
Intelligence is one of the three primary attributes that grants mana and mana regeneration to every hero. Intelligence heroes also gain attack damage per point of intelligence.
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Bonuses[]
Every point in intelligence increases:
- Maximum mana by 12.
- Mana regeneration by 0.05.
For intelligence heroes, every point in intelligence also increases main attack damage by 1.
The mana bonus is only applied to the maximum mana pool. The hero's current mana is not increased, but keeps the current mana percentage. To gain 1 mana regeneration, 20 intelligence points are required.
Intelligence Heroes[]
Intelligence heroes tend to have a greater number of active abilities compared to other heroes; all intelligence heroes have at least three active abilities, with a large number of them having all four of their abilities being actives, and some even having 5 or more. Their larger mana pools and higher mana regeneration rates go a long way to help them use these abilities frequently. As a whole, intelligence heroes have by far the greatest number of disabling capabilities, making them essential in most lineups.
The items they build also tend to be highly caster based, since those items primarily provide intelligence. With a few exceptions, most intelligence heroes are ranged. Most intelligence heroes rely on their spells for damage, but in most cases, these have static damage values only increased by spell damage amplification or damage manipulation. They do not scale well into the late game, so that most intelligence heroes peak during the early to mid game, where their spells deal the most damage in relation to enemy health pools and resistance, and then start to fall off in the late game. Because of this, they often fit into support and ganker roles. There are exceptions to this though, some intelligence heroes have scaling abilities which make them excellent in the late game.
There are 43 intelligence heroes in Dota 2.
Below is a table of all heroes with intelligence as their primary attribute. The growth columns indicate by how much the base values increases for each level of the hero.
Hero | Base Strength | Strength Growth | Base Agility | Agility Growth | Base Intelligence | Intelligence Growth | |
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Ancient Apparition | 20 | 1.9 | 20 | 2.2 | 23 | 3.4 |
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Bane | 22 | 2.5 | 22 | 2.5 | 22 | 2.5 |
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Batrider | 28 | 2.9 | 15 | 1.8 | 22 | 2.9 |
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Chen | 25 | 2 | 15 | 2.1 | 19 | 3.2 |
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Crystal Maiden | 18 | 2.2 | 16 | 1.6 | 16 | 3.3 |
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Dark Seer | 22 | 2.6 | 18 | 1.8 | 21 | 2.7 |
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Dark Willow | 20 | 2 | 18 | 1.6 | 21 | 3.5 |
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Dazzle | 18 | 2.3 | 20 | 1.7 | 25 | 3.7 |
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Death Prophet | 21 | 3.1 | 14 | 1.8 | 24 | 3.3 |
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Disruptor | 21 | 2.4 | 15 | 1.4 | 20 | 2.9 |
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Enchantress | 17 | 1.7 | 19 | 2.1 | 22 | 3.8 |
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Enigma | 21 | 2.5 | 14 | 1 | 19 | 3.6 |
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Grimstroke | 21 | 2.4 | 18 | 1.9 | 25 | 3.8 |
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Invoker | 18 | 2.4 | 14 | 1.9 | 15 | 4.6 |
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Jakiro | 25 | 2.8 | 15 | 1.2 | 26 | 3 |
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Keeper of the Light | 18 | 2.3 | 15 | 1.6 | 23 | 3.2 |
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Leshrac | 20 | 2.5 | 23 | 2.8 | 22 | 3.5 |
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Lich | 20 | 2.1 | 17 | 2 | 24 | 3.6 |
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Lina | 20 | 2.4 | 23 | 2.4 | 30 | 3.8 |
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Lion | 18 | 2.2 | 18 | 1.5 | 18 | 3.5 |
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Nature's Prophet | 21 | 2.6 | 22 | 3.6 | 23 | 3.7 |
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Necrophos | 18 | 2.3 | 12 | 1.3 | 21 | 2.7 |
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Ogre Magi | 23 | 3.3 | 14 | 1.5 | 15 | 2.5 |
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Oracle | 20 | 2.4 | 15 | 1.7 | 26 | 3.8 |
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Outworld Destroyer | 21 | 2.9 | 22 | 1.6 | 30 | 4.2 |
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Puck | 17 | 2.4 | 22 | 2.5 | 23 | 3.5 |
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Pugna | 19 | 2 | 24 | 1.3 | 24 | 5.2 |
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Queen of Pain | 18 | 2.4 | 22 | 2.5 | 25 | 3.4 |
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Rubick | 21 | 2 | 23 | 2.5 | 25 | 3.1 |
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Shadow Demon | 23 | 2.6 | 18 | 2.2 | 22 | 3.6 |
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Shadow Shaman | 23 | 2.3 | 16 | 1.6 | 25 | 3.5 |
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Silencer | 19 | 2.4 | 22 | 2.4 | 25 | 2.9 |
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Skywrath Mage | 21 | 2 | 13 | 0.8 | 25 | 4.1 |
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Storm Spirit | 21 | 2 | 22 | 1.9 | 23 | 3.9 |
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Techies | 19 | 2.5 | 14 | 1.3 | 25 | 3 |
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Tinker | 19 | 2.5 | 13 | 1.2 | 30 | 3.3 |
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Visage | 22 | 2.8 | 11 | 1.3 | 22 | 2.9 |
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Void Spirit | 22 | 2.6 | 19 | 2.2 | 24 | 3.1 |
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Warlock | 24 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 25 | 3.1 |
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Windranger | 18 | 3 | 17 | 1.4 | 18 | 3.6 |
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Winter Wyvern | 24 | 2.6 | 16 | 1.7 | 26 | 3.6 |
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Witch Doctor | 18 | 2.3 | 13 | 1.4 | 22 | 3.3 |
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Zeus | 19 | 2.1 | 11 | 1.2 | 22 | 3.3 |
Intelligence Granting Abilities[]
- 1 Requires
talent.
- 2a Requires Aghanim's Scepter.
- 2b Requires Aghanim's Shard.
Intelligence Granting Talents[]
The following heroes have a talent that grants them bonus
intelligence.
Bonus | Level 10 | Level 15 | Level 20 | Level 25 | ||||
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Left | Right | Left | Right | Left | Right | Left | Right | |
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Intelligence Granting Items[]
These items grant heroes a passive intelligence bonus by having them merely equipped.
Item | Value | Item Cost | Cost/Value Point |
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Aghanim's Scepter | 10 | 4200 ![]() |
420 ![]() |
Arcane Blink | 25 | 6800 ![]() |
272 ![]() |
Arcane Ring | 8 | N/A | N/A |
Bloodthorn | 20 | 6800 ![]() |
340 ![]() |
Book of Shadows | 13 | N/A | N/A |
Book of the Dead | 30 | N/A | N/A |
Boots of Bearing | 8 | 4125 ![]() |
515.63 ![]() |
Circlet | 2 | 155 ![]() |
77.5 ![]() |
Crown | 4 | 450 ![]() |
112.5 ![]() |
Diffusal Blade | 10 | 2500 ![]() |
250 ![]() |
Drum of Endurance | 7 | 1700 ![]() |
242.86 ![]() |
Echo Sabre | 10 | 2500 ![]() |
250 ![]() |
Essence Ring | 6 | N/A | N/A |
Ethereal Blade | 25 | 4650 ![]() |
186 ![]() |
Eul's Scepter of Divinity | 10 | 2725 ![]() |
272.5 ![]() |
Eye of Skadi | 22 | 5300 ![]() |
240.91 ![]() |
Fallen Sky | 15 | N/A | N/A |
Force Staff | 10 | 2200 ![]() |
220 ![]() |
Ghost Scepter | 5 | 1500 ![]() |
300 ![]() |
Gleipnir | 24 | 6150 ![]() |
256.25 ![]() |
Helm of the Dominator | 6 | 2400 ![]() |
400 ![]() |
Helm of the Overlord | 7 | 6175 ![]() |
882.14 ![]() |
Holy Locket | 3 | 2400 ![]() |
800 ![]() |
Hurricane Pike | 15 | 4450 ![]() |
296.67 ![]() |
Iron Branch | 1 | 50 ![]() |
50 ![]() |
Kaya | 16 | 2050 ![]() |
128.13 ![]() |
Kaya and Sange | 16 | 4100 ![]() |
256.25 ![]() |
Linken's Sphere | 16 | 4600 ![]() |
287.5 ![]() |
Mage Slayer | 10 | 2400 ![]() |
240 ![]() |
Magic Wand | 3 | 450 ![]() |
150 ![]() |
Manta Style | 10 | 4600 ![]() |
460 ![]() |
Mantle of Intelligence | 3 | 140 ![]() |
46.67 ![]() |
Meteor Hammer | 8 | 2350 ![]() |
293.75 ![]() |
Mirror Shield | 10 | N/A | N/A |
Mystic Staff | 25 | 2800 ![]() |
112 ![]() |
Oblivion Staff | 10 | 1500 ![]() |
150 ![]() |
Ocean Heart | 5 | N/A | N/A |
Pig Pole | 6 | N/A | N/A |
Revenant's Brooch | 45 | 6200 ![]() |
137.78 ![]() |
Ring of Aquila | 3 | N/A | N/A |
Robe of the Magi | 6 | 450 ![]() |
75 ![]() |
Rod of Atos | 24 | 2750 ![]() |
114.58 ![]() |
Scythe of Vyse | 35 | 5675 ![]() |
162.14 ![]() |
Shiva's Guard | 30 | 4850 ![]() |
161.67 ![]() |
Solar Crest | 5 | 2625 ![]() |
525 ![]() |
Spell Prism | 8 | N/A | N/A |
Spirit Vessel | 2 | 2940 ![]() |
1470 ![]() |
Staff of Wizardry | 10 | 1000 ![]() |
100 ![]() |
Ultimate Orb | 10 | 2050 ![]() |
205 ![]() |
Urn of Shadows | 2 | 880 ![]() |
440 ![]() |
Vambrace (Agility) | 5 | N/A | N/A |
Vambrace (Intelligence) | 10 | N/A | N/A |
Vambrace (Strength) | 5 | N/A | N/A |
Veil of Discord | 4 | 1525 ![]() |
381.25 ![]() |
Wind Waker | 35 | 6825 ![]() |
195 ![]() |
Witch Blade | 14 | 2600 ![]() |
185.71 ![]() |
Yasha and Kaya | 16 | 4100 ![]() |
256.25 ![]() |
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