Daedalus is an item purchasable at the Base Shop, under Weapons. However, it can only be completed with items from the Secret Shop.
  Daedalus
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| A weapon of incredible power that is difficult for even the strongest of warriors to control. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ability[]
Notes:
- Increases attack damage by an average of 37.5%.
- The proc chances of multiple critical strike sources stack.
- If two sources of critical strike proc at the same time, the higher multiplier has priority.
- Critical Strike uses pseudo-random distribution.
Recommended Heroes[]
Heroes who may include a Daedalus in their build situationally:
Strength Heroes:
 Dragon Knight |
 Kunkka |
 Magnus |
 Sven |
 Tiny |
Agility Heroes:
 Arc Warden |
 Clinkz |
 Drow Ranger |
 Ember Spirit |
 Faceless Void |
 Gyrocopter |
 Medusa |
 Morphling |
 Templar Assassin |
 Terrorblade |
Intelligence Heroes:
 Lina |
 Puck |
 Queen of Pain |
 Windranger |
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Trivia[]
- In the original DotA, this item was called the "Buriza-Do Kyanon", a reference to a weapon (unique ballista) in Diablo II. "Buriza-do Kyanon" is the romaji transliteration of "Blizzard Cannon" when written in Japanese katakana.
- Daedalus is the Latin transcription of the Greek "Daidalos" which means "clever worker" in Ancient Greek and Daedalus is also one of the characters in Ovid's "Metamorphoses" who was a skillful craftsman artisan, and the father of Icarus.
Recent Changes[]
Main Article: Daedalus/Changelogs
Version
Description
- Increased Blades of Attack cost from 430
to 450 (total cost increases ▲ from 5330 to 5350 ).
- Increased attack damage bonus from 80 to 88.
- Reduced Critical Strike damage from 235% to 225%.
