Starbreaker
на точкуDawnbreaker whirls her hammer around 3 times, damaging enemies with her attack plus bonus damage. On the final strike, she smashes her hammer down, stunning and damaging enemies in front of her.
Pros max it by level 10
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Dawnbreaker
Dawnbreaker: Melee, position 3 (offlane), Durable. In patch 7.41f the hero has a 52.1% win rate in pubs and a 8.6% pick rate.
Dawnbreaker shines in the heart of battle, happily crushing enemies with her celestial hammer and healing nearby allies. She revels in hurling her hammer through multiple foes and then converging with it in a blazing wake, always waiting to tap her true cosmic power to fly to the aid of her teammates — eager to rout her enemies on the battlefield no matter where they are.
Meleeposition 3 (offlane)Durable
52.1%Win rate · all pubs
8.6%picked in 1 of 12 games
50.6%Turbo · 76,851 games
Complexity: easy
Cheat sheet · patch 7.41f
How to play Dawnbreaker
Build and skills from 100 pro matches, STRATZ matchups and OpenDota norms
1What to build?
Start
Laning
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2′6′7′7′Core
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15′19′20′Core items in order: Echo Sabre (around minute 15), Aghanim's Shard (around minute 19), Harpoon (around minute 20).
Full build by minute →2How to skill?
Lv 1–4
Maxed by level
lv 7
lv 10
lv 15
lv 17
11Celestial Hammer Trail Grants Movement Speed to Allies16+40% Celestial Hammer Trail/Hammer Damage18-1 Luminosity Attacks Required
Max Celestial Hammer, then Starbreaker, then Luminosity.
Abilities and talents →3Who counters the hero?
Toughest opponents: Visage, Brewmaster and Meepo; easiest: Naga Siren, Nature's Prophet and Shadow Fiend.
All 126 opponents →4How much to farm?
551average639good719great
Half of the players on this hero farm under 551 gold per minute; the top 5% get over 719.
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 Dawnbreaker 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 Dawnbreaker 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 Dawnbreaker benchmark: 551 GPM for an average player, 639 for a good one.
- Timings against pros: they have Echo Sabre 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.
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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′40′45′Starting
2′69%
6′20%
7′97%
7′89%
8′97%15′20%19′85%20′75%
24′81%
33′21%
33′38%
36′21%
40′26%
2′69%6′20%7′97%7′89%8′97%15′20%19′85%20′75%24′81%33′21%33′38%36′21%40′26%Skill build
31% of 96 pro matches
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- Lvl 11Celestial Hammer Trail Grants Movement Speed to Allies
- Lvl 16+40% Celestial Hammer Trail/Hammer Damage
- Lvl 18-1 Luminosity Attacks Required
Celestial Hammer
на точкуDawnbreaker hurls her weapon at a target, damaging enemies struck along the way. The hammer pauses for 2 seconds at the destination before flying back to her, leaving a trail of fire that slows enemies. Dawnbreaker can recall the hammer at any time, pulling her towards it so they meet in the middle.
Pros max it by level 7
Luminosity
пассивнаяAfter a number of attacks, Dawnbreaker powers up, charging her next attack with a critical hit that heals all allied heroes within 650 units around her for a portion of attack damage dealt. Creeps and neutral enemies provide less healing. Allies are healed for 50% of the amount.
Pros max it by level 15
Break of Dawn
пассивная · innateWhenever the sun comes out, Dawnbreaker gains bonus base damage and vision that decreases throughout the course of the day. If Dawnbreaker causes the day these bonuses are at full power for the entirety of that daytime.
Solar Guardian
на точку, поддерживаемаяCHANNELED - Dawnbreaker creates a pulsing effect at a location within 350 units of an allied hero anywhere on the map and creates daylight for 6s. Each pulse damages enemies and heals allies.After a short duration, she flies to the target location and deals additional damage and stuns enemies upon landing.Once channeled, Dawnbreaker cannot stop the ability.
Pros max it by level 17
Aghanim's ScepterUpgrades Solar Guardian.
Aghanim's ShardUpgrades Starbreaker.
-4s Starbreaker Cooldown25+80% Celestial Hammer Cast Range/Speed
+150 Solar Guardian Radius20-1 Luminosity Attacks Required
+40% Celestial Hammer Trail/Hammer Damage15-20s Solar Guardian Cooldown
+25% Luminosity Critical Strike Damage10Celestial Hammer Trail Grants Movement Speed to Allies
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 Dawnbreaker: 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 551good 639great 719
Experience per minute
average 750good 920great 1,092
Last hits per minute
average 7.2good 8.4great 9.6
Hero damage per minute
average 572good 764great 944
Win rate by rank
The curve is pub winrate, pick rate under each rank
Hero at a glance
Complexity: easyIt does best in Ancient (52.5% wins) and wins 50.6% of Turbo games. Hero positions in pro matches: position 3 (offlane) in 92% of games. Pros usually build Echo Sabre, Aghanim's Shard and Harpoon by minute 20. It struggles most against Visage, Brewmaster and Meepo and has the easiest time against Naga Siren, Nature's Prophet and Shadow Fiend.