Lotus Orb

Lotus Orb
	The jewel at its center still reflects a pale image of its creator.
Armor
Recipe

Item

Interactions

Changelogs

The Lotus Orb is an item purchasable at the Main Shop, under Armor. However, it requires items from the Secret Shop to be assembled, or can be assembled entirely with items from the Secret Shop.

Additional Information[]

Abilities reflected receive its Aghanim's Scepter upgrades only if the reflecting hero has Aghanim's Scepter, regardless of whether the original caster has it or not. This applies to abilities upgraded by talents and Aghanim's Shard as well.

Ability[]

Echo Shell

▶️

Ability
Target Unit

Affects
Allied Heroes

Applies a shield to the target unit for 6 seconds which re-casts most targeted spells back to their caster.

The shielded unit will still take damage from the spell.

Cast Range:

900

Duration: 6

15

175

Modifiers []

Applies a basic dispel on the target upon cast.
- ↓↓ Double-tapping automatically target self.

Can be cast on creep-heroes, however, it does not reflect any abilities cast on them.

Multiple casts on the same target do not stack but refresh the duration.

When an ability is blocked by Linken's Sphere, it still gets reflected.

Does not reflect abilities cast onto the wielder by allies.

Echo Shell's Spell Reflection has the following priorities:
- Counterspell ➤ Echo Shell ➤ Echo Shield ➤ Planar Pocket
- Does not stack with Soulbind, preventing it from duplicating spells onto a chained ally.

Does not reflect Ion Shell, Morph, Spell Steal, Soulbind, Spectral Dagger, Tree Throw, Soul Release and Soul Release.

Abilities reflected are not subjected to other Spell Reflection sources.
- For a list of abilities reflected, see here.

Recommended Heroes[]

Lotus Orb is often picked up by initiators and tanks to deter the enemy from trying to interrupt them, as their role often puts them within harm's way. Echo Shell's dispel can also remove debuffs that prevent them from doing their jobs, and these heroes often appreciate some extra armor and mana.

Axe	Bristleback	Earth Spirit	Enchantress	Phoenix
Necrophos	Night Stalker	Omniknight	Timbersaw	Underlord

Tips[]

Projectile-based abilities are nearly always reflected upon impact. This makes them easier to reflect than spells with instant effect because the Echo Shell can be placed on the targeted unit before the projectile hits.

Trivia[]

The ability to reflect single-target abilities back to their casters is actually an old ability concept in Dota. It was first seen in version 6.00 as a chance-based passive ability, belonging to Linken's Mirror, the pre-rework version of Linken's Sphere. The ability was removed in 6.09 and replaced by Spell Block, as Linken's Sphere got reworked.