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Witch Doctor
Support · Nuker · Disabler
Pro games
What pros buy
Most-bought items in each phase of recent professional games, from OpenDota. Consumables are left out after the start.
Starting items
Iron Branch186×
Observer and Sentry Wards108×
Tango102×
Blood Grenade101×
Smoke of Deceit90×
Faerie Fire71×
Early game
Boots of Speed94×
Arcane Boots12×
Urn of Shadows2×
Chainmail1×
Bracer1×
Mid game
- Arcane Boots67×
Glimmer Cape18×
Aghanim's Shard17×
Pavise17×
Staff of Wizardry14×
Vitality Booster14×
Late game
Blink Dagger37×
Force Staff14×
Aeon Disk14×
Consecrated Wraps13×- Glimmer Cape10×
Aghanim's Scepter6×
Pro games
Matchups
Witch Doctor's win rate against each hero in pro games. Only heroes with 25+ games count, and small samples are pulled toward 50% when ranking.
Witch Doctor is strong against
Benchmarks
What strong games look like
From recent public games on this hero: the typical game, and what the best 10% and best 1% of games reached.
| Stat | Typical | Top 10% | Top 1% |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold per minute | 360 | 450 | 550 |
| XP per minute | 530 | 766 | 979 |
| Last hits per minute | 1.0 | 1.9 | 3.3 |
| Hero damage per minute | 503 | 805 | 1,197 |
| Tower damage | 296 | 1,487 | 2,846 |
Watch and learn
Recent pro games on Witch Doctor
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