Bloodthorn [7.38c]

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A reviled blade that bites deeper with each wriggle of its victim's final throes.

Picture a dazzling and powerful item in Dota 2 called the Bloodthorn. It's like having a fantastic artifact that turns your attacks into fierce, unstoppable forces of nature!

Base Combat Stats

+ 3.25 Mana Regeneration

+ 6.5 Health Regeneration

+ 10 Damage

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Statistics

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

Carry

Core: 10%

4 out of 42 guides

Carry

Common: 5%

2 out of 42 guides

Carry

Situational: 38%

16 out of 42 guides

Mid

Core: 5%

2 out of 38 guides

Mid

Common: 11%

4 out of 38 guides

Mid

Situational: 37%

14 out of 38 guides

Offlane

Core: 2%

1 out of 44 guides

Offlane

Common: 14%

6 out of 44 guides

Offlane

Situational: 14%

6 out of 44 guides

Support

Core: 0%

0 out of 63 guides

Support

Common: 3%

2 out of 63 guides

Support

Situational: 10%

6 out of 63 guides

Itemization Strategy

To be thorn with blood? Ok, i tried! Bloodthorn is a mid to late game item that is prioritized by cores who would specifically target a hero but has gotten a nerf to balanced illusion/unit damage from rend damage. Common builder of this item are Naga, Clinkz and Windranger but dont forget Chaos Knight is now in the fold.

Heroes with Bloodthorn as Core Item

An upgrade for Orchid to instantly silence an elusive enemy hero and hit them with your hero and Plague Wards to burst them down while they cannot use their spells to get away. Has great synergy with Aghanim's Scepter to do massive damage with Soul Rend.

A core item to add even more control and burst damage against elusive enemy heroes. Works well against high armor heroes by doing magic damage through right clicks in the silence duration.

A core item to add even more control and burst damage against elusive enemy heroes after you jump them with Shadow Step and burst them down quickly.

A strong item to instantly silence and burst down an enemy hero with a massive damage increase in the duration of the effect without letting them use their spells to dodge your Unstable Concoction or get away.

A core item to add even more control and burst damage against elusive enemy heroes. Works well against high armor heroes by doing magic damage through right clicks in the silence duration.

A core upgrade for Orchid thats adds incredible burst damage as your Illusions can trigger Soul Rend's 50 damage proc per hit. Use it in combination with ensare to quickly dispatch of elusive heroes and pretty much any level

Heroes countered by Bloodthorn

Gives you an instant silence and massive burst damage against Alchemist to kill him before he can cast or regenerate with Chemical Rage.

Gives you more damage and true stike on right clicks to pierce the evasion from Magnetic Field and do damage even when standing outside of it.

Gives you an instant silence and massive burst damage against Brewmaster to kill him before he can cast Primal Split.

Gives you an instant silence and massive burst damage against Bristleback to kill him before he can impact fights or heal up using Bloodstone.

Gives you more damage and true stike on right clicks to ignore the miss chance from Incapacitating Bite.

Gives you an instant silence and massive burst damage against Centaur to kill him without letting him stun you using Hoof Stomp or run away with Stampede.

Gives you an instant silence and massive burst damage against Dawnbreaker to kill her without letting her fly away with Solar Guardian.

Lets you silence and kill Ember Spirit in its duration without letting him get away with Fire Remnants.

Lets you silence and burst down Hoodwink with true stike on right clicks to pierce the redirection of attacks close to trees from Hoodwink's innate.

Gives you an instant silence and massive burst damage against Huskar to kill him before he can regenerate with Berserker's Blood.

Lets you silence and burst down Kez with true stike on right clicks that pierces evasion.

Gives you an instant silence and massive burst damage against Kunkka to kill him before he can impact fights or reduce any damage taken through Ghostship.

Gives you an instant silence and massive burst damage against Lone Druid in True Form to kill him before he can cast Savage Roar.

Gives you an instant silence and massive burst damage against Marci to kill her before she can lifesteal back up or have an impact in fights.

Gives you an instant silence and massive burst damage against Mars to kill him before he can cast his control and damage spells.

Gives you an instant silence and massive burst damage against Medusa to kill her before she can defend herself with Stone Gaze or regain mana with Mystic Snake.

Gives you an instant silence and massive burst damage against Meepo to kill him before he can get away with Poof or become invulnerable with Dig.

Gives you an instant silence and massive burst damage against Monkey King to kill him before he can cast Wukong's Command or get away with Tree Dance.

Gives you an instant silence and massive burst damage against Morphling to kill him before he uses Waveform or Attribute Shift (Strength Gain) to survive.

Gives you an instant silence and massive burst damage against Muerta to kill her before she uses Pierce the Veil or has an impact in fights.

Gives you an instant silence and massive burst damage against Naga Siren to kill her before she uses Song of the Siren or Mirror Image in fights.

Gives you an instant silence and massive burst damage against Night Stalker to kill him before he uses Dark Ascension to get away or has an impact in fights.

Gives you an instant silence and massive burst damage against Omniknight to kill him before he heals or protects himself with his defensive toolkit.

Gives you an instant silence and massive burst damage against Pangolier to kill him before he uses Rolling Thunder or Swashbuckle to get away.

Lets you silence and burst down Phantom Assassin with true stike on right clicks to pierce the evasion from her passive ability.

Gives you an instant silence and massive burst damage against Primal Beast to kill him before he can get away through Onslaught or turn the fight with Pulverize.

Gives you an instant silence and massive burst damage against Pudge to kill him without letting him turn the fight with Dismember.

Gives you an instant silence and more damage with true stike on right clicks to ignore the miss chance from Smoke Screen and kill Riki before he gets away with Blink Strike or Tricks of the Trade.

Gives you an instant silence and massive burst damage against Slark to kill him before he can dispel it with Dark Pact or get away with Pounce or Shadow Dance.

Gives you an instant silence and massive burst damage against Spectre to kill her before she can impact fights or get away with Shadow Step.

Gives you an instant silence and massive burst damage against Terrorblade to kill him before he can use Sunder to turn the fight.

Gives you an instant silence and massive burst damage against Timbersaw to kill him before get away using Timber Chain or regenerate from Reactive Armor stacks.

Gives you an instant silence and massive burst damage against Tiny to kill him without letting him stun you using his spell combo.

Gives you an instant silence and massive burst damage against Underlord to kill him before he can escape using Fiend's Gate or root you inside Pit of Malice.

Gives you an instant silence and massive burst damage against Visage to kill him before he recovers the Gravekeeper's Cloak layers or uses Stone Form once he has Aghanims Shard.

Gives you an instant silence and more damage with true stike on right clicks during Soul Rend to pierce evasion from Windrun.

Gives you an instant silence and massive burst damage against Wraith King to kill him without letting him stun you using Wraithfire Blast or summon skeletons from Bone Guard.

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