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Lone Druid

Lone Druid: Ranged, position 1 (carry), Pusher, Durable. In patch 7.41f the hero has a 49.1% win rate in pubs and a 3.0% pick rate.

Battling alongside his powerful spirit bear, Lone Druid demolishes enemy forces and structures. Switching as needed between ranged and melee attacks with his transformation, should he have enough time to arm and strengthen both himself and his companion, there is little that can stop them.

Rangedposition 1 (carry)PusherDurable
49.1%Win rate · all pubs
3.0%picked in 1 of 33 games
45.0%Turbo · 49,904 games
Complexity: hard
Cheat sheet · patch 7.41f

How to play Lone Druid

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

1What to build?

Start
Iron BranchFaerie FireOrb of BlightTangoQuelling Blade
Laning
Band of Elvenskin4′Power Treads5′
Core
Mjollnir16′Aghanim's Scepter21′Silver Edge28′

Core items in order: Mjollnir (around minute 16), Aghanim's Scepter (around minute 21), Silver Edge (around minute 28).

Full build by minute →

2Who counters the hero?

Toughest opponents: Visage, Leshrac and Ring Master; easiest: Faceless Void, Beastmaster and Timbersaw.

All 121 opponents →

3How much to farm?

726886927

Half of the players on this hero farm under 726 gold per minute; the top 5% get over 927.

4Common mistakes by role

Holding goldSlow farmFarming without vision

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

AI coach

Compare your Lone Druid 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 carry 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 Lone Druid 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 Lone Druid benchmark: 726 GPM for an average player, 886 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.
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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 · 58.0% wins · OpenDota
0′5′10′15′20′25′30′35′40′45′50′
Iron Branch · 100%Faerie Fire · 87%Orb of Blight · 68%Tango · 34%Quelling Blade · 29%
Starting
Band of Elvenskin4′98%
Power Treads5′99%
Mjollnir16′95%
Aghanim's Scepter21′95%
Silver Edge28′74%
Aghanim's Shard28′83%
Demon Edge30′21%
Black King Bar31′67%
Butterfly36′40%
Aghanim's Blessing44′21%
Entangle

Entangle

на точку, по области

Allows Lone Druid to Entangle enemies once they gain 5 stacks. Entangled enemies are rooted and take damage over time.When cast, applies 2 stacks to each enemy hero in the area and 5 stacks to enemy creeps. Also empowers Lone Druid for 10s, making him apply 1 stack with each attack on enemy heroes. Enemies cannot gain stacks while Entangled.Leveling this ability also levels Spirit Bear's Entangling Claws ability.

Spirit Link

Spirit Link

пассивная

Links Lone Druid and the Spirit Bear, increasing their movement speed as well as sharing a percentage of their lifesteal with each other.

Savage Roar

Savage Roar

без цели

Lone Druid and the Spirit Bear roar fiercely causing nearby enemies to flee towards their base in terror. Their movement speed is increased by 20%.

Summon Spirit Bear

Summon Spirit Bear

без цели · innate

Summons a powerful Spirit Bear companion that can equip items.If the bear moves 1100 distance away from the Lone Druid, it cannot attack. Lone Druid suffers 20% of his max health as backlash damage if the Spirit Bear dies. Spirit Bear has Demolish, Return, Entangling Claws, Savage Roar, and Spirit Link abilities.

True Form

True Form

без цели

Lone Druid morphs himself into a raging bear, losing his ranged advantage, but gaining bonus armor, bonus health, and bonus attack damage.

Aghanim's Scepter
Aghanim's ScepterUpgrades Entangle.
Aghanim's Shard
Aghanim's ShardUpgrades Savage Roar.
True Form provides 70% Slow Resistance25+0.6s Entangle Root Duration
+125 Savage Roar Radius20+55 Attack Speed
-4s Savage Roar Cooldown15+12 Agility
+5s True Form Duration10+20 Entangle Root Damage Per Second

Matchups

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

All opponents · 121 →

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

Who to pick against Lone Druid: counter picks →

Benchmarks on the hero

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

Gold per minute
726886927
Experience per minute
7418801,008
Last hits per minute
11.113.915.9
Hero damage per minute
6018921,069

Win rate by rank

The curve is pub winrate, pick rate under each rank

pubs · OpenDota
444546474849505148.3Heraldpick 3%49.0Guardianpick 3%49.4Crusaderpick 3%48.5Archonpick 3%49.0Legendpick 3%49.8Ancientpick 3%49.4Divinepick 3%45.0Turbo

Hero at a glance

Complexity: hard

It does best in Ancient (49.8% wins) and wins 45.0% of Turbo games. Hero positions in pro matches: position 1 (carry) in 100% of games. Pros usually build Mjollnir, Aghanim's Scepter and Silver Edge by minute 28. It struggles most against Visage, Leshrac and Ring Master and has the easiest time against Faceless Void, Beastmaster and Timbersaw.

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