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By GamGem ResearchLast updated 22 Sept 2026

Ogre Magi

Melee · Strength

Win rate
50.7%
Pick share
1.7%
Matches
763,791
Patch
7.41f
Draft coverage
BringsSupportNukerDisablerDurableInitiator
NeedsCarryTower damageEscape

Recommendation

Pick

  • The game is heading for 40–50 min — that is where this hero measures best, at 50.2% over 2,288 matches.
  • You are playing around Herald — its strongest medal, 52.2% over 21,601 picks.

Avoid

  • Phoenix is on their side — this hero wins 37.1% of 151 matches against it.
  • Pugna is on their side — this hero wins 37.9% of 87 matches against it.
  • Treant Protector is on their side — this hero wins 38.2% of 76 matches against it.

What players buy

The items bought most in each of Valve’s four game stages

Public matches · each item’s own count
1stMost bought
84 buys
2ndSecond most
69 buys
3rdThird most
66 buys
4thFourth most
65 buys
5thFifth most
61 buys

Matchup map

How Ogre Magi performs against every opponent with 30 or more counted games

117 opponents · public matches40%60%Ogre Magi'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 “shield”.

  • Kill them in one window

    Damage that lands now rather than over a minute. Matched on “magical”.

  • Clear or push the wave

    Creeps, summons and anything that hits a building. Matched on “tower”.

  • Pressure their mana

    Burn it, drain it, or take the spell away entirely. Matched on “mana”.

By medal

  • Herald52.2%21,601
  • Guardian51.9%76,973
  • Crusader51.1%130,383
  • Archon50.7%170,944
  • Legend50.2%162,959
  • Ancient49.6%94,223
  • Divine48.8%47,874

One count per medal, not one rate split across them; a medal with no counted matches is left out.

By match length

  • 0–20 min46.9%5,993
  • 20–30 min49.8%14,886
  • 30–40 min49.6%6,599
  • 40–50 min50.2%2,288
  • 50 min +49.7%994

Bands under 120 matches are absent rather than shown small.

Learning Ogre Magi

Abilities

  • Fireblast

    Unit Target · Magical damage

    Blasts an enemy unit with a wave of fire, dealing damage and stunning the target.

  • Ignite

    Unit Target · AOE · Magical damage

    Drenches the target and another random unit in volatile chemicals, causing it to burst into flames. The target is in immense pain, taking damage and moving more slowly.

  • Bloodlust

    Unit Target · Autocast

    Incites a frenzy in a friendly unit, increasing its movement speed and attack speed. Gives bonus attack speed if cast on Ogre himself. Can be cast on towers.

  • Unrefined Fireblast

    Unit Target · Hidden · Magical damage

    Blasts an enemy unit with a wave of fire, dealing 150 + 1.5x Ogre's Strength in damage and stunning the target. Its mana cost is 35% of Ogre Magi's current mana.

  • Fire Shield

    Unit Target · Hidden · Magical damage

    Creates a shield around the target ally, absorbing a percentage of the damage of next 3 attacks from enemy heroes. When damage is absorbed, a fireball is launched at the attacker. Can be cast on towers.

  • Dumb Luck

    Passive · Hidden

  • Multicast

    Passive

    Enables Ogre Magi to cast his abilities and items multiple times with each use. Each point of Strength adds to Multicast chance. Every 16 Strength adds 1%.

Base attributes

Strength
25 +4.2
Agility
14 +1.5
Intelligence
0 +0.0
Move · range
290 · 150

Talents

  • 4special_bonus_unique_ogre_magi_3Multicast Chance
  • 3+30 StrengthFireblast Damage
  • 2+80 DamageBloodlust / Self Attack Speed
  • 1Ignite Burn DamageDumb Luck Mana/Mana Regen Per Strength

Aghanim’s Scepter

Changes Unrefined Fireblast

Blasts an enemy unit with a wave of fire, dealing 150 + 1.5x Ogre's Strength in damage and stunning the target. Its mana cost is 35% of Ogre Magi's current mana.

Aghanim’s Shard

Changes Fire Shield

Creates a shield around the target ally, absorbing a percentage of the damage of next 3 attacks from enemy heroes. When damage is absorbed, a fireball is launched at the attacker. Can be cast on towers.

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.