Power Treads

Power Treads are an item purchasable at the Main Shop, under Common. It can also be completed solely with items from the Side Lane Shop.

Additional information
There are three ways to assemble Power Treads. Based on which item is chosen, the boot's initial status is different. The status can be switched freely after purchase.

One pair of Power Treads grants a total of: 1 Current health and mana percentages stay unchanged upon switching attributes.

The regular stats bonuses (health, mana, armor and regen) are applied to all heroes. Attack damage is based on the hero's main attribute. For example, an agility hero cannot make use of the extra health of Strength Treads and the attack damage, since the agility hero only gets damage when the Power Treads are set to agility.

Disassembling Power Treads results in Boots of Speed, Gloves of Haste, and either Belt of Strength, Robe of the Magi, or Band of Elvenskin, depending on which one the player used to build the item.


 * Movement speed bonuses from multiple pairs of boots do not stack.
 * Stacks with all other movement speed bonuses.
 * Attack speed bonuses of multiple Power Treads do not stack.

Tips
Because the Power Treads can be used to switch between the 3 main attributes on a whim, some advanced strategies are possible for players who like to micromanage, or wish to maximize their efficiency in a competitive setting. Switching your Power Treads to intelligence before a fight can potentially allow you to cast one more spell, while switching them to strength in a pinch may be used in order to narrowly escape from an attempt on your life. This is known as "Tread Switching".

Due to how attributes work, if you switch your Power Treads to agility before using a regeneration item, and then back to intelligence or strength when your health/mana is restored, you end up at a much higher total than if you simply used a with your Power Treads set to strength, or a  with your Power Treads switched to intelligence, et cetera. This is an important skill to keep in mind when using a with a mana-hungry mid ganker like. The difference is not enormous, but definitely noticeable in the early stages of the game.

Conversely, switching to intelligence before casting a spell and going back to strength or agility right after makes you spend a smaller percentage of your mana pool with that spell, as the percentage is calculated with the same absolute cost, but a higher absolute mana pool. This is very apparent on heroes with low intelligence, such as.

Switching to Strength Treads provides more health if you switch to them when your health is full as opposed to when it is almost depleted. The same is true for Intelligence Treads and mana.