Orb of Venom

Item

Changelogs

Orb of Venom B L
Envenoms your veapon with the venom of a venomous viper.
Cost 275 Bought From Armaments
Passive Poison Attack Disassemble? No Alert allies? No Recipe

The Orb of Venom is an item purchasable at the Main Shop, under Armaments, and at the Side Lane Shop.

Ability

Poison Attack

Ability
Passive

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical

Poisons the target, dealing 5 damage per second for 3 seconds and slowing movement 12% if the equipped hero is melee, or 4% if they are ranged.

Move Speed Slow (Melee): 12%

Move Speed Slow (Ranged): 4%

Damage per Second: 5

Duration: 3

Modifiers

Item Orb Of Venom Slow: Dispellable with any dispel.

Notes:

• Successive attacks with Orb of Venom do not stack, but refresh the duration instead.

• When a melee and a ranged hero with Orb of Venoms attack one target, the slow of the first applied debuff is used and refreshed.

• Deals damage in 1 second intervals, starting 1 second after the debuff is applied, resulting in 3 instances.

• Can deal up to 15 damage (before reductions).

• Does not work against wards and buildings. Works against couriers.

• The damage over time is lethal.

Recommended heroes

• Orb of Venom is generally picked up by melee heroes who intend to harass in lane.
  • Riki
  • Bounty Hunter
  • Ogre Magi
  • Omniknight
  • Treant Protector
  • Earth Spirit
• Phantom Assassin can also poison enemies through Stifling Dagger
• Melee heroes without reliable lockdowns can also opt for an Orb of Venom.
  • Spirit Breaker
  • Lifestealer
  • Ursa
• Carries who eventually build an Eye of Skadi may choose to pick up an early Orb of Venom.
  • Sniper
  • Terrorblade
  • Morphling
  • Medusa
  • Phantom Lancer

Trivia

• Orb of Venom's lore Envenoms your veapon with the venom of a venomous viper. is a reference to the quote of V for Vendetta. "Weapon" was intentionally written wrong, with a V, for the reference's sake.

Gallery

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  Affected by Orb of Venom