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Legion Commander

Legion Commander: Melee, position 3 (offlane), Disabler, Initiator, Durable, Nuker. In patch 7.41f the hero has a 52.7% win rate in pubs and a 15.2% pick rate.

Marching across the battlefield, Legion Commander challenges lone enemies in single combat. Each duel she wins increases the power of her attacks, until at last she can become a relentless one-woman army.

Meleeposition 3 (offlane)DisablerInitiatorDurableNuker
52.7%Win rate · all pubs
15.2%picked in 1 of 7 games
49.0%Turbo · 223,334 games
Complexity: easy
Cheat sheet · patch 7.41f

How to play Legion Commander

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

1What to build?

Start
Iron BranchTangoGauntlets of StrengthQuelling BladeCircletMagic Stick
Laning
Bracer2′Magic Wand5′Soul Ring6′Phase Boots7′
Core
Blade Mail13′Blink Dagger15′Black King Bar27′

Core items in order: Blade Mail (around minute 13), Blink Dagger (around minute 15), Black King Bar (around minute 27).

Full build by minute →

2How to skill?

Lv 1–4Overwhelming OddsMoment of CourageOverwhelming OddsPress The Attack
Maxed by level
Overwhelming Odds
lv 7
Moment of Courage
lv 10
Press The Attack
lv 15
Duel
lv 17
11-2s Overwhelming Odds Cooldown16+35 Overwhelming Odds Damage per Hero18-1 Moment of Courage Attacks To Trigger

Max Overwhelming Odds, then Moment of Courage, then Press The Attack.

Abilities and talents →

3Who counters the hero?

Toughest opponents: Elder Titan, Meepo and Visage; easiest: Bristleback, Shadow Fiend and Weaver.

All 126 opponents →

4How much to farm?

495573631

Half of the players on this hero farm under 495 gold per minute; the top 5% get over 631.

5Common mistakes by role

Death streakDied with gold in pocketEnemy took the runes

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

AI coach

Compare your Legion Commander 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 mid and offlane 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 Legion Commander 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 Legion Commander benchmark: 495 GPM for an average player, 573 for a good one.
  • Timings against pros: they have Blade Mail 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 · 43.0% wins · OpenDota
0′5′10′15′20′25′30′35′
Iron Branch · 92%Tango · 82%Gauntlets of Strength · 80%Quelling Blade · 61%Circlet · 53%Magic Stick · 42%
Starting
Bracer2′75%
Magic Wand5′80%
Soul Ring6′28%
Phase Boots7′88%
Blade Mail13′94%
Blink Dagger15′95%
Black King Bar27′62%
Aghanim's Shard29′23%

Skill build

36% of 92 pro matches

All abilities and talents →
  1. 1Overwhelming Odds
  2. 2Moment of Courage
  3. 3Overwhelming Odds
  4. 4Press The Attack
  5. 5Overwhelming Odds
  6. 6Duel
  7. 7Overwhelming Odds
  8. 8Moment of Courage
  9. 9Moment of Courage
  10. 10Moment of Courage
  11. 11T
  12. 12Press The Attack
  13. 13Duel
  14. 14Press The Attack
  15. 15Press The Attack
  16. 16T
  17. 17Duel
  18. 18T
  • Lvl 11-2s Overwhelming Odds Cooldown
  • Lvl 16+35 Overwhelming Odds Damage per Hero
  • Lvl 18-1 Moment of Courage Attacks To Trigger
Overwhelming Odds

Overwhelming Odds

по области, без цели

Turns the foes' numbers against them, dealing a 100% impact slow for 0.3s and damage to all enemies in the area. Damage increases with each enemy unit or hero in the area, and grants Legion Commander bonus attack speed.

Pros max it by level 7

Press The Attack

Press The Attack

на цель

Removes debuffs and disables from the target friendly unit, and grants bonus movement speed and health regen for a short time. DISPEL TYPE: Strong Dispel

Pros max it by level 15

Moment of Courage

Moment of Courage

пассивная

When attacked a number of times, Legion Commander will counter-attack her target with bonus lifesteal.

Pros max it by level 10

Outfight Them!

Outfight Them!

пассивная · innate

When Legion Commander or an allied Hero within 1200 range casts an ability, they gain bonus armor for 6s; allies gain 50% of the value. This bonus stacks independently.

Duel

Duel

на цель

Legion Commander and the target enemy hero are forced to attack each other for a short duration. Neither hero can use items, and the target enemy hero cannot use abilities. If either hero dies during the duration, the hero winning the Duel gains permanent bonus damage.

Pros max it by level 17

Aghanim's Scepter
Aghanim's ScepterUpgrades Duel.
Aghanim's Shard
Aghanim's ShardUpgrades Overwhelming Odds.
+100% Moment of Courage Lifesteal25Duel Advances Cooldown by 30s On Victory
+0.75s Duel Duration20-1 Moment of Courage Attacks To Trigger
+40 Press The Attack HP Regen15+35 Overwhelming Odds Damage per Hero
-2s Overwhelming Odds Cooldown10+1 Outfight Them! Armor

Matchups

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

All opponents · 126 →

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

Who to pick against Legion Commander: counter picks →

Benchmarks on the hero

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

Gold per minute
495573631
Experience per minute
665846981
Last hits per minute
5.16.17.3
Hero damage per minute
6198211,020

Win rate by rank

The curve is pub winrate, pick rate under each rank

pubs · OpenDota
4849505152535452.6Heraldpick 14%52.7Guardianpick 15%52.9Crusaderpick 16%53.0Archonpick 17%52.8Legendpick 16%52.2Ancientpick 15%51.2Divinepick 12%49.0Turbo

Hero at a glance

Complexity: easy

It does best in Archon (53.0% wins) and wins 49.0% of Turbo games. Hero positions in pro matches: position 3 (offlane) in 89% of games. Pros usually build Blade Mail, Blink Dagger and Black King Bar by minute 27. It struggles most against Elder Titan, Meepo and Visage and has the easiest time against Bristleback, Shadow Fiend and Weaver.

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