Viscous Nasal Goo
на цельCovers a target in snot, causing it to have reduced armor and movement speed for 5 seconds. Multiple casts stack and refresh the duration.
Pros max it by level 15
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Bristleback
Bristleback: Melee, position 3 (offlane), position 1 (carry), Durable, Initiator, Nuker. In patch 7.41f the hero has a 49.4% win rate in pubs and a 6.9% pick rate.
When it comes to a fight, Bristleback really puts his back into it. Reducing all damage arriving from the rear or from the sides, he wades into battle with barely a care, spraying enemies with damaging quills and slowing snot.
Meleeposition 3 (offlane)position 1 (carry)DurableInitiatorNuker
49.4%Win rate · all pubs
6.9%picked in 1 of 14 games
54.7%Turbo · 211,824 games
Complexity: easy
Cheat sheet · patch 7.41f
How to play Bristleback
Build and skills from 100 pro matches, STRATZ matchups and OpenDota norms
1What to build?
Start
Laning
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2′4′6′6′Core
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15′17′18′Core items in order: Consecrated Wraps (around minute 15), Lotus Orb (around minute 17), Void Stone (around minute 18).
Full build by minute →2How to skill?
Lv 1–4
Maxed by level
lv 7
lv 10
lv 15
lv 17
11+25 Attack Speed16+8%/8% Bristleback Back/Side Damage Reduction18+20 Quill Stack Damage
Max Quill Spray, then Bristleback, then Viscous Nasal Goo.
Abilities and talents →3Who counters the hero?
Toughest opponents: Beastmaster, Visage and Alchemist; easiest: Sand King, Muerta and Bloodseeker.
All 116 opponents →4How much to farm?
574average636good771great
Half of the players on this hero farm under 574 gold per minute; the top 5% get over 771.
5Common mistakes by role
Key spell not used in the fightMissed fightsMissed objective windowFewer than 20 reviews on this hero so far, so these are guides for the mid and offlane role.
Compare your Bristleback 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 mid and offlane role
- Key spell not used in the fightYour ultimate, BKB or another key ability was never used in the fight.
- Missed fightsAlive and close, but never joined your team's fight.
- Missed objective windowThree enemies were dead, and your team took no tower and no Roshan.
- No TP to defendThe enemy was taking a building, your TP was ready, and you stayed put.
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 Bristleback 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 Bristleback benchmark: 574 GPM for an average player, 636 for a good one.
- Timings against pros: they have Consecrated Wraps by minute 15, 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′Starting
2′74%
4′22%
6′22%
6′72%
7′53%
9′89%15′40%17′46%18′24%
18′93%
24′61%
30′30%
32′31%
2′74%4′22%6′22%6′72%7′53%9′89%15′40%17′46%18′24%18′93%24′61%30′30%32′31%Skill build
25% of 97 pro matches
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- Lvl 11+25 Attack Speed
- Lvl 16+8%/8% Bristleback Back/Side Damage Reduction
- Lvl 18+20 Quill Stack Damage
Quill Spray
без цели, мгновенная, автоприменениеSprays enemy units with quills dealing damage in an area of effect around Bristleback. Deals bonus damage for every time a unit was hit by Quill Spray in the last 14 seconds.
Pros max it by level 7
Bristleback
пассивнаяBristleback takes less damage if hit on the sides or rear. If Bristleback takes enough damage from the rear, he releases a Quill Spray of the current level.
Pros max it by level 10
Warpath
пассивнаяBristleback works himself up into a fury every time he casts a spell, increasing his movement speed and damage.
Pros max it by level 17
Prickly
пассивная · innateBristleback has bonus damage and debuff duration amp against enemy heroes that are behind him.
Aghanim's ScepterUpgrades Bristleback.
Aghanim's ShardGrants a new ability, Hairball.
-30 Bristleback Damage Threshold25+18 Warpath Damage Per Stack
+25 Health Regen20+20 Quill Stack Damage
+250 Goo Cast Range15+8%/8% Bristleback Back/Side Damage Reduction
+25 Attack Speed10+1.5 Mana Regen
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 Bristleback: 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 574good 636great 771
Experience per minute
average 760good 956great 1,192
Last hits per minute
average 6.8good 8.0great 10.0
Hero damage per minute
average 812good 1,062great 1,538
Win rate by rank
The curve is pub winrate, pick rate under each rank
Hero at a glance
Complexity: easyIt does best in Herald (53.5% wins) and wins 54.7% of Turbo games. Hero positions in pro matches: position 3 (offlane) in 76% of games and position 1 (carry) in 20% of games. Pros usually build Consecrated Wraps, Lotus Orb and Void Stone by minute 18. It struggles most against Beastmaster, Visage and Alchemist and has the easiest time against Sand King, Muerta and Bloodseeker.