Medusa — 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 77% of games that reach three key items

Selected build

Yasha → Manta Style → Butterfly · 1,720 games · win rate 56.6%

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

56.2%461 · 27%
56.3%126 · 7%
49.3%67 · 4%

Bought before the horn.

2 · Early game

before the 1st key item

56.5%480 · 28%
57.0%419 · 24%
57.9%221 · 13%

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

3 · Core

first 3 key items

56.7%1,709 · 99%
50.0%16 · 1%

The build itself, in its most common buying orders.

4 · Late game

next 3 items after the core

62.2%627 · 36%
55.1%354 · 20%
48.9%333 · 19%

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 Scepter31% of games · ~42:08+30.6 pts
Aghanim's Blessing18% of games · ~48:24+26.7 pts
Blink Dagger14% of games · ~42:21+22.1 pts
Swift Blink9% of games · ~47:27+22.0 pts
Disperser5% of games · ~42:04+19.7 pts
Diffusal Blade6% of games · ~40:37+19.5 pts
Monkey King Bar20% of games · ~39:58+14.5 pts
Aghanim's Shard20% of games · ~37:37+11.5 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

63.6% · 143 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
Split Shot				4		6		8	9
Mystic Snake	1		3		5		7
Gorgon's Grasp		2										12		14	15
Stone Gaze										10			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

+40 Intelligence

87% · 70.7% · 668

+2.5s Stone Gaze Duration

13% · 61.2% · 98

+12% Split Shot Outgoing Damage

90% · 61.6% · 1,166

+40% Mystic Snake Damage / Mana Gain

10% · 61.0% · 123

-4s Mystic Snake Cooldown

89% · 56.4% · 1,534

+1 Gorgon's Grasp Volley

11% · 58.0% · 188

+12% Stone Gaze Bonus Physical Damage

87% · 56.5% · 1,502

+20% Gorgon's Grasp Radius

13% · 56.9% · 225

+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

46.0% · 758

63.5% · 643

43.4% · 412

44.1% · 272

42.7% · 211

55.8% · 208

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.

Yasha~14:22

5–10 min	▲ 59.8%	132
10–15 min	▲ 51.3%	2,500
15–20 min	▼ 39.5%	722
20–25 min	▼ 41.5%	171
25–30 min	▼ 38.5%	78
30–35 min	▼ 33.3%	30
35–40 min	▲ 72.7%	11
40–45 min	▼ 28.6%	7
45–50 min	▲ 100.0%	4
55–60 min	▲ 100.0%	1

Bought before 10:00: 59.8% wins; later: 48.0%.

Manta Style~19:14

10–15 min	▲ 68.0%	272
15–20 min	▲ 53.0%	2,234
20–25 min	▼ 36.6%	708
25–30 min	▼ 39.0%	200
30–35 min	▼ 31.7%	82
35–40 min	▼ 40.0%	25
40–45 min	▲ 66.7%	12
45–50 min	▲ 75.0%	4
50–55 min	▲ 100.0%	2
55–60 min	▲ 100.0%	2

Bought before 15:00: 68.0% wins; later: 48.1%.

Butterfly~28:26

15–20 min	▲ 70.0%	20
20–25 min	▲ 69.5%	809
25–30 min	▲ 53.9%	955
30–35 min	▼ 47.8%	416
35–40 min	▲ 60.1%	188
40–45 min	▲ 56.8%	95
45–50 min	▲ 66.7%	36
50–55 min	▲ 69.2%	13
55–60 min	▲ 66.7%	3
60–65 min	▲ 100.0%	2

Bought before 25:00: 69.5% wins; later: 53.7%.

Eye of Skadi~33:46

15–20 min	▲ 100.0%	1
20–25 min	▲ 71.6%	88
25–30 min	▲ 72.0%	504
30–35 min	▲ 66.9%	921
35–40 min	▲ 58.5%	542
40–45 min	▲ 56.5%	237
45–50 min	▲ 55.6%	63
50–55 min	▲ 78.6%	14
55–60 min	▼ 0.0%	4
60–65 min	▲ 80.0%	5

Bought before 30:00: 72.0% wins; later: 62.5%.

Crystalys~35:00

5–10 min	▼ 0.0%	1
10–15 min	▼ 38.1%	21
15–20 min	▲ 51.1%	45
20–25 min	▼ 41.0%	83
25–30 min	▲ 56.4%	259
30–35 min	▲ 65.9%	493
35–40 min	▲ 64.1%	454
40–45 min	▲ 64.0%	264
45–50 min	▲ 61.3%	106
50–55 min	▲ 59.6%	47
55–60 min	▲ 75.0%	8
60–65 min	▼ 33.3%	3

Bought before 35:00: 59.4% wins; later: 63.5%.

Daedalus~39:44

15–20 min	▲ 100.0%	2
20–25 min	▲ 57.1%	7
25–30 min	▲ 62.3%	61
30–35 min	▲ 76.2%	248
35–40 min	▲ 75.6%	394
40–45 min	▲ 64.0%	314
45–50 min	▲ 63.7%	171
50–55 min	▲ 64.2%	67
55–60 min	▲ 65.0%	20
60–65 min	▼ 28.6%	7
65–70 min	▲ 50.0%	2

Bought before 35:00: 73.3% wins; later: 68.4%.

Aghanim's Scepter~39:11

15–20 min	▼ 42.1%	19
20–25 min	▲ 59.1%	66
25–30 min	▲ 66.0%	97
30–35 min	▲ 70.8%	178
35–40 min	▲ 76.5%	260
40–45 min	▲ 74.9%	239
45–50 min	▲ 65.8%	155
50–55 min	▲ 68.4%	79
55–60 min	▲ 54.8%	31
60–65 min	▲ 75.0%	16
65–70 min	▲ 50.0%	4
70–75 min	▲ 100.0%	2
75–80 min	▼ 0.0%	1

Bought before 35:00: 65.8% wins; later: 72.0%.

Dragon Lance~25:41

5–10 min	▲ 63.6%	11
10–15 min	▼ 48.9%	139
15–20 min	▲ 52.8%	163
20–25 min	▼ 44.0%	184
25–30 min	▼ 48.5%	130
30–35 min	▼ 46.4%	112
35–40 min	▲ 51.7%	87
40–45 min	▲ 76.3%	59
45–50 min	▲ 57.1%	21
50–55 min	▲ 58.3%	12
55–60 min	▲ 100.0%	3
60–65 min	▲ 100.0%	2

Bought before 25:00: 48.7% wins; later: 53.8%.