Strengths & Weaknesses
Strengths
- +Exceptional self-healing via Skill 2 (4% HP restore) and Ultimate (converts damage to healing) allows solo lane dominance and extended teamfights
- +Skill 1 provides both engage/escape with speed boost and slow immunity, plus damage amplification on next attack for burst trading
- +Blood Curse passive stacks attack power efficiently, scaling into late game while providing damage scaling from repeated AA against priority targets
Weaknesses
- −Ultimate has strict 3-second window and 20% Max HP heal cap per hit, making it unreliable against burst damage from multiple sources
- −Skill 1's damage and slow immunity require directional commitment; whiffing cooldown leaves Dextra vulnerable to kite-heavy compositions
- −No crowd control abilities limits engage potential and reliance on teammates for setting up kills in competitive teamfights
Abilities
PBlood Curse
Steal 1% attack power with each auto attack, up to 8 stacks per hero per target and 20 stacks total across all targets. Bloodlines: When Sinestrea casts Blood Ghost on an ally, Dextra is instantly warped to Sinestrea's location and heals. Blood Ritual: When Sinestrea casts Blood Ritual, Dextra sacrifices all her HP instead. If her ultimate is available, it activates automatically; otherwise, Dextra dies instantly.
1Saw Storm
Dextra gains increased movement speed and is immune to slow. She deals physical damage to enemies she passes through. After the dash ends, Dextra retains the movement speed bonus for 3 more seconds, and her next auto attack deals increased physical damage and applies slow.
2Saw Cut
Deal physical damage to nearby enemies and heal for 4% of damage dealt. Her next auto attack deals increased physical damage.
RDemon's Gift
For 3 seconds, damage taken is converted to HP healing instead, with a maximum heal of 20% of Max HP per hit taken.
Skill Order
Priority: R > Q > W| Skill | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
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1Saw Storm | 1 | · | 3 | · | 5 | · | 7 | · | 9 | · | · | · | 13 | · | · |
2Saw Cut | · | 2 | · | 4 | · | · | · | 8 | · | 10 | · | 12 | · | 14 | · |
RDemon's Gift | · | · | · | · | · | 6 | · | · | · | · | 11 | · | · | · | 15 |
Loadout
Awake
Spirit
Dragon's ClawSlayer Lane
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6Core Combos
Trading Combo
12Use Skill 1 to gap close with speed, auto for damage amp, Skill 2 for AoE damage + healing, then reset with empowered auto. Best for extended 1v1s in lane
Kite & Sustain
12RSkill 1 away from burst, Flicker to reposition, Skill 2 for heal, then activate Ultimate to tank remaining poke. Use when outnumbered slightly or low HP
Gameplan
Early Game
Levels 1–6- →Max Skill 2 first for consistent wave clear and sustain; allows you to out-duel most solo laners through HP recovery
- →Use Skill 1 sparingly for trades—focus on stacking Blood Curse against your lane opponent for scaling advantage
- →Stay healthy and avoid unnecessary poke; your win condition is mid-game sustained fights, not early all-ins
Mid Game
Post Broken Spear- →Group for objectives with high HP; your Ultimate becomes oppressive against poke-focused enemy teams in siege scenarios
- →Rotate to secure dragon/abyssal with your tankiness; use Skill 2 to clear vision and initiate skirmishes
- →Watch for squishy targets grouped tightly—position to hit multiple enemies with Skill 2 for stacking healing
Late Game
Teamfight phase- →Initiate with Skill 1 into priority targets; let enemies commit resources before using Ultimate to absorb their follow-up burst
- →Play around cooldown windows—without Skill 2/Ultimate active, you're vulnerable despite high HP
- →Leverage Blood Curse stacks on their carry; high attack speed + damage amp creates surprising cleanup threat after teamfight initiation
Matchups
Dextra gets countered by
ZillExtreme burst from invisibility chains and dash ignores Dextra's healing window; CC prevents Skill 1 escape
MgangaSustained true damage and silences disable Dextra's combo chains and healing dependency on Skill 2
Dextra synergizes with
CaphenyDextra tanks for Capheny's positioning window; Capheny's lockdown combines with Dextra's durability for guaranteed fights
PainePaine's utility and hard CC set up Dextra's Skill 1 engagement; extended fights amplify her healing advantage
Pro Tips
- →Blood Curse's 20-stack cap (8 per hero max) means focus fire on one target briefly to maximize damage amp—don't spread autos randomly in teamfights
- →Ultimate caps healing at 20% Max HP per single hit, not per source—coordinate with teammates to bait multiple hits then heal burst, not one massive hit
- →Skill 1's post-movement speed lasts 3 seconds after exiting—use this to chase or reposition for Skill 2 followup without needing immediate re-engage
Dextra excels as a sustain-tank into poke-heavy or extended teamfight compositions where her healing amplification creates value. Pick into teams with limited burst and coordinate Ultimate timing with incoming damage patterns. However, she struggles into mobility-heavy assassins and CC chains that don't allow Ultimate activation windows.