Dark Willow stats, abilities and strategy
Has an arsenal of disables at her disposal
A slight flutter from the shadows may be all an enemy sees of Dark Willow, as she eludes pursuit and controls her foe's movements with cunning fae tricks. Calling upon powers far more ancient than any scholarly magic, she binds enemies in place before unleashing the full wrath and terror of the fae realm upon them.
Win Rate 48.7%
Pick Rate 5.2%
Attributes
560 +44.0/lvl
327 +42.0/lvl
20 +2.0/lvl
18 +1.6/lvl
21 +3.5/lvl
Stats
Damage:
48 - 56 + 3.5/level (163 - 171 at level 30)
Range:
475
Armor:
3.0 + 0.3/level (13.1 at level 30)
Movement:
290
Roles
Carry
Durable
Nuker
Pusher
Support
Escape
Disabler
Initiator
Patch 7.38
- Is now an Intelligence Hero
- Base Damage increased by 22
- Damage at level 1 increased by 2 (from 46-54 to 48-56)
- Agility gain increased from 1.3 to 1.6
- Intelligence gain increased from 2.6 to 3.5
- Damage gain per level decreased from +4.1 to +3.5
- Damage at level 30 decreased by 32 (from 195-203 to 163-171)
- Removed Thorny Thicket Facet
Facets
Throwing Shade
Win Rate: 48.5%
Pick Rate: 62.1%
Dark Willow deals more damage to nearby heroes when she's in the Shadow Realm.
Shattering Crown
Win Rate: 49.1%
Pick Rate: 37.9%
Cursed Crown accumulates all damage dealt by Dark Willow and attack damage dealt by her allies. A percentage of that damage is dealt again as magical damage to the whole area when the counter expires.
Patch 7.38
- Cursed Crown: While ticking, the effect accumulates 35% of any damage dealt to the target by Dark Willow, and 15% of attack damage dealt by allied heroes. When the counter ends, the accumulated damage is dealt to each enemy in the stun radius as magical damage
- Cursed Crown: Aghanim's Shard allows the ability to deal accumulated damage when dispelled
Abilities
ABILITY: Passive
DAMAGE TYPE: n/a
PASSIVE: Breakable
Whenever a skill makes Dark Willow become untargetable, she gains 100% HP Regen and %mana_regen_amp%% Mana Regen while in that state.
Bramble Maze
AFFECTS: Area
DAMAGE TYPE: Magical
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No
PASSIVE: No
DISPELLABLE: Yes
DEBUFF [E]: Yes
Dark Willow creates a 500 AoE maze of 8 brambles that grow in the target area after 0.3 seconds. Enemies that walk into a bramble are rooted and take damage over time. Lasts 12 seconds.
Does not interrupt channeling spells upon rooting.
LATCH ROOT DURATION: 1 / 1.5 / 2 / 2.5
BRAMBLE LATCH RADIUS: 90
DAMAGE PER TICK: 50 / 55 / 60 / 65
SPELL AMP: 0%
22
100 / 120 / 140 / 160
1000 / 1100 / 1200 / 1300
FACET: Thorny Thicket
Creates extra brambles. These brambles last %extra_brambles_placement_duration%s.
LEVEL 20 TALENT: -7s Bramble Maze CD
The fae realm exists all around you, merely waiting to draw you in...
Shadow Realm
DAMAGE TYPE: Magical
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No
PASSIVE: No
Dark Willow recedes into the shadows, becoming untargetable. Her next attack has 600 bonus attack range and deals bonus magic damage, and will end Shadow Realm. Damage scales based on how long she remains under the effects of Shadow Realm, the maximum being reached after 3 seconds.
Disjoints projectiles upon cast.
Grants phased movement.
Spells which require vision cannot affect Dark Willow in the Shadow Realm.
DURATION: 5
MAX DAMAGE: 120 / 200 / 280 / 360
22 / 20 / 18 / 16
70 / 80 / 90 / 100
FACET: Throwing Shade
While in Shadow Realm, Dark Willow emits a 700 radius aura that increases damage that she deals to enemies in its area of effect by up to 30%. Damage scales based on how long she remains under the effects of Shadow Realm.
Aghanim's Scepter
Attacking no longer takes Dark Willow out of Shadow Realm. Each attack still has bonus damage based on the duration of the buff.
LEVEL 20 TALENT: +1.5s Shadow Realm Duration
What you can't see will most definitely hurt you.
Cursed Crown
AFFECTS: Unit
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No
PASSIVE: No
DISPELLABLE: Yes
DEBUFF [E]: Yes
Dark Willow casts an ancient fae curse on the target. After a delay, the target and nearby enemies are stunned.
DELAY: 4
STUN DURATION: 1.2 / 1.6 / 2 / 2.4
STUN RADIUS: 360
17 / 15 / 13 / 11
80 / 90 / 100 / 110
600 / 625 / 650 / 675
FACET: Shattering Crown
While ticking, Cursed Crown accumulates 35% of all damage dealt by Dark Willow and %accumulated_damage_pct_ally% of attack damage dealt by allied heroes. When the counter ends, the accumulated damage is dealt again as magical damage to the whole area. This triggers even upon dispel with Aghanim's Shard.
Aghanim's Shard
Cursed Crown creates %shard_bramble_amount% brambles in a %shard_spawn_radius% radius around the target after the counter ends. Triggers even upon dispel. Cursed Crown cooldown reduced by 1.5 seconds.
LEVEL 15 TALENT: +150 Cursed Crown AoE
Patch 7.38
- Aghanim's Shard no longer reduces stun delay by 1s
- Aghanim's Shard now decreases cooldown by 1.5s
Didn't anyone ever tell you? Never strike a deal with a fairy...
Terrorize
AFFECTS: Area
DAMAGE TYPE: Magical
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No
PASSIVE: No
DISPELLABLE: Yes
DEBUFF [E]: Yes
Dark Willow releases her pet wisp to terrorize her enemies. After a short delay, all enemies in the target area become fearful and run toward their home fountain. Terrorize cannot be used while Bedlam is active.
Terrorize provides vision on affected units.
RADIUS: 400 / 450 / 500
FEAR DURATION: 2.8 / 3 / 3.2
100 / 90 / 80
150
1200
LEVEL 25 TALENT: 500 Terrorize Impact Damage
You think you know the first thing about fear? Jex'll show you what that word truly means...
Talents
+2 Bedlam Attack Targets
+ 1.2 %
500 Terrorize Impact Damage
-7s Bramble Maze CD
+ 2.3 %
+1.5s Shadow Realm Duration
+150 Cursed Crown AoE
+30 Bedlam Damage
+ 0.6 %
+10 Intelligence
+1s Bedlam Duration
+ 1.3 %
Win Rate
Pick Rate
Patch 7.38
- Level 10 Talent -2s Shadow Realm Cooldown replaced with +10 Intelligence
- Level 10 Talent +0.5s Cursed Crown Stun Duration replaced with +1s Bedlam Duration
Strategy
Consider using Shadow Realm to secure range creep last hits.
You can dodge ranged attacks and many spell projectiles with Shadow Realm.
If in trouble, you can potentially do Shadow Realm into teleport out play.
Dark Willow is great at picking off isolated heroes with no escape or dispel due to insane Bedlam damage.
In teamfights, focus on getting off Terrorize, Bramble Maze and Cursed Crown timely and then burst an isolated target with Bedlam.
If the game opens up for you, you can transition into right clicker with Aghanims Scepter and attack speed items in the late game.
Counter Strategy
Dark Willow is squishy at the start and doesn't trade well.
Under effect of Cursed Crown make sure not to get too close to your allies or they will be stunned too.
Bedlam does a lot of damage to a single target. Share the damage with allied units.
Items that provide dispels are generally good against Cursed Crown, Bramble Maze and Terrorize.
Black King Bar is great against Dark Willow's disables and magical damage output.
Don't clump up in teamfights for Terrorize and Cursed Crown.
Lore
Children love telling stories about the whimsical adventures of fairies... That’s because children don’t know that most fairies are spiteful jerks. And in the world of spiteful fairies there are few names spoken of with more contempt than Mireska Sunbreeze.
Born to a fae merchant king, Mireska grew up in Revtel; a cutthroat nation where manipulation and murder were the norm. But while she was quite adept at navigating the etiquette, unspoken laws, and social rituals that permeated every element of her life, she found the whole thing rather boring.
So, Mireska did what most rebellious children do: burn down her family estate and set off with her pet wisp Jex to live the life of a wandering grifter.