Timbersaw: Melee, position 3 (offlane), Nuker, Durable, Escape. In patch 7.41f the hero has a 45.5% win rate in pubs and a 6.2% pick rate.
Elusive and unpredictable, Timbersaw chops through the forest to face his foes. Unleashing an arsenal of saw blades to cut enemies to pieces, he rides his chain into nearby trees and batters foes along the way.
Build and skills from 100 pro matches, STRATZ matchups and OpenDota norms
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22′Core items in order: Kaya and Sange (around minute 17), Lotus Orb (around minute 21), Blink Dagger (around minute 22).
Full build by minute →
Max Whirling Death, then Timber Chain, then Reactive Armor.
Abilities and talents →Toughest opponents: Bloodseeker, Outworld Devourer and Pugna; easiest: Shadow Fiend, Drow Ranger and Nature's Prophet.
All 125 opponents →Half of the players on this hero farm under 578 gold per minute; the top 5% get over 777.
Fewer than 20 reviews on this hero so far, so these are guides for the mid and offlane role.
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Minute is the median first purchase, percent is the share of matches with the item.
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5′88%
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8′27%
8′99%
17′91%21′25%22′62%
24′73%
30′58%
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31′41%
42′24%33% of 97 pro matches
Timbersaw whirls extremely sharp edges, damaging enemies and destroying trees around him in an area. If an enemy hero is affected, it loses some of its primary attribute for a short duration. Whirling Death will deal bonus damage per tree destroyed.
Pros max it by level 7
Timbersaw fires a chain that embeds itself in the first tree it hits, pulling him towards it. Any enemy in the path takes damage.
Pros max it by level 12
Each time Timbersaw is attacked, he gains increased health regen and armor. Hero attacks are counted as 4x the amount.
Pros max it by level 15
Fires Timbersaw's main saw blade at the target location where it will spin in place, dealing damage in an area around it. Enemies caught in the saw blade will move more slowly for every 5% of health missing. The blade deals damage and cuts down trees in its path when fired and retracted. While active the ability costs mana, and Timbersaw loses the ability to attack.
Pros max it by level 17
Whenever Timbersaw destroys a tree, he gains mana.
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 Timbersaw: counter picks →Average beats half of the players on this hero, good beats 80%, great beats 95%.
The curve is pub winrate, pick rate under each rank
It does best in Herald (47.4% wins) and wins 47.1% of Turbo games. Hero positions in pro matches: position 3 (offlane) in 86% of games. Pros usually build Kaya and Sange, Lotus Orb and Blink Dagger by minute 22. It struggles most against Bloodseeker, Outworld Devourer and Pugna and has the easiest time against Shadow Fiend, Drow Ranger and Nature's Prophet.
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