Long-range burst mage who stuns, zones and finishes with an adjustable beam
Gord is a mid-lane burst mage who wins trades from range before the enemy closes the distance. Mystic Projectile stuns and reveals a target, Mystic Injunction zones an area with repeated magic damage, and Mystic Favor converts his fourth hit on a target into bonus true damage and a stacking slow.
His combo is a straightforward stun-into-zone-into-beam, though adjusting Mystic Gush's direction mid-cast to track a target takes some reaction speed.
Max Mystic Projectile first for the stun and damage, then Mystic Injunction for AoE poke, taking the ultimate at 4, 8 and 12.
After Gord hits an enemy 4 times with Basic Attacks or skills within a short period of time, the next attack on the target will deal an additional 140 (+60% Total Magic Power) True Damage and slow them by 20% for 1 second (the slow effect stacks up to 2 times).
Always active — no cooldown
Gord conjures a Mystic Orb that bounces in the target direction and explodes on the first enemy hit, dealing 270–495 (+80% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage to enemies in the area, while stunning them and revealing their locations for 1 second.
Gord create an energy field in the target area, dealing 55–105 (+16% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage every 0.3 second to enemies within (up to 13 times).
Gord unleashes an energy beam in the target direction, dealing 110–210 (+32% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage to enemies hit every 0.2 seconds (up to 16 times). The direction of the beam can be adjusted using the Joystick.
Signature combo
Core items in buy order, with the emblem, talents and battle spell that go with them.
8,120g total
Default pick to punish enemies for approaching or contesting objectives.
Battle spell
Flameshot50s CDThe short cooldown makes Flameshot the best spell for poke comps that want to repeatedly punish approaches over a long lane phase rather than save a single-use cooldown for one fight.
Swap in when needed
Winter Crown — Against a diving assassin threatening to burst him before he reacts.
Ice Queen Wand — Against mobility-heavy divers he needs to slow down to survive.
Divine Glaive — Against stacked magic-defense tanks soaking up his poke.
7,760g total
When the enemy has heavy dive potential and Gord needs to survive first, burst second.
Battle spell
Flicker120s CDThe 'Flicker combo' — blinking in right as a hook or stun lands, or blinking out the instant an enemy ultimate is cast — is the single most common high-elo outplay moment in the game.
Swap in when needed
Winter Crown — Against a coordinated dive comp targeting him directly.
Divine Glaive — Against stacked magic defense once the enemy itemizes against him.
The heroes that make this matchup hard, and the mechanic that does it.
NataliaAssassinHardNatalia can approach completely undetected in stealth, silence Gord before he can cast Mystic Projectile, and execute him with her ultimate before he gets a single skill off.
HanzoAssassinHardKinjutsu: Pinnacle Ninja sends Hanekage charging through terrain while Hanzo's real body sits invincible somewhere safe, so landing Mystic Projectile on the thing that reaches Gord accomplishes nothing.
LingAssassinHardLing's wall-climbing dashes let him approach Gord from angles he can't predict or stun in time, and he carries more than enough burst to kill him in one combo.
HelcurtAssassinHardDark Night Falls blacks out Gord's sight range entirely, so he can't see Helcurt coming or aim Mystic Projectile at him before Deadly Stinger's stored volley lands.
FannyAssassinHardFanny's cable mobility closes the distance on a stationary mage in seconds, arriving faster than Gord can turn and land Mystic Projectile.
AldousFighterSoftContract: Chase Fate gives Aldous vision of every enemy hero and a dash to reach them, so a stacked Aldous arrives from outside Gord's casting range and deletes his HP pool in one hit.
HarleyAssassin · MageSoftSpace Escape blinks him in and back out, so he can ring Gord with Deadly Magic and leave before Gord's cooldowns are up to stun him a second time.
JoyAssassinSoftJoy's rebound dashes bounce her around too fast and unpredictably for Mystic Projectile's skillshot to reliably track and land.
BenedettaAssassin · FighterSoftAlecto: Final Blow closes on Gord untargetable, and An Eye for An Eye blocks Mystic Projectile's stun outright if she times the parry into his cast.
ClaudeMarksmanSoftBattle Mirror Image lets Claude swap places with Dexter to dodge Mystic Projectile outright, and Blazing Duet shreds Gord's low HP pool from range.Heroes whose own counter list names Gord — the same matchup, read from the other side.
PhoveusFighterHardGord's long-range poke chips Phoveus down before he can close distance, since none of his skills reliably gap-close until an enemy dashes near him first.
RubyFighterHardGord's long-range poke chips Ruby down before her short-range stun chain can ever connect.
TerizlaFighter · TankHardGord's kit is built to farm exactly this profile: Mystic Injunction turns a stationary target into a guaranteed damage-over-time pool and Mystic Gush melts anyone who can't dash out of the beam, and since Terizla's only gap-closer is the 40-second-cooldown Penalty Zone, Mystic Projectile's stun can lock him down mid-approach with no other escape available.
ThamuzFighterHardMystic Projectile stuns in an area well outside melee range, and with no hard CC to trade back Thamuz eats Mystic Injunction's field and Mystic Gush's beam before he ever reaches basic-attack range.
YveMageHardGord out-ranges and out-bursts Yve in a straight poke war, punishing her lack of an escape before she can stack Galactic Power safely.
AulusFighterSoftGord's long-range poke chips Aulus down before he is close enough to land a single Basic Attack toward Fighting Spirit.Duo partners whose kit completes this one.
KarrieMarksmanKarrie can use her own dash to close in on a target Gord has already stunned with Mystic Projectile, finishing them off with her defense-piercing basic attacks.
ObsidiaMarksmanObsidia's ranged poke pairs with Gord's own zone control, letting both chip an enemy down from a distance before either commits to an all-in.
Popol and KupaMarksmanKupa's Alpha Wolf lunge stuns a target for a full second, holding them still for Gord's Mystic Gush beam to connect instead of escaping mid-channel.
SunFighterA target stunned by Mystic Projectile or slowed by Mystic Favor can't kite away from Sun's clones, letting his real damage connect cleanly.
RogerFighter · MarksmanRoger can use his wolf-form mobility to close in on a target Gord has already stunned and slowed, finishing the kill before they escape.
MiyaMarksmanA target stunned by Mystic Projectile or slowed by Mystic Favor can't walk out of Moon Arrow's extra arrows while Miya stacks Moon Blessing's attack speed on them.
MashaFighter · TankGord's stun and stacking slow deny a target's escape long enough for Masha to lunge in with Thunderclap and finish them off.
BaxiaTankShield of Spirit's 50% slow keeps a target inside Mystic Injunction's damage field for longer, stacking the zone's chip damage with his own crowd control.
HylosTankGlorious Pathway cuts a whole cluster's movement by three quarters, giving Gord's Mystic Gush beam or Mystic Injunction zone a near-stationary group to hit.
HarithMageHarith's Synchro Fission poke and Gord's Mystic Projectile can both threaten from safe range, letting the pair zone a lane or objective without either committing to melee range.Land Mystic Projectile first — the stun is what makes the rest of his combo possible
Track the 4-hit Mystic Favor counter and time the finishing hit for the bonus true damage and slow
Adjust Mystic Gush's direction with the joystick mid-cast to follow a target trying to dodge out of the beam
Use Mystic Injunction to zone jungle objectives or chokepoints rather than only for direct damage
Gord is one of the easier burst mages to pick up — his combo is a straightforward stun into zone into beam, though he punishes positioning mistakes hard since he has no escape tools.
Arcane Boots into Lightning Truncheon, Holy Crystal and Glowing Wand is the standard burst-poke build, shifting into Winter Crown or Ice Queen Wand if a diving assassin is the bigger threat.
Natalia, Hanzo, Ling, Helcurt and Fanny are the hardest counters — they all close the distance on his low HP faster than he can stun or reposition, since he has no mobility of his own.
Mystic Gush fires an adjustable energy beam that deals repeated magic damage to anything it hits for up to 16 ticks, and its direction can be steered mid-cast with the joystick to track a moving target.
