Storm Hammer
на цель, по областиSven unleashes his magical gauntlet that deals damage and stuns enemy units in a small area around the target.
Pros max it by level 10
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Sven
Sven: Melee, position 1 (carry), Disabler, Initiator, Durable, Nuker. In patch 7.41f the hero has a 51.3% win rate in pubs and a 10.9% pick rate.
Meleeposition 1 (carry)DisablerInitiatorDurableNuker
51.3%Win rate · all pubs
10.9%picked in 1 of 9 games
50.5%Turbo · 162,200 games
Cheat sheet · patch 7.41f
How to play Sven
Build and skills from 100 pro matches, STRATZ matchups and OpenDota norms
1What to build?
Start
Laning
6′
10′
6′10′Core
14′
16′
22′
14′16′22′Core items in order: Echo Sabre (around minute 14), Blink Dagger (around minute 16), Black King Bar (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+5s Warcry Duration16-12s God's Strength Cooldown18+8 Warcry Armor
Max Great Cleave, then Storm Hammer, then Warcry.
Abilities and talents →3Who counters the hero?
Toughest opponents: Visage, Treant Protector and Omniknight; easiest: Drow Ranger, Storm Spirit and Muerta.
All 126 opponents →4How much to farm?
745average843good931great
Half of the players on this hero farm under 745 gold per minute; the top 5% get over 931.
5Common mistakes by role
No buyback while the base fellWasted buybackHolding goldFewer than 20 reviews on this hero so far, so these are guides for the carry role.
Compare your Sven 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 carry role
- No buyback while the base fellStayed dead while the enemy broke your base, although you had gold and buyback.
- Wasted buybackBought back and died again within a minute without joining a single kill.
- Holding goldCarried enough gold for an item for a minute or longer.
- Slow farmEarned clearly less in five minutes of farming than in your best minutes of the same match.
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 Sven 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 Sven benchmark: 745 GPM for an average player, 843 for a good one.
- Timings against pros: they have Echo Sabre 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′40′Starting
6′100%
10′99%14′85%
16′96%
22′90%
28′70%
28′66%
35′41%
35′41%
35′28%
6′100%10′99%14′85%16′96%22′90%28′70%28′66%35′41%35′41%35′28%Skill build
16% of 98 pro matches
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- 11T
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- 16T
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- Lvl 11+5s Warcry Duration
- Lvl 16-12s God's Strength Cooldown
- Lvl 18+8 Warcry Armor
Great Cleave
пассивнаяSven strikes with great force, cleaving all nearby enemy units with his attack.
Pros max it by level 7
Warcry
без цели, мгновеннаяSven's Warcry heartens his allied heroes for battle, increasing their armor and movement speed. Lasts 8 seconds.
Pros max it by level 15
God's Strength
без целиSven channels his rogue strength, granting bonus damage and slow resistance for 30 seconds.
Pros max it by level 17
Wrath of God
пассивная · innateSven gains additional attack damage from Strength.
Aghanim's ScepterUpgrades Storm Hammer.
Aghanim's ShardUpgrades Warcry.
+50% God's Strength Damage25+1s Storm Hammer Stun Duration
-25% Storm Hammer Cooldown and Mana Cost20+8 Warcry Armor
-12s God's Strength Cooldown15+25% Great Cleave Damage
+5s Warcry Duration10+20% God's Strength Slow Resistance
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 Sven: 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 745good 843great 931
Experience per minute
average 995good 1,191great 1,352
Last hits per minute
average 11.4good 13.2great 15.1
Hero damage per minute
average 703good 937great 1,230
Win rate by rank
The curve is pub winrate, pick rate under each rank
Hero at a glance
It does best in Ancient (51.8% wins) and wins 50.5% of Turbo games. Hero positions in pro matches: position 1 (carry) in 95% of games. Pros usually build Echo Sabre, Blink Dagger and Black King Bar by minute 22. It struggles most against Visage, Treant Protector and Omniknight and has the easiest time against Drow Ranger, Storm Spirit and Muerta.