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Urn of Shadows

Imagine having a special, mystical urn called the Urn of Shadows. It's like having a magical vessel that brings healing to your team and a bit of mischief to your enemies!
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Contains the ashes of powerful demons.

Imagine having a special, mystical urn called the Urn of Shadows. It's like having a magical vessel that brings healing to your team and a bit of mischief to your enemies!

Base Combat Stats

+ 1.4 Mana Regeneration

+ 2 Armor

bonus health

+ 125 Health

Recipe

Spirit Vessel
Imagine having a special, mystical urn called the Urn of Shadows. It's like having a magical vessel that brings healing to your team and a bit of mischief to your enemies!
Sage's Mask
Ring of Protection
Fluffy Hat
Urn of Shadows Recipe

Abilities

Active: Soul Release

Provides 30 health regeneration when cast on allies, and deals 25 damage per second when cast on enemies.
Lasts 8.0 seconds.
Gains charges every time an enemy hero dies within 1400 units. Only the closest Urn to the dying hero will gain a charge.

Cooldown: 10

Additional Insights

  • Empty urns gain 2 charges.
  • If used on a hero with Soul Release already active on them, it will refresh its duration.
  • Does not trigger spell block or spell reflect.
  • When you use the Urn to heal your teammates, it's like a warm, comforting embrace, patching up their wounds and giving them a boost of health over time. It's like having a handy first aid kit for your team! But when you use it against enemies, those collected souls turn into a fiery burst, dealing a bit of damage. It's a little reminder to your opponents that your team isn't to be trifled with!

Statistics

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

Itemization Strategy

Something that is always good to have around, built by the early game this item scales into a better one mid game. Mostly built by supports but also by some ganking cores this item is essential if you wanna keep fighting. One hero that stands out on this item is Earth Spirit.

Heroes with Urn of Shadows as Core Item

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A core item that helps with mana sustain and lets you snowball from the lane with kills. Also makes you tanky with armor and stats.

Heroes countered by Urn of Shadows

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Trivia

Its concept and name were partially inspired by an item called 'Urn of King Scabaras' from the game 'RuneScape'. The Urn of King Scabaras in RuneScape had a mechanic where players could collect ashes and gain prayer experience by using the urn.
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