Dragon Knight — 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 51% of games that reach three key items

Selected build

Blink Dagger → Soul Booster → Octarine Core · 1,708 games · win rate 66.3%

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

71.4%262 · 15%
60.8%120 · 7%
65.7%105 · 6%

Bought before the horn.

2 · Early game

before the 1st key item

69.2%662 · 39%
67.7%328 · 19%
66.6%317 · 19%

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

3 · Core

first 3 key items

66.2%1,661 · 97%
70.2%47 · 3%

The build itself, in its most common buying orders.

4 · Late game

next 3 items after the core

69.2%795 · 47%
63.7%432 · 25%
63.0%422 · 25%

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.

Buckler10% of games · ~38:01+9.6 pts
Overwhelming Blink11% of games · ~45:01+9.1 pts
Assault Cuirass8% of games · ~40:52+8.5 pts
Aghanim's Shard11% of games · ~18:07+2.4 pts
Orchid Malevolence7% of games · ~37:19−2.3 pts
Aghanim's Blessing8% of games · ~48:55−2.3 pts
Oblivion Staff8% of games · ~35:58−2.7 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

64.3% · 384 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
Breathe Fire	1		3		5		7
Dragon Tail		2										12		14	15
Wyrm's Wrath				4				8	9	10
Elder Dragon Form						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

+50% Wyrm's Wrath Bonuses

83% · 69.9% · 612

+12 Dragon Blood HP Regen/Armor

17% · 63.0% · 127

+220 Breathe Fire Damage

92% · 68.1% · 1,299

+150 Elder Dragon Form Attack Range

8% · 61.8% · 110

+300 Health

71% · 66.6% · 1,196

+0.4s Dragon Tail Stun

29% · 65.6% · 494

-2s Breathe Fire Cooldown

90% · 67.1% · 1,540

+15 Damage

10% · 59.5% · 168

+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

52.6% · 3,390

55.5% · 3,081

55.6% · 2,740

49.6% · 2,427

50.4% · 2,200

56.7% · 1,195

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.

Blink Dagger~15:13

5–10 min	▲ 68.8%	487
10–15 min	▲ 58.4%	13,496
15–20 min	▼ 47.1%	5,475
20–25 min	▼ 46.4%	1,938
25–30 min	▼ 39.6%	533
30–35 min	▼ 47.8%	209
35–40 min	▼ 42.2%	83
40–45 min	▲ 56.3%	48
45–50 min	▲ 52.9%	17
50–55 min	▲ 75.0%	8
55–60 min	▲ 50.0%	2
60–65 min	▼ 0.0%	2

Bought before 15:00: 58.8% wins; later: 46.5%.

Black King Bar~27:27

10–15 min	▲ 50.0%	4
15–20 min	▲ 74.6%	556
20–25 min	▲ 64.5%	6,253
25–30 min	▲ 51.7%	6,490
30–35 min	▼ 48.5%	3,188
35–40 min	▼ 47.5%	1,131
40–45 min	▲ 50.6%	348
45–50 min	▲ 52.1%	121
50–55 min	▲ 60.0%	40
55–60 min	▼ 38.9%	18
60–65 min	▲ 50.0%	2
65–70 min	▲ 100.0%	1

Bought before 25:00: 65.3% wins; later: 50.4%.

Soul Booster~30:32

10–15 min	▲ 76.5%	17
15–20 min	▲ 76.9%	346
20–25 min	▲ 72.7%	1,491
25–30 min	▲ 72.3%	2,876
30–35 min	▲ 63.0%	2,683
35–40 min	▲ 56.8%	1,325
40–45 min	▲ 64.8%	477
45–50 min	▲ 60.5%	185
50–55 min	▲ 57.6%	59
55–60 min	▲ 50.0%	22
60–65 min	▼ 40.0%	5
75–80 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 30:00: 72.8% wins; later: 61.2%.

Octarine Core~32:09

10–15 min	▲ 100.0%	3
15–20 min	▲ 83.8%	105
20–25 min	▲ 75.9%	1,042
25–30 min	▲ 74.3%	2,183
30–35 min	▲ 67.5%	2,911
35–40 min	▲ 59.0%	1,699
40–45 min	▲ 59.1%	604
45–50 min	▲ 65.5%	200
50–55 min	▲ 58.1%	74
55–60 min	▲ 52.9%	17
60–65 min	▼ 44.4%	9
75–80 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 30:00: 75.2% wins; later: 63.7%.

Aghanim's Scepter~36:55

10–15 min	▲ 87.5%	8
15–20 min	▲ 69.1%	81
20–25 min	▲ 73.9%	395
25–30 min	▲ 76.2%	1,061
30–35 min	▲ 72.8%	1,918
35–40 min	▲ 68.1%	2,016
40–45 min	▲ 63.8%	1,482
45–50 min	▲ 60.0%	743
50–55 min	▲ 62.2%	296
55–60 min	▲ 56.4%	101
60–65 min	▲ 50.0%	52
65–70 min	▼ 42.9%	21
70–75 min	▲ 75.0%	4
75–80 min	▲ 100.0%	1

Bought before 35:00: 73.9% wins; later: 64.5%.

Shiva's Guard~36:01

15–20 min	▲ 66.7%	9
20–25 min	▲ 72.4%	210
25–30 min	▲ 73.1%	666
30–35 min	▲ 71.9%	1,550
35–40 min	▲ 67.9%	1,583
40–45 min	▲ 60.9%	824
45–50 min	▲ 57.3%	351
50–55 min	▲ 55.3%	103
55–60 min	▲ 56.0%	25
60–65 min	▲ 62.5%	8
65–70 min	▲ 50.0%	4
70–75 min	▼ 0.0%	1
75–80 min	▲ 100.0%	1

Bought before 35:00: 72.2% wins; later: 64.0%.

Orchid Malevolence~26:27

5–10 min	▲ 100.0%	1
10–15 min	▲ 71.8%	110
15–20 min	▲ 65.7%	858
20–25 min	▲ 54.6%	1,012
25–30 min	▲ 53.0%	508
30–35 min	▲ 58.1%	461
35–40 min	▲ 54.4%	285
40–45 min	▲ 57.3%	178
45–50 min	▲ 55.8%	77
50–55 min	▲ 53.3%	45
55–60 min	▲ 66.7%	21
60–65 min	▲ 50.0%	8
65–70 min	▲ 100.0%	1
70–75 min	▲ 50.0%	2

Bought before 25:00: 60.4% wins; later: 55.5%.

Assault Cuirass~37:39

10–15 min	▼ 33.3%	3
15–20 min	▲ 68.4%	19
20–25 min	▲ 79.0%	119
25–30 min	▲ 75.6%	332
30–35 min	▲ 74.0%	736
35–40 min	▲ 67.6%	855
40–45 min	▲ 64.4%	584
45–50 min	▲ 59.2%	287
50–55 min	▲ 64.8%	125
55–60 min	▲ 66.0%	47
60–65 min	▲ 62.5%	32
65–70 min	▲ 54.5%	11
70–75 min	▲ 100.0%	1
75–80 min	▲ 50.0%	2

Bought before 35:00: 74.8% wins; later: 65.0%.