Guide to Alchemist

Contents:
1. Introduction
2. Overview
3. Hero Skills
4. Skill Builds
5. Item build
6. Allies and Enemies



1. Introduction
Alchemist is one of the great heroes in DotA. He is a more of a tanker hero and if earned properly can also be carry hero.After his stun has been reworked he is able to support also. If not used properly this hero would almost be useless even for good tanking but if farmed properly could change he course of the game from defeat to victory.One has to have great teamwork to play alchemist if he doesn't get good support it would also be useless.

2. Hero Overview

 Strength: 25 +1.8 gain each level

The strength at first is good but it has low gain per level

Agility: 11 +1.2 gain each level

The Agility is very low but alchemist rage solves this problem.

Intelligence: 25 +1.8 gain each level

The Intelligence is very good for strength heroes like alchemist as well as gain per level

Statistics

Affiliation: Sentinel

Damage: 49 - 58

Attack Animation: 0.35 / 0.65

Base Attack Time: 1.7

Armor: 0.54

Casting Animation: 0.4 / 0.5

Movement speed: 295

Missile Speed: Instant

Attack Type: Melee

Attack Range: 128 

Sight Range (Day/Night): 1800 / 1400

3. Hero's Skills

Acid Spray:
Sprays high-pressure acid across a target area. Hostile units who step across the contaminated terrain take mixed damage per second and have their armour reduced.

Ability Type: Active

Targeting Type: Area
Hot-key: D

Mana Cost: 160

Area Of Effect: 625

Casting Range: 900

Damage type: Mixed

Damage Dealt: 8/16/24/32 per sec

Armour reduction: 3/4/5/6

Duration: 16

Cool Down: 22 sec

Unstable concoction:

Razzil brews up an unstable concoction that he can throw at an enemy hero, to stun and deal damage. Razzil can brew for up to 5 seconds, each second increases the potency of the concoction. After the 5 seconds, there is a small buffer window. If Razzil does not throw the concoction soon after it will blow up and Razzil himself will suffer as if he was hit by the concoction. Concoction can blow up mid air if fired too late.

Ability Type: Active

Targeting Type: Unit
Hot-key: E

Mana Cost: 120

Area Of Effect: N/A

Casting Range: 775

Damage type: physical

Damage Dealt: upto 120/180/240/300

Duration:  0.25-1.75/2.5/3.25/4

Cool Down: 16 sec

Goblin's Greed:
The Goblin converts the creep's corpse into gold. You get more gold for every extra creep you killed in the last 20 seconds.

Ability Type: Passive

Targeting Type: N/A
Hot-key: G

Mana Cost: N/A

Area Of Effect: N/A

Casting Range: N/A

Gold Earn: 2/4/6/8 bonus gold on first creep and 2 bonus gold for every enemy kill in last 20 secs

Duration:  20

Cool Down: N/A

Chemical Rage:

The Alchemist causes his Ogre to enter a chemically induced rage reducing base attack cooldown and increasing hit points and regeneration. Slightly improves movement speed.

Ability Type: Active

Targeting Type: Instant
Hot-key: R

Mana Cost: 50/100/150

Area Of Effect: N/A

Casting Range: N/A

Gold Earn: 2/4/6/8 bonus gold on first creep and 2 bonus gold for every enemy kill in last 20 secs

Effects: +30/40/60 bonus ms, 1.45/1.35/1.20 Base Attack Speed, 300/600/900 bonus hp, 15/30/60 bonus hp regeneration,3/7.5/15 bonus mana regeneration

Cool Down: 45


4. Skill Builds
The Warrior Build
1. Unstable Concoction
2. Acid Spray
3. Unstable Concoction
4. Acid Spray
5. Unstable Concoction
6. Chemical Rage
7. Unstable Concoction
8. Acid Spray
9. Acid Spray
10. Goblin's Greed
11. Chemical Rage
12. Goblin's Greed
13. Goblin's Greed
14. Goblin's Greed
15. Attributes
16. Chemical Rage
17-25. Attributes




The $$$$ build
1. Unstable Concoction
2. Goblin's Greed
3. Goblin's Greed
4. Acid Spray
5. Goblin's Greed
6. Chemical Rage
7. Goblin's Greed
8. Acid Spray
9. Acid Spray
10. Acid Spray
11. Chemical Rage
12. Unstable Concoction
13. Unstable Concoction
14. Unstable Concoction
15. Attributes
16. Chemical Rage
17-25. Attributes


5. Item Build
Starting Items at base

Core Items

 I strongly recommend S&Y since its orb effect is removed and Radiance which strongly improves your farming and gives bonuns gold cap unlike Battle fury.












Situational Items

Rejected Items

6. Allies and enemies
Good Allies

Worst enemies