D.O.T.A Hero Guide : Kardel Sharpeye, The Dwarven Sniper

This guide is base on my own playing experience. Feel Free to place any comment

This hero is located in the light tavern of the sentinel.

Kardel Sharpeye, The Dwarven Sniper

Kardel is the Sentinel's sniping specialist. With the longest ranged attacks available, Kardel is the best at dealing large damage and staying out of harm's way. Using only his finely honed skills of marksmanship and his trusty rifle, he sytematically destroys his opponents from afar. Taking great care to aim for the most vulnerable of areas, he is capable of severely injuring an opponent, and with a little extra time, has been known to simply despose of an enemy in a single shot. His rifle is equipped with a secondary barrel, capable of launching a short burst of shrapnel at close range, causing massive damage.


Skills

ScatterShot Fires a ball full of shrapnel into the air. which promptly explodes, showering the target area in explosive pellets, each doing 10-35 physical damage in a 200 area of effect.

Level 1		120 -	8 Pellets.
Level 2		120 -	12 Pellets.
Level 3		120 -	16 Pellets.
Level 4		120 -	20 Pellets.

Headshot A shot to the head deals bonus damage and stuns for a short duration.

Level 1		-	30 damage, 25% chance.
Level 2		-	30 damage, 30% chance.
Level 3		-	40 damage, 35% chance.
Level 4		-	50 damage, 40% chance.

Take Aim Passively enhances the range of Kardel's rifle.

Level 1		-	Adds 55 range.
Level 2		-	Adds 110 range.
Level 3		-	Adds 165 range.
Level 4		-	Adds 220 range.

Assassinate Take time to draw a bead, and then deal a large amount of damage to the target at a huge range.

Level 1		175 -	Deals 355 damage at 1500 range.
Level 2		275 -	Deals 505 damage at 2000 range.
Level 3		375 -	Deals 655 damage at 2500 range.

Item Suggestion

Boots Of Travel
Satanic/helm of dominator/Mask Of maddness( any life steal would do)
Butterfly
Basher
MKB


Leveling

LVL 1-6

If you are playing an -Ar game(which i always play), you should have 700+ of gold. For start buy 2 slippers of agility and 2 circlet of nobility and 2 shot of ancient tango of essifation(1 shot has 3 charges). then you would want to take the bottom or the middle lane. depends which one suits you well. next try to get yur level up as fast as you can by "last hitting" enemy creep for gold and level. you also gain small amount of experiance by denying your own creep( "last hitting" own creep).

LVL 6-11
once you have 900 gold, you would want to get mask of death which give you 10% of life steal and later upgrade to mask of madness(Orb effect: 10% lifesteal
Activated (25 mana, 30 second cooldown): 12 sec Frenzy (+75% incr attack speed, +15% incr movement speed, +20% dmg taken)) or helm of dominator(+10 damage
+5 armor
Orb effect: 15% lifesteal
Activated (125 mana, 300 second cooldown): Charm (Take control of the target unit, max level 6, 700 range)). by this time, your ancient tango would finish but you could still farm due to the life steal. by now you should be around level 6(if you are leveling with a partner) and level 7-9(solo + last hitting most of the time). By Level 11, you should have 2 wraith band, 1 mask of death/mask of madness/helm of dominator and boots of speed/power thred.

LVL 12-16
by the time you reach lvl 12, you could start go gang-bang(gb) enemy player by using the ulti-skill which assasinate and with the help of your team members. by doing this, you could level up faster and earn more gold than killing creps. once you have 2700 or 3400, you would like to get a demon edge or an eagle horn in the secret shop/black market which boost yur attack and attack speed(eaglehorn). if you get demon edge, you could either finish it to Monkey King Bar or Buriz while eaglehorn to butterfly.

LVL 16-25
when you reach this range of level, you could have finish Power thred, Butter/MKB/Buriz and a life steal item. with this you could join yur fellow team mate to push to their base on the respective lanes or just go hunting in the forest for enemy hero. when your are owning you could do a cranium basher to effectively stun enemy hero till they couldn't move or get other items like devine rapier(+damage 200+), lothar edge(run away), Sange and Yasha(maim and attack speed).

its up to the situation on which item to buy and make. because different enemy hero require different item to counter enemy hero.. for sniper my item would be:

Power threds/Boots of travel
Mask of madness/helm of dominator/satanic
Butterfly
Cranium Basher
Buriza
heart of tarasque

optional item
mask of madness/satanic -> Sange and Yasha