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Ursa

Ursa: Melee, position 1 (carry), Durable, Disabler. In patch 7.41f the hero has a 48.8% win rate in pubs and a 7.6% pick rate.

With each swipe of his claws, Ursa increases his target's vulnerability to his next attack. Capable of briefly increasing how swiftly he can strike, and able to slow down nearby prey, he quickly tears apart his enemies.

Meleeposition 1 (carry)DurableDisabler
48.8%Win rate · all pubs
7.6%picked in 1 of 13 games
48.8%Turbo · 153,148 games
Complexity: easy
Cheat sheet · patch 7.41f

How to play Ursa

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

1What to build?

Start
Iron BranchTangoQuelling BladeFaerie FireMagic StickCirclet
Laning
Phase Boots6′Magic Wand7′Wind Lace8′Void Stone8′
Core
Battle Fury14′Blink Dagger17′Black King Bar24′

Core items in order: Battle Fury (around minute 14), Blink Dagger (around minute 17), Black King Bar (around minute 24).

Full build by minute →

2How to skill?

Lv 1–4Fury SwipesEarthshockFury SwipesOverpower
Maxed by level
Fury Swipes
lv 7
Overpower
lv 10
Earthshock
lv 15
Enrage
lv 17
11+9s Fury Swipes Reset Time16+25% Enrage Status Resistance18+6 Fury Swipes Damage

Max Fury Swipes, then Overpower, then Earthshock.

Abilities and talents →

3Who counters the hero?

Toughest opponents: Meepo, Wraith King and Brewmaster; easiest: Timbersaw, Shadow Fiend and Treant Protector.

All 125 opponents →

4How much to farm?

674770855

Half of the players on this hero farm under 674 gold per minute; the top 5% get over 855.

5Common mistakes by role

Holding goldSlow farmFarming without vision

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

AI coach

Compare your Ursa 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 Ursa 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 Ursa benchmark: 674 GPM for an average player, 770 for a good one.
  • Timings against pros: they have Battle Fury 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 · 49.0% wins · OpenDota
0′5′10′15′20′25′30′35′40′45′
Iron Branch · 100%Tango · 92%Quelling Blade · 79%Faerie Fire · 77%Magic Stick · 74%Circlet · 36%
Starting
Phase Boots6′82%
Magic Wand7′78%
Wind Lace8′45%
Void Stone8′38%
Battle Fury14′97%
Blink Dagger17′98%
Black King Bar24′84%
Skull Basher25′47%
Aghanim's Shard32′57%
Abyssal Blade33′56%
Monkey King Bar34′31%
Swift Blink39′28%

Skill build

31% of 98 pro matches

All abilities and talents →
  1. 1Fury Swipes
  2. 2Earthshock
  3. 3Fury Swipes
  4. 4Overpower
  5. 5Fury Swipes
  6. 6Enrage
  7. 7Fury Swipes
  8. 8Overpower
  9. 9Overpower
  10. 10Overpower
  11. 11T
  12. 12Earthshock
  13. 13Enrage
  14. 14Earthshock
  15. 15Earthshock
  16. 16T
  17. 17Enrage
  18. 18T
  • Lvl 11+9s Fury Swipes Reset Time
  • Lvl 16+25% Enrage Status Resistance
  • Lvl 18+6 Fury Swipes Damage
Earthshock

Earthshock

без цели, мгновенная

Ursa leaps forward 250 units and slams the earth, causing a powerful shock to damage and slow all enemy units in a nearby area for 4 seconds.

Pros max it by level 15

Overpower

Overpower

без цели

Using his skill in combat, Ursa gains increased attack speed and slow resistance for a number of subsequent attacks.

Pros max it by level 10

Fury Swipes

Fury Swipes

пассивная

Ursa's claws dig deeper wounds in the enemy, causing consecutive attacks to the same enemy to deal more damage. If the same target is not attacked after 8 / 12 / 16 / 20 seconds, the bonus damage is lost.

Pros max it by level 7

Maul

Maul

пассивная · innate

Ursa gains bonus damage equal to a percentage of his Current HP.

Enrage

Enrage

без цели, мгновенная

Ursa goes into a frenzy, providing damage reduction and status resistance. Removes any existing debuffs. DISPEL TYPE: Strong Dispel

Pros max it by level 17

Aghanim's Scepter
Aghanim's ScepterUpgrades Enrage.
Aghanim's Shard
Aghanim's ShardUpgrades Earthshock.
Earthshock has 2 Charges25+3 Overpower Attacks
+300 Earthshock Radius20+6 Fury Swipes Damage
+0.5% Maul Health As Damage15+25% Enrage Status Resistance
+9s Fury Swipes Reset Time10+1.75 Mana Regen

Matchups

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

All opponents · 125 →

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

Who to pick against Ursa: counter picks →

Benchmarks on the hero

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

Gold per minute
674770855
Experience per minute
9151,0891,250
Last hits per minute
8.810.111.3
Hero damage per minute
7531,0241,268

Win rate by rank

The curve is pub winrate, pick rate under each rank

pubs · OpenDota
44454647484950515245.1Heraldpick 8%46.1Guardianpick 7%47.4Crusaderpick 7%48.7Archonpick 7%49.5Legendpick 7%50.1Ancientpick 8%50.6Divinepick 8%48.8Turbo

Hero at a glance

Complexity: easy

It does best in Divine (50.6% wins) and wins 48.8% of Turbo games. Hero positions in pro matches: position 1 (carry) in 98% of games. Pros usually build Battle Fury, Blink Dagger and Black King Bar by minute 24. It struggles most against Meepo, Wraith King and Brewmaster and has the easiest time against Timbersaw, Shadow Fiend and Treant Protector.

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