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
@chambinabi96464 жыл бұрын
I love slark, especially in the first DOTA
@disruption10004 жыл бұрын
Hey BSJ Bro, Thankyou, I really knew something very new in this video
@user-fp7kq4li8t4 жыл бұрын
When are you gona cover up supports?
@imskyrcheez4 жыл бұрын
Dark pact doesnt dispel spirit breaker charge of darkness and also revels you stopping your passive..... I was so confused in my game.
@Anakioshi4 жыл бұрын
30:10 BSJ start to yell when the tips says "Remain calm. Remember, it's only a game". That is some nice timing !
@mickytananu59083 жыл бұрын
i was going to say that nvm now
@robinsharma80954 жыл бұрын
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.
@thewingedone11723 жыл бұрын
I would say that full slotted Slark with Refresher win literally anything 1 vs 1
@GustyforEminem4 жыл бұрын
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.
@AverageDiamondPlayer4 жыл бұрын
Lmfao
@tarapapi3 жыл бұрын
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
@jackcullen692 жыл бұрын
7. Teammates - Feed
@Amir-jn5mo4 жыл бұрын
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
@davechasse90064 жыл бұрын
I love BSJ's How to play X hero, video, good format, keep it up you're the best.
@StriderGG4 жыл бұрын
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
@nithinrao34354 жыл бұрын
Ok
@huntman7774 жыл бұрын
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!
@caveskeleton46743 жыл бұрын
Yeah thats cuz slark is his most played by a long way
@TheCedeOfficial4 жыл бұрын
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
@manateemadness22344 жыл бұрын
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 :)
@bookedroomer4 жыл бұрын
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
@constant9ne4 жыл бұрын
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.
@jonuhthn56244 жыл бұрын
We need more guides like this BSJ! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
@KanyeT13064 жыл бұрын
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!
@nhojleahcim474 жыл бұрын
i guess I'll see slark in my pubs a lot the next week or so. 🙂
@Mihael_Keehl314 жыл бұрын
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.
@PseudoDak Жыл бұрын
I maimed Slark mid/off lane solo between 2015-2017 and he’s still my favorite hero by far
@s.bornand54244 жыл бұрын
Very comprehensive. Thank you VERY much for this BSJ!!!
@crocsmahal3 жыл бұрын
Omg THE DIRECTIONAL MOVE GUIDE REALLY REALLY HELPS!!! ITS THE MOST IMPORTANT HOTKEY ON SLARK!! VERY USEFUL! THANK YOU BSJ YOURE MY IDOL
@thelegomakerman4 жыл бұрын
Thank you bro just won 4 slark rank games in a row your guide has enchanced my play
@matthewshan10314 жыл бұрын
what rank are u? lmao
@abhimanyupundeer45004 жыл бұрын
I've just started playing slark and lo BSJ comes with a slark guide. BSJ you're the saviour 😄.
@marcelodheni3 жыл бұрын
You blow my mind with The directional move thing, ty man.
@samimzarrinpour63024 жыл бұрын
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!) :)
@SarcaZmOn4 жыл бұрын
A very nice vid, bro. Respect.
@deathraze93 жыл бұрын
I remember in dota 1 days when slark used to steal 1of every attribute per hit instead of converting it to 3 agility.
@Z3RO4584 жыл бұрын
First video I’ve seen and I just love the way you break shit down 12/10
@rastafari2k34 жыл бұрын
Played Slark vs both AA and Void one game. Think I ended the match with 5k hero damage... and a few reports. Unplayable
@soldieroftruth774 жыл бұрын
49:34 literally changed a week later
@amirhoseinfarhadi22684 жыл бұрын
This qas the best hero specific guid i've ever seen in my life TNX very very nice Thank you so much ❤
@harrychavez73384 жыл бұрын
TY for the guide BSJ your very good explaining things!
@MrBardun1113 жыл бұрын
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.
@roshinm75134 жыл бұрын
That subtle reference to far cry 3 insanity quote. "Did I mention to you about hitting on slark". 👍 51:49
@hex-27483 жыл бұрын
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.
@Gnfuckelosa4 жыл бұрын
thanks for demystifying TALENT choices! and DIFFUSAL VS ECHO SABRE. as well as Shadow blade vs S&Y
@berryesseen3 жыл бұрын
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.
@rune_maker4 жыл бұрын
thanks bsj i have like 400 games on slark but still i learned a lot about him.
@RapFa-Hater4204 жыл бұрын
I have been waiting for this one Thanks Coach B
@muaazkhalid95254 жыл бұрын
First! Thank you for this slark guide!!
@Nihhuz4 жыл бұрын
I'm going to consider this my birthday gift. Thanks BSJ! I wanted this.
@kikyou83494 жыл бұрын
The Best Guide on the KZfaq
@yasinrezvi82472 жыл бұрын
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.
@Shefetoful Жыл бұрын
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.
@pcxxy Жыл бұрын
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
@BB8enjoyer4 жыл бұрын
BSJ how to deal with 5 man pushing as a solo player? other than solo killing, creep cutting and split pushing
@kindle19513 жыл бұрын
Have you tried destroying items yet?
@BB8enjoyer3 жыл бұрын
@@kindle1951 doesn't help winning
@kindle19513 жыл бұрын
@@BB8enjoyer well you didn't specify winning the game, only how to deal with the problem. So grieving still an option there :D
@Jhedann3 жыл бұрын
Cut the creeps
@longwing20114 жыл бұрын
Thx, learn a lot, specially the night vision range.
@EimSbuShHustla4 жыл бұрын
so would you consider going skady + abysal or always only one of them ?
@TheChosenOne4624 жыл бұрын
After watching this guide i ve now manage to escape the Ancient trench now im legend
@theozuretti60914 жыл бұрын
Wow a living legend
@arkarkyaw33664 жыл бұрын
Thank you Coach B
@mustafasalihates28663 жыл бұрын
I satisfied even listening. He talks about my dreams
@jonathinvazquez71974 жыл бұрын
Viper strike
@slickmullet38914 жыл бұрын
Thank you BSJ 🙏
@mir3s3 жыл бұрын
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 :)
@tomasgazzi4 жыл бұрын
Nicest guide for slark ever
@GurneroMaelstrom3 жыл бұрын
the good thing about slark now is that he isn't selfish anymore because of agh shard
@harindudilipa15593 жыл бұрын
Yea
@Lucas-gt8en4 жыл бұрын
Nice editing 👍
@weticeboy4 жыл бұрын
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 ??
@-grumpygold11554 жыл бұрын
they definitely can be dispelled, oracles may not be able to dispel them though
@prieurduplessis86774 жыл бұрын
@@weticeboy Dark Pact does dispell hex now. It was changed about last big patch ago. Go test it if you don't believe it
@weticeboy4 жыл бұрын
@@prieurduplessis8677 yea my bad it was undispellable few patches ago
@zkskakksis15143 жыл бұрын
Learned a lot!
@regannealephotography4 жыл бұрын
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?
@Gomlmon994 жыл бұрын
When it goes off after 1.5, you get a continuous dispel. Nothing happens for the first 1.5.
@smooth90753 жыл бұрын
Bruh, Slark is not the only hero with 1800 night vision... you forgot about my boi Nightstalker???
@Gnfuckelosa4 жыл бұрын
wraith band + treads + magic stick to ? (drums) when do you go drums? i get that if you wanna participate in most fights early.. when is rushing to yasha or echo sabre different?
@mast19994 жыл бұрын
Ok then we have something in common I guess. We both like slark the most...
@vampirerex23544 жыл бұрын
BSJ i love ur content.ty for helping the dota community.❤️ From india
@emofound4 жыл бұрын
More of this Sir BSJ!!! Aka Coach B
@tariklika8473 жыл бұрын
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
@Thejodad2343 жыл бұрын
You only get the gold if you bought the sentry.
@user-xc9do2ly1y4 жыл бұрын
my favorite carry hero is bad this patch, "okay" at best i guess
@emil-kirilov3 жыл бұрын
great video!
@sayginkol4 жыл бұрын
Brilliant video.
@imanueladipranata13404 жыл бұрын
nice guide dude
@TheChosenOne4624 жыл бұрын
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
@zeeddota4 жыл бұрын
21:20
@TheChosenOne4624 жыл бұрын
@@zeeddota if i dont kill the dude with 3second stun on 9 second cd and a halbred then i will keep getting disable
@alikamali41744 жыл бұрын
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
@merkyy50794 жыл бұрын
Thank you sensei
@stanmaharjan31684 жыл бұрын
did not know the mechanic of the directional move thenk bsj
@memeskeepmealive25854 жыл бұрын
every BSJ videos, *hed gestures*
@krishancooray56493 жыл бұрын
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 😁
@nt14484 жыл бұрын
great guide, thanks.
@hibarbeat2 жыл бұрын
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
@AuraXars3 жыл бұрын
Alt-a doesn't work for me, anyone else had the same issue?
@justj32904 жыл бұрын
Love slark
@jhudielgabrielsabelino92784 жыл бұрын
"TAKE A GANDER AT HIS FUCKING STAT GAINS!" *proceeds to press the stats tab instead of about* 🤣🤣🤣
@neuroplasticity3 жыл бұрын
Dude thank you. Finally now I know how to pounce like the pros. I always wondered how the fuck people did that
@legendarynoob46893 жыл бұрын
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
@aquastorm38544 жыл бұрын
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-sm7ev4 жыл бұрын
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.
@aquastorm38544 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much
@flixarnD4 жыл бұрын
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.
@alikamali41744 жыл бұрын
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
@abinpakji683 Жыл бұрын
bsj pls update this with the new itemization
@MuhammadNauval4 жыл бұрын
You didn't mention Bloodseeker is the worst matchup for Slark since Thirst will literally disable Slark's passive when low HP
@mudrost49344 жыл бұрын
It's not the worst matchup. You can purge the silence and your ult is guaranteed to get you out of the low HP threshold. If you have a healing support or go for the BKB/SnY + Linken's setup, then it's a fairly easy matchup. Silencers like grimstroke, puck, disruptor all counter Slark more effectively. You can also buy wand and hold on to those 17 charges lol
@MuhammadNauval4 жыл бұрын
@@mudrost4934 Bloodseeker's Thrist make Slark's ult not working since it gives vision of Slark when he's low on HP. Thus, the regen won't work unless you get healed by other means to remove the vision from the Thirst
@mudrost49344 жыл бұрын
@@MuhammadNauval I meant when you activate it, it will get you out of the threshold. Bloodseeker is like a mild inconvenience for Slark if both are equally farmed.
@MuhammadNauval4 жыл бұрын
True, when it's activated Slark is immune to any detection.
@alexilaiho85344 жыл бұрын
Does moon shard increases slark night vision or 1800 is the max night vision?
@Pownerator4 жыл бұрын
Ima see a lot of slarks for now on
@alfredohumperknuckle4183 жыл бұрын
very nice
@adeelahmed39583 жыл бұрын
love you coach.
@joncena30283 жыл бұрын
Hope you do support heroes too
@aka-47pro594 жыл бұрын
Vision is in a circle, you squared the vision. It should be 10173600 for 1800 Vs 2009600 total units. Pretty significant. Almost 5 times.
@Gomlmon994 жыл бұрын
It doesn’t change the relative difference though
@shivamsrivastava50832 жыл бұрын
yea but circle has an area propotional to radius square
@SonicComet4 жыл бұрын
Nightstalker has 1800 night vision too
@ximashi82833 жыл бұрын
Hye bananabananaslamjamma, can you share or explain when to buy diffusal blade when in game ?
@mohitmathers14164 жыл бұрын
thankyou
@w0lft33thgg54 жыл бұрын
ty
@EimSbuShHustla4 жыл бұрын
saw an offlane undying rekking the hell out of an rank 50 slark yesterday.
@khalilrahme52274 жыл бұрын
Slark has awful stats early on, lanes such as undying lina can make his life hell
@asasipogi4 жыл бұрын
2 days ago but late gameplay? Silveredge still ult orb?
@rollinas14 жыл бұрын
'shit, shit, run away' card 🤣 😂 🤣
@coolbanda54464 жыл бұрын
Great guide xD l
@pree0774 жыл бұрын
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
@TheChosenOne4624 жыл бұрын
farm the camps on your way to your ganks would be most efficient
@tayyiyang381ify3 жыл бұрын
Finally
@gavinchung34113 жыл бұрын
What does it mean dark pact does 50% of the dmg????