Fatal Bonds
на цельBinds several visible enemy units together, causing a percentage of the damage dealt to one of them to be felt by the others.
Pros max it by level 9
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Warlock: Ranged, position 5 (hard support), Initiator, Disabler. In patch 7.41f the hero has a 50.0% win rate in pubs and a 5.9% pick rate.
Summoning forth his demonic golem, Warlock brings ruin to enemies and destroys their defenses. Yet even without his golem, his dark spells can still wreak havoc, whether healing allies and harming enemies with a word, or binding foes together to share their agony.
Rangedposition 5 (hard support)InitiatorDisabler
50.0%Win rate · all pubs
5.9%picked in 1 of 17 games
49.3%Turbo · 98,893 games
Complexity: easy
Cheat sheet · patch 7.41f
How to play Warlock
Build and skills from 100 pro matches, STRATZ matchups and OpenDota norms
1What to build?
Start
Laning
5′
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5′7′12′Core
21′
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21′23′24′Core items in order: Glimmer Cape (around minute 21), Aghanim's Shard (around minute 23), Solar Crest (around minute 24).
Full build by minute →2How to skill?
Lv 1–4
Maxed by level
lv 7
lv 9
lv 15
lv 17
10+4% Fatal Bonds Damage16+8 Upheaval Attack Speed per second on Allies1825% Damage Resistance for Chaotic Offering Golems
Max Shadow Word, then Fatal Bonds, then Upheaval.
Abilities and talents →3Who counters the hero?
Toughest opponents: Leshrac, Bloodseeker and Bounty Hunter; easiest: Lycan, Shadow Fiend and Abaddon.
All 123 opponents →4How much to farm?
368average436good487great
Half of the players on this hero farm under 368 gold per minute; the top 5% get over 487.
5Common mistakes by role
Wards dewarded fastCaught while smokedDied on a rotationFewer than 20 reviews on this hero so far, so these are guides for the support role.
Compare your Warlock 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 support role
- Wards dewarded fastThe enemy removed half or more of your observer wards.
- Caught while smokedYour team smoked up and lost more heroes than it killed.
- Died on a rotationLeft your lane to help another one and died without getting a kill.
- Too few wardsA support placed fewer than 1.5 observer wards per 10 minutes.
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 Warlock 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 Warlock benchmark: 368 GPM for an average player, 436 for a good one.
- Timings against pros: they have Glimmer Cape by minute 21, 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′Starting
5′22%
7′80%
12′97%21′60%23′37%24′30%
30′27%
32′21%
33′27%
5′22%7′80%12′97%21′60%23′37%24′30%30′27%32′21%33′27%Skill build
26% of 96 pro matches
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- Lvl 10+4% Fatal Bonds Damage
- Lvl 16+8 Upheaval Attack Speed per second on Allies
- Lvl 1825% Damage Resistance for Chaotic Offering Golems
Shadow Word
на цельWarlock whispers an incantation, casting a spell on a unit that makes it deal damage to nearby enemy units and heal nearby ally units. Target Unit will also heal or be damaged depending on whether they are ally or enemy.
Pros max it by level 7
Upheaval
на точку, поддерживаемая, по областиCHANNELED - A powerful slowing and damaging current that grows stronger as it's channeled. Lasts up to 10 / 12 / 14 / 16 seconds. Enemies are slowed for 1 second after leaving the area or the spell ends.
Pros max it by level 15
Eldritch Summoning
пассивная · innateWhenever an enemy unit dies while afflicted by one or more of Warlock's abilities, a minor imp is summoned that lasts for 15 seconds and explodes on death. Imps will automatically seek out nearby units, favoring fatally bonded heroes, and will explode when reaching their prey.
Chaotic Offering
на точку, по областиSummons a Golem from the depths, stunning enemies for 0.8 seconds. The Golem lives 60 seconds, takes reduced damage from spells, has increased Slow Resistance, has Permanent Immolation and Flaming Fists on attack.
Pros max it by level 17
Aghanim's ScepterUpgrades Chaotic Offering.
Aghanim's ShardUpgrades Eldritch Summoning.
Summons a Golem on death25+5 Fatal Bonds Targets
25% Damage Resistance for Chaotic Offering Golems20+45 Upheaval Damage
+8 Upheaval Attack Speed per second on Allies15+150 Shadow Word AoE
+4% Fatal Bonds Damage10+50 Upheaval Radius
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 Warlock: 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 368good 436great 487
Experience per minute
average 503good 581great 711
Last hits per minute
average 2.3good 3.0great 4.4
Hero damage per minute
average 477good 583great 757
Win rate by rank
The curve is pub winrate, pick rate under each rank
Hero at a glance
Complexity: easyIt does best in Herald (51.5% wins) and wins 49.3% of Turbo games. Hero positions in pro matches: position 5 (hard support) in 92% of games. Pros usually build Glimmer Cape, Aghanim's Shard and Solar Crest by minute 24. It struggles most against Leshrac, Bloodseeker and Bounty Hunter and has the easiest time against Lycan, Shadow Fiend and Abaddon.