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Sven counters and build in Dota 2

Sven in Dota 2: who counters it, who it beats, best allies and the build — start, boots and items through the game on the latest patch.

Sven build

Start
  1. Quelling Blade
  2. Tango
  3. ×2Iron Branch
  4. Magic Stick
  5. Gauntlets of Strength
  6. Faerie Fire
Boots
  1. 7 minPower Treads
Through the game
  1. 2 minMagic Wand
  2. 11 minMask of Madness
  3. 15 minEcho Sabre
  4. 18 minBlink Dagger
  5. 25 minBlack King Bar
  6. 25 minCrystalys
  7. 29 minDaedalus
  8. 31 minHarpoon
  9. 37 minSwift Blink
  10. 37 minSatanic
Talents
  1. +50% God's Strength Damage 90%+1s Storm Hammer Stun Duration 11%25
  2. -25% Storm Hammer Cooldown and Mana Cost 0%+8 Warcry Armor 100%20
  3. -12s God's Strength Cooldown 67%+25% Great Cleave Damage 33%15
  4. +5s Warcry Duration 68%+20% God's Strength Slow Resistance 32%10
Skill build
  1. lvl 7Great Cleave
  2. lvl 10Storm Hammer
  3. lvl 15Warcry
All ranksHerald — GuardianCrusader — ArchonLegend — AncientDivine — Immortal
  • Position 1: Safe Lane91%

Strong against Sven

HeroAdvantageWin rateMatches
Batrider+5.3%47.4%836
Templar Assassin+4.6%49.1%5,189
Phoenix+2.9%52.7%4,655
Clinkz+2.7%51.6%4,886
Shadow Shaman+2.3%52.4%15,914
Slardar+2.3%49.6%7,681
Troll Warlord+2.3%52.8%3,115
Bristleback+2.2%49.3%6,242
Ursa+2.1%49.1%7,390
Winter Wyvern+2.0%49.9%6,448
Huskar+2.0%46.1%4,007
Lifestealer+2.0%51.8%19,482

Sven is strong against

HeroAdvantageWin rateMatches
Meepo+4.5%50.2%2,105
Largo+4.0%57.3%1,831
Phantom Lancer+3.9%52.4%30,832
Dark Seer+3.8%56.1%7,049
Chen+3.5%59.0%451
Io+3.4%55.1%4,283
Naga Siren+2.8%55.6%1,542
Centaur Warrunner+2.5%54.5%7,494
Puck+2.3%57.2%3,170
Warlock+2.2%53.8%7,016
Leshrac+2.2%51.2%2,279
Void Spirit+2.2%54.6%5,212

Best allies for Sven

HeroSynergyWin rateMatches
Slark+3.6%54.3%4,648
Lycan+3.4%54.7%1,392
Oracle+3.1%54.9%4,386
Largo+2.7%52.9%1,756
Riki+2.5%56.7%4,153
Kez+2.3%49.4%1,888
Bane+2.2%53.2%3,644
Omniknight+2.1%55.1%2,192
Void Spirit+1.9%53.0%4,972
Bounty Hunter+1.9%56.5%9,336
Abaddon+1.9%55.2%2,750
Doom+1.8%51.5%6,661
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