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Orb of Venom is an item purchasable at the Base Shop, under Equipment.

Available in the Base Shop
Orb of Venom
Orb of Venom icon
Envenoms your veapon with the venom of a venomous viper.
Equipment
Cost 250 Gold
Sell Value Full price refunded within 10s. 125 Gold
Passive ? Poison Attack
Bonus ?
Shareable No
Usage Alert ? No
Recipe
Orb of Corrosion (900)
UsedIn1
Orb of Venom (250)

Ability[]

Poison Attack
Can be used by illusions. Does not pierce debuff immunity.
Ability
Passive
Affects
Enemies
Poisons the target, dealing 2 magical damage per second and slowing movement by 13% if the equipped hero is melee, or by 4% if they are ranged. Lasts for 2 seconds.
Move Speed Slow (Melee): 13%
Move Speed Slow (Ranged): 4%
Damage per Second: 2
Duration: 2
Buff/Debuff
Modifiers [?]
modifier_item_orb_of_venom_slow

  • Successive attacks do not stack but refresh the duration instead.
    • Does not stack with the slow and damage over time of Orb of Corrosion icon Corrosion.
    • If both debuffs are present, Orb of Venom's debuff does not slow or deal damage.
  • The attacks first apply the debuff, then their own attack damage.
  • If both Melee melee and Ranged ranged hero with Orb of Venom attack the same target, the values 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 2 instances.


Recommended Heroes[]

Generally picked up by Melee melee heroes who intend to harass their opponents in the lane.

Bounty Hunter icon
Bounty Hunter
Earth Spirit icon
Earth Spirit
Omniknight icon
Omniknight
Riki icon
Riki
Treant Protector icon
Treant Protector

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[]

Recent Changes[]

Version
Description
  • Reduced gold cost from 275 Gold to 250 Gold.
  • Reduced gold cost from 300 Gold to 275 Gold.
  • Orb of Venom icon Poison Attack
    • Reduced damage per second from Melee 5 / Ranged 3 to 2 for all heroes.
    • Increased Melee melee movement speed slow from 12% to 15%.
    • Reduced duration from 3 to 2.



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