Aghanim's Scepter

? Aghanim's Scepter
	The scepter of a wizard with demigod-like powers.
Recipe

Item

Upgraded Abilities

Lore

Old Abilities

Changelogs

Aghanim's Scepter is an item purchasable at the Main Shop, under Caster. However, it requires an item from the Secret Shop to be completed. It gives each hero unique enhancements to their abilities, sometimes granting a new ability.

Aghanim's Scepter can be consumed and turned into Aghanim's Blessing, a permanent passive buff that provides the same ability upgrades without taking up an item slot. This requires purchasing a recipe, or getting a drop from Roshan. The buff does not provide Aghanim's Scepter's bonus attributes, health, or mana.

Additional information

The item's attributes grants the following additional bonuses:

220 health and 1 health regeneration.
120 mana, 0.5 mana regeneration and 1% flat base magic resistance.
10 attack speed and 1.67 main armor.
10 main attack damage to all / / heroes.
21 main attack damage to universal heroes.

Meepo and Lifestealer cannot drop or sell Aghanim's Scepter once they have purchased it, due to the former receiving an additional Divided We Stand clone, and the latter for unknown reasons.

Ability

Ultimate Upgrade

Ability
Passive

Affects
Self

Upgrades the ultimate, and some abilities, of all heroes.

When a hero has an upgrade available, the item's and the upgraded spell's tooltip states what exactly is upgraded.

Single target spells with Aghanim's Scepter upgrades that are reflected by Spell Reflection depend on whether the reflecting hero has Aghanim's Scepter, not the original caster of the reflected spell.

Upgraded abilities

Main Article: Aghanim's Scepter/Upgraded Abilities

Recommended heroes

Chen

Upgraded Holy Persuasion allows Chen to control ancient creeps, having access to great abilities and auras that contribute damage and survivability to teammates in fights and pushes.

Clockwerk

Hookshot's reduced cooldown gives Clockwerk much greater map presence, allowing him initiate multiple times in one fight, escape from a losing fight, or use it as a casual stun.

Death Prophet

The empowered Exorcism ghosts summoned by the upgrade give Death Prophet a combination of sustain, bonus damage, and soft disable with a relatively low cost.

Enchantress

Combined with a Dragon Lance, upgraded Impetus allows Enchantress to safely lob attacks from the backline, greatly increasing her damage.

Invoker

Invoke's reduced cooldown gives Invoker the time to use many more abilities during long team fights, and the upgrade to all of his abilities is useful for all builds and situations.

Necrophos

Reaper's Scythe's reduced cooldown gives Necrophos the ability to take important heroes out of the late game for prolonged periods of time.

Techies

Remote Mines' improved damage helps Techies nuke creeps waves and heroes well into the late game.
Upgraded Minefield Sign grants traps and mines immunity to True Sight, allowing Techies to lock down an area when defending or pushing towers.

Tinker

The upgraded Heat-Seeking Missile and Laser deal consistent area damage, helping Tinker defend buildings and wear down enemies in team fights.

Zeus

Nimbus gives Zeus a second global ability, and also provides continuous vision, allowing Zeus to aid his allies from any point on the map in addition to the burst damage from Thundergod's Wrath.

Others

Alchemist has the ability to directly infuse Aghanim's Scepter without the need of the expensive recipe. Unlike other heroes, he can also infuse it into his allies, instead of only himself, saving the team a lot of gold the more scepters he infuses.
Clinkz creates Burning Army skeletons upon breaking Skeleton Walk, greatly improving his damage output in ambushes and teamfights.
Lone Druid can have Spirit Bear attack without him around or alive, which make an effective and safe pusher who will always threaten the enemy base.
Mirana rains down extra wave of Starstorm, clearing creep waves and dealing heavy damage especially against a single target.
Nyx Assassin unlocks Burrow, increasing his regeneration, and helping him use more abilities in team fights and defending buildings.
Pangolier's Shield Crash casts a 2-attack Swashbuckle at every 90 degree angle around him, increasing AOE damage output.
Razor deals more overall damage with Eye of the Storm striking two targets at once; it also damages buildings so Razor can push and close down the game.
Timbersaw acquires Second Chakram to increase his damage output, as well as making him less dependent on trees to deal damage in the late game.
Warlock can summon two Golems, turning team fights and pushes in his favor with added damage output.

Supports

While many supports become more powerful with Aghanim's Scepter, most should still focus primarily on buying support items, with Aghanim's Scepter as a luxury option if they have enough gold.

Gallery

A hero having Aghanim's Scepter equipped or consumed.

Trivia

Aghanim's Scepter is named after Agahnim, one of the main villains in The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past.
Rubick is the son of Aghanim. He also possesses an imitation of Aghanim's Scepter.
- With the exception of Dark Willow and Razor, heroes never mention Aghanim's name in their voice responses, simply referring to it as "The Scepter". The reason for this is unknown.
- Riki and Lion are the only heroes who do not have any Scepter responses (excluding Io and Phoenix, who do not speak).