Winter Wyvern
Like many great poets, Auroth just wants time to write, but the Winter Wyvern's life is full of interruptions. The epics of the Eldwurms have a long and colorful history, but some fear that the remaining dragon scholars are not as prolific as they once were, with few lines added to the Eldwurm Eddas since the last age of greatness. Auroth laments: 'We forget that there is more to life than triumph and dominion over enemies. We must also live our lives in the pursuit of creative expression.' She embarks on research expeditions, collecting books for inspiration. But all this research can be terribly distracting, and she spends less time writing than she should. Although she knows she should be lurking in her lair, adding to the Eddas, she finds herself engaged in epic battles against powerful enemies. She loots castles, raids ancient libraries ... and if she happens to heap glory on herse…
Hero lore
Like many great poets, Auroth just wants time to write, but the Winter Wyvern's life is full of interruptions. The epics of the Eldwurms have a long and colorful history, but some fear that the remaining dragon scholars are not as prolific as they once were, with few lines added to the Eldwurm Eddas since the last age of greatness. Auroth laments: 'We forget that there is more to life than triumph and dominion over enemies. We must also live our lives in the pursuit of creative expression.' She embarks on research expeditions, collecting books for inspiration. But all this research can be terribly distracting, and she spends less time writing than she should. Although she knows she should be lurking in her lair, adding to the Eddas, she finds herself engaged in epic battles against powerful enemies. She loots castles, raids ancient libraries ... and if she happens to heap glory on herse…
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.
Winter Wyvern abilities
Winter Wyvern soars upon an arctic wind, granting her unobstructed movement and allowing her to exhale a blistering chill into each attack. While soaring, her attacks travel further and faster, and slow enemies with a magical freeze that strips them of 4% of…
Launches a ball of brittle ice toward a unit. The ice shatters on impact, leaving the primary target completely unaffected, while hurling damaging splinters into nearby enemies in a 500 base radius. Enemies struck by these splinters are slowed by 28%.
Encases an ally in an icy cocoon, freezing them solid while healing a base amount as well as a percentage of their maximum health each second. The cocoon blocks all physical damage.
Winter Wyvern dispells then freezes an enemy in place while striking those nearby with a maddening curse which causes them to attack their frozen ally with increased attack speed. The frozen ally and those cursed to attack their ally are immune to all damage…
Popular 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 Branch155 selections · 20.1% - 2
Observer and Sentry Wards107 selections · 13.8% - 3
Tango102 selections · 13.2% - 4
Blood Grenade97 selections · 12.5% - 5
Faerie Fire92 selections · 11.9% - 6
Smoke of Deceit79 selections · 10.2%
Early
4 items- 1
Boots of Speed92 selections · 88.5% - 2
Null Talisman10 selections · 9.6% - 3
Urn of Shadows1 selections · 1% - 4
Arcane Boots1 selections · 1%
Mid
6 items- 1
Blink Dagger40 selections · 26% - 2Arcane Boots29 selections · 18.8%
- 3
Power Treads24 selections · 15.6% - 4
Glimmer Cape21 selections · 13.6% - 5
Staff of Wizardry10 selections · 6.5% - 6
Force Staff7 selections · 4.5%
Late
6 items- 1Blink Dagger39 selections · 29.1%
- 2Force Staff20 selections · 14.9%
- 3Glimmer Cape20 selections · 14.9%
- 4
Aeon Disk16 selections · 11.9% - 5
Aether Lens10 selections · 7.5% - 6
Hurricane Pike5 selections · 3.7%
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Winter Wyvern — frequently asked
What are Winter Wyvern's abilities in Dota 2?
Winter Wyvern's abilities are Arctic Burn, Splinter Blast, Cold Embrace, Winter's Curse. It is a Intelligence ranged hero played as Support, Disabler, Nuker.
What is Winter Wyvern's primary attribute?
Winter Wyvern is a Intelligence hero, starting with 22 strength (+2.5/lvl), 16 agility (+1.7/lvl) and 26 intelligence (+3.6/lvl), and a base move speed of 285.
What do the popular Winter Wyvern 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.