Wind Waker – Dota 2 Guide, Stats & Hero Matchups [Patch 7.39b]

Upgraded Item | Magical

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Proof enough to some that unseen forces manipulate the happenings of the material plane.

Like a magical conductor's baton that grants you the power to control the wind and perform incredible maneuvers!

Base Combat Stats

+ 30 Movement Speed

+ 3.0 Mana Regeneration

+ 35 Intelligence

Recipe

Abilities

Active: Cyclone

Sweeps a target unit up into a cyclone, making them invulnerable for 2.5 seconds. Cyclone can be cast on yourself, enemy units or allied units.

Enemy units take 50 magical damage upon landing.

Dispel Type: Basic Dispel

Mana: 175

Cooldown: 16

Additional Insights

Cyclone can dispel some buffs and debuffs.
When cast on yourself, the cyclone can be moved anywhere at a speed of 360.
Cyclone duration is unaffected by status resistance.
Cannot target buildings
Imagine holding a beautifully crafted flute-like instrument that lets you harness the gusts of wind. With the Wind Waker, you can whisk yourself or an ally up into the sky, granting them temporary invulnerability from attacks. It's like saying, 'Whoosh! You can't touch us now!'

Statistics

The statistics below shows the percentage of hero builds which contain Wind Waker as a core, common or situational item for each role. These statistics are based on our hero guides.

Itemization Strategy

If you are ultra rich and want additional survivability this item is the right one for you specially if you are a magical core hero that is very prone to being bursted but loves to play on the edge. A mid to late game item but is also very situational. Anyone is a common builders of this item as it is just significantly essential.

Heroes countered by item [E]

Wind Waker helps by dispelling Ice Blast’s healing prevention from yourself or allies, allowing you to survive longer in fights. Try using {wind-waker} just before Ice Blast hits you or your ally.

If Axe has {black-king-bar} on or {linkens-sphere} you can use it on allies instead of Axe to negate his damage and reposition your ally to safety.

Lets you save an ally caught by Nightmare or Fiend's Grip by Cycloning them as well as providing a dispell for Enfeeble and Nightmare.

You can easily use {wind-waker} to dispel Frostbite and Freezing Field from Crystal Maiden if she doesn't have {black-king-bar}. It also cancels her ultimate since it's a channeled ability. Additionally, {wind-waker} lets you reposition yourself or allies out of danger

Lets you save yourself or an ally caught inside the Static Storm AoE.

Lets you save yourself or an ally caught by Doom and reposition away from him.

Lets you save an ally caught by Black Hole. Can also be used on Enigma to cancel Black Hole if he does not have BKB or Linkens Sphere.

Lets you save an ally caught inside the Chronosphere AoE. Can also be used on yourself quickly before Chronosphere lands and reposition away from Faceless Void.

Lets you save an ally caught by Invoker's spell combo. Particularly useful to help an ally dodge Cataclysm.

Lets you save yourself or an ally from Omnislash and reposition away from Juggernaut.

Lets you save an ally affected by Duel by Cycloning them during it. Also lets you dispel the Overwhelming Odds and Press the Attack buffs off her.

Lets you save an ally caught by Reverse Polarity. Can also be used on Magnus to disrupt his Reverse Polarity into Skewer combo.

Lets you save an ally caught by Rebound during Unleash. Also lets you kite Marci by Cycloning yourself and reposition away from her.

Lets you save an ally caught by Spear of Mars inside Arena. Also lets you kite Mars and reposition out of Arena during Cyclone.

Lets you save an ally caught by Muerta's control spells. Also lets you kite Muerta by Cycloning yourself and repositioning away from her.

Lets you save an ally caught by Reaper's Scythe before its massive damage instance. Also lets you kite Necrophos and reposition away from him.

Use the active on either Nightstalker or yourself to buy some time and create distance. Dispelled by Nulifier.

Allows you to save yourself or your allies.

Lets you save an ally caught by Dismember by Cycloning them or Pudge. Also lets you Cyclone yourself and resposition away from Pudge when caught by Meat Hook.

Wind Waker allows you to move out of Wheel of Wonder's AOE not only for yourself but can be used to save an ally as well.

Lets you kite Slark and break the Pounce leash by Cycloning yourself and repositioning away to a safer spot.

Lets you save an ally by Cycloning them when stunned by Ravage. Also lets you dodge the Ravage stun and reposition away from Tidehunter.

Lets you save yourself or an ally by Cycloning them when rooted by Troll Warlord's melee stance right clicks. Also lets you waste some of the Battle Trance duration by Cycloning Troll Warlord.

Lets you save yourself or an ally by Cycloning them when jumped by Ursa. Also lets you waste some of the Enrage duration by Cycloning Ursa.

Lets you save an ally caught by Winter's Curse by Cycloning them. Be careful not to walk inside the AoE of the spell when using the item.

Use the active to either kite Wraith King or negate the damage from his Spectral Blade

Trivia

The Wind Waker shares its name with a renowned and beloved item from the popular video game 'The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker'. The name 'Wind Waker' in Dota 2 seems to be a nod or homage to this iconic game, which features a conductor's baton known as the Wind Waker, used by the main character, Link, to control the wind and manipulate elements.