Shadow Strike
на цельHurls a poisoned dagger which deals large initial damage, and then deals damage over time. The poisoned unit has its movement speed slowed for 16 seconds. An instance of damage is dealt every 3 seconds.
Pros max it by level 15
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Queen of Pain
Queen of Pain: Ranged, position 2 (mid), Nuker, Escape. In patch 7.41f the hero has a 47.6% win rate in pubs and a 8.5% pick rate.
Queen of Pain strikes without warning, destroying gathered foes with deafening screams. Should an enemy survive her onslaught, she slows their escape with a throw of her dagger before finishing them off.
Rangedposition 2 (mid)NukerEscape
47.6%Win rate · all pubs
8.5%picked in 1 of 12 games
45.9%Turbo · 145,454 games
Complexity: medium
Cheat sheet · patch 7.41f
How to play Queen of Pain
Build and skills from 100 pro matches, STRATZ matchups and OpenDota norms
1What to build?
Start
Laning
2′
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2′4′4′5′Core
13′
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13′22′23′Core items in order: Kaya (around minute 13), Kaya and Sange (around minute 22), Aghanim's Scepter (around minute 23).
Full build by minute →2How to skill?
Lv 1–4
Maxed by level
lv 7
lv 9
lv 15
lv 17
10+7 Strength16-1s Shadow Strike Damage Interval18+115 Scream of Pain Damage
Max Scream Of Pain, then Blink, then Shadow Strike.
Abilities and talents →3Who counters the hero?
Toughest opponents: Leshrac, Bloodseeker and Bounty Hunter; easiest: Timbersaw, Batrider and Beastmaster.
All 125 opponents →4How much to farm?
579average693good786great
Half of the players on this hero farm under 579 gold per minute; the top 5% get over 786.
5Common mistakes by role
No TP to defendLost laneDeath streakFewer than 20 reviews on this hero so far, so these are guides for the mid and offlane role.
Compare your Queen of Pain 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
- No TP to defendThe enemy was taking a building, your TP was ready, and you stayed put.
- Lost laneFell behind your lane opponent in last hits and gold by the end of laning.
- Death streakDied three times in a row almost without a break, or right after respawning.
- Died with gold in pocketDied while holding enough gold for a whole item.
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 Queen of Pain 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 Queen of Pain benchmark: 579 GPM for an average player, 693 for a good one.
- Timings against pros: they have Kaya 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′40′45′Starting
2′97%
4′95%
4′50%
5′58%
6′41%
9′93%13′48%22′74%23′75%
28′60%
30′60%
33′42%
41′35%
42′28%
2′97%4′95%4′50%5′58%6′41%9′93%13′48%22′74%23′75%28′60%30′60%33′42%41′35%42′28%Skill build
16% of 99 pro matches
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- Lvl 10+7 Strength
- Lvl 16-1s Shadow Strike Damage Interval
- Lvl 18+115 Scream of Pain Damage
Blink
на точкуShort distance teleportation that allows Queen of Pain to move in and out of combat.
Pros max it by level 9
Scream Of Pain
без целиThe Queen of Pain lets loose a piercing scream around her, damaging nearby enemies.25% of the damage dealt to heroes is reflected back to her.
Pros max it by level 7
Succubus
пассивная · innateAll sources of Spell Lifesteal also apply to Pure Damage. Queen of Pain gains Spell Lifesteal that increases with proximity to her enemies. Lifesteal is at its maximum when the enemy is 150 units or closer to her and at its minimum when the enemy is 800 units or further from her.
Sonic Wave
на точкуCreates a gigantic wave of sound in front of Queen of Pain, dealing heavy damage to all enemy units in its wake and pushing them back.
Pros max it by level 17
Aghanim's ScepterUpgrades Shadow Strike.
Aghanim's ShardUpgrades Blink.
-2s Blink Cooldown25+250 Sonic Wave Damage
+115 Scream of Pain Damage20-45s Sonic Wave Cooldown
-1s Shadow Strike Damage Interval15+30 Damage
+35 Attack Speed against Shadow Striked units10+7 Strength
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 Queen of Pain: 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 579good 693great 786
Experience per minute
average 792good 1,060great 1,244
Last hits per minute
average 7.0good 8.8great 9.9
Hero damage per minute
average 814good 1,066great 1,445
Win rate by rank
The curve is pub winrate, pick rate under each rank
Hero at a glance
Complexity: mediumIt does best in Guardian (48.4% wins) and wins 45.9% of Turbo games. Hero positions in pro matches: position 2 (mid) in 98% of games. Pros usually build Kaya, Kaya and Sange and Aghanim's Scepter by minute 23. It struggles most against Leshrac, Bloodseeker and Bounty Hunter and has the easiest time against Timbersaw, Batrider and Beastmaster.