Ethereal Blade is an item purchasable at the Base Shop, under Weapons.
 Ethereal Blade
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| A flickering blade of a ghastly nature, it is capable of dealing damage in both magical and physical planes. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Additional Information[]
- The item's attributes grants the following bonuses:
- 100 health and 0.5 health regeneration.
- 300 mana and 1.25 mana regeneration.
- 5 attack speed and 0.83 main armor.
- 5, 5 and 25 main attack damage to all
/ / heroes respectively.
- For Kaya-based items:
- Multiple sources of spell damage amplification do not stack.
- Multiple sources of spell lifesteal amplification stack diminishingly.
- Multiple sources of mana regeneration amplification stack additively.
Ability[]
Enemy targets are also slowed by 80%, and take 1.5x your target's primary attribute + 50 as magical damage.
22
100
Notes:
- Damage and slow is only applied to enemy targets.
- ↓↓ Double-tapping automatically target self.
- Turns the target ethereal, disarming them, rendering them attack immune, and granting 100% physical damage resistance.
- The projectile travels at a speed of 1275.
- Checks the caster's primary attribute upon projectile hit.
- Ether Blast first applies the ethereal debuff, then the damage, then the slow debuff.
- This means it effectively amplifies its own damage.
- Reduces most heroes' total magic resistance to -5%.
- The magic resistance reduction of multiple ethereal effects does not stack, the one with higher value takes priority.
- Shares cooldown with Ghost Scepter.
Recommended Heroes[]
This item is one of the must-haves of a damaging spellcaster's inventory, most especially for 
Intelligence heroes. The active ability can be used on enemies to make them significantly more vulnerable against magical damage. The active ability deals more damage proportional to the hero's primary attribute, which makes it even more effective in the hands of intelligence heroes who gain more benefits from its stat bonuses. Ether Blast's ability to increase vulnerability to magic damage is boosted by the item's passive bonus of spell damage.
Since it applies an ethereal status on the target, it is an excellent disable that can cripple targets who rely on right clicks. The added slow effect not only allows you to catch up to fast or moving targets, but it also slows them down so that point-click abilities can be landed much easier with less risk of missing your crucial spells. Care must be taken though, as Ether Blast can render targets immune to physical damage, disrupting allies who may be trying to aid you in taking down your target with their physical damage.
When used on self, it can interrupt enemies who are harming you with physical damage. You will not be slowed by Ether Blast unlike its effect on enemies, so this ability is a good source of protection for heroes who are vulnerable to physical damage and have little to no use for their right clicks. It can be exploited by heroes with excellent escape capabilities, giving their physical damage dealing enemies something else to cry about. Beware though, for the enemy may have a source of magic damage that will turn your ethereal protection against you, plus some physical damage spells with debilitating debuffs like stuns can still affect you, if not damage you.
Last but not least, the passive bonus of spell lifesteal amplification and mana regen amplification is a welcome boost for all spellcasters. For the former bonus, the hero must have a source of spell lifesteal for the amplification to actually work.
 Grimstroke |
 Mirana |
 Necrophos |
 Puck |
 Skywrath Mage |
 Tinker |
 Void Spirit |
 Zeus |
Tips[]
- Can be used in combination with Dagon for massive amounts of burst damage.
Gallery[]
Ethereal Blade's projectile
Warlock hit by Ethereal Blade
Ethereal state
Recent Changes[]
- Reworked recipe and stats.
), Ghost Scepter (1500 )Total cost: 4300
Strength bonus: 10
Agility bonus: 40
Intelligence bonus: 10
), Ghost Scepter (1500 ), Recipe (1100 
)Total cost: 4650
Strength bonus: 5
Agility bonus: 5
Intelligence bonus: 25
Spell damage bonus: 12%
Mana regen amplification bonus: 75%
Spell lifesteal amplification bonus: 24%
- Ether Blast
- Now deals damage based on the target's primary attribute, instead of the caster's.
- Reduced base damage from 125 to 50.
- Increased cooldown from 20 to 22.
- Ether Blast
- Reduced primary attribute damage from 200% to 150%.
- Increased base damage from 75 to 125.
- Reduced Eaglesong cost from 3200 to 3000 (total cost decreases from 4700 to 4500 ).
