Magnus counter and synergy picks
Pick Magnus with Wraith King to increase win-rate from 47.6% to 55.2% or against Wraith King to increase win-rate to 61.1% in Patch 7.38c.
Good with...
...based on stats [7.38c]
| Hero | Change in Win Rate ▼ |
|---|---|
7.7% | |
5.7% | |
4.3% | |
4.0% | |
3.1% | |
2.9% | |
2.8% | |
2.7% | |
2.6% | |
2.6% | |
2.6% | |
2.5% | |
2.5% | |
2.2% | |
2.2% |
...based on gameplay [up-to-date]
Magnus provides Alch with Empower, which greatly amplifies his farming speed. This allows him to ramp up at a far greater pace and max out quicker in order to close the game. RP is an amazing set up for Unstable Concoction as UC stuns in a small AOE.
Magnus provides AM with Empower, which greatly amplifies his farming speed and fighting capacity. This allows him to reach his item timings much more consistently and safely ,as he can leave the lane and start farming the junlge efficiently or cutting creep waves earlier than normal.
Magnus' Empower works with Sleight of Fist, amplifying Ember's damage output and farming abilities exponentially. With Empower Ember can clear entire waves with a single Sleight of Fist. Both RP and Searing Chains compliment each other perfectly as they can be used as both set-up and follo-up interchangeably for team wiping amounts of damage.
Song of the Siren provides a long duration lockdown in a massive AOE to set up the perfect RP. Empower enhances Naga's farming speed allowing her to scale even faster and use less Illusions to farm jungle, indirectly amplifying her splitpushing potency.
Magnus provides Spectre with Empower, which greatly amplifies her farming speed. This allows her to reach her item timings much more consistently and safely ,as she can leave the lane and farm the junlge much more efficiently, while starting to do so earlier than normal.
Magnus provides WK with Empower, which greatly amplifies his farming speed and gives him much needed AOE damage, which WK generally lacks. This allows him to reach his item timings much more consistently and turns some matchups on their head as the lack of AOE damage makes him generally weak versus Illusion heroes.
Magnus provides Bloodseeker with Empower, which greatly amplifies his farming speed and overall damage output when combined with Bloodrage. This allows Bloodseeker to ramp up at a far greater pace and reach his power spikes more consistently. Rupture can deal damage during Skewer and RP is an amazing set up for Blood Rite.
RP can both pull and stun multiple targets together setting them up for a devastating Midnight Pulse into Black Hole combo. Skewer's long cast range can drag multiple additionall targets into Black Hole.
RP is amazing at both setting up a perfect, team wiping Echo Slam and multiple Fissure and Aftershock stuns or as follow up to them. Skewer can reposition targets trough Fissure's wall separating them from their team. Empower provides Shaker with damage but more importantly cleave for a BIG NUMBER 1SHOT 3 HEROES Enchant Totem.
Magnus provides Slark with Empower, which greatly amplifies his farming speed, allowing him to get to his first couple of items consistently so he can start rolling the game. RP covers Slark's lack of hard Crowd Control and makes up for his teamfight pressence greatly. Magnus can Shockwave and Skewer away any targets that are trying to stick to Slark so he can retreat safely and heal up with Barracuda.
...counter items [up-to-date]
A core Boots upgrade to improve your mobility and damage output with attack speed and stats. Helps in both farming and killing enemy heroes in the Reverse Polarity stun duration.
A core item that allows you to initiate fights by Blinking in for the Reverse Polarity lockdown in teamfights, or Skewer enemy heroes towards your team.
A core item for another form of gap close on enemy heroes to follow up with Reverse Polarity and right click freely.
A core item that lets you avoid most disables and silences on the enemy team to land your Reverse Polarity and hit freely. Also improves your right click damage and tankiness through HP pool and magic resistance.
A core item in the mid to late game that gives you another repositioning tool with Horn Toss. Has great synergy with Skewer.
A core item that increases the range of Skewer to drag enemy heroes a longer distance, as well as do more damage when colliding enemy heroes with trees and cliffs.
A core item that can win you the teamfight and the game with double Reverse Polarity. Be careful about your mana pool when you are looking to cast your ultimate twice with Refresher.
A core item to improve your tankiness with HP pool while significantly increasing your damage output and farming speed. Allows you to burst down heroes on your own during the Reverse Polarity stun.
A late game damage item to do massive AoE crit damage to multiple enemy heroes with your Empower right clicks during the Reverse Polarity lockdown and burst them all down.
A core Boots upgrade that helps with mana sustain to spam Empower and Shockwave for fighting and farming. Works well with the Diminishing Return facet to spam Shockwave. Builds into Guardian Greaves later in the game.
A core item to increase your mobility in combination with Blink Dagger and Skewer. Works well to close the gap on enemy heroes and lock them down with Reverse Polarity. Also lets you push yourself or one of your allies away from trouble.
A core item that extends the cast range of all of your spells and spells except for Reverse Polarity. Particularly useful to Blink and Skewer enemy heroes from further away.
Good against...
...based on stats [7.38c]
| Hero | Change in Win Rate ▼ |
|---|---|
13.5% | |
9.0% | |
8.0% | |
8.0% | |
7.8% | |
7.7% | |
7.5% | |
7.4% | |
7.3% | |
7.2% | |
7.2% | |
7.0% | |
6.9% | |
6.9% | |
6.9% |
Bad against...
...based on stats [7.38c]
| Hero | Change in Win Rate ▲ |
|---|---|
-3.9% | |
-3.1% | |
-3.0% | |
-1.8% | |
-1.5% | |
-1.5% | |
-1.4% | |
-1.2% | |
-1.2% | |
-1.1% | |
-1.0% | |
-0.8% | |
-0.5% | |
-0.4% | |
-0.3% |
...counter items [up-to-date]
Helps you sustain HP and mana as Magnus frequently uses his spells to secure last hits and build a damage advantage with Empower.
Lets you block jungle camps from spawning to slow down Magnus' farm speed.
Reduces the duration of Reverse Polarity with status resistance.
Lets you block jungle camps from spawning with Sentries to slow down Magnus' farm speed. The Observers help you scout and gank him with Smoke plays.
Lets you kite Magnus by protecting yourself or an ally against his right clicks through invisibility. Also helps absorb some of the damage from his spells.
Lets you kite Magnus by pushing yourself or an ally away from him. Also lets you disrupt his Reverse Polarity into Skewer combo.
Lets you kite Magnus by protecting yourself against his right clicks in Ethereal form.
Gives you an instant disable against Magnus to burst him down in its duration before he can have an impact in fights with Reverse Polarity.
Lets you survive and never get bursted in the Reverse Polarity stun duration.
Lets you save an ally caught by Reverse Polarity. Can also be used to protect yourself against Magnus' right clicks in Ethereal form.
Lets you save an ally caught by Reverse Polarity. Can also be used on Magnus to disrupt his Reverse Polarity into Skewer combo.
Gives you an instant lockdown against Magnus and burst him down with a possible chain stun before he can have an impact in fights with Reverse Polarity.
Gives armor to your team to take less damage from Magnus' cleave right clicks through Empower to nullify his kill potential.
Gives you armor and evasion to defend yourself against Magnus' right clicks with the tankiness and miss chance.
Bad with...
...based on stats [7.38c]
| Hero | Change in Win Rate ▲ |
|---|---|
-6.5% | |
-5.9% | |
-5.4% | |
-5.1% | |
-5.1% | |
-5.1% | |
-4.4% | |
-4.0% | |
-4.0% | |
-3.8% | |
-3.6% | |
-3.6% | |
-3.5% | |
-3.4% | |
-3.1% |
