Paralyzing Cask
на цельLaunches a cask of paralyzing powder that ricochets between enemy units, stunning and damaging those it hits. Damage increases each bounce.
Pros max it by level 15
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Witch Doctor
Witch Doctor: Ranged, position 5 (hard support), Nuker, Disabler. In patch 7.41f the hero has a 52.1% win rate in pubs and a 17.3% pick rate.
Witch Doctor is whatever his team needs him to be. Whether aiding his team with gradual healing, stunning and cursing foes to ensure a kill, or destroying enemies himself with a dance by his mighty ultimate, few can match Witch Doctor's versatility.
Rangedposition 5 (hard support)NukerDisabler
52.1%Win rate · all pubs
17.3%picked in 1 of 6 games
52.8%Turbo · 269,913 games
Complexity: easy
Cheat sheet · patch 7.41f
How to play Witch Doctor
Build and skills from 100 pro matches, STRATZ matchups and OpenDota norms
1What to build?
Start
Laning
4′
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4′7′9′Core
13′
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25′
13′24′25′Core items in order: Arcane Boots (around minute 13), Glimmer Cape (around minute 24), Solar Crest (around minute 25).
Full build by minute →2How to skill?
Lv 1–4
Maxed by level
lv 7
lv 10
lv 15
lv 17
11+200 Health16+4s Maledict Duration18Maledict bursts deal 75% damage in a 75 AoE
Max Maledict, then Voodoo Restoration, then Paralyzing Cask.
Abilities and talents →3Who counters the hero?
Toughest opponents: Chen, Visage and Enigma; easiest: Shadow Demon, Tiny and Beastmaster.
All 126 opponents →4How much to farm?
360average420good477great
Half of the players on this hero farm under 360 gold per minute; the top 5% get over 477.
5Common mistakes by role
Caught while smokedDied on a rotationToo few wardsFewer than 20 reviews on this hero so far, so these are guides for the support role.
Compare your Witch Doctor 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
- 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.
- Death without informationKilled by enemies nobody could see, with no wards nearby.
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 Witch Doctor 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 Witch Doctor benchmark: 360 GPM for an average player, 420 for a good one.
- Timings against pros: they have Arcane Boots 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.
Review my matchA month of subscription as a gift, no card and no auto-renewal.How a match review works
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
4′36%
7′22%
9′86%13′86%24′29%25′22%
28′21%
28′23%
29′44%
29′63%
30′54%
4′36%7′22%9′86%13′86%24′29%25′22%28′21%28′23%29′44%29′63%30′54%Skill build
21% of 97 pro matches
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- Lvl 11+200 Health
- Lvl 16+4s Maledict Duration
- Lvl 18Maledict bursts deal 75% damage in a 75 AoE
Voodoo Restoration
без целиWitch Doctor focuses his magic to heal nearby allied units, costing Witch Doctor mana every second Voodoo Restoration is active.
Pros max it by level 10
Maledict
по области, на точкуCurses all enemy Heroes and player-controlled targets in a small area, causing them to take a set amount of damage each second, as well as bursts of damage every 4 seconds based on how much health they have lost since the curse began.
Pros max it by level 7
Gris-Gris
пассивная · innateWitch Doctor gets a Gris-Gris, an item that cannot be dropped or placed in the backpack. When the owner dies, 100% of the gold lost from death is added to the item, and will be refunded when the item is consumed. The value of the Gris-Gris is increased by 1 every 3s. Right-click to consume and permanently remove the item.
Death Ward
на точку, поддерживаемаяCHANNELED - Summons a deadly ward to attack enemy heroes within its attack range. Lasts a maximum of 8 seconds. Death Ward has 50% bonus accuracy.
Pros max it by level 17
Aghanim's ScepterUpgrades Death Ward.
Aghanim's ShardGrants a new ability, Voodoo Switcheroo.
+6 Paralyzing Cask Bounces25+40 Death Ward Damage
Maledict bursts deal 75% damage in a 75 AoE20+1% Target Max Health Voodoo Restoration Heal
-3s Paralyzing Cask Cooldown15+4s Maledict Duration
-25% Voodoo Restoration Mana Per Second10+200 Health
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 Witch Doctor: 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 360good 420great 477
Experience per minute
average 492good 639great 786
Last hits per minute
average 0.9good 1.3great 1.9
Hero damage per minute
average 468good 621great 849
Win rate by rank
The curve is pub winrate, pick rate under each rank
Hero at a glance
Complexity: easyIt does best in Herald (53.1% wins) and wins 52.8% of Turbo games. Hero positions in pro matches: position 5 (hard support) in 97% of games. Pros usually build Arcane Boots, Glimmer Cape and Solar Crest by minute 25. It struggles most against Chen, Visage and Enigma and has the easiest time against Shadow Demon, Tiny and Beastmaster.