Urn of Shadows [7.38c]

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Contains the ashes of powerful demons.

Imagine having a special, mystical urn called the Urn of Shadows. It's like having a magical vessel that brings healing to your team and a bit of mischief to your enemies!

Base Combat Stats

+ 1.4 Mana Regeneration

+ 2 Armor

bonus health

+ 125 Health

Recipe

Abilities

Active: Soul Release

Provides 30 health regeneration when cast on allies, and deals 25 damage per second when cast on enemies.

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. Only the closest Urn to the dying hero will gain a charge.

Cooldown: 10

Additional Insights

  • Empty urns gain 2 charges.
  • If used on a hero with Soul Release already active on them, it will refresh its duration.
  • Does not trigger spell block or spell reflect.
  • Does not gain charges when in backpack
  • When you use the Urn to heal your teammates, it's like a warm, comforting embrace, patching up their wounds and giving them a boost of health over time. It's like having a handy first aid kit for your team! But when you use it against enemies, those collected souls turn into a fiery burst, dealing a bit of damage. It's a little reminder to your opponents that your team isn't to be trifled with!

Statistics

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

Support

Core: 3%

2 out of 63 guides

Support

Common: 5%

3 out of 63 guides

Support

Situational: 14%

9 out of 63 guides

Mid

Core: 0%

0 out of 38 guides

Mid

Common: 3%

1 out of 38 guides

Mid

Situational: 0%

0 out of 38 guides

Offlane

Core: 0%

0 out of 44 guides

Offlane

Common: 2%

1 out of 44 guides

Offlane

Situational: 2%

1 out of 44 guides

Carry

Core: 0%

0 out of 42 guides

Carry

Common: 0%

0 out of 42 guides

Carry

Situational: 0%

0 out of 42 guides

Itemization Strategy

Something that is always good to have around, built by the early game this item scales into a better one mid game. Mostly built by supports but also by some ganking cores this item is essential if you wanna keep fighting. One hero that stands out on this item is Earth Spirit.

Heroes with Urn of Shadows as Core Item

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An early game pick up that improves mana regen and lets you snowball from the laning phase with kills. Also makes you tanky with armor and HP pool.
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A core item that helps with mana sustain and lets you snowball from the lane with kills. Also makes you tanky with armor and stats.

Heroes countered by Urn of Shadows

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Adds another layer of damage to burst down Alchemist. Builds into Spirit Vessel later on which is incredible against him.
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Adds another layer of damage to burst down Bristleback. Builds into Spirit Vessel later on which is incredible against him.
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Adds another layer of damage to burst down Centaur. Builds into Spirit Vessel later on which is incredible against him.
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Adds another layer of damage to burst down Dawnbreaker. Builds into Spirit Vessel later on which is incredible against her.
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Adds another layer of damage to burst down Dazzle. Builds into Spirit Vessel later on which is incredible against him.
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Adds another layer of damage to burst down Huskar. Builds into Spirit Vessel later on which is incredible against him.
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Adds another layer of damage to burst down Io. Builds into Spirit Vessel later on which is incredible against him.
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Adds another layer of damage to burst down Keeper of the Light. Builds into Spirit Vessel later on which is incredible against him.
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Adds another layer of damage to burst down Marci. Builds into Spirit Vessel later on which is incredible against her.
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Adds another layer of damage to burst down Monkey King as well as not let him use Tree Dance. Builds into Spirit Vessel later in the game.
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Adds another layer of damage to burst down Morphling. Builds into Spirit Vessel later on which is incredible against him.
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Adds another layer of damage to burst down Omniknight. Builds into Spirit Vessel later on which is incredible against him.
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Adds another layer of damage to burst down Oracle. Builds into Spirit Vessel later on which is incredible against him.
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Adds another layer of damage to burst down Pudge. Builds into Spirit Vessel later on which is incredible against him.
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Adds another layer of damage to burst down Pugna. Builds into Spirit Vessel later on which is incredible against him.
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Gives you multiple instances of damage over time to eat away Templar Assassin's Refraction charges.
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Adds another layer of damage to burst down Timbersaw. Builds into Spirit Vessel later on which is incredible against him.
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Adds another layer of damage to burst down Underlord. Builds into Spirit Vessel later on which is incredible against him.

Trivia

Its concept and name were partially inspired by an item called 'Urn of King Scabaras' from the game 'RuneScape'. The Urn of King Scabaras in RuneScape had a mechanic where players could collect ashes and gain prayer experience by using the urn.
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