Radiance – Dota 2 Guide, Stats & Hero Matchups [Patch 7.38c]

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A divine weapon that causes damage and a bright burning effect that lays waste to nearby enemies.

A radiant beacon, a powerful and impactful item that not only boosts your hero's damage but also emits a radiant aura, influencing battles!

Base Combat Stats

+ 55 Damage

+ 20% Evasion

Recipe

Abilities

Toggle: Burn

When active, scorches enemies for 60 magical damage per second and causes them to miss 15% of their attacks. Deals 150% damage to illusions. Illusions deal 35 magical damage per second.

Radius: 650

Additional Insights

Does not interrupt channeling when toggling on or offDoes not affect buildings
Its ability to provide a substantial boost in damage while passively affecting opponents with its aura. It's particularly valuable for heroes aiming to exert continuous pressure on enemy teams or exert map control by influencing team fights and lane pushes.

Statistics

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

Itemization Strategy

Early to Mid game is the timing of this item, an alternative to the battle fury and maelstrom this item is perpetually built by cores that loves to farm which expedite your networth a gives you a slight buff on evasion.

Heroes countered by Radiance

Gives you evasion and AoE damage with the Radiance Burn to kill Chaos Knight and his illusions much quicker.

Gives you evasion to dodge Jingu Mastery attacks as well as prevent Monkey King from using Tree Dance with the Burn damage.

Gives you evasion and AoE damage with the Radiance Burn to kill Naga Siren and her illusions much quicker. Causes her and her Illusions to miss 15% of attacks if she doesn't get some form of True Strike.

Gives you evasion and AoE damage with the Radiance Burn to kill Phantom Lancer and his illusions much quicker.

Gives you evasion to dodge Templar Assassin's right clicks as well as provides instances of damage over time to eat away her Refraction charges.

Trivia

The name 'Radiance' signifies its nature as an item that radiates immense power and light, symbolizing its aura's ability to burn and disrupt enemies. The choice of the name aligns with the item's thematic design of emitting a radiant and damaging aura around the hero.