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Radiance is an item purchasable at the Base Shop, under Weapons. However, it can only be completed with items from the Secret Shop.

Components required from the Base Shop Components required from the Secret Shop
Radiance
Radiance icon
Radiance (Active) icon
Radiance (Inactive) icon
A divine weapon that causes damage and a bright burning effect that lays waste to nearby enemies.
Weapons
Cost 4700 Gold
Sell Value Full price refunded within 10s. 2350 Gold
Passive ? Burn
Bonus ? +20% Evasion
+55 Attack Damage
Shareable No
Disassemble Yes
Usage Alert ? No
Recipe
Radiance (4700)
Components2
Sacred Relic (3400)
Talisman of Evasion (1300)

Additional Information[]

Ability[]

Ability
Toggle / Aura
Affects
Enemies
Damage
Magical
When active, scorches enemies for 60 magical damage per second, and causes them to miss 15% of their attacks. Illusions deal 35 magical damage per second.
Radius: 700
Damage per Second: 60
Illusion Damage Multiplier: 1.5
Miss Chance: 15%
Aura Linger Duration: 0.5
Illusions Illusions
Damage per Second: 35
Cooldown symbol
 0
Can be used by illusions.
Illusion Notes:
Illusions copy the current toggle state upon creation, and cannot change the toggle state.
The wielder's Burn takes priority over that of nearby illusions.
Buff/Debuff
Modifiers [?]
modifier_item_radiance_debuff
Death

  • Does not interrupt the caster's channeling abilities upon toggling On / Off.
    • Cannot be toggled when the owner is hidden while the order is given.
  • Both the damage per second and the blind effect are provided by an aura. Its debuff lingers for 0.5 seconds.
    • This means during this linger period, enemies can still be damaged by up to 1 tick.
  • Deals damage in 1-second intervals, starting 1 second after the debuff is placed.
  • Multiple Burn debuffs of multiple Radiances do not stack. Only the first applied debuff applies the effects.
  • Blind uses pseudo-random distribution.
    • Stacks additively with other blind sources and multiplicatively with evasion sources.
    • With both the evasion bonus on the wielder and blind applied to the enemy, the wielder has 32% effective evasion rate against incoming attacks.
  • Places the blind debuff on Roshan icon Roshan, but does not deal damage.


Recommended Heroes[]

Alchemist icon
Alchemist
Lone Druid icon
Lone Druid
Spectre icon
Spectre
Wraith King icon
Wraith King

Situational[]

Strength attribute symbol Strength Heroes:

Bristleback icon
Bristleback
Lifestealer icon
Lifestealer

Agility attribute symbol Agility Heroes:

Bloodseeker icon
Bloodseeker
Naga Siren icon
Naga Siren
Weaver icon
Weaver

Intelligence attribute symbol Intelligence Heroes:

Necrophos icon
Necrophos

Universal attribute symbol Universal Heroes:

Abaddon icon
Abaddon
Brewmaster icon
Brewmaster
Phoenix icon
Phoenix

Tips[]

  • Radiance has one of the hardest build-ups in the game, as rushing the 3400 Gold for a Sacred Relic icon Sacred Relic forces you to save up a lot of gold at once rather than ramping up your strength with cheaper items. Early deaths can be especially problematic for a player that chooses to build Radiance, and may force the player to give up on Radiance and build a different item. Inform your team if you are building a Radiance.
  • It is recommended to avoid being visible on the map and avoid uncertain fights when close to the purchase of the Sacred Relic.
  • With a Manta Style icon Manta Style or an illusion ability, you can farm multiple lanes and wood camps at once and push the lanes safely.
  • Radiance's constant area damage is great at disabling enemy Blink Dagger icon Blink Daggers, preventing enemies from initiating or escaping with it. However, they can still initiate with it if they have enough vision, due to the blink's range being higher than the Burn Aura's reach.
  • Radiance can be combined with Dagon icon Dagon to have both, sustained damage and burst damage simultaneously.
  • It can be combined with a Shiva's Guard icon Shiva's Guard to have an AoE magic damage ability, slow your enemies and protect your team further from physical damage.
  • Because the damage type of Radiance is magical, it can procs Spell Lifesteal. Illusions themselves can recover health while dealing damage to enemy creeps and heroes, allowing them to survive longer. Only the first illusion or hero that burns an enemy lifesteals from it.
  • It is extremely not recommended to purchase more than one Radiance on the same team, as the auras do not stack.

Trivia[]

  • Radiance's item icon used to have a few animations. The glowing on the sword's edges would slowly radiate away from the blade, and the sword had a pulsating glow effect. This animation was removed for unknown reasons.
  • Demonic Blade icon Demonic Blade may have inspired the creation of Radiance.

Gallery[]

Recent Changes[]

Main Article: Radiance/Changelogs
Version
Description
  • Increased evasion bonus from 15% to 20%.
  • Increased Radiance icon Burn illusion damage multiplier from 1 to 1.5.
  • Reduced Sacred Relic icon Sacred Relic cost from 3750 Gold to 3400 Gold (total cost decreases from 5050 Gold to 4700 Gold).



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