Mask of Madness

The Mask of Madness is an Item purchasable at the Main Shop, under Artifacts.

Recommended heroes

 * After using, , and , Sven has very high armor and does not need to cast more spells, allowing him to kill enemies easily with high damage and attack speed.


 * The attack speed allows Ursa to quickly apply stacks to the enemy while  is not active, as well as increasing his farming speed.
 * The damage reduction from, as well as Ursa's high Strength and overall tankiness, help Ursa mitigate the armor reduction.


 * The attack speed increases the chances of triggering, allowing Sniper to deal more damage per second while keeping enemies at a distance.
 * Sniper's long attack range from and the slows from both  and  make it harder for enemies to get close to him, making the reduced armour less of an issue.


 * Once he jumped with and placed  Void can activate Berserk to increase damage output.


 * Berserk's debuff doesn't hurt Wraith king at all - he has secondary life and doesn't afraid of minus armor (especially in combination with ), and the silence is useless because of his 3 passive spells. Once he stunned someone with Wraithfire Blast - Berserk is one of the best choice to maximize DPS and movement speed. Lifesteal also stacks with his Vampiric Aura.

Tips

 * Mask of Madness is the most cost-effective Attack Speed item in the game, costing only 19 gold per point of Attack speed.
 * Use your abilities before activating the mask of madness, particularly if you have one to disable like a stun.
 * Works well with Bash effects. The movement speed allows you to chase and the bash prevents your prey from hitting you back effectively.
 * Some heroes with very high right-click damage output such as Sven and Tiny can easily offset the damage amplification with the lifesteal.
 * A silver edge can reduce the damages of your enemy.
 * The active is extremely useful while farming. Taking more physical damage is negligible when simply running between lanes or hitting lane or jungle creeps.
 * Combine it with Wind Lace to get a huge movement speed boost.
 * In combination with a shadow blade it allows you to move at or close to the maximum movement speed.