Hero Spotlight: Slardar (6.87)

In Dota 2, Slardar is not known as a terribly hard carry, as even though his skill set is excellent, he does not scale as well as some of the harder carries (like Anti-Mage, Spectre, and Phantom Assassin), 

Pros:

• Excellent stat gain
• Good Blink-Initiator
• Sprint gives good mobility
• Excellent Physical-Damage dealer
• Abilities pierce BKB (physical)
• Built-in Bash
• Needs very few items to "come online" and start ganking or fighting

Cons:

• No teamfight ultimate
• Needs attack speed items
• Sometimes hard to find a place to lane him

Item Build Ideas:

Slardar Pushing Carry:

Start: Tango, Mango, Quelling, Circlet

Early:  Boots, Wand

Core:  Powertreads, Maelstrom, Blink, TP

Situational:  BKB, Desolator, Vlad’s

Lategame:  Mjolnir, AC, Heart, BoT, Moonshard

Slardar Offlane / Ganker

Start:  Tango, Mango, Shield, Potion, Branches

Early:  Boots, Wand/Stick, Infused Raindrop, Bottle

Core:  Blink Dagger, Power Treads, Echo Sabre

Utility:  Blade Mail, Pipe, Vlad’s, Crimson Guard, Lotus Orb, Halberd

Luxury:  AC, Heart, BoT

Teams w/Slardar:

#1: Armor Reduction

Tri-Safelane:  Slardar, Dazzle, Venge

Mid:  Shadowfiend / DP / DK

Solo Offlane:  Elder Titan / Bounty / Lone Druid / Enchantress

Ban:  Omni, Viper/OD

#2: Snowball

Dual Safelane: Ember + Jakiro

Mid:  Viper

Dual Offlane: Slardar + Lion

Ban:  Doom, OD?