Since you last played
Tuned 9 times13 lines of changes across 9 patches, condensed below to the ones that still matter.
3 buffs and 5 nerfs in total: trending weaker.
Cost and recipe
- ▼Recipe changed. Now requires Ultimate Orb (2800), Perseverance (1400) and a 600g recipe. Total cost increased from 4600 to 4800changed 4 times across 4 patches, net nerf
Biggest changes
- ◆Health Regen bonus increased from +6 to +6.5adjusted 2 times across 2 patches, roughly even
- ▼Mana Regen bonus decreased from +5 to +4.25
- ▼Cooldown increased from 12s to 14s
- ▼All Stats reduced from 15 to 13
- ▲All stats increased from 14 to 16
- ▲Now also grants +10 Damage
- ◆Transfer Spellblock from multiple sources now refreshes the buff instead of applying multiple instances, and blocking multiple spells
- ▼No longer provides +10 Damage
Most recent change patch 7.39, May 2025
- ▲Health Regen bonus increased from +6 to +6.5
What it does now
- + 16 All Attributes
- + 6.5 Health Regeneration
- + 4.25 Mana Regeneration
- Spellblock PassiveBlocks most targeted spells once every 14 seconds.
- Transfer Spellblock Active 14s cooldownTemporarily removes Spellblock from the item's owner and transfers it to an allied unit for 14 seconds.
Built from Perseverance, Ultimate Orb, plus a 600 gold recipe.
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