Silencer: Ranged, position 5 (hard support), Disabler, Initiator, Nuker. In patch 7.41f the hero has a 50.6% win rate in pubs and a 10.2% pick rate.
Silencer changes the dynamic of every battle when he shuts down the enemy's ability to cast their spells. As he cuts his foes to ribbons with his glaive, he steals their intelligence to add to his own, ensuring his foes are always at a disadvantage.
Build and skills from 100 pro matches, STRATZ matchups and OpenDota norms
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27′Core items in order: Arcane Boots (around minute 13), Force Staff (around minute 24), Glimmer Cape (around minute 27).
Full build by minute →
Max Arcane Curse, then Last Word, then Glaives of Wisdom.
Abilities and talents →Toughest opponents: Marci, Enigma and Lycan; easiest: Bristleback, Timbersaw and Storm Spirit.
All 125 opponents →Half of the players on this hero farm under 358 gold per minute; the top 5% get over 593.
Fewer than 20 reviews on this hero so far, so these are guides for the support role.
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38′29%25% of 76 pro matches
Curses the target area, dealing damage and causing enemies to take damage over time and slowing their movement speed.Anytime affected enemies cast a spell, the duration is increased. The duration is paused as long as the target is silenced.
Pros max it by level 7
Silencer enchants his glaives with his wisdom, stealing his target's Intelligence with each hit and dealing additional damage based on his Intelligence.
Pros max it by level 15
Enchants a target, providing vision of them and causing them to be damaged and silenced if they cast a spell or if the enchantment timer expires. Deals extra damage based on the difference in intelligence between Silencer and the target.
Pros max it by level 10
Silencer takes less damage from and deals more damage to silenced targets.If an enemy Hero dies within 925 range of Silencer or was debuffed by Silencer at the time of death, Silencer permanently steals 1 Intelligence from them. If the victim was silenced, steal an extra 1 Intelligence.
Silencer stops all sound, preventing enemy heroes and units on the map from casting spells.
Pros max it by level 17
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 Silencer: 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 (53.4% wins) and wins 51.9% of Turbo games. Hero positions in pro matches: position 5 (hard support) in 81% of games. Pros usually build Arcane Boots, Force Staff and Glimmer Cape by minute 27. It struggles most against Marci, Enigma and Lycan and has the easiest time against Bristleback, Timbersaw and Storm Spirit.
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