Ethereal Blade

Imagine your hero wielding this majestic blade, it not only amplifies your magic power but also turns your attacks into a whimsical burst of ethereal energy.

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A flickering blade of a ghastly nature, it is capable of dealing damage in both magical and physical planes.

Imagine your hero wielding this majestic blade, it not only amplifies your magic power but also turns your attacks into a whimsical burst of ethereal energy.

Base Combat Stats

+ 8 All Attributes

+ 300 Mana

+ 250 Cast Range

+ 3 Mana Regeneration

Recipe

Abilities

Active: Ether Blast

Converts the target unit to ethereal form, rendering them immune to physical damage, but unable to attack and <value>40</value>% more vulnerable to magic damage.<br> Enemy targets are also slowed by <value>80</value>%, and take <value>1.5</value>x your target's primary attribute + <value>50</value> as magical damage.<br>Duration: <value>4.0</value> seconds

Mana: 100

Cooldown: 22

Additional Insights

Shares cooldown with Ghost Scepter.
Ethereal units take %ethereal_damage_bonus%%% bonus magic damage.
For Universal Heroes, their primary attribute is 60%% the sum of all their attributes.
Using a Town Portal Scroll or Boots of Travel will not dispel Ethereal Form.
Plays very well with heroes that have high magical damage already making them more like demons on the loose, Ask Lina when she wants to do a quick kill.

Statistics

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

Itemization Strategy

Best bought if you needed the extra burst on your magical damage output, Have you ever tried comboing one hero and ended feeling short causing them to turn around and just kill you helplessly? Well this one will solve all your nightmares away!

Heroes with Ethereal Blade as Core Item

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Gyrocopter

A core upgrade for Aether Lens to amplify your magic damage on an enemy hero and burst them down with all your spells. Also works as a save for your cores against physical damage.

An upgrade for Aether Lens to amplify your magic damage on an enemy hero and burst them down with all your spells. Also works as a save for you or an ally against physical damage.

An upgrade for Aether Lens to amplify your magic damage toolkit on an enemy hero to burst them down. Also works as a save for your cores against physical damage.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Skywrath Mage

A core item to amplify your magic damage on an enemy hero and burst them down with all your spells. Also works as a save for your cores against physical damage.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Techies

A core item to amplify your magic damage on an enemy hero and burst them down with all your spells. Can be used on an enemy hero to disarm them so that they cannot hit the Proximity Mine you place under them, or protect yourself against physical damage.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Witch Doctor

Provides excellent protection for yourself against high physical damage dealers.

Heroes countered by Ethereal Blade

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Faceless Void

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Juggernaut

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Legion Commander

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Lifestealer

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Monkey King

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Naga Siren

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Phantom Assassin

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Phantom Lancer

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 Templar Assassin

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Terrorblade

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Troll Warlord

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Windranger

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Winter Wyvern

Sounds

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Trivia

The Ethereal Blade was originally known as the 'Ether Blade' in earlier versions of Dota. However, its name was changed to 'Ethereal Blade' in Dota 2. The term 'ethereal' refers to a state of being extremely delicate and light, which aligns with the nature of the item, transforming heroes or enemies into an ethereal form that amplifies magic damage while reducing physical damage taken. This change in name, from 'Ether Blade' to 'Ethereal Blade', emphasized the mystical and magical aspects of the item, highlighting its unique abilities and lore within the game.