Solar Crest

Solar Crest is like your hero's radiant shield of empowerment, an incredible item that not only enhances your hero's defenses but also brings a brilliant boost to both offense and support on the battlefield!

Upgraded Item | Magical

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A talisman forged to honor the daytime sky.

Solar Crest is like your hero's radiant shield of empowerment, an incredible item that not only enhances your hero's defenses but also brings a brilliant boost to both offense and support on the battlefield!

Base Combat Stats

+ 4 Armor

+ 4 All Attributes

+ 25 Movement Speed

bonus mana

+ 300 Mana

bonus health

+ 175 Health

Recipe

Solar Crest is like your hero's radiant shield of empowerment, an incredible item that not only enhances your hero's defenses but also brings a brilliant boost to both offense and support on the battlefield!

Pavise

Crown

Wind Lace

Solar Crest Recipe

Abilities

Active: Shine

When cast on an ally, grants them 5 armor, 60 attack speed, 15% movement speed and a 350 physical damage barrier.
Does not grant bonus armor, movement or attack speed if used on self.
Duration: 7

Mana: 100

Cooldown: 16

Additional Insights

Shares cooldown with Pavise.
But the Solar Crest doesn't just stop at fortifying your hero, it's a team player! This marvelous crest can be used to target either allies or enemies. When applied to allies, it enhances their armor and evasion, making them more durable and harder to hit. Alternatively, when cast on enemies, it reduces their armor and accuracy, making them vulnerable to your attacks and those of your teammates.

Statistics

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

Itemization Strategy

Very much appreciated as Soft Support item giving them the flexibility to fight more and buff their teammates this item is very much aimed to be taken around early to mid timing of the game with a rapid increase due to it being much cheaper.

Heroes with Solar Crest as Core Item

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Abaddon

An early to mid game item to buff one of your cores against physical damage while boosting their attack speed and mobility. Can also be cast on yourself to gain a physical damage barrier.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Chen

An early to mid game item to buff one of your cores against physical damage while boosting their attack speed and mobility. Can also be cast on yourself to gain a physical damage barrier.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Dawnbreaker

A core item upgraded from Pavise that provides your allies with a really strong buff for attack speed, damage absorption, movement speed and armor.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Dazzle

An early to mid game item to buff one of your cores against physical damage while boosting their attack speed and mobility. Can also be cast on yourself to gain a physical damage barrier.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Elder Titan

An early to mid game item to buff one of your cores against physical damage while boosting their attack speed and mobility. Can also be cast on yourself to gain a physical damage barrier.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Enchantress

An early to mid game item to buff one of your cores against physical damage while boosting their attack speed and mobility. Can also be cast on yourself to gain a physical damage barrier.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Nature's Prophet

An early to mid game item to buff one of your cores against physical damage while boosting their attack speed and mobility. Can also be cast on yourself to gain a physical damage barrier.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Omniknight

An early to mid game item to buff one of your cores against physical damage while boosting their attack speed and mobility. Can also be cast on yourself to gain a physical damage barrier.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Clockwerk

An early to mid game item to buff one of your cores against physical damage while boosting their attack speed and mobility. Can also be cast on yourself to gain a physical damage barrier.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Treant Protector

An early to mid game item to buff one of your cores against physical damage while boosting their attack speed and mobility. Can also be cast on yourself to gain a physical damage barrier.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Undying

An early to mid game item to buff one of your cores against physical damage while boosting their attack speed and mobility. Can also be cast on yourself to gain a physical damage barrier.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Vengeful Spirit

An early to mid game item to buff one of your cores against physical damage while boosting their attack speed and mobility. Can also be cast on yourself to gain a physical damage barrier.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Venomancer

An early to mid game item to buff one of your cores against physical damage while boosting their attack speed and mobility. Can also be cast on yourself to gain a physical damage barrier.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Warlock

An early to mid game item to buff one of your cores against physical damage while boosting their attack speed and mobility. Can also be cast on yourself to gain a physical damage barrier.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Io

An early to mid game item to buff one of your cores against physical damage while boosting their attack speed and mobility. Can also be cast on yourself to gain a physical damage barrier.

Heroes countered by Solar Crest

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Underlord

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Bristleback

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Chaos Knight

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Dawnbreaker

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Elder Titan

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Marci

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Shadow Fiend

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Slardar

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Terrorblade

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Tiny

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Troll Warlord

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Tusk

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Vengeful Spirit

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Visage

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Weaver

Trivia

The introduction of the Solar Crest exemplified Dota 2's ongoing evolution, introducing upgraded items that added depth and versatility to gameplay strategies, before there were very rare upgrade paths.