Sprout
на цель, на точкуSprouts a ring of trees around a unit, damaging and trapping it in place and providing vision in a 400 radius.
Pros max it by level 15
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Nature's Prophet
Nature's Prophet: Ranged, position 1 (carry), Pusher, Escape, Nuker. In patch 7.41f the hero has a 43.9% win rate in pubs and a 9.1% pick rate.
Whether in the thick of battle or gathering resources for his next assault, Nature's Prophet seems to be everywhere. Teleporting at will to any location and instantly creating an army of violent trees to fight for him, he attacks where enemies least expect.
Rangedposition 1 (carry)PusherEscapeNuker
43.9%Win rate · all pubs
9.1%picked in 1 of 11 games
43.7%Turbo · 185,320 games
Complexity: medium
Cheat sheet · patch 7.41f
How to play Nature's Prophet
Build and skills from 100 pro matches, STRATZ matchups and OpenDota norms
1What to build?
Start
Laning
3′
6′
3′6′Core
16′
18′
22′
16′18′22′Core items in order: Mjollnir (around minute 16), Dragon Lance (around minute 18), Hurricane Pike (around minute 22).
Full build by minute →2How to skill?
Lv 1–4
Maxed by level
lv 7
lv 10
lv 15
lv 17
11-10s Nature's Call Cooldown16+50 Treant Movement Speed18+240 Sprout Damage
Max Nature's Call, then Teleportation, then Sprout.
Abilities and talents →3Who counters the hero?
Toughest opponents: Meepo, Dawnbreaker and Chaos Knight; easiest: Bristleback, Tiny and Huskar.
All 125 opponents →4How much to farm?
657average828good955great
Half of the players on this hero farm under 657 gold per minute; the top 5% get over 955.
5Common mistakes by role
No gold for buybackLate key itemsGreedy death while farmingFewer than 20 reviews on this hero so far, so these are guides for the carry role.
Compare your Nature's Prophet 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 carry role
- No gold for buybackDied in the late game when a buyback was needed but unaffordable.
- Late key itemsCore items came 6 or more minutes later than pros get them on this hero.
- Greedy death while farmingDied because you stayed for a couple more creeps after two enemies went missing.
- Idle at baseSpent a quarter of a five-minute stretch at base without buying anything.
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 Nature's Prophet 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 Nature's Prophet benchmark: 657 GPM for an average player, 828 for a good one.
- Timings against pros: they have Mjollnir by minute 16, 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′Starting
3′60%
6′97%16′85%18′42%22′44%
23′80%
31′46%
33′36%
34′42%
34′38%
3′60%6′97%16′85%18′42%22′44%23′80%31′46%33′36%34′42%34′38%Skill build
58% of 95 pro matches
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- 11T
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- 16T
- 17
- 18T
- Lvl 11-10s Nature's Call Cooldown
- Lvl 16+50 Treant Movement Speed
- Lvl 18+240 Sprout Damage
Teleportation
на точку, по областиTeleports to any point on the map. Gains a barrier after arriving to its destination.
Pros max it by level 10
Nature's Call
на точку, по областиConverts an area of trees into Treants under the command of Nature's Prophet.
Pros max it by level 7
Spirit of the Forest
пассивная · innateNature's Prophet gains 2% bonus damage for each nearby tree. Treants also provide this bonus with multiplied values regardless of proximity. Treants also possess this ability.
Wrath of Nature
на цель, на точкуDamaging energy bounces around the map, striking enemies that are in vision starting with those closest to the cast point. Each enemy hit beyond the first adds damage, up to the maximum after 16 are hit.
Pros max it by level 17
Aghanim's ScepterUpgrades Wrath of Nature.
Aghanim's ShardGrants a new ability, Curse of the Oldgrowth.
Removed Teleportation Cooldown253x Treant HP/Damage
-20s Wrath of Nature Cooldown20+240 Sprout Damage
+50 Treant Movement Speed15+100 Teleportation Barrier
-10s Nature's Call Cooldown10+25 Wrath of Nature Base Damage
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 Nature's Prophet: 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 657good 828great 955
Experience per minute
average 721good 967great 1,217
Last hits per minute
average 9.5good 12.5great 14.4
Hero damage per minute
average 794good 1,053great 1,244
Win rate by rank
The curve is pub winrate, pick rate under each rank
Hero at a glance
Complexity: mediumIt does best in Herald (46.4% wins) and wins 43.7% of Turbo games. Hero positions in pro matches: position 1 (carry) in 71% of games. Pros usually build Mjollnir, Dragon Lance and Hurricane Pike by minute 22. It struggles most against Meepo, Dawnbreaker and Chaos Knight and has the easiest time against Bristleback, Tiny and Huskar.