Rocket Barrage
без цели, мгновеннаяLaunches a salvo of rockets at nearby enemy units in a radius around the Gyrocopter. Lasts 3 seconds.
Pros max it by level 7
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Gyrocopter
Gyrocopter: Ranged, position 1 (carry), position 4 (soft support), Nuker, Disabler. In patch 7.41f the hero has a 47.0% win rate in pubs and a 4.4% pick rate.
With his arsenal of firepower at the ready, Gyrocopter soars into battle. Blasting all nearby enemies with shots from his cannon or hammering them with a barrage of rockets, if he is able to gather his full strength, he demolishes foes with ease.
Rangedposition 1 (carry)position 4 (soft support)NukerDisabler
47.0%Win rate · all pubs
4.4%picked in 1 of 23 games
45.5%Turbo · 84,011 games
Complexity: easy
Cheat sheet · patch 7.41f
How to play Gyrocopter
Build and skills from 100 pro matches, STRATZ matchups and OpenDota norms
1What to build?
Start
Laning
5′
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5′5′6′7′Core
13′
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13′16′17′Core items in order: Dragon Lance (around minute 13), Aghanim's Shard (around minute 16), Crystalys (around minute 17).
Full build by minute →2How to skill?
Lv 1–4
Maxed by level
lv 7
lv 10
lv 15
lv 17
11+25% Homing Missile Damage16+0.3s Homing Missile Stun Duration18+14 Rocket Barrage Damage
Max Rocket Barrage, then Homing Missile, then Flak Cannon.
Abilities and talents →3Who counters the hero?
Toughest opponents: Visage, Omniknight and Phantom Lancer; easiest: Weaver, Shadow Fiend and Templar Assassin.
All 124 opponents →4How much to farm?
435average694good817great
Half of the players on this hero farm under 435 gold per minute; the top 5% get over 817.
5Common mistakes by role
Farming without visionNo gold for buybackLate key itemsFewer than 20 reviews on this hero so far, so these are guides for the carry role.
Compare your Gyrocopter 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
- Farming without visionFarmed on the enemy half with no wards or allies while two enemies were unseen.
- 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.
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 Gyrocopter 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 Gyrocopter benchmark: 435 GPM for an average player, 694 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.
0′5′10′15′20′25′30′35′40′Starting
5′31%
5′48%
6′44%
7′31%
7′77%
8′52%13′23%16′48%17′22%
17′30%
20′27%
26′37%
30′37%
34′29%
5′31%5′48%6′44%7′31%7′77%8′52%13′23%16′48%17′22%17′30%20′27%26′37%30′37%34′29%Skill build
23% of 39 pro matches
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- Lvl 11+25% Homing Missile Damage
- Lvl 16+0.3s Homing Missile Stun Duration
- Lvl 18+14 Rocket Barrage Damage
Homing Missile
на цельFires a homing missile to seek the targeted enemy unit. The missile gains speed over time, dealing damage and stunning when it impacts the target. Enemy units can destroy the missile before it reaches its target.
Pros max it by level 10
Flak Cannon
без цели, мгновеннаяGyrocopter's attacks hit all enemy units in an area around it for a limited number of attacks. Only the main target of attacks will receive attack bonuses such as Critical Strike. Lasts 12 seconds or until the attacks are used.
Pros max it by level 15
Afterburner
пассивная · innateGyrocopter gains movement speed for a short duration after damaging an enemy with his attacks or abilities.
Call Down
на точку, по областиCall down 3 aerial missile strikes that slow and damage enemy units in a target area. Each strike is 500 distance from the previous one.
Pros max it by level 17
Aghanim's ScepterGrants a new ability, Side Gunner.
Aghanim's ShardUpgrades Homing Missile.
-6s Flak Cannon Cooldown25-40s Call Down Cooldown
+3 Flak Cannon Attacks20+14 Rocket Barrage Damage
+0.3s Homing Missile Stun Duration15+25 Flak Cannon Damage
+25% Homing Missile Damage10+150 Health
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 Gyrocopter: 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 435good 694great 817
Experience per minute
average 616good 888great 1,114
Last hits per minute
average 3.0good 9.8great 12.5
Hero damage per minute
average 628good 862great 1,283
Win rate by rank
The curve is pub winrate, pick rate under each rank
Hero at a glance
Complexity: easyIt does best in Legend (47.7% wins) and wins 45.5% of Turbo games. Hero positions in pro matches: position 1 (carry) in 49% of games and position 4 (soft support) in 38% of games. Pros usually build Dragon Lance, Aghanim's Shard and Crystalys by minute 17. It struggles most against Visage, Omniknight and Phantom Lancer and has the easiest time against Weaver, Shadow Fiend and Templar Assassin.