Clockwerk
Rattletrap descends from the same far-flung kindred as Sniper and Tinker, and like many of the Keen Folk, has offset his diminutive stature through the application of gadgetry and wit. The son of the son of a clockmaker, Rattletrap was many years apprenticed to that trade before war rode down from the mountains and swept the plains villages free of such innocent vocations. 'Your new trade is battle,' his dying father told him as the village of their ancestors lay in charred and smoking ruins. It is a poor tradesman who blames his tools, and Rattletrap was never one to make excuses. After burying his father among the ruins of their village, he set about to transform himself into the greatest tool of warfare that any world had ever seen. He vowed to never again be caught unprepared, instead using his talents to assemble a suit of powered Clockwerk armor to make the knights of other lands…
Hero lore
Rattletrap descends from the same far-flung kindred as Sniper and Tinker, and like many of the Keen Folk, has offset his diminutive stature through the application of gadgetry and wit. The son of the son of a clockmaker, Rattletrap was many years apprenticed to that trade before war rode down from the mountains and swept the plains villages free of such innocent vocations. 'Your new trade is battle,' his dying father told him as the village of their ancestors lay in charred and smoking ruins. It is a poor tradesman who blames his tools, and Rattletrap was never one to make excuses. After burying his father among the ruins of their village, he set about to transform himself into the greatest tool of warfare that any world had ever seen. He vowed to never again be caught unprepared, instead using his talents to assemble a suit of powered Clockwerk armor to make the knights of other lands…
Compact stat and ability fields shown here were checked against patch 7.41e where this model represents the changed field. Talents and full mechanics remain in the official notes.
Clockwerk abilities
Discharges high-powered shrapnel at random nearby enemy units, dealing minor magical damage and ministun.
Forms a ring of energized cogs around Clockwerk, trapping any units that are near. Enemies outside the trap that touch a cog are knocked back, losing health and mana. Once a cog has delivered a shock, it will power down. Damage is increased by 50% of the mana…
Fires a global range flare that explodes over a given area. Upon impact, enemies in the area take damage and are briefly slowed. Rocket flare provides vision over the impact area for 6 seconds.
Supercharges Clockwerks abilities: Battery Assault: Increased radius and affects all enemies in its range. Power Cogs: Radius increased, and Clockwerk's armor while near Power Cogs is increased. Rocket Flares: Increased damage, vision and slow duration, and f…
Clockwerk activates a jetpack, gaining flying movement, flying vision, and bonus movement speed. Clockwerk has a severely-limited turn rate during this time and cannot attack. Jetpack can be toggled on and off for the duration of the buff.
Fires a grappling device rapidly at the target location. If the hook hits a unit, Clockwerk launches himself into the target, stunning and dealing damage to everyone in a 175 radius around the hit target. Any enemies Clockwerk collides with along the way are…
Clockwerk's outgoing damage increases by 0.25% per point of armor. Clockwerk can consume Chainmails to permanently gain +4 armor per Chainmail consumed. Can stack. Self-cast to consume.
PassivePopular items by game phase
OpenDota professional-match aggregate as of Jul 21, 2026, 9:50 PM UTC. Popularity rows are independent phase totals, not a coherent build, sequence, or win-rate advice.
Starting
6 items- 1
Iron Branch92 selections · 16% - 2
Tango89 selections · 15.5% - 3
Blood Grenade72 selections · 12.5% - 4
Observer and Sentry Wards70 selections · 12.2% - 5
Sentry Ward52 selections · 9.1% - 6
Smoke of Deceit41 selections · 7.1%
Early
6 items- 1
Boots of Speed61 selections · 51.7% - 2
Tranquil Boots43 selections · 36.4% - 3
Urn of Shadows7 selections · 5.9% - 4
Bracer4 selections · 3.4% - 5
Chainmail1 selections · 0.8% - 6
Phase Boots1 selections · 0.8%
Mid
6 items- 1
Essence Distiller32 selections · 18.8% - 2
Staff of Wizardry30 selections · 17.6% - 3
Blink Dagger24 selections · 14.1% - 4
Pavise14 selections · 8.2% - 5
Eul's Scepter of Divinity12 selections · 7.1% - 6
Force Staff12 selections · 7.1%
Late
6 items- 1Force Staff28 selections · 18.9%
- 2Blink Dagger25 selections · 16.9%
- 3Eul's Scepter of Divinity20 selections · 13.5%
- 4
Mystic Staff8 selections · 5.4% - 5
Solar Crest8 selections · 5.4% - 6
Glimmer Cape8 selections · 5.4%
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Clockwerk — frequently asked
What are Clockwerk's abilities in Dota 2?
Clockwerk's abilities are Battery Assault, Power Cogs, Rocket Flare, Overclocking, Jetpack, Hookshot, Armor Power. It is a Strength melee hero played as Initiator, Disabler, Durable.
What is Clockwerk's primary attribute?
Clockwerk is a Strength hero, starting with 26 strength (+3.2/lvl), 13 agility (+2.3/lvl) and 18 intelligence (+1.7/lvl), and a base move speed of 310.
What do the popular Clockwerk item phases mean?
The saved OpenDota aggregate is dated 2026-07-22. The phase lists summarize professional-match item popularity; they are not one coherent build, a recommended sequence, or win-rate advice.