Butterfly

Your hero's enchanting wings, a remarkable and graceful item that not only increases your hero's agility and evasion but also grants a fluttering effect, enhancing their survivability and damage output in the most elegant.

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Only the mightiest and most experienced of warriors can wield the Butterfly, but it provides incredible dexterity in combat.

Your hero's enchanting wings, a remarkable and graceful item that not only increases your hero's agility and evasion but also grants a fluttering effect, enhancing their survivability and damage output in the most elegant.

Base Combat Stats

+ 35 Agility

+ 35% Evasion

+ 20% Base Attack Speed Percentage

+ 25 Damage

Recipe

Additional Insights

Stacks diminishingly with other sources of Evasion.
Imagine your hero adorned with this exquisite item, it's like embracing a set of majestic butterfly wings shimmering with extraordinary power. The Butterfly significantly boosts your hero's agility, making them swifter and deadlier in combat while also providing evasion against incoming attacks.

Statistics

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

Itemization Strategy

The moment you feel you needed a modifier to make it harder for the opponent to bring you down or deal damage to you, this is the survivability you need! A mid to late game situational item that is frequently bought by heroes like Medusa and Luna.

Heroes with Butterfly as Core Item

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Faceless Void

A core item to have more DPS with attack speed for more Time Lock procs. Also boosts your tankiness with evasion and armor.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Gyrocopter

A core item to have more DPS with attack speed for faster Flak Cannon hits. Also boosts your tankiness with evasion and armor. The attack speed does not affect your Side Gunner attack interval.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Juggernaut

A core item that increases your damage output through stats and attack speed which also improves your Omnislash. Also makes you more tanky against physical damage with evasion and armor.

Provides evasion and additional scaling to your base + agility attack speed. Effective versus heroes that rely on attacks too much or if you have a high base attack speed and agility gain.

A core item to have more DPS with attack speed and stats while boosting your tankiness with evasion and armor.

A core item to have more DPS with attack speed and stats while also boosting your tankiness with evasion and armor.

Provides Evasion, which Mirana desperately needs to counteract her relatively low armor gain. Amplifies your attack damage even further but mostly it allows you to stand your ground versus other right-clickers before they get MKB.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Morphling

A core item to have more DPS with attack speed and stats while boosting your tankiness with evasion and armor.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Naga Siren

A core item to have more DPS with attack speed and stats while also boosting the tankiness of your hero and your illusions with evasion and armor.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Shadow Fiend

A core item to have more DPS with attack speed and stats while boosting your tankiness with evasion and armor.

A core item to have more DPS during Static Link with attack speed and stats while boosting your tankiness with evasion and armor.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Terrorblade

A core item to have more DPS with attack speed and stats while also boosting the tankiness of your hero and your illusions with evasion and armor.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Vengeful Spirit

A late game pick up to boost your tankiness and right click damage output that also benefits your Aghanims Scepter illusion.

Heroes countered by Butterfly

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Abaddon

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Alchemist

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Anti-Mage

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Arc Warden

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Bounty Hunter

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Brewmaster

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Bristleback

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Broodmother

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Chaos Knight

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Dark Willow

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Elder Titan

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Enchantress

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Nature's Prophet

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Legion Commander

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Lone Druid

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Monkey King

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Night Stalker

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Phantom Lancer

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Silencer

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Wraith King

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Slardar

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Snapfire

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Spectre

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Spirit Breaker

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Templar Assassin

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Troll Warlord

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Windranger

Trivia

The Butterfly item draws inspiration from the world of nature and folklore, specifically referencing the elegance and mystique of butterflies. These enchanting insects are known for their graceful flight and are often associated with themes of transformation, beauty, and agility.