Shadow Fiend
Mostly Mid · 66% of gamesAlso Carry · 30%
Agility
Ranged
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.
▼ 45.8%576 · 28%Talent path: 10 right, 15 left, 20 left, 25 right
▼ 42.3%201 · 10%Talent path: 10 right, 15 left, 20 left, 25 left
▼ 45.8%131 · 6%Talent path: 10 right, 15 left, 20 left, 25 right
▲ 53.1%96 · 5%Talent path: 10 right, 15 left, 20 left, 25 right
▼ 35.8%95 · 5%Talent path: 10 right, 15 left, 20 left, 25 right- ▼ 47.8%90 · 4%Talent path: 10 right, 15 left, 20 left, 25 right
▼ 29.3%75 · 4%Talent path: 10 right, 15 left, 20 left, 25 right- ▼ 38.5%52 · 3%Talent path: 10 right, 15 left, 20 left, 25 right
Selected build
Key items, in buying order
- Mask of Madness~13:08
- Dragon Lance~19:37
- Shadow Blade~23:14
Skill order, levels 1–25
38.7% · 31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Shadowraze | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Feast of Souls | 10 | 12 | 14 | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Presence of the Dark Lord | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Requiem of Souls | 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
Numbers from all the hero's games at this rank and position: 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
44.4% · 288
52.3% · 11142.3% · 97Neutral items
53.8% · 303
39.0% · 269
48.3% · 238
34.9% · 218
49.2% · 124
29.3% · 123When 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.
Yasha~17:05| 5–10 min | ▲ 50.6% | 174 |
| 10–15 min | ▼ 49.0% | 512 |
| 15–20 min | ▼ 42.6% | 441 |
| 20–25 min | ▼ 40.9% | 215 |
| 25–30 min | ▲ 51.0% | 102 |
| 30–35 min | ▼ 41.5% | 65 |
| 35–40 min | ▼ 42.3% | 26 |
| 40–45 min | ▲ 66.7% | 3 |
| 45–50 min | ▲ 50.0% | 2 |
| 50–55 min | ▲ 100.0% | 1 |
Bought before 15:00: 49.4% wins; later: 43.3%.
Black King Bar~29:41| 15–20 min | ▼ 36.8% | 19 |
| 20–25 min | ▲ 54.3% | 256 |
| 25–30 min | ▼ 46.0% | 489 |
| 30–35 min | ▼ 43.2% | 375 |
| 35–40 min | ▼ 36.9% | 141 |
| 40–45 min | ▼ 48.6% | 35 |
| 45–50 min | ▲ 50.0% | 14 |
| 50–55 min | ▲ 83.3% | 6 |
| 55–60 min | ▲ 66.7% | 3 |
| 60–65 min | ▼ 0.0% | 1 |
Bought before 25:00: 53.1% wins; later: 44.2%.
Blink Dagger~18:34| 0–5 min | ▲ 100.0% | 1 |
| 5–10 min | ▲ 50.9% | 106 |
| 10–15 min | ▼ 47.8% | 276 |
| 15–20 min | ▼ 49.6% | 546 |
| 20–25 min | ▼ 33.9% | 236 |
| 25–30 min | ▼ 36.2% | 47 |
| 30–35 min | ▲ 51.9% | 27 |
| 35–40 min | ▲ 80.0% | 20 |
| 40–45 min | ▲ 53.3% | 15 |
| 45–50 min | ▼ 37.5% | 16 |
| 50–55 min | ▲ 66.7% | 6 |
| 55–60 min | ▼ 20.0% | 5 |
| 60–65 min | ▼ 0.0% | 1 |
| 65–70 min | ▼ 0.0% | 1 |
Bought before 15:00: 48.8% wins; later: 45.3%.
Kaya~17:07| 5–10 min | ▼ 47.5% | 101 |
| 10–15 min | ▼ 49.9% | 385 |
| 15–20 min | ▼ 42.3% | 366 |
| 20–25 min | ▼ 43.8% | 153 |
| 25–30 min | ▼ 44.8% | 67 |
| 30–35 min | ▲ 65.4% | 26 |
| 35–40 min | ▼ 47.1% | 17 |
| 40–45 min | ▲ 66.7% | 6 |
| 45–50 min | ▲ 50.0% | 2 |
| 50–55 min | ▲ 100.0% | 1 |
Bought before 15:00: 49.4% wins; later: 44.4%.
Yasha and Kaya~19:15| 5–10 min | ▼ 0.0% | 1 |
| 10–15 min | ▲ 53.0% | 313 |
| 15–20 min | ▼ 45.6% | 386 |
| 20–25 min | ▼ 38.4% | 216 |
| 25–30 min | ▼ 49.0% | 96 |
| 30–35 min | ▲ 51.9% | 52 |
| 35–40 min | ▼ 47.4% | 19 |
| 40–45 min | ▲ 66.7% | 6 |
| 45–50 min | ▼ 0.0% | 1 |
| 50–55 min | ▲ 100.0% | 2 |
Bought before 15:00: 52.9% wins; later: 44.7%.
Dragon Lance~19:37| 5–10 min | ▼ 41.7% | 12 |
| 10–15 min | ▲ 51.0% | 204 |
| 15–20 min | ▼ 40.5% | 262 |
| 20–25 min | ▼ 38.6% | 176 |
| 25–30 min | ▼ 44.2% | 77 |
| 30–35 min | ▼ 34.4% | 32 |
| 35–40 min | ▼ 38.1% | 21 |
| 40–45 min | ▼ 42.9% | 7 |
| 45–50 min | ▼ 0.0% | 3 |
| 50–55 min | ▲ 100.0% | 1 |
Bought before 15:00: 50.5% wins; later: 39.9%.
Aghanim's Scepter~32:23| 10–15 min | ▲ 100.0% | 1 |
| 15–20 min | ▲ 80.0% | 5 |
| 20–25 min | ▲ 75.0% | 68 |
| 25–30 min | ▲ 64.4% | 202 |
| 30–35 min | ▲ 55.4% | 258 |
| 35–40 min | ▲ 53.2% | 156 |
| 40–45 min | ▲ 61.0% | 41 |
| 45–50 min | ▲ 69.2% | 13 |
| 50–55 min | ▼ 25.0% | 4 |
| 55–60 min | ▲ 66.7% | 3 |
| 60–65 min | ▲ 100.0% | 1 |
| 65–70 min | ▲ 66.7% | 3 |
| 75–80 min | ▼ 0.0% | 1 |
Bought before 30:00: 67.4% wins; later: 55.4%.
Mask of Madness~13:08| 5–10 min | ▲ 57.4% | 115 |
| 10–15 min | ▼ 37.3% | 464 |
| 15–20 min | ▼ 30.2% | 86 |
| 20–25 min | ▲ 57.9% | 19 |
| 25–30 min | ▼ 22.2% | 9 |
| 30–35 min | ▲ 60.0% | 5 |
| 35–40 min | ▲ 80.0% | 5 |
| 40–45 min | ▼ 0.0% | 1 |
Bought before 10:00: 57.4% wins; later: 37.2%.