Magic Missile
на цельFires a magic missile at an enemy unit, stunning and dealing damage.
Pros max it by level 15
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Vengeful Spirit
Vengeful Spirit: Ranged, position 1 (carry), position 5 (hard support), Initiator, Disabler, Nuker, Escape. In patch 7.41f the hero has a 52.3% win rate in pubs and a 9.2% pick rate.
Vengeful Spirit's presence is felt at all times, whether she is alive or dead. Able to swap positions with any nearby hero, stun enemies, and reduce her killer's effectiveness if she falls, she constantly brings confusion and chaos to her foes.
Rangedposition 1 (carry)position 5 (hard support)InitiatorDisablerNukerEscape
52.3%Win rate · all pubs
9.2%picked in 1 of 11 games
56.3%Turbo · 222,542 games
Complexity: easy
Cheat sheet · patch 7.41f
How to play Vengeful Spirit
Build and skills from 100 pro matches, STRATZ matchups and OpenDota norms
1What to build?
Start
Laning
2′
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2′4′5′5′Core
14′
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14′23′28′Core items in order: Specialist's Array (around minute 14), Aghanim's Scepter (around minute 23), Manta Style (around minute 28).
Full build by minute →2How to skill?
Lv 1–4
Maxed by level
lv 7
lv 10
lv 15
lv 17
11+150 Nether Swap Enemy Damage16-3 Wave of Terror Armor18Wave Of Terror Steals 25% Of Reduced Damage And Armor
Max Wave of Terror, then Vengeance Aura, then Magic Missile.
Abilities and talents →3Who counters the hero?
Toughest opponents: Visage, Brewmaster and Meepo; easiest: Weaver, Shadow Fiend and Treant Protector.
All 124 opponents →4How much to farm?
367average586good711great
Half of the players on this hero farm under 367 gold per minute; the top 5% get over 711.
5Common mistakes by role
Holding goldSlow farmFarming without visionFewer than 20 reviews on this hero so far, so these are guides for the carry role.
Compare your Vengeful Spirit 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
- 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.
- Farming without visionFarmed on the enemy half with no wards or allies while two enemies were unseen.
- No gold for buybackDied in the late game when a buyback was needed but unaffordable.
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 Vengeful Spirit 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 Vengeful Spirit benchmark: 367 GPM for an average player, 586 for a good one.
- Timings against pros: they have Specialist's Array 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′45′Starting
2′37%
4′58%
5′24%
5′66%
7′66%
9′24%14′58%23′63%28′42%
33′28%
38′25%
2′37%4′58%5′24%5′66%7′66%9′24%14′58%23′63%28′42%33′28%38′25%Skill build
10% of 91 pro matches
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- Lvl 11+150 Nether Swap Enemy Damage
- Lvl 16-3 Wave of Terror Armor
- Lvl 18Wave Of Terror Steals 25% Of Reduced Damage And Armor
Wave of Terror
на точкуVengeful Spirit lets loose a wicked cry, weakening the total attack damage and armor of enemies, and giving vision of the path ahead.
Pros max it by level 7
Vengeance Aura
пассивнаяVengeful Spirit's presence increases the damage of nearby friendly heroes. Vengeful Spirit herself receives 25% extra bonus.
Pros max it by level 10
Retribution
пассивная · innateVengeful Spirit is considered both a ranged and a melee attacker to gain the respective bonuses.When killed by an enemy hero, Vengeful Spirit deals 20% bonus damage to her killer until their next death. Only one debuff can exist at a time.
Nether Swap
на цельInstantaneously swaps positions with a target Hero, friend or enemy. Nether Swap interrupts channeling abilities on the target. Enemy Swapped units take damage. Vengeful Spirit and allied swapped units gain a barrier equal to the damage dealt.
Pros max it by level 17
Aghanim's ScepterUpgrades Vengeance Aura.
Aghanim's ShardUpgrades Magic Missile.
+16% Vengeance Aura Base Damage Bonus25-18s Nether Swap Cooldown
Wave Of Terror Steals 25% Of Reduced Damage And Armor20-2s Magic Missile Cooldown
-3 Wave of Terror Armor15+0.3s Magic Missile Stun Duration
+150 Nether Swap Enemy Damage10+100 Magic Missile Cast Range
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 Vengeful Spirit: 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 367good 586great 711
Experience per minute
average 607good 852great 1,085
Last hits per minute
average 2.4good 7.6great 9.7
Hero damage per minute
average 374good 652great 1,102
Win rate by rank
The curve is pub winrate, pick rate under each rank
Hero at a glance
Complexity: easyIt does best in Guardian (53.3% wins) and wins 56.3% of Turbo games. Hero positions in pro matches: position 1 (carry) in 56% of games and position 5 (hard support) in 23% of games. Pros usually build Specialist's Array, Aghanim's Scepter and Manta Style by minute 28. It struggles most against Visage, Brewmaster and Meepo and has the easiest time against Weaver, Shadow Fiend and Treant Protector.