What players buy
The items bought most in each of Valve’s four game stages
Public matches · each item’s own count
1stMost bought
157 buys
2ndSecond most
84 buys
3rdThird most
59 buys
4thFourth most
51 buys
5thFifth most
45 buysBy GamGem ResearchLast updated 22 Sept 2026
Vengeful Spirit
Ranged · Agility
- Win rate
- 52.9%
- Pick share
- 1.1%
- Matches
- 496,829
- Patch
- 7.41f
Draft coverage
BringsSupportInitiatorDisablerNukerEscape
NeedsCarryFrontlineTower damage
Recommendation
Pick
- The game is heading for 0–20 min — that is where this hero measures best, at 51.4% over 5,900 matches.
- You are playing around Crusader — its strongest medal, 53.6% over 73,013 picks.
Avoid
- Phoenix is on their side — this hero wins 33.3% of 57 matches against it.
- Clockwerk is on their side — this hero wins 28.2% of 39 matches against it.
- Tusk is on their side — this hero wins 35.7% of 70 matches against it.
157 buys84 buys59 buys51 buys45 buys
Skill Order
Which ability to max first, and where each point goes — what most league players on Vengeful Spirit took at each level.
QMagic Missile
Fires a magic missile at an enemy unit, stunning and dealing damage.
Unit Target · Magical damage
WWave of Terror
Vengeful Spirit lets loose a wicked cry, weakening the total attack damage and armor of enemies, and giving vision of the path ahead.
Point Target · Magical damage
EVengeance Aura
Vengeful Spirit's presence increases the damage of nearby friendly heroes.
Passive
RNether Swap
Instantaneously swaps positions with a target Hero, friend or enemy.
Unit Target · Magical damageMax Order
EQW
Max E first, then Q, then W. Most took R at 6 / 13.
Level-up Order
- QMagic Missile
- WWave of Terror
- EVengeance Aura
- RNether Swap
- TTalent
| Ability | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QMagic Missile | Q | Q | Q | Q | ||||||||||
| WWave of Terror | W | W | W | |||||||||||
| EVengeance Aura | E | E | E | E | ||||||||||
| RNether Swap | R | R | ||||||||||||
| TTalent | T |
Matchup map
How Vengeful Spirit performs against every opponent with 30 or more counted games
86 opponents · public matches40%60%Vengeful Spirit'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 “stun”.
- I am being jumped
A way out, a way to shrug the debuff, or something to eat the burst. Matched on “barrier”.
- Kill them in one window
Damage that lands now rather than over a minute. Matched on “magical”.
- See what is coming
Vision, or true sight against something invisible. Matched on “vision”.
By medal
- Herald53.5%11,488
- Guardian53.0%40,621
- Crusader53.6%73,013
- Archon53.3%105,492
- Legend52.8%114,914
- Ancient52.5%74,101
- Divine51.2%40,182
One count per medal, not one rate split across them; a medal with no counted matches is left out.
By match length
- 0–20 min51.4%5,900
- 20–30 min50.3%12,053
- 30–40 min50.9%6,977
- 40–50 min50.7%2,794
- 50 min +47.1%1,350
Bands under 120 matches are absent rather than shown small.
Learning Vengeful Spirit
Abilities
Magic Missile
Unit Target · Magical damageFires a magic missile at an enemy unit, stunning and dealing damage.
Wave of Terror
Point Target · Magical damageVengeful Spirit lets loose a wicked cry, weakening the total attack damage and armor of enemies, and giving vision of the path ahead.
Vengeance Aura
PassiveVengeful Spirit's presence increases the damage of nearby friendly heroes. Vengeful Spirit herself receives 20% extra bonus.
Retribution
PassiveVengeful Spirit is considered both a ranged and a melee attacker to gain the respective bonuses. When killed by an enemy hero, Vengeful Spirit deals 20% bonus damage to her killer until their next death. Only one debuff can exist at a time.
Nether Swap
Unit Target · Magical damageInstantaneously swaps positions with a target Hero, friend or enemy. Nether Swap interrupts channeling abilities on the target. Enemy Swapped units take damage. Vengeful Spirit and allied swapped units gain a barrier equal to the damage dealt.
Base attributes
- Strength
- 20 +2.6
- Agility
- 23 +3.0
- Intelligence
- 19 +1.5
- Move · range
- 300 · 400
Talents
- 4Vengeance Aura Base Damage BonusNether Swap Cooldown
- 3Wave Of Terror Steals Of Reduced Damage And ArmorMagic Missile Cooldown
- 2Wave of Terror ArmorMagic Missile Stun Duration
- 1Nether Swap Enemy DamageMagic Missile Cast Range
Aghanim’s Scepter
Changes Vengeance Aura
Increases self multiplier. Upon death, creates a strong illusion of Vengeful Spirit that deals full damage, and can cast all of her spells. If the illusion is alive when Vengeful Spirit respawn, she will take its place. XP earned by her illusion is given to her. Strong Illusions are not instantly killed by spells.
Aghanim’s Shard
Changes Magic Missile
Bounces once on an enemy, prioritizing heroes, within 75% of Magic Missile's current cast range from the first target.
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.