How to play Viper
Agility · Carry, Durable, Initiator, Disabler · 48.4% win rate
Common mistakes on Viper
From 53 AI match reviews on the site: share of reviews where the mistake repeats.
- Laning · laning — in 34% of reviews
- Teamfights · mid game — in 28% of reviews
- Last hits · laning — in 23% of reviews
- Purchases · late game — in 21% of reviews
- Purchases · mid game — in 21% of reviews
- Draft — in 19% of reviews
Popular items
- Starting
- Iron Branch, Circlet, Tango, Faerie Fire, Observer Ward
- Early game
- Boots of Speed, Power Treads, Bracer, Wraith Band, Ring of Health
- Mid game
- Blade of Alacrity, Dragon Lance, Staff of Wizardry, Force Staff, Hurricane Pike
- Late game
- Ultimate Orb, Black King Bar, Eye of Skadi, Manta Style, Eaglesong
Item timings
- Force Staff — by minute 25, 47.3% wins
- Black King Bar — by minute 30, 55.0% wins
- Manta Style — by minute 30, 51.9% wins
Viper is strong against
- Bristleback — Viper — 63.4% wins
- Silencer — Viper — 61.8% wins
- Morphling — Viper — 60.0% wins
- Ancient Apparition — Viper — 60.0% wins
- Dragon Knight — Viper — 59.3% wins
Who counters Viper
- Techies — Viper — 36.5% wins
- Zeus — Viper — 38.9% wins
- Bane — Viper — 38.9% wins
- Slardar — Viper — 40.7% wins
- Windranger — Viper — 41.7% wins
Win rate by rank
- Herald — 47.7%
- Guardian — 48.0%
- Crusader — 48.1%
- Archon — 48.2%
- Legend — 49.0%
- Ancient — 49.0%
- Divine — 49.9%