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Storm Spirit

Storm Spirit: Ranged, position 2 (mid), Escape, Nuker, Initiator, Disabler. In patch 7.41f the hero has a 46.6% win rate in pubs and a 5.6% pick rate.

Storm Spirit is never one to miss a fight. Zipping from across the battlefield in a bolt of lightning, he strikes enemies from every direction with exploding remnants and charged attacks, then disappears while his enemies are still scrambling to react.

Rangedposition 2 (mid)EscapeNukerInitiatorDisabler
46.6%Win rate · all pubs
5.6%picked in 1 of 18 games
47.6%Turbo · 121,203 games
Complexity: medium
Cheat sheet · patch 7.41f

How to play Storm Spirit

Build and skills from 100 pro matches, STRATZ matchups and OpenDota norms

1What to build?

Start
Iron BranchTangoFaerie FireObserver Ward
Laning
Bottle1′Magic Wand4′Infused Raindrops5′Soul Ring7′
Core
Kaya14′Witch Blade18′Kaya and Sange22′

Core items in order: Kaya (around minute 14), Witch Blade (around minute 18), Kaya and Sange (around minute 22).

Full build by minute →

2How to skill?

Lv 1–4Static RemnantOverloadStatic RemnantOverload
Maxed by level
Static Remnant
lv 7
Overload
lv 10
Electric Vortex
lv 15
Ball Lightning
lv 17
11+1.5 Mana Regen16+60 Static Remnant Damage18-1.25s Static Remnant Cooldown

Max Static Remnant, then Overload, then Electric Vortex.

Abilities and talents →

3Who counters the hero?

Toughest opponents: Enigma, Visage and Broodmother; easiest: Elder Titan, Pangolier and Nature's Prophet.

All 124 opponents →

4How much to farm?

605708813

Half of the players on this hero farm under 605 gold per minute; the top 5% get over 813.

5Common mistakes by role

Aegis without buildingsKey spell not used in the fightMissed fights

Fewer than 20 reviews on this hero so far, so these are guides for the mid and offlane role.

AI coach

Compare your Storm Spirit match with this cheat sheet

The coach shows on the map where you fell behind the pros on items and where you died.

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Mistake guides for the mid and offlane role

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 Storm Spirit 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 Storm Spirit benchmark: 605 GPM for an average player, 708 for a good one.
  • Timings against pros: they have Kaya 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.

100 pro matches · 47.0% wins · OpenDota
0′5′10′15′20′25′30′35′40′45′
Iron Branch · 99%Tango · 98%Faerie Fire · 96%Observer Ward · 91%
Starting
Bottle1′95%
Magic Wand4′95%
Infused Raindrops5′49%
Soul Ring7′74%
Power Treads8′91%
Kaya14′27%
Witch Blade18′58%
Kaya and Sange22′84%
Black King Bar25′79%
Sage's Mask26′41%
Linken's Sphere31′30%
Parasma32′58%
Aghanim's Shard41′29%

Skill build

40% of 99 pro matches

All abilities and talents →
  1. 1Static Remnant
  2. 2Overload
  3. 3Static Remnant
  4. 4Overload
  5. 5Static Remnant
  6. 6Ball Lightning
  7. 7Static Remnant
  8. 8Electric Vortex
  9. 9Overload
  10. 10Overload
  11. 11T
  12. 12Electric Vortex
  13. 13Ball Lightning
  14. 14Electric Vortex
  15. 15Electric Vortex
  16. 16T
  17. 17Ball Lightning
  18. 18T
  • Lvl 11+1.5 Mana Regen
  • Lvl 16+60 Static Remnant Damage
  • Lvl 18-1.25s Static Remnant Cooldown
Static Remnant

Static Remnant

без цели

Creates an explosively charged image of Storm Spirit that walks to the target position and lasts for 12 seconds. Will detonate and deal damage if an enemy unit comes near it.

Pros max it by level 7

Electric Vortex

Electric Vortex

на цель

A vortex that pulls an enemy unit to Storm Spirit's location.

Pros max it by level 15

Overload

Overload

пассивная

Casting a spell creates an electrical charge, which is released in a burst on Storm's next attack, dealing damage and slowing nearby enemies.

Pros max it by level 10

Ball Lightning

Ball Lightning

на точку

Storm Spirit becomes volatile electricity, charging across the battlefield until he depletes his mana or reaches his target. The activation mana cost is 25+7.5% of his total mana pool, and the cost per 100 units traveled is 10+0.65% of his total mana pool. Damage is expressed in damage per 100 units traveled.

Pros max it by level 17

Galvanized

Galvanized

пассивная · innate

Storm Spirit gains a charge of 0.2 mana regeneration per kill, and a charge every 3 levels. Loses 2 charges per death. Additionally every time he gains a charge he also gains 0.1 Mana Regen permanently.

Aghanim's Scepter
Aghanim's ScepterUpgrades Electric Vortex.
Aghanim's Shard
Aghanim's ShardUpgrades Overload.
2x Overload Attack Bounce25450 Distance Auto Remnant in Ball Lightning
+0.2s Electric Vortex Duration20-1.25s Static Remnant Cooldown
+250 Health15+60 Static Remnant Damage
+25/25% Overload Attack/Movement Speed Slow10+1.5 Mana Regen

Matchups

Hero winrate against each opponent, circle size is the number of games

All opponents · 124 →

Hero win rate against the opponent, Divine+Immortal over the past week, STRATZ.

Who to pick against Storm Spirit: counter picks →

Benchmarks on the hero

Average beats half of the players on this hero, good beats 80%, great beats 95%.

Gold per minute
605708813
Experience per minute
8351,1211,277
Last hits per minute
7.59.010.9
Hero damage per minute
7261,0161,319

Win rate by rank

The curve is pub winrate, pick rate under each rank

pubs · OpenDota
45464748495046.3Heraldpick 6%47.2Guardianpick 6%47.1Crusaderpick 6%46.1Archonpick 5%46.4Legendpick 5%46.9Ancientpick 6%46.5Divinepick 6%47.6Turbo

Hero at a glance

Complexity: medium

It does best in Guardian (47.2% wins) and wins 47.6% of Turbo games. Hero positions in pro matches: position 2 (mid) in 95% of games. Pros usually build Kaya, Witch Blade and Kaya and Sange by minute 22. It struggles most against Enigma, Visage and Broodmother and has the easiest time against Elder Titan, Pangolier and Nature's Prophet.

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