Harpoon [7.38c]
Aye Captain!!! There goes the big blue whale said the pudge fan boy who in turn get's the chance to play this magical spear that claws their opponents closer to them, as the saying goes keep your friends close but your enemies closer!
Base Combat Stats
+ 25 Damage
+ 25 Strength
+ 10 Agility
+ 10 Intelligence
+ 2.0 Mana Regeneration
Recipe
Abilities
Active: Draw Forth
When targeting an enemy, fire a harpoon at them, that pulls you and the target closer together, up to 35% of the distance between you and your target. If the caster is melee, the hero and target are always pulled to within melee distance of each other.
Mana: 50
Cooldown: 19
Passive: Echo Strike
Causes melee attacks to attack twice in quick succession. The double attacks apply a 100% movement slow for 1.0 seconds on the first strike. Echo Strike cooldown: 5s
Additional Insights
- Projectile base so you can dodge it
- The harpoon is a wonderful new item that has been introduced lately, a gap closer that gives significant advantage to melee users to keep them at bay with their targerts or foes.
Statistics
The statistics below shows the percentage of hero builds which contain Harpoon as a core, common or situational item for each role. These statistics are based on our hero guides.
Itemization Strategy
Oftenly built by offlaners who wanna engage and target a specific opponent but this doesn't conclude that Midlaners cant also built this item as it mainly initiates post laning stages to bring in the tempo that favors them, A solid item for heroes like Magnus, Slardar and Lycan.
Heroes with Harpoon as Core Item
