Arcane Boots

A core Boots upgrade that helps with mana sustain to spam your spells for farming and disabling enemy heroes.

Blink Dagger

A core mobility item to quickly close the gap on enemy heroes and set up kills with your disabling spells.

Aether Lens

A core item that lets you cast spells and items from a distance and keep yourself out of danger in fights. Especially useful for your disabling spells.

Aghanim's Shard

A core upgrade that allows you to channel Shackles from further away and spawn four snakes to attack the disabled target or clear creep waves safely and reliably.

Force Staff

A core mobility item to close the gap on enemy heroes and lock them down with your disabling spells. Also lets you push yourself or one of your allies away from trouble.

Aghanim's Scepter

A core item to gain split shot on your Mass Serpant Wards to deal massive damage in an AoE. Especially useful to siege highground and take racks or the enemy throne.

Refresher Orb

A core item that can win you the teamfight or take the enemy throne with double Mass Serpant Wards. Most effective in combination with Aghanims Scepter for massive AoE damage.

Magic Stick

Helps you sustain HP and mana as Shadow Shaman frequently uses his spells to harass, set up kills, and secure last hits.

Ring of Regen

Gives you HP sustain to stay in the lane and not get zoned by Shadow Shaman's high damage with spells and right clicks.

Infused Raindrops

Lets you absorb a massive instance of damage from Ether Shock.

Gives you tankiness to take less damage from Shadow Shaman's right clicks and trade HP more effectively.

Ring of Health

Gives you HP sustain to stay in the lane and not get zoned by Shadow Shaman's high damage with spells and right clicks.

Lotus Orb

Lets you reflect most of Shadow Shaman's spells back onto him. Particularly useful against Hex and Shackles to foil his initiation.

Orchid Malevolence

Lets you silence and kill Shadow Shaman in its duration without letting him impact fights with Mass Serpant Ward or use his control spells.

Black King Bar

Gives you debuff immunity and magic resistance to avoid Shadow Shaman's control spells as well as reduce the damage taken from Ether Shock and Shackles.

Sange and Yasha

Reduces the duration of Hex and Shackles with status resistance.

Force Staff

Gives you a repositioning tool to close the gap on Shadow Shaman as well as save yourself or an ally caught by his control spells or stuck inside Mass Serpent Wards.

Glimmer Cape

Gives you an invisibility tool to close the gap on Shadow Shaman as well as save yourself or an ally caught by his control spells or stuck inside Mass Serpent Wards.

Linken's Sphere

Lets you block one of Shadow Shaman's targeted spells. Particularly useful against Hex and Shackles to avoid one of his instant initiation spells.

Assault Cuirass

Gives armor to your team and buildings to take less damage from Mass Serpant Wards upgraded with Aghanims Scepter to nullify his kill and push potential.