Dota 2

Bloodthorn

6,400goffensiveluxury

Silence + true strike on a key target. Our recommendation

Stats & effects

From Valve’s item data
  • +25 Intelligence
  • +70 Attack Speed
  • +4 Mana Regeneration
  • +20 Damage

active Soul Rend Silences a target for 5 seconds. At the end of the silence, an additional 60% of all damage taken during the silence will be dealt to the target as magical damage. All attacks on the silenced target will deal additional damage equal to 50 if the attacker is a hero, and 25, if the attacker is a creep. Provides True Strike for your attacks and attacks from your controlled units against the silenced target.

passive Pierce Grants each attack a 40% chance to pierce through evasion and deal 60 bonus magical damage.

Gives ours:Extra controlAttack speedDamageAccuracyCritical strike

Counters

Enemy traits this item answers Our recommendation
High mobilityEvasionSpell spam

Situational usage — buy it against:

Timing windows

Our estimate if rushed, from a typical gold-per-minute for each position — not measured
12 minPos 113 minPos 215 minPos 320 minPos 424 minPos 5

Best heroes for this item

Hero needs + role fit + appears in our builds Our recommendation
Phantom LancerIn curated build14
Chaos KnightGood fit11
Anti-MageGood fit9
Phantom AssassinGood fit9
JuggernautGood fit9
Faceless VoidGood fit9
SniperGood fit9
Shadow FiendGood fit9

Build synergy

Bought together in the same builds of ours Our recommendation
Orchid Malevolence 3 buildsBlack King Bar 2 buildsDiffusal Blade 2 buildsAghanim's Scepter 2 buildsAbyssal Blade 2 buildsEye of Skadi 2 builds

Alternatives: Orchid Malevolence, Monkey King Bar