How To Play SLARK | Tips, Tricks and Tactics | A Dota 2 Guide by BSJ

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  • Опубліковано 4 гру 2024

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  • @bananaslamjamma
    @bananaslamjamma  4 роки тому +81

    Timestamps:
    0:00 Intro
    0:20 What Slark Does - In a Nutshell
    04:05 Checklist for Success With Slark
    04:44 Core Concepts
    05:45 Abilities - An Overview
    05:59 Dark Pact
    07:00 Hero Match-ups
    12:35 Dark Pact (cont'd)
    14:52 Pounce
    17:26 How to Use Dark Pact & Pounce Effectively
    18:25 Essence Shift - My Favorite Ability in All of Dota
    23:13 Shadow Dance (Ultimate)
    24:48 Hero Match-ups (cont'd)
    25:24 Shadow Dance (cont'd)
    25:57 How to Control the Map as Slark
    27:43 Dewarding with Slark and Why It's So Important
    29:34 Superior Night Vision
    31:02 How To Never Be Ganged - Keep An Eye on your Status/Buff bar
    33:12 How to Control the Map as Slark (in Summary)
    33:44 Skill Build
    37:17 Hero Match-ups (cont'd)
    40:26 Scaling into the Late Game vs. Ultra Carries
    40:58 Slark's Role in Your Team & His Supporting Cast
    43:35 Talents
    44:32 Itemization
    51:39 Did I Mention You're Supposed To Hit Them on Slark?
    51:54 Aghanim's Scepter
    52:10 Bonus Mechanic Tidbits
    55:20 Conclusion

    • @chambinabi9646
      @chambinabi9646 4 роки тому +1

      I love slark, especially in the first DOTA

    • @disruption1000
      @disruption1000 4 роки тому +1

      Hey BSJ Bro, Thankyou, I really knew something very new in this video

    • @ВУраев
      @ВУраев 4 роки тому

      When are you gona cover up supports?

    • @imskyrcheez
      @imskyrcheez 4 роки тому

      Dark pact doesnt dispel spirit breaker charge of darkness and also revels you stopping your passive..... I was so confused in my game.

  • @Anakioshi
    @Anakioshi 4 роки тому +94

    30:10 BSJ start to yell when the tips says "Remain calm. Remember, it's only a game". That is some nice timing !

  • @GustyforEminem
    @GustyforEminem 4 роки тому +49

    My favorite part is when BSJ keeps explaining, emphasizing his point while slowly fading away from the camera. The dream is that one day he sits up from his chair, exists his room, keeps talking through the hallway, after which he leaves the house, as we faintly hear BSJ angry rant screaming from the top of his lungs.

  • @robinsharma8095
    @robinsharma8095 4 роки тому +38

    1. directional move to use pounce. D move to a point and then click pounce.
    2. dont go silver edge first item. echo sabre or get diffusal to slow them down before pounce. diffusal slark is inferior to illusion heroes with diffusal. get many WB if you have to trade a lot in laning stage.
    3. slark has 1800 night vision, use this like a moving ward and to deward. deward when you see that your buff of ulti is missing.
    4. slark has low stat gain, so does not scale well, end early if facing someone like antimage.
    5. slark is very vulnerable to mana burn, beware of AM and illusion heroes.
    6. use dark pact when you see projectiles, gives 2.5 second window where you can purge. you can dark pact sometimes as soon as you see your ulti buff disappearing.
    7. do not take fights where your enemy has vision, engaging and disengaging is critical with slark.
    8. slark can 1v1 many heroes including ursa, troll.
    9. practice tread switching with slark. before you use any spell change to int and then change back to agility.
    10. dont pounce unless absolutely required for lockdown, save it for escape.
    11. carry sentries to your fights and deward. deward common ward spots while farming.

    • @thewingedone1172
      @thewingedone1172 3 роки тому

      I would say that full slotted Slark with Refresher win literally anything 1 vs 1

  • @Amir-jn5mo
    @Amir-jn5mo 4 роки тому +18

    yes best fun hero guide is here. I really enjoyed the morphling guide since i never knew how the hero worked and was looking forward to this slark video

  • @tarapapi
    @tarapapi 4 роки тому +17

    How to Play Slark:
    1. Hit enemy heroes till they die
    2. Press R to not die
    3. Mash the Q button during clashes
    4. Pounce???
    5.???
    6. Profit

  • @davechasse9006
    @davechasse9006 4 роки тому +32

    I love BSJ's How to play X hero, video, good format, keep it up you're the best.

    • @StriderGG
      @StriderGG 4 роки тому +2

      Nice to hear you enjoy them, be sure to share with your buddies, if we can hit 50k subs (so close!) we get another :D

    • @nithinrao3435
      @nithinrao3435 4 роки тому

      Ok

  • @huntman777
    @huntman777 4 роки тому +5

    This is very VERY well made bsj. Thank you, I don’t know any other guides that have this kuch depth as well as maintaining this crucial structure as not to overwhelm the player. Thanks brother!

    • @caveskeleton4674
      @caveskeleton4674 3 роки тому

      Yeah thats cuz slark is his most played by a long way

  • @constant9ne
    @constant9ne 4 роки тому +4

    Thanks for the timestamps, and thanks for the video. Crazy too cause I've been wanting to better up my slark gameplay, video came clutch.

  • @Cedeoff
    @Cedeoff 4 роки тому +15

    man im such a bad slark, but after i saw this video i had such a slark vibe so i jumped in a turbo to try it, the result was 10-0-10 mvp
    edit: 10-2-15 in ranked, i'll call you sensei

  • @manateemadness2234
    @manateemadness2234 4 роки тому +1

    Really appreciate you doing these guides for free, BSJ. Slark is a hero i hate playing AGAINST, and i usually dont pick heroes i think are mega cancer, but the few times I've played Slark it has beena pretty fun hero actually, ENORMOUS skill ceiling. Keep up the good work, you are very much appreciated in this community :)

  • @bookedroomer
    @bookedroomer 4 роки тому +3

    Getting good dark pact off in a crucial time is so satisfying I remember playing vs pudge and bane the amount of times I got to dispel their ults and they got tilted so bad

  • @KanyeT1306
    @KanyeT1306 4 роки тому +2

    Nice video, thanks BSJ. Slark is one of my favourite heroes too, I appreciate you taking the time to lay all this out for us!

  • @s.bornand5424
    @s.bornand5424 4 роки тому +2

    Very comprehensive. Thank you VERY much for this BSJ!!!

  • @crocsmahal
    @crocsmahal 4 роки тому

    Omg THE DIRECTIONAL MOVE GUIDE REALLY REALLY HELPS!!! ITS THE MOST IMPORTANT HOTKEY ON SLARK!! VERY USEFUL! THANK YOU BSJ YOURE MY IDOL

  • @marcelodheni
    @marcelodheni 3 роки тому

    You blow my mind with The directional move thing, ty man.

  • @thelegomakerman
    @thelegomakerman 4 роки тому +1

    Thank you bro just won 4 slark rank games in a row your guide has enchanced my play

  • @nhojleahcim47
    @nhojleahcim47 4 роки тому +22

    i guess I'll see slark in my pubs a lot the next week or so. 🙂

  • @SarcaZmOn
    @SarcaZmOn 4 роки тому +5

    A very nice vid, bro. Respect.

  • @Mihael_Keehl31
    @Mihael_Keehl31 4 роки тому +2

    I`m a slark player and i really didn`t know that naga ult reveals you, i actually tried now in a lobby and it really does, but since you are untargetable and cannot be attacked the only thing that affects u is that you no longer regen....and i think that was the whole idea behind it.

  • @life_with_appy
    @life_with_appy 4 роки тому +1

    I've just started playing slark and lo BSJ comes with a slark guide. BSJ you're the saviour 😄.

  • @rune_maker
    @rune_maker 4 роки тому

    thanks bsj i have like 400 games on slark but still i learned a lot about him.

  • @Z3RO458
    @Z3RO458 4 роки тому +1

    First video I’ve seen and I just love the way you break shit down 12/10

  • @harrychavez7338
    @harrychavez7338 4 роки тому +1

    TY for the guide BSJ your very good explaining things!

  • @kikyou8349
    @kikyou8349 4 роки тому

    The Best Guide on the UA-cam

  • @Nihhuz
    @Nihhuz 4 роки тому

    I'm going to consider this my birthday gift. Thanks BSJ! I wanted this.

  • @RapFa-Hater420
    @RapFa-Hater420 4 роки тому

    I have been waiting for this one Thanks Coach B

  • @jonuhthn5624
    @jonuhthn5624 4 роки тому +6

    We need more guides like this BSJ! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

  • @deathraze9
    @deathraze9 3 роки тому +1

    I remember in dota 1 days when slark used to steal 1of every attribute per hit instead of converting it to 3 agility.

  • @amirhoseinfarhadi2268
    @amirhoseinfarhadi2268 4 роки тому

    This qas the best hero specific guid i've ever seen in my life
    TNX
    very very nice
    Thank you so much ❤

  • @soldieroftruth77
    @soldieroftruth77 4 роки тому +5

    49:34 literally changed a week later

  • @PseudoDak
    @PseudoDak 2 роки тому

    I maimed Slark mid/off lane solo between 2015-2017 and he’s still my favorite hero by far

  • @EimSbuShHustla
    @EimSbuShHustla 4 роки тому +2

    so would you consider going skady + abysal or always only one of them ?

  • @tomasgazzi
    @tomasgazzi 4 роки тому

    Nicest guide for slark ever

  • @rastafari2k3
    @rastafari2k3 4 роки тому +16

    Played Slark vs both AA and Void one game. Think I ended the match with 5k hero damage... and a few reports. Unplayable

  • @MrBardun111
    @MrBardun111 4 роки тому +1

    lvl 3 on esence is good vs heroes that wanna stay in lane and its all about wining - matchup such as timbersaw can be example of that, with use of many salves. => so if they cant put hero vs you and you need to be stronger then him for eficiency to not need to use more salve => (like you woudltn be able to kil jungle camp anyways so you rather take the lane farm and in case he contests which he should, you can sitl farm junglecamps with esence shifts you gained.). And if its all about last fight, you can go 1s for ult.

  • @mustafasalihates2866
    @mustafasalihates2866 3 роки тому

    I satisfied even listening. He talks about my dreams

  • @arkarkyaw3366
    @arkarkyaw3366 4 роки тому +1

    Thank you Coach B

  • @roshinm7513
    @roshinm7513 4 роки тому +2

    That subtle reference to far cry 3 insanity quote. "Did I mention to you about hitting on slark". 👍 51:49

  • @muaazkhalid9525
    @muaazkhalid9525 4 роки тому +9

    First! Thank you for this slark guide!!

  • @hexsplays
    @hexsplays 4 роки тому +1

    My friend challenged me on an LOD(dota 1 map) match I picked Mirana as hero because of her stats and attk animation. I got essence shift, SB bash, drow passive(dmg based on agi) and WR ult. The most one sided game ever haha.

  • @yasinrezvi8247
    @yasinrezvi8247 2 роки тому

    Will you be making any updated carry guide with slark? I love this hero, but since I have been playing him, i have drastically lost games.

  • @longwing2011
    @longwing2011 4 роки тому

    Thx, learn a lot, specially the night vision range.

  • @berryesseen
    @berryesseen 4 роки тому +1

    Yeah, I like essence shift on heroes like Medusa, Troll, Drow, Gyro. One skill is enough to win the game. I mean ability draft obviously.

  • @mir3s
    @mir3s 4 роки тому

    Totally agree slark is the best hero :) I was 1,6 k mmr back in the day and 17 straight wins with slark got me out of there :)

  • @samimzarrinpour6302
    @samimzarrinpour6302 4 роки тому +3

    Slark is a fish, Naga is basically a fish. what would you do as a dominant male fish when you see a female fish singing?? you reveal your self! (sometimes you can resolve things by stupidity to maximum! DOTA is a complex game! but it is still a game!) :)

  • @slickmullet3891
    @slickmullet3891 4 роки тому +1

    Thank you BSJ 🙏

  • @BB8enjoyer
    @BB8enjoyer 4 роки тому +5

    BSJ how to deal with 5 man pushing as a solo player?
    other than solo killing, creep cutting and split pushing

    • @kindle1951
      @kindle1951 4 роки тому +1

      Have you tried destroying items yet?

    • @BB8enjoyer
      @BB8enjoyer 4 роки тому

      @@kindle1951 doesn't help winning

    • @kindle1951
      @kindle1951 4 роки тому

      @@BB8enjoyer well you didn't specify winning the game, only how to deal with the problem. So grieving still an option there :D

    • @EliandDaddy15
      @EliandDaddy15 4 роки тому

      Cut the creeps

  • @emofound
    @emofound 4 роки тому

    More of this Sir BSJ!!! Aka Coach B

  • @Lucas-gt8en
    @Lucas-gt8en 4 роки тому +1

    Nice editing 👍

  • @regannealephotography
    @regannealephotography 4 роки тому +1

    I dont quite understand the Dark Pact dispell and when it begins. Is it as soon as you press Q that the dispell is active or when it goes off after 1.5 seconds?

    • @Gomlmon99
      @Gomlmon99 4 роки тому

      When it goes off after 1.5, you get a continuous dispel. Nothing happens for the first 1.5.

  • @tariklika847
    @tariklika847 3 роки тому +1

    Regarding wards, when I deward as a carry, in the killfeed it says I get the gold, but I actually don't. I assume the support gets it instead but I am not sure

    • @Thejodad234
      @Thejodad234 3 роки тому

      You only get the gold if you bought the sentry.

  • @zkskakksis1514
    @zkskakksis1514 4 роки тому

    Learned a lot!

  • @emil-kirilov
    @emil-kirilov 3 роки тому

    great video!

  • @vampirerex2354
    @vampirerex2354 4 роки тому

    BSJ i love ur content.ty for helping the dota community.❤️ From india

  • @TheChosenOne462
    @TheChosenOne462 4 роки тому +1

    bsj should i aim the tanky dk that has a ton of disable and halbred or some zues standing super far away from front line

    • @zeeddota
      @zeeddota 4 роки тому

      21:20

    • @TheChosenOne462
      @TheChosenOne462 4 роки тому

      @@zeeddota if i dont kill the dude with 3second stun on 9 second cd and a halbred then i will keep getting disable

    • @alikamali4174
      @alikamali4174 4 роки тому

      Can you kill him?you already sayd he has halberd and fking stun what makes you think he isnt using them to defend HIMSELF rather than defending zeus

  • @sayginkol
    @sayginkol 4 роки тому

    Brilliant video.

  • @merkyy5079
    @merkyy5079 4 роки тому

    Thank you sensei

  • @weticeboy
    @weticeboy 4 роки тому

    Man , that directional move trick is the most astonishing part of this video .
    New tip learnt .
    One thing I wanted to mention is that lion/ shaman hex cannot be dispelled
    So that makes them kinda a counter to dark pact ??

    • @-grumpygold1155
      @-grumpygold1155 4 роки тому

      they definitely can be dispelled, oracles may not be able to dispel them though

    • @prieurduplessis8677
      @prieurduplessis8677 4 роки тому

      @@weticeboy Dark Pact does dispell hex now. It was changed about last big patch ago. Go test it if you don't believe it

    • @weticeboy
      @weticeboy 4 роки тому +1

      @@prieurduplessis8677 yea my bad it was undispellable few patches ago

  • @nt1448
    @nt1448 4 роки тому

    great guide, thanks.

  • @imanueladipranata1340
    @imanueladipranata1340 4 роки тому

    nice guide dude

  • @GurneroMaelstrom
    @GurneroMaelstrom 3 роки тому +1

    the good thing about slark now is that he isn't selfish anymore because of agh shard

  • @ger-f1b
    @ger-f1b 4 роки тому +2

    my favorite carry hero is bad this patch, "okay" at best i guess

  • @pcxxy
    @pcxxy 2 роки тому

    re watching this guide in 7.32b now that they buffed pounce with essence shift stacks and Ags giving him a second charge, and shard with the clouds

  • @memeskeepmealive2585
    @memeskeepmealive2585 4 роки тому +1

    every BSJ videos,
    *hed gestures*

  • @TheChosenOne462
    @TheChosenOne462 4 роки тому +13

    After watching this guide i ve now manage to escape the Ancient trench
    now im legend

  • @justj3290
    @justj3290 4 роки тому +1

    Love slark

  • @alexilaiho8534
    @alexilaiho8534 4 роки тому

    Does moon shard increases slark night vision or 1800 is the max night vision?

  • @adeelahmed3958
    @adeelahmed3958 4 роки тому

    love you coach.

  • @Joel2Million
    @Joel2Million 2 роки тому

    mage slayer is the current tanky follow up after diffusal. if an enemy deals magic damage their spells will deal 36.6% of full damage, instead of the normal 75%, in other words it over doubles your EHP against magic casters.

  • @stanmaharjan3168
    @stanmaharjan3168 4 роки тому

    did not know the mechanic of the directional move
    thenk bsj

  • @coolbanda5446
    @coolbanda5446 4 роки тому

    Great guide xD l

  • @aquastorm3854
    @aquastorm3854 4 роки тому +1

    Can anyone help me out with slark’s pounce. Isn’t there some setting where you can pounce properly. Like if np sprouts himself and we try to pounce it will miss and land on the side of the sprouts. Pls can someone tell me from what setting i can get a better pounce.

    • @gabriel_paredez
      @gabriel_paredez 4 роки тому +9

      That ability is aimed in the same as SF razes. There is no setting that automatically makes you "pounce properly" but there is a hotkey you can bind that will help. It is called "Directional Move" under advanced hotkeys. Basically when you hold down this key it will change ur hero's motion from normal pathing to just moving in the direction of ur clicking i.e. you can make your hero run into a walls, cliffs, trees etc. It will essentially give you free aim and will stop your hero from turning in random directions when trying to hit a target that you can't directly path to.

    • @aquastorm3854
      @aquastorm3854 4 роки тому

      Thank you so much

    • @flixarnD
      @flixarnD 4 роки тому +3

      There are two move commands you want to bind, I have both on the mouse side buttons:
      Directional Move: Hold this while right clicking or move commanding and the hero will not search for a path, just look at that point and walk as far as possible. Just like the comment above.
      Move: Your right clicks automatically selesäct between move or attack commands. If you just want to walk at an enemy and not attck, you need this key to be bound, which substitutes the right click. This allows you to walk at heros without drawing aggro in the lane, and to follow heros without stoping to attack when playing heros like Juggernaut or Dark Seer.

    • @alikamali4174
      @alikamali4174 4 роки тому

      You need your goddamn hero to be faced on enemy to pounce not an slark player but an sf player some of most used things for raze(atleast for me)is right clicking towards enemy and then casting bloody spell cuz then your hero is faced towards enemy which means there is noway you miss it

  • @Pownerator
    @Pownerator 4 роки тому

    Ima see a lot of slarks for now on

  • @ximashi8283
    @ximashi8283 3 роки тому

    Hye bananabananaslamjamma, can you share or explain when to buy diffusal blade when in game ?

  • @hibarbeat
    @hibarbeat 3 роки тому

    Idk i get what ur point but every bracket is different i am legend and i have 20 streak in slark idk maybe this patch hese too strong but i always built silver edge and linken for example i go at start orb then some stats stick ofc then echo then silver then it depends linken bkb skaydi satanic ( i only go sange and yasha when they have like imba stuns or magnus or beast...) but i guess if i get like 2 rank up divine or immortal i may loose all time but for this bracket slark if you played him like 20 games like practice then i think you cant loose (( sick hero

  • @joncena3028
    @joncena3028 4 роки тому

    Hope you do support heroes too

  • @alfredohumperknuckle418
    @alfredohumperknuckle418 4 роки тому

    very nice

  • @asasipogi
    @asasipogi 4 роки тому

    2 days ago but late gameplay? Silveredge still ult orb?

  • @neuroplasticity
    @neuroplasticity 3 роки тому

    Dude thank you. Finally now I know how to pounce like the pros. I always wondered how the fuck people did that

  • @jonathinvazquez7197
    @jonathinvazquez7197 4 роки тому +1

    Viper strike

  • @mohitmathers1416
    @mohitmathers1416 4 роки тому

    thankyou

  • @legendarynoob4689
    @legendarynoob4689 4 роки тому +1

    i love when i have 35 stacks and the enemy just keeps running at me one by one but hey pub.
    btw i end up with 70 stacks after they all died then slark hit pretty hard

  • @w0lft33thgg5
    @w0lft33thgg5 4 роки тому

    ty

  • @tayyiyang381ify
    @tayyiyang381ify 4 роки тому

    Finally

  • @smooth9075
    @smooth9075 4 роки тому +1

    Bruh, Slark is not the only hero with 1800 night vision... you forgot about my boi Nightstalker???

  • @krishancooray5649
    @krishancooray5649 4 роки тому +1

    Dear BSJ, my rank is heral 2 and i have 230 MMR. I try to play rank all the time with my best efforts but team mates not working out. They even random pick heroes, afk and no response to a ganks even. If i win 5 games i loose 7 games. how can I come up from herald with these kind of team mates. Advise Bro! Dont say quit DOTA though 😁

  • @NicoDeoXi
    @NicoDeoXi 4 роки тому

    Can u make a PL guide pls 😁

  • @undergodk
    @undergodk 4 роки тому

    Finally!!!

  • @mohamedyahia3793
    @mohamedyahia3793 4 роки тому

    u are the best

  • @banban5568
    @banban5568 4 роки тому

    Doesnt Nightstalker have 1800 night vision and 800 day vision?

  • @rollinas1
    @rollinas1 4 роки тому

    'shit, shit, run away' card 🤣 😂 🤣

  • @abinpakji683
    @abinpakji683 Рік тому

    bsj pls update this with the new itemization

  • @pree077
    @pree077 4 роки тому

    my friend keeps ganking with slark after getting one item and does not farm, i have tried this but i fall back on farm and items. i normally gank farm push gank , something like this what is ur opinion

    • @TheChosenOne462
      @TheChosenOne462 4 роки тому

      farm the camps on your way to your ganks would be most efficient

  • @gavinchung3411
    @gavinchung3411 3 роки тому

    What does it mean dark pact does 50% of the dmg????

  • @SonicComet
    @SonicComet 4 роки тому

    Nightstalker has 1800 night vision too

  • @YaseenDaniel9
    @YaseenDaniel9 4 роки тому

    How many games you got on slark?

    • @bananaslamjamma
      @bananaslamjamma  4 роки тому +1

      800

    • @YaseenDaniel9
      @YaseenDaniel9 4 роки тому

      BananaSlamJamma wtf i have 900 games on slark and only now someone told me there is directional move? Ive been missin out fml

  • @mechanicalhelios8321
    @mechanicalhelios8321 4 роки тому

    U missed out night stalker in the hero pool that have full night vision at night

    • @SynG4t3s
      @SynG4t3s 4 роки тому +3

      "one of the few heroes in the game that has 1800 vision at night time" good try smart ass

  • @malkaliyanage5413
    @malkaliyanage5413 4 роки тому

    Can slark counter LD I thought LD really good against slark u can hide ur hero and hit with bear slark will not get anything even if he hit bear he can't hit others because of root continues

    • @karthikesh37
      @karthikesh37 4 роки тому +1

      You are partially right. Neither of them can't kill the other that easily. Like you mentioned it's hard for slark to jump on Lone druid himself and he can't gain agi from the bear. On the other hand that doesn't mean LD counters slark. LD relies on his fear for escape and entangling claws for offense, both of which can be dispelled by slark's dark pact.

  • @jhudielgabrielsabelino9278
    @jhudielgabrielsabelino9278 4 роки тому

    "TAKE A GANDER AT HIS FUCKING STAT GAINS!" *proceeds to press the stats tab instead of about* 🤣🤣🤣