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Items

Items come from creep rounds and loot boxes, and sit in your courier's inventory until you give them to a piece. Higher tiers are stronger and drop from tougher creeps.

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Items can't be combined in this version of the game; upgrade them with Equipment Recast instead. How items work →

Tier 1 (17)

Prince's Knife

Damage+10.
The carrier deals increased damage to enemy chess pieces of the same species/class+25%.

Bracer

HP +300.

Wraith Band

Attack speed +20%.

Null Talisman

Magical damage +20%.

Crystalys

Attacks have a 20% chance to cause 200% critical strike damage.

Skull Basher

Grants melee hero 20% chance on hit to stun the target for 2s.

Buckler

Armor +5.

Gossamer Cape

+25% magical resistance. Its carrier and all minions are immune to mind control.

Ring of Basilius

MP regen +50%.

Orb of Corrosion

Target armor -5.

Spark of Courage

Carrier deals +25% damage to enemies level higher than or equal to carrier.

Lucky Pendant

The carrier has 30% additional chances on all probability synergies.

  • Lucky Aura: Have additional chances on all probability synergies.

Bullwhip

Chess pieces summoned by the carrier gain: Attack speed +100%, duration +100%

Hand of Midas

Active ability: Instant Activation
Immediately eliminates a summoned or illusion piece with health lower than the carrier. In-home battles, drops 1 gold coins.

Force Staff

Magic Damage+10%.

Active ability: Activated when Hp is low
Push the carrier to a safe grid that cannot be reached by enemy attacks, and restore 20 mana immediately.

10

Blink Dagger

Active ability: Instant
Instantly teleports off the farest square that allows it to attack an enemy.

Range: 800
15

  • Chess Pieces with fast movement can be immune to attacks and projectiles.

Witless Shako

+25% magical resistance. The carrier +1 level.

  • +1 Level Only valid on chess pieces.

Tier 2 (17)

Drum of Endurance

h1>Aura EffectAllied units in the surrounding area gain the effect: Attack speed +25%.

Maelstrom

Attack Speed+10%.
20% chance on attack to release a forked lightning, dealing 100 magic damage to up to 3 enemies.

Kaya

Mana restoration + 25%. Magical damage +30%.

Aghanim's Shard

Magic Regen +75%.
The carrier permanently gains a random enemy chess pieces active skill as an additional skill.

  • The carrier must have mana for Aghanim's Shard.
  • Additional skill will be removed after chess pieces upgraded.

Mask of Madness

+15% attack speed, lifesteal +20%, but silences the carrier.

Blade Mail

+5 armor.

Active ability: Activates when taking damage
Duplicates 50% of the damage taken back to the unit that dealt the damage for 7 sec.

Vanguard

Block 40 damage on melee pieces.

Pavise

+5 Armor.
Chances to gain +1 armor permanently on its carrier on damage taken in home battle.

Hood of Defiance

+50% magic resistance.

Vladimir's Offering

Aura Effect
Allied units in the surrounding area gain the effect: Lifesteal +25%.

Bottle

MP +50.

Telescope

Ranged carriers will be counted as Dwarf.

  • The bearer retains its original Species as well.

Spider Leg

Evasion+25%.
The carrier also counts as Aqir, and is eligible for friendly Infection spawning.

Ascetic's Cap

+25% magical resistance. A non-Undead carrier has a chance to be reborn into an undead piece of the same rank and level.

  • At most 1 undead piece can resurrect each round.
  • IO cannot resurrect. Independent with Dismiss.

Tranquil Boots

Fast movement. Recharges 20 health for allies around per 2 seconds.

  • Immune to attack and ability when jumping

Aviana's Feather

All damage dealt by carriers is considered as Magical damage.

Sliver

+25 damage.
Considered as Tier 3 Item.

Tier 3 (16)

Moon Shard

Attack speed +50%.

Desolator

+25 damage.
Armor -10 to the target on attacks.

Diffusal Blade

Attack speed + 20%.

Active Ability: Instant
Purify the attack target by removing all its synergy buffs.

Heaven's Halberd

Evasion+25%.

Active ability: Instant
the enemy chess piece with the highest attackDisarm , lasting for 6 seconds.

15

Trident

Attack damage +25.
Deals each 50% additional damage to at most 2 same-name pieces.

Paladin Sword

Damage +25, Lifesteal + 20%.
Carrier deals +50% damage to Undead and Demon pieces.

Mekansm

Active ability: Activate when most allies are wounded
Heals 500 health to all allied units within the range.

Range:400
15

Crimson Guard

+5 armor, Block 30 damage.

Active ability: Activates when taking damage
Grants all allies within the range 50% chance to block 100 damage for melee pieces and 30 damage for ranged pieces. Lasts 8 sec.

Range: 400
30

Pipe of Insight

+10 health regeneration, +50% magic resistance.

Active ability: Activates when taking damage
Grants ranged allies with +10 health regeneration, +50% magic resistance for 10 sec.

Range:500
30

Shiva's Guard

+10 armor.

Active ability: Instant
Emits a freezing wave that slows the attack speed and healing effectiveness of enemies within 3 cells by 50% for 5 seconds and deals 100 magical damage.

Linken's Sphere

+300 health, +100% mana regeneration.
Blocks targeted spell or item.

10

Bloodstone

+600 Health.
If an enemy chess piece on the hosts side is killed, the holder has a 15% chance of gaining 1 energy point. Each energy point will increase the magic damage the holder inflicts by 10%.
If the holder is killed, half of the energy points will be lost.

Aegis of Immortal

+600 HP.
Deathrattle: Resurrect once.

Kobold Cup

Carrier counts as Kobold.
The carrier and pieces of the same name gain +25% attack speed, inheritable after shapeshift.

Spell Prism

magical damage+20%.
Target quantity of enemy-directed targeted spells or items +1.

  • Casting skills and certain special target selection targeted spells are ineffective.

Arcane Boots

Fast movement.

Active ability: Instant
Restores 40 mana for all allies within the range.

Range: 400

  • Immune to attack and ability when jumping

Tier 4 (15)

Radiance

+25% Evasion.

Aura
Deals 100 pure damage to surrounding enemies every 3 secs and forces them to have a 25% chance to miss the attack.

Monkey King Bar

+40% attack speed.
Attacks pierce through evasion and deal an extra 50 magical damage.

Butterfly

Evasion +40%, Attack Speed+20%.

Active ability: Activates upon taking damage
The bonuses provided by Butterfly are doubled for 6 seconds.

Bloodthorn

+20% Attack speed.

Active ability: Instant
Roots and silences the highest-level enemy chess piece in the attack range for 6 seconds. Any attacks to the victim causes 200% critical damage and all allies with in the attack range focus attacking the victim within the duration.

15

Black King Bar

+600 HP.

Active ability: Activates when taking damage
Grants spell immunity and 75% magic resistance for 4 sec. Dispels negative statuses from the caster on activation.

Giant's Ring

+30 health regeneration, +100 physical block, permanent taunt.

Abyssal Blade

+50 damage.

Active ability: Instant
Stun a nearby enemy piece for 5s, and deal 100 pure damage, ignores skill immunity.

7

Gleipnir

Attack speed+30%.

Active ability: Instant
Entangle the highest-level enemy piece within a 2-grid radius, immobilizing all enemy pieces in that range for 4 seconds and dealing 100 points of magical damage.

Battle Fury

+50 damage.
Melee attacks deal 50% cleave damage in a range of 1 square.

Manta Style

Damage +25.
Active ability: Instant
Creates 2 images of the caster that last 7 seconds.

  • Mirror chess pieces inherit passive effects from the carriers equipment.

Dagon

+40% magical damage.

Active ability: Instant
Deals 700 magical damage to a random enemy chess piece.

Refresher Orb

+200% mana regeneration

Active ability: Activates when ability or items incur cooldown
Resets the cooldown of abilities and other items.

15

Minotaur Horn

Carrier counts as Dragon and has 100 initial mana.

Necronomicon

Summons 2 necro creeps

  • Melee carrier summons 2 necro warriors while Ranged carrier summons 2 necro archers.

Guardian Greaves

Enables quick movement

Active ability: Activates when many allied chess pieces are injured.
Grants 500 maximum health and 30 mana to all allied units in the area and dispels negative effects incurred during battle.

Effect Range:500

Tier 5 (12)

Rapier

Basic Attack Damage: +350, Skill Damage: +25%.
If defeated on home battle and the courier takes damage, it drops to a random other player. Cannot be reforged.

Daedalus

+75 damage.
Attacks have a 20% chance to critically strike for 400% damage.

Mjollnir

+60% attack speed.
20% chance when attacking or being attacked to release a bolt of electricity that leaps between 5 targets, dealing 100 magical damage to each.

Havoc

Attack damage +50.
All carriers damage settled as Pure Damage.

Eye of Skadi

+600 max health.
Attack speed, Move speed, mana restoration and healing effectiveness -50%.

Aghanim's Scepter

+40% Magic Damage.
Chess piece skill level +1 of the carrier.

Scythe of Vyse

Magic damage+60%.

Active Ability: Instant
Transforms an enemy piece of the highest level into a harmless animal for 5 sec.

Satanic

Carrier counts as Faceless.+600HP, +50% lifesteal.

Active ability: Activates when taking damage
Gains +100% Lifesteal for 6 sec.

Assault Cuirass

+15 Armor.+20 Attack speed.

Aura
Grants +10 armor to allies nearby.

Aura
Enemies nearby suffer -10 armor.

Aeon Disk

Carrier and its minions will be a
permanent chess piece.

Active ability: Activates when at low health.
Grants 100% damage block for 3.5 seconds.

Mirror Shield

Physical Block +60.
50% probability of rebounding all damage and directional spells taken.

Ogre Hood

+900 HP, +25% magical resistance.
The carrier also counts as Ogre and +2 level.

  • The bearer retains its original Species as well.