What the item does
Active: Ether Blast
Turns the target ethereal, making it completely immune to physical damage but unable to attack and increasing the magic damage it takes by 30%.
If the target is an enemy, it is also slowed by 80% and takes magical damage equal to 1 * the sum of your attributes + 50. Duration: 4 sec.
How I decide
«I choose the ethereal effect for the damage we intend to follow up with.»
Ruslan UkrainskyiSpeaking through Rodya
- 01 Situation
- I can set up magical focus or protect a target from physical attacks.
- 02 My decision
- I agree the follow-up type and Ether Blast target beforehand so I do not interfere with allied attacks.
- 03 What I avoid
- Make an enemy ethereal just before my team's ready physical damage.
When I would buy it
When the team can use ethereal form without disrupting its own physical focus fire.
Components
Components from Valve's recipe. Repeated parts are marked with quantities.
Ultimate Orb
Ghost ScepterWhich 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
- All attributes
- 24
- Cooldown
- 22 s
- Mana cost
- 100
- Cast range
- 800
Valve notes
- Shares cooldown with Ghost Scepter and its upgrades.
- Ethereal units take 30% more magic damage.
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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