Demented Shaman

Skill Build
1 – Entangle
2 – Healing Wave
3 – Entangle
4 – Healing Wave
5 – Entangle (Rank 3 max until later)
6 – Healing Wave
7 – Healing Wave
8 – Storm Could
9 – Arcane Hide
10 – Arcane Hide
11 – Storm Could
12 – Arcane Hide
13 – Arcane Hide
14 – Entangle
15 – Stats
16 – Storm Could
17 – Stats+

Justification / Modifications:
The two core things that are being rushed here are Entangle Rank 3 and Healing Wave Rank 4. Entangle Rank 3 is gotten ASAP as it will provide you with both the 66% movement slow and the 1 second stun; Rank 4 is a non-priority (+15 manacost, +48 physical damage on the DoT, -2 second cooldown) and should be taken only after you’ve finished the rest of your skills. Healing Wave Rank 4 is next as it will give you the maximum of 5 jumps, as well as the 140 damage per wave, greatly increasing it’s damage output; it also brings it to a sweet 6 second cooldown. Storm Cloud can be delayed if you feel Arcane Hide is more important; generally it isn’t tho.

Lane Starting Items:
Monkey Courier or Wards, 1x Mana Potion, 3x Minor Totem, 2x Runes of the Blight

Core:
Power Supply >> Ring of the Teacher >> Marchers >> Wards of Sight >> Nome’s Wisdom

After Core:
Plated Greaves >> Astrolabe >> Kuldra’s Sheepstick >> Nullstone

Alternative Items:
– Hellflower: I see a lot of Demented Shamans go Hellflower. Certainly not a bad choice as it is providing a bunch of regen and good stats in general. I however conisder it inferioir to Nome’s + Astrolabe unless there is a specific use for the 5 second silence such as: The enemy team has an evasive carry (Magebane, Scout, Madman,..) who can be prevented to get away with Hellflower or the enemy has a very ultimate reliant hero such as Plague Rider or Tempest and you are able to focus him down in 5 seconds.
If you plan to go Hellflower, start with 3 Scarabs for even better regen.

Information:
Roles: Babysitter, Supporter, Pusher, Ward Hoe
Prefered Lane: Short/Long

30-Seconds-Guide:
– You should never utilize Healing Wave to farm in the early laning phase, especially if you’re baby sitting someone who genuinely needs the money more than you do.
– Use Storm Cloud a lot, it has a very low cooldown. You can use it on your own team before initiation or on the enemy team before a gank/initiation. It has a long cast range, but be aware as not to warn your enemies of an incoming gank and scaring them away!
– Wards, wards, wards!