Io: Ranged, position 1 (carry), position 2 (mid), Escape, Nuker. In patch 7.41f the hero has a 49.6% win rate in pubs and a 4.2% pick rate.
Io has a talent for making allies more effective. A powerful companion, the wisp's tether speeds allies and stops enemies. Capable of linking to and teleporting across the battlefield with an ally, Io can make a dangerous ally even deadlier.
Build and skills from 100 pro matches, STRATZ matchups and OpenDota norms
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27′Core items in order: Aghanim's Scepter (around minute 16), Black King Bar (around minute 23), Shiva's Guard (around minute 27).
Full build by minute →
Max Spirits, then Overcharge, then Tether.
Abilities and talents →Toughest opponents: Visage, Muerta and Troll Warlord; easiest: Puck, Bane and Drow Ranger.
All 124 opponents →Half of the players on this hero farm under 373 gold per minute; the top 5% get over 736.
Fewer than 20 reviews on this hero so far, so these are guides for the carry 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′22%
5′24%
5′60%
9′58%
9′69%
16′92%23′89%27′43%
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34′30%
39′20%60% of 10 pro matches
Tethers Io to an allied unit, granting bonus movement speed to both. When Io restores health or mana, the tethered unit gains a portion of that amount. The tether breaks when the allied unit moves too far away, or Io cancels the tether. Tether slows enemies touching it.
Pros max it by level 14
Summon five particle spirits that dance in a circle around Io. If a particle collides with an enemy hero, it explodes, damaging all enemy units in an area around it. Creeps take minor damage from touching a particle spirit, but do not cause them to explode. When its duration ends, any remaining Spirits explode.
Pros max it by level 7
Io gains attack speed, spell amplification, and health regeneration based on max health. If Io is Tethered to an ally, that unit also gains any bonuses granted by Overcharge.
Pros max it by level 10
Sends the spirits closer to you. Can be toggled on and off.
Sends the spirits farther away from you. Can be toggled on and off.
Teleports Io and a tethered ally to any location. After the spell expires, Io and the tethered ally will return to their original location. Double-click to teleport to your team's base fountain.
Pros max it by level 17
Io gains outgoing damage amplification the closer it is to full health, and Health Restoration and Healing Amplification the closer it is to zero health.
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 Io: 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 (51.2% wins) and wins 48.4% of Turbo games. Hero positions in pro matches: position 1 (carry) in 62% of games and position 2 (mid) in 23% of games. Pros usually build Aghanim's Scepter, Black King Bar and Shiva's Guard by minute 27. It struggles most against Visage, Muerta and Troll Warlord and has the easiest time against Puck, Bane and Drow Ranger.
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