Shadow Shaman — 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

Blink Dagger~20:18
Aether Lens~26:07
Glimmer Cape~28:52

Skill order, levels 1–25

66.7% · 30 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
Ether Shock		2										12		14	15
Hex				4				8	9	10
Shackles	1		3		5		7
Mass Serpent Ward						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

+1 Ward Attack Targets

63% · 61.1% · 90

+250 Ether Shock Damage

37% · 58.5% · 53

+50% Serpent Wards Max HP

22% · 64.7% · 34

+1.5s Shackles Duration

78% · 60.5% · 119

Hex Breaks

74% · 63.7% · 168

+160 Serpent Wards Attack Range

26% · 62.7% · 59

+1.75 Mana Regen

19% · 64.4% · 45

+170 Shackles Total Damage

81% · 63.4% · 186

+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

54.2% · 72

52.6% · 38

38.9% · 36

Neutral items

50.9% · 171

47.6% · 147

54.4% · 125

45.6% · 125

54.8% · 115

55.8% · 104

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~20:18

5–10 min	▲ 50.0%	2
10–15 min	▲ 65.4%	107
15–20 min	▲ 57.0%	595
20–25 min	▲ 50.1%	353
25–30 min	▼ 43.9%	114
30–35 min	▼ 45.8%	48
35–40 min	▼ 35.3%	17
40–45 min	▲ 50.0%	4
45–50 min	▲ 50.0%	2
50–55 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 20:00: 58.2% wins; later: 47.9%.

Aether Lens~26:07

5–10 min	▼ 0.0%	1
10–15 min	▲ 53.7%	41
15–20 min	▲ 63.5%	96
20–25 min	▲ 69.2%	195
25–30 min	▲ 54.1%	185
30–35 min	▲ 58.6%	116
35–40 min	▼ 48.8%	43
40–45 min	▼ 35.0%	20
45–50 min	▼ 14.3%	7
50–55 min	▲ 100.0%	3

Bought before 25:00: 65.5% wins; later: 53.5%.

Glimmer Cape~28:52

10–15 min	▲ 66.7%	3
15–20 min	▲ 50.0%	28
20–25 min	▲ 61.3%	106
25–30 min	▲ 56.5%	230
30–35 min	▲ 53.7%	121
35–40 min	▲ 50.9%	53
40–45 min	▼ 38.9%	18
45–50 min	▼ 44.4%	9
60–65 min	▲ 100.0%	1

Bought before 25:00: 59.1% wins; later: 54.2%.

Force Staff~31:58

15–20 min	▲ 62.5%	8
20–25 min	▲ 63.2%	19
25–30 min	▼ 45.5%	33
30–35 min	▲ 57.4%	61
35–40 min	▼ 46.2%	26
40–45 min	▲ 62.5%	16
45–50 min	▼ 40.0%	5
50–55 min	▲ 100.0%	2

Bought before 30:00: 53.3% wins; later: 55.5%.

Refresher Orb~42:57

25–30 min	▲ 100.0%	5
30–35 min	▲ 93.8%	16
35–40 min	▲ 75.0%	24
40–45 min	▲ 77.1%	35
45–50 min	▲ 64.5%	31
50–55 min	▲ 50.0%	20
55–60 min	▼ 25.0%	4
60–65 min	▲ 100.0%	2

Bought before 40:00: 84.4% wins; later: 65.2%.

Eul's Scepter of Divinity~32:57

10–15 min	▼ 0.0%	1
15–20 min	▲ 100.0%	1
20–25 min	▲ 61.5%	13
25–30 min	▲ 51.5%	33
30–35 min	▲ 80.6%	31
35–40 min	▲ 60.7%	28
40–45 min	▼ 18.2%	11
45–50 min	▲ 57.1%	7
50–55 min	▲ 100.0%	1
55–60 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 30:00: 54.2% wins; later: 62.0%.

Aghanim's Scepter~36:46

10–15 min	▼ 0.0%	1
15–20 min	▲ 50.0%	2
20–25 min	▼ 42.9%	7
25–30 min	▲ 73.3%	15
30–35 min	▲ 67.7%	31
35–40 min	▲ 59.3%	27
40–45 min	▲ 63.2%	19
45–50 min	▼ 46.2%	13
50–55 min	▼ 25.0%	4
55–60 min	▲ 100.0%	2
60–65 min	▼ 0.0%	2

Bought before 35:00: 64.3% wins; later: 55.2%.

Black King Bar~38:39

25–30 min	▲ 62.5%	8
30–35 min	▲ 73.9%	23
35–40 min	▲ 50.0%	28
40–45 min	▲ 65.0%	20
45–50 min	▼ 33.3%	9
50–55 min	▲ 75.0%	4
55–60 min	▼ 0.0%	1
60–65 min	▲ 100.0%	2

Bought before 35:00: 71.0% wins; later: 54.7%.