
- Win Rate
- 52.4%
- Pick Rate
- 23.4%
- KDA
- 3.31
Dynamo Build
- Skill Level
- All Skill Levels
- Matches
- 28,099
- Version
- 6860
- Last Updated
- Nov 5, 2026 UTC
- Author
- Dakota Chinnick
- Methodology
- Data Methodology
The Dynamo build players actually buy: start with Mystic Expansion, Extra Charge, Sprint Boots, then Compress Cooldown, Duration Extender, Trophy Collector, and finish with Greater Expansion, Superior Cooldown, Rapid Recharge. Win and pick rates for every item, by stage.
Best Dynamo build (Nov 5 Patch)
Nov 5 Patch · 165,328 gamesMost Dynamo players open with Mystic Expansion and Extra Charge. Core items, bought in at least half of all games: Mystic Expansion, Extra Charge, Sprint Boots, and Compress Cooldown. Ranked by how often players on this hero buy each item at each shop tier, from 28,099 games.
- Laning800 souls
Mystic ExpansionSpiritCore52.2%89% pick
Extra ChargeSpiritCore51.9%84% pick
Sprint BootsVitalityCore52.0%62% pick
Extra RegenVitality51.1%45% pick - Mid game1,600 souls
Compress CooldownSpiritCore52.3%68% pick
Duration ExtenderSpiritCore52.8%58% pick
Trophy CollectorVitalityCore52.5%53% pick
Recharging RushWeapon52.4%39% pick - Late game3,200 souls
Greater ExpansionSpiritCore52.8%77% pick
Superior CooldownSpiritCore52.6%77% pick
Rapid RechargeSpiritCore52.4%73% pick - Luxury6,400 souls
RefresherSpiritCore55.0%53% pick
Transcendent CooldownSpiritCore53.4%51% pick
Win rates are for games where the item was bought. Expensive items show higher win rates partly because they get bought in games that are already going well. Item stats cover the last 7 days of games.
Dynamo skill order
287,999 gamesMost Dynamo players max Kinetic Pulse first (78% of games), then Rejuvenating Aurora (15%).
| Ability | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| + | T1 | T2 | T3 | |||||||||||||
| + | T1 | T2 | T3 | |||||||||||||
| + | T1 | T2 | T3 | |||||||||||||
| + | T1 | T2 | T3 |
Which ability players max first
The most common order in recent matches. The first 8 points come straight from match data; the rest follow the most common max-first priority. "+" marks the unlock, T1–T3 the upgrade tiers.
Gun, spirit or vitality: which Dynamo build wins?
75% of Dynamo players finish with a Spirit build, and it wins 52.0% of games. The Hybrid build wins most often at 52.5% (7% of games).
- Spirit 75%
- Vitality 17%
- Hybrid 7%
- Gun 2%
Spirit Dynamo build
- Win rate
- 52.0%
- Share of games
- 75%14,685 games
- Avg. souls
- 40,429
Items Spirit Dynamo players finish with, by how often they own them:
Vitality Dynamo build
- Win rate
- 51.7%
- Share of games
- 17%3,263 games
- Avg. souls
- 42,028
Items Vitality Dynamo players finish with, by how often they own them:
Hybrid Dynamo build
- Win rate
- 52.5%
- Share of games
- 7%1,428 games
- Avg. souls
- 36,133
Items Hybrid Dynamo players finish with, by how often they own them:
Gun Dynamo build
- Win rate
- 48.7%
- Share of games
- 2%314 games
- Avg. souls
- 31,715
Items Gun Dynamo players finish with, by how often they own them:
From the final items of 19,690 Dynamo games over the last 14 days. A build counts as gun, spirit or vitality when that shop slot holds at least 45% of its souls; anything else is hybrid. Sold items are not counted.
Dynamo build planner
Start from the meta build and swap items from the shop. The planner counts your souls, shows your gun / spirit / vitality split and how that build type does for Dynamo, and flags pairs that win together and items with a poor record.
Your Dynamo build
25,600 souls- Weapon 6%
- Vitality 13%
- Spirit 81%
- Build type
- Spirit
- Meta match
- 100%
Spirit Dynamo builds win 52.0% of games and make up 75% of Dynamo games.
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Dynamo items that win together
Trophy Collector with Refresher is the best-winning pair on Dynamo: 56.1% over 296,111 games.

Trophy Collector + Refresher296,111 games56.1%+4.2 vs Dynamo average
Duration Extender + Refresher361,414 games56.1%+4.1 vs Dynamo average
Mystic Expansion + Unstoppable233,904 games55.5%+3.6 vs Dynamo average
Trophy Collector + Transcendent Cooldown270,880 games54.5%+2.6 vs Dynamo average
Warp Stone + Transcendent Cooldown239,416 games54.5%+2.5 vs Dynamo average
Enchanter's Emblem + Greater Expansion224,041 games53.7%+1.8 vs Dynamo average
Superior Duration + Warp Stone340,149 games53.7%+1.8 vs Dynamo average
Greater Expansion + Superior Duration572,263 games53.5%+1.5 vs Dynamo average
Two items owned together at the end of the game, last 30 days. Late items win more often because games that last long enough to buy them were often already ahead.
Adapt your Dynamo build to the enemy
Pick the enemy hero to see which items win most for Dynamo in that matchup. It opens on the hardest one, Graves, where Dynamo wins 41.6%.
Dynamo wins 41.6% against Graves (3,447 games).
Best items vs Graves
Healing TempoSwap in49.3%15% pick
Mystic ReverbSwap in48.3%19% pick
IndomitableSwap in50.0%9% pick
Battle VestSwap in52.8%4% pick
WitchmailSwap in49.6%8% pick
Transcendent CooldownIn the core build46.4%33% pick
Plated ArmorSwap in50.3%6% pick
Dynamo community builds
All Dynamo buildsNo one has published a Dynamo build yet. Share yours and help other players climb.
Have a build that works?Publish your item categories, ability order and tips. Others can vote on it, and it shows up here.
Create your Dynamo buildWhat Oracle+ Dynamo players build
From 7,905 Dynamo games at Oracle rank and above, in the order players buy the items.
High-rank players buy Superior Duration more than the all-ranks build does.
Dynamo build changes this week
Healbane is the biggest riser on Dynamo: bought in 15.4% of games, up 5.9 points.
Bought more
The last 7 days of games compared with the 7 days before. Items need 300 games on each side.
Dynamo hidden gems
Items few Dynamo players buy that win well above the hero's 51.9% average.
Treat these as situational: a low pick rate often means the item gets bought when the game is already won.
All Dynamo items (Nov 5 Patch)
91 items with stats for Dynamo. Mystic Expansion is bought most, in 89% of games. Filter by slot or sort by win rate, pick rate or cost.
| Item | Games | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52.2% | 88.9% | 800 | 146,970 | |
| 51.9% | 83.6% | 800 | 138,211 | |
| 52.8% | 77.3% | 3,200 | 127,866 | |
| 52.6% | 77.1% | 3,200 | 127,417 | |
| 52.4% | 72.7% | 3,200 | 120,163 | |
| 52.3% | 67.9% | 1,600 | 112,304 | |
| 52.0% | 62.0% | 800 | 102,578 | |
| 53.2% | 60.8% | 3,200 | 100,492 | |
| 52.8% | 58.2% | 1,600 | 96,287 | |
| 55.0% | 53.1% | 6,400 | 87,848 | |
| 52.5% | 52.6% | 1,600 | 86,949 | |
| 53.4% | 51.0% | 6,400 | 84,249 | |
| 52.9% | 47.1% | 3,200 | 77,921 | |
| 51.1% | 45.3% | 800 | 74,913 | |
| 52.1% | 44.7% | 800 | 73,956 | |
| 51.6% | 44.1% | 800 | 72,855 | |
| 51.9% | 43.1% | 3,200 | 71,220 | |
| 52.4% | 38.7% | 1,600 | 63,928 | |
| 52.0% | 38.5% | 1,600 | 63,618 | |
| 52.8% | 35.7% | 3,200 | 58,992 | |
| 52.1% | 34.9% | 1,600 | 57,735 | |
| 52.1% | 32.8% | 800 | 54,284 | |
| 51.8% | 31.5% | 1,600 | 52,152 | |
| 52.2% | 30.9% | 1,600 | 51,022 | |
| 51.9% | 27.4% | 800 | 45,231 | |
| 53.1% | 26.7% | 1,600 | 44,068 | |
| 55.4% | 25.6% | 6,400 | 42,388 | |
| 51.9% | 25.0% | 3,200 | 41,343 | |
| 56.7% | 21.1% | 6,400 | 34,873 | |
| 54.1% | 20.2% | 6,400 | 33,436 | |
| 53.7% | 20.2% | 1,600 | 33,431 | |
| 56.5% | 15.9% | 6,400 | 26,331 | |
| 49.7% | 15.4% | 1,600 | 25,543 | |
| 57.4% | 13.9% | 6,400 | 22,936 | |
| 51.0% | 13.5% | 800 | 22,240 | |
| 49.7% | 11.9% | 800 | 19,653 | |
| 56.9% | 11.5% | 6,400 | 19,076 | |
| 52.4% | 10.5% | 800 | 17,420 | |
| 47.7% | 10.5% | 3,200 | 17,326 | |
| 53.1% | 9.7% | 800 | 16,027 | |
| 51.3% | 9.2% | 3,200 | 15,253 | |
| 52.9% | 9.2% | 1,600 | 15,165 | |
| 52.6% | 8.7% | 1,600 | 14,446 | |
| 53.7% | 8.5% | 6,400 | 14,022 | |
| 58.1% | 8.2% | 6,400 | 13,513 | |
| 58.0% | 7.0% | 6,400 | 11,509 | |
| 49.2% | 6.7% | 1,600 | 11,049 | |
| 52.2% | 6.5% | 3,200 | 10,685 | |
| 57.5% | 6.1% | 6,400 | 10,004 | |
| 47.7% | 5.6% | 3,200 | 9,299 | |
| 50.6% | 5.2% | 1,600 | 8,568 | |
| 55.5% | 5.1% | 3,200 | 8,513 | |
| 51.7% | 5.0% | 1,600 | 8,218 | |
| 53.7% | 4.9% | 6,400 | 8,152 | |
| 51.2% | 4.7% | 800 | 7,843 | |
| 52.1% | 4.6% | 1,600 | 7,566 | |
| 49.9% | 4.5% | 800 | 7,432 | |
| 52.8% | 4.1% | 3,200 | 6,705 | |
| 50.8% | 4.0% | 3,200 | 6,561 | |
| 48.7% | 3.8% | 1,600 | 6,306 | |
| 50.1% | 3.5% | 800 | 5,788 | |
| 56.4% | 3.4% | 6,400 | 5,567 | |
| 48.7% | 3.3% | 3,200 | 5,496 | |
| 52.9% | 3.1% | 6,400 | 5,126 | |
| 52.8% | 3.1% | 1,600 | 5,110 | |
| 51.4% | 3.0% | 800 | 4,994 | |
| 47.1% | 3.0% | 800 | 4,927 | |
| 55.6% | 2.9% | 6,400 | 4,816 | |
| 52.6% | 2.9% | 3,200 | 4,724 | |
| 44.4% | 2.8% | 3,200 | 4,601 | |
| 49.8% | 2.7% | 1,600 | 4,530 | |
| 52.0% | 2.7% | 1,600 | 4,431 | |
| 53.2% | 2.6% | 1,600 | 4,297 | |
| 51.0% | 2.6% | 3,200 | 4,247 | |
| 49.4% | 2.5% | 6,400 | 4,149 | |
| 49.6% | 2.5% | 800 | 4,105 | |
| 55.5% | 2.0% | 6,400 | 3,251 | |
| 53.0% | 1.9% | 3,200 | 3,140 | |
| 50.8% | 1.8% | 3,200 | 2,938 | |
| 53.4% | 1.7% | 1,600 | 2,889 | |
| 50.3% | 1.7% | 3,200 | 2,837 | |
| 54.2% | 1.7% | 6,400 | 2,814 | |
| 48.1% | 1.7% | 3,200 | 2,799 | |
| 38.9% | 1.7% | 3,200 | 2,759 | |
| 54.9% | 1.6% | 3,200 | 2,715 | |
| 57.6% | 1.6% | 6,400 | 2,609 | |
| 46.8% | 1.5% | 800 | 2,526 | |
| 53.6% | 1.5% | 3,200 | 2,478 | |
| 55.7% | 1.5% | 6,400 | 2,428 | |
| 57.3% | 1.5% | 6,400 | 2,413 | |
| 48.4% | 1.2% | 3,200 | 1,976 |
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Items to avoid on Dynamo
Items Dynamo players still buy that win at least 3 points less than other items at the same price. Disarming Hex wins 44.4%, against 52.3% for Dynamo's other 3,200-soul items.
Heroes with Similar Builds to Dynamo
Heroes whose builds share at least 7 items with Dynamo's. Rates are each hero's own.
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Dynamo build FAQ (Nov 5 Patch)
What is the best Dynamo build?
The build Dynamo players buy most: Mystic Expansion, Extra Charge, Sprint Boots, and Extra Regen in lane, Compress Cooldown, Duration Extender, Trophy Collector, and Recharging Rush in the mid game, then Greater Expansion, Superior Cooldown, Rapid Recharge, Refresher, and Transcendent Cooldown late.
What is the best Dynamo skill order?
Most Dynamo players max Kinetic Pulse first (78% of games), then Rejuvenating Aurora (15%).
What should Dynamo buy first?
Most Dynamo players open with Mystic Expansion (89% pick) and Extra Charge (84% pick).
What are Dynamo's core items?
Items bought in at least 50% of Dynamo games: Mystic Expansion (52.2%), Extra Charge (51.9%), Sprint Boots (52.0%), Compress Cooldown (52.3%), Duration Extender (52.8%), Trophy Collector (52.5%), Greater Expansion (52.8%), Superior Cooldown (52.6%), Rapid Recharge (52.4%), Refresher (55.0%), and Transcendent Cooldown (53.4%).
Which Dynamo items are underrated?
Rarely bought but winning well above Dynamo's average: Diviner's Kevlar (58.1%), Witchmail (58.0%), and Spiritual Overflow (57.6%). Buy them situationally.
Is gun or spirit Dynamo better?
75% of Dynamo players finish with a Spirit build, and it wins 52.0% of games. The Hybrid build wins most often at 52.5% (7% of games).
What do high-rank Dynamo players build?
Oracle+ Dynamo players open with Headshot Booster, Extra Regen, and Extra Charge, move on to Headhunter, Rapid Recharge, and Warp Stone and finish with Refresher, Unstoppable, and Transcendent Cooldown.
What items should Dynamo avoid?
Disarming Hex (44.4%), Cursed Relic (49.4%), and Rusted Barrel (47.1%) win the least on Dynamo right now compared with other items at the same price.
