Spirit Breaker: Melee, position 4 (soft support), Initiator, Disabler, Durable, Escape. In patch 7.41f the hero has a 52.1% win rate in pubs and a 17.2% pick rate.
Highly mobile and always aggressive, Spirit Breaker charges across the map to bring the fight to his enemies. With each bash of his heavy lantern, he knocks his foes senseless. His enemies may run, but with the help of a few wards, they cannot hide.
Build and skills from 100 pro matches, STRATZ matchups and OpenDota norms
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24′Core items in order: Magic Wand (around minute 13), Drum of Endurance (around minute 18), Ogre Axe (around minute 24).
Full build by minute →
Max Greater Bash, then Charge of Darkness, then Bulldoze.
Abilities and talents →Toughest opponents: Visage, Meepo and Elder Titan; easiest: Shadow Fiend, Chen and Naga Siren.
All 126 opponents →Half of the players on this hero farm under 379 gold per minute; the top 5% get over 538.
Fewer than 20 reviews on this hero so far, so these are guides for the support 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′43%
11′94%13′37%18′42%24′20%
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34′26%10% of 88 pro matches
Spirit Breaker fixes his sight on an enemy unit and starts charging through all objects, starting at 25% of the bonus speed and reaching his max speed after 1.5s.All enemy units passed through and the targeted unit will be hit by a Greater Bash. If the targeted unit dies, Spirit Breaker will change his target to the nearest enemy unit to that location.
Pros max it by level 10
Spirit Breaker gains movement speed and status resistance to ram through enemies. Can be used while charging.
Pros max it by level 15
Gives a chance to stun and knockback an enemy unit on an attack. Deals a percentage of movement speed as damage.
Pros max it by level 7
Spirit Breaker gains bonus Movement Speed for a duration whenever he stuns an enemy. Effects from multiple stuns stack and have independent durations. Duration pauses during Charge of Darkness.
Spirit Breaker slips into the nether realm, reappearing next to his hapless victim. Upon reappearing, a Greater Bash of the current level occurs and deals bonus damage. Knocks back for double the normal distance.
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 Spirit Breaker: 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 Divine (52.4% wins) and wins 48.5% of Turbo games. Hero positions in pro matches: position 4 (soft support) in 84% of games. Pros usually build Magic Wand, Drum of Endurance and Ogre Axe by minute 24. It struggles most against Visage, Meepo and Elder Titan and has the easiest time against Shadow Fiend, Chen and Naga Siren.
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