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Components required from the Side Lane Shop
Blade Mail
Blade Mail icon
A razor-sharp coat of mail, it is the choice of selfless martyrs in combat.
Cost 2200 Gold
Sell Value Full price refunded within 10s. 1100 Gold
Active Damage Return
Bonus ? +10 Intelligence
+6 Armor
Shareable No
Disassemble No
Usage Alert ? No
Recipe
Blade Mail (2200)
Components3
Broadsword (1000)
Chainmail (550)
Robe of the Magi (450)

Blade Mail is an Item purchasable at the Main Shop, under Armor. It can also be completed solely with items from the Side Lane Shop.

Additional information

  • One Blade Mail grants a total of {{#show:Blade Mail|?bonus armor#}} armor, Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{". mana, Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{". mana regeneration, Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{".% spell damage and {{#show:Blade Mail|?bonus damage#}} (Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{". to Intelligence attribute symbol intelligence heroes) attack damage.

Ability

Damage Return
Ability
N/A
Affects
Enemies
Reflects any damage taken back to the unit that dealt the damage. Lasts 4.5 seconds.
Damage Returned: 100%
Duration: 4.5
Cooldown symbol
 18
Mana symbol
 25
Buff/Debuff
Modifiers [?]
Item Blade Mail Reflect
Undispellable

  • Interrupts the owner's channeling spells upon cast.
  • Returned damage has the no-reflection flag, preventing its damage from interacting with other sources of damage with the same flag.
  • Fully ignores self-inflicted damage, and damage flagged as HP Removal.
  • Returns damage back to the source. This means damage done by summons is reflected back to the summons, not to their owner.


Recommended heroes

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Tips

  • Having more armor than your enemy allows to return more physical damage than you take, since it gets reflected before reductions. Assault Cuirass icon Assault Cuirass is the best item in combination you can get with Blade Mail as it gives armor and armor reduction.
    • However, on the other side of the situation, if the enemy has copious amounts of damage resistance or high health, they could very easily ignore Blade Mail's ability. Heroes like Ursa minimap icon Ursa or Spectre minimap icon Spectre are good examples of said resistant Heroes, or items such as Pipe of Insight icon Pipe of Insight or Heart of Tarrasque icon Heart of Tarrasque.
  • It can be useful to get Blade Mail if you get outcarried, to counter the DPS and turn the enemy's damage against them.
  • Buy it as a counter if the opposing team has high damage (crits, nukes or attack speed) and have low health. If timed properly, some heroes can get killed just from their own damage. And even if you cannot do that, it could make the enemy hesitant to attack you for 4.5 seconds.
  • A good situation to use Blade Mail is if you're inflicted with a heavy damage over time ability. For example, you can kill (or severely damage) Bloodseeker minimap icon Bloodseeker by walking around with Rupture icon Rupture, or Tinker minimap icon Tinker by staying under his March of the Machines icon March of the Machines. However, do make sure that you yourself can take the damage you'll be receiving, else you'll just be helping the enemy instead.
  • The return is only dealt to the unit who attacks. Therefore, Techies minimap icon Techies' mines and Witch Doctor minimap icon Witch Doctor's Death Ward icon Death Ward will not affect their main hero as they are considered a separate unit.
  • This is a commonly bought item for initiator Heroes that can soak up some damage (commonly Strength heroes), such as Clockwerk minimap icon Clockwerk or Spirit Breaker minimap icon Spirit Breaker.
  • Blade Mail is less effective with evasion because it reduces the hits you receive.

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