Slark
Skill Level Order Distribution
Talent Build
+0.5s Pounce Leash
-0.75s Dark Pact Cooldown
+30 Shadow Dance Regen
+70 Dark Pact Damage
+100 Shadow Dance Attack Speed
+35s Essence Shift Duration
+1 Agility gain/stolen per Essence Shift Stack
+1.5s Shadow Dance Duration
Grandmaster Facet Preference
Common Starting Items
Core Items
Talent Win Rates
Boot purchase timing & impact
Power Treads48.9% WRBought ~8 min · 75,271
Boots of Speed49.3% WRBought ~4 min · 16,481
Phase Boots52.2% WRBought ~8 min · 1,556
Boots of Travel70.5% WRBought ~50 min · 834
Boots of Travel 266.7% WRBought ~60 min · 54
Arcane Boots61.3% WRBought ~13 min · 31Most Popular Item Path
Top Neutral Items by Tier
How to Play
Precast Dark Pact before disables land, the 1.5 second delay means queuing it lets the pulses fire and purge the stun mid duration.
Pounce travels in the direction Slark is facing, not toward the cursor, so know which way you are pointed before jumping.
Slark peaks in the mid game around 20 to 30 minutes with Diffusal and Skadi, but permanent Essence Shift stacks keep him scaling late.
After 30 to 40 minutes of fighting a good Slark has 30 to 50 permanent agility, giving massive attack speed and armor.
Shadow Dance active cannot be revealed by Dust, Sentries or Gem, so use it to escape and regenerate safely.
Aghanim's Scepter gives Pounce two charges with lower cooldown, hugely increasing your pick off potential.
Essence Shift slow stacks with the stat steal, making it nearly impossible for enemies to trade with you after level 2 or 3.