Hoodwink: Ranged, position 4 (soft support), position 5 (hard support), Nuker, Escape, Disabler. In patch 7.41f the hero has a 47.2% win rate in pubs and a 11.2% pick rate.
Always at hand when trouble's afoot, Hoodwink lives to tangle with the threats that fill the haunted forest she adopted as her home. Toting a massive crossbow while still able to scurry through the woodland with the greatest of ease, Hoodwink is nearly impossible to keep tabs on in battle. Lose track and she'll pop out behind you -- your stunned carcass already dangling in one of her nets.
Build and skills from 100 pro matches, STRATZ matchups and OpenDota norms
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26′Core items in order: Arcane Boots (around minute 13), Essence Distiller (around minute 17), Aghanim's Shard (around minute 26).
Full build by minute →
Max Bushwhack, then Acorn Shot, then Scurry.
Abilities and talents →Toughest opponents: Visage, Lycan and Elder Titan; easiest: Shadow Fiend, Pangolier and Monkey King.
All 125 opponents →Half of the players on this hero farm under 363 gold per minute; the top 5% get over 473.
Fewer than 20 reviews on this hero so far, so these are guides for the support role.
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Minute is the median first purchase, percent is the share of matches with the item.
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10′84%13′31%17′75%26′42%
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31′26%14% of 96 pro matches
Fires Hoodwink's attack with an acorn at the target unit. The acorn bounces to nearby targets, slowing them and dealing a percentage of Hoodwink's attack with bonus damage. If point targeted, a tree is created at the target position and the acorn will bounce to nearby targets. The ability may be placed on alt-cast to force this behavior.
Pros max it by level 10
Tosses a net trap that stuns enemies if they are near a tree in the area. Affected enemies take damage over time and are pulled towards the tree nearest to them within the target area, and have their vision reduced to 0 for the duration of the stun.
Pros max it by level 7
Hoodwink gains bonus movement speed, phased movement, and tree-walking for a brief time. While active, the redirect chance of Mistwoods Wayfarer is multiplied by 2.
Pros max it by level 15
Hoodwink charges up and fires a deadly bolt from her crossbow, dealing heavy damage, break and slow to an enemy Hero. The damage and debuff duration scale up to max after 3 seconds, and the bolt is fired automatically after 5 seconds. Hoodwink is knocked backwards for a distance of 350 from the force of the shot. Creeps hit by the bolt are damaged for half the values.
Pros max it by level 17
Hoodwink has a chance to redirect enemy attacks to a nearby tree.
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 Hoodwink: counter picks →Average beats half of the players on this hero, good beats 80%, great beats 95%.
The curve is pub winrate, pick rate under each rank
Pro matches: 48.4% wins, 31 games.
It does best in Divine (47.9% wins) and wins 45.1% of Turbo games. Hero positions in pro matches: position 4 (soft support) in 60% of games and position 5 (hard support) in 40% of games. Pros usually build Arcane Boots, Essence Distiller and Aghanim's Shard by minute 26. It struggles most against Visage, Lycan and Elder Titan and has the easiest time against Shadow Fiend, Pangolier and Monkey King.
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