Arcane Boots

A core Boots upgrade that helps with mana sustain to spam your spells for kills and snowball in the game.

Rod of Atos

A core item to set up your massive burst damage with Mystic Flare on an enemy hero. Also gives you some much needed tankiness with HP pool.

Aghanim's Shard

A core item that doubles Arcane Bolt on each cast and helps scale its damage with intelligence gain. Also provides more mana pool to spam your spells as well as makes you tanky against physical damage.

Blink Dagger

A core mobility item to quickly close the gap on enemy heroes and follow up with your control and damage spells to burst them down. Lets you get to specific targets in the enemy backline.

Aghanim's Scepter

A core item that doubles all your spells except Arcane Bolt on each cast. Massively improves your damage and control in teamfights.

Ethereal Blade

A core item to amplify your magic damage on an enemy hero and burst them down with all your spells. Also works as a save for your cores against physical damage.

Wind Waker

A late game pick up that allows you to dispel yourself as well as move to a safer spot through Cyclone. Also provides mana regen to spam your spells.

Magic Stick

Helps you sustain HP and mana as Skywrath Mage frequently uses his spells to harass and set up kills.

Ring of Regen

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

Headdress

Gives HP sustain to you and your ally to stay in the lane and not get zoned by Skywrath Mage's high damage with spells and right clicks.

Infused Raindrops

Lets you absorb a massive instance of damage from Arcane Bolt and Concussive Shot.

Cloak

Gives you magic resistance to significantly reduce the damage taken from Skywrath Mage's magic heavy toolkit.

Ring of Health

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

Eul's Scepter of Divinity

Gives you a dispel against the Ancient Seal silence and Rod of Atos. Also lets you dodge most of the Mystic Flare damage as well as the Arcane Bolt and Concussive Shot projectiles.

Lotus Orb

Lets you dispel the Ancient Seal silence and Rod of Atos off yourself or a teammate.

Mage Slayer

Provides magic resistance and reduces the damage dealt by Skywrath Mage from all his spells to nullify his burst potential.

Pipe of Insight

Gives you and your team magic resistance and barrier to significantly reduce the damage taken from Skywrath Mage's magic heavy toolkit.

Eternal Shroud

Gives you magic resistance to significantly reduce the damage taken from Skywrath Mage's magic heavy toolkit.

Blade Mail

Lets you reflect damage back onto Skywrath Mage and burst him down particularly from the Mystic Flare damage.

Black King Bar

Gives you debuff immunity and magic resistance to avoid the Ancient Seal silence as well as reduce the damage taken from Skywrath Mage's magic heavy toolkit.

Manta Style

Gives you a dispel against the Ancient Seal silence and Rod of Atos.

Force Staff

Gives you a repositioning tool to push yourself or a teammate out of the Mystic Flare damage area and have a saving tool when silenced by Ancient Seal.

Glimmer Cape

Gives you magic resistance and barrier to significantly reduce the damage taken from Skywrath Mage's magic heavy toolkit as well as save yourself or an ally silenced by Ancient Seal.

Linken's Sphere

Lets you block one of Skywrath Mage's targeted spells. Particularly useful against Ancient Seal and Rod of Atos to avoid getting silenced or rooted.

Scythe of Vyse

Gives you an instant disable against Skywrath Mage to burst him down in its duration before he can impact fights with his high damage and control spells.