What players buy
The items bought most in each of Valve’s four game stages
Public matches · each item’s own count
1stMost bought
154 buys
2ndSecond most
120 buys
3rdThird most
111 buys
4thFourth most
69 buys
5thFifth most
31 buysBy GamGem ResearchLast updated 22 Sept 2026
Nature's Prophet
Ranged · Universal
- Win rate
- 43.1%
- Pick share
- 1.0%
- Matches
- 442,692
- Patch
- 7.41f
Draft coverage
BringsCarryPusherEscapeNuker
NeedsSupportInitiatorDisablerFrontline
Recommendation
Pick
- The game is heading for 0–20 min — that is where this hero measures best, at 60.5% over 5,491 matches.
- You are playing around Herald — its strongest medal, 46.3% over 13,199 picks.
Avoid
- Primal Beast is on their side — this hero wins 39.8% of 113 matches against it.
- Timbersaw is on their side — this hero wins 41.2% of 136 matches against it.
- Juggernaut is on their side — this hero wins 41.2% of 102 matches against it.
154 buys120 buys111 buys69 buys31 buys
Skill Order
Which ability to max first, and where each point goes — what most league players on Nature's Prophet took at each level.
QSprout
Sprouts a ring of trees around a unit, damaging and trapping it in place and providing vision in a 400 radius.
Unit Target · Point Target · Magical damage
WTeleportation
Teleports to any point on the map.
Point Target · AOE · Physical damage
ENature's Call
Converts an area of trees into Treants under the command of Nature's Prophet.
Point Target · AOE
RWrath of Nature
Damaging energy bounces around the map, striking enemies that are in vision starting with those closest to the cast point.
Unit Target · Point Target · Magical damageMax Order
EWQ
Max E first, then W, then Q. Most took R at 6 / 13.
Level-up Order
- QSprout
- WTeleportation
- ENature's Call
- RWrath of Nature
- TTalent
| Ability | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QSprout | Q | Q | Q | Q | ||||||||||||
| WTeleportation | W | W | W | W | ||||||||||||
| ENature's Call | E | E | E | E | ||||||||||||
| RWrath of Nature | R | R | ||||||||||||||
| TTalent | T | T |
Matchup map
How Nature's Prophet performs against every opponent with 30 or more counted games
109 opponents · public matches40%60%Nature's Prophet'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”.
- I am being jumped
A way out, a way to shrug the debuff, or something to eat the burst. Matched on “teleport”, “barrier”.
- Kill them in one window
Damage that lands now rather than over a minute. Matched on “magical”, “damage over time”.
- See what is coming
Vision, or true sight against something invisible. Matched on “vision”.
By medal
- Herald46.3%13,199
- Guardian43.9%43,148
- Crusader42.7%70,123
- Archon42.0%89,513
- Legend42.2%88,600
- Ancient42.4%56,817
- Divine43.9%39,010
One count per medal, not one rate split across them; a medal with no counted matches is left out.
By match length
- 0–20 min60.5%5,491
- 20–30 min52.9%11,439
- 30–40 min47.5%7,162
- 40–50 min46.2%2,889
- 50 min +49.6%1,045
Bands under 120 matches are absent rather than shown small.
Learning Nature's Prophet
Abilities
Sprout
Unit Target · Point Target · Magical damageSprouts a ring of trees around a unit, damaging and trapping it in place and providing vision in a 400 radius.
Teleportation
Point Target · AOE · Physical damageTeleports to any point on the map. Gains a barrier after arriving to its destination.
Nature's Call
Point Target · AOEConverts an area of trees into Treants under the command of Nature's Prophet.
Curse of the Oldgrowth
No Target · Magical damageApplies a curse on all enemy heroes within 900 range, displaying them in fog, slowing them, and dealing damage over time based on the number of trees within 250 radius. Treants count as trees for this purpose.
Spirit of the Forest
Passive · HiddenNature's Prophet gains 2% bonus damage for each nearby tree. Treants also provide this bonus with multiplied values and with larger radius. Treants also possess this ability.
Wrath of Nature
Unit Target · Point Target · Magical damageDamaging energy bounces around the map, striking enemies that are in vision starting with those closest to the cast point. Each enemy hit beyond the first adds damage, up to the maximum after 16 are hit.
Base attributes
- Strength
- 19 +2.6
- Agility
- 14 +2.6
- Intelligence
- 22 +3.5
- Move · range
- 295 · 600
Talents
- 4Removed Teleportation Cooldown3x Treant HP/Damage
- 3-15s Wrath of Nature Cooldown+170 Sprout Damage
- 2+50 Treant Movement Speed+100 Teleportation Barrier
- 1-10s Nature's Call Cooldown+25 Wrath of Nature Base Damage
Aghanim’s Scepter
Changes Wrath of Nature
Entangles all enemies it hits. Duration scales from 1.5s up to 3.0s seconds at max bounce.
Aghanim’s Shard
Changes Curse of the Oldgrowth
Applies a curse on all enemy heroes within 900 range, displaying them in fog, slowing them, and dealing damage over time based on the number of trees within 250 radius. Treants count as trees for this purpose.
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.