Sentry Ward

The Sentry Ward is an item purchasable at the Main Shop, under Consumables.

Additional information

 * Sentry Wards start with a stock count of 4, and are limited to a count of 10.
 * It takes 70 seconds for 1 ward to replenish in the stock.
 * Stacks with itself and with in the inventory, there is no stack limit. The sell value adapts based on the number of instances in a stack.
 * Wards from multiple players do not combine. Only own wards combine into the stack.
 * Sentry Wards are completely shareable.
 * Killing a Sentry Ward prints out a chat notification to allies.

Tips

 * The Sentry Ward is recommended when facing heroes who mostly relies on invisibility (Or using invisibility as an escape mechanism), especially and.
 * It is great to be placed near towers or shrines, so it can help heroes gank over them.
 * Sentry Wards' detection radius is quite large, making them useful for keeping an eye out on invisible heroes in key areas, given one has vision over that area.
 * Sentry Wards are commonly used to de-ward enemy wards, as they are able to detect their wards.
 * When dewarding, the ward is best placed so that its true sight reaches multiple common ward spots, so that it is more likely to spot enemy wards.
 * If an enemy ward location is known, the sentry ward is best placed so that the enemy won't find it when they try to de-ward the sentry wards, like between some trees, but still so that their ward is within true sight range.
 * Similar to Observer Wards, Sentry Wards can also be used to block neutral creep camps.

Lore

 * Knowing how to craft a ward is an important skill for artificers of magical goods. Rylai showed great talent at crafting wards, and once considered becoming an artificer.
 * Despite this, the flavor text for this item refers to Sentry Wards as plants and states that they were "originally grown in [a] garden." This implies that they are grown as opposed to crafted, directly contradicting the White Sentry's description.