Aghanim's Shard

Aghanim's Shard is an item purchasable at the Main Shop, under Consumables. It gives each hero unique enhancements to their abilities, sometimes granting a new ability.

Additional Information

 * Becomes available for purchase at the 20th minute mark (10th minute mark in Turbo Mode).
 * If the hero does not have it already, Aghanim's Shard gets instantly consumed upon acquiring.
 * is the only hero without an upgrade, and cannot purchase Aghanim's Shard.

Recommended Heroes

 * Bounty hunter's allies now gain vision over the target and an additional  of  movement speed boost. Exceptionally powerful in closing down teamfights.


 * Increases max charges to  and provides  ground vision around it. The vision and additional remnant provided is massive for scouting, team fights, initiations, making the Aghanim's Shard more cost effective on Earth Spirit.


 * The shard offers 3 permanent that follow Enchantress around. Helps Enchantress to sustain herself and her teammates more effectively.


 * Breaking out of now reduces enemy magic resistance by  for  seconds. Aghanim's Shard further increases  self movement speed bonus up to  and also unlocking max speed. While the reduced magic resistance is additional benefit, the movement speed and unlocked max speed allows Nyx Assassin to scout for his team better.


 * Applies the current level of when he lands  on an enemy or in an area. This affects units under invisibility as well as allowing Slardar to perform other actions while applying Corrosive Haze debuff to enemies.


 * now grants Spirit Breaker spell immunity during cast and applies Break to its target. While Break is situational, the spell immunity is essential so that Spirit Breaker will never be interrupted while casting his long casting animation ultimate.


 * now dispels the enemy target. This applies dispel for positive debuffs such as, and etc, before applying the stun from Storm Hammer.


 * Increases the cast range of and creates   attacking the target. This helps Shadow Shaman push even more effectively as he can just shackle a creep to create Serpent Wards.


 * reduces status resistance and causes other debuffs applied to last longer. It also grants vision over the target. This further amplifies slow duration from,  duration and silence duration.


 * Provides Templar Assassin with the ability to silence enemies up to seconds based on how long the  has been charged, also further increases max trap count up to . Considering that Aghanim's Shard has a cost of, this could help Templar Assassin skip  and focus getting other core items in situations against certain heroes such as.


 * Venomancer summons  at its current level when  impacts an enemy hero, also increases the ability's cast range up to  and max travel distance up to . Combining with his left level 25 talent, the Plague Wards provides vision and additional damage, helping with team pushes and defenses.


 * Reduces the mana cost of to 0, spawns   to attack each nearby enemy hero when Reincarnation is triggered. Wraith king is usually countered by mana-draining heroes (e.g., ) or , acquiring Aghanim's Shard allows Wraith King to constantly battle without needing to micro-manage his already limited mana pool.

Others
While situational, these shards are decent


 * Reason

Supports
Many supports become more powerful with Aghanim's Shard. Besides the supports listed above, supports should focus primarily on buying support items, with Aghanim's Shard as a luxury option if they have enough gold.


 * Ancient Apparition can disable enemy's from  range away with  dealing damage per second, making this upgrade one of the best upgrades in the game for supports.

Trivia

 * Aghanim's Shard is named after Agahnim, one of the main villains in The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past.
 * is the son of Aghanim.

Aghanim's Shard