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Nerds Caster Warden

arc_warden
Arc Warden
Midlane Core
Updated: 4/6/24, 5:38 PMPatch 7.35dAuthor: Leamare
Hero stats
3,020
52.48%
2,134
54.83%
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Description

Arc Warden is agility core hero whose ability to use items twice and strong early game nukes make him pretty strong as nuke-oriented mid-game core with ability to transition into lategame core.

This build is untraditional and situational. Use the hero on this position with this build on your own risk.

Other builds

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Starting Items

tango
slippers
circlet
branches
branches
faerie_fire

Skill Build

Skill Priority
arc_warden_tempest_double
Priority: 1First lvl: 6Maxed at: 18
arc_warden_flux
Priority: 2First lvl: 2Maxed at: 9
arc_warden_spark_wraith
Priority: 2First lvl: 1Maxed at: 7
arc_warden_magnetic_field
Priority: 3First lvl: 11Maxed at: 16
Talents
+10s Tempest Double Duration
25
No Damage Penalty Distance For Tempest Double
-7s Magnetic Field Cooldown
20
+35% Spark Wraith Damage
+20 Magnetic Field Attack Speed/Bonus Damage
15
+1.5s Flux Duration
+250 Health
10
+175 Flux Cast Range
Skill Build Timeline
arc_warden_spark_wraith
arc_warden_flux
arc_warden_spark_wraith
arc_warden_flux
arc_warden_spark_wraith
arc_warden_tempest_double
arc_warden_spark_wraith
arc_warden_flux
arc_warden_flux
talents_tree_full
arc_warden_magnetic_field
arc_warden_tempest_double
arc_warden_magnetic_field
arc_warden_magnetic_field
talents_tree_full
arc_warden_magnetic_field
arc_warden_tempest_double
talents_tree_full
talents_tree_full

Main Build

Early Items
bottle18.82%
wraith_band48.42%
hand_of_midas94.49%
Core Items
boots98.95%
maelstrom91.61%
travel_boots74.82%
gungir78.30%
ultimate_scepter2.91%
Lategame Items
octarine_core2.11%
blink24.51%
sheepstick18.47%
overwhelming_blink0.46%
aghanims_shard30.90%
ethereal_blade0.42%
moon_shard4.07%
Situational Early
orchid54.25%
invis_sword10.01%
phylactery0.28%
Situational
shivas_guard0.11%
bloodstone
sphere1.51%
monkey_king_bar4.85%
dagon_50.25%
lotus_orb0.14%
bloodthorn35.53%
hurricane_pike22.58%
angels_demise0.14%
Alternatives
gungir78.30%
mjollnir7.13%
Order swaps
There are no elements

Build Timeline

Early Items
wraith_band48.42%
01:22 - 01:58+3.5% ↘-3.3%/min
bottle18.82%
01:25 - 02:10+4.7% ↘-4.4%/min
~9 min
hand_of_midas94.49%
07:36 - 09:03+16.1% ↘-6.4%/min
Early Items
boots98.95%
~ 07:40+29.51%52.84%
magic_wand32.09%
~ 03:38+1.76%53.72%
Situation
phylactery0.28%
~ 23:29+10.00%62.50%
~14 min
maelstrom91.61%
13:08 - 15:16+28.8% ↘-6.9%/min
Situation
invis_sword10.01%
25:15 - 32:03+10.3% ↘-1.4%/min
~17 min
travel_boots74.82%
18:41 - 23:36+33.1% ↘-2.6%/min
Situation
orchid54.25%
21:48 - 27:49+24.7% ↘-2.3%/min
~21 min
gungir78.30%
17:15 - 20:19+34.9% ↘-6.3%/min
Alternatives
mjollnir7.13%
19:00 - 23:57+13.8% ↘-2.7%/min
~28 min
ultimate_scepter2.91%
~ 43:30+0.50%53.01%
~35 min
octarine_core2.11%
~ 34:09+11.03%63.33%

Lategame Items

Lategame Main Route
octarine_core2.11%
blink24.51%
sheepstick18.47%
overwhelming_blink0.46%
aghanims_shard30.90%
ethereal_blade0.42%
moon_shard4.07%
All Lategame Items
bloodstone
mjollnir7.13%
blink24.51%
angels_demise0.14%
hurricane_pike22.58%
lotus_orb0.14%
dagon_50.25%
shivas_guard0.11%
aghanims_shard30.90%
bloodthorn35.53%
octarine_core2.11%
sphere1.51%
ethereal_blade0.42%
monkey_king_bar4.85%
sheepstick18.47%
overwhelming_blink0.46%
moon_shard4.07%

Neutral Items

T1
royal_jelly6.88%
arcane_ring13.06%
mysterious_hat11.76%
T2
grove_bow29.92%
vambrace8.95%
specialists_array19.66%
T3
nemesis_curse6.92%
vindicators_axe8.46%
elven_tunic10.99%
T4
avianas_feather2.04%
spell_prism
spy_gadget0.81%

Tooltips

Spells Tooltips

Spark Wraith

Scouting tool to avoid ganks, lasthit secure tool and, of cource, RQQEE combo allowes us to kill anybody early

Magnetic Field

Even while we don't really have much AS and damage, magnetic field will make us pretty strong physical damage source, while also helps our team and allowes us to save our structures.

Items Tooltips
blink24.51%
~ 25:18+11.08%60.89%

Pretty good item for long-range initiation, works pretty nice with tempest double (blink on hero, tempest double, blink on double, flux)

bottle18.82%
01:25 - 02:10+4.7% ↘-4.4%/min

Not really good item for Arc in general since consumables nerf, but it fits pretty well ganking theme of this build

hand_of_midas94.49%
07:36 - 09:03+16.1% ↘-6.4%/min

Our main farming tool, obviously. We don't really want to skip it since we will get a lot of benefit from it.

sheepstick18.47%
34:08 - 41:20+23.4% ↘-2.9%/min

Dagon-Shotgun combo is pretty straight forward, but later into the game we will lack on controlling stuff and will start losing momentum eventually, so Sheepstick will make us not only much more useful for our team, but also increase our kill potential.

orchid54.25%
21:48 - 27:49+24.7% ↘-2.3%/min

Orchid can be good solution early because of 30% additional damage, while also improving our physical damage output

shivas_guard0.11%
~ 30:30+47.52%100.00%

...and even more tankiness. In combo with Octarine makes us pretty scary and hard to kill hero.

sphere1.51%
~ 34:38+12.78%65.12%

More offensive save item: for cases when we need some sort of save, but not too much, so we can stay in fight

invis_sword10.01%
25:15 - 32:03+10.3% ↘-1.4%/min

Kind of similar to forcestaff: may be alternative to blink or it's counterpart as getting-out tool

mjollnir7.13%
19:00 - 23:57+13.8% ↘-2.7%/min

Stacks pretty well with all our magic damage theme, while also gives us a lot of attack speed and AoE damage

lotus_orb0.14%
~ 29:16-2.53%50.00%

Useful utility item for our team, may be a good item to get if nobody in your team already got it.

bloodthorn35.53%
29:13 - 35:51+35.2% ↘-4.0%/min

Natural upgrade to Orchid and one of the best lategame slots for Arc Warden in general

hurricane_pike22.58%
25:39 - 32:10+22.1% ↘-3.0%/min

Natural upgrade for forcestaff if we have it