What players buy
The items bought most in each of Valve’s four game stages
Public matches · each item’s own count
1stMost bought
224 buys
2ndSecond most
79 buys
3rdThird most
74 buys
4thFourth most
54 buys
5thFifth most
35 buysBy GamGem ResearchLast updated 22 Sept 2026
Brewmaster
Melee · Universal
- Win rate
- 51.4%
- Pick share
- 0.1%
- Matches
- 69,133
- Patch
- 7.41f
Draft coverage
BringsCarryInitiatorDurableDisablerNuker
NeedsSupportTower damageEscape
Recommendation
Pick
- The game is heading for 40–50 min — that is where this hero measures best, at 53.0% over 1,839 matches.
- You are playing around Ancient — its strongest medal, 52.6% over 11,318 picks.
Avoid
- Bristleback is on their side — this hero wins 34.0% of 53 matches against it.
- Rubick is on their side — this hero wins 39.8% of 88 matches against it.
- Clockwerk is on their side — this hero wins 35.7% of 42 matches against it.
224 buys79 buys74 buys54 buys35 buys
Skill Order
Which ability to max first, and where each point goes — what most league players on Brewmaster took at each level.
QThunder Clap
Slams the ground, dealing damage and slowing the movement speed and attack rate of nearby enemy units.
No Target · Magical damage
WCinder Brew
Rolls a barrel of ale at enemies that damages enemies along its path and spills out at the target location.
Point Target · AOE · Magical damage
EDrunken Brawler
Brewmaster can switch stances based on the elements he controls.
No Target · Instant Cast
RPrimal Split
Splits Brewmaster into elements, forming 3 specialized warriors, adept at survival, each with their own abilities.
No TargetMax Order
QEW
Max Q first, then E, then W. Most took R at 6 / 13.
Level-up Order
- QThunder Clap
- WCinder Brew
- EDrunken Brawler
- RPrimal Split
- TTalent
| Ability | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QThunder Clap | Q | Q | Q | Q | ||||||||||||
| WCinder Brew | W | W | W | W | ||||||||||||
| EDrunken Brawler | E | E | E | E | ||||||||||||
| RPrimal Split | R | R | ||||||||||||||
| TTalent | T | T |
Matchup map
How Brewmaster performs against every opponent with 30 or more counted games
59 opponents · public matches40%60%Brewmaster's win rate
≥ 60%Very favorable
55 – 60%Favorable
50 – 55%Even
45 – 50%Unfavorable
40 – 45%Hard
< 40%Very hard
If this happens, use this
- They are running away
Something that holds them still, or closes the gap yourself. Matched on “slow”.
- Kill them in one window
Damage that lands now rather than over a minute. Matched on “magical”, “pure”, “damage over time”, “critical”.
- Clear or push the wave
Creeps, summons and anything that hits a building. Matched on “summon”.
By medal
- Herald51.8%1,541
- Guardian49.0%4,632
- Crusader50.5%8,002
- Archon51.1%11,559
- Legend51.8%13,750
- Ancient52.6%11,318
- Divine52.6%10,827
One count per medal, not one rate split across them; a medal with no counted matches is left out.
By match length
- 0–20 min49.5%2,224
- 20–30 min50.3%5,135
- 30–40 min51.6%4,224
- 40–50 min53.0%1,839
- 50 min +48.5%814
Bands under 120 matches are absent rather than shown small.
Learning Brewmaster
Abilities
Thunder Clap
No Target · Magical damageSlams the ground, dealing damage and slowing the movement speed and attack rate of nearby enemy units.
Cinder Brew
Point Target · AOE · Magical damageRolls a barrel of ale at enemies that damages enemies along its path and spills out at the target location. Any enemy in the path or the spill area is drenched in cinder brew, becoming slowed. If the enemy receives Magic or Pure damage, they will be ignited, extending the duration by 3s and causing them to take damage over time.
Drunken Brawler
No Target · Instant CastBrewmaster can switch stances based on the elements he controls. Whenever Brewmaster casts an ability, he becomes Brewed Up, increasing his stance power by 150% for 5s. If he casts another ability while Brewed Up, the duration is extended by 2s. After Brewed Up expires, he is hungover and cannot Brew Up again for 9s. Earth Brawler gains bonus Magic Resistance and Armor. Storm Brawler gains bonus Evasion and Movement Speed. Fire Brawler gains bonus Attack Speed and chance to critical strike.
Liquid Courage
Passive · HiddenWhen Brewmaster drops below 50% Health he gains a Status Resistance buff and his movement speed alternates every 1s between being faster and being slower. The effect becomes stronger at lower health, scaling from 0 up to max values at 20% Health.
Primal Split
No TargetSplits Brewmaster into elements, forming 3 specialized warriors, adept at survival, each with their own abilities. If any of them survive until the end of their summoned timer, the Brewmaster is reborn. Each Warrior gains its respective Drunken Brawler stance.
Base attributes
- Strength
- 24 +3.2
- Agility
- 19 +2.0
- Intelligence
- 17 +1.9
- Move · range
- 310 · 150
Talents
- 4x Drunken Brawler Stance BonusesCinder Brew applies Fear when ignited
- 3Primal Split Cooldown+110 Attack Speed
- 2Cinder Brew Damage/DurationBrewlings Health
- 1Brewlings Base DamageDrunken Brawler Brew Up / Extend Duration
Aghanim’s Scepter
Changes Primal Split
Primal Split gains 1 max and current level, improving the Brewlings and their abilities. Allows Primal Split to be cancelled early, and causes the Brewlings to be Brewed Up when Primal Split begins.
Aghanim’s Shard
Changes Liquid Courage
Toss a strong drink to a teammate or drink it yourself, activating the maximum power effect of Liquid Courage and granting 2.5% Max HP Regen per second. Lasts 5 seconds.
Sources
- Kit, talents and upgrades · mechanicalread 22 Sept 2026
Ability names, icons, behaviour, damage type and text, plus the Aghanim’s Scepter and Shard descriptions — as the game itself ships them. Nothing here was counted over matches.
- Win rate by medal · countedread 15 Sept 2026
The same hero at each of Valve’s eight medals, over 4,610,063 public matches. Each medal carries its own sample, because the eight buckets are nothing like the same size.
- Matchups and match length · counted, on a narrower windowread 16 Sept 2026
Win rate against each opponent and across five match-length bands. This channel reports far fewer games than the medal figures above: the median hero pairing is 51 matches and the largest on the whole roster is 707. Rows under 30 games are absent rather than shown small, and the ones that remain are ORDERED by a figure shrunk toward even by its own sample — the rate you see is the real one, the ranking is the careful one.
- What players build · countedread 15 Sept 2026
The five most common items in each of Valve’s four game stages, with each row’s own pick count.
- Skill order · counted, in league matchesread 3 Oct 2026
Where skill points go, read off every player's own learning order in premium and professional league matches on patches 7.41 and 7.40. Each level shows the ability most players took there and the share that did — a column only a third agree on is printed as a third, not as the rule. Heroes under 30 counted games show no path.
- Situation index · derived, and checkableread 22 Sept 2026
Each situation is a phrase match against Valve’s own ability text, and every row shows the phrases that matched. No win rate is attached, because nobody counts one per situation.
Mechanics are the ones Valve publishes for patch 7.41f. GamGem is not affiliated with or endorsed by Valve Corporation.