Errol — Patch 1.63 Verdict
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Errol — Warrior Guide
Key Insights
- Blood Drinker gives +2% move speed, +12% attack speed, and +6% lifesteal per Berserk stack, capping at 5 stacks.
- Berserk stacks decay after 5 seconds with no hit, and lifesteal is 75% less effective against non-hero units.
- Ghostscythe resets its own cooldown when you pass through an enemy hero during the dash, letting you loop Q in extended brawls.
- Boneshaver slows by 80% for 1s normally; at 5 Berserk stacks it upgrades to a 1s airborne, +50% bonus damage, and heals 18% of missing HP.
- Demon Claw pulses damage every 0.5s and stacks armor reduction for 5s; the full 2-second hover maximizes shred before the slam lands.
Strengths
Blood Drinker rewards full commitment: longer trades = more lifesteal.- Empowered
Boneshaver at 5 stacks flips losing trades into kills. 
Ghostscythe's cooldown reset gives real repositioning in brawls.
Demon Claw's untargetable window counters burst and tower dives.
Weaknesses
- Boneshaver is a narrow skillshot; missing at 5 stacks wastes all investment.
- Berserk stacks decay in 5s, so kite-heavy opponents strip his sustain.
- No hard engage beyond Ghostscythe's root, leaving him CC-chain bait.
- 33.3% win rate reflects a real skill tax on Berserk and Demon Claw timing.
Matchups
Abilities
PBlood Drinker
When Errol attacks or hits enemies with abilities, he stacks Berserk for 5s (max 5 stacks). Each stack grants 2% movement speed, 12% attack speed, and 6% lifesteal (75% reduced if target is not a hero). Armor is reduced by 6% instead. Every 3rd normal attack deals 150% physical damage. Errol's abilities apply full lifesteal.
1Ghostscythe
Launch toward a target direction (cannot target projectiles). Sweep forward, dealing 150 (+100% AD) physical damage to all enemies hit. If hitting a hero, restore 6% of lost HP. During launch, hitting a hero stuns the target for 0.5s before warping to the opposite side to attack (reduces this ability's cooldown by 30%).
2Boneshaver
Errol transforms his demon arm into a scythe and attacks forward in a line, dealing 250 (+180% AD) physical damage and slowing enemies by 80% for 1s. If hitting a hero, restore 12% of lost HP. At 5 Berserk stacks, damage and healing increase by 50% and enemies are knocked airborne for 1s.
RDemon Claw
Errol leaps into the air, becoming untargetable and able to choose a landing point. Deals 40 (+12% AD) physical damage every 0.5s and reduces enemy armor in the area by 12 (stacking) for 5s. After 2s airborne, Errol launches down on the target point, dealing 300 (+100% AD) physical damage to all enemies in range and knocking them airborne for 0.75s.
Skill Order
Priority: R > Q > W| Skill | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ghostscythe | 1 | · | 3 | · | 5 | · | 7 | · | 9 | · | · | · | 13 | · | · |
| 2Boneshaver | · | 2 | · | 4 | · | · | · | 8 | · | 10 | · | 12 | · | 14 | · |
| RDemon Claw | · | · | · | · | · | 6 | · | · | · | · | 11 | · | · | · | 15 |
Loadout
Onslaught
Spirit
Dragon's ClawStandard Build
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6Core Combos
Standard 5-Stack Trade
12Open with an auto to start stacking, Q in to apply the root and stack faster, land two more autos to hit 5 stacks, then release the empowered Boneshaver for the airborne and maximum healing. Run this in any favorable lane matchup where you can control how long the trade lasts.
All-In Execute
1R2Use Q to close distance and begin stacking during the dash, pop R immediately to go untargetable and strip armor while building more stacks, drop R on the target and land the empowered W while they're armor-stripped. Flicker is held as a safety exit or to close the gap if the target Flickers away.
Anti-Burst Reactive Combo
R21When an assassin dives you, pop R immediately to absorb their burst, build stacks while hovering, slam down with max armor reduction, then land the empowered W before they can recover. Q is held last as a chase tool or escape if you need to reposition after the fight.
Expert Video Guide
RoV : Errol สอนเล่นเออรอล กดตัวเมต้ายับ! คอมโบสับ2โคตรแรง - Hutton — Hutton
Gameplan
Errol's first real spike is completing Soulreaver. It gives his Q-dash genuine burst weight and puts enough AD behind his autos to start winning short trades. His strongest window opens after Broken Spear comes online: the armor shred stacks directly with Demon Claw's armor reduction, and his 5-stack Boneshaver starts deleting tanks about as fast as squishies. Play extremely aggressively between Broken Spear and Omni Arms. His weakest phase is the early game before Soulreaver. He can stack Berserk, but the base AD isn't there to convert those stacks into real threat. Respect that window. Stack first, look for kills second.
Early Game
Levels 1–6- →Focus on Berserk stack management in every trade rather than all-in kills. Three-to-four auto trades with a Q to generate stacks, then back off to reset the 5-second timer, keeps your HP high and denies the enemy laner easy poke.
- →Rush Soulreaver as fast as possible. Your pre-first-item damage is the weakest phase of the game, so farm efficiently. Use Q on the wave's back row to get skill hits for stacks on minions only when you're not trading with the enemy.
- →Respect invades on your buff. Without Soulreaver, Errol loses straight fights to most dedicated junglers who contest early, so ward the slayer lane bush and play toward your tower if the enemy jungler is pressing.
Mid Game
Post Broken Spear- →After Soulreaver and Gilded Greaves, actively look for extended 1v1 fights in the slayer lane and nearby river skirmishes. Your Berserk lifesteal now sustains you through two-hit trades that most opponents can't match.
- →Rotate to Dragon fights as a secondary priority. Demon Claw's area armor reduction and your empowered W can swing an even team fight, and Broken Spear makes you genuinely dangerous to any frontliner.
- →Split-push between objectives to draw pressure. Ghostscythe's cooldown reset means you can clear a camp, skirmish with one opponent, and still escape or re-engage, which makes 1v1 side-lane scenarios tilt heavily in your favor.
Late Game
Teamfight phase- →In the late game, Errol is a flanking threat rather than a frontline tank. Use Demon Claw to dive backline carries during team fights rather than ulting on the front tank; the armor shred on a squishy amplifies your slam damage dramatically.
- →With Fenrir's Tooth and Blade of Eternity online, your Boneshaver at 5 stacks is a one-rotation kill on most carries. Position in bushes near chokepoints so your Q dash hits a hero immediately and starts the root-into-5-stack-W chain before they can react.
- →Prioritize Slayer (Lord equivalent) contests aggressively. Your untargetable R window is a genuine cheat code in objective fights where enemies try to burst you, and Blade of Eternity gives you a second life to keep stacking and trading after apparent death.
Pro Tips
- →Ghostscythe's cooldown reset only fires when you physically pass through a hero during the dash. If you dash alongside someone rather than through them, there's no reset and no root. Aim to cut straight through the enemy model, not stop short.
- →Demon Claw's armor reduction stacks are invisible to most opponents and show no indicator on their health bar. Enemies rarely counter-build correctly in-game, so pop R at the start of a skirmish rather than saving it as a panic button.
- →Against dive compositions, deliberately break off at 4 Berserk stacks before a team fight. Re-enter with one auto and you're instantly at 5, giving you the empowered Boneshaver heal at the moment opponents think you've already spent it.
- →Blade of Eternity interacts well with Blood Drinker: when the passive revive triggers, any Berserk stacks you had accumulated carry through the revive window. You can come back to life mid-stack and land a 5-stack empowered W if your timing holds.
Errol is the right pick for mechanically confident slayer-lane players who want a warrior with genuine sustain in trades, repositioning depth through Ghostscythe resets, and an ultimate that works as both a damage tool and a survival option. He is not a hero for players who want to mindlessly all-in. His A-tier placement is real but conditional. The single most important thing to lock down is the empowered Boneshaver timing: if you can't reliably land W at exactly 5 Berserk stacks, you're leaving a large chunk of his ceiling unused. Get the stack-and-wait discipline right, and the wins follow.
Errol — Frequently Asked Questions
Is Errol good in the current ROV patch?+
Errol is rated A tier on the Thai server this patch. That's a legitimate and competitive placement, but his 33.3% win rate signals a clear execution gap between players who manage Berserk stacks correctly and those who don't. In the hands of someone who understands the empowered Boneshaver timing and the Demon Claw armor-reduction loop, he outperforms most slayer-lane options in sustained fighting.
What is the best build for Errol?+
The current meta build is Soulreaver into Gilded Greaves, then Broken Spear, Omni Arms, Fenrir's Tooth, and Blade of Eternity. Soulreaver and Broken Spear are non-negotiable. Soulreaver gives his autos and Q burst weight, and Broken Spear's armor shred stacks multiplicatively with Demon Claw's armor reduction. That combination is the foundation of his late-game damage.
How do you counter Errol?+
Errol is countered most effectively by heroes who deny auto-attack contact (Butterfly's evasion), hard-reset his Berserk stacks via displacement or CC chains (Murad, Quillen), or have enough mobility to kite him before the 5-second stack timer resets (Airi). Physical armor items like Gaia's Standard or Shield of the Lost significantly cut his Boneshaver healing, since it scales off missing HP multiplied by damage taken.
Is Errol hard to play / good for beginners?+
We rate Errol as Medium difficulty. The basic loop of auto-attacking and pressing skills is approachable, but the gap between functional and optimal play is wide. Beginners will struggle to track Berserk stacks in real time while also aiming the narrow Boneshaver line and timing Demon Claw reactively. The low ranked win rate is partly a beginner-tax problem, so put in practice matches before taking him to Diamond lobbies.