What players buy
The items bought most in each of Valve’s four game stages
Public matches · each item’s own count
1stMost bought
160 buys
2ndSecond most
76 buys
3rdThird most
69 buys
4thFourth most
52 buys
5thFifth most
40 buysBy GamGem ResearchLast updated 22 Sept 2026
Weaver
Ranged · Agility
- Win rate
- 47.2%
- Pick share
- 0.5%
- Matches
- 249,892
- Patch
- 7.41f
Draft coverage
BringsCarryEscape
NeedsSupportInitiatorDisablerFrontlineBurstTower damage
Recommendation
Pick
- The game is heading for 50 min + — that is where this hero measures best, at 51.8% over 994 matches.
Avoid
- Morphling is on their side — this hero wins 23.0% of 61 matches against it.
- Shadow Demon is on their side — this hero wins 36.8% of 174 matches against it.
- Tiny is on their side — this hero wins 36.8% of 117 matches against it.
160 buys76 buys69 buys52 buys40 buys
Skill Order
Which ability to max first, and where each point goes — what most league players on Weaver took at each level.
QThe Swarm
Weaver launches a swarm of 12 young Weavers that latch on any enemy unit in their path, attacking and reducing armor until it is killed.
Point Target · Physical damage
WShukuchi
Weaver shifts out of visibility, gaining max movement speed and doing harm to any enemies it passes through.
No Target · Instant Cast · Magical damage
EGeminate Attack
Allows Weaver to dispatch two attacks at once.
Unit Target · Autocast · Attack Modifier · Physical damage
RTime Lapse
Weaver warps backward to whatever position it was in five seconds earlier--regaining the HP and mana from that time.
No TargetMax Order
WEQ
Max W first, then E, then Q. Most took R at 6 / 13.
Level-up Order
- QThe Swarm
- WShukuchi
- EGeminate Attack
- RTime Lapse
- TTalent
| Ability | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QThe Swarm | Q | Q | Q | Q | ||||||||||||
| WShukuchi | W | W | W | W | ||||||||||||
| EGeminate Attack | E | E | E | E | ||||||||||||
| RTime Lapse | R | R | ||||||||||||||
| TTalent | T | T |
Matchup map
How Weaver performs against every opponent with 30 or more counted games
91 opponents · public matches40%60%Weaver's win rate
≥ 60%Very favorable
Nobody in this lane sits here.
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 “dispel”.
- Kill them in one window
Damage that lands now rather than over a minute. Matched on “magical”.
- Pressure their mana
Burn it, drain it, or take the spell away entirely. Matched on “mana”.
By medal
- Herald47.6%10,257
- Guardian47.1%27,135
- Crusader46.7%39,568
- Archon46.8%48,442
- Legend46.7%46,269
- Ancient46.8%28,321
- Divine47.4%17,912
One count per medal, not one rate split across them; a medal with no counted matches is left out.
By match length
- 0–20 min49.6%3,540
- 20–30 min48.8%8,334
- 30–40 min49.6%5,759
- 40–50 min49.6%2,407
- 50 min +51.8%994
Bands under 120 matches are absent rather than shown small.
Learning Weaver
Abilities
The Swarm
Point Target · Physical damageWeaver launches a swarm of 12 young Weavers that latch on any enemy unit in their path, attacking and reducing armor until it is killed.
Shukuchi
No Target · Instant Cast · Magical damageWeaver shifts out of visibility, gaining max movement speed and doing harm to any enemies it passes through.
Geminate Attack
Unit Target · Autocast · Attack Modifier · Physical damageAllows Weaver to dispatch two attacks at once.
Time Lapse
No TargetWeaver warps backward to whatever position it was in five seconds earlier--regaining the HP and mana from that time. No effect on cooldown, gold or experience. DISPEL TYPE: Strong Dispel
Threads of Fate
Passive · HiddenWhenever Weaver deals damage to an enemy hero with an attack or ability, if he remains within 700 range of them for 1.5s, he establishes a Thread of Fate that briefly slows the enemy and ties Weaver and the enemy together. Each established thread of fate grants bonus damage to Weaver.
Base attributes
- Strength
- 16 +2.0
- Agility
- 17 +3.3
- Intelligence
- 20 +2.0
- Move · range
- 275 · 425
Talents
- 4Shukuchi CooldownGeminate Attack
- 3Bonus Damage On GeminateSwarm Armor Reduction Per Attack
- 2Shukuchi DamageSwarm Attacks to Kill
- 1Shukuchi Movement Speed+7 Strength
Aghanim’s Scepter
Changes Time Lapse
Time Lapse may target allied Heroes with 500 cast range.
Aghanim’s Shard
Changes Shukuchi
Shukuchi puts a mark on enemies it damages that last 4.6 seconds. 0.2s after Weaver exits Shukuchi, enemies with a mark within 1200 range will also be attacked with a secondary Geminate attack
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.