VPESPORTS
Strength

Bristleback

Carry Durable Initiator Nuker Melee

49.0%

Win rate

0.2%

Pick rate

1

Pro bans

Attributes

Strength 22 +2.8
Agility 17 +1.8
Intelligence 14 +2.8
Health 604
Mana 243

Attack

Damage 31–37
Attack rate 1.80
Range 150
Projectile 900

Defense

Armor 3.8
Magic resist 25%
HP regen 1.0
Mana regen 0.4

Mobility

Move speed 295
Vision 1800 / 800
Legs 2

Lore

Rigwarl's reputation as a backroom brawler spread from Slom to Elze, and it was his drinking habit that landed him a job as an enforcer. One night, after collecting tabs and cracking skulls, he slurred a challenge to a large northerner who'd skipped his bill. The fight that followed was legendary, but the impossible happened: the tab went unpaid. Bristleback healed, his quills regrew, and his honor pricked him into covering the debt himself. So he actually trained for the first time, and discovered he could do something surprising. A smirk spread across his face as he flicked his quills: turning his back might be the key to winning.

Kit

Abilities

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Viscous Nasal Goo

Unit Target

Covers a target in snot, causing it to have reduced armor and movement speed for 5 seconds. Multiple casts stack and refresh the duration.

Mana 12 / 16 / 20 / 24 Cooldown 1.75
BASE ARMOR LOSS
1.5 / 2 / 2.5 / 3
ARMOR LOSS PER STACK
2 / 2.5 / 3 / 3.5
BASE MOVEMENT SLOW
12%
MOVE SLOW PER STACK
3% / 6% / 9% / 12%
STACK LIMIT
6

Having caught a cold while stuck in the snow, Bristleback turns it to his advantage.

Facets

Berserk

Warpath grants scaling Attack Speed instead of Damage.

Snot Rocket

Bristleback now fires Viscous Nasal Goo instead of Quills when damaged. Viscous Nasal Goo effects are stronger.

Seeing Red

Warpath can be activated to gain extra bonuses. While Seeing Red, Bristleback's vision is limited and he does not receive vision from his allies.

Talents

-30 Bristleback Damage Threshold

25

+{s:bonus_damage_per_stack} Warpath Damage Per Stack

+25 Health Regen

20

+20 Quill Stack Damage

+250 Goo Cast Range

15

+8%/4% Bristleback Back/Side Damage Reduction

+25 Attack Speed

10

+1.5 Mana Regen

Live purchase data

Bristleback Item Build

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Starting items

00:00
  • Iron Branch Iron Branch 173 buys
  • Gauntlets of Strength Gauntlets of Strength 136 buys
  • Tango Tango 65 buys
  • Circlet Circlet 54 buys
  • Magic Stick Magic Stick 30 buys

Early game

04:00 — 12:00
  • Boots of Speed Boots of Speed 99 buys
  • Bracer Bracer 97 buys
  • Power Treads Power Treads 69 buys
  • Ring of Health Ring of Health 48 buys

Core build

12:00 — 26:00
  • Aghanim's Shard Aghanim's Shard 83 buys
  • Ogre Axe Ogre Axe 74 buys
  • Blade of Alacrity Blade of Alacrity 53 buys
  • Platemail Platemail 50 buys

Late game

26:00+
  • Reaver Reaver 29 buys
  • Heart of Tarrasque Heart of Tarrasque 27 buys
  • Sange and Yasha Sange and Yasha 26 buys
Situational Sange Sange Lotus Orb Lotus Orb Yasha Yasha Yasha Yasha Black King Bar Black King Bar Sange Sange

Real matchup data

Bristleback Counters

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Countered by

Highest win rate against Bristleback

Strong against

Bristleback's best matchups

Brewmaster Broodmother
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