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Orchid Malevolence

Picture a devious and enchanting item called the Orchid of Malevolence. It's like having a sneaky flower that grants you the power to silence your enemies and set up their downfall!
Upgraded Item | Magical

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A garnet rod constructed from the essence of a fire demon.

Picture a devious and enchanting item called the Orchid of Malevolence. It's like having a sneaky flower that grants you the power to silence your enemies and set up their downfall!

Base Combat Stats

Combat Stats

+ 10 Damage

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+ 10 Damage for Intelligence Heroes

+ 40 Attack Speed

+ 6 Health Regen

+ 120 Mana (from attributes)

+ 3.25 Mana Regen

+ 0.5 Mana Regen (from attributes)

+ 1% Magic Resistance (from attributes)

Attributes

Recipe

Bloodthorn
Picture a devious and enchanting item called the Orchid of Malevolence. It's like having a sneaky flower that grants you the power to silence your enemies and set up their downfall!
Oblivion Staff
Cornucopia
Orchid Malevolence Recipe

Abilities

Active: Soul Burn

Silences the target unit for 5 seconds. At the end of the silence, 30% of the damage received while silenced is inflicted as bonus magical damage.
Range: 900

Mana: 125

Cooldown: 18

Additional Insights

While silenced, the enemy becomes more vulnerable to attacks, taking increased damage from you and your pals. It's like marking them as the prime target for a team takedown!

Statistics

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

Itemization Strategy

The orchid of malevolence is a post-laning to mid game item that is prioritized by ganking magical core heroes and most of the time are mid players, heroes that thirst for the power of this item are Storm Spirit and Queen of Pain to name a few.

Heroes with Orchid Malevolence as Core Item

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Monkey King
A core item to catch elusive enemy heroes with an instant silence and follow up with Boundless Strike to burst them down quickly. Builds into Bloodthorn later in the game.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Naga Siren
A core item to catch elusive enemy heroes with an instant silence and follow up with Ensnare to burst them down quickly. Builds into Bloodthorn later in the game.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Nature's Prophet
A core item to catch elusive enemy heroes with an instant silence and follow up with Sprout to burst them down quickly. Builds into Bloodthorn later in the game.

Heroes countered by Orchid Malevolence

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Lets you silence and kill Anti Mage in its duration without letting him Blink away.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Brewmaster
Lets you silence and kill Brewmaster in its duration before he can cast Primal Split.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Ember Spirit
Lets you silence and kill Ember Spirit in its duration without letting him get away with Fire Remnants.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Hoodwink
Lets you silence and kill Hoodwink in its duration without letting her get away with Scurry or have an impact in fights.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Invoker
Lets you silence and kill Invoker in its duration without letting him use Ghost Walk to get away.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Lifestealer
Lets you silence and kill Lifestealer in its duration without letting him get debuff immunity through Rage.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Morphling
Lets you instantly silence and kill Morphling in its duration without letting him survive with Waveform or Attribute Shift (Strength Gain).
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Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Omniknight
Lets you silence and kill Omniknight in its duration without letting him heal or protect himself with his defensive toolkit.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Oracle
Lets you silence and kill Oracle in its duration without letting him heal or protect himself with his defensive toolkit.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Outworld Devourer
Lets you silence and kill Outworld Destroyer in its duration without letting him save himself with Astral Imprisonment. Also disallows him from using Arcane Orb to fight back.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Pangolier
Lets you silence and kill Pangolier in its duration without letting him use Rolling Thunder or Swashbuckle to get away.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Phoenix
Lets you silence and kill Phoenix in its duration without letting him get away with Icarus Dive or use Supernova.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Primal Beast
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Puck
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Pugna
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Queen of Pain
To silence her so that she is unable to blink away and burst her down.
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Against a core Silencer
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Storm Spirit
To silence him so that he cannot Ball Lightning or cast spells in fights and burst him down.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Techies
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Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Void Spirit
Silence him so that he cannot escape with his spells and burst him down.
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