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Alchemist - Razzil Darkbrew

Range: 128 | | Move Speed: 300 | Primary: STR
Str: 25 + 1.8 | Agi: 11 + 1.2 | Int: 17 + 1
Damage: 74 - 83 | HP: 625 | Mana: 221
HP Regen: 1 | Mana Regen: 0.69
                Attack Speed: 1.29 (+ 11% IAS) | Armor: 3.5

 Skills:

Acid Spray

Sprays high-pressure acid across a target area. Hostile units who step across the contaminated terrain take physical damage per second and have their armor reduced. Lasts 12 seconds.

Level 1 - 8 damage per second, reduces armor by 3.
Level 2 - 16 damage per second, reduces armor by 4.
Level 3 - 24 damage per second, reduces armor by 5.
Level 4 - 32 damage per second, reduces armor by 6.
Mana Cost: 160
Cooldown: 22

Unstable Concoction

Taking a few moments to shake up some chemical vials, the Alchemist lobs one at the target, stunning and damaging it based on how long he shook it up (50 dmg, 1 sec stun per second channel). Casting range improves per level.

Level 1 - Up to 2 seconds channel.
Level 2 - Up to 3 seconds channel.
Level 3 - Up to 4 seconds channel.
Level 4 - Up to 5 seconds channel.
Mana Cost: 75
Cooldown: 16

 Goblin’s Greed

The Goblin converts the creep’s corpse into gold. You get more gold for every extra creep you killed in the last 20 seconds. Gives 2 successive bonus gold. Cap of 18 extra gold.

Level 1 - 2 bonus gold per enemy.
Level 2 - 4 bonus gold per enemy.
Level 3 - 6 bonus gold per enemy.
Level 4 - 8 bonus gold per enemy.

 Chemical Rage

The Alchemist causes his Ogre to enter a chemically induced rage reducing base attack cooldown and increasing hitpoints and regeneration. Lasts 20 seconds.

Level 1 - 1.45 Base Attack Rate and 200 Bonus HP and Regeneration.
Level 2 - 1.35 Base Attack Rate and and 400 Bonus HP and Regeneration.
Level 3 - 1.20 Base Attack Rate and 600 Bonus HP and Regeneration.
Mana Cost: 50/100/150
Cooldown: 40

 

Alchemist Tips and Guide:

This is the most under-rated hero in Dota as far as I know because most people would thought that alchemist is only good for farming, tanking and battle support(using Acid Spray), not as a killer that dominates the game. I also heared that Alchemist is only good for late game and weak in early game. But to me, it is the most dangerous hero in both early and late game. This is my favorite hero in DOTA, and I always pray that I’ll get this one during random mode.

So why is this blue skinned ogre with a goblin on its back is my favorite? Because he has the most dangerous stunning ability. Unstable Concoction (UC) is your best weapon if you know how to use it. At the start of the game, level up this skill fast and bully whoever is in your lane. The mana cost of this skill is fixed to 75, you can spam it at the start to keep them going back home or kill them by chance. At level 6, get chemical rage because it helps you regenerate your mana too. The UC has a starting range of 650 and it will increase by 50 every level. You don’t need to worry about channeling it for a while if you are at the back of you creeps. If your opponent tries to hit then that is his/her problem. Your creeps will start to hit your opponent and when you channeling is finished, I smell first blood. Every second he channels adds 60 damage and 1 second stun, if you are successful channeling up to 3-4 sec while monsters hitting your opponent then that guy is in trouble.

I don’t need to tell everything how the alchemist plays I think you already understand how the UC works. Just becareful using it if you are far from your tower, ambush is unexpected (that’s why its called "ambush").

Ok I can stun him… now what?

Quit playing this game if you ask this question. Take the initiative to kill, maximum stun duration is 5 seconds and 5 seconds is very painful. The target is sure dead specially on 5 versus 5 game.

Recommended Items:

-Boots of Travel(why not threads? Chemical Rage will add attack speed too, if your planning more attack speed its up to you)
-Radiance (you want more gold? then farm)
-Assault Curias (After farming and hardwork, here’s your reward. This is why you don’t need threads)
-Satanic (no one can kill you now)
-Battle Fury (you can do this first before radiance, good for farming too)

My whole point about using alchemist is do take advantage on UC than Acid Spray. Acid Spray won’t help much at the start and it cost you a lot of mana.