Searing Chains
без целиEmber Spirit unleashes fiery bolas that wrap around nearby enemies, anchoring them in place and dealing damage each second.
Pros max it by level 10
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Ember Spirit
Ember Spirit: Melee, position 2 (mid), Escape, Nuker, Disabler, Initiator. In patch 7.41f the hero has a 48.4% win rate in pubs and a 6.2% pick rate.
Swift and elusive, Ember Spirit strikes all nearby enemies in rapid succession, and ties them up with burning chains. Quickly rushing across the battlefield to arrive at one of his exploding remnants, few can avoid, or capture, his flame.
Meleeposition 2 (mid)EscapeNukerDisablerInitiator
48.4%Win rate · all pubs
6.2%picked in 1 of 16 games
44.7%Turbo · 91,561 games
Complexity: medium
Cheat sheet · patch 7.41f
How to play Ember Spirit
Build and skills from 100 pro matches, STRATZ matchups and OpenDota norms
1What to build?
Start
Laning
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2′4′5′8′Core
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13′20′24′Core items in order: Spirit Vessel (around minute 13), Kaya (around minute 20), Aghanim's Shard (around minute 24).
Full build by minute →2How to skill?
Lv 1–4
Maxed by level
lv 7
lv 10
lv 14
lv 17
11+165 Flame Guard Barrier Amount16+100% Flame Guard Damage Per Second18+50 Sleight of Fist Hero Damage
Max Flame Guard, then Searing Chains, then Sleight of Fist.
Abilities and talents →3Who counters the hero?
Toughest opponents: Meepo, Pugna and Oracle; easiest: Tiny, Centaur Warrunner and Faceless Void.
All 125 opponents →4How much to farm?
587average672good726great
Half of the players on this hero farm under 587 gold per minute; the top 5% get over 726.
5Common mistakes by role
Enemy took the runesAegis without buildingsKey spell not used in the fightFewer than 20 reviews on this hero so far, so these are guides for the mid and offlane role.
Compare your Ember Spirit 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
- Enemy took the runesIn mid your opponent took two or more power or water runes than you.
- Aegis without buildingsYour team took Roshan but broke no building during the 5 minutes of Aegis.
- 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.
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 Ember Spirit 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 Ember Spirit benchmark: 587 GPM for an average player, 672 for a good one.
- Timings against pros: they have Spirit Vessel 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.
0′5′10′15′20′25′30′35′40′Starting
2′100%
4′97%
5′26%
8′97%
13′94%20′30%24′87%
24′76%
32′66%
32′26%
37′24%
2′100%4′97%5′26%8′97%13′94%20′30%24′87%24′76%32′66%32′26%37′24%Skill build
44% of 100 pro matches
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- Lvl 11+165 Flame Guard Barrier Amount
- Lvl 16+100% Flame Guard Damage Per Second
- Lvl 18+50 Sleight of Fist Hero Damage
Sleight of Fist
на точку, по областиEmber Spirit dashes around with blazing speed, attacking all enemies in the targeted area of effect, then returning to his start location. Deals bonus damage to heroes.
Pros max it by level 14
Flame Guard
без целиEmber Spirit surrounds himself with a ring of fire that consumes incoming magic damage, absorbing a percentage of the damage taken. Flame Guard deals damage per second in an area around Ember Spirit while Flame Guard is active. If the shield is broken, the damage is also lost.
Pros max it by level 7
Activate Fire Remnant
на точкуSelect the Fire Remnant to arrive at.
Immolation
пассивная · innateEmber Spirit is continuously burning, dealing damage per second to all nearby enemies at all times.
Fire Remnant
на точкуSends a Fire Remnant that runs to the target location at 250% Ember Spirit's speed. Using Activate Fire Remnant, Ember Spirit will dash out to all active Fire Remnants, destroying them and dealing damage in an area and then moving to the nearest Remnant. Ember Spirit will end at the Remnant closest to the targeted location.
Pros max it by level 17
Aghanim's ScepterUpgrades Fire Remnant.
Aghanim's ShardUpgrades Fire Remnant.
2 Sleight of Fist Charges25-12s Remnant Charge Restore Time
+50 Sleight of Fist Hero Damage20+50 Searing Chains Damage
+100% Flame Guard Damage Per Second15+0.8s Searing Chains Duration
+12 Damage10+165 Flame Guard Barrier Amount
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 Ember Spirit: 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 587good 672great 726
Experience per minute
average 811good 1,000great 1,208
Last hits per minute
average 6.4good 7.5great 8.7
Hero damage per minute
average 863good 1,167great 1,408
Win rate by rank
The curve is pub winrate, pick rate under each rank
Hero at a glance
Complexity: mediumIt does best in Ancient (49.4% wins) and wins 44.7% of Turbo games. Hero positions in pro matches: position 2 (mid) in 99% of games. Pros usually build Spirit Vessel, Kaya and Aghanim's Shard by minute 24. It struggles most against Meepo, Pugna and Oracle and has the easiest time against Tiny, Centaur Warrunner and Faceless Void.