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Nerds Dark Willow

7.36c
dark_willow
Dark Willow
Offlane Support
Hard Support
Updated: 7/27/24, 6:25 PMPatch 7.36cAuthor: Leamare
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Hero stats
9,593
50.14%
9,129
50.24%
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Description

Dark Willow is an intelligence hero, who provides a lot of disables in fights and hard to bully out of lane. She has a great escape/zoning tool, as well as a lot of ways to setup kills, deal massive amounts of magic damage and provide utility in temfights.

Other builds

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Facets

dark_willow_throwing_shade
Throwing Shade
Matches: 3763
Winrate: 48.58%
Pickrate: 41.23%
dark_willow_thorny_thicket
Thorny Thicket
Matches: 5364
Winrate: 51.42%
Pickrate: 58.77%

Starting Items

tango
blood_grenade
branches
branches
circlet
faerie_fire
enchanted_mango
ward_observer
ward_sentry

Skill Build

Skill Priority
dark_willow_bedlam
Priority: 1First lvl: 6Maxed at: 19
dark_willow_bramble_maze
Priority: 2First lvl: 1Maxed at: 7
dark_willow_cursed_crown
Priority: 3First lvl: 4Maxed at: 11
dark_willow_shadow_realm
Priority: 4First lvl: 2Maxed at: 16
Talents
+2 Bedlam Attack Targets
25
+500 Terrorize Impact Damage
-7s Bramble Maze CD
20
+1.5s Shadow Realm Duration
+150 Cursed Crown AoE
15
+30 Bedlam Damage
-2s Shadow Realm Cooldown
10
+0.5s Cursed Crown Stun Duration
Skill Build Timeline
dark_willow_bramble_maze
dark_willow_shadow_realm
dark_willow_bramble_maze
dark_willow_cursed_crown
dark_willow_bramble_maze
dark_willow_bedlam
dark_willow_bramble_maze
dark_willow_cursed_crown
dark_willow_cursed_crown
talents_tree_full
dark_willow_cursed_crown
dark_willow_bedlam
dark_willow_shadow_realm
dark_willow_shadow_realm
talents_tree_full
dark_willow_shadow_realm
dark_willow_bedlam
talents_tree_full
talents_tree_full

Main Build

Early Items
boots99.77%
magic_wand81.21%
wind_lace76.81%
arcane_boots46.48%
Core Items
cyclone49.31%
aghanims_shard61.06%
blink36.21%
Lategame Items
ultimate_scepter17.81%
hurricane_pike1.86%
moon_shard4.62%
sheepstick2.77%
Situational Early
urn_of_shadows10.76%
force_staff16.91%
veil_of_discord0.27%
tranquil_boots38.61%
lotus_orb3.10%
solar_crest13.74%
aether_lens10.08%
glimmer_cape19.70%
pavise14.41%
Situational
ghost5.10%
travel_boots2.49%
hand_of_midas5.94%
black_king_bar1.09%
shivas_guard0.11%
rod_of_atos1.80%
octarine_core3.65%
aeon_disk1.99%
spirit_vessel9.15%
boots_of_bearing4.26%
Utility
pavise14.41%
glimmer_cape19.70%
lotus_orb3.10%
solar_crest13.74%
force_staff16.91%
Core Transition
mjollnir0.19%
monkey_king_bar1.19%
nullifier0.12%
assault0.01%
skadi0.03%
greater_crit0.14%
mask_of_madness3.12%
Alternatives
There are no elements
Order swaps
There are no elements

Build Timeline

Early Items
boots99.77%
03:41 - 05:11+17.2% ↘-1.2%/min
magic_wand81.21%
~ 05:37+5.46%51.17%
wind_lace76.81%
~ 10:00+3.47%50.95%
~11 min
arcane_boots46.48%
09:00 - 11:46+6.9% ↘-1.7%/min
Situation
urn_of_shadows10.76%
08:08 - 11:45+7.3% ↘-2.0%/min
tranquil_boots38.61%
~ 08:42+0.86%50.67%
pavise14.41%
~ 17:47+9.88%58.60%
~21 min
cyclone49.31%
~ 21:09+8.20%54.30%
Situation
force_staff16.91%
~ 26:05+8.46%57.17%
veil_of_discord0.27%
~ 22:46+19.14%69.23%
aether_lens10.08%
~ 28:13+12.41%61.30%
glimmer_cape19.70%
~ 24:11+3.72%53.13%
~24 min
aghanims_shard61.06%
~ 23:58+11.70%54.70%
Situation
lotus_orb3.10%
29:11 - 44:17+26.1% ↘-1.7%/min
solar_crest13.74%
~ 21:09+12.33%60.78%
~30 min
blink36.21%
~ 21:29+12.54%58.14%
~40 min
ultimate_scepter17.81%
~ 28:46+2.31%52.04%

Lategame Items

Lategame Main Route
ultimate_scepter17.81%
hurricane_pike1.86%
moon_shard4.62%
sheepstick2.77%
All Lategame Items
hand_of_midas5.94%
spirit_vessel9.15%
rod_of_atos1.80%
mask_of_madness3.12%
ultimate_scepter17.81%
ghost5.10%
boots_of_bearing4.26%
black_king_bar1.09%
nullifier0.12%
travel_boots2.49%
hurricane_pike1.86%
moon_shard4.62%
aeon_disk1.99%
octarine_core3.65%
skadi0.03%
mjollnir0.19%
shivas_guard0.11%
sheepstick2.77%
monkey_king_bar1.19%
greater_crit0.14%
assault0.01%

Neutral Items

T1
trusty_shovel11.95%
faded_broach17.50%
safety_bubble11.43%
T2
grove_bow13.77%
specialists_array8.71%
philosophers_stone19.03%
T3
psychic_headband14.80%
enchanted_quiver7.97%
T4
ogre_seal_totem1.55%
spy_gadget3.80%
mind_breaker3.06%
ninja_gear2.15%

Tooltips

Spells Tooltips

Cursed Crown

It's incredibly strong ability, but we don't really need to max it early on: value point is enough. You main combo should be E+Q+charge W and attack with Bedlam.

Shadow Realm

Our surviveability and zoning tool. Charge it until exclamation mark appears and attack enemies.

Items Tooltips
cyclone49.31%
~ 21:09+8.20%54.30%

Mobility and mana, additional save as well as setup for your Q or E (use E, wait for around 1.5 seconds, use eul).

force_staff16.91%
~ 26:05+8.46%57.17%

Saves allies and works great in combo with your Q

arcane_boots46.48%
09:00 - 11:46+6.9% ↘-1.7%/min

You will have mana issues early, while also wanting to get Greaves, so Arcane boots seems like most optimal choice.

nullifier0.12%
~ 34:34+13.51%63.64%

Additional strong lockdown, while also giving armor and high damage (works great on lvl 25)

wind_lace76.81%
~ 10:00+3.47%50.95%

You're pretty slow hero anyway, so early Wind Lace will be really helpful. You can use it while upgrading Urn as well.

hurricane_pike1.86%
~ 35:47+14.32%64.20%

Natural upgrade for Force Staff

spirit_vessel9.15%
16:31 - 21:52+15.4% ↘-2.8%/min

Armor, percentage base heal/damage, HP and movement speed. Pretty much all you may ask for.