For the neutral item, see Stygian Desolator.
Desolator is an item purchasable at the Base Shop, under Weapons.
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Additional Information[]
- Grants a total of 70 flat bonus attack damage at max charges.
- Fully stack with the following:
- Armor Corruption from
talents.
- Orb of Corrosion and Stygian Desolator.
- Armor Corruption from
Abilities[]
Notes:
- Successive attacks with Desolator do not stack the debuff, but refresh the duration instead.
- The attacks first apply the debuff, then their own damage.
- Replaces the projectile particle of
ranged heroes with a red projectile.
- Does not stack with the armor reduction of Lesser Corruption.
- If both debuffs are present, Blight Stone's debuff does not reduce armor.
Ability
Passive
Passive
Affects
Self
Self
Desolator gains +2 damage every time an enemy hero dies while affected by Corruption, to a maximum of 20.
Max Charges: 20
Charges per Kill: 2
Attack Damage Bonus per Charge: 1
Illusion Notes:
Illusions cannot place the debuff, so they cannot gain stacks either.
Illusions copy the stack count upon creation.
Notes:
- Gains 2 charges whenever an enemy hero affected by the Corruption debuff dies in any way.
- Does not gain charges from creep-heroes, illusions, or the Tempest Double.
- When having multiple Desolators in the active inventory, only the one acquired first gains charges.
- If multiple players have Desolator and attack the same target, whoever refreshed the debuff as last gets the charges.
- The item does not need to be in the inventory to gain charges, it gains them no matter where it is.
- The number of charges are bound to the item, not the player. Selling and re-buying the item does not carry over the charges.
- The number of current charges is visible on the item icon.
Recommended Heroes[]
Others[]
- Arc Warden, his Tempest Double clone, and his Manta Style Illusions are able to push buildings much more quickly, as well as enemy heroes with the benefit of Desolator's armor reduction.
- Bounty Hunter sometimes buys a Desolator to land one hard hit on enemies with Jinada, debuffing them in teamfights before retreating.
- Juggernaut sometimes opts for a Desolator to reduce an opponents armor before using Omnislash.
- Mars can use Desolator to reduce the armor of every unit hit by God's Rebuke and increase its damage output.
- Nature's Prophet's low damage benefits from Desolator's armor reduction.
- Tusk hits exceptionally hard with Walrus PUNCH! after Desolator's armor reduction.
- Ursa's damage through Fury Swipes 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[]
- Corruption 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.
Gallery[]
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.
Recent Changes[]
Main Article: Desolator/Changelogs
Version
Description
- Reduced Soul Stealer max charges from 25 to 20.
- Reduced attack damage bonus from 55 to 50.
- ADDEDnew Soul Stealer passive ability.
- Gains attack damage every time an enemy hero dies while affected by Corruption.
- Max charges: 25
- Charge per kill: 2
- Attack damage bonus per charge: 1
- Notes: Works by using item charges. Gains charges whenever a debuff enemy hero dies, no matter how.
- Reduced attack damage bonus from 60 to 55.