Warden Community Build

How Warden plays Lane: Shoot first: shots are 64% of your lane damage to heroes. Land Alchemical Flask between shots. Farm: You clear the jungle 1.7× as fast as the average hero. Open Large camps with Alchemical Flask. Fight: From 9 to 20 min, your gun deals 57% of your damage. Alchemical Flask is your biggest ability hit. Side lane: You hold a side lane alone 53% of the time. The average hero does 45%. Late: After 30 min, your gun deals 47% of your damage. Stay with your team in fights.

Ability order Alchemical Flask first: tier 3 by 9 min. Binding Word tier 3 at 14. Willpower tier 3 at 23. Last Stand tier 3 next.

Counter Buys: Mina, Nurse Harrow, Infernus, Lash, Haze, Rem

1 min · Trade with your gun Shots are 64% of your lane damage to heroes. Shoot the enemy hero between last hits, then step back.

7 min · Open the Medium camps Your first Medium camp falls near 7:48. Open Large camps with Alchemical Flask, as 89% of Warden players do.

9 min · Take Sinner's Take the first Sinner's Sacrifice near 9:10, as in 94% of games. One completion pays four Permanent Buffs. Higher-rank players collect more Permanent Buffs.

Enduring Speed + Fleetfoot or Surge of Power

15 min · Buy Fleetfoot 74% of Phantom+ Warden players buy Fleetfoot. Only 49% of Initiates do.

18 min · Mercurial Magnum Mercurial Magnum adds about 100 hero damage a minute against players who spent the same. Cast your imbued ability. Your bullets then deal bonus spirit damage until you reload.

22 min · Spirit Lifesteal Spirit Lifesteal adds about 82 hero damage a minute against players who spent the same. Your spirit damage heals you. It also adds Spirit Power and 90 health.

RATES are share of these 285 games. 5 weaker counter buys not shown.

Where Warden stands out 1.0× = the average hero —— Dash-jumps 2.4× —— Alchemical Flask casts 1.8× —— Camp kills by gun 1.8× — Binding Word casts 0.6× — Camp kills by ability 0.5×