Pugna — 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 28% of games that reach three key items

Selected build

Glimmer Cape → Aether Lens → Aghanim's Scepter · 417 games · win rate 64.7%

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

62.5%24 · 6%
68.4%19 · 5%
35.7%14 · 3%

Bought before the horn.

2 · Early game

before the 1st key item

67.0%194 · 46%
54.4%103 · 25%
69.0%29 · 7%

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

3 · Core

first 3 key items

62.2%196 · 47%
67.9%168 · 40%
57.6%33 · 8%

The build itself, in its most common buying orders.

4 · Late game

next 3 items after the core

71.4%42 · 10%
56.4%39 · 9%
61.1%36 · 9%

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.

Null Talisman18% of games · ~3:42+14.7 pts
Perseverance10% of games · ~44:40−1.3 pts
Kaya13% of games · ~42:45−6.1 pts
Aeon Disk10% of games · ~51:12−15.0 pts
Headdress7% of games · ~43:10−19.3 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

56.1% · 107 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
Nether Blast	1		3		5		7
Decrepify				4								12		14	15
Nether Ward		2						8	9	10
Life Drain						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

+1.9 Nether Ward Damage Per Mana

63% · 61.9% · 84

+200 Nether Blast Damage

37% · 54.0% · 50

+1.5s Decrepify Duration

38% · 63.7% · 135

+15% Life Drain Heal

62% · 62.2% · 217

+250 Health

72% · 63.1% · 298

+30% Decrepify Movement Speed To Allies

28% · 68.1% · 116

+2 Nether Ward Health

74% · 64.9% · 308

-1s Nether Blast Cooldown

26% · 63.6% · 110

+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

49.3% · 1,184

52.1% · 1,062

60.6% · 619

54.3% · 532

49.8% · 460

49.9% · 439

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.

Aether Lens~21:33

5–10 min	▲ 57.1%	77
10–15 min	▲ 62.4%	689
15–20 min	▲ 56.5%	1,592
20–25 min	▲ 54.4%	1,197
25–30 min	▲ 51.6%	797
30–35 min	▼ 43.4%	373
35–40 min	▲ 52.2%	138
40–45 min	▼ 41.8%	55
45–50 min	▼ 26.7%	15
50–55 min	▲ 50.0%	6
55–60 min	▲ 50.0%	2

Bought before 20:00: 58.3% wins; later: 51.4%.

Glimmer Cape~23:04

5–10 min	▲ 100.0%	1
10–15 min	▲ 62.9%	143
15–20 min	▲ 55.9%	1,169
20–25 min	▼ 49.5%	1,116
25–30 min	▼ 49.7%	587
30–35 min	▼ 42.9%	296
35–40 min	▼ 43.4%	122
40–45 min	▲ 50.0%	52
45–50 min	▼ 47.1%	17
50–55 min	▼ 42.9%	7

Bought before 20:00: 56.7% wins; later: 48.3%.

Aghanim's Scepter~34:41

10–15 min	▲ 100.0%	2
15–20 min	▲ 70.0%	50
20–25 min	▲ 69.9%	196
25–30 min	▲ 60.5%	395
30–35 min	▲ 66.2%	541
35–40 min	▲ 58.1%	465
40–45 min	▲ 55.5%	281
45–50 min	▼ 48.6%	138
50–55 min	▼ 47.5%	61
55–60 min	▲ 55.6%	18
60–65 min	▼ 46.7%	15
65–70 min	▲ 75.0%	4
70–75 min	▲ 100.0%	2

Bought before 30:00: 64.2% wins; later: 59.1%.

Kaya~24:23

0–5 min	▲ 100.0%	3
5–10 min	▲ 76.7%	60
10–15 min	▲ 52.3%	308
15–20 min	▲ 55.4%	401
20–25 min	▲ 57.9%	299
25–30 min	▲ 68.1%	295
30–35 min	▲ 61.4%	210
35–40 min	▲ 58.0%	131
40–45 min	▲ 56.5%	92
45–50 min	▲ 53.7%	41
50–55 min	▼ 41.7%	24
55–60 min	▲ 80.0%	10
60–65 min	▲ 50.0%	2
65–70 min	▼ 33.3%	3

Bought before 20:00: 56.0% wins; later: 60.8%.

Blink Dagger~28:09

5–10 min	▲ 57.1%	7
10–15 min	▲ 65.8%	79
15–20 min	▲ 56.3%	231
20–25 min	▲ 54.4%	320
25–30 min	▲ 59.9%	332
30–35 min	▲ 61.0%	290
35–40 min	▼ 46.0%	189
40–45 min	▼ 49.4%	81
45–50 min	▲ 51.2%	41
50–55 min	▼ 26.7%	15
55–60 min	▲ 53.8%	13
60–65 min	▼ 0.0%	3
65–70 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 25:00: 56.5% wins; later: 55.4%.

Dagon~24:20

5–10 min	▼ 42.9%	7
10–15 min	▲ 55.4%	121
15–20 min	▲ 52.2%	228
20–25 min	▲ 54.7%	179
25–30 min	▲ 51.3%	156
30–35 min	▲ 50.0%	96
35–40 min	▲ 58.0%	69
40–45 min	▲ 64.0%	25
45–50 min	▼ 30.8%	13
50–55 min	▲ 70.0%	10
55–60 min	▼ 0.0%	2
60–65 min	▲ 50.0%	2
75–80 min	▲ 100.0%	1

Bought before 20:00: 53.1% wins; later: 53.3%.

Eul's Scepter of Divinity~30:07

10–15 min	▲ 52.9%	17
15–20 min	▲ 51.9%	81
20–25 min	▲ 61.9%	126
25–30 min	▼ 49.2%	187
30–35 min	▲ 51.2%	160
35–40 min	▲ 57.6%	92
40–45 min	▲ 58.1%	62
45–50 min	▲ 57.6%	33
50–55 min	▲ 53.8%	13
55–60 min	▼ 0.0%	1
60–65 min	▼ 0.0%	1
65–70 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 30:00: 53.8% wins; later: 54.3%.

Dagon~28:50

10–15 min	▲ 75.0%	20
15–20 min	▲ 53.4%	103
20–25 min	▲ 53.0%	166
25–30 min	▲ 53.1%	175
30–35 min	▲ 56.8%	118
35–40 min	▲ 53.3%	107
40–45 min	▲ 60.4%	48
45–50 min	▼ 36.8%	19
50–55 min	▲ 63.6%	11
55–60 min	▼ 0.0%	2
60–65 min	▲ 50.0%	2
75–80 min	▲ 100.0%	1

Bought before 25:00: 54.7% wins; later: 54.2%.