect
lmaoooooooooo
Thanks Jenkins
Rookie numbers
Good
Report? Why? It’s not against any rules
Today a guy picked offlane slark who followed your guide. He fed their carry ursa and we got stomped really hard.
Thanks Jenkins😇🥰
yeah i played loads of offlane slark before so i know most of the laning matchups vs standard carries pretty well
vs ursa the only levels where essence shift beats fury swipes with equal farm is 1 so having no items and rushing ring is bad. if you have like oov and 4 branches or something then lvl 1 come swining out the gates you can bully him badly get a lead and then hopefully you will be lvl 4 by the time ursa gets 3 then you might stand a chance
I’d assume it because Ursa would be an awful matchup since he hits slark harder with fury swipes than slark does with essence shift
The day when Rizpol and Jenkins upload at the same time will be the day we say goodbye to our MMRs.
@@Green13Gamingexactly
@@Green13Gaming yes at lvl 2+. at lvl 1 essence shift beats fury swipes (and jingu for that matter. it blows mk players brains when you just walk up to them at lvl 1 with oov and trade punches with them and win). like i said i played a lot of slark offlane
for slark vs ursa you are playing to dominate at lvl 1-2 because at 3 ursa will have fury swipes 2
this naked ring rush would only work in a lane where you can hit a decent timing at like lvl 4-5 once you finish your vangaurd which makes no sense vs ursa as lvl 1-2 will determine if you will already have killed him 2x or been killed by him 2x by lvl 5
Its a dark day seeing more slark in this game
One of my favorite heroes back when I was playing Dota 1. Along with Nightstalker and Huskar.
Just a normal day in dark reed
I had a slark off lane in my team was happy but then he built pos 1 items and we lost 😂
Slark is hot
haven't played dota in 3 years, decided to play because this build seemed funny, stomped really hard; thank you jenkins
be careful. dota addiction is a slipery slope
Just wait until you experience the average mental health decline among dota players. You'll uninstall pretty fast after that.
@@woodandwandco You just need to keep playing. I've grown out of my rage quit + uninstall phase like 7 years ago, 1 year after I started playing Dota.
Was thinking the exact same thing. But I enjoy sunshine and not staying inside all day.
matchmaking favors you after hiatus. play more and soon you get teammates that made you quit the game in the first place.
Wait a second Jenkins. You are telling me that when the enemy bans my Dark Seer, I can play an even better Dark Seer game by selecting the forbidden fish? This changes everything.
6:46 That Aum music was dope.
truly a limbus sweep momento
I rly didn't expect it lmao
Limbillion
limbillons must feed
i kind of thought i was hearing things with the background music.
but no, it's actually Limbus OST. Thanks you Jenkins for not only showing the best builds, but acknowledging the best songs
0:12 love that "death is my bitch" video reference
Funny enough I see this video minted after having off slark on my team, needless to say the enemy jugg absolutely dominated the game
Thanks Jenkins!
I used to run vanguard on Slark back in 2015.
People said I was stupid.
Turns out I was just way way way ahead of my time.
lol. Ur still better than me. around that time I use slark ulti to initiate. LMAO
Vanguard slark was meta in dota allstars xd
Limbus music jumpscare
I thought my game doubled up on its music istg
Hi. Slark spammer with about 1000 games here. Definitely love me some offlane Slark, always felt it was potentially underrated. Thanks for giving me the the green light.
I was caught off guard by the limbus company music
Good video. The Limbus music gave me whiplash
Not gonna lie, my main position is 3, and the heroes I play on the offlane are Pudge, Anti Mage, and Undying. All thanks to Jenkins' videos. Now I can add Slark to my hero pool as well.
rot
3k mmr
@@robertkrista5551 Actually I have 3 accounts. One is 4k, other is 2k, and my favorite account is 600mmr.
@@robertkrista5551 so what? we all start somewhere don't we?
@@hirankalindu322 so the sum is about 6.6k. I see this as an absolute win!! 😃
I lived to see Jenkins use Dwarf Fortress music
So blessed 1:41
I thought my Limbus are playing by itself when I watch this video wtf.
Library of ruina is most big brain thing in this video
When you travel to the 8th level of hell, you will meet Jenkins.
editor playing limbus music to summon unnamed pmoon fans
history truly repeats itself. When I started playing back in 6.75 or so, invisible offlane was somewhat popular, and heroes such as riki, clinkz and even slark with sb were really common, back when most people didn't know how to play and never had dust on em (of course this applies to pubs, pro scene was aware of such items lol)
The amount of Limbus music you used in this video... I love it.
This is awesome. I've always carried sentries as slark but I feel useless as a carry. Definitely swapping to off-lane for him now!
lol ur bad
@@JGYsoFly roooood
4:05 I was just here for funny fish build, but I didn't expect to get hit with the canto 1 bop
absolutely love the music going louder for the moment 5:16 ahahahahaha
Before I quit doto years ago, Slark has been one of my offlane then transitions to carry if needed in late game. My build for him though at core was with dagger and diffusal blade, and yes he was one of my core heroes that I actively hunt with during transitional early-mid past the 8~10 min mark due to his ult ult passive that can definitely try to hunt or notify for wards/enemy visibility. Dagger was a core for me due to how dark pact has a delayed activation and a short cooldown, basically you'd activate dark pact prior to going dagger in so it'll already be a few secs in cooldown once you already blink in. Essentially, you'd dark pact > blink > pounce if enemy tries to escape to lock him > dark pact again. You'd be activating dark pact twice in a shorter duration which basically destroys squishy heroes and that's just Slark with a Dagger and no other item. Dagger is also insanely useful for jukes and escapes, due to Slark's passive you have insane high mobility that once you enter fog of war, with dagger on cool down you'd blink out. It's why shadowblade has never found a use for me with most of my Slark builds primarily because it's so easy to counter and even if you do get into fog of war, if they know your sense of direction, you'd be easily chased down. And considering his health regen and with a mana recovery/regen item, you basically have a hero who will most likely never go back to fountain to recover.
Slark was one of my favorite heroes at the time, and people really never liked me playing offlane with him and using dagger due to a lot of people getting stuck on traditional builds back then. Dagger Slark has never been popular, and to this day I don't think it has.
I always buy blink for slark, but depend on the situation, blink/aghanim
Already play a lot of slark 3. His base regen and essence shift make him a trade god. His aghs and shard are broken tier and literally provide enough utility on their own.
you forgot to note to mute everyone at the start of the game
3:44
"If you weren't Slark doing this to them, they would be Slark doing this to you."
Such beautiful words to live by...
I played your offlane antimage build religiously for a while and now I have a new hero to be stupid with
haven't played dota in 2 years. Decided to play because this build seemed funny. My team started flaming before game even started, my pos 5 and 2 ran down mid saying it was a waste of time.
Ah yes, good ol' dota
Jenkins totally using limbus company bgm entire video, mean, he play limbus?
Btw, did I just hear Limbus Company music from 6m30 onwards? The Budha abnormality theme and then main menu theme
Limbus battle and lobby music maybe jenkins is cultured afterall
4:07
Holy shit, Limbus Company OST in a Jenkins video. You are, without a doubt, a man of culture.
Ive gone from 9500 conduct when I watched my first jenkins video, to 2500. Thanks Jenkins!
Audio of Deranged Old Man outside of Grocery Store yelling Dota 2 Slark Offlane Builds at Pigeons:
"no hero can kill you if you got vanguard" yeah my slark just got obliterated by a brood
match id: 7228848196
love the octopath ost at 9:07 good to see a fellow an octopath fan!
As a professional slark auto picker this means a lot with my record of 411 slark games played i would like to address his ults nerf after nerf,mfing mana problems became his problem and turned me off on aghs build but as an offlane slark...
Did it in a 5 stack and got to say my favorite line after popping off: “Look at me, look at me; I’m the carry now.”
Just a minor problem I see. At 0:46 my teammates give up and I get mass reported to a 24H ban.
Dude I just LOVE your choice of background music, especially one from Disco Elisium for the murder walk part
Not only i will got crippling depression, also know if fish has night vission, thank you jenkins
damn, of course the video was a treat, but also these musics, Limbus, Disco Elysium, LoR, what a man of taste !
That's why I saw those Slarks in my games. "Thank you"
Every 3k player with over 10000 games: Yea man,I used to play slark offlane a lot.Its really great.Thanks for showing this Jenkins
yo that chrono trigger sound byte at 1:00 i will never forget. also this is how ive been building almost all heroes since they lowered cost of ring of health. NAKED ROH my friends are always slow to accept my genius
not a single hero can kill you .... Doombringer: hold my beer
4:02 that rage bb LMFAO
Gebura strumming in the background..
That music from limbus company just messed with me so hard. I litteraly was like "wtf i didn't even open steam"
I watched your video and i now play in low priority! Thanks jenkins!
It feels like every carry becomes an offlaner once people understand them enough.
As a slark main, the main reason he’s the best carry is infinite scaling with essence shift. Same goes with other heroes with similar features, pudge, legion commander, axe and silencer (though it depends on how much intelligence is left on the enemy).
Yea infinite scaling is cool until your base falls on 20
What? Axe had infinite scaling now?
@@MangaGamified yeah it can get infinite armor for every culling kill, but I guess it technically gets to around 99% armor
That's a lot of limbus music as a BGM
LoR/Limbus music feelsgoodman
3:29 eeeeeyyyy Rogue Galaxy theme, someone has an amazing taste in music
bro using the dwarf fortress soundtrack for BGM like i wouldnt notice. A+ video
Funny how the slark video ended up being about pudge being the best hero in the game
0:11 a wild Mav appears
Nice touch putting Octopath themesong there.
Same thing with Slark Off, i think people don't know about the existence of Outworld Devourer 5
Why i think this is a good support 5?
- Infinite Mana
- Astral Prision can save a teammate (even from Legion), catch an enemy for your team to kill, Transform 2v2 situations into 2v1
-Ult. is a perfect nuke to help on important team fights or to secure a kill on the carry
-Build the "Green" boots, and you will hace both infite mana and infinte health regen
- Meteor Hammer, for Astral combo and destroying a tower (+ push)
-Can transition into a carry
+ OD Shard makes the Astral even better for saving you'r team, since it allows allies to walk away while they are imprisoned
I hope you can try this
I love your videos ❤️
ngl, didnt expect jenkins to use Limbus ost
AT 5:51 i was actually so dumb that i thought my screen was actually moving backwards
THANK YOU DHL FOR SPONSORING THIS VIDEO
did you know that Slark actually uses DHL agents over the map to utilize his passive skill vision-vise
Thanks for your guide, im down from ancient to legend with this strat
was literally crunching into some chips when that clip of eating a bag of chips popped up lmao
*not a single hero can kill you* **techies and beast on the distance laughting menacingly with a 1400 damage nuke at lvl 4**
ah yes master sings manguard strat
Also love the bit with the octopath music
Am i crazy or did I heard limbus soundtrack somewhere after fourth minute?
There is alot of limbussing in this video
Offlane slark is my EGO now
Just tried it, it worked surprisingly well. Completely shat on the safelane Antimage and Oracle. After Vanguard, Echo/Harpoon, then later Aghs, I felt I had plenty of health to be confident during teamfights, unlike with the usual carry build. Jumping in as an initiator as Slark felt great.
1:03 Jenkins, your culture is showing. I know Dwarf Fortress music when I hear it.
Never would I expect to hear a Dwarf Fortress OST track in Dota 2 video...
going to a lane agains sky and drow with slark with no Itens, this channel is genius
its also nice to know your enjoying limbus company jenkins
What was missing from the build?
Me: Divine rapier?
Ans: Aghanim Shard.
Me: Close enough
1:45 OST from Crypt of the Mecrodancer - Mausoleum Mash
Love the Crypt of The Necrodancer background music
Literally never played dota in my life but ur entertaining. + my form empties soundtrack
Im happily to inform you that this vid went all over facebook without watermark
Limbus OST???? Based editor
ayo this man's got the limbus jams on let's GOOO
I’m gonna be real your offlane anti already rewired my brain to make me pick Slark offlane.
Also, nice! Limbus company ost.
I knew it! I thought I was the only one picking up with the music being familiar, after hearing it every day.
Jenkins I swear if herald sees this shit it’s a lot of chaos
5:51 wtf are you doing, almost had a stroke from the music :D
Your music during the three braindead rules tho. Keep it up jenkins. Youre gonna get me playing again...
Earlier there was so many stuns with writing - can be dispelled : no. But in a last patch everything dispelable with strong dispel, it is a patch of slark and dark willow
I remember one game where our team's slark would do anything for stacks that he would even die for them. He kept saying that he needs agility over and over again.
Annoyed, I replied with "You don't need agility, you need intelligence" and everyone laughed (including him). One of the most memorable moments I've had of playing this shit game 😂
Be honest you were the slark
@@ConfusedGeriatric Nope, I was the Lich that was cursed with supporting that guy in lane 🤣
The most illegal build depends on your rank
In Herald to Crusader it is Sniper Support:
Points into attack range to harass the lane or points in shrapnel to get vision around trees and disrupt junglers
Build Mana Boots into Guardian Greaves, having been buying most or all wards up to this point and occasionally a Tome to give to your carry
Once you complete the Greaves it should be mid-game or sooner so you can make the choice to double down on the build with Assault Cuirass or Aeon Disk, or you can transition into a rat with a Shadow Blade.
I personally think this is a fantastic build that is fun to play: it gives the carry tons of room to farm, it confuses the enemy about who to tunnel, and you can provide cover fire whenever they attack your carry without risking. However, if you play this build you will be reported, cussed at, your team will abandon or throw the game, etc.
tome doesn't exist anymore
YOOOO LIMBUS MUSIC LETS FUCKING GOOO
I was playing limbus company with the sound off while playing this video and I thought I was tripping when I heard the music lol
I will be auditing your build. Thank you.
Bro playing techies official song and thinking we wouldn't notice
Makes sense you'd use MeasureHeads theme when talking about offlane Slark