Dota 2

Ethereal Blade

Shop item, 5,200 gold. Built from Ultimate Orb and Ghost Scepter plus a 900 gold recipe.

Ethereal Blade
5,200g

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Reworked in 7.35

Reworked in 7.35 Dec 2023

It works differently from how you remember. What it does now is further down.

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    Recipe changed. Now requires Aether Lens (2275), Ghost Scepter (1500) and a 1600g recipe. Total cost increased from 4650 to 5375
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    No longer provides any of Kaya-based bonuses
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    Now provides +8 All Attributes, +300 Mana, +3 Mana Regen and +250 Cast Range

2 buffs and 5 nerfs in total: trending weaker.

Cost and recipe

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    Recipe cost decreased from 1600 to 900. Total cost decreased from 5375 to 5200changed 3 times across 1 patch, net buff

Biggest changes

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    All Attributes bonus increased from +8 to +24
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    Ether Blast attributes as damage changed from (1.5x the target's primary attribute) to (1x the sum of the caster's attributes)
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    Ether Blast primary attribute multiplier for Universal heroes decreased from 60% to 45%
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    Ether Blast magic damage vulnerability decreased from 40% to 30%
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    Ether Blast projectile speed increased from 1275 to 1400
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    Ether Blast ethereal form is no longer applied while the target is Debuff Immune

Most recent change patch 7.41, Mar 2026

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    Can no longer be disassembled
What it does now
  • + 24 All Attributes
  • Ether Blast Active 22s cooldownConverts the target unit to ethereal form, rendering them immune to physical damage, but unable to attack and -30% more vulnerable to magic damage. Enemy targets are also slowed by -80%, and take 1x the sum of all your attributes + 50 as magical damage. Duration: 4 seconds

Built from Ultimate Orb, Ghost Scepter plus a 900 gold recipe.

Every Ethereal Blade change, patch by patch

All 33 changes Valve listed for Ethereal Blade since patch 7.21, newest first. Reworked in 7.35. Last changed in 7.41 (Mar 2026).

Patch 7.41

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    Can no longer be disassembled

Patch 7.40

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    Recipe changed
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    Now requires Ultimate Orb (2800) instead of Aether Lens (2275)
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    Recipe cost decreased from 1600 to 900. Total cost decreased from 5375 to 5200
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    No longer provides +300 Mana, +3 Mana Regen, or +250 Cast Range
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    All Attributes bonus increased from +8 to +24
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    Ether Blast magic damage vulnerability decreased from 40% to 30%
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    Ether Blast attributes as damage changed from (1.5x the target's primary attribute) to (1x the sum of the caster's attributes)

Patch 7.39e

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    Ether Blast ethereal form is no longer applied while the target is Debuff Immune

Patch 7.38

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    Ether Blast primary attribute multiplier for Universal heroes decreased from 60% to 45%

Patch 7.37

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    Ether Blast projectile speed increased from 1275 to 1400

Patch 7.35 Rework

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    Recipe changed. Now requires Aether Lens (2275), Ghost Scepter (1500) and a 1600g recipe. Total cost increased from 4650 to 5375
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    No longer provides any of Kaya-based bonuses
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    Now provides +8 All Attributes, +300 Mana, +3 Mana Regen and +250 Cast Range

Patch 7.33

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    When targeting Universal Heroes, Ether Blast now uses 60% of the total sum of the target's attributes as their primary attribute

Patch 7.31

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    Requires Eaglesong, Ghost Scepter, 1000g Recipe (Total cost 4300g)
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    +40 Agility
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    +10 Strength
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    +10 Intelligence
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    Ethereal Blast: (Active) Converts the target unit to ethereal form, rendering them immune to physical damage, but unable to attack and 40% more vulnerable to magic damage. Lasts for 4 seconds on allies and 4 seconds on enemies. Cooldown: 20s.
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    Enemy targets are also slowed by 80%, and take 1.5x your primary attribute + 125 as magical damage
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    Requires Kaya, Ghost Scepter 1100g Recipe (Total Cost 4650g)
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    +25 Intelligence
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    +5 Agility
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    +5 Strength
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    +24% Spell Lifesteal Amplification
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    +12% Spell Amplification
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    +75% Mana Regen Amplification
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    Ethereal Blast: (Active) Converts the target unit to ethereal form, rendering them immune to physical damage, but unable to attack and 40% more vulnerable to magic damage. Lasts for 4 seconds on allies and 4 seconds on enemies. Cooldown: 22s.
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    Enemy targets are also slowed by 80%, and take 1.5x their primary attribute + 50 as magical damage

Patch 7.25

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    Ether Blast primary attribute damage reduced from 200% to 150%
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    Ether Blast base damage increased from 75 to 125

Patch 7.21

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    Enemy debuff duration increased from 3 to 4 (matching duration when cast on allies)