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Bloodseeker

Bloodseeker: Melee, position 1 (carry), Disabler, Nuker, Initiator. In patch 7.41f the hero has a 51.8% win rate in pubs and a 4.4% pick rate.

Bloodseeker forces difficult decisions on his enemies. Able to drive his foes to a retreat by bathing a large area with a damaging ritual, his gruesome ultimate asks his opponents to hold still, or die.

Meleeposition 1 (carry)DisablerNukerInitiator
51.8%Win rate · all pubs
4.4%picked in 1 of 23 games
50.7%Turbo · 120,238 games
Complexity: easy
Cheat sheet · patch 7.41f

How to play Bloodseeker

Build and skills from 100 pro matches, STRATZ matchups and OpenDota norms

1What to build?

Start
Iron BranchQuelling BladeTangoMagic StickCircletFaerie Fire
Laning
Wraith Band3′Magic Wand5′Band of Elvenskin5′Infused Raindrops5′
Core
Maelstrom13′Wind Lace15′Mjollnir19′

Core items in order: Maelstrom (around minute 13), Wind Lace (around minute 15), Mjollnir (around minute 19).

Full build by minute →

2How to skill?

Lv 1–4Blood RiteThirstBlood RiteBloodrage
Maxed by level
Blood Rite
lv 7
Bloodrage
lv 10
Thirst
lv 15
Rupture
lv 17
11+30 Bloodrage Attack Speed16-0.7% Bloodrage Max Health DPS18+400 Rupture Cast Range

Max Blood Rite, then Bloodrage, then Thirst.

Abilities and talents →

3Who counters the hero?

Toughest opponents: Visage, Leshrac and Largo; easiest: Huskar, Kez and Timbersaw.

All 109 opponents →

4How much to farm?

601756813

Half of the players on this hero farm under 601 gold per minute; the top 5% get over 813.

5Common mistakes by role

Late key itemsGreedy death while farmingIdle at base

Fewer than 20 reviews on this hero so far, so these are guides for the carry role.

AI coach

Compare your Bloodseeker match with this cheat sheet

The coach shows on the map where you fell behind the pros on items and where you died.

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Mistake guides for the carry role

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 Bloodseeker 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 Bloodseeker benchmark: 601 GPM for an average player, 756 for a good one.
  • Timings against pros: they have Maelstrom by minute 13, 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.

100 pro matches · 44.0% wins · OpenDota
0′5′10′15′20′25′30′
Iron Branch · 85%Quelling Blade · 63%Tango · 58%Magic Stick · 51%Circlet · 49%Faerie Fire · 32%
Starting
Wraith Band3′23%
Magic Wand5′60%
Band of Elvenskin5′28%
Infused Raindrops5′21%
Power Treads6′31%
Phase Boots6′69%
Maelstrom13′20%
Wind Lace15′23%
Mjollnir19′73%
Black King Bar23′65%
Aghanim's Shard28′53%

Skill build

10% of 95 pro matches

All abilities and talents →
  1. 1Blood Rite
  2. 2Thirst
  3. 3Blood Rite
  4. 4Bloodrage
  5. 5Blood Rite
  6. 6Rupture
  7. 7Blood Rite
  8. 8Bloodrage
  9. 9Bloodrage
  10. 10Bloodrage
  11. 11T
  12. 12Thirst
  13. 13Rupture
  14. 14Thirst
  15. 15Thirst
  16. 16T
  17. 17Rupture
  18. 18T
  • Lvl 11+30 Bloodrage Attack Speed
  • Lvl 16-0.7% Bloodrage Max Health DPS
  • Lvl 18+400 Rupture Cast Range
Bloodrage

Bloodrage

без цели, мгновенная

Drives Bloodseeker into a bloodthirsty rage which causes him to attack faster and deal more spell damage at the cost of a percentage of his health per second.

Pros max it by level 10

Blood Rite

Blood Rite

по области, на точку

Bloodseeker baptizes an area in sacred blood. After 2.9 seconds the ritual completes, causing any enemies caught in the area to take damage and become silenced.

Pros max it by level 7

Thirst

Thirst

пассивная

Bloodseeker is invigorated by the wounds of his enemies, gaining bonus movement speed when an enemy hero's health falls below 100%, with the bonuses increasing as their health falls further. If an enemy hero's health falls below 25%, he will also gain vision and True Sight of that hero. Bonuses stack per hero. Unlocks max movement speed for Bloodseeker.

Pros max it by level 15

Sanguivore

Sanguivore

пассивная · innate

Bloodseeker restores some life when he kills a unit, equal to 30 health plus a percentage of the units max health.Restores for half values if an ally kills a nearby enemy hero.

Rupture

Rupture

на цель

Causes an enemy unit's skin to rupture, dealing initial damage based on its current health. If the unit moves, it takes damage based on the distance moved.

Pros max it by level 17

Aghanim's Scepter
Aghanim's ScepterUpgrades Rupture.
Aghanim's Shard
Aghanim's ShardUpgrades Bloodrage.
+3s Blood Rite Silence Duration25+15% Max Thirst Move Speed
+400 Rupture Cast Range20+15 Agility
-0.7% Bloodrage Max Health DPS15+100 Blood Rite Damage
+200 Health10+30 Bloodrage Attack Speed

Matchups

Hero winrate against each opponent, circle size is the number of games

All opponents · 109 →

Hero win rate against the opponent, Divine+Immortal over the past week, STRATZ.

Who to pick against Bloodseeker: counter picks →

Benchmarks on the hero

Average beats half of the players on this hero, good beats 80%, great beats 95%.

Gold per minute
601756813
Experience per minute
8261,1471,270
Last hits per minute
8.19.910.6
Hero damage per minute
6949941,371

Win rate by rank

The curve is pub winrate, pick rate under each rank

pubs · OpenDota
49505152535451.2Heraldpick 9%51.3Guardianpick 7%51.3Crusaderpick 5%52.0Archonpick 4%52.3Legendpick 3%52.4Ancientpick 3%51.4Divinepick 2%50.7Turbo

Hero at a glance

Complexity: easy

It does best in Ancient (52.4% wins) and wins 50.7% of Turbo games. Hero positions in pro matches: position 1 (carry) in 89% of games. Pros usually build Maelstrom, Wind Lace and Mjollnir by minute 19. It struggles most against Visage, Leshrac and Largo and has the easiest time against Huskar, Kez and Timbersaw.

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