Holy Locket – Dota 2 Guide, Stats & Hero Matchups [Patch 7.40b]

Upgraded Item | Support

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A prized relic long thought lost forever in a failed crusade.

Imagine having a precious and magical locket called the Holy Locket. It's like wearing a beautiful charm that not only keeps you safe but also boosts your healing powers and those of your team!

Base Combat Stats

+ 7 All Attributes

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Recipe

Abilities

Active: Energy Charge

Target an allied unit to increase their incoming Heal Amplification by 10% for 4.0s and instantly restore 17 health and 15 mana per charge stored.

Automatically gains a charge every 10 seconds and whenever a visible enemy within 1200 range uses an ability.

Passive: Holy Blessing

Amplifies heals you provide by 15%.

Additional Insights

Interrupts Channeling
Stacks with other source of healing
When you wear the Holy Locket, it amplifies the effectiveness of your healing abilities, making them even more potent. It's like giving a magical boost to your bandages, potions, or any spells that restore health.

Statistics

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

Itemization Strategy

One of the few items that stands out in terms of hero based items, usually the builders of holy locket are supports that have healing capabilities, built from the mid game if decided this item is to intesify their healing prowess more. Heroes that tends to go for this item are only in dire need of more healing like Undying, IO and Chen.

Heroes with Holy Locket as Core Item

A core item to increase the healing done by March of the Machines with the Repair Bots facet. Also improves the healing capabilities of {guardian-greaves} later in the game, while letting you provide a burst of HP and mana to one of your cores.

A core item to increase the healing done by Illuminate during Spirit Form. Also lets you provide a burst of healing and mana for one of your cores with the {magic-wand} charges.

A core item to boost the healing and HP regen from Tether and Overcharge. Also provides a secondary burst of heal for your cores with {magic-wand} charges.

A core item to improve the healing output of Mist Coil and have a secondary burst of heal for your cores with {magic-wand} charges.

A core item that boosts the healing of Solar Guardian and {guardian-greaves}. Also provides a secondary burst of heal for your cores with {magic-wand} charges.

An upgrade for {magic-wand} that boosts your outgoing healing from Island Elixir and {guardian-greaves}. Also lets you provide a burst of HP and mana for one of your cores through the Energy Charge active.

Trivia

The Holy Locket was introduced to Dota 2 as part of patch 7.20 in November 2018. However, it didn't immediately gain widespread popularity or usage among players due to its initial stats and effects.