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Lotus Orb
From Liquipedia Dota 2 Wiki
The Lotus Orb is an item purchasable at the Main Shop, under Armor. However, it requires items from the Secret Shop to be assembled, or can be assembled entirely with items from the Secret Shop.
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Lotus Orb
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Additional Information
[edit]- This item is shown as a Team Item in the shop window when purchased by an ally.
Ability
[edit]Echo Shell
[edit]Unit
Affects
Allied Heroes
Applies a basic dispel and a shield on the target ally for a while, which re-casts a copy of most single-target abilities targeted at the ally back at their casters.
Does not protect the ally from the targeted abilities.
Does not protect the ally from the targeted abilities.
Cast Animation: 0 + 0
Cast Range: 
900
Duration: 5
15
175
If stacked, 
Spell Reflection triggers in the
above order.
above order.
- Can be cast on allied heroes,
Clones,
Illusions, and the Spirit Bear.
- Can be cast on other
Creep-Heroes as well, but it does not reflect abilities for them.
- ↓↓ Double-tapping automatically targets self.
- Can be cast on other
- Applies a
Basic Dispel on the target upon cast.
- Spell Reflection triggers before
Spell Block, so a blocked ability is still reflected normally.
- Does not block abilities cast by allies.
- Does not reflect abilities as a result of other sources of Spell Reflection.
- Reflected spells will keep any upgrades the original spell had (e.g. by a facet,
Aghanim's Scepter,
Aghanim's Shard or talents).
- Carrying an Aghanim's Scepter or Aghanim's Shard on the echo shelled unit does not upgrade reflected spells.
- For a list of abilities reflected, see here.
modifier_lotus_orb_delay- This modifier is used for abilities that require a delay to resolve properly
- Known use cases:
modifier_item_lotus_orb_channel_check- This modifier is used for channeled abilities.
- It forces the reflecting hero to stand still while channeling the reflected ability.
- If the hero performs any other action or gets disabled, the modifier is removed, which cancels the channeling.
Echo Shell: Most targeted spells will be re-cast at the caster.
Hidden modifier
Hidden modifier
- Successive casts on the same target refresh the duration, the buff does not stack.
Recommended Heroes
[edit]Lotus Orb is often picked up by initiators and tanks to deter the enemy from trying to interrupt them, as their role often puts them within harm's way. Echo Shell's dispel can also remove debuffs that prevent them from doing their jobs, and these heroes often appreciate some extra armor and mana.
Tips
[edit]- Projectile-based abilities are nearly always reflected upon impact. This makes them easier to reflect than spells with instant effect because the Echo Shell can be placed on the targeted unit before the projectile hits.
Trivia
[edit]- The ability to reflect single-target abilities back to their casters is actually an old ability concept in Dota. It was first seen in version 6.00 as a chance-based passive ability, belonging to Linken's Mirror, the pre-rework version of Linken's Sphere. The ability was removed in 6.09 and replaced by Spell Block, as Linken's Sphere got reworked.
Gallery
[edit]- A hero with Lotus Orb's Echo Shell
Recent Changes
[edit]Main Article: Lotus Orb/Changelogs
Description
- Can no longer be disassembled.
- General changes to
- Reflected spells now benefit from all bonuses the original cast had, including the following:
- Caster's facet upgrades
- Bonuses from talents
- Aghanim's Shard and Aghanim's Scepter upgrades (Upgrades used to depend on Aghanim's items the reflecting unit had)
- Reflected spells now benefit from all bonuses the original cast had, including the following:
- Echo Shell duration decreased from 6s to 5s