Acid Spray
на точку, по областиSprays high-pressure acid across a target area. Enemy units who step across the contaminated terrain take damage per second and have their armor reduced.
Pros max it by level 7
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Alchemist
Alchemist: Melee, position 1 (carry), Durable, Disabler, Initiator, Nuker. In patch 7.41f the hero has a 47.5% win rate in pubs and a 3.2% pick rate.
Synthesizing extra resources from each and every kill, Alchemist has no trouble gathering the tools needed to destroy his foes. Ambushing enemies with corrosive acid and a host of unstable chemicals, he battles to ensure his greedy escapades can remain uninterrupted.
Meleeposition 1 (carry)DurableDisablerInitiatorNuker
47.5%Win rate · all pubs
3.2%picked in 1 of 31 games
49.3%Turbo · 70,313 games
Complexity: easy
Cheat sheet · patch 7.41f
How to play Alchemist
Build and skills from 100 pro matches, STRATZ matchups and OpenDota norms
1What to build?
Start
Laning
5′
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5′5′6′7′Core
14′
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14′18′21′Core items in order: Radiance (around minute 14), Blink Dagger (around minute 18), Black King Bar (around minute 21).
Full build by minute →2How to skill?
Lv 1–4
Maxed by level
lv 7
lv 10
lv 15
lv 17
11+1% Corrosive Weaponry Slow / Damage Reduction Per Stack16Greevil's Greed provides +3 Damage per stack18-0.1s Chemical Rage Base Attack Time
Max Acid Spray, then Corrosive Weaponry, then Unstable Concoction.
Abilities and talents →3Who counters the hero?
Toughest opponents: Pugna, Dawnbreaker and Leshrac; easiest: Pangolier, Puck and Bristleback.
All 105 opponents →4How much to farm?
742average862good922great
Half of the players on this hero farm under 742 gold per minute; the top 5% get over 922.
5Common mistakes by role
No gold for buybackLate key itemsGreedy death while farmingFewer than 20 reviews on this hero so far, so these are guides for the carry role.
Compare your Alchemist match with this cheat sheet
The coach shows on the map where you fell behind the pros on items and where you died.
Review my matchMistake guides for the carry role
- No gold for buybackDied in the late game when a buyback was needed but unaffordable.
- Late key itemsCore items came 6 or more minutes later than pros get them on this hero.
- Greedy death while farmingDied because you stayed for a couple more creeps after two enemies went missing.
- Idle at baseSpent a quarter of a five-minute stretch at base without buying anything.
Picked by the hero's role. Once the hero has 20 reviews, its real common mistakes show up here.
AI coach
A review of your Alchemist game
Sign in with Steam and pick a match: the coach reads the replay second by second and in a couple of minutes shows where the game slipped.
- Every death and fight becomes a moment on the map: the fog of war as you saw it, and what the enemy saw that second.
- Your pace against the Alchemist benchmark: 742 GPM for an average player, 862 for a good one.
- Timings against pros: they have Radiance by minute 14, and the coach shows where you lose time.
- Five-game homework the coach checks in your next review, plus a chat with the coach about the match.
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Pro build by minute
Minute is the median first purchase, percent is the share of matches with the item.
0′5′10′15′20′25′30′35′40′45′Starting
5′41%
5′23%
6′81%
7′96%
8′24%
14′92%18′81%21′73%
26′56%
29′62%
33′48%
34′36%
38′24%
5′41%5′23%6′81%7′96%8′24%14′92%18′81%21′73%26′56%29′62%33′48%34′36%38′24%Skill build
10% of 90 pro matches
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- Lvl 11+1% Corrosive Weaponry Slow / Damage Reduction Per Stack
- Lvl 16Greevil's Greed provides +3 Damage per stack
- Lvl 18-0.1s Chemical Rage Base Attack Time
Unstable Concoction
без цели, мгновеннаяAlchemist brews up an unstable concoction that he can throw at an enemy hero, to stun and deal damage in an area around the explosion. The longer the concoction brews, the more damage it deals and the longer the stun. Alchemist is faster while charging the concoction. After 5 seconds, the brew reaches its maximum damage and stun time. However, after 5.5 seconds, the concoction will explode on Alchemist himself if not thrown.
Pros max it by level 15
Corrosive Weaponry
пассивнаяAlchemist coats his weapons and empowers his spells with an acid that applies a stacking slow and base attack damage reduction to enemies hit. Attacks apply 2 stacks. Unstable Concoction applies 1 stack per second of brew time.
Pros max it by level 10
Greevil's Greed
пассивная · innateAlchemist synthesizes additional gold from his enemies and bounty runes. With each kill, Alchemist earns base bonus gold and extra bonus gold. If Alchemist kills another unit which yields gold within the next 40 seconds, an additional instance of Extra Bonus Gold is added to the total. Additionally, causes bounty runes to yield more gold.
Chemical Rage
без целиAlchemist causes his Ogre to enter a chemically induced rage, reducing base attack cooldown and increasing movement speed and health regeneration. DISPEL TYPE: Basic Dispel
Pros max it by level 17
Aghanim's ScepterUpgrades Greevil's Greed.
Aghanim's ShardGrants a new ability, Berserk Potion.
+50 Chemical Rage Movement Speed25+50 Chemical Rage Regeneration
-0.1s Chemical Rage Base Attack Time20+400 Unstable Concoction Max Damage
+1% Corrosive Weaponry Slow / Damage Reduction Per Stack15Greevil's Greed provides +3 Damage per stack
+150 Unstable Concoction Radius10+1 Acid Spray Armor Reduction
Matchups
Hero winrate against each opponent, circle size is the number of games
Hero win rate against the opponent, Divine+Immortal over the past week, STRATZ.
Who to pick against Alchemist: counter picks →Benchmarks on the hero
Average beats half of the players on this hero, good beats 80%, great beats 95%.
Gold per minute
average 742good 862great 922
Experience per minute
average 779good 997great 1,320
Last hits per minute
average 9.5good 10.2great 11.3
Hero damage per minute
average 499good 695great 1,120
Win rate by rank
The curve is pub winrate, pick rate under each rank
Hero at a glance
Complexity: easyIt does best in Herald (48.8% wins) and wins 49.3% of Turbo games. Hero positions in pro matches: position 1 (carry) in 89% of games. Pros usually build Radiance, Blink Dagger and Black King Bar by minute 21. It struggles most against Pugna, Dawnbreaker and Leshrac and has the easiest time against Pangolier, Puck and Bristleback.