
Dragon Slave
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.
Intelligence · Ranged
Increases attack and speed with every spell

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
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%
Bought before the horn
Iron Branch
Faerie Fire
Tango
Observer Ward
The first minutes
Boots of Speed
Bottle
Null Talisman
Boots of Travel
Core items
Boots of Travel
Aghanim's Scepter
Yasha and Kaya
Mithril Hammer
The full build
Black King Bar
Demon Edge
Yasha and Kaya
Mystic Staff
Blink Dagger
Boots of Travel 2
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.
Maelstrom
87 games
Mithril Hammer
112 games
Boots of Travel
1,096 games
Kaya
639 games
Boots of Travel
342 games
Maelstrom
79 games
Aghanim's Scepter
337 games
Dragon Lance
78 games
Yasha and Kaya
329 games
Silver Edge
63 games
Demon Edge
136 games
Perseverance
70 games
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.
55
Use: Plant Tree: Targets the ground to plant a happy little tree that lasts for 20 seconds.
65
Use: Imbue: Instantly restores 85 health.
5s
Use: Imbue. Instantly restores 85 health.
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.
0
Use: Plant: Plants an Observer Ward, an invisible watcher that gives ground vision in a 1600 radius to your team. Lasts 6 minutes.
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.
500
Movement speed bonuses from multiple pairs of boots do not stack.
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.
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.
505
2,500
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
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.
4,200
Passive: Ability Upgrade: Upgrades the ultimate, and some abilities, of all heroes.
Win rate when bought50.2% · 1,206 games
4,200
Win rate when bought54.8% · 984 games
1,600
Win rate when bought51.5% · 789 games
4,050
Active: Avatar: Applies a basic dispel. Grants 60% magic resistance and immunity to reflected and pure damage.
Win rate when bought56.1% · 383 games
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
2,200
Win rate when bought66.2% · 154 games
2,800
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
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.
4,500
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…
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.

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

Summons a column of flames that damages and stuns enemies.

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

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

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

Fires off a bolt of lightning at a single enemy unit, dealing massive damage.
Aghanim’s ShardCasting Laguna Blade temporarily supercharges Lina, granting her stacks of Fiery Soul.
+1s Slow Burn Duration
25150% 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
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.