Witch Blade

Upgraded Item | Magical

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A spiteful blade inadvertently possessed by the soul of its incautious creator.

The Witch Blade is a fascinating and potent item that embodies a blend of mystical power and tactical prowess. It's like wielding a magical weapon that not only bolsters your attacks but also vexes your enemies with its enchanting abilities!

Base Combat Stats

Combat Stats

+ 6 Armor

+ 12 Damage for Intelligence Heroes

+ 40 Attack Speed

+ 144 Mana (from attributes)

+ 1.5 Mana Regen

+ 0.6 Mana Regen (from attributes)

+ 1.2% Magic Resistance (from attributes)

300 Projectile Speed

Attributes

+ 12 Intelligence

Recipe

Abilities

Passive: Witch Blade

Causes your next attack to apply a poison for 4 seconds, slowing by 25% and dealing 0.75x your intelligence as damage every second. This attack has True Strike.

Additional Insights

The Witch Blade isn't just a weapon; it's a catalyst for further arcane might. It allows you to upgrade into even more powerful items, enhancing your magical prowess and turning the tides of battle in your favor.

Statistics

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

Itemization Strategy

One of the newest item in town the witch blade is a mid laners delight, Built from post laning up to the mid game where eventually it could be scaled to late game. Heroes who love this are Queen of Pain and Outworld Destroyer.

Heroes with Witch Blade as Core Item

A core item to improve your kill threat on the map in the early game with increased tankiness and damage through stats and attack speed.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Storm Spirit

A core item that provides mana pool and improves the potential of bursting down enemy heroes without relying entirely on your mana.

Heroes countered by Witch Blade

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Arc Warden

Gives you another layer of damage with a true strike right click that pierces Magnetic Field.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Brewmaster

Gives you another layer of damage with a true strike right click that pierces evasion from Drunken Brawler.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Broodmother

Gives you another layer of damage with a true strike right click that counters the miss chance from Silken Bola.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Hoodwink

Gives you another layer of damage with a true strike right click that pierces the evasion from Scurry in treelines.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Keeper of the Light

Gives you another layer of damage with a true strike right click that is not affected by the miss chance from Blinding Light.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Phantom Assassin

Gives you another layer of damage with a true strike right click that pierces the evasion from Blur.

Poison attack has True Strike

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Templar Assassin

To remove Refraction charges and to obtain some armor

Poison attack has True Strike

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Troll Warlord

Poison attack has True Strike.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Windranger

Poison attack has True Strike

Trivia

One interesting trivia about Witch Blade is that its introduction marked the addition of a new type of item called 'Neutral Drops' to the game. Witch Blade is among the few items classified as Tier 4 neutral drops, which means it can only be obtained by heroes through chance drops from neutral creeps in the game.