Witch Blade

Upgraded Item | Magical

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A spiteful blade inadvertently possessed by the soul of its incautious creator.

The Witch Blade is a fascinating and potent item that embodies a blend of mystical power and tactical prowess. It's like wielding a magical weapon that not only bolsters your attacks but also vexes your enemies with its enchanting abilities!

Base Combat Stats

+ 40 Attack Speed

+ 12 Intelligence

+ 1.5 Mana Regeneration

+ 6 Armor

+ 300 Projectile Speed

Recipe

Abilities

Passive: Witch Blade

Causes your next attack to apply a poison for 4 seconds, slowing by 25% and dealing 0.75x your intelligence as damage every second. This attack has True Strike.

Additional Insights

The Witch Blade isn't just a weapon; it's a catalyst for further arcane might. It allows you to upgrade into even more powerful items, enhancing your magical prowess and turning the tides of battle in your favor.

Statistics

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

Itemization Strategy

One of the newest item in town the witch blade is a mid laners delight, Built from post laning up to the mid game where eventually it could be scaled to late game. Heroes who love this are Queen of Pain and Outworld Destroyer.

Heroes with Witch Blade as Core Item

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Batrider

A core item that that gives you another debuff, which scales with Sticky Napalm stacks and boosts your rightclick damage significantly due to the attack speed. The true strike helps against evasion on enemy heroes. Builds into Parasma later in the game.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Nature's Prophet

A core item to improve your kill threat on the map past the laning stage with increased tankiness and damage through stats and attack speed.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Invoker

A core item that boosts your right click damage through stats and attack speed to proc Cold Snap with damage instances on enemy heroes. The true strike also helps against evasion on enemy heroes. Builds into Parasma later in the game.

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Outworld Devourer

A core item that boosts your DPS with stats, attack speed, and damage ticks to burst down enemy heroes with Arcane Orb and Sanitys Eclipse. The true strike also helps against evasion on enemy heroes.

A core item to improve your kill threat on the map in the early game with increased tankiness and damage through stats and attack speed.

Heroes countered by Witch Blade

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Arc Warden

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Brewmaster

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Broodmother

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Hoodwink

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Keeper of the Light

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Phantom Assassin

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Templar Assassin

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Troll Warlord

Rectangular image of Dota 2 hero Windranger

Trivia

One interesting trivia about Witch Blade is that its introduction marked the addition of a new type of item called 'Neutral Drops' to the game. Witch Blade is among the few items classified as Tier 4 neutral drops, which means it can only be obtained by heroes through chance drops from neutral creeps in the game.