What players buy
The items bought most in each of Valve’s four game stages
Public matches · each item’s own count
1stMost bought
180 buys
2ndSecond most
107 buys
3rdThird most
99 buys
4thFourth most
98 buys
5thFifth most
96 buysBy GamGem ResearchLast updated 22 Sept 2026
Hoodwink
Ranged · Agility
- Win rate
- 47.5%
- Pick share
- 1.2%
- Matches
- 567,299
- Patch
- 7.41f
Draft coverage
BringsSupportNukerEscapeDisabler
NeedsCarryInitiatorFrontlineTower damage
Recommendation
Pick
- The game is heading for 0–20 min — that is where this hero measures best, at 52.5% over 2,362 matches.
- You are playing around Divine — its strongest medal, 47.8% over 67,269 picks.
Avoid
- Keeper of the Light is on their side — this hero wins 37.0% of 181 matches against it.
- Ember Spirit is on their side — this hero wins 39.7% of 375 matches against it.
- Naga Siren is on their side — this hero wins 32.3% of 65 matches against it.
180 buys107 buys99 buys98 buys96 buys
Skill Order
Which ability to max first, and where each point goes — what most league players on Hoodwink took at each level.
QAcorn Shot
Fires Hoodwink's attack with an acorn at the target unit.
Unit Target · Point Target · Physical damage
WBushwhack
Tosses a net trap that stuns enemies if they are near a tree in the area.
Point Target · AOE · Magical damage
EScurry
Hoodwink gains bonus movement speed, phased movement, and tree-walking for a brief time.
No Target · Instant Cast
RSharpshooter
Hoodwink charges up and fires a deadly bolt from her crossbow, dealing heavy damage, break and slow to an enemy Hero.
Point Target · Magical damageMax Order
WEQ
Max W first, then E, then Q. Most took R at 6 / 13.
Level-up Order
- QAcorn Shot
- WBushwhack
- EScurry
- RSharpshooter
- TTalent
| Ability | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QAcorn Shot | Q | Q | Q | Q | ||||||||||||
| WBushwhack | W | W | W | W | ||||||||||||
| EScurry | E | E | E | E | ||||||||||||
| RSharpshooter | R | R | ||||||||||||||
| TTalent | T | T |
Matchup map
How Hoodwink performs against every opponent with 30 or more counted games
120 opponents · public matches40%60%Hoodwink'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”.
- I am being jumped
A way out, a way to shrug the debuff, or something to eat the burst. Matched on “invisib”.
- Kill them in one window
Damage that lands now rather than over a minute. Matched on “magical”, “damage over time”.
- Clear or push the wave
Creeps, summons and anything that hits a building. Matched on “creep”.
- See what is coming
Vision, or true sight against something invisible. Matched on “vision”.
By medal
- Herald46.3%13,143
- Guardian47.5%44,950
- Crusader47.5%78,730
- Archon47.5%113,186
- Legend47.7%123,660
- Ancient47.5%87,983
- Divine47.8%67,269
One count per medal, not one rate split across them; a medal with no counted matches is left out.
By match length
- 0–20 min52.5%2,362
- 20–30 min49.7%7,718
- 30–40 min48.3%5,363
- 40–50 min50.0%2,008
- 50 min +50.0%836
Bands under 120 matches are absent rather than shown small.
Learning Hoodwink
Abilities
Acorn Shot
Unit Target · Point Target · Physical damageFires Hoodwink's attack with an acorn at the target unit. The acorn bounces to nearby targets, slowing them and dealing a percentage of Hoodwink's attack with bonus damage. If point targeted, a tree is created at the target position and the acorn will bounce to nearby targets. The ability may be placed on alt-cast to force this behavior.
Bushwhack
Point Target · AOE · Magical damageTosses a net trap that stuns enemies if they are near a tree in the area. Affected enemies take damage over time and are pulled towards the tree nearest to them within the target area, and have their vision reduced to 0 for the duration of the stun.
Scurry
No Target · Instant CastHoodwink gains bonus movement speed, phased movement, and tree-walking for a brief time. While active, the redirect chance of Mistwoods Wayfarer is multiplied by 2.
Decoy
No Target · Instant Cast · HiddenHoodwink turns invisible, increasing her movement speed, and creates a decoy illusion that starts aiming a decreased damage Sharpshooter at the nearest enemy hero. If the illusion is attacked or hit by a targeted ability, it is destroyed and it throws a lesser bushwhack towards the enemy.
Hunter's Boomerang
Point Target · Unit Target · Hidden · Magical damageTosses a boomerang in an arc. Upon contact, it returns to Hoodwink. The boomerang will deal damage as it passes through or hits enemies, and apply a debuff that causes affected enemies to be slowed and be more vulnerable to spell damage.
Sharpshooter
Point Target · Magical damageHoodwink charges up and fires a deadly bolt from her crossbow, dealing heavy damage, break and slow to an enemy Hero. The damage and debuff duration scale up to max after x0.75 seconds, and the bolt is fired automatically after x0.75 seconds. Hoodwink is knocked backwards for a distance of 350 from the force of the shot. Creeps hit by the bolt are damaged for half the values.
Mistwoods Wayfarer
Passive
Base attributes
- Strength
- 17 +2.0
- Agility
- 25 +3.6
- Intelligence
- 21 +2.9
- Move · range
- 315 · 575
Talents
- 4Sharpshooter Max DamageAcorn Shot Charges
- 3Sharpshooter Provides Vision While ChargingAcorn Shot Bounces
- 2Scurry Ability Charge+10 Agility
- 1Bushwhack Damage+175 Health
Aghanim’s Scepter
Changes Sharpshooter
Increases arrow speed and movement speed slow.
Aghanim’s Shard
Changes Hunter's Boomerang
Tosses a boomerang in an arc. Upon contact, it returns to Hoodwink. The boomerang will deal damage as it passes through or hits enemies, and apply a debuff that causes affected enemies to be slowed and be more vulnerable to spell damage.
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.