Arcane Bolt
на цельSkywrath Mage launches a slow-moving bolt of arcane magic, dealing damage to an enemy unit based on Skywrath Mage's intelligence.
Pros max it by level 7
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Skywrath Mage
Skywrath Mage: Ranged, position 4 (soft support), Nuker, Disabler. In patch 7.41f the hero has a 49.8% win rate in pubs and a 12.0% pick rate.
Deadly and fragile in equal measure, Skywrath Mage quickly destroys his enemies with a barrage of powerful magic. He silences foes while increasing their vulnerability to spells, meaning he has no trouble vaporizing any who stand against him.
Rangedposition 4 (soft support)NukerDisabler
49.8%Win rate · all pubs
12.0%picked in 1 of 8 games
49.8%Turbo · 246,633 games
Complexity: easy
Cheat sheet · patch 7.41f
How to play Skywrath Mage
Build and skills from 100 pro matches, STRATZ matchups and OpenDota norms
1What to build?
Start
Laning
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4′7′8′9′Core
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14′20′22′Core items in order: Arcane Boots (around minute 14), Rod of Atos (around minute 20), Kaya (around minute 22).
Full build by minute →2How to skill?
Lv 1–4
Maxed by level
lv 7
lv 10
lv 15
lv 17
11+125 Arcane Bolt Cast Range16-6s Ancient Seal Cooldown18+10% Ancient Seal Increased Magic Damage
Max Arcane Bolt, then Ancient Seal, then Concussive Shot.
Abilities and talents →3Who counters the hero?
Toughest opponents: Visage, Broodmother and Abaddon; easiest: Naga Siren, Shadow Fiend and Sand King.
All 126 opponents →4How much to farm?
374average467good612great
Half of the players on this hero farm under 374 gold per minute; the top 5% get over 612.
5Common mistakes by role
Wards dewarded fastCaught while smokedDied on a rotationFewer than 20 reviews on this hero so far, so these are guides for the support role.
Compare your Skywrath Mage 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
- Wards dewarded fastThe enemy removed half or more of your observer wards.
- 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.
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 Skywrath Mage 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 Skywrath Mage benchmark: 374 GPM for an average player, 467 for a good one.
- Timings against pros: they have Arcane Boots by minute 14, 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′35′Starting
4′85%
7′21%
8′38%
9′42%14′38%20′37%22′26%
25′38%
27′35%
31′37%
4′85%7′21%8′38%9′42%14′38%20′37%22′26%25′38%27′35%31′37%Skill build
22% of 92 pro matches
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- Lvl 11+125 Arcane Bolt Cast Range
- Lvl 16-6s Ancient Seal Cooldown
- Lvl 18+10% Ancient Seal Increased Magic Damage
Concussive Shot
без целиSkywrath Mage sets off a long range shot that hits the closest hero within a long range. Upon impact, it deals damage and slows in an area of effect.
Pros max it by level 15
Ancient Seal
на цельSkywrath Mage seals the targeted unit with an ancient rune, silencing it and causing it to take additional damage from spells.
Pros max it by level 10
Shield of the Scion
пассивная · innateEvery time Skywrath Mage deals magical damage to an enemy hero with his abilities, he gains a small magic damage barrier. Each buff stacks independently.
Mystic Flare
на точку, по областиSkywrath Mage uses his ultimate magical ability to conjure a precise and violent mystical field that lays waste to his adversaries. Deals massive damage distributed evenly among any Heroes in the area over 2 seconds.
Pros max it by level 17
Aghanim's ScepterUpgrades Mystic Flare.
Aghanim's ShardUpgrades Arcane Bolt.
+1.5x Arcane Bolt Int Multiplier25+400 Mystic Flare Damage
Global Concussive Shot20+10% Ancient Seal Increased Magic Damage
-6s Ancient Seal Cooldown15+20% Concussive Shot Slow
+1.5 Mana Regen10+125 Arcane Bolt Cast Range
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 Skywrath Mage: 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 374good 467great 612
Experience per minute
average 561good 743great 959
Last hits per minute
average 1.8good 3.4great 6.3
Hero damage per minute
average 614good 806great 1,024
Win rate by rank
The curve is pub winrate, pick rate under each rank
Hero at a glance
Complexity: easyIt does best in Herald (50.1% wins) and wins 49.8% of Turbo games. Hero positions in pro matches: position 4 (soft support) in 75% of games. Pros usually build Arcane Boots, Rod of Atos and Kaya by minute 22. It struggles most against Visage, Broodmother and Abaddon and has the easiest time against Naga Siren, Shadow Fiend and Sand King.