Pipe of Insight
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A powerful artifact of mysterious origin, it creates barriers against magical forces. | |||||||||||||||
Cost
3475 (1550) Bought From
Support | |||||||||||||||
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The Pipe of Insight is an item purchasable at the Main Shop, under Support.
Contents
Additional Information[edit]
- The magic resistance stacks multiplicatively with other sources of magic resistance.
- Increases most heroes' total magic resistance to 47.5%, assuming basic 25% magic resistance and no other sources of magic resistance.
- Together with the aura, one Pipe of Insight grants a total of 10.5 health regeneration to the owner.
Abilities[edit]
Notes:
- Interrupts the user's channeling spells upon cast.
- Affects all allied units, including buildings, but excluding wards. Affects invulnerable, but not hidden allies.
- Blocks damage before any reductions, except Mana Shield.
- Only blocks magical damage, coming from spells and attacks. Does not block any physical or pure damage.
- Recasting Barrier refreshes the buff and resets the barrier's absorb capacity.
- Does not stack with other magical damage barriers.
- If multiple sources of barriers are active on a unit, all of them lose capacity from the same absorbed damage instance.
- However, if a damage instance is greater than the capacity of all barriers individually, the damage gets blocked as if the barriers were one barrier with combined capacity.
- Does not share cooldown with Hood of Defiance or Eternal Shroud.
Ability
Aura
Aura
Affects
Allies
Allies
Gives allied units 2.5 health regeneration and 10% magic resistance.
Notes:
- Multiple instances of Insight Aura do not stack.
- Fully stacks with other sources of health regeneration, including Headdress and its other upgrades.
- The magic resistance stacks multiplicatively with other sources of magic resistance.
- Increases most heroes' total magic resistance to 32.5%, assuming basic 25% magic resistance and no other sources of magic resistance.
- Together with the passive bonus, this is further increased to 52.75% for the wielder of the item.
- Can regenerate up to 150 health in one minute.
- Does not affect wards, buildings and invulnerable units.
- The aura's buff lingers for 0.5 seconds.
Recommended Heroes[edit]
- Tough tank heroes with high health regeneration benefit even more from Pipe of Insight's regeneration.
- Tough support heroes are ideal for carrying Pipe of Insight.
Tips[edit]
- The Pipe of Insight is useful for frail heroes who can be easily taken down by damages from spells. With its aura, it can slightly increase the magic resistance of a hero.
- It is an ideal for a support heroes to carry a Pipe of Insight in order to protect the nearby allies against the strongest magic spells.
- It is best combined with Crimson Guard and any abilities that grants damage block.
Trivia[edit]
- In the transition from DotA to Dota 2, Pipe of Insight name was changed from the Khadgar's Pipe of Insight to simply Pipe of Insight. Khadgar was a wizard in Warcraft II.
- Dazzle's cosmetic item Pipe of Dezun is based on the Pipe of Insight.
Gallery[edit]
Recent Changes[edit]
Main Article: Pipe of Insight/Changelogs
Version
Description
- Increased Insight Aura health regeneration from 2 to 2.5.
- Item cost changes:
- Hood of Defiance no longer requires a Recipe to build (−300
cost).
- Increased Recipe cost from 1250
to 1550
.
- Total gold cost remains at 3425
.
- Hood of Defiance no longer requires a Recipe to build (−300
- Item cost changes:
- Reduced Ring of Regen cost from 225
to 175
.
- Reduced Cloak cost from 550
to 450
.
- Increased Hood of Defiance recipe cost from 200
to 300
.
- Increased Recipe cost from 1200
to 1250
.
- Total gold cost decreases from 3425
to 2435
.
- Reduced Ring of Regen cost from 225
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