Rod of Atos
| Rod of Atos B | |||||||||||||
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| Atos, the Lord of Blight, has his essence stored in this deceptively simple wand. | |||||||||||||
Cost
2750 (850) Bought From
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The Rod of Atos is an item purchasable at the Main Shop, under Magical.
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Additional Information[edit]
- For strength heroes, it grants 200 health, 1 health regen, 1.67 armor, 10 attack speed, 240 mana, 1 mana regen and 10 attack damage.
- For agility heroes, it grants 200 health, 1 health regen, 1.67 armor, 10 attack speed, 240 mana, 1 mana regen and 10 attack damage.
- For intelligence heroes, it grants 200 health, 1 health regen, 1.67 armor, 10 attack speed, 240 mana, 1 mana regen and 20 attack damage.
Ability[edit]
Ability
Target Unit
Target Unit
Affects
Enemies
Enemies
Roots the target for 2 seconds.
Cast Range: 1100
Root Duration: 2
18
50
Root persists if debuff was placed before spell immunity and when not dispelled.
Blocked upon impact.Modifiers
modifier_rod_of_atos_debuff: Dispellable with any dispel.Notes:
- The projectile travels at a speed of 1750.
- Roots the target, preventing it from moving and casting certain mobility spells.
- Provides True Sight over the target, but only when the target was not invisible or within a fade time upon hit.
- Successive casts on the same target do not stack, but refresh the duration instead.
- Shares cooldown with Gleipnir.
Recommended Heroes[edit]
- The root duration from Cripple is long enough to ensure that a Cold Feet target gets frozen.
- Cripple also forces the target to stay within Ice Vortex's range for longer, so they take more magic damage.
- Cripple can give Kinetic Field time to set up, ensuring an enemy is trapped.
- While Glimpse is only level 1 or 2, Cripple's longer cast range may help you catch up to a fleeing enemy to use it.
- Cripple allows Grimstroke to land Ink Swell easily.
- Grimstroke can root both enemies linked with Soulbind.
- Cripple into Light Strike Array is a reliable stun despite LSA's effect delay.
- He reduces the cooldown of Cripple by 4 to 9 seconds, allowing him to chase or disable enemies more easily.
- Can use Cripple to root up to 4 enemies at the same time.
- Cripple helps Outworld Destroyer to get a few more guaranteed hits with Arcane Orb on the target, while the intelligence bonus also boosts Arcane Orb's and Sanity's Eclipse's damage.
- Cripple makes landing Illusory Orb's slow projectile easier.
- Cripple will also help you get close to an enemy for Waning Rift, if you want to save Illusory Orb for an escape.
- Meat Hook is easy to land on a rooted enemy.
- Cripple allows you to close the distance on an enemy to Dismember them.
- Cripple helps Razor stay within Static Link range of an enemy to drain more damage.
- Cripple also helps get the distance right to maximise Plasma Field damage.
- Cripple can be used to hold an enemy within range of Eye of the Storm.
- Cripple synergizes extremely well with Mystic Flare, rooting an enemy long enough for the spell to deal almost all of its damage.
- Cripple also helps compensate for Arcane Bolt's slow travel speed, holding a target in place for the spell to impact more quickly and keeping them in range long enough for Skywrath Mage to cast multiple Arcane Bolts. The bonus Intelligence also increases Arcane Bolt's damage.
- Cripple can be used to root an enemy near a tree while you close the gap and hit a Whirling Death for pure damage.
- Rooting an enemy in Chakram ensures they take more damage.
- Cripple helps Viper stay within Nethertoxin break.
- Cripple also helps get better slow from Viper Strike and Poison Attack damage.
Elder Titan, Jakiro, Phoenix, Snapfire, and Underlord all benefit from Cripple for setting up disables and dealing damage with their abilities.
Tips[edit]
- Root is a great disable to make a melee hero unable to reach his target and attack and later to force them to use their Black King Bar while out of position.
- This item can be combined with a Bloodthorn and/or a Necronomicon to get more attacks off.
- Combine it with an Hurricane Pike to push away your target then root him for preventing your enemy from attacking or escaping.
- The item can be used for ganking, chasing survivors after a team fight, or to escape.
- The very long cast range makes the Rod of Atos an effective item to disable an enemy Linken's Sphere from afar, although it requires the projectile to connect.
Counter Items[edit]
- Eul's Scepter of Divinity removes Rod of Atos root.
- Manta Style dispels Rod of Atos root.
- Black King Bar toggles immunity rendering Rod of Atos useless.
- Linken's Sphere blocks Rod of Atos root.
- Lotus Orb reflects and dispels Rod of Atos root.
Trivia[edit]
- The particle effects of Cripple include runes resembling the Elvish scripts from The Lord of the Rings, a novel by J.R.R. Tolkien (specifically the alphabet bee or umbar in Tengwar).
- The item is sometimes referred to as the "Rod of Aui", after pro player Aui_2000, who popularized buying the item on many heroes.
Gallery[edit]
Affected by Rod of Atos
Recent Changes[edit]
Main Article: Rod of Atos/Changelogs
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