Bloodstone – Dota 2 Guide, Stats & Hero Matchups [Patch 7.41b]

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The Bloodstone's bright ruby color is unmistakable on the battlefield, as the owner seems to have infinite vitality and spirit.

A hero's fountain of vitality, an empowering and rejuvenating item that not only enhances your hero's abilities but also ensures their resilience and persistence in the most uplifting scenarios.

Base Combat Stats

+ 650 Health

+ 450 Mana

+ 0 Health Regeneration

+ 15 Intelligence

+ 20% Spell Lifesteal

Recipe

Abilities

Active: Bloodpact

Increases Bloodstone's Spell Lifesteal to 60%. Lasts 5 seconds.

Cooldown: 30

Passive: Spell Weakness Aura

Enemy units take 12% increased damage from spells.

Radius: 1200

Additional Insights

Spell Weakness Aura does not stack with Veil of Discord's Spell Weakness.
Interrupts Channeling upon casting.
The beauty of the Bloodstone lies in its synergy with hero performance. It's particularly effective for heroes seeking sustainability and snowball potential, allowing your hero to amplify their vitality and resilience as they secure kills and contribute to team fights.

Statistics

The statistics below shows the percentage of hero builds which contain Bloodstone as a core, common or situational item for each role. These statistics are based on our hero guides.

Itemization Strategy

Impact and Sustainability! Loved by several magic type cores this spell is their walking fountain companion, tho it doesn't really walk but the benifits are pretty much the same. A post laning to mid game item timing that could be deadly the earlier you can build it. Heroes that benefit more on it are the high magical burst one's, specially on pubs.

Heroes with Bloodstone as Core Item

An upgrade for {veil-of-discord} to have massive spell lifesteal to heal up while doing massive damage with Rot upgraded with {aghanims-scepter}. Also makes you much more tanky with a bigger HP pool and passively lets you do more damage with your spells in an AoE around you.

An upgrade for {veil-of-discord} to massively increase the spell lifesteal upon activation and become extremely tanky with a bigger HP pool. Also lets you do more damage with your spells in an AoE around you even without activation.

An upgrade for {veil-of-discord} to have an even bigger HP pool and increase the spell lifesteal to sustain your HP and tank more damage. Also passively increases the damage of your spells and Poison Attack right clicks in an AoE around you.

A core item that gives you massive spell lifesteal to survive in teamfights while doing massive damage with your spells.

An upgrade for {veil-of-discord} to have even more spell lifesteal for HP sustain as you do massive damage with your spells in the middle of teamfights. Also gives you more tankiness with an even bigger HP pool while passively letting you do more damage with your spells in an AoE around you.

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Trivia

When Bloodstone was initially introduced in Dota 2, it had a different set of mechanics compared to its current iteration. Initially, it required a Soul Booster, Perseverance, and a Recipe to be crafted. The item's primary function revolved around granting increased health, mana regeneration, and a charge-based system that reduced respawn time upon death on it's earlier versions.