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The Grandstaff of Balance

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by Peetrek Nov 25, 2025

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The Grandstaff of Balance

Item based on idea from Pigzit, i think magic resistance steal is an untapped market
2505 GOLD

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This item can not be disassembled

Balance Magic

active ABILITY

The Grandstaff steals magic resistance from the target enemy for a few seconds.

spell manacost

60

spell cooldown

30

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RECIPE

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recipe
500g
1.
1.
1.
Recipe Total: 500 gold

MAIN ATTRIBUTES

+3

STR

+3

AGI

+16

INT

CUSTOM ATTRIBUTES

MAGIC RESISTANCE +15%
MANA LOSS REDUC +4%
MANA REGENERATION +0.6
3 custom attributes

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Balance Magic

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Balance Magic

TYPE active

DAMAGE none

TARGET MODE unit

The Grandstaff steals magic resistance from the target enemy for a few seconds.

DURATION 6

MAGIC RESISTANCE STEAL 25% of target

spell manacost

60

spell cooldown

30

ADVANCED

This ability has no targets

SPECIFIED RULES

castable when leashed: YES

blocked by Linken's Sphere: YES

goes on CD when cast interrupted: YES

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Item based on idea from Pigzit, i think magic resistance steal is an untapped market

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Pigzit

Pigzit commented 3 years ago

Hell yeah, this was one of my favorite parts of designing Messenger of Flames, that and the self-damage mechanics. Building it out of a Null is interesting too, its been a long time in dota history since Bracers, Nulls, and Wraiths built into anything. Cool item!