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Nerds Dark Willow

7.36c
dark_willow
Dark Willow
Offlane Core
Updated: 7/27/24, 6:26 PMPatch 7.36cAuthor: Leamare
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Hero stats
9,593
50.14%
112
46.43%

Description

Dark Willow (aka Sylph) 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.

Facets

dark_willow_throwing_shade
Throwing Shade
Matches: 87
Winrate: 44.83%
Pickrate: 76.32%
dark_willow_thorny_thicket
Thorny Thicket
Matches: 27
Winrate: 48.15%
Pickrate: 23.68%

Starting Items

tango
branches
branches
branches
branches
circlet

Skill Build

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_shadow_realm
dark_willow_bramble_maze
dark_willow_bedlam
dark_willow_bramble_maze
dark_willow_shadow_realm
dark_willow_shadow_realm
talents_tree_full
dark_willow_cursed_crown
dark_willow_bedlam
dark_willow_cursed_crown
dark_willow_cursed_crown
talents_tree_full
dark_willow_cursed_crown
dark_willow_bedlam
talents_tree_full
talents_tree_full

Main Build

Early Items
magic_wand
bracer
wraith_band
power_treads
Core Items
blink
aghanims_shard
ultimate_scepter
Lategame Items
black_king_bar
hurricane_pike
travel_boots
sheepstick
moon_shard
overwhelming_blink
Situational Early
hand_of_midas
pipe
urn_of_shadows
cyclone
force_staff
ethereal_blade
ancient_janggo
lotus_orb
witch_blade
Situational
ghost
sphere
invis_sword
mjollnir
mask_of_madness
nullifier
octarine_core
aeon_disk
mage_slayer
wind_waker
Utility
pipe
lotus_orb
ethereal_blade
force_staff
Alternatives
power_treads
tranquil_boots
Order swaps
There are no elements

Build Timeline

Early Items
magic_wand
bracer
wraith_band
Item #1
power_treads
Alternatives
tranquil_boots
Situation
hand_of_midas
urn_of_shadows
ancient_janggo
Item #2
blink
Early Items
bracer
Situation
pipe
cyclone
force_staff
witch_blade
Item #3
aghanims_shard
Situation
ethereal_blade
lotus_orb
Item #4
ultimate_scepter
Item #5
black_king_bar

Lategame Items

Lategame Main Route
black_king_bar
hurricane_pike
travel_boots
sheepstick
moon_shard
overwhelming_blink
All Lategame Items
black_king_bar
mask_of_madness
nullifier
aeon_disk
ghost
invis_sword
sphere
wind_waker
mjollnir
hurricane_pike
blink
mage_slayer
overwhelming_blink
moon_shard
sheepstick
travel_boots
octarine_core

Neutral Items

Other significant items

gungir
shivas_guard
kaya_and_sange
bloodthorn
monkey_king_bar
spirit_vessel
boots_of_bearing

Tooltips

Items Tooltips
power_treads

Extra tankiness is extremely valuable considering our HP pool. It also works great in combination with Soul Ring

mask_of_madness

After Aghanim's Scepter