Enjoy the Little Things

Skill Build

1 – Uproot

2 – Rotten Grasp

3 – Uproot

4 – Rotten Grasp

5 – Rotting Grasp

6 – Willowmaker

7 – Rotten Grasp

8 – Uproot / Clearcutting

9 – Uproot

10 – Clearcutting / Uproot

11 – Willowmaker

12 – Clearcutting

13 – Clearcutting

14 – Clearcutting

15 – Stats

16 – Willowmaker

17 – Stats+

Justification / Modifications:

Rotten Grasp is maxed first for obvious reasons. It’s your main way of initiating ganks and to get in melee range of Willowmaker. You want to max Uproot next for more DPS (and farming) and the slow duration in Oakbolt. Get Rotten Grasp at level 3 if you wanna go really offensive and think you can kill your opponent that early. In rare cases where you’re getting ganked a lot by the enemy, one level of Clearcutting at level 8 is all you need for treewalking.

Lane Starting Items:

1x Runes of Blight, 2x Minor Totem, 1x Healing Potion, 2x Crushing Claws

Core:

Bottle >> Marchers >> Power Supply >> Ghost Marchers >> Portal Key

Note about Bottle and Blood Chalice: Blood Chalice is somewhat OP. Bottle will in most cases be superior if you’re a roaming mid, which I hope you’ll be as Deadwood. Bottle also regenerates whatever damage you took during your gank, allowing you to go straight to the next. However, feel free to pick up Blood Chalice together with a Shaman’s Headdress/Helm of the Black Legion over the Bottle if you’re facing a team heavy on either Physical- or Magic damage where survivability is needed.

After Core:

If you’re dominating: Shieldbraker >> Daemonic Breastpate

Alternative Items:

Shrunken Head … Hellflower … Behemoths Heart … Riftshards

Information:

Roles: Ganker, Semi-Carry

Preferred Lane: Middle

30-Seconds-Guide:

– Try to get middle lane and last-hit and deny with Uproot to finance your Bottle/Power Supply/Marchers.

– Whenever you gank, you want to use this order: (1) Rotten Grasp, (2) blink in with Portal Key if you have it, (3) hit once to apply Shieldbreaker if you have it, (4) use Willowmaker, (5) hit with auto-attacks and Oakbolt. This combo should kill most heroes.

– In team fights, your initial goal will be to bring down key targets (hard-carries or disablers like Tempest are excellent targets) as quickly as possible, preferably before they get to do anything.

Please continue to TaeYeon’s guide on the forums here. You’ll see pictures, replays, and a much more in depth guide to playing Deadwood.