Warlock — 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 36% of games that reach three key items

Selected build

Glimmer Cape → Aether Lens → Aghanim's Scepter · 529 games · win rate 59.5%

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

57.1%28 · 5%
61.1%18 · 3%
73.3%15 · 3%

Bought before the horn.

2 · Early game

before the 1st key item

58.8%262 · 50%
60.6%213 · 40%
66.7%18 · 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

60.1%238 · 45%
61.6%177 · 33%
60.0%65 · 12%

The build itself, in its most common buying orders.

4 · Late game

next 3 items after the core

63.1%111 · 21%
64.8%108 · 20%
67.3%101 · 19%

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.

Aghanim's Shard24% of games · ~24:30+0.2 pts
Headdress6% of games · ~44:15−6.8 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

58.8% · 34 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
Fatal Bonds	1											12		14	15
Shadow Word		2	3		5		7
Upheaval				4				8	9	10
Chaotic Offering						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

+5 Fatal Bonds Targets

39% · 48.6% · 37

Summons a Golem on death

61% · 74.6% · 59

+45 Upheaval Damage

36% · 64.4% · 132

25% Damage Resistance for Chaotic Offering Golems

64% · 62.3% · 239

+150 Shadow Word AoE

10% · 55.6% · 54

+8 Upheaval Attack Speed per second on Allies

90% · 60.0% · 470

+50 Upheaval Radius

54% · 60.0% · 285

+4% Fatal Bonds Damage

46% · 59.0% · 244

+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

48.8% · 2,076

52.0% · 1,583

53.6% · 847

48.6% · 628

51.2% · 609

51.9% · 588

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~21:56

10–15 min	▲ 63.4%	456
15–20 min	▲ 54.2%	2,488
20–25 min	▼ 47.4%	1,883
25–30 min	▼ 46.1%	776
30–35 min	▼ 45.6%	421
35–40 min	▼ 45.5%	189
40–45 min	▼ 36.8%	76
45–50 min	▼ 35.7%	28
50–55 min	▲ 50.0%	8
55–60 min	▲ 57.1%	7
60–65 min	▼ 0.0%	2

Bought before 20:00: 55.6% wins; later: 46.4%.

Aghanim's Scepter~32:15

10–15 min	▲ 100.0%	5
15–20 min	▲ 63.5%	178
20–25 min	▲ 62.2%	769
25–30 min	▲ 62.5%	1,240
30–35 min	▲ 58.7%	1,708
35–40 min	▲ 52.9%	1,120
40–45 min	▲ 54.2%	507
45–50 min	▲ 50.3%	167
50–55 min	▲ 51.7%	58
55–60 min	▲ 60.0%	15
60–65 min	▼ 25.0%	12
65–70 min	▲ 100.0%	3
70–75 min	▲ 50.0%	2

Bought before 30:00: 62.5% wins; later: 55.7%.

Refresher Orb~41:23

15–20 min	▲ 66.7%	3
20–25 min	▲ 100.0%	15
25–30 min	▲ 73.1%	93
30–35 min	▲ 74.3%	342
35–40 min	▲ 67.1%	645
40–45 min	▲ 60.1%	677
45–50 min	▲ 55.3%	409
50–55 min	▲ 56.8%	185
55–60 min	▲ 52.2%	67
60–65 min	▲ 50.0%	22
65–70 min	▲ 57.1%	7
70–75 min	▲ 100.0%	3

Bought before 40:00: 70.3% wins; later: 57.7%.

Aether Lens~25:41

5–10 min	▲ 71.4%	7
10–15 min	▲ 57.9%	133
15–20 min	▲ 55.0%	564
20–25 min	▲ 55.3%	548
25–30 min	▲ 52.8%	500
30–35 min	▼ 46.7%	360
35–40 min	▲ 52.5%	177
40–45 min	▲ 57.0%	79
45–50 min	▼ 39.4%	33
50–55 min	▲ 55.6%	18
55–60 min	▼ 42.9%	7
60–65 min	▼ 0.0%	4
70–75 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 25:00: 55.5% wins; later: 50.6%.

Force Staff~27:52

10–15 min	▲ 66.7%	24
15–20 min	▼ 44.9%	167
20–25 min	▲ 50.2%	229
25–30 min	▲ 53.3%	270
30–35 min	▼ 46.5%	200
35–40 min	▼ 47.5%	99
40–45 min	▼ 45.5%	44
45–50 min	▼ 39.1%	23
50–55 min	▼ 40.0%	10
55–60 min	▲ 60.0%	5
60–65 min	▼ 0.0%	1
65–70 min	▲ 100.0%	1
70–75 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 25:00: 49.0% wins; later: 49.1%.

Aeon Disk~38:21

15–20 min	▲ 76.9%	13
20–25 min	▲ 55.8%	43
25–30 min	▲ 59.5%	126
30–35 min	▲ 60.6%	198
35–40 min	▲ 61.1%	216
40–45 min	▲ 60.5%	172
45–50 min	▼ 45.4%	108
50–55 min	▼ 46.4%	56
55–60 min	▲ 53.8%	26
60–65 min	▼ 43.8%	16
65–70 min	▼ 28.6%	7
70–75 min	▲ 100.0%	1
75–80 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 35:00: 60.3% wins; later: 55.6%.

Guardian Greaves~36:04

10–15 min	▲ 50.0%	2
15–20 min	▲ 66.0%	53
20–25 min	▲ 69.1%	81
25–30 min	▲ 60.0%	155
30–35 min	▲ 65.9%	170
35–40 min	▲ 64.6%	113
40–45 min	▲ 53.5%	99
45–50 min	▲ 57.1%	70
50–55 min	▼ 45.8%	59
55–60 min	▲ 53.8%	39
60–65 min	▼ 42.9%	21
65–70 min	▲ 66.7%	3
70–75 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 35:00: 64.4% wins; later: 55.6%.

Hand of Midas~17:48

5–10 min	▲ 61.5%	13
10–15 min	▼ 49.5%	186
15–20 min	▼ 47.3%	410
20–25 min	▼ 38.0%	121
25–30 min	▼ 38.7%	31
30–35 min	▼ 31.6%	19
35–40 min	▲ 50.0%	4
40–45 min	▲ 100.0%	2

Bought before 15:00: 50.3% wins; later: 44.6%.