What the item does
Active: Overwhelm
Stuns the targeted enemy for 1.6 seconds.
Pierces Debuff Immunity.
Passive: Bash
Grants melee heroes a 25% chance on hit to stun the target for 1.2 seconds and deal 120 bonus physical damage. Bash chance for ranged heroes is 10%.
How I decide
«I pay extra for Overwhelm when the target escaping costs more than the upgrade.»
Ruslan UkrainskyiSpeaking through Rodya
- 01 Situation
- A key opponent survives my first hits and leaves before a random Bash.
- 02 My decision
- I close to the required range and keep the active stun for their response.
- 03 What I avoid
- Buy a targeted disable but never work out how to approach its target.
When I would buy it
Later on, once damage, mobility and survival are already covered.
Components
Components from Valve's recipe. Repeated parts are marked with quantities.
Skull Basher
SangeWhich heroes I would try it on
Examples based on mechanics. The role, opponents and team plan determine the final choice.
What to compare it with
Similar purposes do not make items interchangeable. I compare effect, price and timing.
Stats and key conditions
- Damage
- 35
- Strength
- 30
- slow resistance
- 30%
- Health regeneration amplification
- 16%
- Cooldown
- 35 s
- Mana cost
- 75
- Cast range
- 150
Valve notes
- The stun is melee range.
- Bash does not work for hero clones or Arc Warden's copy. The effects of multiple such abilities do not stack.
- Multiple sources of damage block do not stack.
- The following heroes cannot trigger Bash on this item: Spirit Breaker, Faceless Void, Slardar, and Kez while in Sai mode.
Game effects and recipes are a snapshot of official data. My guidelines are choices for a task, not a promise of the same build every match. Values for several stages, where present, are separated by ‘/’.
Original Valve item data ↗