Blade Mail

Blade Mail is an Item purchasable at the Main Shop, under Armor. It can also be completed solely with items from the Side Lane Shop.

Additional information

 * One Blade Mail grants a total of armor,  mana,  mana regeneration, % spell damage and  ( to  intelligence heroes) attack damage.

Tips

 * Having more armor than your enemy allows to return more physical damage than you take, since it gets reflected before reductions. is the best item in combination you can get with Blade Mail as it gives armor and armor reduction.
 * However, on the other side of the situation, if the enemy has copious amounts of damage resistance or high health, they could very easily ignore Blade Mail's ability. Heroes like or  are good examples of said resistant Heroes, or items such as  or.
 * It can be useful to get Blade Mail if you get outcarried, to counter the DPS and turn the enemy's damage against them.
 * Buy it as a counter if the opposing team has high damage (crits, nukes or attack speed) and have low health. If timed properly, some heroes can get killed just from their own damage. And even if you cannot do that, it could make the enemy hesitant to attack you for 4.5 seconds.
 * A good situation to use Blade Mail is if you're inflicted with a heavy damage over time ability. For example, you can kill (or severely damage) by walking around with, or  by staying under his . However, do make sure that you yourself can take the damage you'll be receiving, else you'll just be helping the enemy instead.
 * The return is only dealt to the unit who attacks. Therefore, ' mines and 's will not affect their main hero as they are considered a separate unit.
 * This is a commonly bought item for initiator Heroes that can soak up some damage (commonly Strength heroes), such as or.
 * Blade Mail is less effective with evasion because it reduces the hits you receive.