Mask of Madness – Dota 2 Guide, Stats & Hero Matchups [Patch 7.38c]

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Once this mask is worn, its bearer becomes an uncontrollable aggressive force.

What does the Mask of Madness do? Well, it cranks up your hero's attack speed to turbo mode, and it even boosts their movement speed, making them the life of the party on the battlefield. It's like your hero decided it's time to throw caution to the wind, let loose, and go all-in for some high-speed combat shenanigans. Now, here's the twist, while the Mask of Madness turns your hero into a whirlwind of destruction, it also makes them a bit more vulnerable.

Base Combat Stats

+ 20 Damage

+ 24% Lifesteal

Recipe

Abilities

Active: Berserk

Gives 110 attack speed and 25 movement speed, but reduces your armor by 8 and silences you. Lasts 6.0 seconds.

Mana: 25

Cooldown: 16

Passive: Lifesteal

Heals the attacker for a percentage of physical damage dealt.

Additional Insights

The attack speed is cumulative to your hero's base attack speed Dispellable (Basic).
24% of your attack damage as heal so it's best for high damage physical type cores.
When your hero decides to pick up the Mask of Madness, it's like they're getting all dressed up for a battle bash. This magical mask not only cranks up their attack speed, turning them into a flurry of furious strikes, but it also gives them a boost in movement speed, so they can boogie around the battlefield with style.

Statistics

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

Itemization Strategy

Mask of Madness is a great pick up early on the game as it gives significant sustain for you to keep farming wether being on the lane, in the jungle or those early skirmishes.

Heroes with Mask of Madness as Core Item

A core item that helps you speed up your farm tremendously, especially when farming Ancients. Also provides high DPS in fights upon activation.

A core item to give you some much needed HP sustain through lifesteal and quickly clear creep waves and neutral creep stacks using a burst of attack speed. Prioritize farming Ancient camps once you get this item.

A core item for HP sustain through lifesteal and have better kill potential in the early to mid game with attack speed in Chronosphere. Go for this over Hand of Midas when you want more impact in the early game. Be careful when using it as it silences you and you can find yourself in a bad position.

A core item that helps boost your farming speed by maximizing your glaive bounces. Especially important to allow you to start flash farming Ancients the moment you get it with Moon Glaives.

Trivia

The Mask of Madness item in Dota 2 is based on an item from the original Warcraft III mod, Dota. In Warcraft III, there was an item called 'Mask of Death' that provided life steal and additional damage. When Dota transitioned into Dota 2, the Mask of Death was reimagined and evolved into the Mask of Madness.