Blood Grenade – Dota 2 Guide, Stats & Hero Matchups [Patch 7.39b]

A vial of explosion, a grenade of sacrifice, the blood grenade is the pact you sign to the Gods of the battlefield!
Base Combat Stats

+ 50 Health
Recipe

Abilities
Use: Throw Grenade
Throw a grenade at the target area. Enemies in the area will take 50 damage on impact, and be slowed by 15% and take 15 damage every 1s for 5 seconds. Radius 300.
Additional Insights
- Applies the debuff first before the damage, meaning you could die first before them.
- Not only that it gives extra damage and slow in movement but the extra HP it provides laning wise is a very crucial one as it could be the game changer.
Statistics
The statistics below shows the percentage of hero builds which contain Blood Grenade as a core, common or situational item for each role. These statistics are based on our hero guides.
Itemization Strategy
Behold! A common item that is carried everytime in the laning stage by the supports that is usual rebought all througout the laning phase.
Heroes countered by item [E]
Sounds
Trivia
Speculations says that inside the vial is a dragons blood.