Gleipnir – Dota 2 Guide, Stats & Hero Matchups [Patch 7.38c]

Upgraded Item | Magical

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Bindings forged by impossible means to leash an ancient evil.

An amazing and powerful item that not only grants your hero a jolt of lightning but also creates a swirling vortex of magical energy, shocking and stunning enemies in spectacularly!

Base Combat Stats

+ 75 AoE Bonus

+ 450 Health

+ 15 Intelligence

+ 200 Mana

Recipe

Abilities

Active: Eternal Chains

Roots all enemies in a 350 radius for 2.0 seconds.

Mana: 100

Cooldown: 18

Additional Insights

Dispellable
What's fantastic about the Gleipnir is its ability to control and disrupt enemy movements. The lightning strikes not only deal damage but also ensnare the affected enemies, temporarily rooting them in place. It's perfect for setting up team fights, catching multiple foes, or simply creating chaos among enemy ranks.

Statistics

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

Itemization Strategy

Gleipnir is an item that is usually built by cores who builded maelstrom or supports who built rod of atos to turn them into Gleipnir, whichever of the two said earlier, Gleipnir is flexible item that has an upgrade path for supporting or going core, Heroes that love building it as supports are Mirana and Hoodwink, Some Cores would be Arc Warden and Weaver, timing is relevant on the situation so just play to your current scenario.

Heroes countered by Gleipnir

Gives you a form of lockdown against Anti Mage that he cannot Counterspell to burst him down in its duration without letting him Blink away.

Gives you a form of lockdown against Arc Warden and close the gap on him in its duration to burst him down.

Gives you AoE damage and lockdown against Beastmaster and his summons and burst them down in its duration without letting them walk away.

Gives you AoE lockdown and damage with Chain Lightning procs to catch and kill Chaos Knight and his illusions much quicker.

Gives you AoE lockdown and damage with Chain Lightning procs to catch and kill Naga Siren and her illusions much quicker.

Gives you AoE lockdown and damage with Chain Lightning procs to catch and kill Phantom Lancer and his illusions much quicker.

Trivia

In Dota lore, Gleipnir is used to chain something that is evil to leash it from harming.