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Templar Assassin

Templar Assassin: Ranged, position 1 (carry), Escape. In patch 7.41f the hero has a 45.6% win rate in pubs and a 5.2% pick rate.

Peppering the battlefield with slowing traps, Templar Assassin hides invisibly, ready to ambush her prey. Once she springs her attack, she shreds enemies with piercing psionic blades, and deflects counterattacks with her refracting shield.

Rangedposition 1 (carry)Escape
45.6%Win rate · all pubs
5.2%picked in 1 of 19 games
45.2%Turbo · 81,328 games
Complexity: medium
Cheat sheet · patch 7.41f

How to play Templar Assassin

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

1What to build?

Start
Faerie FireIron BranchTangoMagic WandMagic StickQuelling Blade
Laning
Magic Wand4′Band of Elvenskin4′Ring of Basilius6′Power Treads6′
Core
Dragon Lance13′Desolator14′Blink Dagger16′

Core items in order: Dragon Lance (around minute 13), Desolator (around minute 14), Blink Dagger (around minute 16).

Full build by minute →

2How to skill?

Lv 1–4RefractionPsi BladesMeldMeld
Maxed by level
Meld
lv 7
Psi Blades
lv 10
Refraction
lv 15
Psionic Trap
lv 17
11+15% Psionic Trap Slow16+225 Meld Attack Range18+4 Meld Armor Reduction

Max Meld, then Psi Blades, then Refraction.

Abilities and talents →

3Who counters the hero?

Toughest opponents: Meepo, Phoenix and Dark Seer; easiest: Monkey King, Drow Ranger and Omniknight.

All 123 opponents →

4How much to farm?

670783899

Half of the players on this hero farm under 670 gold per minute; the top 5% get over 899.

5Where do players slip?

Late to fightsMissed fightsSaw the threat and stayed

From 29 Highground reviews on this hero: “Fight · arrived late” in 86% of matches, “Fight · didn't show up” in 83% of matches and “Death · ignored info” in 76% of matches.

AI coach

Compare your Templar Assassin 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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Common mistakes on Templar Assassin

from 29 Highground reviews

Moments the AI coach finds in players' replays on this hero. It reviews your match the same way.

AI coach

A review of your Templar Assassin 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 Templar Assassin benchmark: 670 GPM for an average player, 783 for a good one.
  • Timings against pros: they have Dragon Lance by minute 13, 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 · 46.0% wins · OpenDota
0′5′10′15′20′25′30′35′40′
Faerie Fire · 90%Iron Branch · 71%Tango · 51%Magic Wand · 49%Magic Stick · 29%Quelling Blade · 28%
Starting
Magic Wand4′30%
Band of Elvenskin4′97%
Ring of Basilius6′21%
Power Treads6′100%
Falcon Blade8′64%
Dragon Lance13′48%
Desolator14′94%
Blink Dagger16′94%
Hurricane Pike22′66%
Black King Bar27′64%
Daedalus30′60%
Monkey King Bar32′34%
Swift Blink36′46%

Skill build

12% of 100 pro matches

All abilities and talents →
  1. 1Refraction
  2. 2Psi Blades
  3. 3Meld
  4. 4Meld
  5. 5Meld
  6. 6Psionic Trap
  7. 7Meld
  8. 8Psi Blades
  9. 9Psi Blades
  10. 10Psi Blades
  11. 11T
  12. 12Refraction
  13. 13Psionic Trap
  14. 14Refraction
  15. 15Refraction
  16. 16T
  17. 17Psionic Trap
  18. 18T
  • Lvl 11+15% Psionic Trap Slow
  • Lvl 16+225 Meld Attack Range
  • Lvl 18+4 Meld Armor Reduction
Refraction

Refraction

без цели, мгновенная

Templar Assassin becomes highly elusive, gaining a small barrier and bonus to her damage. The damage and avoidance effects are separate, and have a limited number of instances. If a barrier is consumed, a new one is created as long as there are charges left. If an instance of damage would deal more damage than the remaining barrier, all of the damage is absorbed.

Pros max it by level 15

Meld

Meld

без цели

Templar Assassin conceals herself, becoming invisible as long as she remains still. If Meld's invisibility is broken by attacking an enemy, Lanaya's attack will deal bonus damage to the enemy and reduce their armor for 6 seconds. Bonus damage and debuffs from Meld are applied to all enemies in the Psi Blades split range.

Pros max it by level 7

Psi Blades

Psi Blades

пассивная

Templar Assassin's psi blades slice through the attacked unit, splitting and damaging enemy units directly behind it, while gaining bonus attack range. For each unit it damages, the split damage is reduced by a percentage.

Pros max it by level 10

Psionic Trap

Psionic Trap

на точку

Templar Assassin places mystical traps that invisibly monitor enemy movement. When sprung at her command, they exert a slowing influence of 20% in a 400 radius. Trap movement slow charges up to 50% after 3.5 seconds. Deals damage after 3.5s.

Pros max it by level 17

Inner Peace

Inner Peace

пассивная · innate

When remaining stationary and not taking damage for 0.2s, Templar Assassin begins meditating, gaining health and mana regeneration, reaching the maximum bonus after 1.85s of meditating.

Aghanim's Scepter
Aghanim's ScepterUpgrades Psionic Trap.
Aghanim's Shard
Aghanim's ShardUpgrades Refraction.
0.8s Meld Hit Bash25+4 Refraction Instances
Refraction Dispels20+4 Meld Armor Reduction
+225 Meld Attack Range15+3 Psionic Traps
+1.5s Meld Debuff Duration10+15% Psionic Trap Slow

Matchups

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

All opponents · 123 →

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

Who to pick against Templar Assassin: counter picks →

Benchmarks on the hero

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

Gold per minute
670783899
Experience per minute
8591,1561,319
Last hits per minute
10.311.613.7
Hero damage per minute
6139241,173

Win rate by rank

The curve is pub winrate, pick rate under each rank

pubs · OpenDota
434445464748495046.3Heraldpick 6%44.8Guardianpick 6%44.6Crusaderpick 6%45.2Archonpick 5%45.7Legendpick 5%45.9Ancientpick 5%45.8Divinepick 4%45.2Turbo

Hero at a glance

Complexity: medium

It does best in Herald (46.3% wins) and wins 45.2% of Turbo games. Hero positions in pro matches: position 1 (carry) in 100% of games. Pros usually build Dragon Lance, Desolator and Blink Dagger by minute 16. It struggles most against Meepo, Phoenix and Dark Seer and has the easiest time against Monkey King, Drow Ranger and Omniknight. The most common mistake in Highground reviews on this hero is "Fight · arrived late", in 86% of matches.

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