When to use it
Moves the popular items that add damage — Vladmir's Offering and Orchid Malevolence — to the front. Choose it when your lane went well and you can afford to be greedy. Built from what Bristleback players buy in the public matches we measured.
Where it's played
Picked before the game: the main lane first, then the alternatives.

184%- OfflaneMain84% of matchesOff lane as the space-making core (pos. 3).
Starting items
Iron BranchGauntlets of StrengthTangoCircletMagic StickQuelling Blade
Core items
- 1Vladmir's Offering+1 Armor, +0.75 Mana Regeneration.
- 2Orchid Malevolence+35 Attack Speed, +20 Damage, +2.5 Mana Regeneration. Active: Soul Burn.
- 3Assault Cuirass+30 Attack Speed, +10 Armor.
- 4Radiance+55 Damage, +25% Evasion.
Boots
Power Treads
Late game
Skull Basher+30 Damage, +10 Strength.Battle Fury+50 Damage, +7.5 Health Regeneration, +2.75 Mana Regeneration. Active: Chop Tree.Meteor Hammer+6 Strength, +6 Agility, +24 Intelligence. Active: Meteor Hammer.
Skill order
Max order:Quill Spray›Bristleback›Viscous Nasal…
Talents by level
- -30 Bristleback Damage Threshold+18 Warpath Damage Per Stack25
- +25 Health Regen+20 Quill Stack Damage20
- +250 Goo Cast Range+8%/4% Bristleback Back/Side Damage Reduction15
- +1.5 Mana Regen+25 Attack Speed10




























