What the item does
Active: Soul Release
When used on an enemy, they lose 4% of their current health each second and their health restoration is reduced by 70%. The spell also deals 25 damage per second.
When used on allies, it provides 40 health regeneration per second.
Lasts 8 seconds.
Gains charges every time an enemy hero dies within 1500 units or the user dies.
How I decide
«Before Vessel, I name the enemy whose recovery I want to prevent.»
Ruslan UkrainskyiSpeaking through Rodya
- 01 Situation
- One target survives our pressure through healing and regeneration.
- 02 My decision
- I prepare a charge, shared focus and a way to keep Soul Release on this target.
- 03 What I avoid
- Buy anti-heal, but spend its charges on random opponents without follow-up.
When I would buy it
As soon as anti-heal becomes an important part of the plan, rather than automatically after every Urn.
Components
Components from Valve's recipe. Repeated parts are marked with quantities.
DiademWhich 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.
Urn of Shadows
If the early Soul Release effect is enough and you are making active moves near kills.
Essence Distiller
If you need the other Urn path: healing an ally or leaving an effect at a location to catch the first enemy.
Eye of Skadi
If you can conveniently maintain anti-heal and a slow through your own attacks.
Stats and key conditions
- Mana regeneration
- 1.75
- All attributes
- 10
- Armour
- 2
- Cooldown
- 10 s
- Cast range
- 750
Valve notes
- Empty urns gain 2 charges.
- Only the closest Spirit Vessel 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.
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 ↗