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Timbersaw · Offlane (pos. 3)

Survival build

DefensiveRecommendedData-drivenPatch 7.41
2.1K

When to use it

Prioritises the popular items that keep you alive — Kaya and Sange and Black King Bar. Choose it against heavy disables or burst, or when you are the enemy's focus. Built from what Timbersaw players buy in the public matches we measured.

This build is part of the guide Timbersaw Safe Play Guide.

Where it's played

Picked before the game: the main lane first, then the alternatives.

Seen from RadiantRadiant · bottom leftDire · top right
  1. OfflaneMain79% of matchesOff lane as the space-making core (pos. 3).
  2. MidPriority 218% of matchesMid lane, one against one (pos. 2).

Starting items

Iron BranchGauntlets of StrengthTangoMagic StickCircletQuelling Blade

Core items

  1. 1Kaya and Sange+16 Strength, +16 Intelligence, +25% Slow Resistance.
  2. 2Black King Bar+10 Strength, +24 Damage. Active: Avatar.
  3. 3Lotus Orb+10 Armor, +6.5 Health Regeneration, +4.0 Mana Regeneration. Active: Echo Shell.
  4. 4Shiva's Guard+17 Armor, +75 Area of Effect. Active: Arctic Blast.

Boots

Phase Boots

Late game

Aghanim's Scepter+10 All Attributes, +175 Health, +175 Mana.Heart of Tarrasque+40 Strength, +1% Max Health Regen.Eul's Scepter of Divinity+10 Intelligence, +2.5 Mana Regeneration, +20 Movement Speed. Active: Cyclone.

Skill order

Max order:Whirling Death›Timber Chain›Reactive Armor

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Talents by level

  1. +75% Timber Chain Range/Projectile Speed
    +75 Whirling Death Tree Bonus Damage
    25
  2. Exposure Therapy Heals for 12 HP Per Tree Destroyed
    +6% Chakram Slow
    20
  3. +2% Whirling Death Stat Loss
    +6 Max / +1 Hero Attack Reactive Armor Stacks
    15
  4. +0.25 Reactive Armor Regeneration Per Stack
    +1.5 Mana Regen
    10