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Oracle: Ranged, position 5 (hard support), Nuker, Disabler, Escape. In patch 7.41f the hero has a 49.5% win rate in pubs and a 3.9% pick rate.

By carefully combining his intricate abilities, Oracle controls the destinies of both friend and foe. Shrouding threatened allies with his false promise, he can grant an ally a few precious moments of protection to destroy an enemy, or even reverse a grisly fate.

Rangedposition 5 (hard support)NukerDisablerEscape
49.5%Win rate · all pubs
3.9%picked in 1 of 26 games
47.2%Turbo · 71,449 games
Complexity: hard
Cheat sheet · patch 7.41f

How to play Oracle

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

1What to build?

Start
TangoBlood GrenadeIron BranchMagic StickSmoke of DeceitSentry Ward
Laning
Infused Raindrops5′Boots of Speed6′Magic Wand8′Wind Lace12′
Core
Arcane Boots12′Blink Dagger24′Glimmer Cape26′

Core items in order: Arcane Boots (around minute 12), Blink Dagger (around minute 24), Glimmer Cape (around minute 26).

Full build by minute →

2How to skill?

Lv 1–4Fortune's EndPurifying FlamesPurifying FlamesFate's Edict
Maxed by level
Purifying Flames
lv 7
Fortune's End
lv 10
Fate's Edict
lv 15
False Promise
lv 17
11+8 Armor False Promise16+100 Fortune's End Radius18-20s False Promise Cooldown

Max Purifying Flames, then Fortune's End, then Fate's Edict.

Abilities and talents →

3Who counters the hero?

Toughest opponents: Meepo, Lone Druid and Marci; easiest: Storm Spirit, Drow Ranger and Mars.

All 124 opponents →

4How much to farm?

322364414

Half of the players on this hero farm under 322 gold per minute; the top 5% get over 414.

5Common mistakes by role

Died on a rotationToo few wardsDeath without information

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

AI coach

Compare your Oracle 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 support 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 Oracle 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 Oracle benchmark: 322 GPM for an average player, 364 for a good one.
  • Timings against pros: they have Arcane Boots by minute 12, 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 · 42.0% wins · OpenDota
0′5′10′15′20′25′30′35′
Tango · 100%Blood Grenade · 92%Iron Branch · 75%Magic Stick · 64%Smoke of Deceit · 58%Sentry Ward · 51%
Starting
Infused Raindrops5′22%
Boots of Speed6′26%
Magic Wand8′84%
Wind Lace12′21%
Arcane Boots12′80%
Blink Dagger24′65%
Glimmer Cape26′25%
Ghost Scepter29′36%
Aether Lens30′29%
Gem of True Sight32′20%

Skill build

39% of 93 pro matches

All abilities and talents →
  1. 1Fortune's End
  2. 2Purifying Flames
  3. 3Purifying Flames
  4. 4Fate's Edict
  5. 5Purifying Flames
  6. 6False Promise
  7. 7Purifying Flames
  8. 8Fortune's End
  9. 9Fortune's End
  10. 10Fortune's End
  11. 11T
  12. 12Fate's Edict
  13. 13False Promise
  14. 14Fate's Edict
  15. 15Fate's Edict
  16. 16T
  17. 17False Promise
  18. 18T
  • Lvl 11+8 Armor False Promise
  • Lvl 16+100 Fortune's End Radius
  • Lvl 18-20s False Promise Cooldown
Fortune's End

Fortune's End

на цель, по области, поддерживаемая

CHANNELED - Gathers Oracle's power into a bolt of scouring energy that, when released, damages, roots, and dispels enemies of buffs in an area around the target. If target is an ally it will only dispel debuffs. The root duration increases with channeling time. DISPEL TYPE: Basic Dispel

Pros max it by level 10

Fate's Edict

Fate's Edict

на цель

Oracle enraptures a target, disarming them and granting them 100% magic damage resistance.

Pros max it by level 15

Purifying Flames

Purifying Flames

на цель

Burns away impurities, dealing heavy magic damage to the target before causing them to regenerate health over time. The amount of health regenerated over its duration exceeds the amount of initial damage. Can be cast on enemies and allies.

Pros max it by level 7

False Promise

False Promise

на цель

Temporarily alters an ally's destiny, delaying any healing or damage taken until False Promise ends. Any healing that is delayed by False Promise is amplified. Removes most negative status effects and disables on initial cast. DISPEL TYPE: Strong Dispel

Pros max it by level 17

Prognosticate

Prognosticate

пассивная · innate

Oracle will predict and announce to allies, where the next power rune will spawn (top or bottom) as well as Roshan's exact respawn time.

Aghanim's Shard
Aghanim's ShardGrants a new ability, Rain of Destiny.
Fortune's End constantly Dispels25+1.5s False Promise Duration
-20s False Promise Cooldown20-1s Purifying Flames Cooldown
+100 Fortune's End Radius15+25% Purifying Flames Enemy Damage
+0.5s Fortune's End Duration10+8 Armor False Promise

Matchups

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

All opponents · 124 →

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

Who to pick against Oracle: counter picks →

Benchmarks on the hero

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

Gold per minute
322364414
Experience per minute
474585723
Last hits per minute
1.11.52.1
Hero damage per minute
243332458

Win rate by rank

The curve is pub winrate, pick rate under each rank

pubs · OpenDota
43454749515344.9Heraldpick 3%47.9Guardianpick 3%48.0Crusaderpick 3%49.2Archonpick 4%49.8Legendpick 4%50.7Ancientpick 5%52.1Divinepick 5%47.2Turbo

Hero at a glance

Complexity: hard

It does best in Divine (52.1% wins) and wins 47.2% of Turbo games. Hero positions in pro matches: position 5 (hard support) in 89% of games. Pros usually build Arcane Boots, Blink Dagger and Glimmer Cape by minute 26. It struggles most against Meepo, Lone Druid and Marci and has the easiest time against Storm Spirit, Drow Ranger and Mars.

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