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Urn of Shadows
Urn of Shadows icon
Contains the ashes of powerful demons.
Cost 840 Gold (335)
Sell Value Full price refunded within 10s. 420 Gold
Active Soul Release
Charges 0 INIT
Bonus ? +2 Strength
+2 Agility
+2 Intelligence
+1.4 Mana Regeneration
+2 Armor
Shareable No
Disassemble No
Usage Alert ? No
Recipe
Spirit Vessel (2780)
UsedIn1
Urn of Shadows (840)
Components4
Sage's Mask (175)
Circlet (155)
Ring of Protection (175)
Recipe (335)

The Urn of Shadows is an item purchasable at the Main Shop, under Support.

Additional Information

  • Unlike other combined items, Urn of Shadows cannot be disassembled within 10 seconds after assembling it.

Ability

Soul Release
Provides 30 health regeneration when cast on allies, and deals 25 damage per second when cast on enemies.

Lasts 8 seconds.

Gains charges every time an enemy hero dies within 1400 units. Only the closest Urn to the dying hero will gain a charge.
Cast Range: 950
Charge Gain Radius: 1400
Ally Health Regen Bonus: 30
Enemy Damage per Second: 25
Heal/Damage Duration: 8
Cooldown symbol
 7
Mana symbol
 0
Buff/Debuff
Modifiers [?]
modifier_item_urn_heal
modifier_item_urn_damage

  • Successive casts on the same target do not stack, but refresh the duration instead.
    • The buff and debuff are independent and stack with each other, although the heal gets canceled as soon as the damage ticks.
    • Urn of Shadow's heal does not stack with that of Spirit Vessel. Neither do their damage debuffs stack.
    • Spirit Vessel overrides the heal buff and damage debuff of Urn of Shadows, but the urn cannot override the vessel's modifiers.
    • When attempting to do so, Urn of Shadows only goes on cooldown, without losing charges.
  • Can regenerate up to 240 health over its full duration.
  • Deals 25 damage in 1 second intervals, starting 1 second after cast, resulting in 8 damage instances.
  • Damage greater than 0 from any player (including allies, excluding self) or Roshan icon Roshan dispels the effect.
    • Does not get dispelled by damage flagged as HP Removal.
  • Urn charges cannot be gathered by clones, illusions and creep-heroes.
  • When having multiple Urns of Shadows, the one in the higher inventory slot gains charges.
    • Slot priority order: Top left, top middle, top right, bottom left, bottom middle, bottom right.
    • Cannot gain charges while inside the backpack. The item must be in one of the 6 slots to gain charges.
    • When having no charges left, the urn gains 2 charges from the next enemy hero's death, instead of 1.
    • When there are multiple Urns of Shadows in the team, the hero who is closest to the dying enemy gets charges.
    • Urn of Shadows and Spirit Vessels are treated equally. When having both, the one in the higher inventory slot gets charges.
  • Upon upgrading an Urn of Shadows into a Spirit Vessel, all its current charges are carried over.


Recommended Heroes

Earth Spirit icon
  • Earth Spirit's mobility allows him to catch up and use Urn of Shadows on almost any enemy.
  • Combined with Magnetize icon Magnetize, the health degeneration is enough take down fleeing opponents.
Huskar icon
  • Urn of Shadows' health degeneration stacks well with Burning Spear icon Burning Spears.
Io icon
  • Tether icon Tether increases the healing done to allies with Urn of Shadows.
Nyx Assassin icon
  • Urn of Shadows can finish off an enemy if Nyx Assassin's burst damage isn't enough.
  • The extra mana regeneration is also gives Nyx Assassin a greater presence on the map.
Oracle icon
  • Due to False Promise icon False Promise negating all damage, using Urn of Shadows results in guaranteed healing, greatly improving an ally's chances of surviving False Promise icon False Promise.
Pudge icon
  • Urn of Shadows is a great way to finish off ganked targets, as Pudge has no mobility to catch up to them.
  • Pudge suffers from mana issues, so the mana regeneration is great for him.
Riki icon
  • As Riki is very active in kill participation, he can constantly gain Urn of Shadows charges.
  • Urn of Shadows gives Riki the much needed health and mana regeneration he lacks.
Spirit Breaker icon
  • Charge of Darkness icon Charge of Darkness and Nether Strike icon Nether Strike allows Spirit Breaker to get close enough to use Urn of Shadows on any ganking target, and can finish them off even if they survive the initial attack.

Others

Tips

  • Urn of Shadows is a great item to have when going for a heavy ganking lineup, as it helps heal any damage taken while finishing off any low health enemies.

Gallery

Recent Changes

Version
Description
  • Urn of Shadows icon Soul Release now passive grants 1 charge if the wielder dies without having any charges.
  • Increased Default recipe icon Recipe cost from 335 Gold to 375 Gold (total cost increases from 840 Gold to 880 Gold).



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