Centaur Warrunner...

Is by far my newest favorite hero to play. Sorry Nature's Prophet, you are no longer my true love.

But seriously; this guy has a lot of what I want in a hero. Durability, killing potential, farming ability, crowd control, escape, and initiation.

It's even easier for him to go into a BKB.

Been doing a rush Heart build as of late. Tranqs to blink to heart. Usually get heart between 18-25 minute mark depending on how the game is going. From there; he's so flexible with his build.

Last game was a close one where the other team had a Meepo player who knew what he was doing and was giving us some trouble. Had to do a rush BKB job followed by Blade Mail. I literally would pop bkb, blink in, and let them unload every one of their spells onto me. I would stomp and set up our enigmas black hole. Followed up by our NS and Sniper unloading on them. We would always focus fire down the Meepo first due to him being a pain.

The five games I played as him; we won quite demandingly. The other team just couldn't kill me quick enough to stop my team from dropping them.

the only problem with playing cent is your team i find... you can land five man stomps but if your team doesn't follow up then its gg. i rush the same build with a double edge maxed first then mixed stomp and return. he is one of the best offlaners atm. and against squishy heroes he can go godlike.

need a good second initiator though like enigma or QOP or sandking. if you dont have much CC in your team to follow up your basically blinking to your death haha.

I usually go Return as first ability, just for some free harass. Then grab stomp. Then work on maxing double edge. After double edge is maxed and I have my ult. I start leveling return.

I don't go double edge at the first two levels due to the low possibility that I'm going to be in a position to kill anyone till bout level 6.

Also got an alternate armor skin for him too. So now he looks pimp.

Aside from Maxing Stomp 2nd, I did the same. Recently played this Hero for the 2nd time (1st as an Offlaner) and loved it! <}3

In Pubs, rushing a Heart is always fun, but for serious Matchmaking:-

Tranquil Boots -> Blink Dagger -> Blade Mail -> Utility/Auras -> Heart of Tarrasque

...is the best imo. Baiting a Stun with Blade Mail up helps a competent Team immensely, so Black King Bar not recommended. Then again, I only have 1 serious game with Centaur Warrunner under my belt. 8{3

I usually go BKB when they have heavy magic attacks. So I survive longer. Like the match where there was a Meepo mass spamming poof alongside kunkka torrent/boat attacks. Find it more useful than hood/pipe in said instance. I pick up Blademail when they have a lot of right clickers.

Only once have I been able to get a utility item; shiva's. Usually someone else on my team picked up the other utility/aura items. (Mech, AC, etc)

The main point of getting Pipe of Insight is to protect your entire Team from Magical and especially Universal Damage, not to save your own hide. A Casual Cloak is enough for Centaur himself. If you're the only one eating these Nukes and your Team can follow up immediately afterwards then you should by all rights win the game ez...although, dose Pub Players ._.

Also, I'd rather get a Linken's Sphere against Kunkka, without X Marks the Spot, you just have to predict the Torrents and he'll only ever land Boats on the n00bs and those unfortunate enough to be Stunned repeatedly.

Considering it doesn't go through Magic Immunity, and that most competent Carries will pick up a Black King Bar, it's probably better against Burst Nukes than Right-Clicks...but then again...Pubs...

Shiva's Guard, Vladmir's Offering, Pipe of Insight, Assault Cuirass, Scythe of Vyse, Linken's Sphere, etc.

There's always a Utility Item you can be building, even if all the Auras are taken. There's no such thing as too many Sheepsticks. <}3

Blademail isnt core. Honestly the item can be very underwhelming and i would only get it as a specific counter.
You cant say IM GOING FOR HEART RUSH THIS GAME. You should always adapt to the situation. Very often force staff/pipe/shivas/exetera are much better.

For serious matchmaking? A Mekansm should be considered. It is considered a core in the professional scene aside from Blink Dagger.

Of course, this depends on whether you already have a better mek carrier like Abbadon, but it gives much more to your team. And it gives you more reasons to roam around and net kills for your team.

Black King Bar works, but it's not like you have a channeling ability or you're able to dish out serious physical damage through your autoattacks, so it's probably not necessary. At least for cent, Blademail is better. In fact, Pipe of Insight, Reaver, Rod of Atos are just a bit of the stuff you can get for similar/lower prices and would be better.

As said above, it's basically Tranquil Boots, Blink Dagger and then utility items. One of my favourite items on him is the Heaven's Halberd because of the extra damage and evasion, but I mostly pick up Blade Mail, Mekansm, Vladmir's Offering, Pipe of Insight, Black King Bar and, in the late game, Assault Cuirass and Shiva's Guard; rarely a Heart.

Oh, I also buy a casual Cloak after the Dagger most of the time, it mitigates a good amount of damage from the Double Edge.

The skill build is pretty straight forward: one point in Return, one in Hoof Stomp (or vice versa) and then max Double Edge, Hoof Stomp and Return in this order, taking the ultimate at the standard levels.

I'd just like to add that a heart imo is practically a must when you hit around lvl 20+ simply because you need the regen to keep your massive health bar full.