Sven — 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

Mask of Madness~10:57
Echo Sabre~15:51
Blink Dagger~18:51

Skill order, levels 1–25

56.6% · 392 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
Storm Hammer	1							8	9	10
Great Cleave			3	4	5		7
Warcry		2										12		14	15
God's Strength						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

+1s Storm Hammer Stun Duration

18% · 57.4% · 155

+50% God's Strength Damage

82% · 58.8% · 714

+8 Warcry Armor

81% · 56.1% · 1,046

-25% Storm Hammer Cooldown and Mana Cost

19% · 54.0% · 248

+25% Great Cleave Damage

34% · 49.5% · 483

-12s God's Strength Cooldown

66% · 54.7% · 938

+20% God's Strength Slow Resistance

31% · 47.8% · 452

+5s Warcry Duration

69% · 54.5% · 989

+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.

Starting items

52.0% · 356

42.6% · 122

38.2% · 102

Neutral items

50.7% · 367

51.0% · 335

50.7% · 298

61.7% · 167

43.8% · 112

46.4% · 69

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.

Mask of Madness~10:57

0–5 min	▼ 0.0%	1
5–10 min	▲ 60.9%	432
10–15 min	▼ 47.4%	1,167
15–20 min	▼ 36.4%	22
20–25 min	▼ 0.0%	2
25–30 min	▲ 100.0%	2

Bought before 10:00: 60.7% wins; later: 47.2%.

Echo Sabre~15:51

5–10 min	▼ 0.0%	1
10–15 min	▲ 62.5%	579
15–20 min	▼ 46.1%	976
20–25 min	▼ 32.1%	56
25–30 min	▼ 25.0%	4
30–35 min	▼ 0.0%	1
35–40 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 15:00: 62.4% wins; later: 45.2%.

Blink Dagger~18:51

10–15 min	▲ 60.4%	48
15–20 min	▲ 57.0%	1,171
20–25 min	▼ 31.4%	341
25–30 min	▼ 37.1%	35
30–35 min	▲ 66.7%	9
35–40 min	▼ 40.0%	5
40–45 min	▲ 50.0%	2
45–50 min	▲ 100.0%	1
50–55 min	▲ 50.0%	2
55–60 min	▲ 100.0%	1

Bought before 15:00: 60.4% wins; later: 51.1%.

Black King Bar~25:34

15–20 min	▲ 87.0%	23
20–25 min	▲ 60.4%	748
25–30 min	▼ 43.8%	536
30–35 min	▼ 41.7%	132
35–40 min	▼ 15.6%	32
40–45 min	▲ 66.7%	6
45–50 min	▼ 33.3%	3

Bought before 25:00: 61.2% wins; later: 42.3%.

Crystalys~25:04

10–15 min	▼ 33.3%	9
15–20 min	▲ 66.5%	203
20–25 min	▲ 58.7%	550
25–30 min	▲ 51.9%	489
30–35 min	▼ 33.3%	147
35–40 min	▼ 40.0%	35
40–45 min	▲ 50.0%	8
45–50 min	▲ 66.7%	6
50–55 min	▲ 100.0%	1
60–65 min	▲ 100.0%	1

Bought before 25:00: 60.5% wins; later: 47.6%.

Daedalus~29:42

15–20 min	▲ 83.3%	6
20–25 min	▲ 69.2%	182
25–30 min	▲ 67.1%	532
30–35 min	▲ 52.4%	412
35–40 min	▼ 36.4%	118
40–45 min	▼ 38.7%	31
45–50 min	▼ 40.0%	5
50–55 min	▲ 100.0%	2
55–60 min	▲ 100.0%	1
60–65 min	▲ 100.0%	1

Bought before 25:00: 69.7% wins; later: 57.5%.

Harpoon~31:02

15–20 min	▲ 72.0%	25
20–25 min	▲ 67.9%	106
25–30 min	▲ 73.2%	306
30–35 min	▲ 62.6%	425
35–40 min	▼ 45.1%	144
40–45 min	▼ 46.2%	39
45–50 min	▼ 45.5%	11
50–55 min	▲ 83.3%	6
60–65 min	▲ 100.0%	1
65–70 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 30:00: 71.9% wins; later: 57.4%.

Swift Blink~38:22

25–30 min	▲ 90.9%	22
30–35 min	▲ 80.7%	187
35–40 min	▲ 67.0%	227
40–45 min	▲ 57.4%	122
45–50 min	▲ 53.5%	71
50–55 min	▲ 50.0%	24
55–60 min	▲ 50.0%	4
60–65 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 35:00: 81.8% wins; later: 61.0%.