Diffusal Blade is an item purchasable at the Base Shop, under Artifacts.
 Diffusal Blade
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| An enchanted blade that allows the user to cut straight into the enemy's soul. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Additional Information[]
- The item's attributes grants the following additional bonuses:
- 120 mana, 0.5 mana regeneration and 1% flat base magic resistance.
- 15 attack speed and 2.5 main armor.
- 15 and 10 main attack damage to
/ heroes respectively. - 17.5 main attack damage to universal heroes.
Abilities[]
Inhibit
Ability
Target Unit
Target Unit
Affects
Enemies
Enemies
Targets an enemy, slowing it for 4 seconds.
Cast Range: 600
600Move Speed Slow: 100%
Slow Decay Intervals: 5
Slow Duration: 4
15
25
- The movement speed slow decreases in 0.8-second intervals, so it slows for 100%/80%/60%/40%/20%, going one step down every 0.8 seconds.
Manabreak
Mana Burned per Hit: 40
Burned Mana as Damage: 100%
IllusionsMana Burned per Hit: 8
- Burned mana as damage is considered as a conditional attack damage bonus.
- Although the attack damage bonus values are not displayed in the HUD, it is still considered and directly added to the wielder's attack damage.
- The attack damage bonus values are not considered by the following sources:
- Critical strike sources.
- Mana loss manipulation sources, despite burning less mana and the affected target losing less mana.
- However, it is considered by lifesteal and cleave, and it can be reduced only by flat reductions (e.g. damage block).
- Since it is considered bonus attack damage, it is not affected by percentage-based attack damage bonuses or reductions.
- Effectively increases the wielder's or an illusion's attack damage by 40 ( 8) against units which have enough mana to burn.
- Applies the mana loss first, then the damage.
- Does not work against allied units when attacking them.
- Manabreak from multiple Diffusal Blade-based items does not stack.
- Fully stacks with other sources of mana break.
Recommended Heroes[]
Generally works well with illusion-based heroes:
[[No results|110px|link=Naga Siren  ]]Naga Siren |
[[No results|110px|link=Phantom Lancer ]]Phantom Lancer |
[[No results|110px|link=Spectre ]]Spectre |
[[No results|110px|link=Terrorblade ]]Terrorblade |
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Heroes that can hit enemies with multiple attacks in quick succession can deal a lot of Manabreak damage:
 Clinkz |
 Pangolier |
[[No results|110px|link=Troll Warlord ]]Troll Warlord |
[[No results|110px|link=Ursa ]]Ursa |
[[No results|110px|link=Windranger ]]Windranger |
Others[]
The bonus attributes and the Manabreak ability make Diffusal Blade a cost-effective damage item on agility and universal carries/heroes in general.
Tips[]
- Because of the way Manabreak interacts with illusions, Diffusal Blade is most common and most effective on heroes with easy access to them, such as Phantom Lancer.
- Similarly, this is also why Manta Style and Diffusal Blade are so commonly seen together: after picking up one of the two, the other becomes that much more effective and attractive to buy.
- The movement slow is an effective way to kite melee characters and can both increase your team's damage output vs them (by preventing them from running away and making it easier to hit them with spells), and reduce their damage output vs your team (by preventing them from getting close enough to hit anything).
- The movement slow can help your illusions and/or summoned units stick to their attack target.
- Can trigger an enemy's Linken's Sphere.
Trivia[]
- The Manabreak passive used to be called Feedback and got changed at some point without notification.
- Since version 7.07, Diffusal Blade no longer has a Level 2 variant.
Gallery[]
Manabreak
Inhibit
Level 2 icon (unused)
Recent Changes[]
Main Article: Diffusal Blade/Changelogs
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