Mage Slayer

Mage Slayer B
	Forged by a secret order in The Third Age of Praxa'cia to fell the False King.
Cost; 3250 (400) Bought From; Artifacts
Passive [?]	Mage Slayer
Bonus [?]	+20 Agility; +20% Magic Resistance; +20 Attack Damage;
Disassemble?	No
Alert allies?	No
Recipe

Item

Additional Information[edit]

For strength heroes, it grants 20% magic resistance, 3.33 armor, 20 attack speed and 20 attack damage.
For agility heroes, it grants 20% magic resistance, 3.33 armor, 20 attack speed and 40 attack damage.
For intelligence heroes, it grants 20% magic resistance, 3.33 armor, 20 attack speed and 20 attack damage.

Mage Slayer

Ability
Passive

Affects
Enemies

Places a debuff when you attack enemies, causing them to do 35% less spell damage for 4 seconds.

Spell Damage Reduction: 35%

Duration: 4

Modifiers

modifier_item_mage_slayer_debuff: Dispellable with any dispel.

Notes:

Successive attacks with Mage Slayer do not stack the debuff, but refresh the duration instead.

Stacks multiplicatively with other sources of spell damage reduction and amplification.

Ember Spirit

Hitting multiple targets with Sleight of Fist can reduce the enemy team's magic damage output significantly for the duration of the debuff.

Monkey King

Hitting multiple targets with Boundless Strike and Wukong's Command can reduce the enemy team's magic damage output significantly for the duration of the debuff.

Pangolier

Hitting multiple targets with Swashbuckle can reduce the enemy team's magic damage output significantly for the duration of the debuff.

Phantom Lancer

Benefits from the magic damage reduction significantly particularly because Black King Bar active identifies his hero and may not be an option.

Riki

Agility bonus is synergistic with Cloak and Dagger.
Hitting multiple targets with Tricks of the Trade can reduce the enemy team's magic damage output significantly for the duration of the debuff.

Generally used against spell based heroes or lineups when playing as a hero reliant on auto-attacks or one that uses skills that use attack modifiers.

The hidden power of Mage Slayer may be the fact it is the only magic damage reduction upgrade that gives raw damage per second increase to auto-attacks. Build into it from a Cloak if you feel you do not need the utility or support of a Glimmer Cape or the regeneration of a Hood of Defiance.

Remember that the debuff reduces all damage types, not just Magical damage. This makes it a great way to reduce the damage output of heroes that mostly use Pure damage or, more situationally, Physical damage via spells. Some common examples are Timbersaw, Outworld Destroyer, Silencer, and Bloodseeker for Pure damage spells, and Bristleback and Dazzle for Physical damage spells.