Spirit Vessel – Dota 2 Guide, Stats & Hero Matchups [Patch 7.38c]

Your hero's mystical healer, a potent and versatile item that not only amplifies your hero's offensive capabilities but also offers a supportive role by weakening enemy healing and regeneration!
Base Combat Stats

+ 1.75 Mana Regeneration
+ 2 Armor

+ 375 Health
Recipe
Abilities
Active: Soul Release
When used against enemies, it reduces health by 4% of current health per second, and reduces HP regeneration, healing, lifesteal and Spell lifesteal by 70%. Deals 25 damage per second.
When used on allies, it provides 40 health regeneration per second.
Lasts 8.0 seconds.
If the unit is attacked by an enemy hero or Roshan, the effect is lost.
Gains charges every time an enemy hero dies within 1400 units or the user dies. Only the closest Spirit Vessel to the dying hero will gain a charge.
Cooldown: 10
Additional Insights
- Does not trigger spell block or spell reflect.
- If there are multiple heroes with urn of shadows as component only the closest get's a charge
- The beauty of the Spirit Vessel lies in its dual role, empowering your hero while countering enemy sustain. It's particularly effective against foes relying on healing effects, making them more vulnerable by reducing their ability to regenerate health.
Statistics
The statistics below shows the percentage of hero builds which contain Spirit Vessel as a core, common or situational item for each role. These statistics are based on our hero guides.
Itemization Strategy
A handy item that is specializing on whether you want to heal or stop regeneration from your foes. The Spirit Vessel is a hot commodity when it comes to heroes that loves to gank or set the tempo, A few examples are Earth Spirit, Mirana and Witch Doctor.