Dota 2 Clockwerk Build 2022

+ Good toughness

- Not the best hero for beginners

He doesn't have any overly strong items that combine with his abilities in Dota 2, so most Clockwerk item builds are optional. In the early game Bracer boosts your stats pretty good, and after 25 minutes this cheap thing will be doubly useful. In tough games, a pair of Bracers can replace other expensive items.

One of the cheapest boots that fit a ganker. When buying Tranquil Boots we have to understand that we want to upgrade them into Boots of Bearing first. If at the planning stage it turns out that you are not the only one who wants to buy them, then I recommend to buy Arcane Boots.

I consider this one of the best items for Clockwerk (If you don't buy Force Staff). By locking an enemy in cogs and using Blade Mail, you force an enemy to panic and struggle to escape from your trap. Blade Mail gives Clockwerk everything he needs - armor, attack power and the ability to become a low-priority target.

Spirit Vessel is a situational item to replace Blade Mail. It is good against targets that have significant regeneration and that outlast your assault with ease.  Perfect against Huskar and the Alchemist. Can deal a total of 280 + 27.86% of current health as damage to the targeted enemy (before reductions) or regenerate up to 320 health over its full duration. Also slightly solves a problem with the hero's mana.

Basically the only item you need for Support Clockwerk. Force Staff allows you to quickly get out of your own trap and out of combat. Since almost any support is guaranteed to die under the enemy's focus, it is better not to count on luck and buy this item. It costs almost as much as Blade Mail (2200 gold) and they perform very poorly with each other.

Boots of Bearing is closer to the Late Game, but it is assembled from very satisfying items. If your team doesn't mind, build them after Blade Mail/Force Staff/Spirit Vessel.

Aghanim Scepter is picked up as a Refresher Orb for thrill seekers. You quickly reload your abilities and get a nice boost to your attack speed for 8 seconds, and then boom! You can't do anything for 4 seconds and are likely to be killed in that time. I can't recommend this purchase as a 3-4 slot item.

Black King Bar is worth buying if your enemy has a huge amount of magic damage and you are offlane Clockwerk. Basically, we get Magic Immunity inside Power Cogs thanks to the talent, though we still need to build BKB before level 25. Virtually invulnerable to magical damage, Clockwerk can destroy an entire opponent's plan. 

The antipode of the Black King Bar is Heaven's Halberd. In most cases we buy it to disarm foes with huge physical damage. Ideal targets are ranged heroes that we either couldn't catch, or they are trying to destroy cogs with auto-attack. I recommend buying Heaven's Halbered as 3 or 4 slot if circumstances require it

Shiva's Guard is usually the final item for Clockwerk. It is the most expensive of the list and gives a bunch of bonuses, which are very effective if the target is cog trapped. First of all, this is both a decrease in regeneration and attack speed. Secondly, the active ability gives a lot of impact in teamfights. And lastly, we can buy Platemail in the early game, just because it is a lot of armor.

We skip leveling first talent at level 10 because +40 damage is more important than -2 second cooldown. Very few people take the +60 Power Cogs Mana Burn talent, so there's not much of an alternative here.  Next come the talents, which depend entirely on your position. We take +24 Battery Assault Damage if we play Offlane Clockwerk. In the case of Clockwerk Support, I recommend taking +2 Power Cogs Hit To Kill. With it you can successfully catch enemies and leave them at a disadvantage. Level 20 talents can also be called controversial. Rocket Flare True Sight itself can replace Gem of True Sight and save you money, but on the other hand against enemies with escapes it is mandatory to have Power Cogs Leash Units Inside talent. At level 25, I still recommend choosing Spell Immunity Inside Power Cogs talent. At this point an enemy carry will have already gathered Black King Bar and your Battery Assault will be useless in close combat.

Huskar is resilient and can fight to the end. With the purchase of the BKB, he leaves no chance for our hero.

Undying is eating up our hero and Hookshot might do him a favor if we stay for long near Tombstone. If you meet during the laning stage, you're in for some pretty tough times.

Phantom Lancer escapes from our Power Cogs with a single action. And if he's stronger than us, he'll just beat us inside our own trap. Battery Assault will be wasted on his illusions.

Juggernaut can become invulnerable to magic and place healing wards within reach of Clockwerk.

However, it's not all that bad. We can counter a bunch of heroes ourselves.

Drow Ranger cannot escape from Power Cogs quickly, and being a very positional hero, dies quickly under the focus of our allies.

Brewmaster literally cannot use his Ultimate, Primal Split, while he is under Battery Assault.

Spirit Breaker may also not expect to be released from our trap.

Windranger is fragile and will feel very uncomfortable next to Clockwerk. Considering that Windranger doesn't often buy BKB, we can confidently say that she will be in pain.

Always level Battery Assault first, then Rocket Flare (and Power Cogs once).

Play with your team, communicate while ganking.

Use Rocket Flare to scout enemy position.

Pick Clockwerk against Drow Ranger, Brewmaster, Spirit Breaker or Windranger.

Weigh the pros and cons if you see your opponent's Huskar, Undying, Phantom Lancer or Juggernaut.

1. Boots of Bearing 

2. Blade Mail (or Force Staff) 

3. Vessel 

4. Heaven's Halberd