Mana Break
пассивнаяBurns an opponent's mana on each attack and deals damage equal to a percentage of the mana burnt.
Pros max it by level 15
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Anti-Mage
Anti-Mage: Melee, position 1 (carry), Escape, Nuker. In patch 7.41f the hero has a 51.2% win rate in pubs and a 16.3% pick rate.
Should Anti-Mage have the opportunity to gather his full strength, few can stop his assaults. Draining mana from enemies with every strike or teleporting short distances to escape an ambush, cornering him is a challenge for any foe.
Meleeposition 1 (carry)EscapeNuker
51.2%Win rate · all pubs
16.3%picked in 1 of 6 games
50.9%Turbo · 271,318 games
Complexity: easy
Cheat sheet · patch 7.41f
How to play Anti-Mage
Build and skills from 100 pro matches, STRATZ matchups and OpenDota norms
1What to build?
Start
Laning
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2′3′6′7′Core
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14′20′27′Core items in order: Battle Fury (around minute 14), Manta Style (around minute 20), Eye of Skadi (around minute 27).
Full build by minute →2How to skill?
Lv 1–4
Maxed by level
lv 8
lv 12
lv 15
lv 17
11+200 Mana Void Radius16+0.2 Mana Void Damage Multiplier18+125 Blink Cast Range
Max Blink, then Counterspell, then Mana Break.
Abilities and talents →3Who counters the hero?
Toughest opponents: Meepo, Troll Warlord and Enigma; easiest: Medusa, Naga Siren and Bristleback.
All 126 opponents →4How much to farm?
732average848good923great
Half of the players on this hero farm under 732 gold per minute; the top 5% get over 923.
5Common mistakes by role
Slow farmFarming without visionNo gold for buybackFewer than 20 reviews on this hero so far, so these are guides for the carry role.
Compare your Anti-Mage 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
- Slow farmEarned clearly less in five minutes of farming than in your best minutes of the same match.
- Farming without visionFarmed on the enemy half with no wards or allies while two enemies were unseen.
- 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.
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 Anti-Mage 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 Anti-Mage benchmark: 732 GPM for an average player, 848 for a good one.
- Timings against pros: they have Battle Fury 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.
Review my matchA month of subscription as a gift, no card and no auto-renewal.How a match review works
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′Starting
2′21%
3′87%
6′100%
7′36%
10′31%
14′100%
20′98%27′62%
31′58%
33′52%
37′37%
2′21%3′87%6′100%7′36%10′31%14′100%20′98%27′62%31′58%33′52%37′37%Skill build
12% of 89 pro matches
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- Lvl 11+200 Mana Void Radius
- Lvl 16+0.2 Mana Void Damage Multiplier
- Lvl 18+125 Blink Cast Range
Blink
на точкуShort distance teleportation that allows Anti-Mage to move in and out of combat.
Pros max it by level 8
Counterspell
без цели, мгновеннаяPassively grants magic resistance. Counterspell may be activated to create an anti-magic shell around Anti-Mage that blocks and reflects any targeted spells.
Pros max it by level 12
Persecutor
пассивная · innateAttacks slow enemies based on how much mana they are missing. Min slow at 60% mana, up to max slow at 0% mana. No effect if enemy is above 60% mana.
Mana Void
на цель, по областиFor each point of mana missing by the target unit, damage is dealt to it and surrounding enemies. The main target is also mini-stunned.
Pros max it by level 17
Aghanim's ScepterUpgrades Blink.
Aghanim's ShardUpgrades Counterspell.
-1s Blink Cooldown25-50s Mana Void Cooldown
+125 Blink Cast Range20+0.8s Mana Void Stun
+9%/9% Persecutor Min/Max Movement Slow15+0.2 Mana Void Damage Multiplier
+3 Health Regen10+200 Mana Void Radius
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 Anti-Mage: 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 732good 848great 923
Experience per minute
average 966good 1,211great 1,381
Last hits per minute
average 10.9good 12.7great 14.2
Hero damage per minute
average 551good 867great 1,099
Win rate by rank
The curve is pub winrate, pick rate under each rank
Hero at a glance
Complexity: easyIt does best in Herald (51.5% wins) and wins 50.9% of Turbo games. Hero positions in pro matches: position 1 (carry) in 99% of games. Pros usually build Battle Fury, Manta Style and Eye of Skadi by minute 27. It struggles most against Meepo, Troll Warlord and Enigma and has the easiest time against Medusa, Naga Siren and Bristleback.