What players buy
The items bought most in each of Valve’s four game stages
Public matches · each item’s own count
1stMost bought
172 buys
2ndSecond most
168 buys
3rdThird most
60 buys
4thFourth most
38 buys
5thFifth most
38 buysBy GamGem ResearchLast updated 22 Sept 2026
Dawnbreaker
Melee · Strength
- Win rate
- 52.0%
- Pick share
- 0.9%
- Matches
- 396,499
- Patch
- 7.41f
Draft coverage
BringsCarryDurable
NeedsSupportInitiatorDisablerBurstTower damageEscape
Recommendation
Pick
- The game is heading for 50 min + — that is where this hero measures best, at 50.7% over 454 matches.
Avoid
- Treant Protector is on their side — this hero wins 30.3% of 66 matches against it.
- Spirit Breaker is on their side — this hero wins 38.2% of 102 matches against it.
- Faceless Void is on their side — this hero wins 39.1% of 110 matches against it.
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Skill Order
Which ability to max first, and where each point goes — what most league players on Dawnbreaker took at each level.
QStarbreaker
Dawnbreaker whirls her hammer around 3 times, damaging enemies with her attack plus bonus damage.
Point Target · Physical damage
WCelestial Hammer
Dawnbreaker hurls her weapon at a target, damaging enemies struck along the way.
Point Target · Magical damage
ELuminosity
Passive
RSolar Guardian
CHANNELED - Dawnbreaker creates a pulsing effect at a location within 350 units of an allied hero anywhere on the map and creates daylight for 6s.
Point Target · Channeled · Magical damageMax Order
WQE
Max W first, then Q, then E. Most took R at 6 / 13.
Level-up Order
- QStarbreaker
- WCelestial Hammer
- ELuminosity
- RSolar Guardian
- TTalent
| Ability | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QStarbreaker | Q | Q | Q | Q | ||||||||||||
| WCelestial Hammer | W | W | W | W | ||||||||||||
| ELuminosity | E | E | E | E | ||||||||||||
| RSolar Guardian | R | R | ||||||||||||||
| TTalent | T | T |
Matchup map
How Dawnbreaker performs against every opponent with 30 or more counted games
113 opponents · public matches40%60%Dawnbreaker'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”, “stun”.
- Kill them in one window
Damage that lands now rather than over a minute. Matched on “magical”.
- Stay in lane
Healing, regeneration or lifesteal — not having to walk back. Matched on “heals”.
- See what is coming
Vision, or true sight against something invisible. Matched on “vision”.
By medal
- Herald52.3%6,121
- Guardian51.9%22,606
- Crusader52.2%45,241
- Archon52.1%75,172
- Legend52.1%94,464
- Ancient52.1%73,548
- Divine51.8%55,775
One count per medal, not one rate split across them; a medal with no counted matches is left out.
By match length
- 0–20 min49.9%2,195
- 20–30 min48.5%6,687
- 30–40 min49.2%3,942
- 40–50 min50.6%1,376
- 50 min +50.7%454
Bands under 120 matches are absent rather than shown small.
Learning Dawnbreaker
Abilities
Starbreaker
Point Target · Physical damageDawnbreaker whirls her hammer around 3 times, damaging enemies with her attack plus bonus damage. On the final strike, she smashes her hammer down, stunning and damaging enemies in front of her.
Celestial Hammer
Point Target · Magical damageDawnbreaker hurls her weapon at a target, damaging enemies struck along the way. The hammer pauses for 2 seconds at the destination before flying back to her, leaving a trail of fire that slows enemies. Dawnbreaker can recall the hammer at any time, pulling her towards it so they meet in the middle.
Luminosity
PassiveBreak of Dawn
PassiveWhenever the sun comes out, Dawnbreaker gains bonus base damage and vision that decreases throughout the course of the day. If Dawnbreaker causes the day these bonuses are at full power for the entirety of that daytime.
Solar Guardian
Point Target · Channeled · Magical damageCHANNELED - Dawnbreaker creates a pulsing effect at a location within 350 units of an allied hero anywhere on the map and creates daylight for 6s. Each pulse damages enemies and heals allies. After a short duration, she flies to the target location and deals additional damage and stuns enemies upon landing. Once channeled, Dawnbreaker cannot stop the ability.
Base attributes
- Strength
- 25 +3.4
- Agility
- 14 +1.7
- Intelligence
- 20 +2.0
- Move · range
- 300 · 150
Talents
- 4special_bonus_unique_dawnbreaker_fire_wreath_cooldownspecial_bonus_unique_dawnbreaker_celestial_hammer_cast_range
- 3special_bonus_unique_dawnbreaker_solar_guardian_radiusspecial_bonus_unique_dawnbreaker_luminosity_attack_count
- 2special_bonus_unique_dawnbreaker_celestial_hammer_damagespecial_bonus_unique_dawnbreaker_solar_guardian_cooldown
- 1special_bonus_unique_dawnbreaker_luminosity_critspecial_bonus_unique_dawnbreaker_celestial_hammer_targets_allies
Aghanim’s Scepter
Changes Solar Guardian
Solar Guardian's aura follows Dawnbreaker for 2s after landing.
Aghanim’s Shard
Changes Starbreaker
Dawnbreaker gains debuff immunity with 50% magic resistance and free movement during Starbreaker. Dawnbreaker is slowed by 35% down to a minimum of 215.
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.