Instructions and tips for playing Pangolier in Dota 2

After a period of neglect in patch 7.07, Pangolier got himself buffs in Patch 7.07b, and this made Pangolier stronger in the offlane position. Despite possessing a dizzying pick in pubs, it is extremely difficult to use this hero in the best way. So we have compiled 10 tips that will help you when using Pangolier:

1. Pangolier doesn’t need to rotate to use skill or item

2. Swashbuckle comes with an attack on the enemy when Pangolier passes through an enemy, as you can see in the gif, Ax takes an extra attack.

Note that if Pangolier dashes through multiple targets, this extra attack will randomly land on one of the targets he dashes over. In this case, just to be sure, right click on the hero you want when Pangolier passes by.

3. Turn on quickcast when using this hero, you will find that using Swashbuckle will be easier and faster in exactly the same way. Even if you’ve never used quickcast, give it a try!

4. When using Shield Crash while you already have this skill’s buff, it will refresh, and damage resistance will also change if it hits many enemy heroes, but will not change if it hits less. than last time. For example, the first time you cast Shield Crash on 2 enemy heroes, it will give you 36% damage reduction, and the next time you cast 3 enemy heroes while still under the Shield Crash buff from the previous time, duration will refres and give you 54% damage reduction, but if you only hit 1 enemy hero, duration will refreshes and keep you 36% damage reduction the first time you cast.

5. Shield Crash allows Pangolier to jump across terrain, but sometimes Dota2’s self-finding system makes it difficult to jump through terrain because the jump distance is very small. In this case, Directional Move will help you a lot, this is also an extremely good function when you use Shadow Fiend’s Shadowraze to finish off the enemy on the other side of the wall or try to chase or run away. unexpected ganks from the opponent.

5. The amount of armor deducted from the Hearthpiercer skill will reduce the armor of the opponent to 0. This means that it will remove the pre-existing armor reduction effect.

6. Like Shadown Fiend’s Requiem of Souls, Rolling Thunder can be canceled during the 1.2s cast time.

7. After raising the ‘2s Shield Crash cooldown when using ultimate’ talent, Shield Crash will start a 2s cooldown after you cast Ultimate even though the skill is on a longer cooldown. So make sure you always use Swashbuckle and Shield Crash before using Rolling Thunder to maximize the damage done.

8. While in ball form, use Shield Crash and then use Swashbuckle before you land, this will cause your Shield Crash to stick to enemies including Swashbuckle.

9. Blink is a very good item for Pangolire, sometimes Eul’s is also a very good choice if you want to knockback the enemy further.

10. In teamfights, use Swashbuckle and Shield Crash first, then Rolling Thunder, After making the enemy hit with Rolling Thunder, you have 3 choices:

• Find a wall and roll backwards.
• Cancel Rolling Thunder instantly and deals damage while the target is disabled.
• If there’s no wall in sight, roll back and disrupt the opponent’s combat.