Spectre: Melee, position 1 (carry), Durable, Escape. In patch 7.41f the hero has a 52.9% win rate in pubs and a 9.4% pick rate.
Spectre haunts her enemies wherever they may be. Able to destroy lone prey with ease, she spreads her presence throughout the battlefield to choose her target. Once she has gathered her strength, none can escape her terrible wrath.
Build and skills from 100 pro matches, STRATZ matchups and OpenDota norms
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33′Core items in order: Radiance (around minute 18), Manta Style (around minute 25), Eye of Skadi (around minute 33).
Full build by minute →
Max Spectral Dagger, then Dispersion, then Shadow Step.
Abilities and talents →Toughest opponents: Meepo, Largo and Medusa; easiest: Shadow Fiend, Templar Assassin and Drow Ranger.
All 125 opponents →Half of the players on this hero farm under 640 gold per minute; the top 5% get over 826.
Fewer than 20 reviews on this hero so far, so these are guides for the carry role.
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Minute is the median first purchase, percent is the share of matches with the item.
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40′24%34% of 96 pro matches
Spectre flings a dagger to draw a Shadow Path, dealing damage and slowing the movement speed of any enemies along the trail. Units hit by the dagger also trail a Shadow Path. While treading the path, Spectre moves faster and phases through otherwise impassable terrain.
Pros max it by level 7
Sends an uncontrollable illusion at a target that follows and attacks the target.The Reality sub-ability may be used to teleport to the illusion, destroying it.
Pros max it by level 15
Spectre disperses part of the damage dealt to her, reflecting it to all nearby enemies. The effect lessens with distance.
Pros max it by level 10
Spectre and her illusions deal bonus Pure damage if attacking an enemy that does not have any allied units within a 350 radius around them.
Creates a spectral nemesis to haunt all enemy Heroes.Haunt illusions are uncontrollable, take extra damage, and deal less damage than Spectre herself. They ignore terrain.The Reality sub-ability may be used to teleport to the illusion, destroying it.
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 Spectre: 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 (54.6% wins) and wins 55.5% of Turbo games. Hero positions in pro matches: position 1 (carry) in 98% of games. Pros usually build Radiance, Manta Style and Eye of Skadi by minute 33. It struggles most against Meepo, Largo and Medusa and has the easiest time against Shadow Fiend, Templar Assassin and Drow Ranger.
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