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Anti-Mage build & guide (7.41)

Slashes his foes with mana-draining attacks

Anti-Mage Carry build

Divine – Immortal · 51.6% win rate · 11,574 matches · Tier A · Sep 11 – Sep 17

Skill order

Skill priority Blink › Mana Break › Counterspell

Mana Void at 6, 12 and 18

  1. Level 1: Mana Break
  2. Level 2: Blink
  3. Level 3: Mana Break
  4. Level 4: Counterspell
  5. Level 5: Mana Break
  6. Level 6: Mana Void
  7. Level 7: Blink
  8. Level 8: Blink
  9. Level 9: Blink
  10. Level 10: Mana Break
  11. Level 11: Mana Void Radius (talent)
  12. Level 12: Counterspell
  13. Level 13: Mana Void
  14. Level 14: Counterspell
  15. Level 15: Counterspell
  16. Level 16: Mana Void Damage Multiplier (talent)
  17. Level 18: Mana Void
  18. Level 20: Blink Cast Range (talent)
  19. Level 25: Mana Void Cooldown (talent)

Items

Starting items

  • Quelling Blade 94% pick · 51.0% win rate
  • Iron Branch 91% pick · 51.4% win rate
  • Tango 85% pick · 51.1% win rate
  • Magic Stick 63% pick · 51.8% win rate
  • Faerie Fire 44% pick · 52.1% win rate
  • Circlet 44% pick · 51.2% win rate

Early game

  • Magic Wand 5 min · 63% pick · 52.3% win rate
  • Wraith Band 3 min · 28% pick · 50.9% win rate

Boots

  • Power Treads 7 min · 100% pick · 51.2% win rate

Core build

  • Battle Fury 14 min · 99% pick · 51.5% win rate
  • Manta Style 21 min · 96% pick · 52.7% win rate
  • Butterfly 30 min · 59% pick · 62.5% win rate
  • Eye of Skadi 32 min · 47% pick · 65.8% win rate
  • Abyssal Blade 36 min · 47% pick · 66.3% win rate

Situational

  • Black King Bar 36 min · 26% pick · 50.1% win rate
  • Monkey King Bar 37 min · 15% pick · 61.1% win rate
  • Aghanim's Blessing 46 min · 11% pick · 67.4% win rate
  • Linken's Sphere 33 min · 6% pick · 60.5% win rate
  • Aghanim's Shard 45 min · 6% pick · 62.9% win rate
  • Disperser 39 min · 5% pick · 67.2% win rate

Talents

  • Level 25: Mana Void Cooldown 84% pick · 62.5% win rate or Blink Cooldown 16% pick · 60.9% win rate
  • Level 20: Blink Cast Range 69% pick · 56.3% win rate or Mana Void Stun 31% pick · 56.0% win rate
  • Level 15: Mana Void Damage Multiplier 78% pick · 52.9% win rate or Persecutor Min/Max Movement Slow 22% pick · 51.5% win rate
  • Level 10: Mana Void Radius 73% pick · 51.9% win rate or +3 Health Regen 27% pick · 49.7% win rate

Matchups

Strong against

  • Medusa +16.6% advantage · 68.4% win rate · 155 games
  • Bristleback +8.2% advantage · 62.6% win rate · 187 games
  • Keeper of the Light +7.3% advantage · 56.1% win rate · 428 games
  • Brewmaster +7.0% advantage · 55.6% win rate · 297 games
  • Abaddon +7.0% advantage · 55.8% win rate · 156 games
  • Death Prophet +6.3% advantage · 58.5% win rate · 248 games

Weak against

  • Enchantress -13.7% advantage · 39.8% win rate · 133 games
  • Huskar -11.0% advantage · 42.8% win rate · 271 games
  • Troll Warlord -8.6% advantage · 42.3% win rate · 142 games
  • Lone Druid -7.7% advantage · 43.0% win rate · 221 games
  • Ursa -7.4% advantage · 42.4% win rate · 474 games
  • Axe -6.1% advantage · 45.6% win rate · 777 games

Builds from 12,260 parsed games

Anti-Mage counters & matchups

  • Strength: 21 +1.6
  • Agility: 25 +2.8
  • Intelligence: 12 +1.8
  • Damage: 54–58
  • Armor: 6.166667
  • Move speed: 315
  • Attack range: 150

Anti-Mage abilities

Mana Break

Burns an opponent's mana on each attack and deals damage equal to a percentage of the mana burnt.

Aghanim's Scepter: Increases Max Mana Burned per Hit.

Blink

Short distance teleportation that allows Anti-Mage to move in and out of combat.

Aghanim's Scepter: After casting Blink, your next Mana Break within 5s burns an additional 20% max mana and prevents the target from regenerating or gaining mana for a short duration. This debuff is undispellable.

Counterspell

Passively grants magic resistance. Counterspell may be activated to create an anti-magic shell around Anti-Mage that blocks and reflects any targeted spells.

Aghanim's Shard: Creates a blinked fragment of Anti-Mage next to the enemy caster upon reflecting their unit-targeted spell while active.

Persecutor

Attacks slow enemies based on how much mana they are missing. Min slow at 60% mana, up to max slow at 0% mana. No effect if enemy is above 60% mana.

Mana Void

For each point of mana missing by the target unit, damage is dealt to it and surrounding enemies. The main target is also mini-stunned.

Should Anti-Mage have the opportunity to gather his full strength, few can stop his assaults. Draining mana from enemies with every strike or teleporting short distances to escape an ambush, cornering him is a challenge for any foe.