***--- Introduction ---***

Focus STR > Durability(Armor/Resist) > Aura/Utility.
*Blink is a must*
Push/clear lanes/jungle with Double Edge, initiate fights get focus and stay alive. And repeat. :)


*NOTE*:
If you know you gonna be against two ranged heroes,meaning they will hit you with right click a lot, get 2x Ring of Protection blade and a set of Tangoes, then fly some more consumables with bounties.
And definately max-up Return.

-------------Early Game------------
-Owning lane:
Get a bracer + PT/Phase (depending on what damage type will you get from enemies in early-mid game) and go for VG/Hood + Blink to snowball. Go for kills/fights.

-Losing lane hard:
Go for TranqBoots and BM to get rid of focus on yourself. Farm jungle and lane when its pushed. Then depending on how you farm (fast-no fights/deaths: Blink, slow-fighting and even dying: go for some more mitigation depending on damage type on enemy again)

-Trading lane but no kills, average farm:
Get 2x Bracers and PT --> VG/Hood/BM to maximize your return damage in lane. Then you will own lane for sure. Get Blink and so on.


-------------Mid Game--------------
-Not dying fast?
Try to start fight and get focused. Try to disable their main damage dealers (cores generally)

-Dying fast?
Dont start fight but keep your cores alive (even if you need to die). Let your cores deal as much damage while you have the focus after them. (assists you get will provide gold, dw dying)


--------------Late Game------------
-You must have much durability, not talking about the case you are dying fast (becasue in that case, you can do almost nothing other than the mid game tacs)
Start fights, get focus, kite or stomp doesnt matter, you shouldnt be dying with 5+k hp and 25+ armor with that much return damage.

Skill Points:

If in a trading lane, maximize Return. If you have a nice offensive support maximize Double Edge. thats it. Stun will always level 1 till you have no options (generally). Because Return & Double Edge helps you farm jungle as well as push lanes so so much quick.

--------------Talentwise------------

@Level 10:
-go REGEN.
-MS might be considered till you get blink. But you will eventually get blink, think like that.

@lLevel 15:
-Go Double Edge Strength, because we are mainly focusing on strength also.

@Rest of the Talents: RETALIATE focus, trust me :)

-----------Situational Items----------
-Wand:
*Just for lane, if they have too short cd spells.

-Lotus Orb:
*Enemy have Abyssal Blade
*Enemy easily catch your cores with single target spells
*You get stun locked or killed by single target spell bursts

-Shiva's Guard:
*When you need aoe slow + armor, or when you are against fast hitting heroes, definately get this.

-Halberd:
*Biggest threat for you is physical damage dealer? Go for this item as at most 3rd item (eg:blink+mitigation)

-Crimson Guard:
*Against Medusa, PL or any multi target hitting/fast but low damage cores, very good.

-Vlads:
*When your core knows how to play and owning fights, definately consider getting vlads to boost him/her.

-Radiance:
*A real good start with kills and nice farm.
*Mid/Late game, you are sure that you are durable enough.
*To cancel enemy teams blinks.


---------Aghanim's Scepter---------
Reduces the incoming damage by %40. Which means, during the time your team is like 7 men to kill. Try to use Ulty when the fight is most heated.

----------Aghanim's Shard-----------
Double edge grants you bonus str for 12 seconds by hitting enemy heroes. Also double edge slows enemies for 2 seconds? STR was our main focus.
Get Shard If you feel like you are not dying fast because you need to be alive to make more damage output, get more focus to keep cores alive, you could save that gold for more durability. (boots+blink+2 defensive items or snowballing with a VG+Blink)


If you go for standart end build: Just blink in stomp edge anything, get focus move back, if they chase you activate bm (might be earlier @right when you get focus), and watch them die from return+radi.
Use Ulty to help yourself/teammates catch people or run away from enemy. If you have Aghanim's Scepter, use Ulty during fight to reduce incoming damage.