Hand of Midas

The Hand of Midas is an item purchasable at the Base Shop, under Accessories.

Additional Information

 * fully replaces the targeted unit's gold bounty, so that the target's default gold bounty is not granted.
 * The effective gold gained can be defined as:.
 * Because of this discrepancy, if it is used on big units, you lose almost half the unit's actual bounty but gain over double the.
 * For more information, see here.

Transmute Efficiency
The following table shows the creep's effective gold and experience bounty if the active ability is cast on them. 


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Recommended Heroes
These heroes have abilities that synergize and allow them to make good use of.

Carry heroes who need to farm for late-game items and benefit from the experience and attack speed for farming and/or fighting often buy an early Hand of Midas.

Some support heroes who are not very item dependent may choose to build Hand of Midas in order to accumulate gold for bigger late-game items and gain levels at a faster pace.

Tips

 * The earlier Hand of Midas is purchased, the earlier it will pay itself off during the match and the earlier you will have an effective net worth gain.
 * Assuming it is always used when off cooldown and used on a unit with a gold bounty of, Hand of Midas increases the user's GPM by , meaning it takes a minimum of minutes to pay for itself, or  minutes for the recipe (from the point on it was first used).
 * This means you need to use  times to pay for itself, or  times for just the recipe.
 * with his and  with the  will have their Hand of Midas paid out effectively earlier than other heroes.
 * Hand of Midas is an important item if you want to increase your level quickly and unlock talents, especially if you rely on your talents to counter enemy heroes in the late game.

Trivia

 * Midas is based on Midas, a figure from Greek mythology who turned all he touched to gold.
 * 's cosmetic item, Midas Knuckles, is based on Hand of Midas.

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