Strength · Melee
Cleaves down enemies with his incredible strength
Win rate
51.7%
A across all ranks
Pick rate
10.6%
of public matches
Public picks
357.4K
in the sample
Pro scene
19
11 bans · 58% win rate
Bars start at 50%. Sample sizes: Herald 7.6K · Guardian 25.2K · Crusader 47.8K · Archon 77.3K · Legend 92.9K · Ancient 58.1K · Divine+ 48.3K.
Last 6 days
51.5%
Bought before the horn
Gauntlets of Strength
Iron Branch
Quelling Blade
Tango
Magic Stick
The first minutes
Boots of Speed
Power Treads
Morbid Mask
Broadsword
Mask of Madness
Ogre Axe
Core items
Echo Sabre
Blink Dagger
Black King Bar
Mask of Madness
Crystalys
The full build
Daedalus
Harpoon
Satanic
Swift Blink
Hyperstone
Monkey King Bar
Most-bought items for Sven in OpenDota’s sample of parsed public matches (2,223 purchases counted). Bars compare each item with the most-bought one in its phase. The percentage is the win rate in games where Sven bought the item by minute 30 (green or red when it is clearly above or below Sven’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.
Echo Sabre
119 games
Mask of Madness
1,613 games
Power Treads
1,871 games
Blink Dagger
172 games
Echo Sabre
952 games
Mask of Madness
305 games
Black King Bar
121 games
Mithril Hammer
520 games
Crystalys
290 games
Reaver
74 games
Eaglesong
82 games
Harpoon
589 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.
140
55
Use: Plant Tree: Targets the ground to plant a happy little tree that lasts for 20 seconds.
100
Active: Chop Tree: Destroy a target tree.
4s
Active: Chop Tree. Destroy a target tree.
Passive: Quell. Increases attack damage against non-hero units by 8 for melee heroes, and 4 for ranged.
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.
200
Active: Energy Charge: Instantly restores 15 health and mana per charge stored. Max 10 charges. Gains a charge whenever a visible enemy within 1200 range uses an ability.
17s
Active: Energy Charge. Instantly restores 15 health and mana per charge stored. Max 10 charges. Gains a charge whenever a visible enemy within 1200 range uses an ability.
500
Movement speed bonuses from multiple pairs of boots do not stack.
1,400
Active: Switch Attribute: Switches between +10 Strength, +10 Agility, or +10 Intelligence. Movement speed bonuses from multiple pairs of boots do not stack.
Win rate when bought52.4% · 1,892 games
Active: Switch Attribute. Switches between +10 Strength, +10 Agility, or +10 Intelligence. Movement speed bonuses from multiple pairs of boots do not stack.
900
Passive: Lifesteal: Heals the attacker for a percentage of physical damage dealt.
1,000
1,900
Active: Berserk: Gives 100 attack speed, 6% / 12% movement speed (ranged/melee), and 15%/30% slow resistance (ranged/melee), but reduces your armor by 7 and silences…
Win rate when bought53.4% · 1,986 games
16s25
Active: Berserk. Gives 100 attack speed, 6% / 12% movement speed (ranged/melee), and 15%/30% slow resistance (ranged/melee), but reduces your armor by 7 and silences you. Lasts 6 seconds.
Passive: Lifesteal. Heals the attacker for a percentage of physical damage dealt.
1,000
2,700
Passive: Echo Strike: Causes melee attacks to attack twice in quick succession. The double attacks apply a 100% movement slow for 0.8 seconds on the first strike.
Win rate when bought53.7% · 1,917 games
5s
Passive: Echo Strike. Causes melee attacks to attack twice in quick succession. The double attacks apply a 100% movement slow for 0.8 seconds on the first strike.
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 bought54.3% · 1,753 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.
4,050
Active: Avatar: Applies a basic dispel. Grants 60% magic resistance and immunity to reflected and pure damage.
Win rate when bought57.1% · 1,417 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
2,000
Passive: Critical Strike: Grants each attack a 30% chance to deal 160% damage.
Win rate when bought59.9% · 1,393 games
Passive: Critical Strike. Grants each attack a 30% chance to deal 160% damage.
5,200
Passive: Critical Strike: Grants each attack a 30% chance to deal 225% damage.
Win rate when bought71.0% · 875 games
Passive: Critical Strike. Grants each attack a 30% chance to deal 225% damage.
4,700
Active: Draw Forth: When targeting an enemy, fire a harpoon at them, that pulls you and the target closer together, up to 35% of the distance between you and your…
Win rate when bought73.7% · 666 games
19s50
Active: Draw Forth. When targeting an enemy, fire a harpoon at them, that pulls you and the target closer together, up to 35% of the distance between you and your target. If the caster is melee, the hero and target are always pulled to within melee distance of each other. Targeting a tree always pulls you all the way to that tree.
Passive: Echo Strike. Causes melee attacks to attack twice in quick succession. The double attacks apply a 100% movement slow for 1 seconds on the first strike. Echo Strike cooldown: 5s
5,050
Active: Unholy Rage: Increases Lifesteal percentage to 175% for 6 seconds. Dispel Type: Basic Dispel
40s
Active: Unholy Rage. Increases Lifesteal percentage to 175% for 6 seconds. Dispel Type: Basic Dispel
Passive: Lifesteal. Heals the attacker for a percentage of physical damage dealt.
6,800
Active: Swift Blink: Teleport to a target point up to 1200 units away. After teleportation, you gain 40% phased movement speed and +35 Agility for 6 seconds.
15s
Active: Swift Blink. Teleport to a target point up to 1200 units away. After teleportation, you gain 40% phased movement speed and +35 Agility for 6 seconds. Swift Blink cannot be used for 3 seconds after taking damage from an enemy hero or Roshan.
2,000
5,000
Passive: Pierce: Grants each attack a 80% chance to pierce through evasion and deal 70 bonus magical damage.
Sven unleashes his magical gauntlet that deals damage and stuns enemy units in a small area around the target.
Aghanim’s ScepterIncreases cast range and applies a basic dispel on the target. Affects invulnerable units. If alt-cast, it deals an additional 180 damage and Sven travels with the Storm Hammer.
Sven strikes with great force, cleaving all nearby enemy units with his attack.
Sven's Warcry heartens his allied heroes for battle, increasing their armor and movement speed. Lasts 8 seconds.
Aghanim’s ShardIncreases radius and bonus movement speed. Warcry is now undispellable and provides a 300 physical damage barrier.
Sven gains additional attack damage from Strength.
+50% God's Strength Damage
25+1s Storm Hammer Stun Duration
-25% Storm Hammer Cooldown and Mana Cost
20+8 Warcry Armor
-12s God's Strength Cooldown
15+25% Great Cleave Damage
+5s Warcry Duration
10+20% God's Strength Slow Resistance
Strength24+3.5/lvl
Agility18+2.2/lvl
Intelligence16+1.5/lvlSven is the bastard son of a Vigil Knight, born of a Pallid Meranth, raised in the Shadeshore Ruins. With his father executed for violating the Vigil Codex, and his mother shunned by her wild race, Sven believes that honor is to be found in no social order, but only in himself. After tending his mother through a lingering death, he offered himself as a novice to the Vigil Knights, never revealing his identity. For thirteen years he studied in his father's school, mastering the rigid code that declared his existence an abomination. Then, on the day that should have been his In-Swearing, he seized the Outcast Blade, shattered the Sacred Helm, and burned the Codex in the Vigil's Holy Flame. He strode from Vigil Keep, forever solitary, following his private code to the last strict rune. Still a knight, yes...but a Rogue Knight. He answers only to himself.
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.