Power Treads [7.38c]
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1400A pair of tough-skinned boots that change to meet the demands of the wearer.
Power Treads are like the magical shoes that every hero dreams of wearing. They aren't just your typical boots, they're a versatile pair that allows you to adjust your strength, agility, or intelligence on the fly, giving you a bit of extra oomph in battles!
Base Combat Stats
+ 45 Move Speed (Ranged Heroes)
+ 55 Move Speed (Melee Heroes)
+ 10 Selected Attribute
+ 25 Attack Speed
Recipe
Abilities
Active: Switch Attribute
Switches between +10 Strength, +10 Agility, or +10 Intelligence. Movement speed bonuses from multiple pairs of boots do not stack.
Additional Insights
- Power Treads can be built using a Belt of Strength, Band of Elvenskin, or a Robe of the Magi.
- Interrupts Channeling
- If you need a bit more strength to stand your ground, you can adjust the Treads to bolster your muscles. Or, if agility is what you seek, a quick twist and you'll be darting around faster than ever. And for the more magically inclined heroes, a simple tweak grants you a boost in intellect.
Statistics
The statistics below shows the percentage of hero builds which contain Power Treads as a core, common or situational item for each role. These statistics are based on our hero guides.
Itemization Strategy
Frequently bought by allmost everyone in the game the power threads no introduction, usually built from the early game as a great fundamental item to start with that gives balance from stats to damage, health or mana.
Heroes with Power Treads as Core Item
A core Boots upgrade to extract more value from Battle Fury with attack speed and damage through stats. Also lets you conserve mana through stats toggling.
A core Boots upgrade to improve your mobility and damage output with attack speed and stats. Helps in both farming and lane control.
A core Boots upgrade to improve your attack animation for the Enchant Totem hit with attack speed, as well as increase your damage through stats. Also lets you conserve mana through stats toggling.
A core Boots upgrade that gives you extra attack speed to scale with your Omnislash. Also helps speed up your farming rate.
A core Boots upgrade to improve your mobility and damage output with attack speed and stats. Helps in both farming and lane control.
A core Boots upgrade to improve your mobility and damage output with attack speed and stats. Helps you farm much faster as well as save mana through stats toggling.
A core Boots upgrade to improve your mobility and damage output with attack speed and stats. Helps you farm much faster with illusions as well as save mana through stats toggling.
A Boots upgrade to improve your stats and increase your DPS with right clicks once you have Witch Blade.
A core Boots upgrade to improve your mobility and damage output during Static Link with attack speed and stats. Helps in both farming and lane control.
A core Boots upgrade to improve your stats and increase your DPS with right clicks once you have Witch Blade. Also lets you conserve mana through stats toggling.
A core Boots upgrade to provide good attack speed and attributes toggle to INT when casting spells to save mana.
A core Boots upgrade to improve your mobility and damage output with attack speed and stats to farm much faster and have more DPS with Tree Grab. Also lets you conserve mana through stats toggling.
A core Boots upgrade to improve your mobility and damage output with attack speed and stats. Helps in both farming and lane control.
A core Boots upgrade to improve your mobility and damage output with attack speed and stats. Helps in both farming and lane control. The attack speed gain lets you quickly build up your Bash of the Deep counter.
A core Boots upgrade to improve your mobility and damage output with attack speed and stats. The agility stance helps boost your backstab damage with Cloak and Dagger.
A core Boots upgrade to gain attack speed and damage through stats to do more damage with right clicks. Helps you get more value out of Gleipnir later in the game.
A core Boots upgrade to improve your stats and increase your DPS with right clicks. Also helps you conserve mana through stats toggling.
A core Boots upgrade to improve your mobility and damage output with attack speed and stats. Helps in both farming and killing enemy heroes in Chronosphere.
A core Boots upgrade to improve your mobility and damage output with attack speed and stats. Helps in both farming and lane control.
A core Boots upgrade to improve your mobility and damage output with attack speed and stats to farm much faster. Also lets you conserve mana through stats toggling.
A core Boots upgrade to improve your mobility and damage output with attack speed and stats. The attack speed gain lets you quickly build up Poison Attack stacks for more damage and slow on enemy heroes. Also lets you conserve mana through stats toggling.
A core Boots upgrade to improve your mobility and damage output with attack speed and stats. Helps in both farming and lane control.
A core Boots upgrade to improve your damage output with attack speed and conserve mana by toggling.
A core Boots upgrade to improve your mobility and damage output with attack speed and stats. Helps in both farming and lane control.
A core Boots upgrade to increase your attack speed and have more DPS with Impetus later in the game.
A core Boots upgrade that increases your damage output through stats and attack speed.
A core Boots upgrade to improve your mobility and damage output with attack speed and stats. Helps in both farming and lane control.
A core Boots upgrade to improve your mobility and damage output with attack speed and stats. Also lets you conserve mana through stats toggling.
A core Boots upgrade to improve your mobility and damage output with attack speed and stats. Helps farm much faster with more DPS during Flak Cannon.
A core Boots upgrade to improve your mobility and damage output with attack speed and stats. Also increases the damage of Sanitys Eclipse when kept on intelligence.
A core item that allows you to farm faster due to attack speed increase. The movement speed, attributes and attack speed also affect the illusions.
A core Boots upgrade to improve your mobility and damage output with attack speed and stats. The shared stats also make all your clones more tanky on top of them getting their own Power Treads.
A core Boots upgrade to improve your mobility and damage output with attack speed and stats. Helps you farm much faster with illusions as well as save mana through stats toggling.
A core Boots upgrade to improve your mobility and damage output with attack speed and stats. Helps in both farming and lane control. The attack speed gain lets you build up more Essence Shift stacks.
A core Boots upgrade to improve your mobility and damage output with attack speed and stats. Helps in both farming and killing enemy heroes in the Reverse Polarity stun duration.
A core Boots upgrade to improve your mobility and damage output with attack speed and stats. Helps you farm much faster with illusions as well as save mana through stats toggling.
A core Boots upgrade for great balance and situational need, never forget it's power of toggling when in need of mana, health, regeneration and armor.
A core Boots upgrade to improve your mobility and damage output with attack speed and stats. Helps in both farming as well as closing the gap on enemy heroes to activate Jingu Mastery.
A core Boots to extract more value from Orb of Corrosion and other right click items with attack speed and damage through stats. Also helps you conserve mana through stats toggling.
A core Boots upgrade to improve your mobility and damage output with attack speed and stats. Also lets you conserve mana through stats toggling.
A core Boots upgrade to improve your mobility and damage output with attack speed and stats. Helps you farm much faster as well as save mana through stats toggling.
Trivia
As the game evolved and Dota 2 was developed, the concept of customizable boots emerged, leading to the creation of Power Treads. This item introduced the innovative mechanic of toggling between attributes (Strength, Agility, and Intelligence) to suit a hero's needs during a match.