Orchid Malevolence


Ability

Soul Burn
Blocked by Linken`s Sphere. Does not pierce spell immunity. Play
Ability
Target Unit
Affects
Enemies
Damage
Magical
Silences the target unit for 5 seconds and amplifies the damage it takes by 30%.
Cast Range: 900
Damage Amplification: 30%
Duration: 5
Cooldown symbol.png 18
Mana symbol.png 100
Does not pierce spell immunity. Effect persists and attempts to deal damage when expiring while spell immune if debuff was placed before spell immunity and when not dispelled.
Modifiers
Debuff Orchid Malevolence Debuff: Dispellable with any dispel.

Notes:

  • The damage is applied as soon as the debuff expires. Dispelling the debuff, be that as it may, skips the damage entirely.
    • Recasting Soul Burn on the same target refreshes the duration.
    • Doing this delays the damage further, and gives more time to deal damage to the target.
    • The damage is credited to the last caster of Soul Burn on the target.


Strategy

Orchid Malevolence is useful in four, often overlapping, situations:

  1. Heroes with no disable that rely on the silence to ensure their target cannot escape. They will generally have the movement speed to chase their target down.
  2. Heroes that benefit from the increased mana regeneration and intelligence.
  3. Heroes that gain a noticeable damage output due to the increased attack speed.
  4. Heroes that want to provide a silence to their team to shut down key enemy heroes.

Info

Item Play “Singing trio.” It has been suggested that this article or section be split into multiple new articles. Reason given: The shop should get its own page Discussion to support or oppose the split should be dota2 Changelogs   Item   Changelogs     Contents 1 Version history 2 Update history Version history edit] Version Changes 6.87 Now builds into Bloodthorn. 6.84 Reduced Quarterstaff cost from 900 to 875 (total cost from 4125
Orchid Malevolence
B
A garnet rod constructed from the essence of a fire demon.
Cost
4075 (775)
Bought From
Caster Play “Singing trio.” It has been suggested that this article or section be split into multiple new articles. Reason given: The shop should get its own page Discussion to support or oppose the split should be dota2
Active Soul Burn
Bonus +25 Intelligence
+30 Attack speed
+150% Mana regeneration
+30 Attack damage   Item   Changelogs     Orchid MalevolenceB A garnet rod constructed from the essence of a fire demon. Cost4075 (775) Bought FromCaster Active Soul Burn Bonus +25 Intelligence+30 Attack speed+150% Mana regeneration+30 Attack damage dota2
Disassemble? No
Alert allies? No
Recipe

Orchid Malevolence is an Item Play “Singing trio.” It has been suggested that this article or section be split into multiple new articles. Reason given: The shop should get its own page Discussion to support or oppose the split should be dota2 purchasable at the Main Shop, under Caster Play “Singing trio.” It has been suggested that this article or section be split into multiple new articles. Reason given: The shop should get its own page Discussion to support or oppose the split should be dota2 .

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Tips

  • Orchid is great against Intelligence heroes as they are dependent on their abilities to deal damage, but it is also effective against heroes with escape abilities like Weaver or Anti-Mage and strong initiation like Faceless Void and Enigma.
  • Get the item quickly before the enemy team gets items able to purge the silence.

Additional information

Recommended heroes

Heroes who may include an Orchid Malevolence in their build as a core item:

Clinkz   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Clinkz 15 + 1.9 22 + 3.3 16 + 1.55 Level Base dota2 , Storm Spirit   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Storm Spirit 19 + 1.8 22 + 1.8 24 + 3 Level dota2 .

Heroes who may include an Orchid Malevolence in their build situationally:

Silencer   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Silencer 17 + 2.5 22 + 3 27 + 2.5 Level Base dota2 , Outworld Devourer   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Outworld Devourer 19 + 2.6 24 + 2 26 + 2.7 Level dota2 , Queen of Pain   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Queen of Pain 16 + 2 18 + 2 24 + 2.5 dota2 , Nature`s Prophet   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Nature s Prophet 19 + 2.1 18 + 1.9 25 + 2.9 Level dota2 , Slark   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Slark 20 + 1.9 21 + 1.5 16 + 1.7 Level Base dota2 , Spirit Breaker   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Spirit Breaker 29 + 2.7 17 + 1.7 14 + 1.8 Level dota2 , Invoker   Hero   Strategy   Counters   Equipment   Gear   Responses   Sounds   Lore   Old Abilities   Changelogs     Invoker 16 + 2.2 14 + 1.9 16 + 4 Level Base dota2 , Arc Warden.

Items Synergy

  • You can combine it with an item that provide mana burn like Diffusal Blade or Necronomicon to make your enemy unable to cast a spell after the silence is over.

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General

Orchid Malevolence (also known as Orchid) is purchasable from the Home Shop with parts from the Side Shop.

Ability

Soul Burn
Ability: Unit Target
Affects: Enemy Units
Damage: Magical
Silences an enemy unit and deals damage at the end of the duration. The damage dealt is a percentage of all the damage the target had taken during the silence duration.

100
18
Silence Duration:
End Damage Dealt:
Cast Range:
₠5
₠30%
₠900
Affected By:₠
Notes
  • The amplified damage is dealt at the end of the silence duration with the caster as the source.
  • Blocked by Spell Immunity and Linken`s Sphere.
  • Can be purged.

Recommended Heroes

Version History

Patch Version Balance Changes
6.75
  • Soul Burn`s damage amplification increased from 25% to 30%
6.73
  • Recipe Reworked
6.72
  • Soul Burn`s damage recurrence increased from 20% to 25%
6.70
  • Cooldown reduced from 25 to 18
6.64
  • Increased damage by 5
6.63
  • Reduced manacost from 200 to 100
6.50
  • Redesigned Orchid Malevolence
6.49
  • New Item

WC3 DotA Version

  • Warcraft III DotA - Orchid Malevolence