Abilities, roles and builds with an explanation for every purchase.
HERO GAME PLANI deal damage with intelligence and mana, and use Astral Imprisonment for control or a save.
Stealing from the minds of those he imprisons, Outworld Destroyer turns raw intelligence into destructive power. Weakening enemies with a barrage of arcane energy, he shatters their sanity with his ultimate blast, often erasing mana from those that survive.
My recommendation is a starting point. We choose another position together with the team and for its needs.
Levels, lane control and joining the team at the right moment matter.
This is an editorial starting plan based on hero mechanics. It is not presented as a match I have already tested or a popularity ranking.
Here is my initial plan: I do my role's job first, then choose the items the team needs. I adapt the order and expensive purchases to the opponent.
Provide attack speed and switchable attributes for farming and managing my resources.
Adds pressure through quick attacks in an intelligence-based core build.
Changes the entry angle and lets me reach a target quickly. Damage taken can prevent its use.
Provides a window for my actions against eligible magical damage and disables. I check effects that pierce the protection.
Provides a strong targeted disable for an important target when a normal slow or silence is not enough.
Hurricane Pike ↗Combines attack range with a tool for breaking a dangerous close-range engagement.
Linken's Sphere ↗Blocks an eligible targeted ability; a cheap enemy spell can remove this protection in advance.
Aghanim's Scepter ↗Unlocks or upgrades Arcane Orb, Objurgation. The exact effects are shown below in the abilities section.
I do not assign one ‘correct’ minute to every purchase. I look at my gold, the next fight and the problem: am I missing mana, target access, control or protection? If an expensive slot will arrive too late, I get a useful answer earlier.
Original Valve icons and descriptions. Cooldowns and mana are shown by level from the data snapshot; talents and upgrades can change the values.
Adds extra pure damage to Outworld Destroyer's attacks, based on his remaining mana pool.
Adds extra pure damage to Outworld Destroyer's attacks, based on his remaining mana pool.
Arcane Orb bounces to an additional target with reduced damage.
Steals a percentage of the target's max mana and places them into an astral prison. The hidden unit is invulnerable and disabled. When the astral prison implodes, it deals damage to the target.
Steals a percentage of the target's max mana and places them into an astral prison. The hidden unit is invulnerable and disabled. When the astral prison implodes, it deals damage to the target.
The ability deals area damage. Allows allies affected by it to move at 70% speed. They cannot take other actions and are visible to enemies, but cannot be targeted.
Increases Outworld Destroyer's maximum mana. When cast, protects Outworld Destroyer with an all damage barrier equal to a flat amount and a percentage of his maximum mana.
Increases Outworld Destroyer's maximum mana. When cast, protects Outworld Destroyer with an all damage barrier equal to a flat amount and a percentage of his maximum mana.
Increases the barrier’s health based on maximum mana. Once every 80 sec., it can prevent damage that would lower the owner’s health below 20%. When this happens, the owner receives a strong dispel and this ability’s barrier, which cannot be dispelled.
Unleashes a psychic blast that deals damage to enemies based on the difference between your max mana and the target's max mana. Sanity's Eclipse can hit units trapped by Astral Imprisonment.
These abilities are not necessarily available at the same time. I check the condition beside the name: innate ability, another form or an Aghanim purchase.
Passively grants a chance to restore a percentage of your max mana each time you cast an ability. Restores less mana from spells that modify attacks.
Passively grants a chance to restore a percentage of your max mana each time you cast an ability. Restores less mana from spells that modify attacks.
These are fields from the official source. The hero's final values in the client account for attributes and other active mechanics.
Items, slang and real episodes help connect abilities with what happens in a match.
