Balanar - The Night Stalker

Range: 128 | Move Speed: 295
Primary: STR
Str: 23 + 2.8 | Agi: 18 + 2.25 | Int: 16 + 1.6
Damage: 57 – 61 | HP: 587 | Mana: 208
HP Regen: 0.94 | Mana Regen: 0.65
Attack Speed: 0.69 | Armor: 6

Void (V)
Creates a damaging void. If cast at night, slows the target for 4 seconds. If cast at day, slows the target for 2 seconds.
Level 1 - Deals 90 damage.
Level 2 - Deals 160 damage.
Level 3 - Deals 255 damage.
Level 4 - Deals 335 damage.
• Void contains a ministun which procs at the beginning of its cast cancelling the target's channeling spell.
Mana Cost: 80/ 90/ 100/ 110
Cooldown: 8
Comment: This is going to be your main skill to gank and make every hero hate yours. It does not only does damage but it also slows. All of that plus your awesomeness at night and your damage nothing will escape your bloody hands.

Crippling Fear (F)
In the night, the Night Stalker can cause intense fear in enemy units, causing them to miss attacks and be unable to cast spells. This has reduced effect during the day.
Level 1 - Miss on 40% of attacks, slow by 4%. Lasts 5 seconds.
Level 2 - Miss on 40% of attacks, slow by 8%. Lasts 6 seconds.
Level 3 - Miss on 40% of attacks, slow by 12%. Lasts 7 seconds.
Level 4 - Miss on 40% of attacks, slow by 16%. Lasts 8 seconds.
• Causes 10% miss and silences for 3 seconds at all levels during daytime.
Mana Cost: 90
Cooldown: 12
Comment: This is somewhat a very useful skill depending on the situation, as it can make your enemy to miss attacks and silence them. However, I do not use this skill unless I am versus a heavy team of disablers/nukers/etc. I will talk about this skill later on the guide.

Hunter in the Night (G)
The Night Stalker is at home at night. He attacks and moves more swiftly.
Level 1 - 20% movement speed, 30% attack speed.
Level 2 - 25% movement speed, 45% attack speed.
Level 3 - 30% movement speed, 60% attack speed.
Level 4 - 35% movement speed, 75% attack speed.
Mana Cost: N/A
Cooldown: N/A
Comment: This gift given to Balanar is why he has his title as a serial killer. At night he not only becomes one of the fastest heroes in my opinion in game but also he gains an awesome attack speed boost. You will love this character by this skill and the "Void + Hunter" Combination.

Darkness (R)
Creates a period of darkness for the Night Stalker to thrive in.
Level 1 - Turns day into night for 25 seconds.
Level 2 - Turns day into night for 50 seconds.
Level 3 - Turns day into night for 80 seconds.
• This skill pauses the current time, so if it's cast at night it prolongs it.
• With Aghanim's Scepter the Night Stalker will get unobstructed vision at night, meaning that trees and terrain will not block his vision.
• In contrast to how Aghanim's Scepter works with other heroes, this improvement does not have anything to do with his ultimate (Darkness), but instead is active all the time.
Mana Cost: N/A
Cooldown: 180/150/120
Comment: This is not the best ultimate skill but it does the trick. It has many uses which I will explain later on in the guide and I hope why it is an ultimate skill.

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Skill Build:

1. Void
2. Hunter in the Night
3. Void
4. Hunter in the Night
5. Void
6. Hunter in the Night
7. Void
8. Hunter in the Night
9. Darkness
10. Crippling Fear
11. Darkness
12. Stats
13. Stats
14. Stats
15. Stats
16. Darkness
17. Stats
18. Stats
19. Stats
20. Stats
21. Stats
22. Stats
23. Crippling Fear
24. Crippling Fear
25. Crippling Fear 

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Item Build:

1.
Power Treads (1450)
60 Movement Speed
25 Attack Speed
8 Selected Attribute
Active: Switch Attribute
Switches the attribute that receives a bonus. From Strength to Intelligence, Intelligence to Agility, and Agility to Strength.
Note: Can only carry one. Movement speed bonus doesn't stack with Boots of Travel, Phase Boots, Power Treads, or Boots of Speed.
Boots of Speed + Gloves of Haste + Boots of Elvenskin or Robe of the Magi or Belt of Giant Strength
This item plus
2.
Vladmir's Offering (2050)
+2 hp regen/sec
Passive: Vampiric Aura
Adds 16% lifesteal to melee units. 900 AoE.
Passive: Damage Aura
Adds 15% damage. Bonus damage is based off of base damage and damage from attribute points. 900 AoE
Passive: Armor Aura
Adds 5 armor. Doesn't stack with armor auras from Assault Cuirass, Ring of Basilius, or Vladmir's Offering. 900 AoE.
Passive: Mana Regeneration Aura
Adds 0.8 mana regeneration. 900 AoE.
Mask of Death + Ring of Basilius + Ring of Regeneration + Vladmir's Offering Scroll
It is what it is, this item gives you the ability to suck blood. This item plus all the life points, you will be invincible as no one will dare to fight you 1 on 1.
3. Sange and
Yasha (2150)
16 Agility
15 Attack Speed
10% Movement Speed
Note: Movement speed bonus doesn't stack with Yasha, Sange and Yasha, or Manta Style.
Blade of Alacrity + Boots of Elvenskin + Yasha Recipe Scroll
Oh my precious SnY! Many people say it is over rated but still it works! especially for Balanar. It gives you strenght, agility, speed (attack and movement), damage, and a nice orb effect does it all!
4.
Vanguard (2225)
6 HP Regeneration
250 Hit Points

Passive: Damage Block
70% chance to block 40 attack damage if wielder is melee, or 20 damage if wielder is ranged.
Ring of Health + Vitality Booster + Stout Shield
This makes Balanar a Tanker. It gives HP regen, even more HP, and a passive Damage Block effect.
5.
Monkey King Bar (5400)
88 Damage
15 Attack Speed
Passive: True Strike
Prevents your attacks from missing (except due to exceeding Movement Buffer Range on melee units). Interferes with some attack modifiers on ranged units.
Passive: Mini-Bash
35% chance to bash on attacks. 100 bonus damage. Stuns for 0.01 seconds.
Note: Clicking the item will toggle True Strike on and off.
Demon Edge + 2x Javelins
You might have even finished the game already before this item and if not, this item will finish the game for you! It gives hell of damage, attack speed, True Strike! and Mini-Bash!
6.
Buriza-do Kyanon (5800)
81 Damage
Passive: Critical Strike
25% chance to deal 2.5x normal damage on an attack.
Crystalis + Demon Edge + Buriza-do Kyanon Recipe Scroll
This item just means the game has not finished and you desperately need to finish it. It gives you even more damage plus a passive critical attack bonus! Now Welcome to Hell! 

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Early Game:

Welcome to Hell

You have chosen Balanar, a wise choise if I may say, to slash and dice all that opposes you. I will start by talking about why Balanar is a good/bad hero.

Pros:

1. One of the fastest heroes in game
2. At Night Balanar is pretty much unstoppable
3. Very good Gank/Tank-er

Cons:

1. He might not be the best hero at day due to Hunter in the Night skill is useless and Fear makes the opponent to only miss 10% and silence is only for 3 seconds in all levels of the skill.
2. Has pretty low mana pool at first
3. Balanar might be a creep if versus disablers (mostly at day) and specially nukers (both day and night)

Skill Build:

I bet this question about my skill build will come up. "If fear can make the other miss attacks and silence, why to max it at last?". Well, as I said before, it depends a lot on the situation. I mean, if you are not playing versus heavy disablers/nukers, this skill is pretty much useless, and even though it has silence, it wont affect Balanar, especially at night, he can take more than just a few hits and skills does not matter. Next point, I did not get Darkness at level 6, because Darkness at level is just awfull. Huge cooldown and very little duration when activated and our primary target is to get HitN and Void max as soon as possible before the first night comes. Now, I will talk about the multiple uses of Darkness. At night, Darkness has only one purpose, TO MAKE THE NIGHT LONGER, and at day you can either get the chance to kill multiple heroes by activating it for the the short time and getting the kills or use it as an escape method, as Balanar gets full movement speed bonus at night.

Phew, that was interesting learning even more about Balanar skills! but this is just the beginning.

Item Build:

Ok! the game has started and everybody is mad-clicking to choose their favorite character even you with Balanar! Now what to buy...

I would recommend share a courier with a friend or if you are alone then just wait until you get this:

5

that is when you are alone, but if you are playing with many people try this:

 and fill everything else with bracers and AFTER the bracers upgrade to Power Threads and at last the courier.

Now if you have some money to buy the items needed to make the bracer always buy  first as the +2 on every stat is better than +3 strenght of .

Some extra items that might be useful are:

 Empty Bottle will help you over use runes in the map and heals and lowering the chances of going back to the fountain, but recommended to buy courier before empty bottle so the courier can do the going back and forth to the fountain and filling the bottle

 Of course Tangos will help you to survive more in battle if the empty bottle is too much work for you or you are just lazy to control the courier and wait the filled bottle to come back.

Which Lane?

Good question, now I would recommend for newcommers to choose top or bottom doesnt matter if you are sentinel or scourge. Why? Well, there is more distance between towers and you have a lot of space to fight. Now, for those bold people that want to go to middle, is not that you cant fo mid lane, but its harder to play on. So you can go mid with ONLY and ONLY if you are versus a melee and even with that condition you might be at disadvantage. Which takes me to my next point.

Versus 1/2 Melee:

It is a fair game as both characters have to get close to hit each other. However, dont be confident as it also depends on the melee hero, so be aware of melee/nuker/disabler hero and that might be a problem. With 2 melee, try not to deny nor last hit if they are stunners or nukers.

Versus 1/2 Ranged:

You are at a disadvantage. You should stick to your range creep and tower, and only go to last hit and deny, or in some cases just stand behind the creeps receiving the exp, and if this situation comes up do as I said and dont be the "first blood" just stay behind the creeps hug the tower, do not last hit nor deny, ask for help to an ally, or at the worst situation, ask for a lane change that suits more Balanar. Especially if it is versus 2.

Versus 1 Melee + 1 Ranged:

This is a half half situation just be sure to be aware of the situation and do the above said. No deny, no last hit, no harass, especially when they has slow, stun or nuke.

You Are Ready!

Ok! You now got your hero, items and you chose a lane and are waiting for the creeps to appear. The first thing to do is to block block block! and for that, this guide written by Caspian will explain everything about Creep Blocking! After you are done with that and got to the fight you should farm doing the following:

1. Deny
2. Last Hit
3. Harass (if possible)

Now for those who dont know what are the terms listed above: (sry for not having a guide for this. I did find this guide somewhere but I lost it, so i will explain)
Last Hit: To last hit is what it says it is. When the enemy creep is at red health and it only needs 1 last hit to die, you just go and kill the creep with "last hit" giving you the creep kill money and even more exp.
Deny: To deny is the same as last hitting but your own creeps to reduce the amount of exp the enemy gets with the creep kill. So when you see one of your creeps almost dead go on and press "A" and attack your own creep.
Harass: To harass basically means you annoy your opponent by constantly attack them when they come close to last hit or deny and as a result making them ask for help or go back to their fountain to heal.
So for last hitting and denying the key point is TIMING. Timing is everything for both techniques, so practice and you will get the hangs of it.
Now, your main goal for early-game is to get to level 6 and have both Void and HitN to level 3 each, and if you can get to level 8 and max both skills even better but level 6 and level 3 for each skill should be enough for the rampage coming.
Now the first night is approaching so before the night comes go back to the fountain or let the courier do theshopping and fill your inventory with bracers NOW!
Items You Should Have at the End of Early-Game:
If you did pretty well, last hitting, getting that extra gold your inventory should be like this:
and even if you did not do that well, you should at least have the 5 bracers and Boots of speed instead of Power Threads.
Conclusion:
Early-game for Balanar is basically farm by denying, last hitting and filling your inventory with bracers!
The first Night is coming...which probably means first blood and more are coming caused by YOU my friend.
Now start saving money to make .
End of early-game.