Sentry Ward [7.38c]

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A form of plant originally grown in the garden of a fearful king.

The incredible Sentry Wards! Imagine discovering enchanted orbs—a precious tool that doesn't just reveal hidden enemies but empowers your team with vision and strategic insight!

Recipe

Abilities

Use: Plant

Plants a Sentry Ward, an invisible watcher that grants True Sight, the ability to see invisible enemy units and wards, to any existing allied vision within a 1050 radius.

Lasts 7 minutes.

Does not grant ground vision.

Hold Control to give one Sentry Ward to an allied hero.

Additional Insights

  • Unshareable with creeps
  • Sentry Wards aren't just about vision, they're about strategy and control. They aid in dewarding, detecting enemy wards, and ensuring your team maintains vision superiority, securing map control and safeguarding objectives.

Statistics

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

Support

Core: 0%

0 out of 63 guides

Support

Common: 102%

64 out of 63 guides

Support

Situational: 0%

0 out of 63 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 45 guides

Offlane

Common: 0%

0 out of 45 guides

Offlane

Situational: 0%

0 out of 45 guides

Itemization Strategy

Supports are the main protagonist of this item, from the early game up to the very late portion of this game.

Heroes countered by Sentry Ward

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Lets you block jungle camps from spawning to slow down Alchemists farm speed.
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Lets you block jungle camps from spawning to slow down Arc Wardens farm speed.
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Lets you scout Bounty Hunter while he rotates through invisibility with Shadow Walk.
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Lets you block jungle camps from spawning to slow down Broodmothers farm speed and not let her build a massive Spiderlings army.
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Lets you block jungle camps from spawning to not let Chen take over strong neutral creeps.
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Lets you scout Clinkz while he rotates through invisibility with Skeleton Walk.
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Lets you block jungle camps from spawning to not let Enchantress take over strong neutral creeps.
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Lets you block jungle camps from spawning if Enigma is looking to farm the jungle with Eidolons.
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Lets you scout Invoker while he rotates through invisibility with Ghost Walk.
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Lets you block jungle camps from spawning to slow down Luna's farm speed.
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Lets you block jungle camps from spawning to slow down Magnus' farm speed.
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Lets you block jungle camps from spawning to slow down Medusa's farm speed.
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Lets you block jungle camps from spawning to slow down Meepo's farm speed.
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Lets you scout Mirana and her team under invisibility of her ultimate if she took the Moonlight Shadow facet to avoid or fight them.
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Lets you block jungle camps from spawning to slow down Naga Siren's farm speed.
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Lets you scout Nyx Assassin while he rotates through invisibility with Vendetta.
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Lets you scout Riki while he rotates through permanent invisibility from Cloak and Dagger.
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Lets you detect Sand King while he is invisible in his Sand Storm AoE if he took the Sandshroud facet to avoid or kill him.
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Lets you block jungle camps from spawning to slow down Shadow Fiend's farm speed.
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Lets you block jungle camps from spawning to slow down Slark's farm speed.
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Lets you block jungle camps from spawning to slow down Sniper's farm speed.
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Lets you block jungle camps from spawning to slow down Storm Spirit's farm speed.
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Lets you block jungle camps from spawning to slow down Sven's farm speed.
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Lets you detect Templar Assassin when she is invisible under Meld. Also gives you vision of Psionic Traps in an area to destroy or avoid them. Can also be used to block jungle camps.
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Lets you block jungle camps from spawning to slow down Terrorblade's farm speed.
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Lets you block jungle camps from spawning to slow down a carry Tiny's farm speed.
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Lets you detect Weaver while he is invisible with Shukuchi to avoid or kill him.
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Lets you block jungle camps from spawning to slow down Wraith King's farm speed.

Trivia

In it's lore, 'Understanding the art of creating wards holds significance for magical goods artisans. Rylai displayed remarkable aptitude in ward crafting, contemplating a potential career as an artisan'
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