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Attack Type: Melee

Strength: 19 + 2.7 | Agility: 18 + 2.5 | Intelligence: 16 + 1.9

Pangolier Items build

Meta build:

Pro Build:

Pangolier’s Skill Order

Skill Order: Swashbuckle -> Shield Crash -> Lucky Shot -> Rolling Thunder.

Combo Pangolier

Heroes combo: Pangolier + Abaddon

How To Counter Pangolier ?

Pros

• High burst damage.
• High mobility.
• Repeated stun.

Cons

• Vulnerable to disable.
• Low mana.
• Weak early game.

Bad against:

• Hero

Good against:

• Hero

How To Play Pangolier ?

Best items for Pangolier

Start items for Pangolier in dota 2 are: Healing Salve, Tango, Iron Branch, Iron Branch, Observer Ward.

Meta items for Pangolier in dota 2 are: Aghanim’s Scepter, Boots of Trave, Diffusal Blade, Shiva’s Guard, Blink Dagger, Octarine Core.

Pro items for Pangolier in dota 2 are: Blink Dagger, Power Treads, Lotus Orb, Mjollnir, Eye of Skadi, Diffusal Blade.

Tips and Tricks

When he reaches level six, Rolling Thunder enables him to play aggressively and perhaps even eliminate his laning rivals.

Pangolier should play actively on the map, keeping an eye out for impending team fights and searching for heroes to gank.

Play within your lane and be careful. With maxed out abilities that inflict significant damage to heroes and creeps, he can catch up on farming later.

Pushing creep waves and destroying jungle camps are crucial since Pangolier is heavily dependent on items.

Pangolier can move, attack, perform skills, and use items without turning.

Pangolier’s Ability

SWASHBUCKLE

Pangolier sprints along the sketched line, then uses numerous fast swipes to slash any foes in that direction.

This damage has a possibility of activating Lucky Shot.

SHIELD CRASH

In front of his current position, Pangolier leaps into the air and lands hard, slowing and hurting all nearby adversaries. He obtains a momentary all damage shield for each enemy hero hit.

Shield Crash can be utilized while Rolling Thunder is engaged to keep moving forward and enabling Rolling Thunder to clear cliffs or walls.

LUCKY SHOT

Pangolier throws the dice and lets his foes’ fate be determined. gives the opportunity to greatly reduce their attack speed and armor protection for any damage done by Pangolier’s attacks or abilities.

ROLL UP

Pangolier gains immunity to debuffs, 50% magic resistance, and the ability to turn by curling up into an immovable protective ball. To briefly put the breaks on during Rolling Thunder, cast this spell. can use Roll Up to cast Shield Crash and Rolling Thunder. During this, if any foes assault Pangolier, he will roll away from them while dealing Rolling Thunder damage/stun if any opponents are in his path.