What the item does
Active: Overwhelming Blink
Teleport to a target point up to 1200 units away.
After teleportation, all enemies in a 800 AoE take damage equal to 100 + 50% of your strength and an additional 100% over time, and have 50% movement speed slow and 50 attack speed slow for 6 seconds.
Overwhelming Blink cannot be used for 3 seconds after taking damage from an enemy hero or Roshan.
How I decide
«The strength-based jump must land in a useful engagement.»
Ruslan UkrainskyiSpeaking through Rodya
- 01 Situation
- The hero is ready to enter near enemies and use the effect around the jump point.
- 02 My decision
- I mark the entry area with allied follow-up in mind; the basic disable remains the main action.
- 03 What I avoid
- Jump alone for extra damage without enough resources to survive the response.
When I would buy it
As soon as positioning stops me from contributing; upgrades come after the hero's main needs.
Components
Components from Valve's recipe. Repeated parts are marked with quantities.
Blink Dagger
ReaverWhich 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
- Strength
- 25
- Cooldown
- 15 seconds
- Cast range
- 1200
Valve notes
- Self-casting will cause you to teleport in the direction of your team's fountain.
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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