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Drow Ranger

Drow Ranger: Ranged, position 1 (carry), Disabler, Pusher. In patch 7.41f the hero has a 46.6% win rate in pubs and a 14.5% pick rate.

Not many can escape Drow Ranger once she's within range. After her foes have been silenced with a chilling blast, she finishes them off with a barrage of slowing, ice-tipped arrows that few can survive.

Rangedposition 1 (carry)DisablerPusher
46.6%Win rate · all pubs
14.5%picked in 1 of 7 games
51.1%Turbo · 508,080 games
Complexity: easy
Cheat sheet · patch 7.41f

How to play Drow Ranger

Build and skills from 100 pro matches, STRATZ matchups and OpenDota norms

1What to build?

Start
Faerie FireIron BranchTangoMagic WandCircletMagic Stick
Laning
Wraith Band3′Band of Elvenskin4′Magic Wand4′Infused Raindrops5′
Core
Dragon Lance13′Manta Style19′Hurricane Pike23′

Core items in order: Dragon Lance (around minute 13), Manta Style (around minute 19), Hurricane Pike (around minute 23).

Full build by minute →

2How to skill?

Lv 1–4Frost ArrowsMultishotFrost ArrowsGust
Maxed by level
Multishot
lv 8
Frost Arrows
lv 10
Gust
lv 15
Marksmanship
lv 17
11+1 Multishot Arrow Per Wave16-6s Multishot Cooldown1850% Gust Self Movement Speed

Max Multishot, then Frost Arrows, then Gust.

Abilities and talents →

3Who counters the hero?

Toughest opponents: Naga Siren, Enigma and Visage; easiest: Shadow Fiend, Kez and Terrorblade.

All 125 opponents →

4How much to farm?

620737826

Half of the players on this hero farm under 620 gold per minute; the top 5% get over 826.

5Common mistakes by role

Idle at baseCourier lost with itemsNo buyback while the base fell

Fewer than 20 reviews on this hero so far, so these are guides for the carry role.

AI coach

Compare your Drow Ranger match with this cheat sheet

The coach shows on the map where you fell behind the pros on items and where you died.

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Mistake guides for the carry role

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 Drow Ranger 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 Drow Ranger benchmark: 620 GPM for an average player, 737 for a good one.
  • Timings against pros: they have Dragon Lance by minute 13, 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.

100 pro matches · 40.0% wins · OpenDota
0′5′10′15′20′25′30′35′40′45′
Faerie Fire · 77%Iron Branch · 73%Tango · 54%Magic Wand · 48%Circlet · 41%Magic Stick · 23%
Starting
Wraith Band3′21%
Band of Elvenskin4′47%
Magic Wand4′33%
Infused Raindrops5′34%
Power Treads6′100%
Falcon Blade7′87%
Dragon Lance13′35%
Manta Style19′83%
Hurricane Pike23′84%
Black King Bar29′61%
Silver Edge34′30%
Butterfly34′37%
Aghanim's Shard37′37%
Daedalus39′26%

Skill build

19% of 67 pro matches

All abilities and talents →
  1. 1Frost Arrows
  2. 2Multishot
  3. 3Frost Arrows
  4. 4Gust
  5. 5Multishot
  6. 6Marksmanship
  7. 7Multishot
  8. 8Multishot
  9. 9Frost Arrows
  10. 10Frost Arrows
  11. 11T
  12. 12Gust
  13. 13Marksmanship
  14. 14Gust
  15. 15Gust
  16. 16T
  17. 17Marksmanship
  18. 18T
  • Lvl 11+1 Multishot Arrow Per Wave
  • Lvl 16-6s Multishot Cooldown
  • Lvl 1850% Gust Self Movement Speed
Frost Arrows

Frost Arrows

на цель, автоприменение, Attack Modifier

Adds a freezing effect to Drow's attacks, slowing enemy movement and dealing bonus damage. Slow lasts 1.5 seconds.

Pros max it by level 10

Gust

Gust

на точку

Releases a wave that silences and knocks back and reveals invisible enemy units. Knockback distance is relative to how close they are to Drow.

Pros max it by level 15

Multishot

Multishot

на точку, поддерживаемая

CHANNELED - Drow releases a flurry of arrows in continuous salvos, hitting enemies for extra damage and applying Frost Arrows with a range of Drow's Attack Range + 475. Lasts up to 1.75 seconds.Drow can move slowly and use items while casting Multishot.

Pros max it by level 8

Precision Aura

Precision Aura

пассивная · innate

Grants Drow bonus agility based on Drow's current agility and level. Nearby ranged heroes received 50% of the bonus agility.

Marksmanship

Marksmanship

пассивная

Drow's experiences in battle grant her a chance to launch arrows with incredible accuracy and effectiveness. Pierces through the enemy's defenses, ignoring their base armor. This ability is disabled if there is an enemy hero within 300 range.

Pros max it by level 17

Aghanim's Scepter
Aghanim's ScepterUpgrades Frost Arrows.
Aghanim's Shard
Aghanim's ShardGrants a new ability, Glacier.
+8% Marksmanship Chance25+2 Multishot Waves
50% Gust Self Movement Speed20+25% Multishot Damage
+75 Attack Range15-6s Multishot Cooldown
-18% Frost Arrows Mana Cost10+1 Multishot Arrow Per Wave

Matchups

Hero winrate against each opponent, circle size is the number of games

All opponents · 125 →

Hero win rate against the opponent, Divine+Immortal over the past week, STRATZ.

Who to pick against Drow Ranger: counter picks →

Benchmarks on the hero

Average beats half of the players on this hero, good beats 80%, great beats 95%.

Gold per minute
620737826
Experience per minute
7899861,146
Last hits per minute
8.810.412.2
Hero damage per minute
5828461,098

Win rate by rank

The curve is pub winrate, pick rate under each rank

pubs · OpenDota
444648505247.9Heraldpick 18%47.4Guardianpick 17%47.2Crusaderpick 16%46.9Archonpick 16%45.9Legendpick 14%45.2Ancientpick 13%45.1Divinepick 10%51.1Turbo

Hero at a glance

Complexity: easy

It does best in Herald (47.9% wins) and wins 51.1% of Turbo games. Hero positions in pro matches: position 1 (carry) in 100% of games. Pros usually build Dragon Lance, Manta Style and Hurricane Pike by minute 23. It struggles most against Naga Siren, Enigma and Visage and has the easiest time against Shadow Fiend, Kez and Terrorblade.

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