Io — 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 36% of games that reach three key items

Selected build

Aghanim's Scepter → Black King Bar → Lotus Orb · 70 games · win rate 61.4%

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

55.0%20 · 29%
66.7%12 · 17%
75.0%12 · 17%

Bought before the horn.

2 · Early game

before the 1st key item

63.3%30 · 43%
83.3%18 · 26%

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

3 · Core

first 3 key items

64.6%48 · 69%
54.5%22 · 31%

The build itself, in its most common buying orders.

4 · Late game

next 3 items after the core

61.5%26 · 37%
60.0%20 · 29%
57.9%19 · 27%

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.

No item outside the most common path is bought in at least 5% of this build's games with 30 games on each side.

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

45.8% · 227 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
Tether		2										12		14	15
Spirits	1		3		5		7
Overcharge				4				8	9	10
Relocate						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.

This build has too few games for its own order, so this is the hero's most common order at this rank and position.

Talents

Attack Tethered Ally's Target (50% damage)

39% · 57.4% · 418

-2s Relocate Cast Delay

61% · 65.0% · 642

-30s Relocate Cooldown

82% · 58.7% · 2,350

+0.2% Overcharge Max HP Regen Bonus

18% · 60.4% · 502

+40% Spirits Damage

63% · 54.0% · 2,962

+5% Tether Movement Speed

37% · 59.7% · 1,726

+8 Strength

17% · 47.0% · 989

+1.5s Overcharge Duration

83% · 51.8% · 4,820

+2 to All Attributes · levels 17, 19, 21–24

Numbers from all the hero's games at this rank and position: 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.

Neutral items

53.9% · 657

52.1% · 654

49.1% · 639

47.0% · 440

50.6% · 322

50.4% · 268

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.

Holy Locket~21:31

5–10 min	▼ 40.0%	25
10–15 min	▲ 61.7%	363
15–20 min	▲ 60.0%	732
20–25 min	▲ 54.6%	877
25–30 min	▼ 45.3%	408
30–35 min	▼ 46.0%	163
35–40 min	▲ 61.5%	52
40–45 min	▲ 66.7%	15
45–50 min	▲ 50.0%	6
50–55 min	▲ 75.0%	4
55–60 min	▲ 100.0%	1

Bought before 20:00: 60.1% wins; later: 51.6%.

Aghanim's Scepter~19:13

5–10 min	▲ 83.3%	6
10–15 min	▲ 61.8%	701
15–20 min	▼ 44.7%	835
20–25 min	▼ 41.4%	302
25–30 min	▼ 46.4%	153
30–35 min	▲ 55.9%	111
35–40 min	▼ 47.5%	59
40–45 min	▲ 66.7%	24
45–50 min	▲ 75.0%	16
50–55 min	▲ 50.0%	4
55–60 min	▲ 100.0%	1
70–75 min	▼ 0.0%	1
75–80 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 15:00: 62.0% wins; later: 45.8%.

Black King Bar~26:08

10–15 min	▼ 0.0%	1
15–20 min	▲ 72.9%	170
20–25 min	▲ 55.7%	564
25–30 min	▼ 41.0%	327
30–35 min	▼ 36.9%	160
35–40 min	▲ 56.1%	82
40–45 min	▲ 52.6%	38
45–50 min	▲ 81.3%	16
50–55 min	▲ 66.7%	3
55–60 min	▲ 80.0%	5
70–75 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 25:00: 59.6% wins; later: 44.0%.

Glimmer Cape~29:05

15–20 min	▲ 66.1%	59
20–25 min	▲ 62.0%	258
25–30 min	▲ 58.4%	437
30–35 min	▼ 43.9%	326
35–40 min	▼ 46.1%	128
40–45 min	▼ 44.7%	38
45–50 min	▼ 41.7%	12
50–55 min	▼ 28.6%	7
60–65 min	▲ 100.0%	1

Bought before 25:00: 62.8% wins; later: 50.8%.

Shiva's Guard~30:06

15–20 min	▲ 78.9%	19
20–25 min	▲ 72.2%	158
25–30 min	▲ 66.0%	326
30–35 min	▲ 55.1%	283
35–40 min	▼ 46.0%	124
40–45 min	▼ 44.8%	29
45–50 min	▲ 54.5%	11
50–55 min	▼ 40.0%	5
55–60 min	▼ 33.3%	3

Bought before 30:00: 68.4% wins; later: 51.6%.

Guardian Greaves~32:21

10–15 min	▲ 100.0%	2
15–20 min	▲ 78.6%	28
20–25 min	▲ 62.9%	132
25–30 min	▲ 61.2%	196
30–35 min	▲ 59.5%	205
35–40 min	▲ 56.3%	160
40–45 min	▲ 57.0%	79
45–50 min	▼ 44.7%	38
50–55 min	▲ 50.0%	14
55–60 min	▲ 75.0%	4
75–80 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 30:00: 63.4% wins; later: 56.7%.

Heart of Tarrasque~38:09

15–20 min	▼ 0.0%	1
20–25 min	▲ 66.7%	27
25–30 min	▲ 72.2%	72
30–35 min	▲ 70.5%	129
35–40 min	▲ 67.9%	134
40–45 min	▲ 64.8%	108
45–50 min	▼ 46.2%	65
50–55 min	▲ 57.1%	28
55–60 min	▲ 90.0%	10
60–65 min	▼ 28.6%	7
65–70 min	▲ 75.0%	4
70–75 min	▼ 0.0%	1
75–80 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 35:00: 70.3% wins; later: 61.7%.

Eul's Scepter of Divinity~31:48

15–20 min	▲ 66.7%	30
20–25 min	▲ 67.1%	79
25–30 min	▲ 57.0%	114
30–35 min	▲ 62.7%	118
35–40 min	▲ 60.8%	74
40–45 min	▲ 63.6%	44
45–50 min	▲ 52.0%	25
50–55 min	▲ 50.0%	10
55–60 min	▲ 66.7%	3
60–65 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 30:00: 61.9% wins; later: 60.7%.