Mars — 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.

Top 5 builds cover 54% of games that reach three key items

Selected build

Blink Dagger → Desolator → Black King Bar · 1,094 games · win rate 52.9%

Everything below follows the selected build.

Full build

From the starting items to the late game, in this build's games with the filters above. Each phase shows up to 3 combinations with win rate, games and share of the build's games; the most played is highlighted.

Most common path

1 · Starting items

0:00

50.0%150 · 14%
56.0%116 · 11%
54.2%96 · 9%

Bought before the horn.

2 · Early game

before the 1st key item

54.8%321 · 29%
48.8%172 · 16%
48.3%172 · 16%

Finished items only: no components, consumables or Aghanim's Shard. Any order; shown in the most common one.

3 · Core

first 3 key items

54.3%569 · 52%
54.8%272 · 25%
47.2%246 · 22%

The build itself, in its most common buying orders.

4 · Late game

next 3 items after the core

58.4%178 · 16%
53.5%142 · 13%
57.0%142 · 13%

Any order, shown in the most common one. A game counts if it reached at least one of the items.

Situational items

Bought in at least 5% of this build's games and not on the most common path, sorted by win-rate change.

Daedalus6% of games · ~39:22+18.0 pts
Overwhelming Blink9% of games · ~48:25+16.0 pts
Satanic10% of games · ~40:25+14.7 pts
Aghanim's Blessing5% of games · ~51:17+11.6 pts
Crystalys9% of games · ~35:45+11.5 pts
Refresher Orb7% of games · ~44:47+10.6 pts
Shiva's Guard8% of games · ~40:13+9.6 pts
Aghanim's Shard18% of games · ~28:41−3.1 pts

Win-rate change: win rate of the build's games with the item minus without it, in percentage points. At least 30 games on each side.

Skill order, levels 1–25

53.6% · 196 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
Spear of Mars		2	3		5		7
God's Rebuke	1			4				8	9
Bulwark										10		12		14	15
Arena Of Blood						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

Arena Of Blood Grants Team +180 HP Regen

34% · 56.8% · 155

God's Rebuke +65% Crit

66% · 60.3% · 305

+0.5s Spear of Mars Stun

53% · 55.6% · 480

+70 Arena Of Blood Spear Damage

47% · 53.2% · 425

+100 Spear Of Mars Damage

26% · 55.7% · 289

-2.5s God's Rebuke Cooldown

74% · 51.7% · 807

+1.5 Mana Regen

12% · 60.2% · 128

+100 God's Rebuke Distance

88% · 51.8% · 969

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

Numbers from the games of this build. 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.

Neutral items

47.6% · 1,044

45.2% · 753

49.9% · 723

52.0% · 454

54.0% · 426

35.3% · 317

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.

Blink Dagger~16:07

5–10 min	▲ 59.1%	93
10–15 min	▲ 54.6%	2,935
15–20 min	▼ 43.8%	2,674
20–25 min	▼ 41.2%	708
25–30 min	▼ 30.9%	165
30–35 min	▼ 31.9%	47
35–40 min	▼ 36.8%	19
40–45 min	▲ 75.0%	4
45–50 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 15:00: 54.7% wins; later: 42.6%.

Black King Bar~29:50

15–20 min	▲ 67.7%	31
20–25 min	▲ 61.2%	766
25–30 min	▲ 54.8%	1,752
30–35 min	▼ 47.2%	1,294
35–40 min	▼ 43.3%	462
40–45 min	▼ 48.5%	130
45–50 min	▲ 56.3%	48
50–55 min	▼ 44.4%	18
55–60 min	▼ 33.3%	3
60–65 min	▼ 33.3%	3
65–70 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 25:00: 61.5% wins; later: 50.4%.

Desolator~23:51

10–15 min	▲ 64.7%	116
15–20 min	▲ 58.6%	538
20–25 min	▼ 49.6%	669
25–30 min	▼ 47.6%	361
30–35 min	▼ 43.4%	221
35–40 min	▼ 45.2%	104
40–45 min	▼ 37.0%	27
45–50 min	▲ 87.5%	8
50–55 min	▼ 0.0%	4
55–60 min	▲ 75.0%	4
70–75 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 20:00: 59.6% wins; later: 47.7%.

Eul's Scepter of Divinity~24:12

10–15 min	▲ 59.1%	149
15–20 min	▲ 56.6%	449
20–25 min	▲ 56.2%	610
25–30 min	▼ 43.5%	315
30–35 min	▼ 47.8%	205
35–40 min	▲ 52.6%	97
40–45 min	▲ 51.1%	47
45–50 min	▲ 60.0%	20
50–55 min	▲ 54.5%	11
55–60 min	▼ 0.0%	3
60–65 min	▲ 66.7%	3

Bought before 20:00: 57.2% wins; later: 51.3%.

Aghanim's Scepter~37:13

15–20 min	▲ 100.0%	1
20–25 min	▲ 75.7%	37
25–30 min	▲ 71.0%	162
30–35 min	▲ 66.4%	286
35–40 min	▲ 58.9%	297
40–45 min	▲ 61.1%	190
45–50 min	▲ 59.8%	92
50–55 min	▲ 59.5%	37
55–60 min	▼ 47.6%	21
60–65 min	▲ 66.7%	6
65–70 min	▲ 60.0%	5
70–75 min	▲ 66.7%	3

Bought before 35:00: 68.7% wins; later: 59.4%.

Shiva's Guard~37:31

15–20 min	▲ 100.0%	1
20–25 min	▲ 57.1%	14
25–30 min	▲ 74.4%	78
30–35 min	▲ 71.8%	216
35–40 min	▲ 61.8%	241
40–45 min	▲ 56.7%	150
45–50 min	▲ 56.1%	66
50–55 min	▲ 61.5%	26
55–60 min	▲ 63.6%	11
60–65 min	▲ 100.0%	2

Bought before 35:00: 71.8% wins; later: 59.7%.

Scythe of Vyse~40:02

20–25 min	▲ 100.0%	4
25–30 min	▲ 67.7%	31
30–35 min	▲ 66.9%	139
35–40 min	▲ 60.1%	223
40–45 min	▲ 55.8%	138
45–50 min	▲ 56.6%	99
50–55 min	▲ 51.4%	37
55–60 min	▲ 61.1%	18
60–65 min	▲ 60.0%	5
65–70 min	▼ 0.0%	3
80–85 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 40:00: 63.5% wins; later: 55.1%.

Refresher Orb~43:37

25–30 min	▲ 93.3%	15
30–35 min	▲ 76.3%	59
35–40 min	▲ 68.0%	147
40–45 min	▲ 67.5%	163
45–50 min	▲ 52.6%	116
50–55 min	▲ 61.0%	77
55–60 min	▲ 60.0%	35
60–65 min	▲ 70.0%	10
65–70 min	▲ 50.0%	4
70–75 min	▲ 100.0%	1
75–80 min	▲ 100.0%	1
80–85 min	▲ 100.0%	1

Bought before 40:00: 71.9% wins; later: 61.5%.