What players buy
The items bought most in each of Valve’s four game stages
Public matches · each item’s own count
1stMost bought
125 buys
2ndSecond most
117 buys
3rdThird most
58 buys
4thFourth most
49 buys
5thFifth most
25 buysBy GamGem ResearchLast updated 22 Sept 2026
Templar Assassin
Ranged · Agility
- Win rate
- 45.6%
- Pick share
- 0.5%
- Matches
- 242,074
- Patch
- 7.41f
Draft coverage
BringsCarryEscape
NeedsSupportInitiatorDisablerFrontlineBurstTower damage
Recommendation
Pick
- The game is heading for 0–20 min — that is where this hero measures best, at 58.0% over 5,509 matches.
Avoid
- Bristleback is on their side — this hero wins 35.8% of 106 matches against it.
- Gyrocopter is on their side — this hero wins 39.0% of 159 matches against it.
- Storm Spirit is on their side — this hero wins 39.7% of 151 matches against it.
125 buys117 buys58 buys49 buys25 buys
Skill Order
Which ability to max first, and where each point goes — what most league players on Templar Assassin took at each level.
QRefraction
Templar Assassin becomes highly elusive, gaining a small barrier and bonus to her damage.
No Target · Instant Cast · Physical damage
WMeld
Templar Assassin conceals herself, becoming invisible as long as she remains still.
No Target · Physical damage
EPsi Blades
Templar Assassin's psi blades slice through the attacked unit, splitting and damaging enemy units directly behind it, while gaining bonus attack range.
Passive · Pure damage
RPsionic Trap
Templar Assassin places mystical traps that invisibly monitor enemy movement.
Point Target · Magical damageMax Order
QEW
Max Q first, then E, then W. Most took R at 6 / 13.
Level-up Order
- QRefraction
- WMeld
- EPsi Blades
- RPsionic Trap
- TTalent
| Ability | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QRefraction | Q | Q | Q | Q | ||||||||||||
| WMeld | W | W | W | W | ||||||||||||
| EPsi Blades | E | E | E | E | ||||||||||||
| RPsionic Trap | R | R | ||||||||||||||
| TTalent | T | T |
Matchup map
How Templar Assassin performs against every opponent with 30 or more counted games
113 opponents · public matches40%60%Templar Assassin'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”, “invisib”, “barrier”.
- Kill them in one window
Damage that lands now rather than over a minute. Matched on “magical”, “pure”.
- Stay in lane
Healing, regeneration or lifesteal — not having to walk back. Matched on “regenerat”.
- Pressure their mana
Burn it, drain it, or take the spell away entirely. Matched on “mana”.
By medal
- Herald45.2%7,139
- Guardian45.1%21,997
- Crusader45.4%37,139
- Archon45.2%48,676
- Legend45.5%48,790
- Ancient45.6%32,372
- Divine45.3%21,583
One count per medal, not one rate split across them; a medal with no counted matches is left out.
By match length
- 0–20 min58.0%5,509
- 20–30 min52.0%13,296
- 30–40 min52.0%6,866
- 40–50 min49.0%2,408
- 50 min +49.2%928
Bands under 120 matches are absent rather than shown small.
Learning Templar Assassin
Abilities
Refraction
No Target · Instant Cast · Physical damageTemplar Assassin becomes highly elusive, gaining a small barrier and bonus to her damage. The damage and avoidance effects are separate, and have a limited number of instances. If a barrier is consumed, a new one is created as long as there are charges left. If an instance of damage would deal more damage than the remaining barrier, all of the damage is absorbed.
Meld
No Target · Physical damageTemplar Assassin conceals herself, becoming invisible as long as she remains still. If Meld's invisibility is broken by attacking an enemy, Lanaya's attack will deal bonus damage to the enemy and reduce their armor for 6 seconds. Bonus damage and armor reductions are applied to all enemies in the Psi Blades split range.
Psi Blades
Passive · Pure damageTemplar Assassin's psi blades slice through the attacked unit, splitting and damaging enemy units directly behind it, while gaining bonus attack range. For each unit it damages, the split damage is reduced by a percentage.
Psionic Projection
Point Target · Hidden · ChanneledCHANNELED - Allows Templar Assassin to teleport to any Psionic Trap after channeling for 2 seconds, detonating it upon arrival as if it was fully charged and instantly dealing 400 bonus damage. Channeling Psionic Projection does not break Meld.
Psionic Trap
Point Target · Magical damageTemplar Assassin places mystical traps that invisibly monitor enemy movement. When sprung at her command, they exert a slowing influence of 20% in a 400 radius. Trap movement slow charges up to 50% after 3.5 seconds. Deals damage after 3.5s.
Inner Peace
PassiveWhen remaining stationary and not taking damage for 0.25s, Templar Assassin begins meditating, gaining health and mana regeneration, reaching the maximum bonus after 2.05s of meditating.
Base attributes
- Strength
- 21 +2.4
- Agility
- 23 +3.4
- Intelligence
- 20 +2.0
- Move · range
- 310 · 250
Talents
- 4Meld Hit BashRefraction Instances
- 3Refraction DispelsMeld Armor Reduction
- 2Meld Attack RangePsionic Traps
- 1Meld Debuff DurationPsionic Trap Slow
Aghanim’s Scepter
Changes Psionic Trap
When activated, traps now silence affected enemies.
Aghanim’s Shard
Changes Refraction
Increases bonus damage. Refraction can be cast while disabled.
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.