Witch Blade

Item

 

Changelogs

 

Witch Blade B
A spiteful blade inadvertently possessed by the soul of its incautious creator.
Cost 2600 (600) Bought From Magical
Passive [?] Witch Blade Bonus [?] +12 Intelligence +6 Armor +35 Attack Speed +300 Projectile Speed Disassemble? No Alert allies? No Recipe

The Witch Blade is an item purchasable at the Main Shop, under Magical.

Additional Information

• For strength heroes, it grants 6 armor, 35 attack speed, 144 mana and 0.6 mana regen.
• For agility heroes, it grants 6 armor, 35 attack speed, 144 mana and 0.6 mana regen.
• For intelligence heroes, it grants 6 armor, 35 attack speed, 144 mana, 0.6 mana regen and 12 attack damage.
• The projectile speed bonus only affects attack projectiles.

Ability

Witch Blade

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Ability
Passive

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical

Causes your next attack to apply a poison for 3 seconds, slowing by 25% and dealing 1x your intelligence as damage every second. This attack has True Strike.

Intelligence as Damage per Second: 100%

Move Speed Slow: 25%

Duration: 3

9

Modifiers

modifier_item_witch_blade_slow: Dispellable with any dispel.

Notes:

• Successive attacks with Witch Blade do not stack, but refresh the duration instead.

• The attack first apply the debuff, then its own damage.

• Does not work against buildings, wards, or allied units.

• Deals damage in 1 second intervals, starting 1 second after the debuff is placed, resulting in 3 instances.

• Can deal up to 300% of intelligence as damage to the target (before reductions).

Recommended Heroes

Silencer

• The best first item for Silencer. Providing him with intelligence, armor, attack speed and Witch Blade passive that synergies very well with Glaives of Wisdom.

Skywrath Mage

• Provides intelligence, armor, attack speed and Witch Blade passive that synergies with Arcane Bolt and scales into the late game.

Queen of Pain

• Stats from the item are good on Queen of Pain and it helps her scale into the game, the item also helps enable kills before reaching Queen of Pain's Orchid Malevolence timing.

Invoker

• Witch Blade and its bonus stats work very well with Invoker's kit, providing even more offensive damage from high level Exort and helps triggering Cold Snap.

Lina

• An intelligence hero with low armor and a slow projectile speed, this item compliments Lina very well.

Outworld Destroyer

• A hero with a slow projectile speed and high intelligence gain, Outworld Destroyer can definitely consider this item situationally.

Recent Changes

Main Article: Witch Blade/Changelogs

Version

Description

7.29

• procs now have True Strike.

7.28

• Created.

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