What the item does
01
Passive: Poison Attack
Poisons the target, dealing 12 magical damage per second. Lasts for 3 seconds.
How I decide
«Orb helps while I maintain brief contact with attacks.»
Ruslan UkrainskyiSpeaking through Rodya
- 01 Situation
- In lane, I can catch the target and land several safe hits.
- 02 My decision
- I maintain pressure in the chosen trade, accounting for different values for melee and ranged combat.
- 03 What I avoid
- Chase a target too far just for another weak hit.
When I would buy it
At the start, for suitable trades.
Which 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.
Builds into
Hydra's Breath
Mage Slayer
Witch BladeConnections through Valve recipes. Owning a component does not oblige me to buy its upgrade immediately.
Stats and key conditions
- Cooldown
- 9 s
Valve notes
- Does not stack with its upgrades.
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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