For people interested at Earth spirit to share experience for playing this hero. Here is my experience about how to use combo for this hero.
COMBO: (without aid from items)
1. GRIP +ROLL + SMASH HERO towards tower (LVL3 FIRST BLOOD!)
2. GRIP + ROLL + SMASH STONE (since ES can place stone while rolling boulder, means we can cast silence right after rolling boulder ends)
3. GRIP + SMASH STONE + ROLL (This combo apply when we want max. disability on target(s) 2.5sec stun +5 secs silence, example such as 2 people ganking anti-mage will require max. disability time to output damage before he can blink away.)
4. SMASH +GRIP + ROLL (silence first for caster for short distance )
5. SMASH + roll without stone + grip (only one stone is required to apply 3 skills with max. disability time, stone must not travel more then 2/3 of screen before pulling it to allow rolling boulder successfully )
6. SMASH + ROLL with stone + GRIP (For team fight, long distance since smashed stone travel very far)
ULTIMATE COMBO : SMASH + ROLL with stone + MAGNETIZE + GRIP( + ROLL with stone
= 2secs silence and slow + 2.5 secs silence and stun + 0.5 secs silence and stun + 1.5 secs slow
= 6.5 secs team disability (the SECRET here is rolling boulder TRAVEL AT SPEED FASTER than boulder smash!)
DIFFERENCES:
1. in Dota2 once ES(earth spirit) is silenced, he can't placed stones, but in Dota1 ES can still place stones while he is silenced.
2. in Dota1 ES can smash JUGG away while he is casting ultimate, same to Tiny can throw JUGG away while he is casting ult.
3. in Dota2, ES can cast boulder smash by clicking area around target stone, but in Dota1 first skill can only be casted by clicking target stone.
4. in Dota1, ES's stone is only about 1/3 size of a hero, but in Dota2 stones can be as large as a hero. approxi. same size of hero for dots 1 and dota2.
5. in Dota2, cold down for boulder smash is 10 secs, in dota1 cd is 17 secs
6. in Dota1, applying dagger during rolling boulder will make ES auto teleport right after rolling ends. in Dota2, applying dagger during rolling boulder won't teleport ES after rolling ends.
7. in Dota1, applying force staff during rolling boulder will not change anything. in dota2, applying force staff while rolling boulder will break casting for rolling boulder which give the effect of force staff.
8. in dota2, ES can place stones while casting rolling boulder, but in dota1 he can't.
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For people interested at Earth spirit to share experience for playing this hero. Here is my experience about how to use combo for this hero.
COMBO: (without aid from items)
1. GRIP +ROLL + SMASH HERO towards tower (LVL3 FIRST BLOOD!)
2. GRIP + ROLL + SMASH STONE (since ES can place stone while rolling boulder, means we can cast silence right after rolling boulder ends)
3. GRIP + SMASH STONE + ROLL (This combo apply when we want max. disability on target(s) 2.5sec stun +5 secs silence, example such as 2 people ganking anti-mage will require max. disability time to output damage before he can blink away.)
4. SMASH +GRIP + ROLL (silence first for caster for short distance )
5. SMASH + roll without stone + grip (only one stone is required to apply 3 skills with max. disability time, stone must not travel more then 2/3 of screen before pulling it to allow rolling boulder successfully )
6. SMASH + ROLL with stone + GRIP (For team fight, long distance since smashed stone travel very far)
ULTIMATE COMBO : SMASH + ROLL with stone + MAGNETIZE + GRIP( + ROLL with stone
= 2secs silence and slow + 2.5 secs silence and stun + 0.5 secs silence and stun + 1.5 secs slow
= 6.5 secs team disability (the SECRET here is rolling boulder TRAVEL AT SPEED FASTER than boulder smash!)
DIFFERENCES:
1. in Dota2 once ES(earth spirit) is silenced, he can't placed stones, but in Dota1 ES can still place stones while he is silenced.
2. in Dota1 ES can smash JUGG away while he is casting ultimate, same to Tiny can throw JUGG away while he is casting ult.
3. in Dota2, ES can cast boulder smash by clicking area around target stone, but in Dota1 first skill can only be casted by clicking target stone.
4. in Dota1, ES's stone is only about 1/3 size of a hero, but in Dota2 stones can be as large as a hero. approxi. same size of hero for dots 1 and dota2.
5. in Dota2, cold down for boulder smash is 10 secs, in dota1 cd is 17 secs
6. in Dota1, applying dagger during rolling boulder will make ES auto teleport right after rolling ends. in Dota2, applying dagger during rolling boulder won't teleport ES after rolling ends.
7. in Dota1, applying force staff during rolling boulder will not change anything. in dota2, applying force staff while rolling boulder will break casting for rolling boulder which give the effect of force staff.
8. in dota2, ES can place stones while casting rolling boulder, but in dota1 he can't.