Slardar — hero grid for mains

Slardar is what the game calls the hero in every client; Russian-speaking players say “Слардар” (or “слар”). There is no common English short name for Slardar in the site's dictionary.

The hero's line in Valve's list reads: “Chases down his enemies to weaken and bash them”.

Search in the hero picker is forgiving: “Slardar”, “Слардар” — each of them lands on Slardar.

A melee Strength hero — one of 36 — Slardar gets 1 of 3 on Valve's complexity scale, one of the 55 easiest heroes.

Role dots from Valve: Carry ●●○, Durable ●●○, Initiator ●●○, Disabler ●○○, Escape ●○○ — no role at the full three.

In the ready layouts that means the “STRENGTH” (7th of 36) block of By attributes and the “EASY” (40th of 55) band of By complexity. Slardar is also in Beginner: easy heroes — column “3 · OFFLANE”, 6th of 12.

Slardar is offlane (3) first of all, with soft support at 0.46 and mid at 0.35 as the fallback. All five scores (best = 1): carry 0.02 · mid 0.35 · offlane 1 · soft support 0.46 · hard support 0 — which is why the editor's Auto-pick places Slardar in the “3 · OFFLANE” row and nowhere else.

Where the scores come from: in 1,949 parsed OpenDota matches (data as of 23 Sept 2026) Slardar went safe lane 2% of the time, mid 23% and offlane 75%. Median gold per minute is 464 — between support (360) and core (540), a supportness of 0.32 by the site's formula; experience per minute is 689.

For a layout by role, take Classic: positions 1–5: Slardar is already there, 10th of 18 in “3 · OFFLANE”.

Other ready grids with Slardar: Meta by stats — “OFFLANE”, 8th of 10; Two columns — “CORES”, 40th of 44.

For a main, the handiest layout is Mains + situational: the button above puts Slardar first in MAINS with the biggest portraits, next to Mars, Axe and Legion Commander: all three share the same main position (offlane), the same attribute and melee attack.

To get the grid into the game, press “Download grid” and, with Dota closed, put hero_grid_config.json into Steam → userdata → account number → 570 → remote → cfg — details in how to install a hero grid.

In the OpenDota snapshot of 23 Sept 2026 Slardar shows up in 333,157 games (50th most played of 127) and wins 49.6% of them (66th).

Results drop with rank by 2.4 points: 50.6% at Herald–Crusader against 48.2% at Ancient–Divine. Players pick Slardar more than usual at Guardian (+11%) and less at Divine (−13%).

Slardar in the snapshot's pro matches: 2 picks, 1 win, 3 bans. Turbo: 133,741 games at 52.6%, noticeably better than in ranked brackets.

For a grid with a Slardar portrait, bring your own art: Picture to dots draws it in dots right on the field. Among the heroes with skins that are also played as offlane, the closest to Slardar are Legion Commander, Wraith King and Earthshaker — their dot drawings are ready for an offlane grid.