Hand of Midas

For the character from Dota 2 lore, see Midas.

Item

Changelogs

Hand of Midas B
Preserved through unknown magical means, the Hand of Midas is a weapon of greed, sacrificing animals to line the owner's pockets.
Cost 2150 (1650) Bought From Common
Active Transmute Bonus +30 Attack speed Disassemble? No Alert allies? No Recipe

The Hand of Midas is an item purchasable at the Main Shop, under Common.

Ability

Transmute

Play

Ability
Target Unit

Affects
Units

Damage
Pure
(HP Removal)

Kills a non-hero target for 200 gold and 1.85x experience.

Cannot be used on Ancient Creeps.

Cast Range: 600

Gold Bonus: 200

Experience Bonus Multiplier: 185%

100

Notes:

• Upon cast, kills the target unit instantly and grants the caster 200 reliable gold and 185% of the target's experience bounty.

• The target's default bounties are not granted. This means that no hero nearby gains the default gold and experience from the death.

• Despite the visual effects, the gold and experience are granted instantly.

• Deals damage equal to the target's current health to kill it. This damage fully ignores any form of reduction or amplification.
  • This means that it triggers most on-damage events like (neutral or lane) creep aggro.

• Cannot be cast on wards, buildings, ancient creeps, or Necronomicon summons.

Recommended heroes

• Carry heroes who need to farm for late game items often buy an early Hand of Midas.
  • Invoker
  • Wraith King
  • Slark
  • Arc Warden
  • Lifestealer
  • Faceless Void
  • Bloodseeker
  • Alchemist
  • Sniper
  • Necrophos
  • Medusa

• Jungling heroes can farm a fast Hand of Midas without interruption.
  • Nature's Prophet
  • Doom
  • Enigma
  • Enchantress
  • Lone Druid

• Some support heroes who are not very item dependent may choose to build Hand of Midas in order to accumulate gold for bigger late game items.
  • Treant Protector
  • Ancient Apparition
  • Silencer
  • Warlock
  • Phoenix

Tips

• The earlier Hand of Midas is purchased, the more cost effective it will be over the course of a match.
  • Assuming it is always used when off cooldown, Hand of Midas increases the user's GPM by 120, meaning it will take an absolute minimum of 17.92 minutes to pay for itself, or 13.75 minutes for the recipe.
• Hand of Midas is an important item if you want to increase your level quickly and unlock talents, especially if you rely on your talents to counter enemy heroes in late game.
  • For example, Wraith King's level 25 talent removes the mana cost for Reincarnation, which is useful if he is facing mana burning enemies like Anti-Mage.
• To get the most out of the 1.85x experience bonus, use Transmute on:
  • Large neutral creeps (175.75 + 3.515 every 7.5 minutes experience) - Centaur Conqueror, Satyr Tormenter, Hellbear Smasher, Wildwing Ripper, Dark Troll Summoner
  • Ranged creeps (166.5 experience)
  • Siege creeps (162.8 experience)

Trivia

• Midas is based on Midas, a figure from Greek mythology who turned all he touched to gold.

Gallery

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  Using Hand of Midas