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.

Selected build

Key items, in buying order

Glimmer Cape~21:50
Aghanim's Scepter~32:36
Refresher Orb~42:13

Skill order, levels 1–25

53.5% · 43 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		2		4				8	9
Shadow Word	1		3		5		7
Upheaval										10		12		14	15
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

25% · 61.2% · 103

Summons a Golem on death

75% · 63.2% · 310

+45 Upheaval Damage

27% · 60.3% · 68

25% Damage Resistance for Chaotic Offering Golems

73% · 60.9% · 184

+150 Shadow Word AoE

21% · 57.9% · 57

+8 Upheaval Attack Speed per second on Allies

79% · 63.6% · 220

+50 Upheaval Radius

28% · 53.2% · 77

+4% Fatal Bonds Damage

72% · 66.0% · 200

+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

53.0% · 132

57.7% · 104

48.2% · 85

Neutral items

49.9% · 817

50.3% · 610

57.9% · 330

52.8% · 248

54.0% · 237

44.9% · 227

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~21:50

10–15 min	▲ 64.7%	170
15–20 min	▲ 53.9%	1,039
20–25 min	▼ 49.9%	808
25–30 min	▼ 47.4%	310
30–35 min	▼ 47.3%	165
35–40 min	▼ 48.7%	78
40–45 min	▼ 34.6%	26
45–50 min	▲ 55.6%	9
50–55 min	▼ 33.3%	3
55–60 min	▼ 0.0%	1
60–65 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 20:00: 55.4% wins; later: 48.6%.

Aghanim's Scepter~32:36

10–15 min	▲ 100.0%	1
15–20 min	▲ 67.2%	61
20–25 min	▲ 63.1%	271
25–30 min	▲ 64.2%	472
30–35 min	▲ 60.5%	646
35–40 min	▲ 54.0%	463
40–45 min	▲ 54.2%	214
45–50 min	▲ 54.3%	70
50–55 min	▼ 38.5%	26
55–60 min	▼ 25.0%	4
60–65 min	▼ 0.0%	4
65–70 min	▲ 100.0%	2

Bought before 30:00: 64.1% wins; later: 56.5%.

Aether Lens~26:26

5–10 min	▲ 50.0%	4
10–15 min	▲ 69.0%	42
15–20 min	▲ 57.6%	184
20–25 min	▲ 55.9%	236
25–30 min	▲ 50.5%	204
30–35 min	▼ 43.4%	159
35–40 min	▲ 54.4%	79
40–45 min	▼ 48.6%	35
45–50 min	▼ 38.5%	13
50–55 min	▲ 50.0%	4
55–60 min	▼ 40.0%	5
60–65 min	▼ 0.0%	3

Bought before 25:00: 57.7% wins; later: 48.0%.

Refresher Orb~42:13

20–25 min	▲ 100.0%	5
25–30 min	▲ 81.5%	27
30–35 min	▲ 69.9%	113
35–40 min	▲ 66.1%	218
40–45 min	▲ 57.7%	260
45–50 min	▲ 58.3%	180
50–55 min	▲ 56.4%	78
55–60 min	▼ 36.0%	25
60–65 min	▲ 70.0%	10
65–70 min	▼ 40.0%	5
70–75 min	▲ 100.0%	2

Bought before 40:00: 68.9% wins; later: 57.0%.

Force Staff~27:33

10–15 min	▲ 72.7%	11
15–20 min	▼ 44.3%	70
20–25 min	▲ 50.5%	93
25–30 min	▼ 49.2%	128
30–35 min	▼ 45.8%	83
35–40 min	▲ 51.2%	41
40–45 min	▼ 40.0%	15
45–50 min	▼ 45.5%	11
50–55 min	▼ 0.0%	3
55–60 min	▲ 50.0%	2

Bought before 25:00: 49.4% wins; later: 47.3%.

Aeon Disk~38:15

15–20 min	▲ 75.0%	4
20–25 min	▲ 50.0%	12
25–30 min	▲ 71.2%	59
30–35 min	▲ 59.8%	82
35–40 min	▲ 65.1%	86
40–45 min	▲ 59.1%	66
45–50 min	▼ 42.5%	40
50–55 min	▼ 40.7%	27
55–60 min	▲ 66.7%	6
60–65 min	▼ 37.5%	8
65–70 min	▲ 50.0%	2

Bought before 35:00: 63.7% wins; later: 55.7%.

Guardian Greaves~36:01

15–20 min	▲ 63.6%	22
20–25 min	▲ 73.7%	38
25–30 min	▲ 56.5%	69
30–35 min	▲ 70.5%	78
35–40 min	▲ 72.7%	44
40–45 min	▼ 47.2%	36
45–50 min	▲ 53.1%	32
50–55 min	▲ 55.9%	34
55–60 min	▲ 64.3%	14
60–65 min	▼ 44.4%	9
65–70 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 35:00: 65.7% wins; later: 57.6%.

Hand of Midas~18:26

5–10 min	▲ 66.7%	3
10–15 min	▼ 49.2%	63
15–20 min	▼ 49.7%	157
20–25 min	▼ 38.9%	54
25–30 min	▼ 31.3%	16
30–35 min	▼ 20.0%	10
35–40 min	▼ 0.0%	2
40–45 min	▲ 100.0%	1

Bought before 15:00: 50.0% wins; later: 44.6%.