Linken's Sphere

A hero's protective barrier, an extraordinary and versatile item that shields your hero from enemy spells and grants essential attributes.

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This magical sphere once protected one of the most famous heroes in history.

A hero's protective barrier, an extraordinary and versatile item that shields your hero from enemy spells and grants essential attributes.

Base Combat Stats

Combat Stats

+ 2.67 Armor (from attributes)

+ 16 Damage for Primary Attribute Heroes

+ 33.6 Damage for Universal Heroes

+ 16 Attack Speed (from attributes)

+ 352 Health (from attributes)

+ 6 Health Regen

+ 1.44 Health Regen (from attributes)

+ 192 Mana (from attributes)

+ 4.25 Mana Regen

+ 0.8 Mana Regen (from attributes)

+ 1.6% Magic Resistance (from attributes)

Attributes

+ 16 allAttributes

Recipe

Abilities

Passive: Spellblock

Blocks most targeted spells once every 14.0 seconds.

Active: Transfer Spellblock

Temporarily removes Spellblock from the item's owner and transfers it to an allied unit for 14.0 seconds.
Range: 700

Cooldown: 14

Additional Insights

The wonder of Linken's Sphere lies in its defensive and stat-enhancing nature. It's particularly effective against enemy heroes with targeted spells, providing your hero with a layer of protection and ensuring their safety during key engagements.

Statistics

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

Itemization Strategy

Another situational item that gives survivality to a core hero but sometimes built by supports just to also give it to their core heroes. This item is picked up around the mid game mark.

Heroes countered by Linken's Sphere

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Anti-Mage

Lets you block either Mana Void or Abyssal Blade and avoid getting bursted by Anti Mage.

Lets you block all four single target Bane spells. Particularly useful to not instantly get caught by Fiends Grip.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Batrider

Lets you block and not instantly get caught by Flaming Lasso.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Beastmaster

Lets you block and not instantly get caught by Primal Roar.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Bloodseeker

Lets you block and not instantly get caught by Rupture.

Lets you block and not instantly get caught by Doom.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Dragon Knight

Lets you block and not instantly get caught by Dragon Tail.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Grimstroke

Lets you block and not instantly get caught by Soulbind and Phantoms Embrace.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Keeper of the Light

Lets you block Solar Bind to maintain your mobility or the high damage burst from Dagon.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Legion Commander

Lets you block and not instantly get caught by Duel.

Lets you block a massive chunk of Linas damage from Laguna Blade to nullify her burst potential.

Lets you block one of Lions lockdown spells to give you time to react. Can also let you block a massive chunk of damage from Finger of Death.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Morphling

Lets you block Morph to disallow Morphling from using your toolkit in fights. Can also help you block the stun or damage from Adaptive Strike.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Sand King

Sandking relies on jumping in with Blink Dagger and using Burrowstrike and Linken Sphere prevents that.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Shadow Demon

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Shadow Shaman

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Skywrath Mage

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Spirit Breaker

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Terrorblade

Blocks Sunder, Can be used on allies.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Windranger

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Winter Wyvern

Trivia

A fascinating trivia about Linken's Sphere in Dota 2 is its historical significance and evolution from its original form to its current iteration. Linken's Sphere was initially introduced in Dota 2 as a direct adaptation from its predecessor, the item 'Sphere of Linken' in the original Dota (Defense of the Ancients) mod. The item underwent several modifications in both its functionality and recipe ingredients over various patches and updates.