Item Discussion: Vermillion Robe

Hello!

What do you think of this item? For all those who don't know, the link is here.

Crimson Guard got ported over, do you think this item will?

Do you see the cost of that? Will never happen, and the item sucks as well.

It really feels like an item designed to clear large amounts of creeps...great for a base defense minigame, pretty bad in a standard dota game unless playing against megacreeps or something.

Don't be so negative. IceFrog can rework the item and implement it into the game.

It's... a weird item.

Like, there are heroes that would want to use it, it's just way to expensive to be used. (It's interaction with mega creeps is weird, because they only way you get enough gold to use it against mega-creeps is if you have a hero whose naturally good against them. Well I mean, I guess if you team-wipe them as they take the racks you could... but).

The only hero I can see really transitioning into it is as it is now Pudge - He naturally gains large amounts of HP as he does well over the game (More than any other hero in the game), and it lets him actually blow people up when he gets hold of them.

But the issue there is the fact it's 10k gold, and Pudge only needs 4k~ ish to be at his effective peak as a hero and I'd rather see that 10k on other heroes. Like, that 10k gold can go on almost two Sheepsticks, or a Sheep stick and two force staffs, or 5 glimmer capes ext ext

What will probably happen is that the item will be ported in, but in a different form.

Exactly, he did rework Crimson Guard into what it is now.

Also really good item for Medusa. The mana regen is huge, and she really needs the stats.

Couldn't you technically get if off twice during False Promise? Seems fun. :p If it gets in it'll have to be reworked significantly though.

I think it would be ok if it was Robe of the Magi Belt of Strength and Band of Elvenskin (Cost would be ~1900 maybe add recipe at around 600 bringing uit up to 2500. Would be an amazing item on Huskar IMO. Gives him bonus damage and movespeed, nukes veryone in the area, and synchronizes great with Berserker's Blood.

It's actually very op in certain situation, and can be game-breaking.

Active: With a cost of 50% current hp, deal damage based on difference between current hp and max hp. Which means if you are a Pudge with 5k max hp, after few spam you have only 200hp left. A Dazzle Shallow Graves you and you proceed to deal 4900 AoE damage after a blink, with only a cost of 100hp. Then, since you are now missing 98% of max hp, you'll now have extra 980% mana regen, 196 bonus movement speed, and 147 bonus attack damage. If possible you can deal another 4950 AoE damage 5 seconds later given that you have zero hp regen.

GG Necrophos