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Dota 2 Game Items

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Items are objects sold by shops or dropped from Roshan that provide an ability, bonus, or other function not tied to a particular Hero (the only exception being Aghanim's Scepter, which changes certain Hero abilities). They come in a multitude of forms and types, and as such can be very different from one item to the next.

Items take up space in a Hero's Inventory, meaning only six can be carried at one time. If a hero buys another item while their inventory is full, it will automatically go to their stash - which can also hold six items. If a hero buys an item with both their inventory and their stash full, the item will be dropped on the ground in their fountain.

Recipe items will automatically remove their components from a Hero's Inventory and Stash when they are assembled. Because of this, strategy and thought is required in the order and selection of items to purchase.

Some items will provide no effect for some Heroes if they have passive abilities that provide the same or similar effect. For example, most heroes with a bash ability cannot use the passive ability on Skull Basher.

Heroes cannot use items purchased by other heroes, with a handful of exceptions. See Item Sharing for details. In addition, some items can be disassembled. See Disassemble for details.

Most items may be sold back to vendors for 100% of the gold spent either within 10 seconds after purchasing or until the item's active ability (if it has one) was used the first time. After ten seconds have passed items may be sold back for only 50% of its price tag. Some items cannot be sold, for example, Gem of True Sight, and for some Heroes, Aghanim's Scepter.

Gameplay

Purchasing items is essential to the course of the game, as items provide necessary benefits that improve the effectiveness of both Heroes and their team. Heroes without items, or with poor item choices, suffer greatly compared to Heroes with items that synergise well with them.

Items provide addition benefits to Heroes that levelling up cannot. These include attribute bonuses, additional movement speed, auras, active abilities, and passive effects that aren't included in the Hero's innate abilities. Because of this, a Hero will want good items in order to improve the effectiveness of their team.

Item choices, the amount of items, and the speed at which items are obtained determine how effective a Hero's team can be. A support Hero wouldn't want to spend too much money on damage-dealing items, because they don't benefit as much from it as a carry would. A carry hero would want to gain as much gold as they can in order to buy better items than their enemies, which is why farming is important to carries.

The amount of items a hero needs to be effective varies greatly depending on role. A support hero doesn't need many items at all to be effective, which is why they often buy support items like like Observer Wards. A semi-carry or initiator only needs one or two items to be effective, such as a Blink Dagger or Aghanim's Scepter. A hard carry requires many powerful, expensive items to reach their potential - and as such gain the most benefit from items.

Basics

Shop Consumables:

Consumables are items with a limited amount of uses. After all of the charges have been used, they are removed from your inventory or must be refilled. It is possible to use consumables on your allies, however only the original buyer may sell the items.

Clarity (50)

Enchanted Mango (150)

Tango (125)

Healing Salve (110)

Smoke of Deceit (100)

Town Portal Scroll (100)

Dust of Appearance (180)

Animal Courier (120)

Flying Courier (370)

Observer Ward (75)

Sentry Ward (200)

Bottle (700)

Shop Attributes:

Iron Branch (50)

Gauntlets of Strength (150)

Slippers of Agility (150))

Mantle of Intelligence (150)

Circlet (165)

Belt of Strength (450)

Band of Elvenskin (450)

Robe of the Magi (450)

Ogre Club (1000)

Blade of Alacrity (1000)

Staff of Wizardry (1000)

Shop Armaments:

Ring of Protection (200)

Stout Shield (200)

Quelling Blade (225)

Orb of Venom (275)

Blades of Attack (420)

Chainmail (550)

Quarterstaff (875)

Helm of Iron Will (950)

Broadsword (1200)

Claymore (1400)

Javelin (1500)

Mithril Hammer (1600)

Shop Arcane:

Magic Stick (200)

Sage's Mask (325)

Ring of Regen (350)

Boots of Speed (450)

Gloves of Haste (500)

Cloak (550) Cloak (550)

Ring of Health (875)

Void Stone (875)

Gem of True Sight (900)

Morbid Mask (900)

Shadow Amulet (1400)

Ghost Scepter (1500)

Blink Dagger (2250) Blink

Upgrades

Shop Common:

Magic Wand (465)

Null Talisman (470)

Wraith Band (485)

Poor Man's Shield (500)

Bracer (525)

Soul Ring (800)

Phase Boots (1290)

Power Treads (1400)

Oblivion Staff (1650)

Perseverance (1750)

Hand of Midas (2050)

Boots of Travel (2450)

Moon Shard (4300)

Shop Support:

Ring of Basilius (525)

Headdress (600)

Buckler (800)

Urn of Shadows (875)

Tranquil Boots (1000)

Ring of Aquila (1010)

Medallion of Courage (1200)

Arcane Boots (1350)

Drum of Endurance (1850)

Mekansm (2300)

Vladmir's Offering (2325)

Pipe of Insight (3525)

Guardian Greaves (5300)

Shop Caster:

Glimmer Cape (1950)

Force Staff (2250)

Veil of Discord (2520)

Necronomicon (2700)

Dagon (2720)

Eul's Scepter of Divinity (2850)

Solar Crest (3000)

Rod of Atos (3100)

Orchid Malevolence (4075)

Aghanim's Scepter (4200)

Refresher Orb (5300)

Scythe of Vyse (5675)

Octarine Core (5900)

Shop Weapons:

Crystalys (2120)

Armlet of Mordiggian (2370)

Shadow Blade (2800)

Skull Basher (2950)

Battle Fury (4575)

Ethereal Blade (4700)

Silver Edge (5450)

Radiance (5225)

Monkey King Bar (5400)

Daedalus (5520)

Butterfly (5875)

Divine Rapier (6200)

Abyssal Blade (6750

Shop Armor:

Hood of Defiance (2125)

Vanguard (2175)

Blade Mail (2200)

Soul Booster (3200)

Crimson Guard (3800)

Black King Bar (3975)

Lotus Orb (4050)

Shiva's Guard (4700)

Bloodstone (4900)

Manta Style (4950)

Linken's Sphere (5175)

Assault Cuirass (5250)

Heart of Tarrasque (5500)

Shop Artifacts:

Mask of Madness (1800)

Helm of the Dominator (1850)

Sange (2050)

Yasha (2050)

Maelstrom (2800)

Diffusal Blade (3150)

Desolator (3500)

Heaven's Halberd (3850)

Sange and Yasha (4100)

Eye of Skadi (5675)

Mjollnir (5700)

Satanic (5950)

Secret Shop:

The Secret Shops are slightly hidden shops located near the center of the map. The shops allow players to buy items that can't be bought elsewhere or to spend extra gold while in the early game.

Energy Booster (900)

Vitality Booster (1100)

Point Booster (1200)

Platemail (1400)

Talisman of Evasion (1800)

Hyperstone (2000)

Ultimate Orb (2100)

Demon Edge (2400)

Mystic Staff (2700)

Reaver (3000)

Eaglesong (3200)

Sacred Relic (3800)

Secret Shop Upgrade Items:

In addition to the items available above, 3 items can be completed solely with items from the Secret Shop:

Soul Booster (3200)

Octarine Core (5900)

Divine Rapier (6200)

Side Lane Shop:

The Side Lane Shop is an extra shop located on the Radiant side of the Bottom Lane and the Dire side of the Top Lane, near the River. The Side Lane Shop sells certain items away from base, allowing Heroes to continue laning for longer before returning to base.

Town Portal Scroll (100)

Magic Stick (200)

Orb of Venom (275)

Sage's Mask (325)

Ring of Regen (350)

Boots of Speed (450)

Cloak (550)

Ring of Health (875)

Void Stone (875)

Morbid Mask (900)

Helm of Iron Will (950)

Energy Booster (900)

Broadsword (1200)

Slippers of Agility (150)

Quelling Blade (225)

Blades of Attack (420)

Band of Elvenskin (450)

Belt of Strength (450)

Robe of the Magi (450)

Gloves of Haste (500)

Chainmail (550)

Quarterstaff (875)

Ultimate Orb (2100)

Blink Dagger (2250)

Stout shield

Upgrade Items:

These items can be completed solely with items from the Side Lane Shop:

Poor Man's Shield (500)

Arcane Boots (1350)

Phase Boots (1290) List of

Power Treads (1400)

Helm of the Dominator (1850)

Hood of Defiance (2125)

Oblivion Staff (1650)

Blade Mail (2200)

Perseverance (1750)

Roshan Drop:

Drop Only items are items that cannot be bought from any shop in the game and must be picked up. These are usually accompanied by a set of conditions that must be met before dropping.