Dota 2

Legion Commander

● Strengthmeleephysical damageCarryDisablerInitiatorDurableNuker

Marching across the battlefield, Legion Commander challenges lone enemies in single combat. Each duel she wins increases the power of her attacks, until at last she can become a relentless one-woman army.

Pos 3 — Offlane · Pos 1 — Carry
Win rate
52.7%
Pick rate
15.3%
Armor / MS
2 / 325
Range
150
Plan matchupRole builds

Abilities

Official ability data from Valve
Overwhelming OddsQ⏱ 18s◆ 90 / 105 / 120 / 135
Turns the foes' numbers against them, dealing a 100% impact slow for 0.3s and damage to all enemies in the area. Damage increases with each enemy unit or hero in the area, and grants Legion Commander bonus attack speed.
Press The AttackW⏱ 16 / 15 / 14 / 13s◆ 90
Removes debuffs and disables from the target friendly unit, and grants bonus movement speed and health regen for a short time. DISPEL TYPE: Strong Dispel
Moment of CourageE⏱ 0.3s
When attacked a number of times, Legion Commander will counter-attack her target with bonus lifesteal.
Mechanics notes (1)
  • • The lifestealing strike is only triggered if being attacked.
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Outfight Them!Innate
When Legion Commander or an allied Hero within 1200 range casts an ability, they gain bonus armor for 6s; allies gain 50% of the value. This bonus stacks independently.
DuelR⏱ 60 / 55 / 50s◆ 80 / 100 / 120
Legion Commander and the target enemy hero are forced to attack each other for a short duration. Neither hero can use items, and the target enemy hero cannot use abilities. If either hero dies during the duration, the hero winning the Duel gains permanent bonus damage.
Mechanics notes (1)
  • • Duels will end if the units are pushed 2000 units apart.
Traits ours:BKB-piercing lockdownPhysical burstHealing / lifestealStuns & disablesRelies on dispellable buffs

Our ratings

0–10, our judgement — every planner uses them
EarlyMidLateLaningWave clearTeamfightPickoffDisableDurabilityMobility

Aghanim's upgrades

Upgrade text from Valve · priority is ours Our recommendation
Aghanim's Scepterlow priority
Press The Attack: Increases movement speed and becomes an 500 area of effect ability, and always affects Legion Commander when used.
Duel: When Legion Commander wins a duel, Press the Attack is automatically triggered around her.
Aghanim's Shardlow priority
Overwhelming Odds: Overwhelming Odds has larger radius and grants an all damage barrier based on the damage it deals to enemy heroes.

Tips & counterplay

Playing as Legion Commander

Snowballing duelist. Farm Blink then Duel the enemy core.

Laning: Overwhelming Odds and Moment of Courage trades.

Kill combo: Blink → Press the Attack (on self) → Duel.

Staying alive: Press the Attack dispels and heals.

From real games (OpenDota)
  • • Most games are in the off lane (90.1%, 51% win rate).
  • • Blink Dagger: usually done by 20 min; finishing it by 12 min wins 66.5%.
  • • Phase Boots: usually done by 8 min; finishing it by 20 min wins 62.1%.
  • • Blade Mail: usually done by 20 min; finishing it by 8 min wins 75%.

Playing against Legion Commander

Generated from this hero's traits, counters and real matchups

BKB-piercing lockdown Linken's Sphere or Aeon Disk. Stay near allies who can save you.

Physical burst Ghost Scepter, Aeon Disk and Blade Mail punish or survive the burst. Keep a save item on your supports.

Healing / lifesteal Cut their healing with Spirit Vessel, Eye of Skadi or Shiva's Guard, and burst them instead of trading slowly.

Stuns & disables Black King Bar, Linken's Sphere or Lotus Orb. Spread out so one stun doesn't catch the whole team.

Relies on dispellable buffs Dispel their buffs with Nullifier, Diffusal Blade or Eul's.

  • • Respect Legion Commander at Blink Dagger: Duel any isolated hero.
  • • Respect Legion Commander at Blade Mail: Win duels against carries.
  • • Respect Legion Commander at BKB: Unstoppable duels.

Items that counter it

Aeon Disk Physical burst, BKB-piercing lockdownLotus Orb Stuns & disables, BKB-piercing lockdownLinken's Sphere Stuns & disables, BKB-piercing lockdownBracer Physical burstUrn of Shadows Healing / lifestealOrb of Corrosion Healing / lifesteal

Heroes that beat it

Talents

Current talents (Valve)
+100% Moment of Courage Lifesteal
25
Duel Advances Cooldown by 30s On Victory
+0.75s Duel Duration
20
-1 Moment of Courage Attacks To Trigger
+40 Press The Attack HP Regen
15
+35 Overwhelming Odds Damage per Hero
-2s Overwhelming Odds Cooldown
10
+1 Outfight Them! Armor

Best items

Position 3 build Our recommendation
Starting
Early
››
Core
›››
Luxury

Power spikes

Our recommendation
Blink DaggerDuel any isolated hero.
Blade MailWin duels against carries.
BKBUnstoppable duels.

Best skill build

Position 3 Our recommendation
123456789101112131415161718
Q Overwhelming OddsQQQQ
W Press the AttackWWWW
E Moment of CourageEEEE
R DuelRRR
T Talent★★

Counters

Strong against ours

Countered by

Weak against ours

Synergies

Great with ours

Best lane partners

Toughest lane opponents

From our matchup model, adjusted by each opponent's laning rating Our recommendation
Necrophos−19
Chaos Knight−14
Dazzle−14
Phantom Lancer−9
Bristleback−8

Live stats OpenDota · 2026-10-14

Public match stats

Win rate (all ranks)
52.7%
Win rate (Divine+)
51.8%
Pick rate
15.3% of matches
Sample
630,042 picks
Pro
1 picks · 100% WR · 0.4% ban

Lane presence

off90.1% · 51% WR
mid6.2% · 50% WR
safe3.7% · 51.1% WR

Win rate by rank

Public matches per medal bracket
53.5%Herald53.3%Guardian53%Crusader52.9%Archon52.7%Legend52%Ancient51.8%Divine

Win rate by game length

Minutes · OpenDota parsed games
46.6%10′48.6%20′49.1%30′47.8%40′47.5%50′47%60′

Item timings

When the item is finished, and the timing that wins most (≥15 games)
ItemGamesUsualWin %Best timing
Blink Dagger1,17720′52.9%≤12′ · 66.5%
Phase Boots1,1248′52%≤20′ · 62.1%
Blade Mail1,06120′52.2%≤8′ · 75%
Black King Bar48430′62%≤25′ · 75.7%
Aghanim's Shard17830′62.4%≤30′ · 69.7%
Power Treads748′47.3%≤8′ · 48.6%
Aghanim's Scepter7230′69.4%≤25′ · 72%
Shadow Blade5025′66%≤25′ · 71%
Assault Cuirass4830′81.3%≤30′ · 80.6%
Desolator4125′80.5%≤25′ · 72.2%

What players actually buy

Most purchased items by game phase
Start
Early
Mid
Late

Best real matchups

Head-to-head win rate, ≥40 games
Bristleback54 games57.4%
Tidehunter51 games54.9%
Shadow Shaman46 games54.3%
Centaur Warrunner50 games50%
Axe59 games49.2%

Worst real matchups

Head-to-head win rate, ≥40 games
Sniper55 games40%
Crystal Maiden64 games45.3%
Mars55 games47.3%
Queen of Pain55 games47.3%
Shadow Fiend93 games47.3%

Recent pro & league games

Most recent league matches featuring this hero
LeagueResultK / D / ALengthDate
DreamLeague Season 30 QualifiersWin5 / 0 / 1516′2026-10-09
PARI Universe by FISSURE Closed Qualifiers Win10 / 6 / 1439′2026-10-05
BETBOOM Streamers Battle Dota 15Win1 / 8 / 731′2026-09-26
BETBOOM Streamers Battle Dota 15Win10 / 9 / 1261′2026-09-25
PGL Wallachia 2026 Season 9Loss12 / 12 / 2186′2026-09-20
PGL Wallachia 2026 Season 9Win8 / 4 / 1225′2026-09-19
肛宝联赛-老婆杯Loss4 / 3 / 1420′2026-09-18
WINLINE Star Series Season 4Loss8 / 7 / 2143′2026-09-12

Lore

They came without warning. Within the city walls of Stonehall there came a rumble and a terrible sound, and from blackness unknown came a force of beasts numbering beyond count, wielding flame and foul sorcery, slaying and snatching mothers and sons to dark purpose. Of once-mighty Stonehall's military strength only the Bronze Legion, led by the indomitable Commander Tresdin, was near enough to answer the call of battle. They rode into their city, fighting through bloodstained alleyways and burning markets, cutting their way through the monstrous throng to the source of the sudden invasion: an ethereal rift within the city square, and at its precipice thundered their dreaded champion. Enwrapped in a corrosive shimmer, the leader of the abyssal horde swung its massive blade, cleaving a legionnaire in two as his flesh began to spoil. Tresdin lifted her blood-stained sword and settled her sights on the beast. It turned, smiling at her through a maze of teeth. Heedless of the battle raging around them, they charged one another. Deflecting blow after blow, the pair danced their deadly duel as the Bronze Legion met its end around them. Tresdin leapt forward as her foe swung its sword to meet her. The odds turned. The attack smashed into Tresdin suddenly, a brutal thrust from the side, but even as her balance slipped she rallied her strength for another stroke. Blade scraped on blade, beyond the hilt to the gnarled paw below, carving it in two in a fearsome spray of sparks and blood. The vile audience looked on in astonishment as she pressed the attack, driving her blade through her foe's flesh into the stampeding heart within. With a scream that split the clouds above, the beast erupted in a torrent of gore and anguish. The stygian portal wavered, the power sustaining the chasm beyond vanishing as suddenly as it had appeared. The remaining invaders fell quickly to Stonehall steel. Though victorious, the survivors saw little to celebrate: the city lay in ruins, and survivors were few. Fires continued to spread. Unfurling her banners of war, Tresdin gathered what allies she could. Her anger smoldered as she pledged brutal vengeance upon the forces of the abyss, and damned be any who would dare stand in her way.