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Item Building Basics

Item Building Basics

Types of Items

Starting Items (0-500g)

  • Tangos: Regenerate HP
  • Healing Salve: Fast HP restore
  • Clarity: Mana regeneration
  • Quelling Blade: +8 damage vs creeps

    • Early Game (500-2000g)

  • Boots of Speed: +45 move speed
  • Magic Wand: Store charges, burst heal
  • Bracer/Wraith Band/Null Talisman: Cheap stats

    • Core Items (2000-5000g)

    These vary by hero - check in-game guides!

    Luxury Items (5000g+)

    Late-game power spikes

    Item Builds by Role

    Carry

  • 1Damage items (Desolator, MKB)
  • 2Attack speed (Moon Shard)
  • 3Survivability (Satanic, BKB)

    • Support

  • 1Wards (Observer + Sentry)
  • 2Utility (Force Staff, Glimmer Cape)
  • 3Team items (Mekansm, Pipe)

    • Golden Rules

    ✅Always carry TP Scroll
    ✅BKB on cores (magic immunity)
    ✅Check enemy items (counter-build)
    ✅Don't save for big items (buy components)
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