Shockwave
на цель, на точкуMagnus sends out a wave of force, damaging enemy units in a line, pulling them towards him, and slowing them for a brief period.
Pros max it by level 7
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Magnus: Melee, position 3 (offlane), position 2 (mid), Initiator, Disabler, Nuker, Escape. In patch 7.41f the hero has a 49.2% win rate in pubs and a 10.8% pick rate.
Enemies who are foolish enough to gather learn to fear the horn of Magnus. Able to pull nearby foes together, he can batter them with empowered attacks or skewer them with his horn to bring them before his merciless allies.
Meleeposition 3 (offlane)position 2 (mid)InitiatorDisablerNukerEscape
49.2%Win rate · all pubs
10.8%picked in 1 of 9 games
47.3%Turbo · 205,484 games
Complexity: medium
Cheat sheet · patch 7.41f
How to play Magnus
Build and skills from 100 pro matches, STRATZ matchups and OpenDota norms
1What to build?
Start
Laning
2′
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2′3′3′5′Core
13′
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13′25′25′Core items in order: Blink Dagger (around minute 13), Black King Bar (around minute 25), Harpoon (around minute 25).
Full build by minute →2How to skill?
Lv 1–4
Maxed by level
lv 7
lv 9
lv 15
lv 17
11+1.25s Skewer Slow Duration16-5s Skewer Cooldown18+125 Shockwave Damage
Max Shockwave, then Skewer, then Empower.
Abilities and talents →3Who counters the hero?
Toughest opponents: Visage, Enigma and Leshrac; easiest: Shadow Fiend, Drow Ranger and Underlord.
All 126 opponents →4How much to farm?
454average551good638great
Half of the players on this hero farm under 454 gold per minute; the top 5% get over 638.
5Common mistakes by role
Enemy took the runesAegis without buildingsKey spell not used in the fightFewer than 20 reviews on this hero so far, so these are guides for the mid and offlane role.
Compare your Magnus 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 mid and offlane role
- Enemy took the runesIn mid your opponent took two or more power or water runes than you.
- Aegis without buildingsYour team took Roshan but broke no building during the 5 minutes of Aegis.
- Key spell not used in the fightYour ultimate, BKB or another key ability was never used in the fight.
- Missed fightsAlive and close, but never joined your team's fight.
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 Magnus 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 Magnus benchmark: 454 GPM for an average player, 551 for a good one.
- Timings against pros: they have Blink Dagger 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.
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′Starting
2′23%
3′45%
3′23%
5′60%
7′80%
13′96%25′54%25′46%
28′24%
29′22%
2′23%3′45%3′23%5′60%7′80%13′96%25′54%25′46%28′24%29′22%Skill build
11% of 84 pro matches
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- 11T
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- Lvl 11+1.25s Skewer Slow Duration
- Lvl 16-5s Skewer Cooldown
- Lvl 18+125 Shockwave Damage
Empower
на цельWhen cast on an ally, grants them bonus damage and cleave on attack. Empower is always on Magnus with 30% larger bonus.
Pros max it by level 15
Skewer
на точкуMagnus rushes forward, goring enemy units on his massive tusk. Heroes hit on the way will be dragged to the destination, then damaged and affected by slowed movement speed. The damage is increased based on distance traveled.
Pros max it by level 9
Solid Core
пассивная · innateMagnus has increased slow resistance and suffers less knockback from enemy's abilities and items.
Reverse Polarity
без целиMagnus changes properties of matter, pulling all nearby enemies in front of him and stunning them with a damaging slam.
Pros max it by level 17
Aghanim's ScepterGrants a new ability, Horn Toss.
Aghanim's ShardUpgrades Skewer.
Shockwave Returns to Magnus25+0.8s Reverse Polarity Stun Duration
+125 Shockwave Damage20+15% Skewer Damage Per Distance Travelled
+14 All Attributes per hero hit with Reverse Polarity15-5s Skewer Cooldown
+1.5 Mana Regen10+1.25s Skewer Slow Duration
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 Magnus: 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 454good 551great 638
Experience per minute
average 650good 818great 1,013
Last hits per minute
average 4.9good 6.8great 9.0
Hero damage per minute
average 440good 584great 751
Win rate by rank
The curve is pub winrate, pick rate under each rank
Hero at a glance
Complexity: mediumIt does best in Divine (50.0% wins) and wins 47.3% of Turbo games. Hero positions in pro matches: position 3 (offlane) in 48% of games and position 2 (mid) in 27% of games. Pros usually build Blink Dagger, Black King Bar and Harpoon by minute 25. It struggles most against Visage, Enigma and Leshrac and has the easiest time against Shadow Fiend, Drow Ranger and Underlord.