Queen of Pain — 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

Kaya~15:35
Sange~23:00
Kaya and Sange~23:09

Skill order, levels 1–25

56.3% · 80 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
Shadow Strike										10		12		14	15
Blink		2		4				8	9
Scream Of Pain	1		3		5		7
Sonic Wave						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

+250 Sonic Wave Damage

68% · 61.5% · 104

-2s Blink Cooldown

32% · 52.0% · 50

-45s Sonic Wave Cooldown

47% · 52.8% · 127

+115 Scream of Pain Damage

53% · 55.6% · 144

+30 Damage

17% · 50.9% · 57

-1s Shadow Strike Damage Interval

83% · 49.3% · 270

+7 Strength

89% · 49.5% · 299

+35 Attack Speed against Shadow Striked units

11% · 39.5% · 38

+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.

Starting items

47.0% · 313

42.2% · 83

49.3% · 71

Neutral items

54.7% · 203

40.5% · 163

50.7% · 73

46.6% · 73

44.9% · 69

25.0% · 56

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.

Kaya~15:35

5–10 min	▼ 44.4%	27
10–15 min	▼ 48.1%	486
15–20 min	▼ 43.7%	215
20–25 min	▼ 42.7%	75
25–30 min	▲ 60.0%	25
30–35 min	▲ 63.6%	22
35–40 min	▲ 75.0%	4
40–45 min	▼ 0.0%	1
65–70 min	▲ 100.0%	1

Bought before 15:00: 48.0% wins; later: 46.4%.

Sange~23:00

10–15 min	▲ 60.4%	53
15–20 min	▲ 51.5%	239
20–25 min	▼ 47.4%	175
25–30 min	▲ 55.3%	85
30–35 min	▲ 52.5%	80
35–40 min	▼ 42.9%	35
40–45 min	▲ 56.3%	16
45–50 min	▲ 100.0%	1
65–70 min	▲ 100.0%	1

Bought before 20:00: 53.1% wins; later: 50.4%.

Kaya and Sange~23:09

10–15 min	▲ 60.0%	50
15–20 min	▲ 51.9%	239
20–25 min	▼ 46.8%	171
25–30 min	▲ 56.2%	89
30–35 min	▲ 50.6%	81
35–40 min	▼ 44.4%	36
40–45 min	▲ 53.3%	15
45–50 min	▲ 100.0%	1
65–70 min	▲ 100.0%	1

Bought before 20:00: 53.3% wins; later: 50.0%.

Aghanim's Scepter~27:21

10–15 min	▲ 50.0%	2
15–20 min	▲ 64.9%	57
20–25 min	▲ 54.2%	227
25–30 min	▼ 47.7%	199
30–35 min	▼ 48.2%	114
35–40 min	▲ 60.0%	55
40–45 min	▲ 50.0%	14
45–50 min	▲ 50.0%	6
50–55 min	▲ 50.0%	4
55–60 min	▲ 100.0%	1
60–65 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 25:00: 56.3% wins; later: 49.7%.

Black King Bar~30:50

15–20 min	▲ 77.8%	9
20–25 min	▲ 61.9%	63
25–30 min	▼ 46.3%	121
30–35 min	▼ 43.8%	130
35–40 min	▼ 42.2%	45
40–45 min	▲ 52.6%	19
45–50 min	▲ 60.0%	10
50–55 min	▲ 50.0%	4

Bought before 30:00: 52.8% wins; later: 45.2%.

Shiva's Guard~35:59

15–20 min	▼ 0.0%	1
20–25 min	▲ 100.0%	10
25–30 min	▲ 83.8%	37
30–35 min	▲ 64.6%	79
35–40 min	▲ 54.1%	74
40–45 min	▲ 60.4%	53
45–50 min	▲ 66.7%	21
50–55 min	▲ 50.0%	2
65–70 min	▲ 100.0%	1

Bought before 35:00: 72.4% wins; later: 58.3%.

Eul's Scepter of Divinity~25:35

10–15 min	▼ 25.0%	12
15–20 min	▼ 39.7%	78
20–25 min	▲ 52.3%	65
25–30 min	▼ 40.8%	49
30–35 min	▲ 60.0%	30
35–40 min	▲ 60.0%	15
40–45 min	▲ 50.0%	12
45–50 min	▲ 50.0%	8
50–55 min	▲ 75.0%	4
55–60 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 25:00: 43.9% wins; later: 50.4%.

Soul Booster~37:09

20–25 min	▲ 85.7%	14
25–30 min	▲ 79.2%	24
30–35 min	▲ 73.0%	63
35–40 min	▲ 73.5%	68
40–45 min	▲ 52.0%	50
45–50 min	▲ 53.8%	13
50–55 min	▲ 66.7%	9
55–60 min	▲ 66.7%	3
60–65 min	▲ 100.0%	3
70–75 min	▲ 100.0%	1

Bought before 35:00: 76.2% wins; later: 64.6%.