Dota 2

Rod of Atos

Shop item, 2,250 gold. Built from Staff of Wizardry and Vitality Booster plus a 250 gold recipe.

Rod of Atos
2,250g

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Tuned 9 times

16 lines of changes across 9 patches, condensed below to the ones that still matter.

5 buffs and 7 nerfs in total: roughly even.

Cost and recipe

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    Cripple Mana Cost increased from 50 to 100changed 4 times across 4 patches, net buff

Biggest changes

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    Intelligence bonus decreased from +15 to +12adjusted 2 times across 2 patches, net nerf
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    Strength and Agility reduced from 12 to 10
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    Bonus Intelligence increased from 20 to 24
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    Bonus Strength and Agility increased from 10 to 12
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    Projectile speed increased from 1500 to 1750
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    Cooldown increased from 16 to 18

Most recent change patch 7.39, May 2025

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    Cripple Mana Cost increased from 50 to 100
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    Intelligence bonus decreased from +15 to +12
What it does now
  • + 12 Intelligence
  • + 275 Health
  • Cripple Active 18s cooldownRoots the target for 2 seconds.

Built from Staff of Wizardry, Vitality Booster plus a 250 gold recipe.

Heroes that buy Rod of Atos

Most bought first, from item purchases in recent professional matches (OpenDota). Public games can differ.

Every Rod of Atos change, patch by patch

All 16 changes Valve listed for Rod of Atos since patch 7.16, newest first. Last changed in 7.39 (May 2025).

Patch 7.39

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    Intelligence bonus decreased from +15 to +12
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    Cripple Mana Cost increased from 50 to 100

Patch 7.37c

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    Health bonus decreased from 300 to 275

Patch 7.34

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    Recipe changed. Now requires Staff of Wizardry (1000), Vitality Booster (1000), Recipe (250). Total cost decreased from 2750 to 2250
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    No longer provides Strength and Agility bonuses
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    Intelligence bonus decreased from +24 to +15
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    Now provides +300 Health

Patch 7.30

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    Bonus Intelligence increased from 20 to 24
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    Bonus Strength and Agility increased from 10 to 12
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    Projectile Speed increased from 1750 to 1900

Patch 7.29

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    Projectile speed increased from 1500 to 1750

Patch 7.22

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    Strength and Agility reduced from 12 to 10

Patch 7.21d

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    Cooldown increased from 16 to 18
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    Cast range reduced from 1150 to 1100

Patch 7.20

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    Reworked item recipe

Patch 7.16

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    Recipe cost reduced from 1100 to 1000