Attributes

Attributes

 

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For a list of heroes sorted by attributes, see Table of hero attributes.

Attributes are the main statistics of all heroes that independently determine most scaling statistics. These attributes are strength, agility, and intelligence. Attributes are gained when a hero levels up, obtains a talent, buys certain items, or uses certain abilities. Illusions benefit from attributes.

Primary Attribute

Every hero has a primary attribute, which modifies their main attack damage per 1 point of primary attribute. A hero's primary attribute heavily impacts and commonly even defines the hero's role and how they are played. For example, intelligence heroes are typically more dependent on abilities. A hero's primary attribute typically grows faster than the other two attributes.

Abilities Modifying Primary Attributes

• Morphling - Morph
  
  Duration: 24 ( 40)
  Copies the target hero's primary attribute while active.
• Viper - Become Universal
  
  Changes Viper's primary attribute to Universal upon learning the talent.

Strength

Main Article: Strength

Strength is a measure of a hero's toughness and endurance. Strength determines a hero's maximum health and health regeneration. Heroes with strength as their primary attribute can be hard to kill, so they often take initiator and tank roles, initiating fights and taking most of the damage from enemy attacks.

Every point in strength increases:

• Maximum health by 22.
• Health regeneration by 0.09.

For strength heroes, every point in strength also increases main attack damage by 1.

Agility

Main Article: Agility

Agility is a measure of a hero's swiftness and dexterity. Agility determines a hero's armor and attack speed. Heroes with agility as their primary attribute tend to be more dependent on their physical attacks and items, and are usually capable of falling back on their abilities in a pinch. Agility heroes often take carry and gank roles.

Every point in agility increases:

• Armor by 1/6.
• Attack speed by 1.

For agility heroes; every point in agility also increases main attack damage by 1.

For universal heroes; every point in agility also increases main attack damage by 0.7.

Agility Heroes

Because Agility heroes are the only class of heroes to gain both damage and attack speed as their primary attribute increases, they tend to have the highest physical damage output as the game progresses. This makes them scale very well with offensive items. They tend to have limited disabling capabilities or nukes; almost all their abilities augment their physical capabilities or serve as positioning or escape mechanisms. This tends to make them much more vulnerable and weak in the early game when strong offensive disables and nukes dictate the flow of kills, but also means that, with good items under their belts, they will be the ones delivering the greatest amount of damage in the late game, while also being dealt the least amount of physical damage as a result of their high armor. Agility heroes have a roughly even split between being melee or being ranged, and fit primarily into carry and ganker roles.

There are 32 agility heroes in Dota 2.

Below is a table of all heroes with agility as their primary attribute. The growth columns indicate how much the base values increase for each hero level.

Hero	Base	+ / LVL	L30	Base	+ / LVL	L30	Base	+ / LVL	L30	Base	+ / LVL	L30
Anti-Mage	19	1.6	79.4	24	2.8	119.2	12	1.8	78.2	55	6.2	276.8
Arc Warden	20	2.4	103.6	20	3	121	24	2.6	113.4	64	8	338
Bloodseeker	24	2.7	116.3	24	3.1	127.9	17	2	89	65	7.8	333.2
Bounty Hunter	19	2.5	105.5	21	2.6	110.4	22	1.9	91.1	62	7	307
Clinkz	17	2	89	25	2.7	117.3	21	2.2	98.8	63	6.9	305.1
Drow Ranger	16	1.9	85.1	20	2.9	118.1	15	1.4	69.6	51	6.2	272.8
Ember Spirit	22	2.6	111.4	22	3.2	128.8	20	2.2	97.8	64	8	338
Faceless Void	20	2.6	109.4	19	3	120	15	1.5	72.5	54	7.1	301.9
Gyrocopter	22	2.5	108.5	26	3.1	129.9	21	2.4	104.6	69	8	343
Hoodwink	17	2	89	24	3.6	142.4	21	2.9	119.1	62	8.5	350.5
Juggernaut	20	2.2	97.8	34	2.8	129.2	14	1.4	68.6	68	6.4	295.6
Lone Druid	18	2.5	104.5	20	2.8	115.2	13	1.4	67.6	51	6.7	287.3
Luna	21	2.2	98.8	24	3.4	136.6	23	1.9	92.1	68	7.5	327.5
Medusa	0	0	14	22	3.6	140.4	25	3.4	137.6	47	7	292
Meepo	24	2.2	101.8	17	2.1	91.9	18	1.9	87.1	59	6.2	280.8
Monkey King	18	2.8	113.2	23	3.7	144.3	20	1.8	86.2	61	8.3	343.7
Morphling	23	3.2	129.8	24	3.9	151.1	19	1.8	85.2	66	8.9	366.1
Naga Siren	21	2.4	104.6	21	3.3	130.7	21	2	93	63	7.7	328.3
Phantom Assassin	19	2	91	21	3.4	133.6	15	1.7	78.3	55	7.1	302.9
Phantom Lancer	19	2.2	96.8	26	2.8	121.2	21	1.8	87.2	66	6.8	305.2
Razor	22	2.8	117.2	24	2.8	119.2	21	2.2	98.8	67	7.8	335.2
Riki	18	2	90	30	2.4	113.6	14	1.3	65.7	62	5.7	269.3
Shadow Fiend	19	2.7	111.3	25	3.5	140.5	18	2.2	95.8	62	8.4	347.6
Slark	20	2.1	94.9	21	1.5	78.5	16	1.9	85.1	57	5.5	258.5
Sniper	19	2	91	27	3.2	133.8	15	2.6	104.4	61	7.8	329.2
Spectre	21	2.5	107.5	25	2.1	99.9	16	1.7	79.3	62	6.3	286.7
Templar Assassin	23	2.4	106.6	23	3.2	129.8	20	2	92	66	7.6	328.4
Terrorblade	18	2	90	22	4	152	19	1.6	79.4	59	7.6	321.4
Troll Warlord	21	2.5	107.5	23	3.3	132.7	13	1	56	57	6.8	296.2
Ursa	25	2.6	114.4	18	2.8	113.2	16	1.5	73.5	59	6.9	301.1
Viper	21	2.4	104.6	21	2.7	113.3	17	2	89	59	7.1	306.9
Weaver	16	2	88	17	3.1	120.9	20	2	92	53	7.1	300.9

Agility Granting Sources

Agility Increasing Sources

• Attributes – Attribute Bonus
• Alchemist – Aghanim's Scepter Synth
• Apex – Primary Attribute Bonus
• Drow Ranger – Marksmanship
• Magnus – Reverse Polarity¹
• Morphling – Adaptive Strike (Agility)
• Riki – Tricks of the Trade
• Slark – Essence Shift
• Power Treads – Switch Attribute
• Phantom Lancer – Phantom Rush
• Morphling – Morph^2a
• Vambrace – Switch Attribute
• Invoker – Wex

¹ Requires talent.

^2a Requires Aghanim's Scepter.

^2b Requires Aghanim's Shard.

Agility Granting Talents

Agility

Ability
Passive

Affects
Self

There is no description for this ability.

Agility Bonus: Varies

• Grants the hero bonus agility.

• The following values exist:
  • 5/6/7/8/9/10/12/13/14/15/16/20/25/30/40/80/100

The following heroes have a talent that grants them bonus agility.

Bonus	Level 10		Level 15		Level 20		Level 25
	Left	Right	Left	Right	Left	Right	Left	Right
Agility			+15

Agility Granting Items

These items grant heroes a passive agility bonus by having them merely equipped.

Bonus Agility

Item	Value	Item Cost	Cost/Value Point
Aghanim's Scepter	10	4200	420
Band of Elvenskin	6	450	75
Blade of Alacrity	10	1000	100
Book of Shadows	13	N/A	N/A
Bracer 1	2	505	252.5
Bracer 2	4	505	126.25
Butterfly	35	5450	155.71
Circlet	2	155	77.5
Crown	4	450	112.5
Defiant Shell	7	N/A	N/A
Diadem	6	1000	166.67
Diffusal Blade	15	2500	166.67
Disperser	40	6100	152.5
Dragon Lance	15	1900	126.67
Eaglesong	25	2800	112
Ethereal Blade	8	5375	671.88
Eye of Skadi	22	5300	240.91
Ghost Scepter	5	1500	300
Harpoon	10	4700	470
Helm of the Dominator	6	2625	437.5
Helm of the Overlord	21	5725	272.62
Holy Locket	9	2350	261.11
Hurricane Pike	20	4450	222.5
Iron Branch	1	50	50
Khanda	8	5000	625
Linken's Sphere	16	4800	300
Magic Wand	3	450	150
Manta Style	26	4550	175
Meteor Hammer	6	2850	475
Mirror Shield	10	N/A	N/A
Ninja Gear	20	N/A	N/A
Null Talisman 1	2	505	252.5
Null Talisman 2	4	505	126.25
Occult Bracelet	3	N/A	N/A
Phylactery	7	2400	342.86
Pig Pole	4	N/A	N/A
Power Treads (Agility)	10	1400	140
Sange and Yasha	16	4200	262.5
Shiva's Guard	5	5175	1035
Slippers of Agility	3	140	46.67
Solar Crest	4	2700	675
Specialist's Array	6	N/A	N/A
Spirit Vessel	6	2780	463.33
Swift Blink	25	6800	272
Ultimate Orb	15	2800	186.67
Urn of Shadows	2	880	440
Vambrace (Agility)	8	N/A	N/A
Vambrace (Intelligence)	2	N/A	N/A
Vambrace (Strength)	2	N/A	N/A
Veil of Discord	4	1725	431.25
Wraith Band 1	5	505	101
Wraith Band 2	10	505	50.5
Yasha	16	2100	131.25
Yasha and Kaya	16	4000	250

Attack Damage Items

The following list calculates the Gold cost efficiency for agility heroes when equipping certain attack damage granting items (for both main and bonus attack damage values).

Damage Items for Agility heroes

Item	Value	Item Cost	Cost/Value Point
Abyssal Blade	35	5525	157.86
Aghanim's Scepter	10	4200	420
Apex	70	N/A	N/A
Armlet of Mordiggian	15	2500	166.67
Band of Elvenskin	6	450	75
Battle Fury	65	4100	63.08
Black King Bar	24	4050	168.75
Blade Mail	18	2100	116.67
Blade of Alacrity	10	1000	100
Blades of Attack	9	450	50
Bloodthorn	10	6625	662.5
Book of Shadows	13	N/A	N/A
Bracer 1	5	505	101
Bracer 2	4	505	126.25
Broadsword	15	1000	66.67
Broom Handle	8	N/A	N/A
Butterfly	60	5450	90.83
Circlet	2	155	77.5
Claymore	20	1350	67.5
Cornucopia	7	1200	171.43
Crown	4	450	112.5
Crystalys	32	2000	62.5
Daedalus	88	5100	57.95
Defiant Shell	7	N/A	N/A
Demon Edge	40	2200	55
Desolator	50	3500	70
Diadem	6	1000	166.67
Diffusal Blade	15	2500	166.67
Disperser	40	6100	152.5
Divine Rapier	100	5600	56
Dragon Lance	15	1900	126.67
Duelist Gloves	12	N/A	N/A
Eaglesong	25	2800	112
Echo Sabre	20	2700	135
Ethereal Blade	8	5375	671.88
Eye of Skadi	22	5300	240.91
Faerie Fire	2	65	32.5
Falcon Blade	14	1125	80.36
Ghost Scepter	5	1500	300
Gleipnir	30	5450	181.67
Harpoon	35	4700	134.29
Havoc Hammer	16	N/A	N/A
Helm of the Dominator	6	2625	437.5
Helm of the Overlord	21	5725	272.62
Holy Locket	9	2350	261.11
Hurricane Pike	20	4450	222.5
Iron Branch	1	50	50
Khanda	58	5000	86.21
Linken's Sphere	16	4800	300
Maelstrom	25	2950	118
Magic Wand	3	450	150
Manta Style	26	4550	175
Mask of Madness	20	1900	95
Meteor Hammer	6	2850	475
Mind Breaker	45	N/A	N/A
Mirror Shield	10	N/A	N/A
Mithril Hammer	24	1600	66.67
Mjollnir	25	5500	220
Monkey King Bar	40	4700	117.5
Nemesis Curse	35	N/A	N/A
Ninja Gear	20	N/A	N/A
Null Talisman 1	2	505	252.5
Null Talisman 2	4	505	126.25
Nullifier	75	4375	58.33
Occult Bracelet	3	N/A	N/A
Orchid Malevolence	10	3275	327.5
Paladin Sword	16	N/A	N/A
Philosopher's Stone	-30	N/A	N/A
Phylactery	7	2400	342.86
Pig Pole	4	N/A	N/A
Power Treads (Agility)	10	1400	140
Radiance	55	4700	85.45
Refresher Orb	10	5000	500
Refresher Shard	20	N/A	N/A
Revenant's Brooch	70	4900	70
Sacred Relic	55	3400	61.82
Sange and Yasha	16	4200	262.5
Satanic	25	5050	202
Shadow Blade	20	3000	150
Shiva's Guard	5	5175	1035
Silver Edge	60	5450	90.83
Skull Basher	30	2875	95.83
Slippers of Agility	3	140	46.67
Solar Crest	4	2700	675
Specialist's Array	18	N/A	N/A
Spirit Vessel	6	2780	463.33
Stygian Desolator	60	N/A	N/A
Swift Blink	25	6800	272
Ultimate Orb	15	2800	186.67
Urn of Shadows	2	880	440
Vambrace (Agility)	8	N/A	N/A
Vambrace (Intelligence)	2	N/A	N/A
Vambrace (Strength)	2	N/A	N/A
Veil of Discord	4	1725	431.25
Wraith Band 1	5	505	101
Wraith Band 2	10	505	50.5
Yasha	16	2100	131.25
Yasha and Kaya	16	4000	250
Values do not include portions from actives or auras.

Recent Changes

Main Article: Agility/Changelogs

Version

Description

7.33c

• Increased Attribute Bonus level requirement from 2 to 6.

7.29

• ADDED
  Attribute Bonus to every hero except Invoker.
  • The level-up button is located below the talent tree.
  • Permanently grants the hero 2 of all attributes when leveled up.
  • Can be leveled up a total of 7 times. Has no level requirements, so it can be leveled up at any level.
  • If no other abilities or talents can be leveled up upon reaching a new level, Attribute Bonus levels up automatically.

7.07

• The stats tooltip area now tells you how much Health/Mana percentage increase is provided by your attributes, and the absolute values of regeneration in addition of the strength/ intelligence based bonus values are.

See Also

• Table of hero attributes

Mechanics Main Heroes Unit Type (Heroes / Clones / Illusions) Complexity Attributes Table Buyback Level Roles Gold Experience Animations Stats Armor Attributes ( Strength / Agility / Intelligence) / Universal) Health & Mana (HP Regen & MP Regen) Magic Resistance Movement Speed / Slow Resistance Status Resistance Turn Rate Misc Creep Controling Death / Denying Vision Unit Size (Collision Size / Bound Radius / Selection Box / Model Size) Gib Type / Shades Adjectives Buildings Towers / Barracks / Ancient / Fountain Effigy Neutral Buildings (Outposts / Watchers / Twin Gates / Lotus Pools) Abilities Type Active / Passive / Autocast Aura Accuracy / Evasion Channeling Damage Barrier Damage Block Damage Manipulation Damage Over Time Talents Teleport Targeting Area No Target Point Unit Vector Combinations Casting Cast Range / Motion Buffer Cast Animation (Cast Point + Backswing) Cooldown Reduction (Flat / Current Flat / Percentage) Reset Charge-based Runes Bounty Rune Water Rune Wisdom Rune Power Runes ( Amplify Damage Rune / Arcane Rune / Haste Rune / Illusion Rune / Invisibility Rune / Regeneration Rune / Shield Rune) Misc Random Distribution Transformation Attack Damage Attack Damage Instant Attack Heroes Attack Classes Attack Range (Acquisition Range) Attack Speed (BAT / Interval) Damage Types (Physical / Magical / Pure / Instant Kill) Flags (HP Removal / No-reflection / No-Spell-Lifesteal / No-Spell-Amplification) Projectile Speed Spell Damage (Outgoing / Incoming) Modifiers Bash Cleave / Splash Corruption Critical Strike Lifesteal / Spell Lifesteal Mana Break On-hit Effects Misc Damage Instance Animation / Orb Walking Status Effects Disables Cyclone Disabling Orders Forced Movement (Knockback) / Upward Movement Fear (Hypnosis) Hide Hex Root Leash Stun Sleep Taunt Movement Move Speed Slow Flying Movement Phased / Tree Walk / Unobstructed Movement Other Attack Immune / Non-targetable Attack Speed Slow Debuff Immunity Spell Immunity Invulnerability Invisibility Blind Break Disarm Ethereal Silence Mute Trap Dispels Basic Strong Death Items Mechanics Courier Sharing / Selling Disassemble Recipes Neutral Item Drop

Intelligence

Main Article: Intelligence

Intelligence is a measure of a hero's wit and wisdom. Intelligence determines a hero's maximum mana, mana regeneration and magic resistance. Heroes with intelligence as their primary attribute tend to rely on their abilities to deal damage or help others. Intelligence heroes often take support, gank, and pusher roles.

Every point in intelligence increases:

• Maximum mana by 12.
• Mana regeneration by 0.05.
• Magic resistance by 0.1%.

For intelligence heroes, every point in intelligence also increases main attack damage by 1.

For universal heroes, every point in intelligence also increases main attack damage by 1.

The mana bonus is only applied to the max mana pool. The hero's current mana is not increased but keeps the current mana percentage.

Intelligence Heroes

Intelligence heroes tend to have a greater number of active abilities compared to other heroes; all intelligence heroes have at least three active abilities, with a large number of them having all four of their abilities being actives, and some even having 5 or more. Their larger mana pools and higher mana regeneration rates go a long way to help them use these abilities frequently. As a whole, intelligence heroes have by far the greatest number of disabling capabilities, making them essential in most lineups.

The items they build also tend to be highly caster based, since those items primarily provide intelligence. With a few exceptions, most intelligence heroes are ranged. Most intelligence heroes rely on their spells for damage, but in most cases, these have static damage values only increased by spell damage amplification or damage manipulation. They do not scale well into the late game, so that most intelligence heroes peak during the early to mid game, where their spells deal the most damage in relation to enemy health pools and resistance, and then start to fall off in the late game. Because of this, they often fit into support and ganker roles. There are exceptions to this though, some intelligence heroes have scaling abilities which make them excellent in the late game.

There are 31 intelligence heroes in Dota 2.

Below is a table of all heroes with intelligence as their primary attribute. The growth columns indicate how much the base values increase for each hero level.

Hero	Base	+ / LVL	L30	Base	+ / LVL	L30	Base	+ / LVL	L30	Base	+ / LVL	L30
Ancient Apparition	20	1.9	89.1	20	2.2	97.8	23	3.1	126.9	63	7.2	313.8
Crystal Maiden	17	2.2	94.8	16	1.6	76.4	18	3.3	127.7	51	7.1	298.9
Death Prophet	21	2.9	119.1	16	2	88	24	3	125	61	7.9	332.1
Disruptor	21	2.4	104.6	15	1.4	69.6	20	2.9	118.1	56	6.7	292.3
Enchantress	17	2	89	19	2.1	93.9	22	3.8	146.2	58	7.9	329.1
Grimstroke	21	2.4	104.6	18	1.9	87.1	25	3.8	149.2	64	8.1	340.9
Jakiro	25	2.5	111.5	15	1.2	63.8	26	3	127	66	6.7	302.3
Keeper of the Light	18	2.3	98.7	15	1.6	75.4	23	3.2	129.8	56	7.1	303.9
Leshrac	20	2.8	115.2	23	2.8	118.2	22	3.5	137.5	65	9.1	370.9
Lich	20	2.1	94.9	17	2	89	26	3.8	150.2	63	7.9	334.1
Lina	20	2.4	103.6	23	2.4	106.6	30	3.8	154.2	73	8.6	364.4
Lion	18	2.2	95.8	15	1.5	72.5	20	3.5	135.5	53	7.2	303.8
Muerta	19	2	91	20	2.7	112.3	24	3.3	133.7	63	8	337
Nature's Prophet	19	2.6	108.4	14	3.2	120.8	23	3.5	138.5	56	9.3	367.7
Necrophos	18	2.3	98.7	12	1.3	63.7	21	2.7	113.3	51	6.3	275.7
Oracle	20	2.4	103.6	15	1.7	78.3	26	3.8	150.2	61	7.9	332.1
Outworld Destroyer	21	2.9	119.1	22	1.6	82.4	30	4.2	165.8	73	8.7	367.3
Puck	17	2.4	100.6	22	2.5	108.5	23	3.8	147.2	62	8.7	356.3
Pugna	19	2	91	21	1.3	72.7	26	5.2	190.8	66	8.5	354.5
Queen of Pain	18	2.4	101.6	22	2.5	108.5	25	3.4	137.6	65	8.3	347.7
Ringmaster	21	2.1	95.9	13	1.4	67.6	25	3	126	59	6.5	289.5
Rubick	21	2	93	23	2.5	109.5	25	3.7	146.3	69	8.2	348.8
Shadow Demon	23	2.6	112.4	18	2.2	95.8	22	3.6	140.4	63	8.4	348.6
Shadow Shaman	23	2.3	103.7	16	1.6	76.4	25	3.5	140.5	64	7.4	320.6
Silencer	19	2.2	96.8	22	2.4	105.6	25	2.9	123.1	66	7.5	325.5
Skywrath Mage	21	2	93	13	0.8	50.2	23	4.1	155.9	57	6.9	299.1
Storm Spirit	21	2	93	22	2.6	111.4	23	3.9	150.1	66	8.5	354.5
Tinker	19	2.3	99.7	17	1.4	71.6	30	3.3	139.7	66	7	311
Warlock	24	2.8	119.2	10	1	53	25	3.1	128.9	59	6.9	301.1
Witch Doctor	20	2.1	94.9	13	1.4	67.6	22	3.1	125.9	55	6.6	288.4
Zeus	19	2.1	93.9	11	1.2	59.8	22	3.3	131.7	52	6.6	285.4

Intelligence Granting Sources

Intelligence Increasing Sources

• Attributes – Attribute Bonus
• Alchemist – Aghanim's Scepter Synth
• Apex – Primary Attribute Bonus
• Invoker – Exort
• Power Treads – Switch Attribute
• Magnus – Reverse Polarity¹
• Silencer – Glaives of Wisdom
• Skywrath Mage – Shield of the Scion
• Vambrace – Switch Attribute
• Morphling – Morph^2a
• Slark – Essence Shift

¹ Requires talent.

^2a Requires Aghanim's Scepter.

^2b Requires Aghanim's Shard.

Intelligence Granting Talents

Intelligence

Ability
Passive

Affects
Self

There is no description for this ability.

Intelligence Bonus: Varies

• Grants the hero bonus intelligence.

• The following values exist:
  • 6/7/8/10/12/13/14/15/16/20/25/30/35/75

The following heroes have a talent that grants them bonus intelligence.

Bonus	Level 10		Level 15		Level 20		Level 25
	Left	Right	Left	Right	Left	Right	Left	Right
Intelligence	+8

Intelligence Granting Items

These items grant heroes a passive intelligence bonus by having them merely equipped.

Bonus Intelligence

Item	Value	Item Cost	Cost/Value Point
Aghanim's Scepter	10	4200	420
Arcane Blink	25	6800	272
Arcane Ring	6	N/A	N/A
Bloodthorn	10	6625	662.5
Book of Shadows	13	N/A	N/A
Book of the Dead	25	N/A	N/A
Boots of Bearing	8	4275	534.38
Bracer 1	2	505	252.5
Bracer 2	4	505	126.25
Circlet	2	155	77.5
Crown	4	450	112.5
Defiant Shell	7	N/A	N/A
Diadem	6	1000	166.67
Diffusal Blade	10	2500	250
Disperser	10	6100	610
Drum of Endurance	7	1650	235.71
Ethereal Blade	8	5375	671.88
Eul's Scepter of Divinity	10	2625	262.5
Eye of Skadi	22	5300	240.91
Force Staff	10	2200	220
Ghost Scepter	5	1500	300
Gleipnir	25	5450	218
Harpoon	10	4700	470
Helm of the Dominator	6	2625	437.5
Helm of the Overlord	21	5725	272.62
Holy Locket	9	2350	261.11
Hurricane Pike	15	4450	296.67
Iron Branch	1	50	50
Kaya	16	2100	131.25
Kaya and Sange	16	4050	253.13
Khanda	8	5000	625
Linken's Sphere	16	4800	300
Mage Slayer	10	2825	282.5
Magic Wand	3	450	150
Manta Style	10	4550	455
Mantle of Intelligence	3	140	46.67
Meteor Hammer	24	2850	118.75
Mirror Shield	10	N/A	N/A
Mystic Staff	25	2800	112
Null Talisman 1	5	505	101
Null Talisman 2	10	505	50.5
Oblivion Staff	10	1625	162.5
Occult Bracelet	3	N/A	N/A
Orchid Malevolence	10	3275	327.5
Parasma	40	5975	149.38
Phylactery	7	2400	342.86
Pig Pole	4	N/A	N/A
Power Treads (Intelligence)	10	1400	140
Robe of the Magi	6	450	75
Rod of Atos	15	2250	150
Scythe of Vyse	30	5200	173.33
Shiva's Guard	5	5175	1035
Solar Crest	4	2700	675
Specialist's Array	6	N/A	N/A
Spirit Vessel	6	2780	463.33
Staff of Wizardry	10	1000	100
Ultimate Orb	15	2800	186.67
Urn of Shadows	2	880	440
Vambrace (Agility)	2	N/A	N/A
Vambrace (Intelligence)	8	N/A	N/A
Vambrace (Strength)	2	N/A	N/A
Veil of Discord	4	1725	431.25
Wind Waker	35	6825	195
Witch Blade	12	2775	231.25
Wraith Band 1	2	505	252.5
Wraith Band 2	4	505	126.25
Yasha and Kaya	16	4000	250

Attack Damage Items

The following list calculates the Gold cost efficiency for intelligence heroes when equipping certain attack damage granting items (for both main and bonus attack damage values).

Damage Items for Intelligence heroes

Item	Value	Item Cost	Cost/Value Point
Abyssal Blade	35	5525	157.86
Aghanim's Scepter	10	4200	420
Apex	70	N/A	N/A
Arcane Blink	25	6800	272
Arcane Ring	6	N/A	N/A
Armlet of Mordiggian	15	2500	166.67
Battle Fury	65	4100	63.08
Black King Bar	24	4050	168.75
Blade Mail	18	2100	116.67
Blades of Attack	9	450	50
Bloodthorn	20	6625	331.25
Book of Shadows	13	N/A	N/A
Book of the Dead	25	N/A	N/A
Boots of Bearing	8	4275	534.38
Bracer 1	5	505	101
Bracer 2	4	505	126.25
Broadsword	15	1000	66.67
Broom Handle	8	N/A	N/A
Butterfly	25	5450	218
Circlet	2	155	77.5
Claymore	20	1350	67.5
Cornucopia	7	1200	171.43
Crown	4	450	112.5
Crystalys	32	2000	62.5
Daedalus	88	5100	57.95
Defiant Shell	7	N/A	N/A
Demon Edge	40	2200	55
Desolator	50	3500	70
Diadem	6	1000	166.67
Diffusal Blade	10	2500	250
Disperser	10	6100	610
Divine Rapier	100	5600	56
Drum of Endurance	7	1650	235.71
Duelist Gloves	12	N/A	N/A
Echo Sabre	20	2700	135
Ethereal Blade	8	5375	671.88
Eul's Scepter of Divinity	10	2625	262.5
Eye of Skadi	22	5300	240.91
Faerie Fire	2	65	32.5
Falcon Blade	14	1125	80.36
Force Staff	10	2200	220
Ghost Scepter	5	1500	300
Gleipnir	55	5450	99.09
Harpoon	35	4700	134.29
Havoc Hammer	16	N/A	N/A
Helm of the Dominator	6	2625	437.5
Helm of the Overlord	21	5725	272.62
Holy Locket	9	2350	261.11
Hurricane Pike	15	4450	296.67
Iron Branch	1	50	50
Kaya	16	2100	131.25
Kaya and Sange	16	4050	253.13
Khanda	58	5000	86.21
Linken's Sphere	16	4800	300
Maelstrom	25	2950	118
Mage Slayer	10	2825	282.5
Magic Wand	3	450	150
Manta Style	10	4550	455
Mantle of Intelligence	3	140	46.67
Mask of Madness	20	1900	95
Meteor Hammer	24	2850	118.75
Mind Breaker	45	N/A	N/A
Mirror Shield	10	N/A	N/A
Mithril Hammer	24	1600	66.67
Mjollnir	25	5500	220
Monkey King Bar	40	4700	117.5
Mystic Staff	25	2800	112
Nemesis Curse	35	N/A	N/A
Null Talisman 1	5	505	101
Null Talisman 2	10	505	50.5
Nullifier	75	4375	58.33
Oblivion Staff	10	1625	162.5
Occult Bracelet	3	N/A	N/A
Orchid Malevolence	20	3275	163.75
Paladin Sword	16	N/A	N/A
Parasma	40	5975	149.38
Philosopher's Stone	-30	N/A	N/A
Phylactery	7	2400	342.86
Pig Pole	4	N/A	N/A
Power Treads (Intelligence)	10	1400	140
Radiance	55	4700	85.45
Refresher Orb	10	5000	500
Refresher Shard	20	N/A	N/A
Revenant's Brooch	70	4900	70
Robe of the Magi	6	450	75
Rod of Atos	15	2250	150
Sacred Relic	55	3400	61.82
Satanic	25	5050	202
Scythe of Vyse	30	5200	173.33
Shadow Blade	20	3000	150
Shiva's Guard	5	5175	1035
Silver Edge	60	5450	90.83
Skull Basher	30	2875	95.83
Solar Crest	4	2700	675
Specialist's Array	18	N/A	N/A
Spirit Vessel	6	2780	463.33
Staff of Wizardry	10	1000	100
Stygian Desolator	60	N/A	N/A
Ultimate Orb	15	2800	186.67
Urn of Shadows	2	880	440
Vambrace (Agility)	2	N/A	N/A
Vambrace (Intelligence)	8	N/A	N/A
Vambrace (Strength)	2	N/A	N/A
Veil of Discord	4	1725	431.25
Wind Waker	35	6825	195
Witch Blade	12	2775	231.25
Wraith Band 1	2	505	252.5
Wraith Band 2	4	505	126.25
Yasha and Kaya	16	4000	250
Values do not include portions from actives or auras.

Recent Changes

Main Article: Intelligence/Changelogs

Version

Description

7.33c

• Increased Attribute Bonus level requirement from 2 to 6.

7.29

• ADDED
  Attribute Bonus to every hero except Invoker.
  • The level-up button is located below the talent tree.
  • Permanently grants the hero 2 of all attributes when leveled up.
  • Can be leveled up a total of 7 times. Has no level requirements, so it can be leveled up at any level.
  • If no other abilities or talents can be leveled up upon reaching a new level, Attribute Bonus levels up automatically.

7.07

• The stats tooltip area now tells you how much Health/Mana percentage increase is provided by your attributes, and the absolute values of regeneration in addition of the strength/ intelligence based bonus values are.

See Also

• Table of hero attributes

Mechanics Main Heroes Unit Type (Heroes / Clones / Illusions) Complexity Attributes Table Buyback Level Roles Gold Experience Animations Stats Armor Attributes ( Strength / Agility / Intelligence) / Universal) Health & Mana (HP Regen & MP Regen) Magic Resistance Movement Speed / Slow Resistance Status Resistance Turn Rate Misc Creep Controling Death / Denying Vision Unit Size (Collision Size / Bound Radius / Selection Box / Model Size) Gib Type / Shades Adjectives Buildings Towers / Barracks / Ancient / Fountain Effigy Neutral Buildings (Outposts / Watchers / Twin Gates / Lotus Pools) Abilities Type Active / Passive / Autocast Aura Accuracy / Evasion Channeling Damage Barrier Damage Block Damage Manipulation Damage Over Time Talents Teleport Targeting Area No Target Point Unit Vector Combinations Casting Cast Range / Motion Buffer Cast Animation (Cast Point + Backswing) Cooldown Reduction (Flat / Current Flat / Percentage) Reset Charge-based Runes Bounty Rune Water Rune Wisdom Rune Power Runes ( Amplify Damage Rune / Arcane Rune / Haste Rune / Illusion Rune / Invisibility Rune / Regeneration Rune / Shield Rune) Misc Random Distribution Transformation Attack Damage Attack Damage Instant Attack Heroes Attack Classes Attack Range (Acquisition Range) Attack Speed (BAT / Interval) Damage Types (Physical / Magical / Pure / Instant Kill) Flags (HP Removal / No-reflection / No-Spell-Lifesteal / No-Spell-Amplification) Projectile Speed Spell Damage (Outgoing / Incoming) Modifiers Bash Cleave / Splash Corruption Critical Strike Lifesteal / Spell Lifesteal Mana Break On-hit Effects Misc Damage Instance Animation / Orb Walking Status Effects Disables Cyclone Disabling Orders Forced Movement (Knockback) / Upward Movement Fear (Hypnosis) Hide Hex Root Leash Stun Sleep Taunt Movement Move Speed Slow Flying Movement Phased / Tree Walk / Unobstructed Movement Other Attack Immune / Non-targetable Attack Speed Slow Debuff Immunity Spell Immunity Invulnerability Invisibility Blind Break Disarm Ethereal Silence Mute Trap Dispels Basic Strong Death Items Mechanics Courier Sharing / Selling Disassemble Recipes Neutral Item Drop

Universal

Main Article: Universal

Universal heroes are like jack of all trades and benefit from every attribute. While they dont gain that much from building a single main attribute, their strength lies in the flexibility to choose items based on their specific abilities and bonuses not so much on the item's attributes. So they can always switch between the support and carry roles based on their itembuild, not bound by a main attribute.

Every point of / / attribute increases:

• Main attack damage by 0.7.

Generally speaking, a single-type attribute becoming a universal hero almost always has the effect of significantly increasing attack damage, with very few exceptions. If the sum of both your secondary stats is more than 42.8% (0.3/0.7 = 0.428) of your primary attribute, changing from single-attribute to universal will result in much greater attack damage than their single-attributed counterpart.

For example:

Let's say you have a hero whose main attribute is currently agility, and has a stat of 80 strength, 200 agility, and 40 intelligence. Currently, they gain 1 damage per point of agility, thus they gain +200 base damage (1x200 = 200). If they were to change to universal, the hero now gains 0.7 damage per point of attribute for all 3 attributes. Now, the hero gains +224 base damage (200*0.7)+(80*0.7)+(40*0.7) = 224. This resulted in a 12% base damage increase because the sum of the hero's secondary stats totalled at 60% of their previous primary attribute (80+40)/100 = 0.6.

Let's take the same agility hero but change their stats to 47 strength, 200 agility, and 30 intelligence. Under this setup, they still gain +200 base damage bonus. However, if they were to turn universal with these stats, they now only gain 193.4 base damage, rounded down to 193. This resulted in over a 3% base damage reduction because the sum of their secondary stats was only 38.5% of their primary attribute, resulting in reduced base damage bonus (47+30)/200 = 0.385.

As a proof of concept, let's use the same agility hero but this time, provide them with the stats of 42.8 strength, 200 agility, and 42.8 intelligence. With these stats, the hero will gain exactly 200 base damage (42.8*0.7)+(200*0.7)+(42.8*0.7) = 199.92, rounded to 200. The hero has now gained the exact same amount of damage as though they were simply an agility hero because their secondary stats are just within the break-even point of 42.8% of their previous primary attribute.

Attribute Bonus

The Attribute Bonus UI within Talent leveling menu.

Attribute Bonus is a passive ability available to every hero, except for Invoker, located within the Talent leveling menu, below the talent tree. It automatically levels up if nothing else can be leveled up at that level.

Attribute Bonus

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Ability
Passive

Affects
Self

+2 to All Attributes

Strength Bonus: 2/4/6/8/10/12/14

Agility Bonus: 2/4/6/8/10/12/14

Intelligence Bonus: 2/4/6/8/10/12/14

Min Level: 6

• Requires hero level 6 to be unlocked.
  • The minimum levels required per level of Attribute Bonus are 6/8/10/12/14/16/18.
  • If all ability points are spent on their respective levels, this ability levels up automatically on levels 17/19/21/22/23/24/26.

• The attributes effectively grant the following stats on each level:
  • 4.2/8.4/12.6/16.8/21/25.2/29.4 main attack damage to universal heroes.
  • 2/4/6/8/10/12/14 main attack damage to other heroes.
  • 44/88/132/176/220/264/308 health and 0.18/0.36/0.54/0.72/0.9/1.08/1.26 health regeneration.
  • 2/4/6/8/10/12/14 attack speed and 0.33/0.67/1/1.33/1.67/2/2.33 main armor.
  • 24/48/72/96/120/144/168 mana, 0.1/0.2/0.3/0.4/0.5/0.6/0.7 mana regeneration, and 0.2/0.4/0.6/0.8/1/1.2/1.4% magic resistance.

Items Granting Attributes

Each attribute has its own set of items that focus on boosting it. These items are different for each attribute. In order to categorize them, they're split into 5 different sections:

• Tiny Items consist only of Iron Branch and boosts all attributes by 1. This item is usually taken as a starting item to make up for gaps in a hero's statistics.
• Small Items boost their associated attribute by 3, or all attributes by 2. These items are usually taken as starting items to make up for gaps in a hero's statistics.
• Medium Items boost their associated attribute by 6, or all attributes by 4. Though generally not taken to increase attributes, these items are usually components of many midrange items.
• Large Items boost their associated attribute by 10, or all attributes by 6. These items are usually components in more powerful items, and almost never bought just for the stats.
• Ultimate Items boost their associated attribute by 25, or all attributes by 15. These are mostly used to make late game items because of how expensive they are and how cost-ineffective they are per point of stats.
• Besides the items in the table, Ghost Scepter is another basic item that boosts all attributes by 5. All other items that grant attributes are upgrades, and are all derived from one or multiple of the 17 items listed below.

Iron Branch +1 All Attributes	Small	Medium	Large	Ultimate
All Attributes	Circlet +2 All Attributes	Crown +4 All Attributes	Diadem +6 All Attributes	Ultimate Orb +15 All Attributes
Strength	Gauntlets of Strength +3 Strength	Belt of Strength +6 Strength	Ogre Axe +10 Strength	Reaver +25 Strength
Agility	Slippers of Agility +3 Agility	Band of Elvenskin +6 Agility	Blade of Alacrity +10 Agility	Eaglesong +25 Agility
Intelligence	Mantle of Intelligence +3 Intelligence	Robe of the Magi +6 Intelligence	Staff of Wizardry +10 Intelligence	Mystic Staff +25 Intelligence

Talents Granting Attributes

See also: Strength Talents, Agility Talents and Intelligence Talents

All Attributes

Ability
Passive

Affects
Self

There is no description for this ability.

All Attributes Bonus: Varies

• Grants the hero bonus strength, agility, and intelligence.

• The following values exist:
  • 4/5/6/7/8/10/12/14/15/20

The following heroes have a talent that grants them all attributes.

Bonus	Level 10		Level 15		Level 20		Level 25
	Left	Right	Left	Right	Left	Right	Left	Right
All Stats						+10

Talents Granting Attribute Combinations

Agility and Intelligence

Ability
Passive

Affects
Self

There is no description for this ability.

Agility and Intelligence Bonus: 6

• Grants the hero bonus agility and intelligence.

No hero has this talent.

Abilities Modifying Attributes

Abilities Modifying Attributes

• Attributes – Attribute Bonus
• Alchemist – Aghanim's Scepter Synth
• Armlet of Mordiggian – Unholy Strength
• Centaur Warrunner – Double Edge^2b
• Drow Ranger – Marksmanship
• Invoker – Quas
• Invoker – Wex
• Invoker – Exort
• Magnus – Reverse Polarity¹
• Morphling – Adaptive Strike (Agility)
• Morphling – Adaptive Strike (Strength)
• Morphling – Attribute Shift (Agility Gain)
• Morphling – Attribute Shift (Strength Gain)
• Morphling – Morph^2a
• Ogre Magi – Dumb Luck
• Lua error: Found no Cargo data for "Omniknight - Heavenly Grace".
• Psychic Headband – Psychic Headband
• Riki – Tricks of the Trade
• Phantom Lancer – Phantom Rush
• Power Treads – Switch Attribute
• Sven – Great Cleave
• Vambrace – Switch Attribute
• Pudge – Flesh Heap
• Silencer – Glaives of Wisdom
• Slark – Essence Shift
• Skywrath Mage – Shield of the Scion
• Timbersaw – Whirling Death
• Undying – Decay
• Undying – Flesh Golem

¹ Requires talent.

^2a Requires Aghanim's Scepter.

^2b Requires Aghanim's Shard.

Abilities Modified by Attributes

Abilities Modified by Attributes

• Centaur Warrunner - Double Edge
  
  Strength as Damage: 60%/90%/120%/150% ( 90%/120%/150%/180%)
  Max Stacks:
  Strength Bonus per Stack: 5
  Buff Duration: 2
  Double Edge's damage consists of a flat amount, plus a percentage of the caster's strength.
• Centaur Warrunner - Stampede
  
  Strength as Damage: 105
  The damage of Stampede is entirely based on the caster's strength.
• Drow Ranger - Marksmanship
  
  Agility as Ranged Agility Bonus: 30%/40%/50%
  The agility bonus is entirely based on the agility of the hero with this ability.
• Ethereal Blade - Ether Blast
  
  Primary Attribute as Damage: 150%
  Ether Blast's damage consists of a flat amount, plus a percentage of the target's primary attribute.
• Giant's Ring - Giant's Foot
  
  Strength as Damage per Second: 100%
  Deals 100% of item bearer's strength per second to units they are standing on top of.
• Huskar - Berserker's Blood
  
  Strength as Max Health Regen Bonus: 10%/15%/20%/25%
  The health regeneration is based on the strength of the hero with this ability.
• Morphling - Adaptive Strike (Agility)
  
  Min Bonus Damage Agility Multiplier: 1/1.5/2/2.5
  Max Bonus Damage Agility Multiplier: 3/5/7/9
  The damage is based on the caster's agility to strength ratio, plus a fixed amount. The minimum multiplier is used when the caster's strength is 50% higher than their agility, and the maximum when agility is 50% higher than strength.
• Morphling - Adaptive Strike (Strength)
  
  Min Knockback Distance: 500
  Max Knockback Distance: 0.5
  Min Stun Duration: 1.5/2/2.5/3
  Max Stun Duration: 3/5/7/9
  The stun duration and knockback distance are based on the caster's strength to agility ratio. The minimum duration and distance are used when the caster's agility is 50% higher than their strength, and the maximum when strength is 50% higher than agility.
• Nyx Assassin - Mind Flare
  
  Intelligence as Damage Multiplier: 3.5/4/4.5/5 ( 6.5/7/7.5/8)
  Deals damages to the enemy equal to a multiplier of its intelligence.
• Ogre Magi - Dumb Luck
  
  Max Mana per Strength: 6
  Mana Regen per Strength: 0.03
  Multicast Chance Increase per Strength: 0.05%
  He receives mana and mana regeneration from Strength. Increases Multicast chance by 1% for each 20 Strength Ogre has.
• Pudge - Dismember
  
  Strength as Damage/Heal per Second: 9 ( 11)
  Dismember's damage and self-heal consist of a flat amount, plus a percentage of the caster's strength.
• Riki - Cloak and Dagger
  
  Backstab Damage per Agility: 0.8/1.2/1.6 ( 1.1/1.5/1.9)
  The bonus damage of Cloak and Dagger is entirely based on the agility of the hero with this ability.
• Silencer - Glaives of Wisdom
  
  Intelligence as Damage: 20%/40%/60%/80% ( 45%/65%/85%/105%)
  The damage of Glaives of Wisdom is entirely based on the caster's intelligence.
• Silencer - Last Word
  
  Intelligence Difference Damage Multiplier: 1/1.5/2/2.5
  Last Word's damage consists of a flat part, plus a based on the difference between the intelligence of the caster and the target.
• Skywrath Mage - Arcane Bolt
  
  Intelligence as Bonus Damage: 1.5
  Arcane Bolt's damage consists of a flat amount, plus a percentage of the caster's intelligence.

Recent Changes

Version

Description

7.33c

• Increased Attribute Bonus level requirement from 2 to 6.

7.29

• ADDED
  Attribute Bonus to every hero except Invoker.
  • The level-up button is located below the talent tree.
  • Permanently grants the hero 2 of all attributes when leveled up.
  • Can be leveled up a total of 7 times. Has no level requirements, so it can be leveled up at any level.
  • If no other abilities or talents can be leveled up upon reaching a new level, Attribute Bonus levels up automatically.

7.07

• The stats tooltip area now tells you how much Health/Mana percentage increase is provided by your attributes, and the absolute values of regeneration in addition of the strength/ intelligence based bonus values are.

Mechanics Main Heroes Unit Type (Heroes / Clones / Illusions) Complexity Attributes Table Buyback Level Roles Gold Experience Animations Stats Armor Attributes ( Strength / Agility / Intelligence) / Universal) Health & Mana (HP Regen & MP Regen) Magic Resistance Movement Speed / Slow Resistance Status Resistance Turn Rate Misc Creep Controling Death / Denying Vision Unit Size (Collision Size / Bound Radius / Selection Box / Model Size) Gib Type / Shades Adjectives Buildings Towers / Barracks / Ancient / Fountain Effigy Neutral Buildings (Outposts / Watchers / Twin Gates / Lotus Pools) Abilities Type Active / Passive / Autocast Aura Accuracy / Evasion Channeling Damage Barrier Damage Block Damage Manipulation Damage Over Time Talents Teleport Targeting Area No Target Point Unit Vector Combinations Casting Cast Range / Motion Buffer Cast Animation (Cast Point + Backswing) Cooldown Reduction (Flat / Current Flat / Percentage) Reset Charge-based Runes Bounty Rune Water Rune Wisdom Rune Power Runes ( Amplify Damage Rune / Arcane Rune / Haste Rune / Illusion Rune / Invisibility Rune / Regeneration Rune / Shield Rune) Misc Random Distribution Transformation Attack Damage Attack Damage Instant Attack Heroes Attack Classes Attack Range (Acquisition Range) Attack Speed (BAT / Interval) Damage Types (Physical / Magical / Pure / Instant Kill) Flags (HP Removal / No-reflection / No-Spell-Lifesteal / No-Spell-Amplification) Projectile Speed Spell Damage (Outgoing / Incoming) Modifiers Bash Cleave / Splash Corruption Critical Strike Lifesteal / Spell Lifesteal Mana Break On-hit Effects Misc Damage Instance Animation / Orb Walking Status Effects Disables Cyclone Disabling Orders Forced Movement (Knockback) / Upward Movement Fear (Hypnosis) Hide Hex Root Leash Stun Sleep Taunt Movement Move Speed Slow Flying Movement Phased / Tree Walk / Unobstructed Movement Other Attack Immune / Non-targetable Attack Speed Slow Debuff Immunity Spell Immunity Invulnerability Invisibility Blind Break Disarm Ethereal Silence Mute Trap Dispels Basic Strong Death Items Mechanics Courier Sharing / Selling Disassemble Recipes Neutral Item Drop