The Swarm
на точкуWeaver launches a swarm of 12 young Weavers that latch on any enemy unit in their path, attacking and reducing armor until it is killed.
Pros max it by level 15
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Weaver
Weaver: Ranged, position 1 (carry), position 4 (soft support), Escape. In patch 7.41f the hero has a 47.7% win rate in pubs and a 5.7% pick rate.
Weaver has no trouble evading enemies to position himself for another strike. Slipping in and out of sight, he avoids death by rewinding himself to an earlier position and health state. His arsenal of elusive skills ensures he is always a critical nuisance to his foes.
Rangedposition 1 (carry)position 4 (soft support)Escape
47.7%Win rate · all pubs
5.7%picked in 1 of 18 games
49.8%Turbo · 164,764 games
Complexity: medium
Cheat sheet · patch 7.41f
How to play Weaver
Build and skills from 100 pro matches, STRATZ matchups and OpenDota norms
1What to build?
Start
Laning
5′
5′5′
6′
5′5′5′6′Core
13′
16′
18′
13′16′18′Core items in order: Spirit Vessel (around minute 13), Desolator (around minute 16), Aghanim's Shard (around minute 18).
Full build by minute →2How to skill?
Lv 1–4
Maxed by level
lv 7
lv 10
lv 15
lv 17
11+7 Strength16+2 Swarm Attacks to Kill18+60 Bonus Damage On Geminate
Max Shukuchi, then Geminate Attack, then The Swarm.
Abilities and talents →3Who counters the hero?
Toughest opponents: Visage, Puck and Phantom Lancer; easiest: Elder Titan, Timbersaw and Shadow Fiend.
All 121 opponents →4How much to farm?
463average604good714great
Half of the players on this hero farm under 463 gold per minute; the top 5% get over 714.
5Common mistakes by role
No gold for buybackLate key itemsGreedy death while farmingFewer than 20 reviews on this hero so far, so these are guides for the carry role.
Compare your Weaver 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
- No gold for buybackDied in the late game when a buyback was needed but unaffordable.
- Late key itemsCore items came 6 or more minutes later than pros get them on this hero.
- Greedy death while farmingDied because you stayed for a couple more creeps after two enemies went missing.
- Idle at baseSpent a quarter of a five-minute stretch at base without buying anything.
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 Weaver 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 Weaver benchmark: 463 GPM for an average player, 604 for a good one.
- Timings against pros: they have Spirit Vessel 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.
0′5′10′15′20′25′30′35′40′Starting
5′54%
5′54%
5′59%
6′31%
8′55%13′27%16′41%18′70%
21′39%
28′35%
34′36%
5′54%5′54%5′59%6′31%8′55%13′27%16′41%18′70%21′39%28′35%34′36%Skill build
30% of 96 pro matches
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- 11T
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- 16T
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- Lvl 11+7 Strength
- Lvl 16+2 Swarm Attacks to Kill
- Lvl 18+60 Bonus Damage On Geminate
Shukuchi
без цели, мгновеннаяWeaver shifts out of visibility, gaining max movement speed and doing harm to any enemies it passes through.
Pros max it by level 7
Geminate Attack
на цель, автоприменение, Attack ModifierAllows Weaver to dispatch two attacks at once.
Pros max it by level 10
Time Lapse
без целиWeaver warps backward to whatever position it was in five seconds earlier--regaining the HP and mana from that time. No effect on cooldown, gold or experience. DISPEL TYPE: Strong Dispel
Pros max it by level 17
Threads of Fate
пассивная · innateWhenever Weaver deals damage to an enemy hero with an attack or ability, if he remains within 700 range of them for 1.5s, he establishes a Thread of Fate that briefly slows the enemy and ties Weaver and the enemy together. Each established thread of fate grants bonus damage to Weaver.
Aghanim's ScepterUpgrades Time Lapse.
Aghanim's ShardUpgrades Shukuchi.
-3s Shukuchi Cooldown25+1 Geminate Attack
+60 Bonus Damage On Geminate20+0.5 Swarm Armor Reduction Per Attack
+90 Shukuchi Damage15+2 Swarm Attacks to Kill
+50 Shukuchi Movement Speed10+7 Strength
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 Weaver: 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 463good 604great 714
Experience per minute
average 635good 867great 1,057
Last hits per minute
average 4.6good 7.7great 9.9
Hero damage per minute
average 548good 738great 967
Win rate by rank
The curve is pub winrate, pick rate under each rank
Hero at a glance
Complexity: mediumIt does best in Herald (48.9% wins) and wins 49.8% of Turbo games. Hero positions in pro matches: position 1 (carry) in 63% of games and position 4 (soft support) in 22% of games. Pros usually build Spirit Vessel, Desolator and Aghanim's Shard by minute 18. It struggles most against Visage, Puck and Phantom Lancer and has the easiest time against Elder Titan, Timbersaw and Shadow Fiend.