Ethereal Blade
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5375A flickering blade of a ghastly nature, it is capable of dealing damage in both magical and physical planes.
Imagine your hero wielding this majestic blade, it not only amplifies your magic power but also turns your attacks into a whimsical burst of ethereal energy.
Base Combat Stats
Combat Stats
+ 1.33 Armor (from attributes)
+ 8 Damage for Strength Heroes
+ 8 Damage for Agility Heroes
+ 8 Damage for Intelligence Heroes
+ 8 Attack Speed (from attributes)
+ 176 Health (from attributes)
+ 0.72 Health Regen (from attributes)
+ 300 Mana
+ 96 Mana (from attributes)
+ 3 Mana Regen
+ 0.4 Mana Regen (from attributes)
+ 0.8% Magic Resistance (from attributes)
1275 Projectile Speed
Attributes
+ 8
+ 8
+ 8
Recipe
Abilities
Active: Ether Blast
Converts the target unit to ethereal form, rendering them immune to physical damage, but unable to attack and 40% more vulnerable to magic damage.
Enemy targets are also slowed by 80%, and take 1.5x your target's primary attribute + 50 as magical damage.
Range: 800
Duration: 4.0 seconds
Mana: 100
Cooldown: 22
Additional Insights
- Shares cooldown with Ghost Scepter.
- Ethereal units take %ethereal_damage_bonus%%% bonus magic damage.
- For Universal Heroes, their primary attribute is 60%% the sum of all their attributes.
- Using a Town Portal Scroll or Boots of Travel will not dispel Ethereal Form.
- Plays very well with heroes that have high magical damage already making them more like demons on the loose
Statistics
The statistics below shows the percentage of hero builds which contain Ethereal Blade as a core or non-core item for each role. These statistics are based on our .
Itemization Strategy
Best bought if you needed the extra burst on your magical damage output, Have you ever tried comboing one hero and ended feeling short causing them to turn around and just kill you helplessly? Well this one will solve all your nightmares away!
Heroes with Ethereal Blade as Core Item
A core item to amplify your magic damage on an enemy hero and burst them down with all your spells. Also works as a save for your cores against physical damage.
A core item to amplify your magic damage on an enemy hero and burst them down with all your spells. Also works as a save for your cores against physical damage.
A late game upgrade for Aether Lens to amplify your magic damage on an enemy hero and burst them down with all your spells. Also works as a save for your cores against physical damage.
A core item to amplify your magic damage on an enemy hero and burst them down with your spells and Dagon. Also works as a save for your cores against physical damage.
A core item to amplify your magic damage on an enemy hero and burst them down with all your spells. Be careful about using it on heroes you want to hit with Vendetta. Also works as a save for your cores against physical damage.
A core item to amplify your magic damage on an enemy hero and burst them down with all your spells. Also works as a save for your cores against physical damage.
An alternative to Kaya and Sange to amplify your entire magic damage toolkit on an enemy hero to burst them down. Also works as a save for your cores against physical damage.
An upgrade for Aether Lens to amplify your magic damage on an enemy hero and burst them down with all your spells. Also works as a save for your cores against physical damage.
A core item to amplify your magic damage on an enemy hero and burst them down with Fade Bolt and stolen spells. Also works as a save for your cores against physical damage.
A core item to amplify your magic damage on an enemy hero and burst them down with all your spells. Also works as a save for your cores against physical damage.
A core item to amplify your magic damage on an enemy hero and burst them down with all your spells. Also works as a save for your cores against physical damage.
A core item to amplify your magic damage on an enemy hero and burst them down with all your spells. Can be used on an enemy hero to disarm them so that they cannot hit the Proximity Mine you place under them, or protect yourself against physical damage.
A core item to amplify your magic damage on an enemy hero and burst them down with all your spells. Also lets you save yourself or an allied hero against physical damage. Gets refreshed with Rearm to spam for damage and magic amplification with each cast.
A core item to amplify your magic damage on an enemy hero and burst them down with all your spells. Also works as a save for your cores against physical damage.
Heroes countered by Ethereal Blade
Lets you kite Faceless Void by protecting yourself or an ally against his right clicks in Ethereal form. Can also be used to save allies during Chronosphere.
Lets you kite Juggernaut by protecting yourself or an ally against his right clicks and Omnislash.
Lets you save yourself or an ally against Legion Commanders right clicks and Duel in Ethereal form.
Lets you kite Lifestealer by protecting yourself or an ally against his right clicks in Ethereal form.
Lets you save an ally caught by Reverse Polarity. Can also be used to protect yourself against Magnus right clicks in Ethereal form.
Lets you save an ally caught by Rebound during Unleash. Can also be used to protect yourself against Marci right clicks in Ethereal form.
Lets you save an ally stunned by Stone Gaze. Can also be used to protect yourself against Medusa right clicks in Ethereal form.
Lets you save an ally stunned by Boundless Strike inside Wukongs Command. Can also be used to burst down Monkey King with heavy magic damage as a follow up.
Lets you save yourself or an ally rooted by Ensnare from getting bursted by Naga Siren and her illusions. Can also be used to burst down Naga Siren with heavy magic damage as a follow up.
Lets you save an ally from Phantom Assassin's right click and Stifling Dagger burst damage. Can also be used to burst her down with heavy magic damage as a follow up.
Lets you save an ally from the consistent damage and mana burn from Phantom Lancer and his illusions. Can also be used to burst him down with heavy magic damage as a follow up.
Making yourself or your ally Ghost Form can prevent Slardar from attacking them. Can also be casted on Slardar to burst him down with magical damage.
Ghost Form prevents Slark from attacking you or your teammate temporarily.
Against a core right-clicking Snapfire
Ghost Form can prevent Spectre from right-clicking you or your teammate down. Can also be used on her to burst her down with magical damage.
To turn yourself or Templar Assassin into Ghost form to not get hit by her right clicks.
Against core Tiny
Make yourself or your teammate Ghost Form to prevent getting right-clicked by him. Can also use it on him to burst him down with magical damage or turn him into Ghost Form.
Make yourself or your ally into Ghost Form to prevent getting right clicked by him. Can also cast it on him to make him unable to right click or to take extra magical damage for burst.
Turns yourself or your ally into ghost form to prevent getting right clicked by him or his skeletons. Can also be casted onto him.
Sounds
- ethereal_blade_cast.wav
Trivia
The Ethereal Blade was originally known as the 'Ether Blade' in earlier versions of Dota. However, its name was changed to 'Ethereal Blade' in Dota 2. The term 'ethereal' refers to a state of being extremely delicate and light, which aligns with the nature of the item, transforming heroes or enemies into an ethereal form that amplifies magic damage while reducing physical damage taken. This change in name, from 'Ether Blade' to 'Ethereal Blade', emphasized the mystical and magical aspects of the item, highlighting its unique abilities and lore within the game.