Vacuum
на точку, по областиDark Seer creates a vacuum over the target area that sucks in enemy units, disrupting them and dealing damage.
Pros max it by level 14
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Dark Seer
Dark Seer: Melee, position 3 (offlane), Initiator, Escape, Disabler. In patch 7.41f the hero has a 49.3% win rate in pubs and a 3.9% pick rate.
Meleeposition 3 (offlane)InitiatorEscapeDisabler
49.3%Win rate · all pubs
3.9%picked in 1 of 26 games
52.4%Turbo · 85,203 games
Cheat sheet · patch 7.41f
How to play Dark Seer
Build and skills from 100 pro matches, STRATZ matchups and OpenDota norms
1What to build?
Start
Laning
2′
9′
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2′9′10′11′Core
18′
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18′23′23′Core items in order: Shiva's Guard (around minute 18), Aghanim's Shard (around minute 23), Blink Dagger (around minute 23).
Full build by minute →2How to skill?
Lv 1–4
Maxed by level
lv 7
lv 10
lv 14
lv 17
11+65 Ion Shell Radius16+75 Vacuum AoE18+50 Ion Shell Damage
Max Ion Shell, then Surge, then Vacuum.
Abilities and talents →3Who counters the hero?
Toughest opponents: Meepo, Bounty Hunter and Visage; easiest: Treant Protector, Templar Assassin and Medusa.
All 124 opponents →4How much to farm?
590average687good766great
Half of the players on this hero farm under 590 gold per minute; the top 5% get over 766.
5Common mistakes by role
Missed fightsMissed objective windowNo TP to defendFewer than 20 reviews on this hero so far, so these are guides for the mid and offlane role.
Compare your Dark Seer 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
- 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.
- Lost laneFell behind your lane opponent in last hits and gold by the end of laning.
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 Dark Seer 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 Dark Seer benchmark: 590 GPM for an average player, 687 for a good one.
- Timings against pros: they have Shiva's Guard by minute 18, 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′45′Starting
2′72%
9′97%
10′82%
11′72%
18′93%23′89%
23′90%
28′62%
30′21%
34′28%
36′36%
40′22%
2′72%9′97%10′82%11′72%18′93%23′89%23′90%28′62%30′21%34′28%36′36%40′22%Skill build
12% of 98 pro matches
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- 11T
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- 16T
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- 18T
- Lvl 11+65 Ion Shell Radius
- Lvl 16+75 Vacuum AoE
- Lvl 18+50 Ion Shell Damage
Ion Shell
на цельSurrounds the target unit with a bristling shield that damages enemy units in an area around it.
Pros max it by level 7
Surge
на цельCharges a target friendly unit with power, giving it a brief burst of phased movement speed. Allows the unit to reach maximum movement speed and cannot be slowed.
Pros max it by level 10
Quick Wit
пассивная · innateDark Seer gains 1 Attack Speed from each point of Intelligence. When Dark Seer levels up, he restores a percentage of his max health and mana.
Wall of Replica
на точкуRaises a wall of warping light that slows, damages, and creates replicas of any enemy hero who crosses it. Enemy replicas serve at the Dark Seer's will. Replicas last until they are destroyed, or until the wall's duration ends.
Pros max it by level 17
Aghanim's ScepterGrants a new ability, Normal Punch.
Aghanim's ShardUpgrades Surge.
2 Ion Shell Charges25350 AoE Surge
-40s Wall of Replica Cooldown20+50 Ion Shell Damage
+75 Vacuum AoE15-1.5s Surge Cooldown
+15% Wall of Replica Illusion Damage10+65 Ion Shell 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 Dark Seer: 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 590good 687great 766
Experience per minute
average 713good 906great 1,069
Last hits per minute
average 7.6good 9.5great 10.8
Hero damage per minute
average 699good 961great 1,151
Win rate by rank
The curve is pub winrate, pick rate under each rank
Hero at a glance
It does best in Divine (50.7% wins) and wins 52.4% of Turbo games. Hero positions in pro matches: position 3 (offlane) in 100% of games. Pros usually build Shiva's Guard, Aghanim's Shard and Blink Dagger by minute 23. It struggles most against Meepo, Bounty Hunter and Visage and has the easiest time against Treant Protector, Templar Assassin and Medusa.