Question 1

Who counters Skywrath Mage?

Accepted Answer

Broodmother (+4.5%), Lycan (+2.9%), and Bristleback (+2.7%) are the strongest against Skywrath Mage — they have the biggest advantage over it at this rank.

Question 2

Who is Skywrath Mage strong against?

Accepted Answer

Skywrath Mage does best against Necrophos (+2.8%), Phoenix (+2.8%), and Zeus (+2.0%).

Question 3

Who is Skywrath Mage stronger with?

Accepted Answer

The best partners for Skywrath Mage are Naga Siren (+4.0%), Morphling (+3.9%), and Phantom Lancer (+2.5%): together they win more often than expected from each one’s win rate.

Question 4

What to build on Skywrath Mage?

Accepted Answer

“Position 4: Support”: players usually start with Tango, Mantle of Intelligence, Circlet, Blood Grenade, Sentry Ward, and Iron Branch ×2, pick Arcane Boots for boots, then build Rod of Atos (20 min), Kaya (26 min), and Aghanim's Scepter (35 min).

Question 5

Which talents to take on Skywrath Mage?

Accepted Answer

Most often players take: at level 15 — “-6s Ancient Seal Cooldown” (79%), at level 20 — “+10% Ancient Seal Increased Magic Damage” (65%), and at level 25 — “+400 Mystic Flare Damage” (72%).

Question 6

What position to play Skywrath Mage in?

Accepted Answer

Skywrath Mage is played most often as “Position 4: Support” — 46% of its matches. Less often: Position 5: Hard Support (37%) and Position 2: Mid Lane (16%).

Hero	Advantage	Win rate	Matches
Broodmother	+4.5%	56.3%	912
Lycan	+2.9%	50.9%	534
Bristleback	+2.7%	51.6%	3,901
Batrider	+2.5%	47.3%	328
Beastmaster	+2.4%	48.0%	752
Oracle	+2.2%	51.8%	1,561
Riki	+2.1%	54.8%	3,232
Tidehunter	+2.1%	52.0%	4,036
Night Stalker	+2.0%	52.8%	3,607
Troll Warlord	+2.0%	55.0%	1,114
Mars	+2.0%	50.2%	1,622
Clinkz	+1.9%	52.6%	2,260

Hero	Advantage	Win rate	Matches
Necrophos	+2.8%	51.5%	7,054
Phoenix	+2.8%	51.0%	2,107
Zeus	+2.0%	51.8%	6,898
Primal Beast	+2.0%	52.8%	1,365
Faceless Void	+2.0%	53.9%	4,093
Dark Seer	+1.9%	53.2%	1,954
Ember Spirit	+1.9%	53.2%	2,718
Treant Protector	+1.8%	56.3%	1,307
Queen of Pain	+1.8%	54.8%	4,248
Slark	+1.6%	52.7%	5,759
Clockwerk	+1.5%	54.6%	1,360
Timbersaw	+1.5%	55.2%	1,746

Hero	Synergy	Win rate	Matches
Naga Siren	+4.0%	52.6%	588
Morphling	+3.9%	52.2%	1,690
Phantom Lancer	+2.5%	55.0%	6,538
Brewmaster	+2.2%	52.6%	852
Pangolier	+2.1%	48.9%	1,030
Meepo	+1.9%	56.5%	635
Enigma	+1.8%	51.8%	1,041
Ember Spirit	+1.7%	50.1%	2,468
Dark Willow	+1.7%	50.2%	1,917
Phantom Assassin	+1.6%	52.9%	7,504
Medusa	+1.6%	51.6%	1,374
Bane	+1.5%	50.7%	805

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