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Tuned 18 times39 lines of changes across 18 patches, condensed below to the ones that still matter.
15 buffs and 9 nerfs in total: trending stronger.
Cost and recipe
- ◆Total Cost decreased from 5725 to 5650changed 8 times across 8 patches, roughly even
Biggest changes
- ▲Dominate now has a 50 mana costadjusted 4 times across 4 patches, net buff
- ▲Creep Bonus Attack Damage increased from 25 to 80
- ▲All Attributes bonus increased from +7 to +21
- ▼Bonus Stats reduced from +20 to +8
- ▲Creep Bonus Armor increased from 4 to 8
- ▲Lifesteal now affects creeps by 50% of its value (10%)adjusted 2 times across 1 patch, net buff
- ▲Vladmir's Aura Armor increased from 3 to 4
- ▲Dominated Creep Bounty increased from +200 to +250
- ▲Bonus lifesteal increased from 15% to 18%
- ▼Bonus attributes reduced from +8 to +7
- ▼Bonus Health Regen reduced from +8 to +7
- ▼Bonus Armor reduced from +8 to +7
- ▲Mana regen increased from 1.75 to 2
- ▼Dominated Creep Attack Damage Bonus decreased from +80 to +70
- ▼Dominated Creep Armor Bonus decreased from +8 to +7
- ▲Dominate cooldown decreased from 45s to 40s
- ▲Creep Movement Speed increased from 380 to 400
- ▼Dominated Creep Movement Speed decreased from 400 to 380
- ▲Dominate target unit's max health minimum increased from 1800 to 1900
- ▲Renamed from Helm of the Dominator 2 to Helm of the Overlord and added to the shop UI as an independent item
- ◆Can now dominate up to two units (150 bounty)
- ◆Now can only dominate 1 creep
- ▲Now also grants Vladmir's Aura (+3 armor, +1.75 Mana Regen, +18% damage, +15% Lifesteal in 1200 radius)
- ▼No longer grants Vladmir's Aura
- ◆Dominated creep is now considered a creep-hero
- ◆It cannot be dominated, persuaded or enchanted, and it isn't instantly killed by Hand of Midas, Mirana's Sacred Arrow, etc.
- ▼Dominate can no longer be used if the currently dominated creep took damage from hero-based sources in the last 3s
Most recent change patch 7.41b, Apr 2026
- ▲Dominate cooldown decreased from 45s to 40s
- ▲Dominate target unit's max health minimum increased from 1800 to 1900
What it does now
- + 21 All Attributes
- + 7 Armor
- + 7 Health Regeneration
- Dominate Active 40s cooldownTakes control of one neutral target unit and sets its movement speed to 380 and max health to a minimum of 1900. Also provides the unit with +70 base attack damage, +12 health regen, +4 mana regen, +7 armor, and levels up some abilities of the target by 1 level. Dominated units with a max health of greater than 1900 retain their original max health. Grants the caster the gold and experience bounty of the dominated creep. Dominated unit's bounty is set to 250 gold and it can no longer be killed by abilities that instantly kill creeps otherwise. The Helm cannot be used for 3 seconds after the dominated creep takes damage from an enemy hero or Roshan.
Built from Helm of the Dominator, Ultimate Orb plus a 300 gold recipe.
Heroes that buy Helm of the Overlord
Most bought first, from item purchases in recent professional matches (OpenDota). Public games can differ.