Abyssal Blade

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Abyssal Blade
The lost blade of the Commander of the Abyss, this edge cuts into an enemy's soul.
Cost 6750 (1550) Bought From Weapons
Active Overwhelm Passive Bash, Damage Block Bonus +10 Strength +250 Health +7 Health regeneration +25 Attack damage Disassemble? Yes Alert allies? No Recipe

The Abyssal Blade is an item purchasable at the Main Shop under Weapons. However, it can only be completed with items from the Secret Shop.

Additional information

• For strength heroes, it grants 475 health, 6.88% health regen amplification (at least 7.48 health regen), 1% magic resistance and 35 attack damage.
• For agility heroes, it grants 430 health, 5.5% health regen amplification (at least 7.39 health regen) and 0.8% magic resistance.
• For intelligence heroes, it grants 430 health, 5.5% health regen amplification (at least 7.39 health regen) and 0.8% magic resistance.
• When held by Slardar, Spirit Breaker, Troll Warlord or Faceless Void, Bash cannot proc.
• When held by a hero that has the Time Lock passive (e.g. in Ability Draft), Bash cannot proc either.

Abilities

Overwhelm

Play

Ability
Target Unit

Affects
Enemies

Stuns a target enemy unit for 2 seconds.

Pierces Spell Immunity.

Cast Range: 140

Stun Duration: 2

35

75

Modifiers

Bashed: Dispellable with strong dispels.

Notes:

• Despite the visual effects, the effect is instant and does not need to travel.

Bash

Play

Ability
Passive

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical

Grants melee heroes a 25% chance on hit to stun the target for 1.5 seconds and deal 100 bonus magical damage. Bash chance for ranged heroes is 10%.

Proc Chance (Melee): 25%

Proc Chance (Ranged): 10%

Damage: 100

Stun Duration: 1.5

2.3

Modifiers

Bashed: Dispellable with strong dispels.

Notes:

• Abyssal Blade's bash does not stack with the bash of Skull Basher and other Abyssal Blades.

• When obtaining multiple items with the bash ability, only the one that has been continuously the longest in the inventory works.

• The proccing attack first applies the debuff, then its own damage.

• The bonus damage is dealt in one instance together with the attack damage, and counts as attack damage as well.
  • It can be lifestealed off of, but it is not considered by crit or cleave.
  • It is also not affected by percentage-based attack damage bonuses or reductions, but can be reduced with flat reductions.

• Adds an average of 25 damage to every attack for melee heroes, and 10 damage for ranged heroes.

• Does not work against wards and buildings, but works against allied units.

• Bash uses pseudo-random distribution.

Damage Block

Ability
Passive

Affects
Self

Grants a 50% chance to block 70 damage from incoming attacks on melee heroes, and 35 damage on ranged.

Proc Chance: 50%

Blocked Damage (Melee): 70

Blocked Damage (Ranged): 35

Notes:

• Does not work against wards ( Plague Ward, Mass Serpent Ward, Death Ward).

• Does not reduce physical damage from spells, except from Moon Glaives and The Swarm.

• Damage Block uses pseudo-random distribution.

• For more details, see Damage Block.

Recommended heroes

Heroes whose default item build includes Abyssal Blade as a situational item:

• Anti-Mage
• Ursa
• Phantom Assassin
• Lifestealer
• Night Stalker
• Riki

Tips

• Use Overwhelm to interrupt the enemy heroes' channeling such as Town Portal Scroll or any channeled abilities like Freezing Field.
• Although sometimes optional, it is best to buy items that grant attack speed which procs Bash more.
• Due to the short cast range of Overwhelm, it is best to have a gap closer, like blink abilities to position oneself to cast it, or invisibility to sneak up upon targets.
• Since the Bash pierces spell immunity, it is best used when facing heroes with spell immunity (such as Juggernaut or Lifestealer). The active ability also has a guaranteed 2-seconds stun that also pierces spell immunity.
• Be careful when facing heroes with skills/items that applies strong dispel such as Aphotic Shield or Dark Pact, it is best to use abilities with silence or mute to compensate this.

Gallery

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  Using Abyssal Blade

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  Bashed

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