Radiance is an item purchasable at the Base Shop, under Weapons. However, it can only be completed with items from the Secret Shop.
  Radiance
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Additional Information[]
- Stacks diminishingly with other sources of evasion.
- Evasion uses pseudo-random distribution.
Ability[]
Burn
Radius: 700
Damage per Second (Hero): 60
Damage per Second (Illusion): 35
Miss Chance: 10%
Aura Linger Duration: 0.5
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Illusion Notes:
Illusions copy the current toggle state upon creation, and cannot change the toggle state.
The wielder's Burn takes priority over that of nearby illusions.
Modifiers [?]
modifier_item_radiance_debuff
Death
Notes:
- Does not interrupt the caster's channeling abiliites upon toggling On / Off.
- Cannot be toggled when the owner is hidden while the order is given.
- Both the damage per second and blind effect are provided by an aura. Its debuff lingers for 0.5 seconds.
- This means during this linger period, enemies can still be damaged by up to 1 tick.
- Deals damage in 1-second intervals, starting 1 second after the debuff is placed.
- The burn damage and blind effect of multiple Radiance do not stack. Only the first applied debuff applies the effects.
- Burn's blind uses pseudo-random distribution.
- Does not affect buildings.
Recommended Heroes[]
Radiance is most commonly purchased on Heroes who rely on long-lived illusions to farm and fight, either from an innate spell or in combination with Manta Style.
- Spectre commonly gets Radiance to amplify her slow baseline farming, as it also increases the power of her ultimate's illusions.
- Wraith King can burn enemies longer with his reincarnation, and it also helps with farming and stacking skeleton charges.
- Burn will be still active if the owner is hidden, making it situationally viable for heroes who use this mechanic.
- Brewmaster will have his auras follow and affect his brewlings, making an aura based build viable.
- Lifestealer can hide inside other units while continuing to burn nearby enemies.
- Radiance is a core item on Lone Druid's Spirit Bear.
- While it can be difficult to farm for Phoenix, the blinding effect of burn makes it harder for enemies to destroy the egg, regardless of who is actually carrying the item.
- Durable heroes who depend on drawn out fights can do a large amount of damage with Radiance simply by being able to survive near the enemy team for a protracted amount of time.
- Radiance aura can heal the wielder in conjunction with spell lifesteal, making it a viable late game item for heroes with spell lifesteal talents and some carriers of Bloodstone.
Situational[]
Strength Heroes:
 Abaddon |
 Alchemist |
 Bristleback |
 Brewmaster |
 Wraith King |
Agility Heroes:
 Bloodseeker |
 Naga Siren |
 Weaver |
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Intelligence Heroes:
 Necrophos |
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Tips[]
- Radiance has one of the hardest build-ups in the game, as rushing the 3750
for a Sacred Relic forces you to save up a lot of gold at once rather than ramping up your strength with cheaper items. Early deaths can be especially problematic for a Radiance builder, and may force the player to give up on Radiance and build a different item. Inform your team if you are building a Radiance. - It is recommended to avoid being visible on the map and avoid uncertain fights when close to the purchase of the Sacred Relic.
- With a Manta Style or an illusion ability, you can farm multiple lanes and wood camps at once and push the lanes safely.
- Radiance's constant area damage is great at disabling enemy Blink Daggers, preventing enemies from initiating or escaping with it. However, they can still initiate with it if they have enough vision, due to the blink's range being higher than the Burn Aura's reach.
- It can be combined with a Shiva's Guard to have an AoE magic damage ability, slow your enemies and protect your team further from physical damage.
- The damage from Radiance procs Spell Lifesteal. Illusions themselves can recover health while dealing damage to enemy creeps and heroes, allowing them to survive longer. Only the first illusion or hero that burns an enemy lifesteals from it.
- It is extremely discouraged to purchase more than one Radiance on the same team, as the auras do not stack.
Trivia[]
- Radiance's item icon used to have a few animations. The glowing on the sword's edges would slowly radiate away from the blade, and the sword had a pulsating glow effect. This animation was removed for unknown reasons.
- Demonic Blade may have inspired the creation of Radiance.
Gallery[]
Holding Radiance
Being burned by Radiance
Radiance depicted as the symbol for Dota 2 Asia Championships
Recent Changes[]
Main Article: Radiance/Changelogs
Version
Description
- REWORKEDrecipe and stats.
OLD
Radiance
NEW
RadianceRecipe: Sacred Relic (3750 ), Talisman of Evasion (1300 )
Total cost: 5050
Evasion bonus: 15%
Attack damage bonus: 60
), Talisman of Evasion (1300 
)Total cost: 5050
Evasion bonus: 15%
Attack damage bonus: 60
- Can now be disassembled.
- Burn
- Can no longer be toggled On / Off while hidden.
- Reduced blind miss chance from 17% to 10%.
- Reduced Sacred Relic cost from 3800 to 3750 (total cost decreases ▼ from 5150 to 5100 ).
- Burn now affects ancient creeps. [?]
