What players buy
The items bought most in each of Valve’s four game stages
Public matches · each item’s own count
1stMost bought
152 buys
2ndSecond most
104 buys
3rdThird most
91 buys
4thFourth most
91 buys
5thFifth most
65 buysBy GamGem ResearchLast updated 22 Sept 2026
Oracle
Ranged · Intelligence
- Win rate
- 50.1%
- Pick share
- 0.3%
- Matches
- 157,774
- Patch
- 7.41f
Draft coverage
BringsSupportNukerDisablerEscape
NeedsCarryInitiatorFrontlineTower damage
Recommendation
Pick
- The game is heading for 40–50 min — that is where this hero measures best, at 50.6% over 1,509 matches.
- You are playing around Divine — its strongest medal, 52.6% over 21,887 picks.
Avoid
- Hoodwink is on their side — this hero wins 34.7% of 49 matches against it.
- Windranger is on their side — this hero wins 36.7% of 49 matches against it.
- Shadow Fiend is on their side — this hero wins 42.2% of 64 matches against it.
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Skill Order
Which ability to max first, and where each point goes — what most league players on Oracle took at each level.
QFortune's End
CHANNELED - Gathers Oracle's power into a bolt of scouring energy that, when released, damages, roots, and dispels enemies of buffs in an area around the target.
Unit Target · AOE · Channeled · Magical damage
WFate's Edict
Oracle enraptures a target, disarming them and granting them 100% magic damage resistance.
Unit Target
EPurifying Flames
Burns away impurities, dealing heavy magic damage to the target before causing them to regenerate health over time.
Unit Target · Magical damage
RFalse Promise
Temporarily alters an ally's destiny, delaying any healing or damage taken until False Promise ends.
Unit TargetMax Order
EQW
Max E first, then Q, then W. Most took R at 6 / 13.
Level-up Order
- QFortune's End
- WFate's Edict
- EPurifying Flames
- RFalse Promise
- TTalent
| Ability | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QFortune's End | Q | Q | Q | Q | ||||||||||||
| WFate's Edict | W | W | W | W | ||||||||||||
| EPurifying Flames | E | E | E | E | ||||||||||||
| RFalse Promise | R | R | ||||||||||||||
| TTalent | T | T |
Matchup map
How Oracle performs against every opponent with 30 or more counted games
36 opponents · public matches40%60%Oracle'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 “root”.
- I am being jumped
A way out, a way to shrug the debuff, or something to eat the burst. Matched on “dispel”.
- 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 “healing”, “regenerat”.
By medal
- Herald46.9%2,854
- Guardian47.4%10,158
- Crusader48.8%19,258
- Archon49.7%29,764
- Legend50.7%35,497
- Ancient51.3%26,386
- Divine52.6%21,887
One count per medal, not one rate split across them; a medal with no counted matches is left out.
By match length
- 0–20 min49.8%2,923
- 20–30 min48.7%6,259
- 30–40 min49.8%3,870
- 40–50 min50.6%1,509
- 50 min +50.2%623
Bands under 120 matches are absent rather than shown small.
Learning Oracle
Abilities
Fortune's End
Unit Target · AOE · Channeled · Magical damageCHANNELED - Gathers Oracle's power into a bolt of scouring energy that, when released, damages, roots, and dispels enemies of buffs in an area around the target. If target is an ally it will only dispel debuffs. The root duration increases with channeling time. DISPEL TYPE: Basic Dispel
Fate's Edict
Unit TargetOracle enraptures a target, disarming them and granting them 100% magic damage resistance.
Purifying Flames
Unit Target · Magical damageBurns away impurities, dealing heavy magic damage to the target before causing them to regenerate health over time. The amount of health regenerated over its duration exceeds the amount of initial damage. Can be cast on enemies and allies.
Rain of Destiny
Point Target · AOE · Magical damageBrings forth rain to the target area. Enemies standing in the area receive damage and have reduced Heal Amplification. Allies in the area heal and have increased incoming Heal Amplification.
False Promise
Unit TargetTemporarily alters an ally's destiny, delaying any healing or damage taken until False Promise ends. Any healing that is delayed by False Promise is amplified. Removes most negative status effects and disables on initial cast. DISPEL TYPE: Strong Dispel
Prognosticate
Passive
Base attributes
- Strength
- 20 +2.2
- Agility
- 15 +1.7
- Intelligence
- 26 +3.6
- Move · range
- 295 · 625
Talents
- 4Fortune's End constantly DispelsFalse Promise Duration
- 3False Promise CooldownPurifying Flames Cooldown
- 2Fortune's End RadiusPurifying Flames Enemy Damage
- 1Fortune's End DurationArmor False Promise
Aghanim’s Shard
Changes Rain of Destiny
Brings forth rain to the target area. Enemies standing in the area receive damage and have reduced Heal Amplification. Allies in the area heal and have increased incoming Heal Amplification.
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.