Frost Blast
на цель, по областиBlasts the target enemy unit with damaging frost, dealing area damage and slowing movement and attack rates for 4 seconds. The primary target receives both base and area damage.
Pros max it by level 7
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Lich: Ranged, position 5 (hard support), Nuker. In patch 7.41f the hero has a 52.5% win rate in pubs and a 10.7% pick rate.
Rangedposition 5 (hard support)Nuker
52.5%Win rate · all pubs
10.7%picked in 1 of 9 games
53.1%Turbo · 141,451 games
Cheat sheet · patch 7.41f
How to play Lich
Build and skills from 100 pro matches, STRATZ matchups and OpenDota norms
1What to build?
Start
Laning
4′
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4′6′6′9′Core
19′
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19′22′24′Core items in order: Aghanim's Shard (around minute 19), Glimmer Cape (around minute 22), Blink Dagger (around minute 24).
Full build by minute →2How to skill?
Lv 1–4
Maxed by level
lv 7
lv 10
lv 15
lv 17
11+125 Frost Blast Radius and Area Damage16+0.3s Sinister Gaze Duration18Chain Frost on Death
Max Frost Blast, then Sinister Gaze, then Frost Shield.
Abilities and talents →3Who counters the hero?
Toughest opponents: Visage, Enigma and Night Stalker; easiest: Shadow Fiend, Treant Protector and Kez.
All 126 opponents →4How much to farm?
356average416good489great
Half of the players on this hero farm under 356 gold per minute; the top 5% get over 489.
5Common mistakes by role
Died on a rotationToo few wardsDeath without informationFewer than 20 reviews on this hero so far, so these are guides for the support role.
Compare your Lich 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 support role
- Died on a rotationLeft your lane to help another one and died without getting a kill.
- Too few wardsA support placed fewer than 1.5 observer wards per 10 minutes.
- Death without informationKilled by enemies nobody could see, with no wards nearby.
- Caught aloneThe fight started on you while no ally was nearby.
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 Lich 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 Lich benchmark: 356 GPM for an average player, 416 for a good one.
- Timings against pros: they have Aghanim's Shard by minute 19, 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
4′24%
6′39%
6′24%
9′81%
9′62%
11′26%19′75%22′39%24′75%
29′27%
37′39%
4′24%6′39%6′24%9′81%9′62%11′26%19′75%22′39%24′75%29′27%37′39%Skill build
20% of 97 pro matches
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- 11T
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- 16T
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- Lvl 11+125 Frost Blast Radius and Area Damage
- Lvl 16+0.3s Sinister Gaze Duration
- Lvl 18Chain Frost on Death
Frost Shield
на цельApplies a magical frost shield around the target, reducing damage from attacks against it. While the shield is active, ice magic will affect nearby enemy units every 1 seconds, dealing minor damage and slowing them.
Pros max it by level 15
Sinister Gaze
на цель, поддерживаемаяCHANNELED - Hypnotizes an enemy unit, causing it to move towards a point between the two of you and drains a percentage of its current mana.
Pros max it by level 10
Sacrifice
на цель · innateSacrifice an allied creep to convert its current health into mana for Lich and give Lich its experience bounty.Begins the game on cooldown and with no charges.
Chain Frost
на цельReleases an orb of frost that bounces between nearby enemy units up to 10 times, slowing and damaging each time it hits. Each bounce increases the damage for the subsequent bounces. Chain Frost lingers on its last target if it fails to bounce and can bounce again if new targets become available.
Pros max it by level 17
Aghanim's ScepterUpgrades Sinister Gaze.
Aghanim's ShardGrants a new ability, Ice Spire.
Frost Shield Provides +50 HP Regen25Chain Frost Unlimited Bounces
2 Frost Shield Charges20Chain Frost on Death
+0.3s Sinister Gaze Duration15-3.5s Frost Blast Cooldown
+10% Frost Shield Damage Reduction10+125 Frost Blast Radius and Area 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 Lich: 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 356good 416great 489
Experience per minute
average 550good 710great 886
Last hits per minute
average 1.5good 2.2great 3.0
Hero damage per minute
average 475good 642great 841
Win rate by rank
The curve is pub winrate, pick rate under each rank
Hero at a glance
It does best in Herald (53.1% wins) and wins 53.1% of Turbo games. Hero positions in pro matches: position 5 (hard support) in 92% of games. Pros usually build Aghanim's Shard, Glimmer Cape and Blink Dagger by minute 24. It struggles most against Visage, Enigma and Night Stalker and has the easiest time against Shadow Fiend, Treant Protector and Kez.