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Lina

Increases attack and speed with every spell

CarrySupportNukerDisablerSimple to play
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Win rate

47.2%

D across all ranks

Pick rate

14.6%

of public matches

Public picks

493.7K

in the sample

Pro scene

3

7 bans · 0% win rate

Win rate by rank

  • Herald1Herald45.7%
  • Guardian2Guardian45.9%
  • Crusader3Crusader47.1%
  • Archon4Archon47.3%
  • Legend5Legend47.5%
  • Ancient6Ancient47.6%
  • Divine+7Divine+47.2%

Bars start at 50%. Sample sizes: Herald 13.3K · Guardian 39.9K · Crusader 72.8K · Archon 115K · Legend 130.8K · Ancient 74.4K · Divine+ 47.5K.

Last 6 days

47.2%

Popular item build

Starting items

Bought before the horn

  1. 1

    Iron Branch

    55g
  2. 2

    Faerie Fire

    65g
  3. 3

    Tango

    90g
  4. 4

    Observer Ward

    0g

Laning

The first minutes

  1. 1

    Boots of Speed

    500g
  2. 2

    Bottle

    675g
  3. 3

    Null Talisman

    505g
  4. 4

    Boots of Travel

    48%2,500g

Mid game

Core items

  1. 1

    Boots of Travel

    48%2,500g
  2. 2

    Aghanim's Scepter

    50%4,200g
  3. 3

    Yasha and Kaya

    55%4,200g
  4. 4

    Mithril Hammer

    51%1,600g

Late game

The full build

  1. 1

    Black King Bar

    56%4,050g
  2. 2

    Demon Edge

    66%2,200g
  3. 3

    Yasha and Kaya

    55%4,200g
  4. 4

    Mystic Staff

    2,800g
  5. 5

    Blink Dagger

    60%2,250g
  6. 6

    Boots of Travel 2

    4,500g

Most-bought items for Lina in OpenDota’s sample of parsed public matches (1,980 purchases counted). Bars compare each item with the most-bought one in its phase. The percentage is the win rate in games where Lina bought the item by minute 30 (green or red when it is clearly above or below Lina’s average). Teams that are ahead buy items sooner, so a high number shows the item goes with winning games, not that it causes the win. Items with fewer than 100 games show no percentage. Cheap components are hidden from the mid and late game.

Best win rate by purchase time

Bought ≤ 12 min

  1. Maelstrom

    87 games

    61%
  2. Mithril Hammer

    112 games

    57%
  3. Boots of Travel

    1,096 games

    51%

Bought 12–15 min

  1. Kaya

    639 games

    54%
  2. Boots of Travel

    342 games

    46%
  3. Maelstrom

    79 games

    44%

Bought 15–20 min

  1. Aghanim's Scepter

    337 games

    68%
  2. Dragon Lance

    78 games

    56%
  3. Yasha and Kaya

    329 games

    56%

Bought 20–30 min

  1. Silver Edge

    63 games

    73%
  2. Demon Edge

    136 games

    68%
  3. Perseverance

    70 games

    67%

Final items compared within the same purchase window (at least 60 games each), so they are not simply ranked by how late or expensive they are. Still a correlation: a team that is far ahead can buy anything sooner.

What these items do

  • Iron Branch

    55

    • +1 All Attributes

    Use: Plant Tree: Targets the ground to plant a happy little tree that lasts for 20 seconds.

  • Faerie Fire

    65

    • +2 Damage

    Use: Imbue: Instantly restores 85 health.

    Full description

    5s

    Use: Imbue. Instantly restores 85 health.

  • Tango

    90

    Use: Devour: Consumes a target tree to gain 7 health regeneration for 16 seconds. Consuming an Ironwood Tree doubles the heal duration. Comes with 3 charges.

  • Observer Ward

    0

    Use: Plant: Plants an Observer Ward, an invisible watcher that gives ground vision in a 1600 radius to your team. Lasts 6 minutes.

    Full description

    1s

    Use: Plant. Plants an Observer Ward, an invisible watcher that gives ground vision in a 1600 radius to your team. Lasts 6 minutes. Hold Control to give one Observer Ward to an allied hero.

  • Boots of Speed

    500

    • +45 Move Speed

    Movement speed bonuses from multiple pairs of boots do not stack.

  • Bottle

    675

    Active: Regenerate: Consumes a charge to restore 110 health and 60 mana over 2.7 seconds. If the hero is attacked by an enemy hero or Roshan, the effect is lost.

    Full description

    0.5s

    Active: Regenerate. Consumes a charge to restore 110 health and 60 mana over 2.7 seconds. If the hero is attacked by an enemy hero or Roshan, the effect is lost. The Bottle automatically refills at the fountain. Hold Control to use on an allied hero.

    Passive: Store Rune. Runes can be stored in the Bottle for later use by right-clicking them. Unused runes will automatically activate after 90 seconds. Using a stored rune fully refills the Bottle.

    • Bottle is shareable. Stored runes cannot be shared.
    • Using a stored Bounty or Water rune fully refills the bottle if the bottle was full when the rune was stored; otherwise, it refills two charges.
  • Null Talisman

    505

    • +5 Intelligence
    • +2 Strength
    • +2 Agility
    • +1 Mana Regen
  • Boots of Travel

    2,500

    • +90 Move Speed

    Upgrade: Town Portal Scroll: Upgrades your Town Portal Scroll, allowing it to target units, reduces cooldown and does not consume a charge on usage.

    Win rate when bought48.4% · 1,679 games

    • ≤ 12 min51%1.1k
    • 12–15 min46%342
    • 15–20 min44%171
    • 20–30 min37%70
    Full description

    Upgrade: Town Portal Scroll. Upgrades your Town Portal Scroll, allowing it to target units, reduces cooldown and does not consume a charge on usage. Movement speed bonuses from multiple pairs of boots do not stack.

  • Aghanim's Scepter

    4,200

    • +10 All Attributes
    • +175 Health
    • +175 Mana

    Passive: Ability Upgrade: Upgrades the ultimate, and some abilities, of all heroes.

    Win rate when bought50.2% · 1,206 games

    • ≤ 12 min–1
    • 12–15 min–15
    • 15–20 min68%337
    • 20–30 min43%853
  • Yasha and Kaya

    4,200

    • +16 Agility
    • +16 Intelligence
    • +20 Damage

    Win rate when bought54.8% · 984 games

    • ≤ 12 min–17
    • 12–15 min46%50
    • 15–20 min56%329
    • 20–30 min55%588
  • Mithril Hammer

    1,600

    • +24 Damage

    Win rate when bought51.5% · 789 games

    • ≤ 12 min57%112
    • 12–15 min39%82
    • 15–20 min49%121
    • 20–30 min53%474
  • Black King Bar

    4,050

    • +10 Strength
    • +24 Damage

    Active: Avatar: Applies a basic dispel. Grants 60% magic resistance and immunity to reflected and pure damage.

    Win rate when bought56.1% · 383 games

    • ≤ 12 min–2
    • 12–15 min–1
    • 15–20 min–20
    • 20–30 min57%360
    Full description

    95s50

    Active: Avatar. Applies a basic dispel. Grants 60% magic resistance and immunity to reflected and pure damage. For the duration of the effect, any negative effect from enemy spells has no effect. Duration: 9 / 8 / 7s Dispel Type: Basic Dispel

    • Purchasing another Black King Bar will not reset its immunity duration.
    • Avatar duration is not affected by increases to buff duration.
  • Demon Edge

    2,200

    • +40 Damage

    Win rate when bought66.2% · 154 games

    • ≤ 12 min–2
    • 12–15 min–3
    • 15–20 min–13
    • 20–30 min68%136
  • Mystic Staff

    2,800

    • +25 Intelligence
  • Blink Dagger

    2,250

    Active: Blink: Teleport to a target point up to 1200 units away. Blink Dagger cannot be used for 3 seconds after taking damage from an enemy hero or Roshan.

    Win rate when bought59.9% · 441 games

    • ≤ 12 min–4
    • 12–15 min–15
    • 15–20 min54%50
    • 20–30 min61%372
    Full description

    15s

    Active: Blink. Teleport to a target point up to 1200 units away. Blink Dagger cannot be used for 3 seconds after taking damage from an enemy hero or Roshan.

    • Self-casting will cause you to teleport in the direction of your team's fountain.
  • Boots of Travel 2

    4,500

    • +110 Move Speed

    Upgrade: Town Portal Scroll: Upgrades your Town Portal Scroll, allowing it to target units and heroes, reduces cooldown, channel time and does not consume a charge on…

    Full description

    Upgrade: Town Portal Scroll. Upgrades your Town Portal Scroll, allowing it to target units and heroes, reduces cooldown, channel time and does not consume a charge on usage. Movement speed bonuses from multiple pairs of boots do not stack.

Abilities

Dragon Slave

11 / 10 / 9 / 8s90 / 100 / 110 / 120

Lina channels the breath of a dragon, sending out a wave of fire that scorches every enemy in its path.

DAMAGE
65 / 125 / 185 / 245
  • Dragon Slave can hit units up to 1225 units away.
  • Does not trigger spell block or spell reflect.

Light Strike Array

13 / 11 / 9 / 7s100 / 110 / 120 / 130

Summons a column of flames that damages and stuns enemies.

RADIUS
250
CAST DELAY
0.5
STUN DURATION
1.2 / 1.6 / 2 / 2.4
DAMAGE
80 / 125 / 170 / 215
  • Light Strike Array will destroy trees in its area of effect.

Fiery Soul

Grants bonus attack and movement speed each time Lina hits an enemy with a spell. Stacks with itself. Lasts 16 seconds.

ATTACK SPEED BONUS
7 / 14 / 21 / 28
MOVE SPEED BONUS
1 / 1.5 / 2 / 2.5%
MAX STACKS
7
DURATION
16
  • Duration refreshes each time an opponent is hit with a spell.
  • Using items does not trigger Fiery Soul.

Flame Cloak

Granted by Aghanim’s Scepter25s50

Grants Lina unobstructed movement and increases her spell damage and magic resistance. Grants max fiery soul stacks on activation.

DURATION
7
MAGIC RESISTANCE
35%
SPELL AMP
35%

Slow Burn

Innate

Lina's abilities deal an additional 64% damage as burn damage over 4s.

Laguna Blade

Ultimate70 / 60 / 50s150 / 300 / 450

Fires off a bolt of lightning at a single enemy unit, dealing massive damage.

DAMAGE
400 / 580 / 760
SUPERCHARGE DURATION
0
SUPERCHARGE STACKS
0
  • Laguna Blade has a 0.25 delay before the damage is applied after the spell is cast, allowing certain abilities to avoid the damage.

Aghanim’s ShardCasting Laguna Blade temporarily supercharges Lina, granting her stacks of Fiery Soul.

Talents

+1s Slow Burn Duration

25

150% Attack Crit On Targets Affected By Slow Burn

-20s Laguna Blade Cooldown

20

+10/1% Fiery Soul Per Stack

5% Fiery Soul Magic Resist Per Stack

15

+110 Light Strike Array Damage

+25 Damage

10

-3s Dragon Slave Cooldown

Base stats

Attributes

  • StrengthStrength20+2.4/lvl
  • AgilityAgility21+2.4/lvl
  • IntelligenceIntelligence28+4/lvl

At level 1

Damage
49–57
Attack time
1.6s
Attack range
670
Move speed
290
Armor
3.5
Magic resistance
25%
Health
560 (+2.3/s)
Mana
411 (+1.4/s)
Vision day / night
1800 / 800

Recent changes

latest 12 patches
  1. 7.41f
    • Base Intelligence decreased from 30 to 28
    • Damage at level 1 decreased from 51-59 to 49-57
    • Fiery Soul:Attack Speed Bonus decreased from 8/16/24/32 to 7/14/21/28
    • Duration decreased from 18s to 16s
  2. 7.41e
    • Base Agility decreased from 23 to 21
  3. 7.41d
    • Dragon Slave:Mana Cost decreased from 100/110/120/130 to 90/100/110/120
  4. 7.41c
    • Light Strike Array:Damage increased from 80/120/160/200 to 80/125/170/215
    • Laguna Blade:Damage increased from 380/565/750 to 400/580/760
  5. 7.41
    • Removed Combustion innate ability
    • Slow Burn:New innate ability
    • Lina's abilities deal an additional 64% damage as undispellable burn damage over 4s
    • Dragon Slave:Damage decreased from 85/165/245/325 to 65/125/185/245
    • Light Strike Array:Damage decreased from 110/160/210/260 to 80/120/160/200
    • Laguna Blade:Damage decreased from 500/750/1000 to 380/565/750
    • Aghanim's Shard upgrade reworked
    • Casting Laguna Blade temporarily supercharges Lina, granting her 12 stacks of Fiery Soul. Supercharge duration: 5s
    • Talents:Level 15 Talent Light Strike Array Damage decreased from +150 to +110
    • Level 25 Talent +150% Crit On Targets Affected By Spells replaced with 150% Attack Crit on Targets Affected by Slow Burn
    • Level 25 Talent +60% Combustion Overheat Damage replaced with +1s Slow Burn Duration
  6. 7.40
    • Intelligence gain increased from 3.8 to 4.0
    • Laguna Blade:Cast Range increased from 600 to 750
  7. 7.39e
    • Light Strike Array:Stun Duration increased from 1/1.4/1.8/2.2s to 1.2/1.6/2.0/2.4s

Lore

The sibling rivalries between Lina the Slayer, and her younger sister Rylai, the Crystal Maiden, were the stuff of legend in the temperate region where they spent their quarrelsome childhoods together. Lina always had the advantage, however, for while Crystal was guileless and naive, Lina's fiery ardor was tempered by cleverness and conniving. The exasperated parents of these incompatible offspring went through half a dozen homesteads, losing one to fire, the next to ice, before they realized life would be simpler if the children were separated. As the oldest, Lina was sent far south to live with a patient aunt in the blazing Desert of Misrule, a climate that proved more than comfortable for the fiery Slayer. Her arrival made quite an impression on the somnolent locals, and more than one would-be suitor scorched his fingers or went away with singed eyebrows, his advances spurned. Lina is proud and confident, and nothing can dampen her flame.

Win rates come from public Dota 2 matches (OpenDota), 3.4M matches counted, refreshed Oct 24, 2026. Tiers use the win rate in the chosen rank: S 52.5%+, A 51%+, B 49%+, C 47.5%+, D below; heroes with too few games are left unrated. Hero data and patch notes are Valve’s. Builds Forge is an unofficial fan site, not affiliated with Valve.