Omniknight · Soft Support (pos. 4)
Omniknight Safe Play Guide
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Overview
This guide is about playing Omniknight safely and consistently. Safe support means warding ahead of danger, staying out of the enemy's reach and saving spells to protect your cores. The kit brings sustain with Purification.
Strengths
- Keeps allies alive with Purification.
- Valve tags Omniknight as Durable: it stays in fights longer than most heroes.
- Heavy magical burst: Valve lists it as a Nuker.
Weaknesses
- Melee: has to walk up to its target, which makes the lane harder against ranged heroes.
- No escape in the kit: without good positioning and vision, Omniknight is easy to catch.
- Plays on little gold: expensive items arrive late.
Build cheat sheet
Pick the build that fits what you want to do this game.
- Survival buildDefensiveRecommendedPrioritises the popular items that keep you alive — Echo Sabre and Radiance. Choose it against heavy disables or burst, or when you are the enemy's focus. Built from what Omniknight players buy in the public matches we measured.
- Against physical damageDefensiveSituationalFor games against right-click carries: keep your first two core items and add armor, evasion or damage block.
Builds
Survival build
When to use it
Prioritises the popular items that keep you alive — Echo Sabre and Radiance. Choose it against heavy disables or burst, or when you are the enemy's focus. Built from what Omniknight players buy in the public matches we measured.
Where it's played
Picked before the game: the main lane first, then the alternatives.
311%231%158%- OfflaneMain58% of matchesOff lane next to your offlaner, as Soft Support (pos. 4).
- Safe lanePriority 231% of matchesSafe lane next to your carry, as Hard Support (pos. 5).
- MidPriority 311% of matchesMid lane, one against one (pos. 2).
Starting items
Core items
- 1Echo Sabre+20 Damage, +15 Strength, +1.75 Mana Regeneration.
- 2Radiance+55 Damage, +25% Evasion.
- 3Drum of Endurance+8 Strength. Active: Endurance.
- 4Black King Bar+10 Strength, +24 Damage. Active: Avatar.
Boots
Late game
Skill order
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Talents by level
- +75% Hammer of Purity Bonus Base Damage+160 Purification Damage/Heal25
- +150 Degen Aura Radius-3s Purification Cooldown20
- -0.5s Hammer of Purity Cooldown-20s Guardian Angel Cooldown15
- +200 Repel Cast Range+30 Base Damage10
Against physical damage
When to use it
For games against right-click carries: keep your first two core items and add armor, evasion or damage block.
Where it's played
Picked before the game: the main lane first, then the alternatives.
311%231%158%- OfflaneMain58% of matchesOff lane next to your offlaner, as Soft Support (pos. 4).
- Safe lanePriority 231% of matchesSafe lane next to your carry, as Hard Support (pos. 5).
- MidPriority 311% of matchesMid lane, one against one (pos. 2).
Core items
- 1Echo Sabre
- 2Harpoon
Situational
Skill order
Max order:Purification›Repel›Hammer of Pur…
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Talents by level
- +75% Hammer of Purity Bonus Base Damage+160 Purification Damage/Heal25
- +150 Degen Aura Radius-3s Purification Cooldown20
- -0.5s Hammer of Purity Cooldown-20s Guardian Angel Cooldown15
- +200 Repel Cast Range+30 Base Damage10
Abilities
- Purification15 / 14 / 13 / 12s90 / 105 / 120 / 135 mpInstantly heals a friendly unit and damages all nearby enemy units.
- Heal/damage
- 90·160·230·300
- Damage radius
- 260
- Repel40 / 35 / 30 / 25s90 / 105 / 120 / 135 mpGrants Debuff Immunity with 60% magic resistance, as well as bonus HP Regen.
- Bonus hp regen
- 8·12·16·20
- Duration
- 5
- Magic resistance
- 60%
- Hammer of Purity13 / 10 / 7 / 4sOmniknight imbues his hammer with holy power, causing his attack to have increased range, deal pure damage based on a percentage of his base damage and slow his target for a short duration.
Omniknight heals for 40% of the damage dealt over 4s.
- Bonus base damage
- 30%·50%·70%·90%
- Damage
- 25·45·65·85
- Range bonus
- 75
- Slow duration
- 0.2
- Slow
- 75%
Degen AuraPassiveDegenerates the movement capabilities of enemy units that stray too near, slowing their movement speed.- Movement slow
- 11%
- Radius
- 325
- Max bonus damage
- 0%
- Guardian Angel100 / 90 / 80s125 / 175 / 225 mpOmniknight calls upon a Guardian Angel that grants immunity from physical damage to all allied units near Omniknight.
- Duration
- 4·4.75·5.5
- Radius
- 700
- Bonus health restoration
- 0%
Most played skill order
The most played order in the last 31 professional matches with this hero. Highlighted levels are the points spent on talents.
Max order:Purification›Repel›Hammer of Pur…
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Strategy
1Safe laning
Safe support means warding ahead of danger, staying out of the enemy's reach and saving spells to protect your cores. Harass when the enemy core walks up to last hit: every hit you land is gold your carry keeps.
2Surviving fights
Stay behind your cores, keep your mana for the key moment and protect whoever the enemy dives. You have no escape in the kit, so your position is your defence: stay behind someone who can protect you.
3Positioning and peel
Stand where the enemy has to go through your team to reach you, and protect whoever the enemy focuses.
4Playing from behind
When the game goes badly, farm what's safe, defend with your team and wait for the enemy to make a mistake: a single won fight can turn it around.
Tips
- Keep Purification for the enemy's burst, not for chip damage.
- Go back when your key abilities are down: a reset costs less than a death.
- Never be the first to show on the map in the late game.
- If enemies are missing from the map, back off before they appear.
Matchups
Weak against
- Ember Spirit46.4%win rate in the matchup
Omniknight only wins 46.4% of the 56 games measured against Ember Spirit this patch.
56 matches
- Pudge48.1%win rate in the matchup
Omniknight only wins 48.1% of the 54 games measured against Pudge this patch.
54 matches
Waning Rift silences Omniknight, whose damage comes from abilities.
Changelog
- Guide created for patch 7.41.
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