Penitence
на цельDamages enemy unit, forces it to move slower and lets allies attack it more quickly.
Pros max it by level 15
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Chen
Chen: Ranged, position 5 (hard support), Pusher. In patch 7.41f the hero has a 45.6% win rate in pubs and a 0.5% pick rate.
Converting the creatures of the forest to his cause, Chen leads his makeshift armies to aid his team in battle. He assaults enemies with beasts while sending friends to safety. Then, when things seem darkest, he heals his allies wherever they may be.
Rangedposition 5 (hard support)Pusher
45.6%Win rate · all pubs
0.5%picked in 1 of 100 games
40.4%Turbo · 19,554 games
Complexity: hard
Cheat sheet · patch 7.41f
How to play Chen
Build and skills from 100 pro matches, STRATZ matchups and OpenDota norms
1What to build?
Start
Laning
4′
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11′
4′7′11′Core
17′
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23′
17′17′23′Core items in order: Drum of Endurance (around minute 17), Mekansm (around minute 17), Guardian Greaves (around minute 23).
Full build by minute →2How to skill?
Lv 1–4
Maxed by level
lv 7
lv 10
lv 15
lv 17
11+25% Zealot Health/Damage16+12% Holy Persuasion Damage18+1300 Holy Persuasion Minimum Health
Max Holy Persuasion, then Divine Favor, then Penitence.
Abilities and talents →3Who counters the hero?
Toughest opponents: Spirit Breaker, Necrophos and Phantom Lancer; easiest: Luna, Witch Doctor and Lina.
All 31 opponents →4How much to farm?
381average399good477great
Half of the players on this hero farm under 381 gold per minute; the top 5% get over 477.
5Common mistakes by role
Caught aloneLate to fightsSaw the threat and stayedFewer than 20 reviews on this hero so far, so these are guides for the support role.
Compare your Chen 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 support role
- Caught aloneThe fight started on you while no ally was nearby.
- Late to fightsJoined a fight more than 10 seconds after it started, and it cost the team.
- Saw the threat and stayedThe enemies were visible in advance, but you stayed and died.
- Wards dewarded fastThe enemy removed half or more of your observer wards.
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 Chen 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 Chen benchmark: 381 GPM for an average player, 399 for a good one.
- Timings against pros: they have Drum of Endurance by minute 17, 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
4′22%
7′72%
11′76%17′53%17′27%23′55%
26′26%
28′29%
29′25%
29′22%
33′36%
4′22%7′72%11′76%17′53%17′27%23′55%26′26%28′29%29′25%29′22%33′36%Skill build
43% of 96 pro matches
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- 11T
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- Lvl 11+25% Zealot Health/Damage
- Lvl 16+12% Holy Persuasion Damage
- Lvl 18+1300 Holy Persuasion Minimum Health
Holy Persuasion
на цельChen takes control of an enemy or neutral creep and receives a percentage of its bounty. Its maximum health is set to 400. Converted creeps will have increased movement speed and bonus damage. Chen may globally target his own creep if it has not taken damage in the last 3 seconds to unsummon it.
Pros max it by level 7
Divine Favor
на цельPassively provides an aura that grants increased health regeneration. Can be cast on allies to provide them with bonus armor and increasing the healing and health regeneration they receive. If cast on Chen, all units controlled by Chen receive the buff.
Pros max it by level 10
Zealot
на цель · innateWhenever Chen respawns, he is joined by a Zealot, a melee warrior creep with the ability to sacrifice itself to heal or deal damage to an enemy. The Zealot receives Holy Persuasion's benefits and scales up with other lane melee creeps as game time increases and gains extra base damage. The Zealot respawns next to Chen.Zealot may be activated to teleport a unit under your control to Chen after a 6 second delay. If Chen is targeted, it will teleport all units you control. Taking damage from enemy heroes or their units will cancel the teleport.
Hand of God
без целиHeals all allied heroes on the map as well as all units under Chen's control. A large heal is applied at first and a slow heal over time is applied for 10 seconds afterwards.
Pros max it by level 17
Aghanim's ScepterUpgrades Hand of God.
Aghanim's ShardUpgrades Holy Persuasion.
Hand of God applies a Strong Dispel25Hand of God Fully Heals Chen and His Creeps
+15% Divine Favor Heal Amplification20+1300 Holy Persuasion Minimum Health
+12% Holy Persuasion Damage15+15% Penitence Slow
+75 Penitence Damage10+25% Zealot Health/Damage
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 Chen: 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 381good 399great 477
Experience per minute
average 512good 519great 565
Last hits per minute
average 2.4good 3.0great 3.5
Hero damage per minute
average 297good 343great 372
Win rate by rank
The curve is pub winrate, pick rate under each rank
Hero at a glance
Complexity: hardIt does best in Divine (49.2% wins) and wins 40.4% of Turbo games. Hero positions in pro matches: position 5 (hard support) in 88% of games. Pros usually build Drum of Endurance, Mekansm and Guardian Greaves by minute 23. It struggles most against Spirit Breaker, Necrophos and Phantom Lancer and has the easiest time against Luna, Witch Doctor and Lina.