Magebane

Skill Build
1 – Flash
2 – Mana Combustion
3 – Mana Combustion
4 – Flash
5 – Mana Combustion
6 – Mana Rift
7 – Mana Combustion
8 – Flash
9 – Flash
10 – Master of the Mantra
11 – Mana Rift
12 – Master of the Mantra
13 – Master of the Mantra
14 – Master of the Mantra
15 – Stats
16 – Mana Rift
17 – Stats+

Justification / Modifications:
Straightforward build. I can see no situation where you would go another build.

Starting Items:
Runes of the Blight, Healing Potion, Logger’s Hatchet, 3x Minor Totem

Item Build:
Iron Shield >> Lifetube >> Steam Boots >> Runed Axe >> Whispering Helm >> Shrunken Head >> Frostburn >> Symbol of Rage

Iron Shield is technically not needed, but in most lanes it is worth building. It protects you from harass and will help your farming a great deal even later on. As soon as you get Whispering Helm start stacking Ancients. You can take them out easily by that point.

Information:
Roles: Hard-Carry
Prefered Lane: Short
Difficulty: 2 – Easy
Farming capabilities: 1 – Poor
Item dependancy: 5 – Very Heavy
Power:
– Early Game / Lane Control: 1 – Very Weak
– Mid Game / Ganks: 2 – Weak (Kills possible with ult against Int Heroes)
– Late Game / Team Fights: 5 – Very Strong (Scales incredibly well)

30-Seconds-Guide
– Farm, farm, farm but don’t forget to help in team battles.
– Ancient Stacking is a nice way to get him fat fast.
– Very straightforward to play, nothing really to say here.

Counters:
– Long duration disables and silence. Heroes: Puppet Master, Succubus, Defiler, Electrician, Blood Hunter.
– Itemwise is Sheepstick and Armor a solid choice. Barbed Armor is a good pickup.