Pipe of Insight
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3725A powerful artifact of mysterious origin, it creates barriers against magical forces.
Picture a fantastic item in Dota 2 called the Pipe of Insight. It's like having a magical shield that envelops you and your team in a protective bubble!
Base Combat Stats
Combat Stats
+ 14 Health Regen
HealthRegen.healthRegenAura
+ 20% Magic Resistance
Recipe
Abilities
Active: Barrier
Gives a magic damage barrier that absorbs 450 damage to all nearby allies. Lasts 12.0 seconds.
Radius: 1200
Mana: 150
Cooldown: 60
Passive: Insight Aura
Gives allied units 2.5 health regeneration and 10% magic resistance.
Radius: 1200
Additional Insights
- Multiple instances of Barrier do not stack.
- Stacks multiplicatively with other sources of magic resistance.
- Not only does it provide magical protection, but it also gradually replenishes your team's health over time while the shield is active. It's like having a soothing, healing aura that keeps everyone in fighting shape during the heat of battle.
Statistics
The statistics below shows the percentage of hero builds which contain Pipe of Insight as a core or non-core item for each role. These statistics are based on our .
Itemization Strategy
Most utility offlaners and some soft supports build it are influenced to build it specially when majority of the team is dealing with magic damage, the earlier the better this is built on the scenario the better it is for everyone. Heroes that likes to carry this item are Darkseer and Tidehunter.
Heroes with Pipe of Insight as Core Item
A core item that buffs your team against magical damage and improves the potential of running at towers with your team and army of creeps.
An aura item that improves your impact in teamfights by buffing your whole team with magic resistance.
An aura item that improves your impact in teamfights by buffing your whole team with magic resistance.
An aura item that improves your impact in teamfights by buffing your whole team with magic resistance.
Heroes countered by Pipe of Insight
Gives you and your team magic resistance and barrier to significantly reduce the damage taken from Ancient Apparitions magic heavy toolkit.
Gives you and your team magic resistance and barrier to significantly reduce the damage taken from Batriders magic heavy toolkit.
Gives you and your team magic resistance and barrier to significantly reduce the damage taken from Clockwerks magic heavy toolkit.
Gives you and your team magic resistance and barrier to significantly reduce the damage taken from Crystal Maidens magic heavy toolkit.
Gives you and your team magic resistance and barrier to significantly reduce the damage taken from Dark Seers magic heavy toolkit.
Gives you and your team magic resistance and barrier to significantly reduce the damage taken from Dark Willows magic heavy toolkit.
Gives you and your team magic resistance and barrier to significantly reduce the damage taken from Death Prophets magic heavy toolkit.
Gives you and your team magic resistance and barrier to significantly reduce the damage taken from Disruptors magic heavy toolkit.
Gives you and your team magic resistance and barrier to significantly reduce the damage taken from Dooms magic heavy toolkit.
Gives you and your team magic resistance and barrier to significantly reduce the damage taken from Earth Spirits magic heavy toolkit.
Gives you and your team magic resistance and barrier to significantly reduce the damage taken from Earthshakers magic heavy toolkit.
Gives you and your team magic resistance and barrier to significantly reduce the damage taken from Elder Titans magic heavy toolkit.
Gives you and your team magic resistance and barrier to significantly reduce the damage taken from Enigmas magic heavy toolkit.
Gives you and your team magic resistance and barrier to significantly reduce the damage taken from Grimstrokes magic heavy toolkit.
Gives you and your team magic resistance and barrier to significantly reduce the damage taken from Gyrocopters magic heavy toolkit.
Gives you and your team magic resistance and barrier to significantly reduce the damage taken from Hoodwinks magic heavy toolkit.
Gives you and your team magic resistance and barrier to significantly reduce the damage taken from Huskars magic heavy toolkit.
Gives you and your team magic resistance and barrier to significantly reduce the damage taken from Invokers magic heavy toolkit.
Gives you and your team magic resistance and barrier to significantly reduce the damage taken from Jakiros magic heavy toolkit.
Gives you and your team magic resistance and barrier to significantly reduce the damage taken from Keeper of the Lights magic heavy toolkit.
Gives you and your team magic resistance and barrier to significantly reduce the damage taken from Kunkkas magic heavy toolkit.
Gives you and your team magic resistance and barrier to significantly reduce the damage taken from Leshracs magic heavy toolkit.
Gives you and your team magic resistance and barrier to significantly reduce the damage taken from Lich's magic heavy toolkit.
Gives you and your team magic resistance and barrier to significantly reduce the damage taken from Linas magic heavy toolkit.
Gives you and your team magic resistance and barrier to significantly reduce the damage taken from Lions magic heavy toolkit.
Gives you and your team magic resistance and barrier to significantly reduce the damage taken from Lucent Beam and Eclipse.
Gives you and your team magic resistance and barrier to significantly reduce the damage taken from Marcis spells.
Gives you and your team magic resistance and barrier to significantly reduce the damage taken from Mars' magic heavy toolkit.
Gives you and your team magic resistance and barrier to significantly reduce the damage taken from Miranas magic heavy toolkit.
Gives you and your team magic resistance and barrier to significantly reduce the damage taken from Muertas Pierce the Veil right clicks and spells.
Gives you and your team magic resistance and barrier to significantly reduce the damage taken from Nyx Assassin's magic heavy toolkit.
Gives you and your team magic resistance and barrier to significantly reduce the damage taken from Ogre Magis magic heavy toolkit.
Gives you and your team magic resistance and barrier to significantly reduce the damage taken from Pangoliers magic heavy toolkit.
Gives you and your team magic resistance and barrier to significantly reduce the damage taken from Phoenix's magic heavy toolkit.
Since Sandking has a lot of AOE magical damage spells, this item will nullify a lot of the damage output.
To provide yourself and your teammates AOE magical damage barrier against his spells.
Trivia
An interesting trivia about the Pipe of Insight in Dota 2 is that its design and concept were influenced by an item from the original Warcraft III mod, Defense of the Ancients (DotA). In Warcraft III, there was an item called 'Hood of Defiance', which provided magic resistance to the hero wearing it.