Daedalus – Dota 2 Guide, Stats & Hero Matchups [Patch 7.38c]
Upgraded Item | Weapons
5100
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5100A weapon of incredible power that is difficult for even the strongest of warriors to control.
A legendary blade, a magnificent and formidable item that not only amplifies your hero's damage but also grants them a chance to deal devastating critical strikes in the most awe-inspiring.
Base Combat Stats
+ 88 Damage
Recipe
Abilities
Passive: Critical Strike
Grants each attack a 30% chance to deal 225% damage.
Additional Insights
- Critical Strike does not work against buildings.
- Does not affect buildings
- Here's the thrilling part! The Daedalus enhances your hero's critical strike chance and amplifies the damage dealt when a critical strike occurs. With each critical hit, your hero inflicts massively increased damage, creating moments of immense devastation in battles. It's like your hero is saying, 'I'll deliver a devastating blow when luck favors me!'
Statistics
The statistics below shows the percentage of hero builds which contain Daedalus as a core, common or situational item for each role. These statistics are based on our hero guides.
Itemization Strategy
Daedalus, a name you can say fast but isn't as fast as the critical strikes of this item, usually a mid to late game item that is chosen if you want to deal more bonus damage.
Heroes with Daedalus as Core Item
Your greatest right-click damage amplifier after Rapier that scales your attack damage and lets you maximize your damage output during Solar Flare and Leap.
A core item that massively increases your physical damage output.
A core item to dish out high damage output in fights and speeds up farm also.
A core upgrade for Crystalys to burst down enemy heroes with right clicks. Has great synergy with Great Cleave to do your entire right click damage to units behind your target.
A core damage item to burst down enemy heroes with right clicks. The Critical Strike procs frequently with the attack speed gain during Focus Fire.
A core damage item to burst down enemy heroes with right clicks using your massive attack range.
A core late-game item for more physical damage output against tanky heroes.
A core damage item to burst down enemy heroes with right clicks using your massive attack range.
A core upgrade for Crystalys to boost your right click damage. Goes well with Aghanims Scepter Side Gunner which can also crit on attacks.
A core item to boost your right click damage and burst down enemy heroes. Can crit multiple units once you upgrade Split Shot with Aghanim's Scepter.
A late game damage item to do massive AoE crit damage to multiple enemy heroes with your Empower right clicks during the Reverse Polarity lockdown and burst them all down.
A core item in the late game to boost your right click damage.
A late game pick up that massively boosts your right click damage and kill threat on the map.
A core item to burst down heroes with Astral Step charges using your massive right click damage.
A core damage item to massively increase the burst potential of Acorn Shot and your right clicks.
A core item that massively boosts your right click damage and kill threat on the map.
Trivia
The name 'Daedalus' is a reference to Greek mythology, specifically the legendary figure Daedalus, a skilled craftsman and inventor. In Greek mythology, Daedalus was renowned for his remarkable creativity and ingenuity, notably for creating the labyrinth for King Minos of Crete to contain the Minotaur.