Axe — 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 78% of games that reach three key items

Selected build

Blink Dagger → Blade Mail → Black King Bar · 2,159 games · win rate 52.3%

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

52.4%431 · 20%
63.8%127 · 6%
44.4%72 · 3%

Bought before the horn.

2 · Early game

before the 1st key item

53.0%643 · 30%
53.0%419 · 19%
56.2%297 · 14%

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

3 · Core

first 3 key items

50.7%1,245 · 58%
54.9%901 · 42%
33.3%12 · 1%

The build itself, in its most common buying orders.

4 · Late game

next 3 items after the core

63.3%368 · 17%
56.8%359 · 17%
58.5%311 · 14%

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.

Kaya and Sange13% of games · ~36:19+20.8 pts
Sange15% of games · ~35:17+20.1 pts
Kaya17% of games · ~34:34+18.5 pts
Overwhelming Blink6% of games · ~50:17+17.2 pts
Soul Ring11% of games · ~11:58+10.1 pts
Aghanim's Blessing6% of games · ~50:06+9.5 pts
Lotus Orb13% of games · ~38:03+7.1 pts
Perseverance17% of games · ~35:16+5.1 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

55.2% · 698 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
Berserker's Call				4				8	9	10
Battle Hunger	1											12		14	15
Counter Helix		2	3		5		7
Culling Blade						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

+150 Culling Blade Damage

18% · 65.9% · 132

+85 Berserker's Call AoE

82% · 60.0% · 622

+40 Counter Helix Damage

69% · 56.8% · 1,195

+15 Strength

31% · 56.2% · 534

+10 Berserker's Call Armor

42% · 50.8% · 900

+8 Battle Hunger Damage Per Second

58% · 53.7% · 1,240

+8% Movement Speed per active Battle Hunger

82% · 53.0% · 1,771

+3s Culling Blade Kill Buff Bonus Duration

18% · 49.4% · 387

+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

47.5% · 1,031

54.2% · 395

41.0% · 390

53.4% · 378

52.7% · 279

50.2% · 255

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~15:10

5–10 min	▲ 58.6%	227
10–15 min	▲ 52.1%	1,917
15–20 min	▼ 45.9%	1,667
20–25 min	▼ 37.2%	333
25–30 min	▼ 37.5%	48
30–35 min	▼ 37.5%	16
40–45 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 15:00: 52.8% wins; later: 44.2%.

Blade Mail~17:26

5–10 min	▲ 64.6%	96
10–15 min	▲ 56.2%	1,264
15–20 min	▲ 50.8%	1,511
20–25 min	▼ 37.6%	833
25–30 min	▼ 37.2%	191
30–35 min	▼ 38.5%	39
35–40 min	▲ 50.0%	16
40–45 min	▲ 66.7%	3
50–55 min	▲ 100.0%	1
55–60 min	▲ 100.0%	1
60–65 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 15:00: 56.8% wins; later: 45.4%.

Black King Bar~29:53

15–20 min	▲ 88.9%	18
20–25 min	▲ 66.5%	477
25–30 min	▲ 55.2%	1,158
30–35 min	▼ 43.3%	750
35–40 min	▼ 46.0%	272
40–45 min	▲ 50.4%	115
45–50 min	▲ 59.4%	32
50–55 min	▼ 38.5%	13
55–60 min	▲ 50.0%	4
60–65 min	▼ 0.0%	3
70–75 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 25:00: 67.3% wins; later: 50.0%.

Aghanim's Scepter~36:08

10–15 min	▲ 100.0%	4
15–20 min	▲ 60.0%	5
20–25 min	▲ 65.0%	80
25–30 min	▲ 71.7%	138
30–35 min	▲ 69.4%	252
35–40 min	▲ 57.4%	251
40–45 min	▲ 53.6%	138
45–50 min	▼ 49.3%	69
50–55 min	▲ 65.7%	35
55–60 min	▲ 52.0%	25
60–65 min	▲ 85.7%	7
65–70 min	▲ 60.0%	5
75–80 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 35:00: 69.5% wins; later: 55.9%.

Lotus Orb~32:41

10–15 min	▲ 66.7%	3
15–20 min	▲ 50.0%	10
20–25 min	▲ 57.7%	97
25–30 min	▲ 61.8%	170
30–35 min	▲ 63.4%	175
35–40 min	▲ 57.6%	132
40–45 min	▼ 44.8%	67
45–50 min	▼ 38.1%	21
50–55 min	▲ 50.0%	8
55–60 min	▼ 40.0%	10
60–65 min	▲ 50.0%	2
65–70 min	▲ 100.0%	1
70–75 min	▲ 100.0%	1

Bought before 30:00: 60.0% wins; later: 56.6%.

Kaya~31:21

5–10 min	▲ 100.0%	1
10–15 min	▲ 60.0%	5
15–20 min	▲ 76.2%	42
20–25 min	▲ 69.7%	89
25–30 min	▲ 73.3%	172
30–35 min	▲ 69.3%	163
35–40 min	▲ 59.8%	112
40–45 min	▲ 63.8%	47
45–50 min	▲ 57.7%	26
50–55 min	▲ 54.5%	11
55–60 min	▲ 100.0%	1
60–65 min	▲ 100.0%	1

Bought before 30:00: 72.5% wins; later: 64.5%.

Sange~32:34

10–15 min	▲ 100.0%	1
15–20 min	▲ 76.9%	13
20–25 min	▲ 70.1%	67
25–30 min	▲ 75.7%	115
30–35 min	▲ 66.5%	188
35–40 min	▲ 68.0%	103
40–45 min	▲ 71.1%	45
45–50 min	▲ 68.2%	22
50–55 min	▲ 50.0%	6
55–60 min	▲ 50.0%	2
60–65 min	▲ 100.0%	1

Bought before 30:00: 74.0% wins; later: 67.3%.

Heart of Tarrasque~39:34

15–20 min	▲ 100.0%	3
20–25 min	▲ 73.3%	15
25–30 min	▲ 77.3%	44
30–35 min	▲ 79.2%	96
35–40 min	▲ 68.2%	148
40–45 min	▲ 67.9%	106
45–50 min	▲ 55.4%	74
50–55 min	▲ 63.6%	33
55–60 min	▲ 73.7%	19
60–65 min	▲ 80.0%	5
65–70 min	▲ 50.0%	2
70–75 min	▲ 100.0%	1

Bought before 35:00: 78.5% wins; later: 65.7%.