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Terrorblade

Terrorblade: Melee, position 1 (carry), Pusher, Nuker. In patch 7.41f the hero has a 45.3% win rate in pubs and a 4.1% pick rate.

With Terrorblade, nothing is as it seems. Conjuring powerful illusions to confuse enemies and break their defenses, the demon marauder can exchange health with foes and friends to stave off death or weaken his enemies.

Meleeposition 1 (carry)PusherNuker
45.3%Win rate · all pubs
4.1%picked in 1 of 24 games
46.4%Turbo · 102,328 games
Complexity: medium
Cheat sheet · patch 7.41f

How to play Terrorblade

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

1What to build?

Start
Iron BranchTangoCircletFaerie FireQuelling BladeMagic Stick
Laning
Band of Elvenskin2′Magic Wand5′Power Treads6′Falcon Blade8′
Core
Manta Style16′Aghanim's Shard17′Dragon Lance19′

Core items in order: Manta Style (around minute 16), Aghanim's Shard (around minute 17), Dragon Lance (around minute 19).

Full build by minute →

2How to skill?

Lv 1–4Conjure ImageMetamorphosisConjure ImageMetamorphosis
Maxed by level
Conjure Image
lv 7
Metamorphosis
lv 9
Reflection
lv 15
Sunder
lv 17
11-2s Conjure Image Cooldown16-10s Metamorphosis Cooldown18+8s Conjure Image Duration

Max Conjure Image, then Metamorphosis, then Reflection.

Abilities and talents →

3Who counters the hero?

Toughest opponents: Phantom Lancer, Brewmaster and Beastmaster; easiest: Treant Protector, Bristleback and Nature's Prophet.

All 122 opponents →

4How much to farm?

712819899

Half of the players on this hero farm under 712 gold per minute; the top 5% get over 899.

5Common mistakes by role

Wasted buybackHolding goldSlow farm

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

AI coach

Compare your Terrorblade 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 carry 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 Terrorblade 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 Terrorblade benchmark: 712 GPM for an average player, 819 for a good one.
  • Timings against pros: they have Manta Style by minute 16, 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 · 52.0% wins · OpenDota
0′5′10′15′20′25′30′35′40′
Iron Branch · 99%Tango · 83%Circlet · 81%Faerie Fire · 80%Quelling Blade · 43%Magic Stick · 24%
Starting
Band of Elvenskin2′30%
Magic Wand5′61%
Power Treads6′100%
Falcon Blade8′88%
Manta Style16′98%
Aghanim's Shard17′84%
Dragon Lance19′65%
Hurricane Pike26′42%
Eye of Skadi26′76%
Butterfly29′41%
Black King Bar33′52%
Daedalus35′32%

Skill build

11% of 18 pro matches

All abilities and talents →
  1. 1Conjure Image
  2. 2Metamorphosis
  3. 3Conjure Image
  4. 4Metamorphosis
  5. 5Conjure Image
  6. 6Sunder
  7. 7Conjure Image
  8. 8Metamorphosis
  9. 9Metamorphosis
  10. 10Reflection
  11. 11T
  12. 12Reflection
  13. 13Sunder
  14. 14Reflection
  15. 15Reflection
  16. 16T
  17. 17Sunder
  18. 18T
  • Lvl 11-2s Conjure Image Cooldown
  • Lvl 16-10s Metamorphosis Cooldown
  • Lvl 18+8s Conjure Image Duration
Reflection

Reflection

на точку, по области

Terrorblade brings forth an invulnerable dark reflection of all enemy heroes in a target area. Affected enemy heroes have movement and attack speeds slowed and attacked by their reflection.

Pros max it by level 15

Conjure Image

Conjure Image

без цели

Creates an illusion of Terrorblade that deals damage.

Pros max it by level 7

Metamorphosis

Metamorphosis

без цели, мгновенная

Terrorblade transforms into a powerful demon with a ranged attack. Any of Terrorblade's illusions that are within 1200 range will also be transformed by Metamorphosis.

Pros max it by level 9

Sunder

Sunder

на цель

Severs the life from both Terrorblade and a target hero, exchanging a percentage of both units' current health. Some health points must remain.

Pros max it by level 17

Dark Unity

Dark Unity

пассивная · innate

Nearby Illusions created by Terrorblade have bonus attack damage.

Aghanim's Scepter
Aghanim's ScepterGrants a new ability, Terror Wave.
Aghanim's Shard
Aghanim's ShardGrants a new ability, Demon Zeal.
-30s Sunder Cooldown25+30s Metamorphosis Duration
+10 All Attributes20+8s Conjure Image Duration
-10s Metamorphosis Cooldown15-25% Sunder Minimum HP Swap
+1s Reflection Duration10-2s Conjure Image Cooldown

Matchups

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

All opponents · 122 →

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

Who to pick against Terrorblade: counter picks →

Benchmarks on the hero

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

Gold per minute
712819899
Experience per minute
7909581,138
Last hits per minute
11.012.315.3
Hero damage per minute
5437701,013

Win rate by rank

The curve is pub winrate, pick rate under each rank

pubs · OpenDota
42434445464748495046.5Heraldpick 5%45.8Guardianpick 5%45.0Crusaderpick 4%43.8Archonpick 4%44.9Legendpick 4%45.2Ancientpick 4%46.4Divinepick 5%46.4Turbo

Hero at a glance

Complexity: medium

It does best in Herald (46.5% wins) and wins 46.4% of Turbo games. Hero positions in pro matches: position 1 (carry) in 97% of games. Pros usually build Manta Style, Aghanim's Shard and Dragon Lance by minute 19. It struggles most against Phantom Lancer, Brewmaster and Beastmaster and has the easiest time against Treant Protector, Bristleback and Nature's Prophet.

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