Aghanim's Scepter

Aghanim's Scepter is an item purchasable at the Main Shop, under Magical. However, it requires an item from the Secret Shop to be completed. It gives each hero unique enhancements to their abilities, sometimes granting a new ability.

Aghanim's Scepter can be turned into and consumed, a permanent passive buff that provides the same ability upgrades without taking up an item slot. This requires purchasing a recipe, or getting a drop from Roshan. The buff does not provide Aghanim's Scepter's bonus attributes, health, or mana.

Recommended heroes

 * Essentially a discount, gives Clockwerk a powerful but risky boost to his teamfight presence.


 * The empowered ghosts summoned by the upgrade give Death Prophet a combination of sustain, bonus damage, and soft disable with a relatively low cost.


 * has the potential to deal huge damage against clumped teams, and the upgrade to all of Invoker's abilities is useful for all builds and situations. In addition to the upgrades, Invoke's cooldown is greatly reduced, making it easier to land a combo with his skills.


 * gives Kunkka a powerful area nuke that can easily dominate teamfights.


 * Upgraded makes Night Stalker a much more dominant force in teamfights and much better at chasing, and gives him a powerful pushing and farming tool.


 * The extra water bonuses and ability to create puddles on demand with make Slardar much bulkier and more maneuverable.


 * ' improved damage helps Techies nuke creeps waves and heroes well into the late game.
 * Upgraded grants traps and mines immunity to True Sight, allowing Techies to lock down an area when defending or pushing towers.


 * The upgraded and  deal consistent area damage, helping Tinker defend buildings and wear down enemies in team fights.


 * gives Zeus a second global ability, and also provides continuous vision, allowing Zeus to aid his allies from any point on the map in addition to the burst damage from.

Others

 * has the ability to directly infuse Aghanim's Scepter without the need of the expensive recipe. Unlike other heroes, he can also infuse it into his allies, instead of only himself, saving the team a lot of gold the more scepters he infuses.
 * creates skeletons upon breaking, greatly improving his damage output in ambushes and teamfights.
 * can have Spirit Bear attack without him around or alive, which make an effective and safe pusher who will always threaten the enemy base.
 * rains down extra wave of, clearing creep waves and dealing heavy damage especially against a single target.
 * unlocks, increasing his regeneration, and helping him use more abilities in team fights and defending buildings.
 * 's casts a 2-attack  at every 90 degree angle around him, increasing AOE damage output.
 * deals more overall damage with striking two targets at once; it also damages buildings so Razor can push and close down the game.
 * acquires to increase his damage output, as well as making him less dependent on trees to deal damage in the late game.
 * can summon two Golems, turning team fights and pushes in his favor with added damage output.

Supports
While many supports become more powerful with Aghanim's Scepter, most should still focus primarily on buying support items, with Aghanim's Scepter as a luxury option if they have enough gold.

Trivia

 * Aghanim's Scepter is named after Agahnim, one of the main villains in The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past.
 * is the son of Aghanim. He also possesses an imitation of Aghanim's Scepter.
 * With the exception of, , , and , heroes never mention Aghanim's name in their voice responses, simply referring to it as "The Scepter". The reason for this is unknown.
 * and are the only heroes who do not have any Scepter responses (excluding  and, who do not speak).

Cetro de Aghanim Aghanim's Scepter 阿哈利姆神杖