Manta Style [7.38c]
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4650An axe made of reflective materials that causes confusion amongst enemy ranks.
The Manta Style is like your hero's mystical mirror, a versatile and enchanting item that not only grants your hero increased agility and attack speed but also offers the ability to create illusions in the most magical way!
Base Combat Stats
+ 10 Strength
+ 26 Agility
+ 10 Intelligence
+ 15 Attack Speed
+ 10% Movement Speed
Recipe
Abilities
Active: Mirror Image
Creates 2 images of your hero that last 18 seconds.
Melee images deal 33% damage, while Ranged images deal 28%. Illusions take 300% damage.
Dispel Type: Basic Dispel
Mana: 125
Cooldown: 34
Additional Insights
- Has a %invuln_duration% second cast time during which you are invulnerable.
- Many effects are removed upon using Manta.
- Yasha based movement speed bonuses from multiple items do not stack.
- Can do a Basic Dispel
- The strength of the Manta Style lies in its versatility and utility. It's not just about the increased agility and attack speed, it's about the tactical advantage of creating illusions that can turn the tide of battles in your favor.
Statistics
The statistics below shows the percentage of hero builds which contain Manta Style as a core, common or situational item for each role. These statistics are based on our hero guides.
Itemization Strategy
Redefined from it's roots in DotA, Manta is agility core must have as it gives them the ability to maximized their damage output and dispel spells that makes them vulnerable in the battlefield of war. Efficiently enough to be bought around the post-laning stage as this has become more of a lotus orb alternative for universal heroes.
Heroes with Manta Style as Core Item
A core item that allows you to Blink on top of an enemy hero and burn their mana quickly with illusions. Also gives you a dispel and the ability to split push lanes with illusions.
A core item that gives you mobility and damage through stats. Also gives you a dispel and the ability to split push lanes with illusions.
A core item that gives you mobility and damage through stats. Also gives you a dispel and the ability to split push lanes with illusions. The dispel lets you be more versatile and conservative with Blade Fury usage.
A core item that gives you mobility and damage through stats and attack speed. Also provides a dispel and the ability to split push lanes with illusions.
A core item that gives you mobility and damage through stats. Also gives you a dispel against silences and Spirit Vessel, as well as the ability to split push lanes with illusions.
A core item that gives you mobility and damage through stats. Also gives you a dispel and the ability to split push lanes with more illusions.
A core item that covers all your weaknesses like mobility, armor, and attack speed. Also provides you a dispel and the ability to split push lanes with illusions.
A core item that gives you mobility and damage through stats. The agility significantly boosts your backstab damage with Cloak and Dagger. Also gives the ability to split push lanes with illusions you and dispel Dust off yourself when outside its AoE.
A core item that gives you mobility and damage through stats. Also gives you a dispel and the ability to split push lanes safely with illusions. Has great synergy with Radiance.
A core item that is necessary for you to split push lanes and provides mobility and extra damage from illusions in fights. Also gives you a dispel that can be helpful to survive fights.
A core item that gives you mobility and damage through stats. Also gives you a dispel and the ability to split push lanes with illusions.
A core item that gives you mobility and damage through stats. Also gives you a dispel and the ability to split push lanes with illusions. The illusions also have Desolate to do massive damage to isolated enemy heroes and creeps.
A situational item when the dispel has great value in the game, such as playing against roots, silences, or a Spirit Vessel on the enemy team. Also improves your mobility and has great synergy with Radiance to split push lanes with illusions.
A core item that allows you to split waves and kill lane creeps while not getting caught out when farming dangerous areas and pushing waves. Works with Reality Rift.
A core item that gives you mobility and damage through stats. Also gives you a dispel and the ability to split push lanes even further with additional illusions.
A core item that gives you mobility and damage through stats. Also gives you a dispel and the ability to split push lanes with illusions.
A core item to boost attack speed, movement speed, damage, and armor. Also gives him a form of dispel. Your Curse of Avernus also triggers from the illusions.
A core item that gives you mobility and damage through stats. Also gives you a dispel and the ability to split push lanes with more illusions.
A core item when going for the right click build. Improves your mobility and damage through stats and attack speed. You can use it on your Tempest Double to farm and split push even more while making it harder for the enemy team to deal with you.
A core item that gives you mobility and damage through stats. Also gives you a dispel and the ability to split push lanes with illusions.
Heroes countered by Manta Style
Manta provides a dispell for Enfeeble, which can greatly increase your rightclick damage output.
Gives you a dispel against Track and helps counter Bounty Hunter's single target damage with illusions.
Gives you a dispel against the Frostbite root and the Crystal Nova slow.
Lets you dispel Bramble Maze and Cursed Crown before it triggers. The illusions also help you tank Bramble Maze as you run through it.
Gives you a dispel against Silence. The illusions also help tank some of the damage from Exorcism.
Gives you a dispel against the Gust silence.
Gives you a dispel against the Geomagnetic Grip silence and Magnetize.
Gives you a dispel against the Searing Chains root. The illusions also help you possibly tank Searing Chains and not get rooted.
Gives you a dispel against Time Dilation. The illusions can also help tank some of the single target damage from Faceless Void.
Gives you a dispel against the Inner Fire silence. The illusions help tank some of the single target damage from Huskar.
Gives you a dispel against Cold Snap.
Gives you illusions to tank some of the Omnislash damage with more units.
Gives you a dispel against Solar Bind and Blinding Light.
Lets you dispel Earthbind and not get chain rooted by Meepo and his clones.
Gives you a dispel to take off the Ensnare root.
Gives you a dispel against Lucky Shot and the movement slow from Shield Crash.
Gives you a dispel against the Waning Rift silence.
Gives you a dispel against Decrepify and also lets you break the Life Drain channel.
Gives you a dispel against Shadow Strike. Also helps dispel the silence from Blink once Queen of Pain has Aghanims Shard.
Gives you a dispel against Global Silence and Arcane Curse.
Gives you a dispel against the Ancient Seal silence and Rod of Atos.
Gives you a dispel against Corrosive Haze.
Gives you a dispel against the Orchid silence, which is a common purchase for Storm Spirit. The illusions also help possibly tank the Electric Vortex pull.
Gives you a dispel against the Reactive Tazer disarm. Using it also resets the trigger on Proximity Mines to give you time to run away from them.
Lets you dispel Reflection to get rid of the illusion.
Gives you a dispel against Overgrowth and Leech Seed.
Gives you a dispel against Venomous Gale and Poison Sting. The illusions can also help tank the Noxious Plague damage and control.
Gives you a dispel against the Resonant Pulse silence once Void Spirit has Aghanims Scepter. The illusions can also help tank the damage and control from Aether Remnant.
Lets you dispel Fatal Bonds and Shadow Word off yourself.
Trivia
Interestingly, the term 'Manta' in the item's name is a reference to the Manta Ray, a species of ray fish known for its graceful and agile swimming movements underwater. This analogy reflects the item's nature of providing agility and swiftness to heroes, much like the Manta Ray's elegance and speed in the sea.