Chaos Bolt
на цельThrows a mysterious bolt of energy at the target unit. It stuns for a random duration and deals random damage.
Pros max it by level 15
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Chaos Knight
Chaos Knight: Melee, position 3 (offlane), position 1 (carry), Disabler, Durable, Pusher, Initiator. In patch 7.41f the hero has a 51.5% win rate in pubs and a 4.5% pick rate.
Chaos Knight is an army unto himself. Able to summon a cavalry of clones to demolish enemy defenses, should an enemy present itself, he can rift reality to pull him and his phantasms close enough to rain brutal cudgel blows upon their head.
Meleeposition 3 (offlane)position 1 (carry)DisablerDurablePusherInitiator
51.5%Win rate · all pubs
4.5%picked in 1 of 22 games
53.8%Turbo · 119,160 games
Complexity: easy
Cheat sheet · patch 7.41f
How to play Chaos Knight
Build and skills from 100 pro matches, STRATZ matchups and OpenDota norms
1What to build?
Start
Laning
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2′4′6′12′Core
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16′19′20′Core items in order: Echo Sabre (around minute 16), Orchid Malevolence (around minute 19), Blink Dagger (around minute 20).
Full build by minute →2How to skill?
Lv 1–4
Maxed by level
lv 7
lv 10
lv 15
lv 17
11+225 Reality Rift Pull Distance16+10 Strength18Reality Rift Pierces Spell Immunity
Max Chaos Strike, then Reality Rift, then Chaos Bolt.
Abilities and talents →3Who counters the hero?
Toughest opponents: Leshrac, Phantom Lancer and Enigma; easiest: Underlord, Shadow Demon and Nature's Prophet.
All 108 opponents →4How much to farm?
587average678good762great
Half of the players on this hero farm under 587 gold per minute; the top 5% get over 762.
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 Chaos Knight 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 Chaos Knight 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 Chaos Knight benchmark: 587 GPM for an average player, 678 for a good one.
- Timings against pros: they have Echo Sabre by minute 16, 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′71%
4′61%
6′99%
12′92%16′43%19′36%20′69%
21′42%
25′25%
25′27%
26′55%
31′22%
2′71%4′61%6′99%12′92%16′43%19′36%20′69%21′42%25′25%25′27%26′55%31′22%Skill build
49% of 99 pro matches
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- Lvl 11+225 Reality Rift Pull Distance
- Lvl 16+10 Strength
- Lvl 18Reality Rift Pierces Spell Immunity
Reality Rift
на цельTeleports Chaos Knight, any illusions he has, and the target unit to a point along the line between him and the target. The enemy unit has their armor reduced for 6s.
Pros max it by level 10
Chaos Strike
пассивнаяChaos Knight and his illusions' attacks have a chance to deal a critical strike of varying strength with bonus lifesteal. Lifesteal from creeps is reduced.
Pros max it by level 7
Fundamental Forging
пассивная · innateChaos Knight's Neutral Items get an additional random enchantment.
Phantasm
без целиSummons several phantasmal copies of the Chaos Knight from alternate dimensions. The phantasms are illusions that deal 60 / 80 / 100% damage, but take 350% damage. DISPEL TYPE: Basic Dispel
Pros max it by level 17
Aghanim's ScepterUpgrades Phantasm.
Aghanim's ShardUpgrades Chaos Bolt.
+10% Chaos Strike Chance25-125% Phantasm Illusion Incoming Damage
+0.6 Min/Max Chaos Bolt Duration20Reality Rift Pierces Spell Immunity
-3s Chaos Bolt Cooldown15+10 Strength
+30% Chaos Strike Lifesteal10+225 Reality Rift Pull Distance
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 Chaos Knight: 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 587good 678great 762
Experience per minute
average 720good 948great 1,139
Last hits per minute
average 6.7good 8.0great 8.8
Hero damage per minute
average 643good 872great 1,070
Win rate by rank
The curve is pub winrate, pick rate under each rank
Hero at a glance
Complexity: easyIt does best in Guardian (52.4% wins) and wins 53.8% of Turbo games. Hero positions in pro matches: position 3 (offlane) in 56% of games and position 1 (carry) in 41% of games. Pros usually build Echo Sabre, Orchid Malevolence and Blink Dagger by minute 20. It struggles most against Leshrac, Phantom Lancer and Enigma and has the easiest time against Underlord, Shadow Demon and Nature's Prophet.