Universal · Ranged
Fires swift flurry of arrows at a single target
Win rate
48.4%
C across all ranks
Pick rate
17.5%
of public matches
Public picks
591.3K
in the sample
Pro scene
43
27 bans · 56% win rate
Bars start at 50%. Sample sizes: Herald 12.9K · Guardian 42.2K · Crusader 80K · Archon 130.3K · Legend 157.4K · Ancient 96.2K · Divine+ 72.5K.
Last 6 days
48.6%
Bought before the horn
Iron Branch
Tango
Circlet
Blood Grenade
Faerie Fire
Observer and Sentry Wards
The first minutes
Boots of Speed
Null Talisman
Power Treads
Urn of Shadows
Javelin
Core items
Essence Distiller
Mjollnir
Black King Bar
Blink Dagger
The full build
Blink Dagger
Consecrated Wraps
Daedalus
Force Staff
Linken's Sphere
Reaver
Most-bought items for Windranger in OpenDota’s sample of parsed public matches (1,336 purchases counted). Bars compare each item with the most-bought one in its phase. The percentage is the win rate in games where Windranger bought the item by minute 30 (green or red when it is clearly above or below Windranger’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.
Mithril Hammer
566 games
Maelstrom
328 games
Essence Distiller
92 games
Hyperstone
127 games
Arcane Boots
105 games
Essence Distiller
222 games
Dragon Lance
314 games
Black King Bar
65 games
Oblivion Staff
64 games
Hydra's Breath
124 games
Daedalus
91 games
Consecrated Wraps
62 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.
155
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.
500
Movement speed bonuses from multiple pairs of boots do not stack.
505
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 bought52.9% · 1,821 games
Active: Switch Attribute. Switches between +10 Strength, +10 Agility, or +10 Intelligence. Movement speed bonuses from multiple pairs of boots do not stack.
825
Active: Soul Release: Provides 30 health regeneration when cast on allies, and deals 25 damage per second when cast on enemies. Lasts 8 seconds.
10s
Active: Soul Release. Provides 30 health regeneration when cast on allies, and deals 25 damage per second when cast on enemies. Lasts 8 seconds. Gains charges every time an enemy hero dies within 1500 units.
900
Passive: Pierce: Grants each attack a 25% chance to pierce through evasion and deal 60 bonus magical damage.
1,775
Active: Soul Release: Provides 40 health regeneration when cast on allies.
Win rate when bought53.3% · 587 games
10s
Active: Soul Release. Provides 40 health regeneration when cast on allies. Can be ground targeted to lie dormant for up to 15s and attach to the first enemy that comes within 450 radius. When on enemies, deals 25 damage per second and provides True Sight over them and shares their vision with the wearer's team. Lasts 8 seconds. Gains charges every time an enemy hero dies within 1500 units.
5,500
Active: Static Charge: Places a charged shield on a target unit for 12 seconds which has a 20% chance to release a 225 magical damage shocking bolt at a nearby attacker…
Win rate when bought57.9% · 883 games
35s50
Active: Static Charge. Places a charged shield on a target unit for 12 seconds which has a 20% chance to release a 225 magical damage shocking bolt at a nearby attacker and 4 additional enemies.
Passive: Chain Lightning. Grants a 25% chance on attack to release a bolt of electricity that leaps between 12 targets within a 650 radius, dealing 180 magical damage to each. Lightning proc pierces evasion.
4,050
Active: Avatar: Applies a basic dispel. Grants 60% magic resistance and immunity to reflected and pure damage.
Win rate when bought56.3% · 1,056 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
2,250
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 bought60.3% · 783 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.
2,600
Passive: Hallowed: Gain a charge every 4s, up to a maximum of 3 charges. Upon gaining a charge, your movement speed is increased by 15% for 5s.
Passive: Hallowed. Gain a charge every 4s, up to a maximum of 3 charges. Upon gaining a charge, your movement speed is increased by 15% for 5s. Whenever you take damage from a player-controlled source or Roshan, consume all charges to gain an all damage barrier for 5s that absorbs 120 damage per charge (360 max).
5,200
Passive: Critical Strike: Grants each attack a 30% chance to deal 225% damage.
Passive: Critical Strike. Grants each attack a 30% chance to deal 225% damage.
2,200
Active: Force: Pushes any target unit 600 units in the direction it is facing.
Win rate when bought56.4% · 342 games
19s150
Active: Force. Pushes any target unit 600 units in the direction it is facing.
4,800
Passive: Spellblock: Blocks most targeted spells once every 14 seconds.
Win rate when bought70.9% · 110 games
14s
Passive: Spellblock. Blocks most targeted spells once every 14 seconds.
Active: Transfer Spellblock. Temporarily removes Spellblock from the item's owner and transfers it to an allied unit for 14 seconds.
2,800
Shackles the target to an enemy unit or tree in a line directly behind it. If no unit or tree is present, the stun duration is reduced to 0.6.
The arrow damages and slows enemies' movement speed along its path. For each enemy that Powershot hits, its damage and slow is reduced.
Increases movement speed and adds evasion from all physical attacks.
Vector Targeted. Summons a strong wind that pushes all enemies in the target area towards the target direction.
Windranger channels the wind to gain 350 / 425 / 500 additional attack speed against a single enemy unit or structure, though with a reduction to her attack damage. Extra damage from secondary item effects is not reduced.
Using an ability conjures a stacking Tailwind that gives Windranger a brief burst of movement speed. Movement speed bonus gradually starts fading halfway through the Tailwind duration. Passively increases Windranger's max movement speed.
Aghanim’s ScepterAttacks grant Tailwind. Tailwind lasts longer and is undispellable.
Powershot Executes Enemy Heroes Under 16% Max HP
25Focus Fire Kills Advance Cooldown by 16s
+0.75s Shackleshot Duration
20-10% Focus Fire Damage Reduction
+40 Tailwind Max Movespeed
15-15% Powershot Reduction
+1s Powershot Slow Duration
10+0.75s Windrun Duration
Strength18+2.6/lvl
Agility20+2.1/lvl
Intelligence18+3.2/lvlUniversal heroes get bonus damage from every attribute.
The western forests guard their secrets well. One of these is Lyralei, master archer of the wood, and favored godchild of the wind. Known now as Windranger, Lyralei's family was killed in a storm on the night of her birth--their house blown down by the gale, contents scattered to the winds. Only the newborn survived among the debris field of death and destruction. In the quiet after the storm, the wind itself took notice of the lucky infant crying in the grass. The wind pitied the child and so lifted her into the sky and deposited her on a doorstep in a neighboring village. In the years that followed, the wind returned occasionally to the child's life, watching from a distance while she honed her skills. Now, after many years of training, Windranger fires her arrows true to their targets. She moves with blinding speed, as if hastened by a wind ever at her back. With a flurry of arrows, she slaughters her enemies, having become, nearly, a force of nature herself.
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.