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Treant Protector

Treant Protector: Melee, position 5 (hard support), Initiator, Durable, Disabler, Escape. In patch 7.41f the hero has a 45.8% win rate in pubs and a 2.1% pick rate.

Treant Protector is ever the benevolent ally, sprouting regenerating armor for his cohorts and their fortifications alike. Emerging unseen from among the trees, he binds foes with overgrowth as he leeches health from enemies and into nearby allies.

Meleeposition 5 (hard support)InitiatorDurableDisablerEscape
45.8%Win rate · all pubs
2.1%picked in 1 of 48 games
43.7%Turbo · 48,582 games
Complexity: medium
Cheat sheet · patch 7.41f

How to play Treant Protector

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

1What to build?

Start
Boots of SpeedBlood GrenadeSmoke of DeceitObserver and Sentry WardsSentry WardObserver Ward
Laning
Magic Stick4′Infused Raindrops6′Wind Lace7′Magic Wand10′
Core
Arcane Boots13′Essence Distiller16′Blink Dagger23′

Core items in order: Arcane Boots (around minute 13), Essence Distiller (around minute 16), Blink Dagger (around minute 23).

Full build by minute →

2How to skill?

Lv 1–4Leech SeedLiving ArmorLiving ArmorNature's Grasp
Maxed by level
Living Armor
lv 7
Nature's Grasp
lv 10
Leech Seed
lv 15
Overgrowth
lv 17
11+3s Living Armor Duration16+25 Nature's Grasp Damage18+20 Living Armor Damage Block

Max Living Armor, then Nature's Grasp, then Leech Seed.

Abilities and talents →

3Who counters the hero?

Toughest opponents: Dark Seer, Lich and Bounty Hunter; easiest: Nature's Prophet, Earth Spirit and Pangolier.

All 89 opponents →

4How much to farm?

327351386

Half of the players on this hero farm under 327 gold per minute; the top 5% get over 386.

5Common mistakes by role

Late to fightsSaw the threat and stayedWards dewarded fast

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

AI coach

Compare your Treant Protector 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 support 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 Treant Protector 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 Treant Protector benchmark: 327 GPM for an average player, 351 for a good one.
  • Timings against pros: they have Arcane Boots 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 · 67.0% wins · OpenDota
0′5′10′15′20′25′30′35′40′45′
Boots of Speed · 88%Blood Grenade · 87%Smoke of Deceit · 51%Observer and Sentry Wards · 42%Sentry Ward · 35%Observer Ward · 22%
Starting
Magic Stick4′53%
Infused Raindrops6′46%
Wind Lace7′48%
Magic Wand10′51%
Arcane Boots13′57%
Essence Distiller16′23%
Blink Dagger23′85%
Gem of True Sight29′41%
Force Staff32′26%
Aghanim's Scepter39′23%

Skill build

45% of 94 pro matches

All abilities and talents →
  1. 1Leech Seed
  2. 2Living Armor
  3. 3Living Armor
  4. 4Nature's Grasp
  5. 5Living Armor
  6. 6Overgrowth
  7. 7Living Armor
  8. 8Nature's Grasp
  9. 9Nature's Grasp
  10. 10Nature's Grasp
  11. 11T
  12. 12Leech Seed
  13. 13Overgrowth
  14. 14Leech Seed
  15. 15Leech Seed
  16. 16T
  17. 17Overgrowth
  18. 18T
  • Lvl 11+3s Living Armor Duration
  • Lvl 16+25 Nature's Grasp Damage
  • Lvl 18+20 Living Armor Damage Block
Nature's Grasp

Nature's Grasp

на точку

Creates vines towards the target location. Vines slow down and deal damage to enemies that walk through. Does 35% less damage to creeps.

Pros max it by level 10

Leech Seed

Leech Seed

на цель, автоприменение, Attack Modifier

Treant's attack plants a life-sapping seed in an enemy unit. That unit takes additional magic damage, is rooted and disarmed for a short duration, and emits 2 healing pulses to up to 5 nearby allies of Treant Protector based on the damage dealt by the attack.

Pros max it by level 15

Living Armor

Living Armor

на цель, на точку

Infuses the target hero or structure with a protective coating which heals the target and blocks damage from player-controlled sources. Each time this spell blocks damage, the block amount is decreased. If the damage block is decreased to 0, the buff is removed early.

Pros max it by level 7

Nature's Guise

Nature's Guise

пассивная · innate

Grants bonus movement speed when near trees. Treant Protector additionally has Tree Walking if he has not taken damage for 2.75 seconds. While Tree Walking, Nature's Guise can be activated to grant Treant invisibility until he attacks or is no longer near a tree.

Overgrowth

Overgrowth

без цели

Summons an overgrowth of vines and branches around Treant that deal damage to afflicted enemies and prevent them from moving, blinking, going invisible, or attacking.

Pros max it by level 17

Aghanim's Scepter
Aghanim's ScepterUpgrades Overgrowth.
Aghanim's Shard
Aghanim's ShardGrants a new ability, Eyes In The Forest.
-3s Leech Seed Cooldown25450 AoE Living Armor
+20 Living Armor Damage Block20+80 Leech Seed Bonus Damage
+10% Leech Seed Damage to Healing15+25 Nature's Grasp Damage
+3s Living Armor Duration10+50 Base Damage

Matchups

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

All opponents · 89 →

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

Who to pick against Treant Protector: counter picks →

Benchmarks on the hero

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

Gold per minute
327351386
Experience per minute
542627685
Last hits per minute
1.42.03.4
Hero damage per minute
240294381

Win rate by rank

The curve is pub winrate, pick rate under each rank

pubs · OpenDota
42434445464748495045.4Heraldpick 3%45.9Guardianpick 3%45.9Crusaderpick 2%46.0Archonpick 2%45.1Legendpick 2%45.3Ancientpick 2%46.3Divinepick 1%43.7Turbo

Hero at a glance

Complexity: medium

It does best in Divine (46.3% wins) and wins 43.7% of Turbo games. Hero positions in pro matches: position 5 (hard support) in 90% of games. Pros usually build Arcane Boots, Essence Distiller and Blink Dagger by minute 23. It struggles most against Dark Seer, Lich and Bounty Hunter and has the easiest time against Nature's Prophet, Earth Spirit and Pangolier.

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