Alchemist — 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 42% of games that reach three key items

Selected build

Radiance → Blink Dagger → Black King Bar · 410 games · win rate 46.6%

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

54.6%141 · 34%
61.5%26 · 6%
35.0%20 · 5%

Bought before the horn.

2 · Early game

before the 1st key item

50.8%118 · 29%
43.9%82 · 20%
37.1%35 · 9%

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

3 · Core

first 3 key items

48.1%372 · 91%
32.4%34 · 8%

The build itself, in its most common buying orders.

4 · Late game

next 3 items after the core

47.6%105 · 26%
49.3%69 · 17%
34.0%50 · 12%

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 Scepter27% of games · ~37:14+26.5 pts
Swift Blink18% of games · ~40:19+22.3 pts
Aghanim's Shard12% of games · ~40:44+14.3 pts
Manta Style10% of games · ~33:10+12.1 pts
Abyssal Blade28% of games · ~38:19+12.0 pts
Bracer14% of games · ~3:14+11.1 pts
Sange34% of games · ~36:18+10.6 pts
Yasha16% of games · ~30:30+10.3 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

60.2% · 93 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
Acid Spray		2	3		5		7
Unstable Concoction	1			4				8	9
Corrosive Weaponry										10		12		14	15
Chemical Rage						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 Chemical Rage Regeneration

37% · 46.8% · 77

+50 Chemical Rage Movement Speed

63% · 65.2% · 132

+400 Unstable Concoction Max Damage

17% · 58.9% · 56

-0.1s Chemical Rage Base Attack Time

83% · 51.1% · 278

Greevil's Greed provides +3 Damage per stack

86% · 47.2% · 352

+1 Acid Spray Armor Reduction

14% · 43.6% · 55

+150 Unstable Concoction Radius

73% · 48.3% · 298

+1% Corrosive Weaponry Slow / Damage Reduction Per Stack

27% · 42.0% · 112

+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

45.2% · 803

54.7% · 483

44.4% · 475

43.3% · 404

62.1% · 161

53.6% · 151

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.

Radiance~17:01

5–10 min	▲ 100.0%	2
10–15 min	▲ 58.7%	929
15–20 min	▼ 42.9%	1,379
20–25 min	▼ 31.9%	254
25–30 min	▼ 39.3%	56
30–35 min	▲ 51.6%	31
35–40 min	▲ 59.3%	27
40–45 min	▲ 71.4%	7
45–50 min	▲ 62.5%	8
50–55 min	▲ 100.0%	1
55–60 min	▲ 100.0%	1

Bought before 15:00: 58.8% wins; later: 41.8%.

Blink Dagger~23:42

5–10 min	▼ 44.4%	9
10–15 min	▲ 62.0%	121
15–20 min	▲ 53.8%	915
20–25 min	▼ 44.7%	642
25–30 min	▼ 40.7%	273
30–35 min	▲ 54.7%	234
35–40 min	▲ 66.5%	167
40–45 min	▲ 63.9%	83
45–50 min	▲ 72.2%	36
50–55 min	▲ 66.7%	9
55–60 min	▲ 100.0%	1

Bought before 20:00: 54.6% wins; later: 50.0%.

Aghanim's Scepter~23:17

5–10 min	▼ 33.3%	3
10–15 min	▲ 60.9%	256
15–20 min	▲ 54.1%	726
20–25 min	▼ 48.3%	646
25–30 min	▼ 48.7%	263
30–35 min	▲ 56.9%	153
35–40 min	▲ 60.7%	107
40–45 min	▲ 57.5%	80
45–50 min	▼ 48.6%	35
50–55 min	▲ 60.9%	23
55–60 min	▼ 33.3%	6
60–65 min	▲ 50.0%	4
65–70 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 20:00: 55.8% wins; later: 51.1%.

Black King Bar~31:07

10–15 min	▲ 50.0%	2
15–20 min	▲ 73.8%	42
20–25 min	▲ 51.7%	325
25–30 min	▼ 47.8%	452
30–35 min	▼ 42.2%	353
35–40 min	▲ 51.7%	232
40–45 min	▲ 61.1%	126
45–50 min	▲ 56.9%	58
50–55 min	▲ 60.0%	25
55–60 min	▲ 83.3%	6
60–65 min	▼ 0.0%	1
65–70 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 30:00: 50.7% wins; later: 49.8%.

Yasha~25:11

10–15 min	▲ 56.5%	23
15–20 min	▲ 56.5%	269
20–25 min	▲ 50.0%	360
25–30 min	▼ 46.4%	192
30–35 min	▼ 46.2%	117
35–40 min	▲ 62.9%	70
40–45 min	▲ 57.9%	38
45–50 min	▲ 75.0%	16
50–55 min	▲ 83.3%	6
55–60 min	▼ 0.0%	2

Bought before 25:00: 52.9% wins; later: 51.2%.

Assault Cuirass~33:29

10–15 min	▲ 100.0%	1
15–20 min	▲ 71.4%	14
20–25 min	▲ 70.7%	116
25–30 min	▲ 61.7%	261
30–35 min	▲ 61.3%	287
35–40 min	▲ 62.9%	205
40–45 min	▲ 66.4%	107
45–50 min	▲ 66.0%	53
50–55 min	▲ 88.5%	26
55–60 min	▲ 80.0%	5
60–65 min	▼ 40.0%	5
65–70 min	▼ 0.0%	1
70–75 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 30:00: 64.8% wins; later: 63.8%.

Sange~32:14

5–10 min	▼ 0.0%	1
10–15 min	▼ 46.2%	13
15–20 min	▲ 61.0%	105
20–25 min	▲ 55.3%	152
25–30 min	▼ 49.4%	160
30–35 min	▲ 58.1%	186
35–40 min	▲ 59.5%	168
40–45 min	▲ 58.9%	107
45–50 min	▲ 60.0%	60
50–55 min	▲ 67.9%	28
55–60 min	▲ 66.7%	12
60–65 min	▼ 25.0%	4
65–70 min	▲ 66.7%	3

Bought before 30:00: 54.1% wins; later: 59.3%.

Skull Basher~34:43

10–15 min	▲ 100.0%	2
15–20 min	▲ 66.7%	12
20–25 min	▲ 57.1%	84
25–30 min	▲ 59.3%	172
30–35 min	▼ 48.1%	241
35–40 min	▲ 59.4%	170
40–45 min	▲ 50.5%	109
45–50 min	▲ 72.7%	66
50–55 min	▲ 53.8%	26
55–60 min	▲ 63.6%	11
60–65 min	▼ 25.0%	4
65–70 min	▲ 66.7%	3

Bought before 30:00: 59.3% wins; later: 54.6%.