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Sentry Ward

The incredible Sentry Wards! Imagine discovering enchanted orbs—a precious tool that doesn't just reveal hidden enemies but empowers your team with vision and strategic insight!
Basic Item | Consumables

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A form of plant originally grown in the garden of a fearful king.

The incredible Sentry Wards! Imagine discovering enchanted orbs—a precious tool that doesn't just reveal hidden enemies but empowers your team with vision and strategic insight!

Abilities

Use: Plant

Plants a Sentry Ward, an invisible watcher that grants True Sight, the ability to see invisible enemy units and wards, to any existing allied vision within a 1000 radius.
Lasts 7 minutes.
Does not grant ground vision.
Hold Control to give one Sentry Ward to an allied hero.

Additional Insights

Sentry Wards aren't just about vision, they're about strategy and control. They aid in dewarding, detecting enemy wards, and ensuring your team maintains vision superiority, securing map control and safeguarding objectives.

Statistics

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

Itemization Strategy

Supports are the main protagonist of this item, from the early game up to the very late portion of this game.

Heroes countered by Sentry Ward

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Trivia

In it's lore, 'Understanding the art of creating wards holds significance for magical goods artisans. Rylai displayed remarkable aptitude in ward crafting, contemplating a potential career as an artisan'
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