Hand of Midas

Item

 

Old Abilities

 

Changelogs

 

For the character from Dota 2 lore, see Midas.

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

Hand of Midas
Preserved through unknown magical means, the Hand of Midas is a weapon of greed, sacrificing animals to line the owner's pockets.
Accessories Cost 2200 (1750) Sell Value 1100 Active Transmute Bonus ? +35 Attack Speed Shareable Disassemble Usage Alert ? Recipe

Additional Information

• Transmute fully replaces the targeted unit's gold bounty, so that the target's default gold bounty is not granted.
  • The effective gold gained can be defined as:
    expr
    160 - UnitGoldBounty.
  • Because of this discrepancy, if it is used on big units, you lose almost half the unit's actual Gold bounty but gain over double the Experience_XP.
  • Flagbearer Creeps still grant the aura bounty.
• For more information, see here.

Ability

Transmute

▶️

Ability
Target Unit

Affects
Enemy Units

Damage
Instant Kill

Kills a non-hero target for 160 gold and 2.1x experience. When used on a neutral creep, guarantees to create a neutral item if available.

Cannot be used on Ancient Creeps.

Cast Range: 600

Set Neutral Gold Bounty: 160

Experience Bonus Multiplier: 2.1

Set Neutral Item Drop Rate: 100%

Initial Charges: 1

 110

N

 2

 0

 0

• Transmute has 1 charge upon acquiring the item.

• Upon cast, Transmute instantly kills the target unit, dealing
  expr
  100% × CurrentHP damage to kill the targeted creep, triggering most on-damage events (e.g. creep aggro).
  • This damage fully ignores any form of damage manipulation.

• Grants the caster 160 unreliable gold and
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  2.1 × XPBounty.
  • The target's default bounties are not granted. This means that no hero nearby gains the default gold and experience from death.
  • Despite the visual effects, the gold and experience are granted instantly.
  • If targeting a Flagbearer Creep, the aura gold bounty is still granted.

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

• When targeting a neutral creep, a Neutral Item will always be dropped if any are available, following the same drop mechanics.

• This ability's cooldown is not refreshed by Rearm.

Transmute Efficiency

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
	BaseXP	Gold	TransmutedXP	Transmuted	Transmute Value
Alpha Wolf	60	35	126	125	251
Centaur Conqueror	90	59	189	101	290
Centaur Courser	32	19	67.2	141	208.2
Dark Troll Summoner	90	45	189	115	304
Fell Spirit	26	14.5	54.6	145.5	200.1
Ghost	42	26	88.2	134	222.2
Giant Wolf	40	22	84	138	222
Harpy Scout	26	17	54.6	143	197.6
Harpy Stormcrafter	42	28	88.2	132	220.2
Hellbear	66	36	138.6	124	262.6
Hellbear Smasher	90	66	189	94	283
Hill Troll	42	22	88.2	138	226.2
Hill Troll Berserker	28	20	58.8	140	198.8
Hill Troll Priest	28	21	58.8	139	197.8
Kobold	14	6	29.4	154	183.4
Kobold Foreman	30	22	63	138	201
Kobold Soldier	17	15	35.7	145	180.7
Mud Golem	32	22	67.2	138	205.2
Ogre Bruiser	32	26	67.2	134	201.2
Ogre Frostmage	48	32	100.8	128	228.8
Satyr Banisher	24	15	50.4	145	195.4
Satyr Mindstealer	46	22	96.6	138	234.6
Satyr Tormenter	90	65	189	95	284
Shard Golem	18	10	37.8	150	187.8
Skeleton Warrior	4	5	8.4	155	163.4
Vhoul Assassin	30	19	63	141	204
Warpine Raider	76	51	159.6	109	268.6
Wildwing	26	19	54.6	141	195.6
Wildwing Ripper	90	63	189	97	286

Hand of Midas Bounty Bonus Table
Creep Name	Base		Transmuted
	BaseXP	Gold	TransmutedXP	Transmuted	Transmute Value
Boar	60/70/80/90	32	126/147/168/189	128	254/275/296/317
Eidolon	10	17	21	143	164
Forged Spirit	31	39	65.1	121	186.1
Hawk	40/50/60/70	30/40/50/60	84/105/126/147	130/120/110/100	84/105/126/147
Lycan Lane Wolf	10	15	21	145	166
Lycan Wolf	20	21/26/36/41	42	139/134/124/119	181/176/166/161
Mars Soldier	0	0	0	160	160
Minor Imp	17	3	35.7	157	192.7
Necronomicon Archer	50/100/150	50/100/150	105/210/315	110/60/10	105.18/210.18/315.18
Spiderite	3	3	6.3	157	163.3
Spiderling	9	9	18.9	151	169.9
Treant	12	8	25.2	152	177.2
Undying Zombie	0	0	0	160	160
Wraith King Skeleton	5	5	10.5	155	165.5

Hand of Midas Bounty Bonus Table
Creep Name	Base		Transmuted
	BaseXP	Gold	TransmutedXP	Transmuted	Transmute Value
Flagbearer Creep	57	36.5	119.7	123.5	243.2
Mega Flagbearer Creep	25	23	52.5	137	189.5
Mega Melee Creep	25	23	52.5	137	189.5
Mega Ranged Creep	22	22	46.2	138	184.2
Mega Siege Creep	88	65.5	184.8	94.5	279.3
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 Flagbearer Creep	25	23	52.5	137	189.5
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

Recommended Heroes

These heroes have abilities that synergize and allow them to make good use of Transmute.

[[No results|110px|link=Arc Warden]] Arc Warden	Doom	[[No results|110px|link=Lone Druid]] Lone Druid	[[No results|110px|link=Ogre Magi]] Ogre Magi

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.

[[No results|110px|link=Bloodseeker]] Bloodseeker	Chaos Knight	[[No results|110px|link=Invoker]] Invoker	Lifestealer	[[No results|110px|link=Nature's Prophet]] Nature's Prophet
Slark	Sven	[[No results|110px|link=Wraith King]] Wraith King

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.

Dazzle	Enigma

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• 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 net worth gain.
  • Assuming it is always used when off cooldown and used on a unit with a gold bounty of 160, Hand of Midas increases the user's GPM by 87.27 , meaning it takes a minimum of 23.83 minutes to pay for itself, or 18.33 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.

Trivia

• Midas is based on Midas, a figure from Greek mythology who turned all he touched to gold.
• Alchemist's cosmetic item, Midas Knuckles, is based on Hand of Midas.

Gallery

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  Using Hand of Midas

• 

  Icon when Flockheart's Gamble is equipped

Recent Changes

Main Article: Hand of Midas/Changelogs

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7.34e

• Increased Transmute charge replenish time from 100 to 110.

7.34d

• Reduced attack speed bonus from 40 to 35.

7.34

• Transmute
  • Now has 2 charges that have a 100-second replenish time.
  • Now has 1 charge upon acquiring the item.
  • ADDED
    UI support for self-restoring item charges.

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