Orb of Corrosion – Dota 2 Guide, Stats & Hero Matchups [Patch 7.38c]

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Seepage from the wounds of a warrior deity, sealed in an arcanist's orb following a campaign of vicious slaughter.

It's a miniaturized weapon that brings both venom and damage to spice up your attacks!

Base Combat Stats

+ 7 Agility

Recipe

Abilities

Passive: Corrosion

Your attacks reduce the target's armor by 2, slows their movement by 16% (8% against melee targets), and reduces heals, health regeneration, lifesteal and Spell lifesteal by 16% for 3.0 seconds.

Additional Insights

  • Armor reduction does not stack with its components, Desolator, or Stygian Desolator.
  • Stacks with <item_skadi></item_skadi><item_assault></item_assault>
  • What's even more amazing is that this orb's effect sticks around for a few moments, keeping your enemies feeling the burn even after the initial hit. It's like leaving a lingering sting that makes them think twice about messing with your hero!

Statistics

The statistics below shows the percentage of hero builds which contain Orb of Corrosion as a core, common or situational item for each role. These statistics are based on our hero guides.

Carry

Core: 0%

0 out of 43 guides

Carry

Common: 0%

0 out of 43 guides

Carry

Situational: 0%

0 out of 43 guides

Mid

Core: 0%

0 out of 37 guides

Mid

Common: 0%

0 out of 37 guides

Mid

Situational: 0%

0 out of 37 guides

Offlane

Core: 0%

0 out of 44 guides

Offlane

Common: 0%

0 out of 44 guides

Offlane

Situational: 0%

0 out of 44 guides

Support

Core: 0%

0 out of 63 guides

Support

Common: 0%

0 out of 63 guides

Support

Situational: 0%

0 out of 63 guides

Itemization Strategy

Now we just dont get that extra damage we also get the extra survivality, same as the heroes who likes to buy orb of venom and blight stone but are also built by some supports for ganks

Heroes countered by Orb of Corrosion

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Provides armor and helps lower the healing from Mist Coil on the target you are attacking.
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Provides armor and helps lower the HP regen from Chemical Rage with right clicks.
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Helps lower the HP regen on Axe and chase him down with a movement speed slow on right clicks.
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Provides armor and helps lower the healing from Drums of Slom once Beastmaster has Aghanims Scepter.
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Orb of Corrosion provides heal reduction, which makes it more difficult for Bloodseeker to sustain trough his innate. The slow helps with catching up to him or kiting him away.
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Provides armor and helps lower the HP regen on Brewmaster and chase him down with a movement speed slow on right clicks.
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Helps lower the HP regen on Centaur and chase him down with a movement speed slow on right clicks.
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Provides armor and helps lower the HP regen on Clockwerk and chase him down with a movement speed slow on right clicks.
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Provides armor and helps lower the HP regen on Doom and chase him down with a movement speed slow on right clicks.
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Helps lower the HP regen on Earth Spirit and chase him down with a movement speed slow on right clicks while Rolling Boulder is on cooldown.
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Provides armor and helps lower the HP regen on Elder Titan and chase him down with a movement speed slow on right clicks.
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Provides armor and helps lower the HP regen on Ember Spirit and chase him down with a movement speed slow on right clicks while he is out of Fire Remnants.
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Makes you tanky against Eidolons and helps lower the HP regen on Enigma and chase him down with a movement speed slow on right clicks.
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Provides armor and helps lower the HP regen from Berserker's Blood with right clicks.
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Provides armor and helps lower the HP regen on Kunkka and chase him down with a movement speed slow on right clicks.
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Gives you armor and helps lower the HP regen on Legion Commander and chase her down with a movement speed slow on right clicks.
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Gives you tankiness against Lycan and his Wolf pack as well as lower Lycan's HP regen and chase him down with a movement speed slow on right clicks.
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Provides armor and helps lower the lifesteal from Sidekick and chase her down with a movement speed slow on right clicks.
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Provides armor and helps lower the HP regen on Mars and chase him down with a movement speed slow on right clicks.
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Helps lower the HP regen on Pudge and chase him down with a movement speed slow on right clicks.
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Helps lower the HP regen on Sand King and chase him down with a movement speed slow on right clicks.
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Gives you armor as well as helps lower the HP regen on Tidehunter and chase him down with a movement speed slow on right clicks.
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Gives you armor as well as helps lower the HP regen on Tiny and chase him down with a movement speed slow on right clicks.
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Helps lower the HP regen on Underlord and chase him down with a movement speed slow on right clicks.
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Gives you armor as well as helps lower the Vampiric Spirit lifesteal and chase down Wraith King with a movement speed slow on right clicks.

Trivia

It's description in Dota 'Seepage from the wounds of a warrior deity, sealed in an arcanist's orb following a campaign of vicious slaughter' is probably referring to a hero that isn't yet released, Yey! More Heroes!
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