Telekinesis
на цельRubick uses his telekinetic powers to lift the enemy into the air briefly and then hurls them back at the ground. The unit lands on the ground with such force that it stuns nearby enemies.
Pros max it by level 15
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Rubick
Rubick: Ranged, position 4 (soft support), Disabler, Nuker. In patch 7.41f the hero has a 49.4% win rate in pubs and a 19.3% pick rate.
Always seeking a new spell to steal, Rubick is ever eager to turn an enemy's most unique advantage against them. Snatching his enemies into the air to fling them where he will, he has no trouble sowing chaos among careless foes.
Rangedposition 4 (soft support)DisablerNuker
49.4%Win rate · all pubs
19.3%picked in 1 of 5 games
49.5%Turbo · 428,946 games
Complexity: hard
Cheat sheet · patch 7.41f
How to play Rubick
Build and skills from 100 pro matches, STRATZ matchups and OpenDota norms
1What to build?
Start
Laning
5′
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5′8′10′Core
13′
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13′14′16′Core items in order: Arcane Boots (around minute 13), Wind Lace (around minute 14), Essence Distiller (around minute 16).
Full build by minute →2How to skill?
Lv 1–4
Maxed by level
lv 7
lv 10
lv 15
lv 17
11+200 Health16-4s Fade Bolt Cooldown18Telekinesis Landing Deals 300 Damage
Max Fade Bolt, then Arcane Supremacy, then Telekinesis.
Abilities and talents →3Who counters the hero?
Toughest opponents: Visage, Meepo and Dazzle; easiest: Underlord, Shadow Fiend and Jakiro.
All 126 opponents →4How much to farm?
384average466good604great
Half of the players on this hero farm under 384 gold per minute; the top 5% get over 604.
5Common mistakes by role
Caught while smokedDied on a rotationToo few wardsFewer than 20 reviews on this hero so far, so these are guides for the support role.
Compare your Rubick 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
- Caught while smokedYour team smoked up and lost more heroes than it killed.
- 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.
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 Rubick 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 Rubick benchmark: 384 GPM for an average player, 466 for a good one.
- Timings against pros: they have Arcane Boots 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.
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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′Starting
5′68%
8′29%
10′73%13′36%14′33%16′67%
25′74%
27′61%
5′68%8′29%10′73%13′36%14′33%16′67%25′74%27′61%Skill build
67% of 97 pro matches
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- Lvl 11+200 Health
- Lvl 16-4s Fade Bolt Cooldown
- Lvl 18Telekinesis Landing Deals 300 Damage
Fade Bolt
на цельRubick creates a powerful stream of arcane energy that travels between enemy units, dealing damage and reducing their attack and spell damage. Each jump deals less damage.
Pros max it by level 7
Arcane Supremacy
пассивнаяRubick's mastery of the arcane allows him to have a larger cast range and bonus spell amplification.
Pros max it by level 10
Spell Steal
на цельRubick studies the trace magical essence of one enemy hero, learning the secrets of the last spell the hero cast. Rubick can use this spell as his own for several minutes or until he dies.
Pros max it by level 17
Curiosity
пассивная · innateRubick gains 1 stack of Curiosity per level that grants him 1 base damage, 0.3% Buff/Debuff Duration, and 2 AOE Bonus. If Rubick sees an enemy Hero cast an ability within 1200 distance of him, he gains 2 Curiosity for 20 seconds. If an enemy Hero dies while Rubick has Curiosity from them and he damaged them in the last 3 seconds, he gains 1 Curiosity permanently.
Aghanim's ScepterUpgrades Spell Steal.
Aghanim's ShardUpgrades Telekinesis.
1.5x Curiosity Bonuses25+40% Spell Amp For Stolen Spells
+12% Fade Bolt Damage Reduction20Telekinesis Landing Deals 300 Damage
-40% Stolen Spells Mana Cost15-4s Fade Bolt Cooldown
-2s Telekinesis Cooldown10+200 Health
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 Rubick: 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 384good 466great 604
Experience per minute
average 564good 729great 927
Last hits per minute
average 2.3good 3.6great 6.5
Hero damage per minute
average 497good 631great 861
Win rate by rank
The curve is pub winrate, pick rate under each rank
Hero at a glance
Complexity: hardIt does best in Divine (49.8% wins) and wins 49.5% of Turbo games. Hero positions in pro matches: position 4 (soft support) in 83% of games. Pros usually build Arcane Boots, Wind Lace and Essence Distiller by minute 16. It struggles most against Visage, Meepo and Dazzle and has the easiest time against Underlord, Shadow Fiend and Jakiro.