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Phylactery

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Phylactery is an item purchasable at the Base Shop, under Armaments.

Components required from the Base Shop
Phylactery
An amulet overflowing with powerful magics.
Armaments
Cost 2600 Gold (200)
Sell Value Full price refunded within 10s. 1300 Gold
Passive ? Empower Spell
Bonus ? +6 Strength
+6 Agility
+6 Intelligence
+5.5 Health Regeneration
+2.25 Mana Regeneration
Shareable 0
Disassemble 0
Usage Alert ? 0
Recipe
Khanda (5600)
Phylactery (2600)
Diadem (1000)
Perseverance (1400)
Recipe (200)

Additional Information

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Ability

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Empower Spell

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Empower Spell
Passive
Affects
Self / Enemy Units
Spell / Magical
The next unit targeted ability the wielder casts deals additional magical damage in a separate instance, and debuffs the target, slowing their movement speed.
Damage: 150
Move Speed Slow: 30%
Duration: 3
Shares cooldowns with Khanda. If both items are present, the older one takes priority.
Downtime: 9
9
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Ganking heroes with low-cooldown unit-targeted abilities often benefit from Phylactery for a noticeable early boost to damage output.

Bounty Hunter
Grimstroke
Leshrac
Lich
Lion
Nyx Assassin
Pugna
Skywrath Mage
Visage
Zeus
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Recent Changes

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Main Article: Phylactery/Changelogs
Description
7.41
(2026-03-24)
7.40c
(2026-01-21)
7.40
(2025-12-15)
  • REWORKED recipe and stats.
 OLD    Phylactery  Recipe:  Diadem ( 1000 Gold),  Point Booster ( 1200 Gold),  Recipe ( 300 Gold) 

Total cost: 2500 Gold Strength bonus: 7 Agility bonus: 7 Intelligence bonus: 7 Health bonus: 200 Mana bonus: 200

 NEW    Phylactery  Recipe:  Diadem ( 1000 Gold),  Perseverance ( 1400 Gold),  Recipe ( 200 Gold) 
Total cost: 2600 Gold Strength bonus: 7 Agility bonus: 7 Intelligence bonus: 7 Health regeneration bonus: 6.5 Mana regeneration bonus: 2.5