Satanic [7.38c]
A formidable and mighty item that not only boosts your hero's strength but also grants them the power to steal life from enemies in the most heroic manner possible!
Base Combat Stats
+ 25 Strength
+ 25 Damage
+ 30% Lifesteal
Recipe
Abilities
Active: Unholy Rage
Increases Lifesteal percentage to 175% for 6.0 seconds.
Dispel Type: Basic Dispel
Cooldown: 30
Passive: Lifesteal
Heals the attacker for a percentage of physical damage dealt.
Additional Insights
- Applies Basic DispelCancels Channeling
- Stacks with other lifesteals
- What's remarkable about the Satanic is its potential to turn the tide of battles. The life steal effect can be crucial in critical moments, allowing your hero to regain health rapidly during intense engagements, turning near-defeats into glorious victories.
Statistics
The statistics below shows the percentage of hero builds which contain Satanic as a core, common or situational item for each role. These statistics are based on our hero guides.
Itemization Strategy
A closer item from what i would call this, Mid or Late game it doesn't matter as this item is intended to win fights and be immortal, Itemized almost everytime by cores to make their damage more significantly essential.
Heroes with Satanic as Core Item
A core item that provides you with a Basic Dispel and Lifesteal in order to stand your ground and sustain in fights. Boosts your HP pool, which Mirana greatly lacks as she has one of the lowest strength gains in the game.
A core item that gives you HP sustain through lifesteal and lets you turn the fight from low health. Also gives you a form of dispel against debuffs.
A core item that gives you tankiness and HP sustain through lifesteal and lets you turn the fight from low health. Also lets you dispel yourself when in trouble.
A core item that gives you tankiness and HP sustain through lifesteal and lets you turn the fight from low health during Tree Grab. Also lets you dispel yourself when in trouble.
A core item to utilize your high damage and attack speed for massive HP sustain through lifesteal and turn the fight from low health. Makes you tanky with HP pool and also lets you dispel yourself when in trouble.
A late game pick up that gives you tankiness and HP sustain through lifesteal and lets you turn the fight from low health with right clicks. Also lets you dispel yourself when in trouble.
A core item that gives you tankiness and HP sustain through lifesteal and lets you turn the fight from low health. Also lets you dispel yourself when in trouble.
A core item that provides HP sustain with lifesteal and dispel yourself on cast. Works well with Aghanims Scepter to lifesteal with Side Gunner even when you are stunned.
Heroes countered by Satanic
Gives you a dispel against Flux and provides massive lifesteal to beat Arc Warden and Tempest Double in a right click battle.
Gives you a dispel against Battle Hunger and provides a massive lifesteal gain to right click Axe through Blade Mail without dying.
Satanic provides a dispell for Enfeeble, which can greatly increase your rightclick damage output.
Allows you to man up and heal back up quickly if you happen to survive Batrider's initiation. Provides you with an additional dispel to take off his many dispellable debuffs.
Gives you a dispel against the Blood Rite silence and provides massive lifesteal to stand your ground and fight Bloodseeker when affected by Rupture.
Gives you a dispel against Incapacitating Bite as well as Spawn Spiderlings and provides massive lifesteal to stand your ground and beat Broodmother and her army of Spiderlings in a right click battle.
Lets you dispel Bramble Maze and Cursed Crown before it triggers. Also helps you survive through Dark Willow's burst damage by lifestealing off your attacks.
Gives you a dispel against Cold Snap and lets you stand your ground in the middle of Invoker's spell combo and fight back with the lifesteal gain.
Gives you massive lifesteal to stand your ground and fight Legion Commander with right clicks. Particularly useful to survive during Duel by pressing the item quickly before it starts.
Gives you a dispel against Muerta's control spells as well as stand your ground and fight Muerta with the massive lifesteal if she does not have Pierce the Veil.
Gives you a dispel to take off Ensnare and allows you to fight back Naga Siren and her illusions as you can sustain with the massive Lifesteal boost.
Lets you dispel the Fortune's End root or Fate's Edict disarm off yourself.
Gives you a dispel against Lucky Shot and lets you stand your ground and fight back against Pangolier with the lifesteal gain.
Gives you a dispel against the Waning Rift silence and lets you stand your ground while leashed by Dream Coil and fight back with the lifesteal gain.
Gives you a dispel against Decrepify and lets you stand your ground when targeted by Life Drain and fight back with the lifesteal gain.
Gives you massive lifesteal gain to stand and fight against Shadow Fiend with right clicks.
Gives you a dispel against the Reactive Tazer disarm and lets you heal back up with the lifesteal gain when hit by Techies' spells and Proximity Mines.
Gives you a dispel against Reflection and provides a massive lifesteal gain to stand your ground and fight against Terrorblade when hit by Sunder.
Gives you a dispel against the Laser blind and provides a massive lifesteal gain to stand your ground and fight back in the middle of Tinker's March of the Machines spam.
Gives you a dispel upon activation against Overgrowth and use the massive lifesteal to gain back your lost HP.
Gives you a dispel against Venomous Gale and Poison Sting as well as use the massive lifesteal to gain back your HP lost to Venomancer's spells.
Gives you a dispel against Grave Chill and provides a massive lifesteal gain to stand your ground and fight back against Visage and his Familiars.
Gives you a dispel against the Resonant Pulse silence once Void Spirit has Aghanims Scepter and lets you stand your ground in the middle of Void Spirit's spell combo and fight back with the lifesteal gain.
Lets you dispel Fatal Bonds and Shadow Word off yourself as well as use the massive lifesteal to fight and kill the Chaotic Offering Golem.
Trivia
The Satanic item in Dota 2 is a homage to a similar item that existed in the original Dota called 'Satanic' as well. In the original Dota, Satanic was introduced as an item that granted a passive lifesteal ability, but it didn't have the active ability 'Unholy Rage' found in Dota 2.