Sven · Carry (pos. 1)
Survival build
DefensiveRecommendedData-drivenPatch 7.41
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When to use it
Prioritises the popular items that keep you alive — Echo Sabre and Black King Bar. Choose it against heavy disables or burst, or when you are the enemy's focus. Built from what Sven players buy in the public matches we measured.
Where it's played
Picked before the game: the main lane first, then the alternatives.
193%- Safe laneMain93% of matchesSafe lane as the farming core (pos. 1).
Starting items
Gauntlets of StrengthIron BranchMagic StickQuelling BladeTangoFaerie Fire
Core items
- 1Echo Sabre+20 Damage, +15 Strength, +1.75 Mana Regeneration.
- 2Black King Bar+10 Strength, +24 Damage. Active: Avatar.
- 3Sange and Yasha+16 Strength, +16 Agility, +16% Status Resistance.
- 4Heart of Tarrasque+40 Strength, +1% Max Health Regen.
Boots
Power Treads
Late game
Satanic+25 Strength, +25 Damage, +25% Lifesteal. Active: Unholy Rage.Aghanim's Scepter+10 All Attributes, +175 Health, +175 Mana.Refresher Orb+14 Health Regeneration, +7.0 Mana Regeneration. Active: Reset Cooldowns.
Skill order
Max order:Great Cleave›Storm Hammer›Warcry
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Talents by level
- +50% God's Strength Damage+1s Storm Hammer Stun Duration25
- -25% Storm Hammer Cooldown and Mana Cost+8 Warcry Armor20
- +25% Great Cleave Damage-12s God's Strength Cooldown15
- +20% God's Strength Slow Resistance+5s Warcry Duration10