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Target Unit
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Pure
Gains charges every time an enemy hero dies within 1400 units. Only the closest Urn to the dying hero will gain a charge.

Cannot be cast on spell immune enemies. Attempts to damage if debuff was placed before spell immunity and when not dispelled.


Notes:
- Double clicking the item uses it on self.
- Successive casts on the same target do not stack, but refresh the duration instead.
- Restores health “ Play Life becomes death becomes new life. As it should be. Click to listen— Treant Protector ” Health (also known as HP, which can be short for: health pool or health points) represents the life
in the form of health regeneration, so it heals for 5 health in 0.1 second intervals, which is 50 health per second.
- Deals 18.75 damage in 1 second intervals, resulting in 8 damage instances.
- Damage greater than 0 from any player (including allies and self) or Roshan For Roshan as he appears in holiday events, see Roshan (Diretide 2012) and Roshan (Diretide 2013) Roshan Ancient Jungle Creep Level 30 Health 5500 Health regeneration 20 Armor 15 Magic resistance 55% Attack damage 65
dispels the healing effect.
- Can be cast on creep-heroes.
- When having no charges left, the urn gains 2 charges from the next enemy hero`s death, instead of 1.
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Tips
- Urn of Shadows is a great item to have when going for a heavy ganking lineup, as it helps heal any damage taken while finishing off any low health enemies.
Additional information
- One Urn of Shadows grants a total of health “ Play Life becomes death becomes new life. As it should be. Click to listen— Treant Protector ” Health (also known as HP, which can be short for: health pool or health points) represents the life
, health regeneration “ Play Life becomes death becomes new life. As it should be. Click to listen— Treant Protector ” Health (also known as HP, which can be short for: health pool or health points) represents the life
, 2.29 armor Armor is an attribute shared by all units. Armor is used to determine the amount of damage reduction (or amplification if an armor value is negative) a unit takes from physical damage sources. Higher armor
, attack speed The frequency with which units attack is measured in attack speed. A unit s attack speed can be modified by items, agility, abilities, and auras. Contents 1 Base attack time 2 Attack speed representation 3 Attack
, mana Play Out of mana! “ Play It s a new age of magic! Click to listen— Keeper of the Light ” Mana (also known as MP, which is short for mana points) represents the magic power of a
, 1 mana regeneration Play Out of mana! “ Play It s a new age of magic! Click to listen— Keeper of the Light ” Mana (also known as MP, which is short for mana points) represents the magic power of a
, 0.14% spell damage Spell damage Spell damage sources Spell damage is all damage which is not dealt by physical attacks. This includes all spells which deal magical, physical or pure damage. Even the damage
and 2 attack damage Attack damage is the amount of damage a unit is dealing with an unmodified basic attack; the base values are different for every hero. The total attack damage of a unit is the sum of
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- Unlike other combined items, Urn of Shadows cannot be disassembled within 10 seconds after assembling it.
- Urn of Shadows cannot be built before the 3rd minute mark of a match, due to Infused Raindrop Item Changelogs Infused RaindropB Elemental protection from magical assaults. Cost225 Bought FromArmaments Charges 5 Passive Magical Damage Block Bonus +0.85 Mana regeneration Disassemble? No Alert allies? No Recipe Contents 1 Additional
s not being available before then.
- Can be created from an Infused Raindrop Item Changelogs Infused RaindropB Elemental protection from magical assaults. Cost225 Bought FromArmaments Charges 5 Passive Magical Damage Block Bonus +0.85 Mana regeneration Disassemble? No Alert allies? No Recipe Contents 1 Additional
with only one charge left.
Recommended heroes
Io- Tether increases the healing done to allies with Urn of Shadows.

- Urn of Shadows is a great way to finish off ganked targets, as Pudge has no mobility to catch up to them.

- Urn of Shadows` health degeneration stacks well with Burning Spears.

- Charge of Darkness and Nether Strike allows Spirit Breaker to get close enough to use Urn of Shadows on any ganking target, and can finish them off even if they survive the initial attack.

- Urn of Shadows can finish off an enemy if Nyx Assassin`s burst damage isn`t enough.
- The extra mana regeneration is also gives Nyx Assassin a greater presence on the map.

- Earth Spirit`s mobility allows him to catch up and use Urn of Shadows on almost any enemy.
- Combined with Magnetize, the health degeneration is enough take down fleeing opponents.

- As Riki is very active in kill participation, he can constantly gain Urn of Shadows charges.
- Urn of Shadows gives Riki the much needed health and mana regeneration he lacks.
- Due to False Promise negating all damage, Urn of Shadow`s heal results in 800 guaranteed healing, greatly improving an ally`s chances of surviving False Promise.
Others
- Support heroes can use Urn of Shadows from the backline, and will also benefit from the extra health given by strength.
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General
Urn of Shadows (also known as Urn) is an item that has both offensive and defensive capabilities. Its active ability Soul Release can be used to provide a heal over time to an allied unit or deal damage over time to an enemy unit. Soul Release does not trigger Linken`s Sphere.
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Ganking
Urn of Shadows has an active 150 damage over time spell when casted on enemy heroes. Because heroes gain more HP as time goes on, Urn is most effective at minute 0 and becomes less effective over time. Thus many heroes that do early ganking such as Night Stalker, Enchantress, and Pudge may all viably get an early Urn to take advantage of the extra damage, when it is most effective.
When using Urn while ganking, it is most effective to use it right away. This allows a chance for the ability to cool down and be usable again during the same gank.
Pushing
Urn can be used to heal allies while pushing. Healing priority should first to any hero under half HP. If there are multiple heroes that need healing, priority should go to heroes essential to the push, then to carries, then to supports.
Defensive Use
Urn provides a great heal over a short period of time, similar to Healing Salve. During defensive situations it can be used on oneself while juking and remaining out of vision to regain health. It can also be used on allies attempting to juke as well.
Notable Heroes
Urn of Shadows provides a good health bonus and decent mana regeneration, making it viable on support heroes that spam spells and on semi-carry heroes with low base HP that also make heavy use of spells. The heal also combines strongly with heroes that already have an innate healing spell, allowing them to become walking healers.
Recommended Heroes
Version History
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WC3 DotA Version
- Warcraft III DotA - Urn of Shadows