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Helm of the Overlord

So you wanna conquer more? Control something bigger and Stonger? Say no more.. The Helm of the Overlord is here to help you rain with your terror!
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The powerful headpiece of a dead necromancer.

So you wanna conquer more? Control something bigger and Stonger? Say no more.. The Helm of the Overlord is here to help you rain with your terror!

Base Combat Stats

+ 21 All Attributes

+ 7 Armor

+ 7 Health Regeneration

Recipe

So you wanna conquer more? Control something bigger and Stonger? Say no more.. The Helm of the Overlord is here to help you rain with your terror!
Helm of the Dominator
Ultimate Orb
Helm of the Overlord Recipe

Abilities

Active: Dominate

Takes control of one neutral target unit and sets its movement speed to <value>380</value> and max health to a minimum of <value>1800</value>. Also provides the unit with +<value>70</value> base attack damage, +<value>12</value> health regen, +<value>4</value> mana regen, +<value>7</value> armor, and levels up some abilities of the target by 1 level. <br>Dominated units with a max health of greater than <value>1800</value> retain their original max health. Grants the caster the gold and experience bounty of the dominated creep. Dominated unit's bounty is set to <value>250</value> gold..

Cooldown: 45

Additional Insights

  • Can also Dominate enemy lane creeps and summoned units.
  • Selling will cause dominated units to die.
  • The helm of overlord is a upgraded dominator that lets you control even ancient creeps that are far more powerful than any unit you can dominate early on it also give the aura of vladmir that makes you and all your allies stronger while sustaining yourselves in the battlefield of war through life steal.

Statistics

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

Itemization Strategy

A rush item for offlaners and zoo meta heroes that loves to make dota an RTS kind of game, Overly strong for heroes like Beastmaster and Lycan as it gives them significant sustain and laning prowess for they have benefited earlier on the bonus exp

Heroes with Helm of the Overlord as Core Item

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Lycan
A core item to dominate an ancient creep to add to your Wolf pack. The ancients are much more powerful than normal creeps in terms of auras, HP, damage, and abilities. Improves the potential of fighting and split pushing on the map.

Trivia

It was once named officialy as Helm of Dominator 2 but was renamed later on due to it having another quality not existent in a Helm of Dominator!
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