Desolator

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For the neutral item, see Stygian Desolator.

Desolator is an item purchasable at the Base Shop, under Weapons.

Desolator
A wicked weapon, used in torturing political criminals.
Weapons Cost 3500 Sell Value 1750 Passive ? Corruption Soul Stealer Bonus ? +55 Attack Damage Shareable 0 Disassemble 0 Usage Alert ? 0 Recipe

Additional Information

• This item is shown as a Team Item in the shop window when purchased by an ally.

Abilities

Corruption

Corruption

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Ability

Passive

Affects

Enemy Units

The wielder's successful attack applies an armor reduction debuff on the affected enemy unit.

Armor Reduction: 6

Duration: 7

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Orb of Blight-based Items Priority

Weaker sources do not reduce armor if a stronger
source is present, except for Desolator and
Stygian Desolator, which stack with each other.

• desolator_buff
  • The bonus armor reduction value does not stack.
  • Reapplying the debuff refreshes the duration.
  • Affects the following units:
    • Allied units.
    • Buildings
    • Ward-type units.

modifier_desolator_buff

Desolator: Desolator attacks reduced your armor by x.

Attack Projectile Modifying Priority (Visual)

Has the following priorities among attack projectile modifying sources.

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  • The ability effects are applied as follows:
    1. The desolator_buff.
    2. The wielder's attack instance.

Soul Stealer

Soul Stealer

Ability

Passive

Affects

Self

Increases the item's bonus attack damage per debuff-affected enemy hero killed by Corruption.

Max Stacks: 30

Stack per Kill: 2

Attack Damage Bonus per Stack: 1

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  • The item grants 85 total flat bonus attack damage at max stacks.
  • Considers The Double, enemy illusions and creep-heroes as creeps.
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    • The ability grant stacks to the main hero if desolator_buff is applied by the following units:
      • The Double.
      • Wukong's Command Soldiers.
      • Nothl Projection Shadow.

• The stack gain has the following properties:
  • Only the first acquired Desolator grants stacks in the wielder's inventory or backpack.
  • Grant stacks to the most recent player who refreshed the desolator_buff.
  • The current stack is bound to the item.

Interactions: Self-Illusions

Non-functional.

However, they copy the item's stack value upon creation for camouflaging purposes.

Recommended Heroes

Trivia

• In DotA, this item is named Stygian Desolator, which is a reference to a weapon from Anarchy Online, the Stygian Desolator.
  • This name is now used by the neutral artifact Stygian Desolator.
  • Stygian is an adjective describing something as extremely dark, gloomy, and unpleasant.
  • The word itself refers to either the goddess Styx from Greek mythology, or the river named after her.

Gallery

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  Desolator's attack projectile
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  Item icon progress
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  Early item icon concept

Recent Changes

Main Article: Desolator/Changelogs

Version

Description

7.38c
(2025-03-27)

• Increased attack damage bonus from 50 to 55.

7.34
(2023-08-08)

• Increased Soul Stealer max charges from 20 to 30.

7.31c
(2022-05-04)

• Reduced Soul Stealer max charges from 25 to 20.