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Butterfly

Your hero's enchanting wings, a remarkable and graceful item that not only increases your hero's agility and evasion but also grants a fluttering effect, enhancing their survivability and damage output in the most elegant.
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Only the mightiest and most experienced of warriors can wield the Butterfly, but it provides incredible dexterity in combat.

Your hero's enchanting wings, a remarkable and graceful item that not only increases your hero's agility and evasion but also grants a fluttering effect, enhancing their survivability and damage output in the most elegant.

Base Combat Stats

Combat Stats

+ 5.83 Armor (from attributes)

+ 25 Damage

+ 35 Damage for Agility Heroes

+ 20% Base Attack Speed

+ 35 Attack Speed (from attributes)

+ 35% Evasion

Attributes

Agility Attribute Icon

+ 35 Agility

Recipe

Your hero's enchanting wings, a remarkable and graceful item that not only increases your hero's agility and evasion but also grants a fluttering effect, enhancing their survivability and damage output in the most elegant.
Eaglesong
Talisman of Evasion
Claymore

Additional Insights

  • Stacks diminishingly with other sources of Evasion.
  • Imagine your hero adorned with this exquisite item, it's like embracing a set of majestic butterfly wings shimmering with extraordinary power. The Butterfly significantly boosts your hero's agility, making them swifter and deadlier in combat while also providing evasion against incoming attacks.

Statistics

The statistics below shows the percentage of hero builds which contain Butterfly as a core or non-core item for each role. These statistics are based on our hero guides.

Itemization Strategy

The moment you feel you needed a modifier to make it harder for the opponent to bring you down or deal damage to you, this is the survivability you need! A mid to late game situational item that is frequently bought by heroes like Medusa and Luna.

Heroes with Butterfly as Core Item

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Faceless Void
A core item to have more DPS with attack speed for more Time Lock procs. Also boosts your tankiness with evasion and armor.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Gyrocopter
A core item to have more DPS with attack speed for faster Flak Cannon hits. Also boosts your tankiness with evasion and armor. The attack speed does not affect your Side Gunner attack interval.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Luna
A core item to have more DPS with attack speed and stats while boosting your tankiness with evasion and armor.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Medusa
A core item to have more DPS with attack speed and stats while also boosting your tankiness with evasion and armor.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Naga Siren
A core item to have more DPS with attack speed and stats while also boosting the tankiness of your hero and your illusions with evasion and armor.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Razor
A core item to have more DPS during Static Link with attack speed and stats while boosting your tankiness with evasion and armor.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Terrorblade
A core item to have more DPS with attack speed and stats while also boosting the tankiness of your hero and your illusions with evasion and armor.

Heroes countered by Butterfly

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Abaddon
Gives you armor and evasion to defend yourself against right clicks with the tankiness and miss chance.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Alchemist
Gives you armor and evasion to defend yourself against right clicks with the tankiness and miss chance.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Anti-Mage
Gives you armor and evasion to defend yourself against right clicks with the tankiness and miss chance.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Arc Warden
Gives you armor and evasion to defend yourself against right clicks with the tankiness and miss chance.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Bounty Hunter
Gives you armor and evasion to defend yourself against right clicks with the tankiness and miss chance.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Brewmaster
Gives you armor and evasion to defend yourself against right clicks with the tankiness and miss chance.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Bristleback
Gives you armor and evasion to defend yourself against right clicks with the tankiness and miss chance.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Broodmother
Gives you armor and evasion to defend yourself against right clicks with the tankiness and miss chance.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Chaos Knight
Gives you armor and evasion to defend yourself against right clicks with the tankiness and miss chance.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Clinkz
Gives you armor and evasion to defend yourself against right clicks with the tankiness and miss chance.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Dark Willow
Lets you counter Dark Willows Aghanims Scepter by dodging some of her attacks with evasion.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Elder Titan
Gives you armor and evasion to defend yourself against right clicks with the tankiness and miss chance.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Enchantress
Gives you evasion to defend yourself against her Impetus right clicks with the miss chance.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Faceless Void
Gives you armor and evasion to defend yourself against right clicks with the tankiness and miss chance.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Gyrocopter
Gives you armor and evasion to defend yourself against right clicks with the tankiness and miss chance.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Huskar
Gives you armor and evasion to defend yourself against right clicks with the tankiness and miss chance.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Legion Commander
Gives you armor and evasion to defend yourself against right clicks with the tankiness and miss chance.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Lina
Gives you armor and evasion to defend yourself against right clicks with the tankiness and miss chance.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Lone Druid
Gives you armor and evasion to defend yourself against right clicks with the tankiness and miss chance.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Luna
Gives you armor and evasion to defend yourself against right clicks with the tankiness and miss chance.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Magnus
Gives you armor and evasion to defend yourself against right clicks with the tankiness and miss chance.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Marci
Gives you armor and evasion to defend yourself against right clicks with the tankiness and miss chance.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Medusa
Gives you armor and evasion to defend yourself against right clicks with the tankiness and miss chance.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Mirana
Gives you armor and evasion to defend yourself against right clicks with the tankiness and miss chance.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Monkey King
Gives you armor and evasion to defend yourself against right clicks with the tankiness and miss chance.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Morphling
Gives you armor and evasion to defend yourself against right clicks with the tankiness and miss chance.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Naga Siren
Gives you armor and evasion to defend yourself against right clicks with the tankiness and miss chance.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Nature's Prophet
Gives you armor and evasion to defend yourself against right clicks with the tankiness and miss chance.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Night Stalker
Gives you armor and evasion to defend yourself against right clicks with the tankiness and miss chance.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Phantom Lancer
Gives you armor and evasion to defend yourself against right clicks with the tankiness and miss chance.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Puck
Against a right-click Puck
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Razor
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Riki
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Shadow Fiend
To evade Shadow Fiend's right click damage.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Silencer
Against a core right-clicker Silencer
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Slardar
To evade Slardar's right click damage and force him to buy Monkey King Bar.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Slark
To evade Slark's right clicks and force him to buy Monkey King Bar.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Snapfire
Against a core right-clicking Snapfire
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Sniper
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Spectre
To evade her right-click damage.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Spirit Breaker
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Sven
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Templar Assassin
Provides evasion to evade her right clicks.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Terrorblade
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Tiny
Against core Tiny
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Troll Warlord
To evade his right click damage.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Ursa
To evade Ursa's right clicks and forces him to buy Monkey King Bar.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Vengeful Spirit
Against a core Vengeful Spirit
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Viper
Against a core right-clicking Viper
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Weaver
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Windranger
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Wraith King
To evade right click damage from him and his skeletons.

Trivia

The Butterfly item draws inspiration from the world of nature and folklore, specifically referencing the elegance and mystique of butterflies. These enchanting insects are known for their graceful flight and are often associated with themes of transformation, beauty, and agility.