Bristleback · Offlane
Usual role
Item priorities · 20:00
No documented item answer for this opponent.
Role priorities are buyer guidance, not measured build results or exact purchase times.
Lane skill & item build
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Bristleback vs Dark Willow
Quick answer
The stored matchup model favours Bristleback over Dark Willow by +3.4%. This is not a measured win rate; compare recorded patch results below.
Bristleback vs Dark Willow: game-time comparison
These positions don't share a lane; compare teamfight interaction instead. Usual positions are assumed from recent games — change them to match your game.
Role impact
Separate lanes — this is a rotation & teamfight matchup.
Neither hero's lane record establishes a direct laning advantage over the other. Whole-match win rates and economy stay unchanged: those samples are not position-filtered.
Dark Willow · Soft support
Usual role
Item priorities · 20:00
- Eul's Scepter
Role priority · 10–20 min
Why against Bristleback
Self-cast dispels their slows and damage-over-time, and lets you dodge their catch.
- Heaven's Halberd
Situational / another teammate may buy · 14–26 min
Why against Bristleback
Disarms their main right-click core for most of a fight, and the evasion blunts their hits on you.
- Silver Edge
Situational / another teammate may buy · 20–32 min
Why against Bristleback
Break removes the passive their whole kit is built on before their items cover for it.
Role priorities are buyer guidance, not measured build results or exact purchase times.
Lane skill & item build
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Bristleback
Dark Willow
20:00Mid game
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Win rates below are eventual outcomes among games lasting at least 20 minutes, not live win predictions. Pro hero averages use up to 200 recent games per hero; opposing-pair results have their own sample.
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0 hero games · 0 vs Dark Willow · 0 gold records · 0 net-worth records
Counter-item windows
No documented counter-item window.
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0 hero games · 0 vs Bristleback · 0 gold records · 0 net-worth records
Counter-item windows
- Eul's Scepter
10–20 min · In window
Against Bristleback
Self-cast dispels their slows and damage-over-time, and lets you dodge their catch.
- Heaven's Halberd
14–26 min · In window
Against Bristleback
Disarms their main right-click core for most of a fight, and the evasion blunts their hits on you.
- Silver Edge
20–32 min · In window
Against Bristleback
Break removes the passive their whole kit is built on before their items cover for it.
Public head-to-head at 20:00+: No public sample available. Sampled from the latest 20,000 recorded public matches, filtered to this patch.
Sources & sample limits
- OpenDota parsed pro telemetry; missing observations stay blank.
- STRATZ net-worth histories use up to 12 recent games per hero, with their own sample count. Unavailable histories stay blank; earned gold is separate.
- Items use recorded purchase times plus final inventories; earlier sold items and exact six-slot histories are not reconstructed.
- Counter-item windows are mechanical guidance, not measured item-driven win-rate changes.
- Public results use dated OpenDota public matches; longer games are a different cohort.
Lane meeting & late-game evidence
Bristleback position 3; Dark Willow position 4.
Direct lane evidence is not applicable to these selected positions.
For late-game evidence, compare the 25–60 minute outcome cohorts and recorded economy above. These do not prove which hero outscales the other.
Compare full lane combinationsSpell answers & exceptions
A spell answer covers the named effect, not the entire enemy kit or a guaranteed win.
Bristleback
+3.4% vs Dark Willow · Soft edge
No specific answer is documented here for Bristleback against Dark Willow; that does not prove the hero has no answer.
Dark Willow
-0.5% vs Bristleback
No specific answer is documented here for Dark Willow against Bristleback; that does not prove the hero has no answer.
Mechanical counters describe specific spell interactions, not an answer to every ability. Proven effectiveness requires strong matchup evidence; neither guarantees a win.
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