Diffusal Blade

The Diffusal Blade is an item purchasable at the Main Shop, under Artifacts.

Recommended heroes

 * With Manabreak Naga Siren and all her s drain a total of 98 mana per attack, assuming all illusions are attacking one hero. The added agility also increases the damage of her illusions.
 * Inhibit is also an effective slow for situations in which is not usable.


 * In conjunction with, and , 14 illusions plus  himself will deal a total of 274 Mana Burn per attack, assuming all illusions are attacking one hero. 306 if  illusions are included.
 * Inhibit complements his, providing a total of 7.25 seconds slow.
 * The Manabreak + 20 agility will equate to 60 additional physical damage per attack.


 * Inhibit can be used to slow heroes he attacked with, allowing him to get more hits from behind while chasing his target and keeping his target inside much longer.
 * While channeling every enemy hit will be affected by Manabreak. This can prevent multiple enemy heroes from casting mana-heavy spells because they don't have enough mana left.


 * Manabreak gives Illusions from an additional damage source. It also ensures that each enemy hero hit by her Haunt illusions has less mana available.
 * Inhibit allows Spectre to slow enemies she catches with.

Others

 * The bonus attributes and the Manabreak ability make Diffusal Blade a cost-effective damage item on Agility carries.

Effective against

 * Because Wraith King requires mana to come back with, Manabreak can be used to drain his mana pool before he dies and thus prevent it from ever activating. However, do note that Manabreak can be fully blocked by (a common purchase on Wraith King), and that Wraith King can learn his talent to make Reincarnation cost 0 mana. If you do need to drain his mana faster, consider buying more attack speed items and/or.


 * Manabreak deals more effective Damage against Medusa because it depletes her mana pool directly; the sooner she runs out of mana, the sooner she'll be unable to mitigate damage with her.

Tips

 * Combine it with a to get both of the most cost effective DPS items in the game, to burn mana much quicker with the attack speed and lifesteal from the mana burned. The active of the Diffusal Blade will slow your target to hit more.
 * It is a good item combined with because illusions carry over Manabreak, increasing damage output. Combine this with  (works on illusions if not consumed) to burn mana much quicker and increase DPS even more.
 * The Diffusal movement slow allow to hit and run enemy melee heroes as ranged.
 * If you are lacking any cheap spells to disable an enemy's, you can use Diffusal Blade to pop it out and use your other skills and items to completely disable the enemy.

Items Synergy

 * ,, , and other items that grants attack speed makes mana burn much more effective.

Trivia

 * The Manabreak passive used to be called Feedback and got changed at some point without notification.

Gallery
Diffusal Blade Lâmina Difusora Diffusal Blade 净魂之刃