Octarine Core

Item

Changelogs

Octarine Core S
At the core of spellcraft are spectrums only the very gifted can sense.
Cost 5900 Bought From Caster
Passive Cooldown Reduction, Spell Lifesteal Bonus +25 Intelligence +425 Health +425 Mana Disassemble? Yes Alert allies? No Recipe

The Octarine Core is an item listed at the Main Shop, under Caster. However, it is assembled entirely with items from the Secret Shop.

Additional information

• One Octarine Core grants a total of 425 health, 700 mana, 1 mana regeneration and 1.79% spell damage (and 25 attack damage to intelligence heroes).

Abilities

Cooldown Reduction

Ability
Passive

Affects
Self

Reduces the cooldown time of all spells and items by 25%.

Cooldown Reduction: 25%

Notes:

• Cooldown Reduction of multiple Octarine Cores does not stack.

• Reduces the cooldown of active, passive and item abilities as well as the replenish time of charge-based abilities.

• The cooldown reduction is not updated dynamically. Only abilities cast while having Octarine Core get their cooldowns reduced.

• Visually reduces the cooldown of Tranquil Boots, but does not affect it.

• Does not affect Cloak and Dagger's fade timer and Drunken Brawler's certain crit/evasion timers.

• When using Guardian Greaves's Mend while having Octarine Core, its heal restriction timer is reduced by 10 seconds, too.

• Stacks multiplicatively with the cooldown reduction of Arcane Rune and of talents.

Spell Lifesteal

Ability
Passive

Affects
Self

25% of spell damage dealt to enemy heroes is returned to the caster as health, regardless of spell damage type.

Lifesteal reduced to 5% against creeps.

Hero Spell Lifesteal: 25%

Creep Spell Lifesteal: 5%

Notes:

• Spell Lifesteal of multiple Octarine Cores does not stack.

• Heals from any spell damage the owner deals (with a few exceptions) against enemy or allied units.

• Does not heal from damage done against buildings, wards or self.

• Heals from all three damage types and from many instantly killing effects.

• Heals from damage dealt after all reductions.

• In order for it to heal, the damage source must be the owner. Damage done by its summons (including wards) does not heal.

Spell Lifesteal

Main article: Spell Lifesteal

Recommended heroes

Heroes whose default item build includes Octarine Core as a core or a situational item

Strength: Alchemist, Bristleback, Earthshaker, Timbersaw.

Agility: Venomancer, Naga Siren.

Intelligence: Invoker, Leshrac, Outworld Devourer, Death Prophet, Lina, Queen of Pain.

Tips

• If you ever find yourself with a tanky hero with Radiance and don't know what else to build, don't hesitate to get Octarine Core, since it greatly boosts your health.

Trivia

• Octarine is a fictional color in the comic fantasy book series Discworld, written by the late Terry Pratchett, who died just before Octarine Core was released. The color is described as "resembling a flourescent greenish-yellow purple" and can only be seen by wizards and cats.
• The components of Octarine Core are the same as the components of the pre-6.60 Aghanim's Scepter.

Gallery

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  A hero gaining lifesteal from an ability