Viper: Ranged, position 2 (mid), position 3 (offlane), position 1 (carry), Durable, Initiator, Disabler. In patch 7.41f the hero has a 48.5% win rate in pubs and a 8.7% pick rate.
Launching deadly poison from a distance, Viper poses a grave threat to whomever he targets. As his various toxins eat away at an enemy's health and slow their movement, Viper simply does what he does best: he keeps adding more poison.
Build and skills from 100 pro matches, STRATZ matchups and OpenDota norms
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20′Core items in order: Mage Slayer (around minute 13), Dragon Lance (around minute 15), Hurricane Pike (around minute 20).
Full build by minute →
Max Nethertoxin, then Poison Attack, then Corrosive Skin.
Abilities and talents →Toughest opponents: Elder Titan, Lycan and Naga Siren; easiest: Huskar, Batrider and Shadow Fiend.
All 125 opponents →Half of the players on this hero farm under 521 gold per minute; the top 5% get over 692.
Fewer than 20 reviews on this hero so far, so these are guides for the mid and offlane role.
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Minute is the median first purchase, percent is the share of matches with the item.
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4′30%
5′81%
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7′71%
10′30%13′22%15′24%20′75%
21′22%
24′47%
30′58%
31′46%
36′23%11% of 98 pro matches
Intensifies Viper's venom, adding an effect to his normal attack that applies a stacking movement speed slow and magic resistance deduction while dealing damage over time. Stacks up to 6 times.
Pros max it by level 10
Viper releases a Nethertoxin at the targeted area. Units in that area take an increasing damage over time based on how long they remain in it. Units in it have their attack speed slowed.
Pros max it by level 8
Viper exudes an infectious toxin that damages and slows the attack speed of any enemy that damages it in a 1200 radius. The acid exudate also increases Viper's resistance to magic.
Pros max it by level 15
Viper's attacks deal an additional instance of physical damage per missing health percentage of the target hero.
Viper slows the targeted enemy unit's movement and attack speed while also disabling their passives and dealing poison damage over time. The slowing effect reduces over the duration of the poison.
Pros max it by level 17
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 Viper: counter picks →Average beats half of the players on this hero, good beats 80%, great beats 95%.
The curve is pub winrate, pick rate under each rank
It does best in Divine (49.3% wins) and wins 48.8% of Turbo games. Hero positions in pro matches: position 2 (mid) in 52% of games, position 3 (offlane) in 26% of games and position 1 (carry) in 21% of games. Pros usually build Mage Slayer, Dragon Lance and Hurricane Pike by minute 20. It struggles most against Elder Titan, Lycan and Naga Siren and has the easiest time against Huskar, Batrider and Shadow Fiend.
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