Spirit Vessel – Dota 2 Guide, Stats & Hero Matchups [Patch 7.39d]

Upgraded Item | Support

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Forged by a god to entrap the soul of another.

Your hero's mystical healer, a potent and versatile item that not only amplifies your hero's offensive capabilities but also offers a supportive role by weakening enemy healing and regeneration!

Base Combat Stats

+ 1.75 Mana Regeneration

+ 10 All Attributes

+ 2 Armor

+ 0 Health

Recipe

Abilities

Active: Soul Release

When used against enemies, it reduces health by 4% of current health per second, and reduces Health Restoration by 70% and incoming heals by 70%. Deals 25 damage per second.

When used on allies, it provides 40 health regeneration per second.

Lasts 8.0 seconds.

If the unit is attacked by an enemy hero or Roshan, the effect is lost.

Gains charges every time an enemy hero dies within 1400 units or the user dies. Only the closest Spirit Vessel to the dying hero will gain a charge.

Cooldown: 10

Additional Insights

Does not trigger spell block or spell reflect.
If there are multiple heroes with urn of shadows as component only the closest get's a charge
The beauty of the Spirit Vessel lies in its dual role, empowering your hero while countering enemy sustain. It's particularly effective against foes relying on healing effects, making them more vulnerable by reducing their ability to regenerate health.

Statistics

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

Itemization Strategy

A handy item that is specializing on whether you want to heal or stop regeneration from your foes. The Spirit Vessel is a hot commodity when it comes to heroes that loves to gank or set the tempo, A few examples are Earth Spirit, Mirana and Witch Doctor.

Heroes with Spirit Vessel as Core Item

An upgrade for Urn to reduce the health restoration of tanky heroes on the enemy team and kill them with the high damage from your spells and Plague Wards. Also makes you tanky and provides massive damage through stats as a universal hero.

An upgrade for {urn-of-shadows} to have more damage against enemy heroes and reduce their healing. Also makes you tanky and provides massive damage through stats as a universal hero.

An upgrade for {urn-of-shadows} to proc Cold Snap with damage instances on enemy heroes and snowball off the first kill. Makes you more tanky and provides damage through stats.

A core item for roaming Earth Spirit that gains charges from kills and assists. Provides magical damage amplification and a powerful heal reduction debuff, making it effective against tanky heroes with high regen or healing

An upgrade for {urn-of-shadows} to reduce the health restoration of tanky enemy heroes and burst them down with your spell combo. Also makes you tanky and provides massive damage through stats as a universal hero.

Trivia

The Spirit Vessel became a popular choice among support heroes due to its ability to hinder enemy sustain, particularly effective against heroes with high healing abilities or those reliant on regeneration effects.