What the item does
Active: Soul Release
When used on allies, it provides 40 health regeneration per second.
When cast on a location, leaves a dormant effect there for 15 seconds. It triggers on the first enemy within a 450 radius, dealing 25 damage per second, revealing their invisibility and sharing their vision with the owner's team.
Lasts 8 seconds.
Gains charges every time an enemy hero dies within 1500 units.
How I decide
«I place the point effect for the enemy's route, not empty spectacle.»
Ruslan UkrainskyiSpeaking through Rodya
- 01 Situation
- I need to support an ally or prepare a passage that is dangerous for the enemy in advance.
- 02 My decision
- I choose Soul Release's mode for the task: healing or an effect at a point that catches the initial entry.
- 03 What I avoid
- Expect the ground effect to reveal the whole area regardless of a particular opponent entering it.
When I would buy it
For active map play and a specific plan for using Soul Release.
Components
Components from Valve's recipe. Repeated parts are marked with quantities.
Urn of Shadows
Chainmail
Wizard HatWhich 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
- Mana regeneration
- 1.5
- All attributes
- 3
- Armour
- 6
- Mana
- 150
- Cooldown
- 10 s
- Cast range
- 1000
Valve notes
- Empty urns gain 2 charges.
- Only the closest Essence Distiller to the dying hero will gain a charge.
- If the allied unit is attacked by an enemy hero or Roshan, the effect is lost.
- Does not trigger spell block or spell reflect.
- The dormant effect provides vision in a 450 radius. This vision lasts another 0.5 seconds after the effect triggers on an enemy.
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 ‘/’.
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