Yunero Dota Item Guides - The Desolator Juggernaut
The Desolator Juggernaut is the build main build that I pioneered and advocated, and continues to be my favorite way of playing him. With the various buffs to Battlefury, Desolator seems to have fallen out of the limelight, but this build remains incredibly strong.
Advantages
- Armor Reduction amplifies Omnislash's damage by a huge amount
- For it's cost, Desolator boosts your damage more than any other big item
- Reducing armor amplifies your allies' damage
Explanations
Bottle
Bottle is a great item in general, especially for ganking heroes like Juggernaut. This will take care of your mana needs, save you from taking fountain trips and greatly increase your ganking potential through use of runes. It isn't always necessary though. Sometimes it's fine to simply rush Phase boots. Bottle is best used when you need the extra regen to stay in your lane, or when there aren't a lot of other players getting Bottle and/or going for the runes. In that case, Bottle is incredibly useful.
Wraith Bands
With the exception of Branches, Wraiths are the most cost-efficient damage item you can get. They come in small, cheap pieces and greatly increase your damage output, as well as giving you a small but significant HP and mana boost. One of the most common mistakes I see budding Juggernaut players make is forgoing small stat items like Wraiths in favor of big damage items like Battlefury and Butterfly. This makes them much more fragile and much less dangerous early game, which damages their chances of dominating mid and late game. Wraiths are cheap, extremely efficient damage items that will help you be successful early game and transition into mid game. Always get them.
Phase Boots
There's a lot of debate about which Boots are best on Juggernaut. Many pub players swear by Treads, some older Juggernaut players still stick with their trust Boots of Travel, but most of the best Juggernaut players, as well as the competitive DOTA community, unanimously choose Phase Boots. There are two reasons that Phase Boots are the footware of choice for Juggernaut. The first is because of the huge boost to Blade Fury's effectiveness relatively early in the game. Blade Fury is essentially a 700 damage nuke, but becomes useless if you aren't able to keep up with other heroes. Without Phase Boots, chasing down any hero who has Phase is a lost cause, and you will miss a lot of kills this way vs good players. The second reason is that Phase Boots are very cheap, easy to farm and give great bonuses. Treads and Travels are still good items, but Phase Boots are almost always better.
Desolator
Desolator is the best damage item for it's cost and is especially effective on Juggernaut because Omnislash deals physical damage. That means that the negative armor buff that Desolator inflicts will amplify the damage of your ultimate. A lot.
Manta Style
Manta Style is a core item on a good number of agility carries, and Juggernaut is no exception. It gives him a much-needed HP boost, unrivaled damage output, move speed and to top it all off, images. It literally gives Juggernaut everything he needs.
Big Thanks To Chameleon12