Attributes

For a list of heroes sorted by attributes, see Table of hero attributes.

Attributes

 

Old Abilities

 

Attributes are the main statistics of all heroes that independently determine most scaling statistics. These attributes are strength, agility, and intelligence. Attributes are gained when a hero levels up, obtains a talent, buys certain items, or uses certain abilities. Illusions benefit from attributes.

Primary attribute

Every hero has a primary attribute, which controls their attack damage. Every point in their primary attribute adds 1 point of damage to their attacks. A hero's primary attribute heavily impacts and commonly even defines the hero's role and how they are played. For example, intelligence heroes are typically more dependent on abilities. A hero's primary attribute typically grows faster than the other two attributes.

Strength

Main Article: Strength

Strength is a measure of a hero's toughness and endurance. Strength determines a hero's maximum health, health regeneration, and additionally magic resistance. Heroes with strength as their primary attribute can be hard to kill, so they often take initiator and tank roles, initiating fights and taking most of the damage from enemy attacks.

Every point in strength increases:

• Maximum health by 20.
• Health regeneration by 0.1.
• Magic resistance by 0.08%.

For strength heroes, every point in strength also increases attack damage by 1.

Agility

Main Article: Agility

Agility is a measure of a hero's swiftness and dexterity. Agility determines a hero's armor, attack speed, and additionally movement speed. Heroes with agility as their primary attribute tend to be more dependent on their physical attacks and items, and are usually capable of falling back on their abilities in a pinch. Agility heroes often take carry and Gank roles.

Every point in agility increases:

• Armor by 0.16.
• Attack speed by 1.
• Movement speed by 0.05%.

For agility heroes, every point in agility also increases attack damage by 1.

Intelligence

Main Article: Intelligence

Intelligence is a measure of a hero's wit and wisdom. Intelligence determines a hero's maximum mana, mana regeneration, and additionally spell damage amplification. Heroes with intelligence as their primary attribute tend to rely on their abilities to deal damage or help others. Intelligence heroes often take support, gank, and pusher roles.

Every point in intelligence increases:

• Maximum mana by 12.
• Mana regeneration by 0.05.
• Spell damage by 0.07%.

For intelligence heroes, every point in intelligence also increases attack damage by 1.

Items granting attributes

Each attribute has its own set of items that focus on boosting it. These items are different for each attribute. In order to categorize them, they're split into 5 different sections:

• Small Items boost their associated attribute by 3, or all attributes by 1. These items are usually taken as starting items to make up for gaps in a hero's statistics.
• Medium Items boost their associated attribute by 6, or all attributes by 2. Though generally not taken to increase attributes, these items are usually components of many midrange items.
• Large Items boost their associated attribute by 10, or all attributes by 4. These items are usually components in more powerful items, and almost never bought just for the stats.
• Ultimate Items boost their associated attribute by 25, or all attributes by 10. These are mostly used to make late game items because of how expensive they are and how cost-ineffective they are per point of stats.
• Besides the items in the table, Ghost Scepter is another basic item that grants attributes. All other items that grant attributes are upgrades, and are all derived from one or multiple of the 16 items listed below.

	Small	Medium	Large	Ultimate
All Attributes	Iron Branch +1 All Attributes	Circlet +2 All Attributes	Crown +4 All Attributes	Ultimate Orb +10 All Attributes
Strength	Gauntlets of Strength +3 Strength	Belt of Strength +6 Strength	Ogre Axe +10 Strength	Reaver +25 Strength
Agility	Slippers of Agility +3 Agility	Band of Elvenskin +6 Agility	Blade of Alacrity +10 Agility	Eaglesong +25 Agility
Intelligence	Mantle of Intelligence +3 Intelligence	Robe of the Magi +6 Intelligence	Staff of Wizardry +10 Intelligence	Mystic Staff +25 Intelligence

Talents granting attributes

Several heroes have talents which directly grant them a boost on one or more attributes. There are talents for each of the 3 attributes, and talents for all attributes together. There are no talents for 2 out of 3 attributes, but a hero may have two separate talents for different attributes, which are usually provided as a choice on the same level, so the player may decide between one of them.

Bonus	Level 10		Level 15		Level 20		Level 25
	Left	Right	Left	Right	Left	Right	Left	Right
All Stats
Strength
Agility
Intelligence

Abilities and items modifying attributes

• Armlet of Mordiggian - Unholy Strength
  
  Strength Bonus: 25
  While toggled on, grants strength to the owning hero. The strength is granted gradually over a short duration upon toggling on, and is instantly removed upon toggling off.
• Luna - Lunar Blessing
  
  Radius: 1200
  Primary Attribute Bonus: 6/12/18/24
  Passively grants nearby allied heroes a bonus to their primary attribute, including to the hero with this ability.
• Morphling - Attribute Shift (Agility Gain)
  
  Shift Rate: 1/0.25/0.1/0.04
  Strength Turned into Agility per Shift: 1
  Passive Agility Bonus: 4/5/6/7
  Passively grants agility to the hero with this ability. When toggled on, shifts 1/4/10/25 of the caster's strength into agility per second until toggled off.
• Morphling - Attribute Shift (Strength Gain)
  
  Shift Rate: 1/0.25/0.1/0.04
  Agility Turned into Strength per Shift: 1
  Passive Strength Bonus: 4/5/6/7
  Passively grants strength to the hero with this ability. When toggled on, shifts 1/4/10/25 of the caster's agility into strength per second until toggled off.
• Outworld Devourer - Arcane Orb
  
  Intelligence Steal per Stack: 1/2/3/4
  Stack Duration: 80 ( )
  Temporarily steals intelligence, removing it from the attacked enemy hero and granting it to the caster. The debuff of multiple casts stacks.
• Phantom Lancer - Phantom Rush
  
  Agility Bonus: 11/22/33/44
  Duration: 2
  Temporarily grants the triggering unit agility upon successfully attacking the rush target.
• Power Treads - Switch Attribute
  
  Selected Attribute Bonus: 10
  Passively grants the owner of the item a bonus to the current selected attribute. Can be cast to switch the bonus from strength to intelligence, from intelligence to agility, or from agility to strength.
• Pudge - Flesh Heap
  
  Strength Bonus per Stack: 1/1.5/2/2.5 ( 3/3.5/4/4.5)
  Permanently grants strength whenever an enemy hero dies close to the hero with this ability, or when the hero with this ability makes a kill.
• Silencer - Intelligence Steal
  
  Intelligence Steal per Stack: 2 ( )
  Permanently steals intelligence from enemy heroes whenever they die close to the hero with this ability, or when the hero with this ability kills them.
• Slark - Essence Shift
  
  Target All Attributes Loss per Attack: 1
  Slark Agility Bonus per Attack: 3
  Duration: 15/30/60/120 (