Shadow Blade or Glimmer Cape

Hello Guys,

I’m AKA and today I have brought you guys a new topic that is ‘Shadow Blade or Glimmer Cape’. As we discussed some items are categories based on the roles like carry and support.

As we first consider glimmer cape this is something a support player goes so that on ganking him he has something to escape. The good part of glimmer cape is that it cast during channeling which means spells like freezing field, black hole, death ward etc. Some time what happens is enemy hero does not have dust and when you cast your channeling spell that there are chances you might get a kill. So, in this way you can win a team fight. the best part of glimmer cape is that it can be casted on our friends which mean not only you but you can also help your core to escape a fight.

Now let’s see shadow blade. As a personal experience I can tell this item is not good for core there are many reasons for it. As it was buffed in the recent patch it is good some hero like tiny, lina, drow ranger, sniper etc. The good part is it gives you invisibility, attack speed, damage. The bad part is it does not give you any stats which are agility, strength, intelligence. Which means you don’t get any benefit in stats after spending 3k on an item. But due to the buff in sliver edge which is upgraded version of shadow blade silver edge applies break when you first attack when you break invisibility.

The bad part of shadow blade is that it cannot be used on other heroes. The biggest disadvantage is that this item is countered by other item whose cost is 80 gold. That item is dust. Not only it makes you visible but also slows you by 14% which is big. So, if only you have to go then only go for it because there are many other options like S&Y, manta style, skadi etc.

Thank you, guys for reading this post and stay tune for more dota 2 related content.

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