Desolator

Desolator is an item purchasable at the Base Shop, under Weapons.

Additional Information

 * Grants a total of flat bonus attack damage at max charges.
 * Fully stacks with the following:
 * from talents.
 * and.

Others

 * , his clone, and his  Illusions are able to push buildings much more quickly, as well as enemy heroes with the benefit of Desolator's armor reduction.
 * sometimes buys a Desolator to land one hard hit on enemies with, debuffing them in teamfights before retreating.
 * sometimes opts for a Desolator to reduce an opponents armor before using.
 * can use Desolator to reduce the armor of every unit hit by and increase its damage output.
 * 's low damage benefits from Desolator's armor reduction.
 * hits exceptionally hard with after Desolator's armor reduction.
 * 's damage through is greatly increased with Desolator's armor reduction.

Generally heroes who already has armor reduction abilities will benefit from the extra armor reduction of Corruption:

Tips

 * works against buildings, making it a great pushing tool. Split-pushing heroes can benefit a lot from it, allowing them to take towers down much quicker.
 * The debuff lasts quite long, so sometimes it is better to get the debuff on multiple enemies, instead of focusing only one target in team fights.

Trivia

 * This item was named "Stygian Desolator" in DotA, a reference to an item from Anarchy Online. This name is now used by an upgraded version of the Desolator, which drops as a neutral item.

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