Hand of Midas

Hand of Midas B
	Preserved through unknown magical means, the Hand of Midas is a weapon of greed, sacrificing animals to line the owner's pockets.
Cost; 2200 (1750) Bought From; Accessories
Active	Transmute
Bonus [?]	+40 Attack Speed;
Disassemble?	No
Alert allies?	No
Recipe

Item

Old Abilities

Changelogs

For the character from Dota 2 lore, see Midas.

The Hand of Midas is an item purchasable at the Main Shop, under Accessories.

Ability[]

Transmute

▶️

Ability
Target Unit

Affects
Enemy Units

Damage
Instant Kill

Kills a non-hero target for 160 gold and 2.1x experience.

Cannot be used on Ancient Creeps.

Cast Range: 600

Gold Bonus: 160

Experience Bonus Multiplier: 2.1

90

0

Notes:

Upon cast, kills the target unit instantly and grants the caster 160 unreliable gold and 2.1 of the target's experience bounty.

The target's default bounties are not granted. This means that no hero nearby gains the default gold and experience from the death.

Despite the visual effects, the gold and experience are granted instantly.

Deals damage equal to the target's current health to kill it. This damage fully ignores any form of reduction or amplification.
- This means that it triggers most on-damage events like (neutral or lane) creep aggro.

Cannot be cast on wards, buildings, ancient creeps, and Necronomicon Warriors.

Mechanics[]

Transmute fully replaces the targeted unit's gold bounty, so that the target's default gold bounty is not granted. This means effectively, it does . But instead it grants 160 - UnitGoldBounty . This means that if you use it on big units you lose out almost half the gold, but you gain almost double the experience.

The following table shows the creep's effective gold and experience bounty if the active ability is cast on them.

Hand of Midas Bounty Bonus Table
Creep Name	Base		Transmuted
Creep Name	Base_XP	Gold	Transmuted_XP	Transmuted	Transmute Value
Lycan Lane Wolf	10	15	21	145	166
Mega Melee Creep	25	23	52.5	137	189.5
Mega Ranged Creep	22	22	46.2	138	184.2
Melee Creep	57	36.5	119.7	123.5	243.2
Ranged Creep	69	47.5	144.9	112.5	257.4
Siege Creep	88	65.5	184.8	94.5	279.3
Super Melee Creep	25	23	52.5	137	189.5
Super Ranged Creep	22	22	46.2	138	184.2
Super Siege Creep	88	65.5	184.8	94.5	279.3

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Hand of Midas Bounty Bonus Table
Creep Name	Base		Transmuted
Creep Name	Base_XP	Gold	Transmuted_XP	Transmuted	Transmute Value

Recommended Heroes[]

Carry heroes who need to farm for late game items and benefit from the experience and attack speed for farming and/or fighting often buy an early Hand of Midas.

Some support heroes who are not very item dependent may choose to build Hand of Midas in order to accumulate gold for bigger late game items and gain levels at a faster pace.

Tips[]

The earlier Hand of Midas is purchased, the earlier it will pay itself off during the match and the earlier you will have an effective networth gain.
- Assuming it is always used when off cooldown and used on a unit with a gold bounty of 0, Hand of Midas increases the user's GPM by 106.67 , meaning it takes a minimum of 19.5 minutes to pay for itself, or 15 minutes for the recipe (from the point on it was first used).
- This means you need to use Transmute 13.75 times to pay for itself, or 10.94 times for just the recipe.
  - Ogre Magi with his Multicast and Arc Warden Tempest Double will have their Hand of Midas payed out effectively earlier than other heroes.
Hand of Midas is an important item if you want to increase your level quickly and unlock talents, especially if you rely on your talents to counter enemy heroes in late game.