In a team fight it's especially powerful due to how often players group up, you're more than capable of hitting at least one target. Isolation (R) - Isolation slows and silences the first enemy it hits as well as significantly reducing vision radius. Burrow can be cancelled early by pressing E again when underground. Burrow is invaluable at avoiding a burst from heroes such as Kael'thas or for buying time for your team to come to your rescue, or to wait out a cooldown. Considering Essence Collection can be used during this time (alongside Dark Swarm), its invaluable mitigation. The invulnerability lasts for 2 seconds and once it ends, you'll poke back up where you dived down.
Try to always use Dark Swarm when you've used Drag against a Hero so that they take maximum damage from it.īurrow (E) - Burrow functions similarly to Iceblock, with the difference that it sends you underground. Interestingly the skill can also be cast while you're underground with Burrow, meaning anyone surrounding you will take damage. It also causes AOE damage to all enemies near him for 3 seconds, dealing double damage to Heroes. It's also important to note that you can use your basic attacks and Dark Swarm against any enemy caught by your Drag.ĭark Swarm (W) - Dark Swarm is unique in that it allows Dehaka to move through enemy Heroes, rather than being body blocked by them. It's amazing for bringing enemy players out of position and allowing you to quickly kill them. Once you've struck them, you can pull them towards you for almost 2 seconds. It has a much shorter range, but allows you to tether yourself to an enemy. Abilitiesĭrag (Q) - Functioning similarly to Stitches' Hook, Drag works in a similar way. Just be aware that it takes a few brief moments for Dehaka to submerge and you can be killed in this time. On Battlegrounds such as Dragonshire or Braxis Holdout, this can be particularly effective as in an instant, Dehaka can turn a fair fight in his teams favor. What makes Brushstalker so strong is the fact you can quickly change locations, allowing Dehaka to split-soak, or to bully an objective.
You're then free to activate your burrow, and appear where you selected.
When you press Z, all these locations will appear on the mini-map. Movement Abilityīrushstalker (Z) - This active ability, instead of a mount, allows Dehaka to burrow to any bush or vent anywhere on the Battleground. The fact you can also using it during Drag and Burrow (Burrow especially) makes it particularly useful as you can regain health while immune to damage. It's a huge amount of healing and makes life much easier for your healer. On consumption you gain health over 5 seconds for each Essence stored. With a maximum of 50 Essence to collect and with Hero takedowns providing 10 and minions 2, it's fairly easy and quick to maximize it. Often works better as an off-tank rather than solo warriorĮssence Collection (Trait) - Providing Dehaka with some much needed survivability, Essence Collection offers an exceptional heal over time. Works well as a solo tank or paired with another
Incredible map presence due to his ability to burrow to a locationĪlmost entirely reliant on effective Drag play His damage isn't amazing compared to other Warriors His Drag ability can cause any team huge problems The one downside to Dehaka is the fact you need to farm Essence if you're to be effective and if your Brushstalker (mount replacement) is off cooldown, you can be very vulnerable if you dive too deep and need to escape.Ī strong kit capable of damage, utility and survivability His ability to pull enemies with Drag, combined with an invulnerability (Burrow) makes him a nuisance.įinally, his trait - Essence Collection - provides him with a high amount of sustain as it heals him for a large quantity of health once you've collected enough Essence. This makes him particularly strong at bullying in lane and supporting his team mates. Capable of tunneling underground instead of using a mount, he can move quickly to anywhere that has a bush or a vent. Dehaka is a mobile, flexible warrior that brings not only utility but versatility to any team composition.