Intelligence · Ranged
Can silence all enemies on the map
Win rate
50.5%
B across all ranks
Pick rate
10.2%
of public matches
Public picks
345.9K
in the sample
Pro scene
2
4 bans · 0% win rate
Bars start at 50%. Sample sizes: Herald 6.7K · Guardian 25.7K · Crusader 53.4K · Archon 87.8K · Legend 95K · Ancient 49.2K · Divine+ 28K.
Last 6 days
50.5%
Bought before the horn
Iron Branch
Tango
Blood Grenade
Faerie Fire
Observer and Sentry Wards
Sentry Ward
The first minutes
Boots of Speed
Core items
Arcane Boots
Force Staff
Glimmer Cape
The full build
Refresher Orb
Glimmer Cape
Aghanim's Scepter
Solar Crest
Mystic Staff
Most-bought items for Silencer in OpenDota’s sample of parsed public matches (1,083 purchases counted). Bars compare each item with the most-bought one in its phase. The percentage is the win rate in games where Silencer bought the item by minute 30 (green or red when it is clearly above or below Silencer’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.
Arcane Boots
298 games
Power Treads
178 games
Arcane Boots
215 games
Power Treads
65 games
Force Staff
145 games
Arcane Boots
79 games
Tiara of Selemene
142 games
Ring of Tarrasque
109 games
Aghanim's Scepter
106 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.
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.
50
Use: Throw Grenade: Throw a grenade at the target area. Enemies in the area will take 50 damage on impact, and be slowed by -15% and take 15 damage every 1s for 5…
10s
Use: Throw Grenade. Throw a grenade at the target area. Enemies in the area will take 50 damage on impact, and be slowed by -15% and take 15 damage every 1s for 5 seconds. Radius 300.
65
Use: Imbue: Instantly restores 85 health.
5s
Use: Imbue. Instantly restores 85 health.
50
Use: Plant: Plant the currently active ward. Double-Click to switch the currently active ward.
Use: Plant. Plant the currently active ward. Double-Click to switch the currently active ward.
50
Use: Plant: Plants a Sentry Ward, an invisible watcher that grants True Sight, the ability to see invisible enemy units and wards, to any existing allied vision within a…
1s
Use: Plant. Plants a Sentry Ward, an invisible watcher that grants True Sight, the ability to see invisible enemy units and wards, to any existing allied vision within a 1050 radius. Lasts 7 minutes. Does not grant ground vision. Hold Control to give one Sentry Ward to an allied hero.
500
Movement speed bonuses from multiple pairs of boots do not stack.
1,500
Active: Replenish: Restores 150 mana to all nearby allies. Radius: 1200
Win rate when bought53.4% · 611 games
55s
Active: Replenish. Restores 150 mana to all nearby allies. Radius: 1200
Passive: Basilius Aura. Grants 1 mana regeneration to allies. Radius: 1200 Movement speed bonuses from multiple pairs of boots do not stack.
2,200
Active: Force: Pushes any target unit 600 units in the direction it is facing.
Win rate when bought53.1% · 552 games
19s150
Active: Force. Pushes any target unit 600 units in the direction it is facing.
2,150
Active: Glimmer: After a 0.5 second delay, grants invisibility, 20 movement speed and a magic damage barrier that absorbs up to 375 damage to you or a target allied unit…
Win rate when bought48.7% · 197 games
15s125
Active: Glimmer. After a 0.5 second delay, grants invisibility, 20 movement speed and a magic damage barrier that absorbs up to 375 damage to you or a target allied unit for 5 seconds. Can be cast while channeling.
5,000
Active: Reset Cooldowns: Resets the cooldowns of all your abilities. Shares a cooldown with Refresher Shard.
180s325
Active: Reset Cooldowns. Resets the cooldowns of all your abilities. Shares a cooldown with Refresher Shard. This item's cooldown only progresses in your hero's main inventory.
4,200
Passive: Ability Upgrade: Upgrades the ultimate, and some abilities, of all heroes.
Win rate when bought63.3% · 120 games
2,575
Active: Shine: When cast on an ally, grants them 5 armor, 60 attack speed, 15% movement speed and a 350 physical damage barrier.
16s100
Active: Shine. When cast on an ally, grants them 5 armor, 60 attack speed, 15% movement speed and a 350 physical damage barrier. Does not grant bonus armor, movement or attack speed if used on self. Duration: 7
2,800
Curses the target area, dealing damage and causing enemies to take damage over time and slowing their movement speed. Anytime affected enemies cast a spell, the duration is increased. The duration is paused as long as the target is silenced.
Silencer enchants his glaives with his wisdom, stealing his target's Intelligence with each hit and dealing additional damage based on his Intelligence.
Aghanim’s ShardCauses Glaives of Wisdom to bounce 1 time to a random enemy within 450 range and increases intelligence steal.
Enchants a target, providing vision of them and causing them to be damaged and silenced if they cast a spell or if the enchantment timer expires. Deals extra damage based on the difference in intelligence between Silencer and the target.
Silencer takes less damage from and deals more damage to silenced targets. If an enemy Hero dies within 925 range of Silencer or was debuffed by Silencer at the time of death, Silencer permanently steals 1 Intelligence from them. If the victim was silenced, steal an extra 1 Intelligence.
Aghanim’s ShardIncreases the Intelligence stolen per kill.
Silencer stops all sound, preventing enemy heroes and units on the map from casting spells.
Aghanim’s ScepterGlobal Silence applies Arcane Curse to heroes for the duration of Global Silence.
+30% Glaives of Wisdom Damage
25+2s Global Silence Duration
+40s Glaives of Wisdom Int Steal Duration
20250 AoE Last Word
-15s Global Silence Cooldown
15+2s/+1s Arcane Curse Base/Penalty Duration
+25 Attack Speed
10+7% Suffer In Silence Silenced Target Damage
Strength18+2.2/lvl
Agility22+2.2/lvlIntelligence25+2.9/lvlPart of the seventh and final generation of a carefully designed pedigree, Nortrom was bred by the ancient order of the Aeol Drias to be the greatest magic user the world had ever seen. He was the prophesied one, the culmination of two-hundred years of careful pairings, a war-mage who would bring glory to the order, and destruction to their sworn enemies, The Knights of the Fold. Raised with other young mages in a hidden cantonment among the hills of the Hazhadal barrens, the order's preceptors waited for Nortrom's abilities to manifest. While the other students honed their talents with fire, or ice, or incantatory spells, Nortrom sat silent and talentless, unable to cast so much as a hex. As the day of final testing approached, he still hadn't found his magic. In disgust, the preceptors berated him, while the children laughed. "You are no mage," the head of the order declared. Still, Nortrom did not slink away. He entered the day of testing and faced down the young mages who had mocked him. And then his preceptors learned a valuable lesson: a lack of magic can be the greatest magic of all. Nortrom silenced the young mages one by one and defeated them in single combat, until he alone stood as champion of the Aeol Drias, in fulfillment of the prophecy.
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.