Question 1

Who counters Dark Willow?

Accepted Answer

Naga Siren (+3.5%), Enigma (+2.9%), and Puck (+2.9%) are the strongest against Dark Willow — they have the biggest advantage over it at this rank.

Question 2

Who is Dark Willow strong against?

Accepted Answer

Dark Willow does best against Visage (+4.7%), Batrider (+3.4%), and Gyrocopter (+3.0%).

Question 3

Who is Dark Willow stronger with?

Accepted Answer

The best partners for Dark Willow are Largo (+4.4%), Visage (+3.4%), and Lone Druid (+3.3%): together they win more often than expected from each one’s win rate.

Question 4

What to build on Dark Willow?

Accepted Answer

“Position 5: Hard Support”: players usually start with Tango, Blood Grenade, Iron Branch ×2, Magic Stick, Sentry Ward, and Observer and Sentry Wards, pick Tranquil Boots for boots, then build Eul's Scepter of Divinity (22 min) and Blink Dagger (27 min).

Question 5

Which talents to take on Dark Willow?

Accepted Answer

Most often players take: at level 15 — “+30 Bedlam Damage” (66%), at level 20 — “+1.5s Shadow Realm Duration” (53%), and at level 25 — “+2 Bedlam Attack Targets” (60%).

Question 6

What position to play Dark Willow in?

Accepted Answer

Dark Willow is played most often as “Position 5: Hard Support” — 48% of its matches. Less often: Position 4: Support (47%).

Hero	Advantage	Win rate	Matches
Naga Siren	+3.5%	53.3%	873
Enigma	+2.9%	55.3%	2,700
Puck	+2.9%	50.6%	2,272
Shadow Demon	+2.8%	49.1%	1,280
Beastmaster	+2.6%	49.0%	1,156
Juggernaut	+2.2%	55.6%	14,714
Queen of Pain	+2.0%	49.9%	7,195
Phantom Lancer	+1.8%	55.9%	9,679
Keeper of the Light	+1.8%	52.0%	3,086
Leshrac	+1.7%	55.3%	1,672
Sand King	+1.6%	51.0%	2,559
Pangolier	+1.6%	48.8%	2,485

Hero	Advantage	Win rate	Matches
Visage	+4.7%	49.0%	1,003
Batrider	+3.4%	58.7%	520
Gyrocopter	+3.0%	55.2%	2,408
Largo	+2.6%	53.3%	1,158
Primal Beast	+2.4%	52.1%	2,005
Kez	+2.4%	56.2%	2,630
Medusa	+2.1%	51.8%	1,958
Io	+1.9%	51.0%	2,531
Muerta	+1.8%	53.2%	1,741
Meepo	+1.8%	44.9%	994
Enchantress	+1.8%	53.2%	1,881
Dawnbreaker	+1.6%	48.4%	7,112

Hero	Synergy	Win rate	Matches
Largo	+4.4%	52.0%	984
Visage	+3.4%	57.3%	895
Lone Druid	+3.3%	51.9%	2,092
Io	+2.9%	52.1%	1,631
Shadow Demon	+2.8%	47.6%	738
Pugna	+2.4%	52.9%	1,806
Brewmaster	+2.0%	52.3%	1,887
Doom	+2.0%	49.1%	4,812
Enigma	+1.7%	52.4%	1,900
Huskar	+1.6%	46.7%	2,347
Meepo	+1.6%	56.7%	933
Puck	+1.6%	47.7%	2,067

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