Warlock — hero grid for mains
Warlock is an Intelligence hero, ranged, played as hard support (5), with a 49.8% win rate and 66th place by games in the OpenDota snapshot of 23 Sept 2026. Below — a grid with Warlock in Mains and the hero's places in the site's layouts.
In-game name and nicknames
Warlock is what the game calls the hero in every client; Russian-speaking players say “Варлок” (or “лок”). There is no common English short name for Warlock in the site's dictionary.
Valve sums the hero up in one line: “Summons powerful demons to fight at his side”.
Search in the hero picker is forgiving: “Warlock”, “Варлок” — each of them lands on Warlock.
Attribute, attack and roles
Warlock is an Intelligence hero (34 of them in the game), ranged, complexity 1 of 3 by Valve's rating, one of the 55 easiest heroes.
Role dots from Valve: Initiator ●●○, Support ●○○, Disabler ●○○ — no role at the full three.
In the ready layouts that means the “INTELLIGENCE” (12th of 34) block of By attributes and the “EASY” (52nd of 55) band of By complexity. Warlock is also in Beginner: easy heroes — column “5 · HARD SUPPORT”, 8th of 12.
Positions and lanes
One position only for Warlock: hard support (5), with the next best score at just 0.26. All five scores (best = 1): carry 0 · mid 0.05 · offlane 0.02 · soft support 0.26 · hard support 1 — which is why the editor's Auto-pick places Warlock in the “5 · HARD SUPPORT” row and nowhere else.
| Position | Score |
|---|---|
| 1 · Carry | 0 |
| 2 · Mid | 0.05 |
| 3 · Offlane | 0.02 |
| 4 · Soft support | 0.26 |
| 5 · Hard support | 1 |
Median gold per minute for Warlock is 383, experience 509 — between support (360) and core (540), a supportness of 0.90 by the site's formula; by lane, 1,047 parsed OpenDota matches as of 23 Sept 2026 split 73% safe, 10% mid and 18% off.
Where to put the hero in your grid
The positions layout is ready-made: Classic: positions 1–5 puts Warlock in “5 · HARD SUPPORT” (8th of 18).
Warlock in other layouts: not in Meta by stats (ten heroes per position); Two columns — “SUPPORTS”, 15th of 44.
The “Make a grid with Warlock” button opens Mains + situational with Warlock first in the MAINS block, followed by Disruptor, Crystal Maiden and Winter Wyvern — all three share the same main position (hard support), the same attribute and ranged attack.
The file goes into your Steam folder, 570 → remote → cfg of your account, with Dota closed — step by step in the install guide.
OpenDota stats, 23 Sept 2026
Win rate 49.8% for Warlock (62nd of 127) over 252,361 games in the OpenDota snapshot of 23 Sept 2026; by games played that is 66th.
Results drop with rank by 2.4 points: 50.9% at Herald–Crusader against 48.5% at Ancient–Divine. Players pick Warlock more than usual at Crusader (+13%) and less at Divine (−27%).
| Rank | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|
| Herald | 7,144 | 50.3% |
| Guardian | 25,158 | 51.2% |
| Crusader | 44,586 | 50.8% |
| Archon | 60,484 | 49.7% |
| Legend | 60,264 | 49.8% |
| Ancient | 34,714 | 49.0% |
| Divine | 20,011 | 47.5% |
Warlock in the snapshot's pro matches: 4 picks, 2 wins, 4 bans. Turbo: 111,137 games at 49.7%, about the same as in ranked brackets.
Drawing the hero in your grid
No ready dot drawing of Warlock yet, but any art or screenshot of the hero turns into dots in Picture to dots. Among the heroes with skins that are also played as hard support, the closest to Warlock are Crystal Maiden, Vengeful Spirit and Ogre Magi — their dot drawings are ready for a hard support grid.
Questions and answers
Can I make Warlock big in my grid?
Yes: the MAINS block in Mains + situational has the biggest portraits, and “Make a grid with Warlock” puts the hero there first.
What position is Warlock?
By the site's scores — hard support (5); scores are carry 0 · mid 0.05 · offlane 0.02 · soft support 0.26 · hard support 1, and Pick by stats puts a hero into a row from 0.5.