What players buy
The items bought most in each of Valve’s four game stages
Public matches · each item’s own count
1stMost bought
407 buys
2ndSecond most
94 buys
3rdThird most
71 buys
4thFourth most
44 buys
5thFifth most
15 buysBy GamGem ResearchLast updated 22 Sept 2026
Pangolier
Melee · Universal
- Win rate
- 46.5%
- Pick share
- 0.3%
- Matches
- 157,919
- Patch
- 7.41f
Draft coverage
BringsCarryNukerDisablerDurableEscapeInitiator
NeedsSupportTower damage
Recommendation
Pick
- The game is heading for 0–20 min — that is where this hero measures best, at 51.2% over 3,537 matches.
- You are playing around Herald — its strongest medal, 46.6% over 2,579 picks.
Avoid
- Juggernaut is on their side — this hero wins 36.8% of 114 matches against it.
- Marci is on their side — this hero wins 37.0% of 108 matches against it.
- Nature's Prophet is on their side — this hero wins 38.7% of 137 matches against it.
407 buys94 buys71 buys44 buys15 buys
Skill Order
Which ability to max first, and where each point goes — what most league players on Pangolier took at each level.
QSwashbuckle
Pangolier dashes along the target line, then slashes and briefly slows all enemies in the drawn direction with several quick swipes.
Point Target · Physical damage
WShield Crash
Pangolier jumps in the air and slams back to the ground in front of his current position damaging all enemies in a radius.
No Target · Instant Cast · Physical damage
ELucky Shot
Pangolier rolls the dice and lets fate decide the outcome for his enemies.
Passive
RRolling Thunder
Pangolier curls into a debuff immune ball with 80% magic resistance and rolls out.
No Target · Physical damageMax Order
QWE
Max Q first, then W, then E. Most took R at 6 / 13.
Level-up Order
- QSwashbuckle
- WShield Crash
- ELucky Shot
- RRolling Thunder
- TTalent
| Ability | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QSwashbuckle | Q | Q | Q | Q | ||||||||||||
| WShield Crash | W | W | W | W | ||||||||||||
| ELucky Shot | E | E | E | E | ||||||||||||
| RRolling Thunder | R | R | ||||||||||||||
| TTalent | T | T |
Matchup map
How Pangolier performs against every opponent with 30 or more counted games
114 opponents · public matches40%60%Pangolier'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 “dispel”, “barrier”, “shield”, “immunity”.
- Kill them in one window
Damage that lands now rather than over a minute. Matched on “magical”.
By medal
- Herald46.6%2,579
- Guardian45.3%8,430
- Crusader45.7%16,778
- Archon46.6%27,243
- Legend46.6%34,346
- Ancient46.6%28,738
- Divine46.6%26,963
One count per medal, not one rate split across them; a medal with no counted matches is left out.
By match length
- 0–20 min51.2%3,537
- 20–30 min50.0%10,394
- 30–40 min49.9%7,577
- 40–50 min49.6%2,945
- 50 min +47.6%1,103
Bands under 120 matches are absent rather than shown small.
Learning Pangolier
Abilities
Swashbuckle
Point Target · Physical damagePangolier dashes along the target line, then slashes and briefly slows all enemies in the drawn direction with several quick swipes. Lucky Shot has a chance to activate from this damage.
Shield Crash
No Target · Instant Cast · Physical damagePangolier jumps in the air and slams back to the ground in front of his current position damaging all enemies in a radius. Pangolier gains an all damage barrier for a short time if Shield Crash hits an enemy hero. Forward movement is maintained if Shield Crash is used while Rolling Thunder is active, and allows Rolling Thunder to clear walls or cliffs.
Lucky Shot
PassivePangolier rolls the dice and lets fate decide the outcome for his enemies. Grants a chance to drastically slow their attack speed and reduce armor on any damage dealt by Pangolier's attacks or abilities.
Roll Up
No Target · Hidden · Magical damagePangolier curls into an immobile protective ball, gaining debuff immunity, 80% magic resistance, and allowing him to turn. Can be cast during Rolling Thunder to temporarily hit the brakes. Can cast Rolling Thunder and Shield Crash during Roll Up. If enemies attack Pangolier during this, he will roll away from the attacker, applying Rolling Thunder damage/stun if there are enemies in the way.
Rolling Thunder
No Target · Physical damagePangolier curls into a debuff immune ball with 80% magic resistance and rolls out. When rolling, he moves at an increased speed and can move through trees, but has a decreased ability to turn. Striking enemies knocks them back, inflicting damage proportional to his attack damage and stunning them when they land. Colliding with walls or cliffs will cause a temporary pause while Pangolier reverses in direction. DISPEL TYPE: Basic Dispel
Fortune Favors the Bold
Passive · HiddenRandom item and ability effects of enemies near Pangolier have a reduced chance to affect him.
Base attributes
- Strength
- 20 +2.7
- Agility
- 18 +3.2
- Intelligence
- 16 +2.5
- Move · range
- 300 · 150
Talents
- 4+20% Attack Damage as Swashbuckle Damage-15s Rolling Thunder Cooldown
- 3+2s Rolling Thunder Duration-1.5s Shield Crash Cooldown
- 2-2s Swashbuckle Cooldown+125 Shield Crash Barrier
- 1+3 Lucky Shot Armor Reduction+200 Swashbuckle Slash Range
Aghanim’s Scepter
Changes Shield Crash
Causes Shield Crash to cast a 2-attack Swashbuckle every 90 degrees around your hero that deals 75% damage.
Aghanim’s Shard
Changes Roll Up
Pangolier curls into an immobile protective ball, gaining debuff immunity, 80% magic resistance, and allowing him to turn. Can be cast during Rolling Thunder to temporarily hit the brakes. Can cast Rolling Thunder and Shield Crash during Roll Up. If enemies attack Pangolier during this, he will roll away from the attacker, applying Rolling Thunder damage/stun if there are enemies in the way.
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.