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Blight Stone

Your hero's tiny treasure of strategic might, a little stone that packs a punch and helps your hero and their teammates take down enemies more efficiently!
Basic Item | Equipment

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An unnerving stone unearthed beneath the Fields of Endless Carnage.

Your hero's tiny treasure of strategic might, a little stone that packs a punch and helps your hero and their teammates take down enemies more efficiently!

Recipe

Desolator
Your hero's tiny treasure of strategic might, a little stone that packs a punch and helps your hero and their teammates take down enemies more efficiently!

Abilities

Passive: Lesser Corruption

Your attacks reduce the target's armor by 2 for 8.0 seconds.

Additional Insights

  • Does not stack with its upgrades.
  • What makes the Blight Stone extra awesome is that this armor reduction effect lingers for a few seconds, giving your hero and nearby allies the advantage in battles. It's like leaving a mark of vulnerability on the enemies, making them more susceptible to attacks from your whole team!

Statistics

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

Itemization Strategy

Allmost all i mean almost all cores who would love to get an early desolator for stacking damage on it would have the blight stone as their starting if not so should be your priority come first courier delivery!

Heroes with Blight Stone as Core Item

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Lone Druid
A core item you can keep on your Spirit Bear or hero to improve right click damage by reducing the armor of enemy heroes. You can put it on your hero later on when running out of slots on the Spirit Bear.

Heroes countered by Blight Stone

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Abaddon
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Alchemist
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Axe
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Beastmaster
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Brewmaster
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Centaur Warrunner
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Doom
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Earth Spirit
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Elder Titan
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Enigma
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Huskar
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Kunkka
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Lycan
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Marci
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Mars
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Phoenix
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Pudge
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Clockwerk
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Sand King
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Wraith King
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Tidehunter
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Tiny
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Treant Protector
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Visage
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Weaver
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Winter Wyvern
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Zeus

Trivia

The Blight Stone was introduced as a new item in the 6.87 patch of Dota 2. However, what's intriguing is that its functionality and design were inspired by a similar item in the original Dota mod for Warcraft III called 'Desolator Recipe'.
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