Lich — 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 37% of games that reach three key items

Selected build

Glimmer Cape → Blink Dagger → Aghanim's Scepter · 2,007 games · win rate 68.6%

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

67.3%153 · 8%
72.9%118 · 6%
67.8%59 · 3%

Bought before the horn.

2 · Early game

before the 1st key item

68.8%1,153 · 57%
69.0%617 · 31%
74.6%59 · 3%

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

3 · Core

first 3 key items

70.5%1,038 · 52%
66.7%459 · 23%
64.5%265 · 13%

The build itself, in its most common buying orders.

4 · Late game

next 3 items after the core

73.5%249 · 12%
71.8%248 · 12%
72.6%248 · 12%

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.

Aether Lens5% of games · ~44:11+4.3 pts
Arcane Boots6% of games · ~11:07+2.4 pts
Ring of Basilius6% of games · ~7:40+1.1 pts
Aghanim's Shard21% of games · ~24:53−1.4 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

67.1% · 510 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
Frost Blast	1		3		5		7
Frost Shield				4				8	9	10
Sinister Gaze		2										12		14	15
Chain Frost						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

Chain Frost Unlimited Bounces

88% · 68.9% · 547

Frost Shield Provides +50 HP Regen

12% · 59.2% · 76

Chain Frost on Death

91% · 68.3% · 1,596

2 Frost Shield Charges

9% · 70.3% · 165

-3.5s Frost Blast Cooldown

40% · 67.9% · 811

+0.3s Sinister Gaze Duration

60% · 69.2% · 1,200

+125 Frost Blast Radius and Area Damage

61% · 68.6% · 1,219

+10% Frost Shield Damage Reduction

39% · 68.6% · 795

+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

50.9% · 3,418

57.0% · 3,029

54.1% · 1,110

53.5% · 995

54.7% · 973

53.9% · 840

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.

Glimmer Cape~22:13

5–10 min	▲ 100.0%	3
10–15 min	▲ 62.5%	1,205
15–20 min	▲ 53.0%	3,826
20–25 min	▼ 49.2%	2,322
25–30 min	▲ 51.3%	1,557
30–35 min	▼ 47.8%	876
35–40 min	▲ 50.5%	386
40–45 min	▲ 54.3%	184
45–50 min	▲ 55.7%	70
50–55 min	▲ 58.3%	24
55–60 min	▲ 50.0%	4
60–65 min	▲ 75.0%	4

Bought before 20:00: 55.3% wins; later: 50.0%.

Blink Dagger~24:09

5–10 min	▲ 71.4%	21
10–15 min	▲ 63.6%	1,239
15–20 min	▲ 58.1%	2,447
20–25 min	▲ 59.3%	2,281
25–30 min	▲ 58.1%	1,991
30–35 min	▲ 55.1%	1,195
35–40 min	▲ 61.0%	620
40–45 min	▲ 58.6%	278
45–50 min	▲ 58.5%	118
50–55 min	▼ 45.5%	44
55–60 min	▼ 40.0%	15
60–65 min	▲ 100.0%	8
65–70 min	▼ 25.0%	4

Bought before 20:00: 60.0% wins; later: 58.2%.

Aghanim's Scepter~35:49

10–15 min	▲ 71.4%	7
15–20 min	▲ 70.1%	67
20–25 min	▲ 70.2%	305
25–30 min	▲ 71.7%	1,053
30–35 min	▲ 69.2%	1,965
35–40 min	▲ 65.6%	1,789
40–45 min	▲ 60.7%	1,056
45–50 min	▲ 56.6%	447
50–55 min	▲ 52.7%	165
55–60 min	▲ 58.0%	69
60–65 min	▼ 47.2%	36
65–70 min	▲ 55.6%	9
70–75 min	▲ 100.0%	1
75–80 min	▲ 50.0%	2

Bought before 35:00: 70.1% wins; later: 62.1%.

Force Staff~26:19

5–10 min	▲ 100.0%	1
10–15 min	▲ 56.2%	201
15–20 min	▲ 52.6%	734
20–25 min	▲ 52.6%	764
25–30 min	▲ 52.9%	804
30–35 min	▼ 49.8%	560
35–40 min	▲ 53.8%	312
40–45 min	▲ 55.5%	128
45–50 min	▼ 46.0%	63
50–55 min	▼ 45.0%	20
55–60 min	▲ 66.7%	3
60–65 min	▼ 0.0%	2
65–70 min	▼ 33.3%	3
70–75 min	▼ 0.0%	1
85–90 min	▲ 100.0%	1

Bought before 25:00: 53.1% wins; later: 51.9%.

Aether Lens~26:55

5–10 min	▼ 0.0%	1
10–15 min	▲ 60.5%	238
15–20 min	▲ 56.2%	705
20–25 min	▲ 56.4%	574
25–30 min	▲ 61.9%	575
30–35 min	▲ 62.0%	461
35–40 min	▲ 59.8%	323
40–45 min	▲ 61.5%	195
45–50 min	▲ 55.6%	81
50–55 min	▲ 70.0%	30
55–60 min	▲ 50.0%	22
60–65 min	▲ 50.0%	6

Bought before 25:00: 56.9% wins; later: 61.1%.

Aeon Disk~38:37

10–15 min	▲ 100.0%	1
15–20 min	▲ 52.4%	21
20–25 min	▲ 60.4%	101
25–30 min	▲ 61.5%	260
30–35 min	▲ 63.5%	537
35–40 min	▲ 59.2%	601
40–45 min	▲ 59.8%	502
45–50 min	▲ 60.0%	270
50–55 min	▲ 57.7%	149
55–60 min	▲ 61.7%	60
60–65 min	▲ 55.6%	36
65–70 min	▼ 46.2%	13
70–75 min	▲ 66.7%	3
75–80 min	▲ 50.0%	2
80–85 min	▲ 100.0%	1

Bought before 35:00: 62.4% wins; later: 59.3%.

Eul's Scepter of Divinity~31:41

10–15 min	▲ 56.3%	16
15–20 min	▼ 48.9%	137
20–25 min	▲ 56.7%	217
25–30 min	▲ 54.7%	278
30–35 min	▲ 58.4%	291
35–40 min	▲ 54.8%	239
40–45 min	▲ 67.5%	123
45–50 min	▲ 58.5%	65
50–55 min	▲ 57.1%	28
55–60 min	▼ 43.8%	16
60–65 min	▲ 66.7%	6
65–70 min	▲ 66.7%	3
70–75 min	▲ 100.0%	3

Bought before 30:00: 54.2% wins; later: 58.7%.

Refresher Orb~45:55

15–20 min	▲ 100.0%	1
20–25 min	▲ 100.0%	1
25–30 min	▲ 100.0%	10
30–35 min	▲ 77.1%	70
35–40 min	▲ 73.6%	140
40–45 min	▲ 68.0%	206
45–50 min	▲ 65.2%	184
50–55 min	▲ 69.2%	104
55–60 min	▲ 59.7%	62
60–65 min	▲ 55.3%	38
65–70 min	▼ 34.8%	23
70–75 min	▼ 37.5%	8
75–80 min	▲ 100.0%	1

Bought before 45:00: 72.2% wins; later: 62.4%.