OpenDota API Skill 🎮

Query Dota 2 hero item builds and stats from the OpenDota API.

Features

Hero Item Builds - Get best items for any hero by win rate from recent matches
Hero Stats - View recent match performance
Hero List - Browse all 127 Dota 2 heroes
Real-time Data - Live data from OpenDota API

Usage

Query Hero Item Builds (Main Feature)

const opendota = require('./opendota.js');

// Get item builds for a hero (analyzes recent matches)
const builds = await opendota.getHeroItemBuilds('Anti-Mage', 5);
console.log(opendota.formatBuilds(builds));

Example Output:

🎯 **Anti-Mage** - Item Build Analysis
📊 Matches Analyzed: 5
📈 Record: 3W - 2L (60.0% WR)

**Core Items (Top 10 by Win Rate):**
1. **butterfly** - 100.0% WR | ███ 40.0% (2)
2. **battle_fury** - 75.0% WR | ████████ 80.0% (4)
3. **manta** - 66.7% WR | ██████████ 100.0% (5)
...

Get Hero Stats

const stats = await opendota.getHeroStats('Pudge');
console.log(stats);

List All Heroes

const heroes = await opendota.getHeroes();
heroes.forEach(h => console.log(h.localized_name));

Get Hero ID by Name

const heroId = await opendota.getHeroId('Crystal Maiden');
console.log(heroId); // Returns hero ID number

API Endpoints Used

GET /heroes - List all heroes
GET /heroes/{hero_id}/matches - Get recent matches for a hero
GET /matches/{match_id} - Get match details with item data

Rate Limits

OpenDota API limits:

1 request per second for anonymous users
Free tier: 3000 calls/day
Consider getting an API key: https://www.opendota.com/api-keys

Examples

Best Items for Juggernaut

const result = await opendota.getHeroItemBuilds('Juggernaut', 10);
console.log(opendota.formatBuilds(result));

Check Hero Existence

const heroId = await opendota.getHeroId('FakeHero');
if (!heroId) console.log('Hero not found!');

Get All Carry Heroes

const heroes = await opendota.getHeroes();
const carries = heroes.filter(h => h.roles.includes('Carry'));
carries.forEach(h => console.log(h.localized_name));

Configuration

No configuration required! The skill works out of the box.

Optional: Add API key to skill.json for higher rate limits:

{
  "config": {
    "apiKey": "your-opendota-api-key"
  }
}

Notes

Item data is analyzed from recent professional/public matches
Win rates are calculated from the sampled matches
More matches analyzed = more accurate recommendations
Default: 10 matches (takes ~1-2 seconds due to rate limiting)

Author

Created for OpenClaw by Assistant

License

MIT

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