Hoodwink stats, abilities and strategy [7.41b]
Shackles her enemies to trees
Always at hand when trouble's afoot, Hoodwink lives to tangle with the threats that fill the haunted forest she adopted as her home. Toting a massive crossbow while still able to scurry through the woodland with the greatest of ease, Hoodwink is nearly impossible to keep tabs on in battle. Lose track and she'll pop out behind you -- your stunned carcass already dangling in one of her nets.
Win Rate 48.7%
Pick Rate 8.4%
Attributes
494 +44.0/lvl
327 +34.8/lvl
17 +2.0/lvl
25 +3.6/lvl
21 +2.9/lvl
Stats
Damage:
47 - 54 + 3.6/level (165 - 172 at level 30)
Range:
575
Armor:
4.2 + 0.6/level (23.9 at level 30)
Movement:
315
Roles
Carry
Durable
Nuker
Pusher
Support
Escape
Disabler
Initiator
Facets
Abilities
ABILITY: Passive
PASSIVE: Breakable
Hoodwink has a chance to redirect enemy attacks to a nearby tree.
Trees that take a redirected attack are destroyed.
TREE SEARCH RADIUS: 275
REDIRECT CHANCE: 14%
Patch 7.41
- No longer levels with Sharpshooter
- Redirect Chance changed from 14/21/28/35% to 14% + 1% per level
Acorn Shot
AFFECTS: Unit
DAMAGE TYPE: Physical
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No
PASSIVE: No
Fires Hoodwink's attack with an acorn at the target unit. The acorn bounces to nearby targets, slowing them and dealing a percentage of Hoodwink's attack with bonus damage. If point targeted, a tree is created at the target position and the acorn will bounce to nearby targets. The ability may be placed on alt-cast to force this behavior.
The same target can be hit more than once.
Bounces will seek units in the fog of war in a 525 radius, but not invisible units.
The planted tree lasts for 20 seconds.
BONUS DAMAGE: 45 / 90 / 135 / 180
BASE DAMAGE: 80%
BOUNCE COUNT: 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
SLOW DURATION: 0.3
MOVEMENT SLOW: 100%
16 / 14 / 12 / 10
70 / 80 / 90 / 100
675 / 700 / 725 / 750
LEVEL 25 TALENT: 2 Acorn Shot Charges
LEVEL 20 TALENT: +2 Acorn Shot Bounces
Patch 7.41
- Cast Range rescaled from (Hoodwink's attack range + 100) to 675/700/725/750
Though she'll make do with almost anything, Oak and Ironwood acorns make the most effective projectiles -- and the bulk of Hoodwink's stash.
Bushwhack
AFFECTS: Area
DAMAGE TYPE: Magical
PASSIVE: No
DISPELLABLE: Strong Dispels Only
Tosses a net trap that stuns enemies if they are near a tree in the area. Affected enemies take damage over time and are pulled towards the tree nearest to them within the target area, and have their vision reduced to 0 for the duration of the stun.
Units can be freed from the stun by destroying the tree.
Bushwhack does not hit invisible units.
RADIUS: 265
STUN DURATION: 1.5 / 1.7 / 1.9 / 2.1
TOTAL DAMAGE: 90 / 180 / 270 / 360
15 / 14 / 13 / 12
90 / 100 / 110 / 120
1100
LEVEL 10 TALENT: +50 Bushwhack Damage
Patch 7.41
- Cast Range increased from 1000 to 1100
Hoodwink favors Ironwood groves for ambushes, but the wary step carefully in all areas of the mistwoods.
Scurry
PASSIVE: No
Hoodwink gains bonus movement speed, phased movement, and tree-walking for a brief time. While active, the redirect chance of Mistwoods Wayfarer is multiplied by 2.
BONUS MOVEMENT SPEED: 20% / 25% / 30% / 35%
BUFF DURATION: 3.5 / 4 / 4.5 / 5
35
275
LEVEL 15 TALENT: +1 Scurry Ability Charge
Patch 7.41
- No longer doubles all sources of evasion for the duration
- Now doubles redirect chance of Mistwoods Wayfarer for the duration
There's not a nook or cranny in the Wood Tomo'kan out of reach of Hoodwink's paws.
Sharpshooter
DAMAGE TYPE: Magical
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No
PASSIVE: No
DISPELLABLE: Yes
Hoodwink charges up and fires a deadly bolt from her crossbow, dealing heavy damage, break and slow to an enemy Hero. The damage and debuff duration scale up to max after 3 seconds, and the bolt is fired automatically after 5 seconds. Hoodwink is knocked backwards for a distance of 350 from the force of the shot. Creeps hit by the bolt are damaged for half the values.
COOLDOWN: 45
ARROW SPEED: 2200
MAX WIND-UP TIME: 3
MAX DAMAGE: 600 / 975 / 1350
MAX DEBUFF DURATION: 5
MOVE SLOW: 30% / 40% / 50%
45
100 / 150 / 200
3000
LEVEL 25 TALENT: +400 Sharpshooter Max Damage
LEVEL 20 TALENT: Sharpshooter Provides Vision While Charging
Patch 7.41
- Now treats creep heroes as creeps
- The projectile flies through creeps, dealing them damage for half value, but still applying Slow and Break at full force and duration
- Since Spirit Bear is considered a true hero, the projectile will stop on impact with it
While her first arbalest was a chance discovery, Hoodwink now takes great care in carving and caring for her own -- of course with some necessary components pilfered or otherwise cleverly procured.
End Sharpshooter
PASSIVE: No
Release the charged up shot, regain ability to move and attack.
Fire!
Hunter's Boomerang
Shard grants new ability
AFFECTS: Unit
DAMAGE TYPE: Magical
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No
PASSIVE: No
DISPELLABLE: Yes
DEBUFF: Yes
Tosses a boomerang in an arc. Upon contact, it returns to Hoodwink. The boomerang will deal damage as it passes through or hits enemies, and apply a debuff that causes affected enemies to be slowed and be more vulnerable to spell damage.
RADIUS: 150
DAMAGE: 200
DEBUFF DURATION: 6
MOVEMENT SLOW: 25%
INCOMING SPELL DAMAGE AMP: 20%
18
125
1100
Patch 7.41b
- Debuff Duration decreased from 7s to 6s
A precious last vestige of Hoodwink's childhood, converted into deadly distraction.
Decoy
Scepter grants new ability
PASSIVE: No
DISPELLABLE: Yes
Hoodwink turns invisible, increasing her movement speed, and creates a decoy illusion that starts aiming a decreased damage Sharpshooter at the nearest enemy hero. If the illusion is attacked or hit by a targeted ability, it is destroyed and it throws a lesser bushwhack towards the enemy.
ILLUSION DURATION: 6
BUSHWHACK RADIUS: 250
BUSHWHACK DURATION: 1.6
MOVEMENT SPEED: 15%
SHARPSHOOTER DAMAGE: 60%
30
60
The best traps trigger whether you touch them or not.
Talents
2 Acorn Shot Charges
+400 Sharpshooter Max Damage
+ 3.3%
+2 Acorn Shot Bounces
Sharpshooter Provides Vision While Charging
+ 5.2%
+10 Agility
+1 Scurry Ability Charge
+ 2.0%
+175 Health
+50 Bushwhack Damage
+ 1.2%
Win Rate
Pick Rate
Patch 7.41
- Level 10 Talent Health increased from +150 to +175
- Level 15 Talent +1 Acorn Shot Bounce replaced with +10 Agility
- Level 20 Talent -3 Armor Corruption replaced with +2 Acorn Shot Bounces
Strategy
Use Acorn Shot to secure range creep last hits and harass the opponents at the same time.
Opt to Bushwhack first if there is a tree to latch it without using Acorn Shot as the planted tree can be cut.
Play close to the trees to have a chance to dodge attacks from enemy heroes through your innate passive.
Acorn Shot provides vision. You can scout pillars for 
Observer Ward or the 
Roshan pit.
You can use Sharpshooter defensively to propel yourself further back, or up or down the cliff.
When not much is happening, you can push out side lanes easily with your AoE damage spells and escape in the treeline with Scurry if necessary.
You can keep Acorn Shot on autocast to always plant a tree on cast if you want to follow up with Bushwack. However, this takes away one of the bounces of the Acorn.
You can consider turning into a carry build later on in the game with items like 
Daedalus and 
Hurricane Pike.
Counter Strategy
Avoid playing around trees against Hoodwink's Bushwack.
You can break Acorn Shot into Bushwhack combo by cutting Acorn Shot's tree quickly.
Hoodwink's Sharpshooter can't be cancelled and applies break effect for up to 5 seconds.
Items that provide accuracy on right clicks, such as 
Monkey King Bar, are great against Hoodwink's innate passive.