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Lotus Orb

Your hero's reflective shield—a powerful and protective item that not only defends your hero but also rebounds enemy spells.
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The jewel at its center still reflects a pale image of its creator.

Your hero's reflective shield—a powerful and protective item that not only defends your hero but also rebounds enemy spells.

Base Combat Stats

+ 10 Armor

bonus health regen

+ 6.5 Health Regeneration

bonus mana regen

+ 4.0 Mana Regeneration

bonus mana

+ 250 Mana

Recipe

Your hero's reflective shield—a powerful and protective item that not only defends your hero but also rebounds enemy spells.
Perseverance
Platemail
Energy Booster
Lotus Orb Recipe

Abilities

Active: Echo Shell

Applies a shield to the target unit for 6 seconds which re-casts most targeted spells back to their caster.
The shielded unit will still take damage from the spell.
Dispel Type: Basic Dispel

Mana: 175

Cooldown: 15

Additional Insights

So, envision the Lotus Orb as your hero's shimmering safeguard, a friendly item that shields, reflects spells, and allows your hero to turn adversity into an enchanting advantage

Statistics

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

Itemization Strategy

A mid to late game item, this item is higly contested when a scenario arise where one hero has to front no matter what or give him extra dispel that gives him freedom to worry less. Heroes that build this item varies from offlaners or supports that goes to the route of using utilites.

Heroes countered by Lotus Orb

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Bane
Lets you reflect all four single target Bane spells. Particularly useful against Fiend's Grip to cancel it instantly.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Batrider
Lets you reflect and instantly cancel Flaming Lasso. Also gives you a dispel against Sticky Napalm and Flamebreak.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Bloodseeker
Lets you reflect Rupture and make it difficult for Bloodseeker to run you down. Also provides a dispel against the Blood Rite silence.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Bounty Hunter
Gives you a dispel against Track and reflects Shuriken Toss and Track back onto Bounty Hunter to do more damage and maintain vision of him.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Chaos Knight
Lets you reflect Chaos Bolt and not let Chaos Knight follow up on his stun with his burst damage.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Dark Willow
Lets you dispel Bramble Maze and Cursed Crown before it triggers. Also lets you reflect Cursed Crown back on Dark Willow.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Death Prophet
Lets you dispel Silence off yourself or an ally. Also lets you reflect Spirit Siphon back on Death Prophet and render it ineffective.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Doom
Lets you reflect Doom and turn the tables on him in a fight. Also gives you a dispel against the Infernal Blade damage.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Earth Spirit
Lets you dispel the Geomagnetic Grip silence and Magnetize off yourself or an ally.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Grimstroke
Lets you reflect Soulbind and Phantom's Embrace back on Grimstroke. Can also be used to dispel the slow from Stroke of Faith.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Gyrocopter
Lets you reflect Homing Missile back on Gyrocopter when it is about to connect. Also lets you dispel the movement slow from Call Down.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Juggernaut
Lets you reflect Omnislash back onto Juggernaut and render it completely ineffective.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Keeper of the Light
Gives you a dispel against Solar Bind and Blinding Light. Also lets you reflect Solar Bind back onto Keeper of the Light to reduce his mobility.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Lich
Lets you reflect all of Lich's high damage spells. Particularly useful to cast Chain Frost back onto Lich and possibly do massive damage in fights.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Lion
Lets you reflect all four single target Lion spells and disrupt his initiation. Can possibly let you kill Lion by reflecting Finger of Death.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Pudge
Lets you reflect Dismember back onto Pudge to instantly interrupt it.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Pugna
Lets you reflect Life Drain back onto Pugna and render it completely ineffective.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Razor
Lets you reflect Static Link back onto Razor and render it completely ineffective.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Rubick
Lets you reflect all of Rubick's usable spells. Particularly useful against Telekinesis to foil his initiation and not land in a dangerous spot.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Sand King
Lets you reflect Burrowstrike back onto Sand King to foil his initiation and stun him and possibly other enemies caught under the reflected spell.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Shadow Demon
Lets you reflect Disruption and Demonic Purge back onto Shadow Demon to foil his initiation and spell combo. Also lets you dispel Disseminate.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Shadow Shaman
Lets you reflect most of Shadow Shaman's spells back onto him. Particularly useful against Hex and Shackles to foil his initiation.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Silencer
Lets you dispel Global Silence and Arcane Curse off yourself or a teammate.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Skywrath Mage
Lets you dispel the Ancient Seal silence and Rod of Atos off yourself or a teammate.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Slardar
Lets you dispel Corrosive Haze off yourself or a teammate. Also useful to reflect Corrosive Haze back onto Slardar and burst him with physical damage.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Sven
Lets you reflect Storm Hammer back onto Sven to stun him back and foil his initiation.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Terrorblade
Lets you reflect Sunder back onto Terrorblade and render it completely ineffective. Also lets you dispel Reflection.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Tinker
Lets you reflect Laser and items like Scythe back onto Tinker to control him, disable his Blink, and do damage. Also lets you dispel the Laser blind.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Treant Protector
Lets you dispel Overgrowth off yourself or an ally. Also lets you dispel or reflect Leech Seed.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Venomancer
Lets you dispel Venomous Gale and Poison Sting off yourself or an ally. Also lets you reflect Noxious Plague back onto Venomancer.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Viper
Lets you dispel the Poison Attack stacks off yourself or an ally. Also lets you reflect Viper Strike back onto Viper.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Visage
Gives you a dispel against Grave Chill. Also lets you reflect Soul Assumption back onto Visage.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Warlock
Lets you dispel Fatal Bonds and Shadow Word off yourself or an ally. Also lets you dispel the lingering slow of Upheaval outside its AoE.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Winter Wyvern
Lets you reflect Winter's Curse back onto Winter Wyvern. Also lets you dispel Arctic Burn and Splinter Blast off yourself or an ally to get rid of the slow and damage over time.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Witch Doctor
Lets you return Paralyzing Cask back onto Witch Doctor and possibly interrupt Death Ward from the stun.
Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Zeus
Lets you reflect Arc Lightning and Lightning Bolt back onto Zeus. Also reflects Arc Lightning if Zeus attacks you with Aghanims Shard.

Trivia

Reverse Polarity (Magnus), Black Hole (Enigma), and Ravage (Tidehunter). These potent area ofeffect crowd control ultimates, when targeted at a hero equipped with Lotus Orb, can be deflected back, causing chaos among the enemy team.