Techies — win rate, matchups and best allies

Popular builds

A build is the first three key items a player bought, in any order, shown in the most common buying order. Win rate and how often it is played are shown under each, from matches with item timings.

Selected build

Key items, in buying order

Aether Lens~17:42
Kaya~24:33
Yasha~31:30

Skill order, levels 1–25

56.4% · 266 games with this order

Ability	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
Sticky Bomb										10		12		14	15
Reactive Tazer		2		4				8	9
Blast Off!	1		3		5		7
Proximity Mines						6							13					18
Talent											T					T				T					T
Attributes																	17		19		21	22	23	24

The most common order. Games count if they followed it for as long as they lasted, from 10 points on. Gold numbers: the levels where an ultimate point or a talent usually comes. T: a talent is taken here; the tree shows which.

Talents

-0.8s Proximity Mines Activation Delay

88% · 61.5% · 2,749

+253 Damage

12% · 59.4% · 384

-15s Blast Off! Cooldown

90% · 57.2% · 839

+160 Sticky Bomb Damage

10% · 55.4% · 92

+25% Reactive Tazer Buff and Disarm Duration

6% · 65.3% · 75

+175 Blast Off! Damage

94% · 54.1% · 1,183

-2s Proximity Mines Cooldown

95% · 54.6% · 1,260

+15% Magic Resistance

5% · 50.0% · 66

+2 to All Attributes · levels 17, 19, 21–24

Talents at 10, 15, 20: the games of this build. Talents at 25: all the hero's games at this rank and position, because this build has under 30 games on a side. Under each talent: how often it is picked, win rate, games. ★ the higher win rate we are 95% sure of, with at least 30 games on each side. Bar: how often each side is picked.

Starting items

51.4% · 881

55.9% · 515

53.7% · 335

Neutral items

53.9% · 2,686

50.1% · 2,381

52.1% · 1,498

52.0% · 1,138

46.8% · 752

54.6% · 751

When to buy

Win rate depending on when the item was bought (first purchase, 5-minute windows). Earlier is usually better — this shows by how much.

Aether Lens~17:42

5–10 min	▲ 55.1%	488
10–15 min	▲ 55.5%	2,217
15–20 min	▲ 53.2%	3,760
20–25 min	▼ 44.8%	1,320
25–30 min	▲ 50.9%	426
30–35 min	▲ 55.3%	199
35–40 min	▼ 49.4%	89
40–45 min	▲ 51.4%	37
45–50 min	▲ 60.9%	23
50–55 min	▲ 87.5%	8
55–60 min	▲ 100.0%	3
60–65 min	▲ 100.0%	1

Bought before 15:00: 55.5% wins; later: 51.3%.

Kaya~24:33

0–5 min	▲ 100.0%	1
5–10 min	▲ 56.5%	23
10–15 min	▲ 54.9%	630
15–20 min	▲ 54.7%	1,720
20–25 min	▲ 55.0%	1,763
25–30 min	▲ 55.1%	1,111
30–35 min	▲ 56.6%	716
35–40 min	▲ 59.6%	386
40–45 min	▲ 59.5%	220
45–50 min	▲ 56.6%	99
50–55 min	▲ 56.5%	62
55–60 min	▲ 53.8%	26
60–65 min	▼ 46.2%	13
65–70 min	▲ 55.6%	9
70–75 min	▲ 100.0%	1
75–80 min	▼ 0.0%	1
90–95 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 20:00: 54.8% wins; later: 55.9%.

Soul Booster~34:20

10–15 min	▲ 75.0%	12
15–20 min	▲ 61.3%	119
20–25 min	▲ 64.2%	536
25–30 min	▲ 59.9%	789
30–35 min	▲ 59.9%	946
35–40 min	▲ 58.4%	735
40–45 min	▲ 57.8%	500
45–50 min	▲ 53.4%	281
50–55 min	▲ 51.8%	141
55–60 min	▼ 47.9%	71
60–65 min	▲ 60.0%	30
65–70 min	▲ 53.8%	13
70–75 min	▲ 50.0%	4
75–80 min	▲ 50.0%	2

Bought before 30:00: 61.7% wins; later: 57.7%.

Aghanim's Scepter~34:57

10–15 min	▲ 71.4%	7
15–20 min	▲ 65.1%	106
20–25 min	▲ 57.4%	502
25–30 min	▲ 55.2%	745
30–35 min	▲ 55.5%	925
35–40 min	▲ 52.1%	792
40–45 min	▲ 51.9%	507
45–50 min	▲ 52.2%	276
50–55 min	▲ 50.6%	160
55–60 min	▲ 56.1%	82
60–65 min	▼ 45.7%	46
65–70 min	▼ 45.5%	11
70–75 min	▲ 57.1%	7
75–80 min	▲ 50.0%	4
80–85 min	▼ 0.0%	1
85–90 min	▼ 0.0%	1
90–95 min	▲ 100.0%	1

Bought before 30:00: 56.8% wins; later: 53.1%.

Scythe of Vyse~34:39

10–15 min	▲ 100.0%	2
15–20 min	▲ 63.7%	113
20–25 min	▲ 61.0%	400
25–30 min	▲ 59.9%	843
30–35 min	▲ 57.3%	991
35–40 min	▲ 59.4%	784
40–45 min	▲ 60.4%	508
45–50 min	▲ 56.2%	260
50–55 min	▼ 44.8%	134
55–60 min	▲ 51.6%	64
60–65 min	▼ 38.5%	26
65–70 min	▲ 58.8%	17
70–75 min	▲ 60.0%	5
75–80 min	▲ 66.7%	3
80–85 min	▲ 100.0%	1
85–90 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 30:00: 60.6% wins; later: 57.5%.

Octarine Core~36:11

10–15 min	▲ 100.0%	1
15–20 min	▲ 70.0%	40
20–25 min	▲ 63.6%	316
25–30 min	▲ 63.1%	613
30–35 min	▲ 61.9%	855
35–40 min	▲ 58.6%	708
40–45 min	▲ 58.2%	512
45–50 min	▲ 52.1%	290
50–55 min	▲ 53.0%	168
55–60 min	▼ 47.7%	86
60–65 min	▲ 63.9%	36
65–70 min	▲ 50.0%	14
70–75 min	▲ 50.0%	4
75–80 min	▼ 0.0%	1
80–85 min	▲ 100.0%	1

Bought before 35:00: 62.8% wins; later: 56.4%.

Yasha~31:30

10–15 min	▲ 65.9%	41
15–20 min	▲ 52.8%	341
20–25 min	▲ 55.7%	645
25–30 min	▲ 61.5%	733
30–35 min	▲ 59.1%	675
35–40 min	▲ 59.8%	485
40–45 min	▲ 59.4%	315
45–50 min	▲ 54.1%	172
50–55 min	▲ 59.8%	82
55–60 min	▲ 63.6%	55
60–65 min	▲ 54.2%	24
65–70 min	▼ 46.2%	13
70–75 min	▼ 0.0%	1
75–80 min	▼ 0.0%	1
90–95 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 30:00: 57.8% wins; later: 58.8%.

Yasha and Kaya~31:51

10–15 min	▲ 65.5%	29
15–20 min	▲ 51.8%	299
20–25 min	▲ 56.4%	603
25–30 min	▲ 59.7%	747
30–35 min	▲ 59.8%	681
35–40 min	▲ 60.4%	490
40–45 min	▲ 58.7%	317
45–50 min	▲ 54.5%	167
50–55 min	▲ 58.0%	88
55–60 min	▲ 66.7%	54
60–65 min	▼ 48.0%	25
65–70 min	▼ 38.5%	13
70–75 min	▲ 66.7%	3
75–80 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 30:00: 57.2% wins; later: 59.1%.