Anub'arak, the Nerubian Assassin

Why NA?
Nerubian Assassin is currently one of the most famous hero pick in competitive DotA. The reason is simple, he has all the skills that help a lot in teamplay -a stun, a mana burn and an initiator wind walker. He can be a ward supporter, a nanny (a hero who take care of late gamer) or even an assassin.

Note that the term 'assassin' is different than the term 'killer'. Assassin kills fast and leave in a haste without leaving any evidence behind. While killer just kills. XD

Skill Build

1. Impale/Mana Burn
   
2. Mana Burn/Impale
   
3. Impale
   
4. Mana Burn
   
5. Impale
   
6. Vendetta
   
7. Impale
   
8. Mana Burn
   
9. Mana Burn
   
10. Stats
    
11. Vendetta
    
12. Stats x5
    
13. Spiked Carapace
    

Elaboration:
Skill build is pretty simple. Mana Burn first if your lane don't have early high damage to get First Blood, other than that, go for Impale for the stun.

Do not max Mana Burn first since during early game, the enemy might not have that large mana pool for you to burn.

One thing to note is that when Vendetta is maxed, it has 60 seconds cooldown and 50 seconds duration. So basically, use your Vendetta early and try to scout jungle for kill. If you time it wisely, then you can use it twice at the very end of 50 seconds after 10 seconds.

Item Build

• Circlet x2
  
• Empty Bottle
  
• Scroll of Teleportation
  
• Dagon x5
  
• Boots of Travel
  
• Observer Ward
  

Elaboration:
Basically, there are two ways of playing NA. The first one is full support which does nothing but a ward whore, kind of like how VS is played. The other one which is much superior is the Assassin build (the one I mentioned above).

The idea is to kill fast, leave the scene fast, pretty much like Hitman.

Strategy
Game starts get two circlets, a tango and a clarity. Go to your lane and do your stuff. If you raised Mana Burn first, burn the hell out of your enemy so they can't harass you and that you can farm without fear. If you go for Impale first, try to coordinate your teammate to get First Blood.

Try to farm in your lane until you have the first 700 gold and level 6. Get Empty Bottle and start to roam around the map controlling the Rune. Gank the hell if your team hero lineup allows you to do so. Discuss combo before you visit your teammate's lane for ganking. Again, TeamSpeak helps a lot.

Get Boots of Speed if you have the money and always REMEMBER to have a teleport scroll with you. This allows you to be anywhere of the map and make your position unpredictable aka ninja.

After ganking for awhile until around level 8 or level 9, request for a solo lane so that you can start to farm up you Dagon. (This stage is very important, STOP ganking and farm up Dagon asap)

You should get your Dagon around level 10 or level 11. Now this is when the game really starts for you.

Start to roam around your enemy's jungle then try to kill those low HP heroes. Vendetta, hit, Impale, hit, Mana Burn, Dagon! Then it's a kill. But wait, don't stop yet, remember what I've said earlier? Leave the fucking scene! Teleport back to base if you feel that his teammates is out to get you.

Keep doing the killing and upgrade your Dagon until it's maxed out. Then try to farm up Boots of Travel or you can support Observer Ward for your ease in locating the enemy in their jungle.

Replay
http://www.uploadyour.info/download.php?filename=6.49b_nerubianassassin_imba36221.w3g
Description: This is a very nice replay which I just played 2 days ago. It's a great example on how NA should be played. Notice how I start the killing frenzy after I farmed up my first Dagon. I was able to control Scourge's forest and tame Drow Ranger, Juggernaut, PA and also Earthshaker to get ugly late game. Keeping the ganking pase was the key.