Bramble Maze
на точку, по областиDark Willow creates a 500 AoE maze of 8 brambles that grow in the target area after 0.3 seconds. Enemies that walk into a bramble are rooted and take damage over time. Lasts 12 seconds.
Pros max it by level 7
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Dark Willow
Dark Willow: Ranged, position 4 (soft support), Nuker, Disabler, Escape. In patch 7.41f the hero has a 48.8% win rate in pubs and a 7.6% pick rate.
A slight flutter from the shadows may be all an enemy sees of Dark Willow, as she eludes pursuit and controls her foe's movements with cunning fae tricks. Calling upon powers far more ancient than any scholarly magic, she binds enemies in place before unleashing the full wrath and terror of the fae realm upon them.
Rangedposition 4 (soft support)NukerDisablerEscape
48.8%Win rate · all pubs
7.6%picked in 1 of 13 games
47.0%Turbo · 115,198 games
Complexity: medium
Cheat sheet · patch 7.41f
How to play Dark Willow
Build and skills from 100 pro matches, STRATZ matchups and OpenDota norms
1What to build?
Start
Laning
9′
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9′10′11′Core
12′
18′
28′
12′18′28′Core items in order: Wind Lace (around minute 12), Essence Distiller (around minute 18), Consecrated Wraps (around minute 28).
Full build by minute →2How to skill?
Lv 1–4
Maxed by level
lv 7
lv 10
lv 15
lv 17
11+1s Bedlam Duration16+30 Bedlam Damage18-7s Bramble Maze CD
Max Bramble Maze, then Cursed Crown, then Shadow Realm.
Abilities and talents →3Who counters the hero?
Toughest opponents: Enigma, Meepo and Visage; easiest: Shadow Fiend, Muerta and Kez.
All 125 opponents →4How much to farm?
350average404good469great
Half of the players on this hero farm under 350 gold per minute; the top 5% get over 469.
5Common mistakes by role
Died on a rotationToo few wardsDeath without informationFewer than 20 reviews on this hero so far, so these are guides for the support role.
Compare your Dark Willow 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
- Died on a rotationLeft your lane to help another one and died without getting a kill.
- Too few wardsA support placed fewer than 1.5 observer wards per 10 minutes.
- Death without informationKilled by enemies nobody could see, with no wards nearby.
- Caught aloneThe fight started on you while no ally was nearby.
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 Willow 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 Willow benchmark: 350 GPM for an average player, 404 for a good one.
- Timings against pros: they have Wind Lace by minute 12, 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.
0′5′10′15′20′25′30′35′Starting
9′86%
10′28%
11′87%12′40%18′74%28′36%
28′39%
29′68%
30′20%
31′41%
9′86%10′28%11′87%12′40%18′74%28′36%28′39%29′68%30′20%31′41%Skill build
8% of 98 pro matches
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- Lvl 11+1s Bedlam Duration
- Lvl 16+30 Bedlam Damage
- Lvl 18-7s Bramble Maze CD
Shadow Realm
без цели, мгновеннаяDark Willow recedes into the shadows, becoming untargetable. Her next attack has 600 bonus attack range and deals bonus magic damage, and will end Shadow Realm. Damage scales based on how long she remains under the effects of Shadow Realm, the maximum being reached after 3 seconds.
Pros max it by level 15
Cursed Crown
на цельDark Willow casts an ancient fae curse on the target. After a delay, the target and nearby enemies are stunned.
Pros max it by level 10
Bedlam
без цели, мгновеннаяDark Willow sends her pet wisp to roam around herself for the duration, rapidly attacking nearby enemies. Bedlam cannot be used while Terrorize is active.
Pixie Dust
пассивная · innateDark Willow gains 20% bonus Health and Mana Regeneration, increased to 100% while she is untargetable or invulnerable.
Terrorize
на точку, по областиDark Willow releases her pet wisp to terrorize her enemies. After a short delay, all enemies in the target area become fearful and run toward their home fountain. Terrorize cannot be used while Bedlam is active.
Pros max it by level 17
Aghanim's ScepterUpgrades Shadow Realm.
Aghanim's ShardUpgrades Cursed Crown.
+2 Bedlam Attack Targets25500 Terrorize Impact Damage
+1.5s Shadow Realm Duration20-7s Bramble Maze CD
+30 Bedlam Damage15-20s Terrorize Cooldown
+1s Bedlam Duration10+12 Intelligence
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 Willow: 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 350good 404great 469
Experience per minute
average 543good 681great 846
Last hits per minute
average 1.2good 1.7great 2.8
Hero damage per minute
average 446good 587great 750
Win rate by rank
The curve is pub winrate, pick rate under each rank
Pro matches: 56.1% wins, 41 games.
Hero at a glance
Complexity: mediumIt does best in Divine (50.8% wins) and wins 47.0% of Turbo games. Hero positions in pro matches: position 4 (soft support) in 84% of games. Pros usually build Wind Lace, Essence Distiller and Consecrated Wraps by minute 28. It struggles most against Enigma, Meepo and Visage and has the easiest time against Shadow Fiend, Muerta and Kez.