Aghanim's Scepter

Aghanim's Scepter
The scepter of a wizard with demigod-like powers.
Cost 4200		Bought From Caster
Passive	Ultimate Upgrade
Bonus	+10 Strength +10 Agility +10 Intelligence +200 HP +150 Mana
Recipe

Aghanim's Scepter is an Item purchasable at the Main Shop, under Caster. However, it can only be completed with items from the Secret Shop. This item is used to increase the power of a hero's Ultimate ability, which makes it an excellent weapon for a Nuker or a Support type hero.

Ability

Ultimate Upgrade Ability Passive Upgrades the ultimates of certain heroes.

Recommended heroes

• Heroes whose default item build includes Aghanim's Scepter as a core item:  Bane, Enchantress, Gyrocopter, Ogre Magi, Venomancer.
• Heroes whose default item build includes Aghanim's Scepter as a situational item:  Axe, Beastmaster, Brewmaster, Chen, Clockwerk, Crystal Maiden, Dark Seer, Dazzle, Doom, Earthshaker, Faceless Void, Huskar, Invoker, Jakiro, Juggernaut … further results.

Trivia

• Aghanim's Scepter is a reference to Agahnim, one of the main villains in "A Link to the Past", a game in "The Legend of Zelda" series.
• In both Dota 1 and Dota 2, Rubick is the son of Aghanim.

List of Upgraded Ultimates

Abaddon - Borrowed Time Duration: 3/4/5 (5/6/7*)	Axe - Culling Blade 75/65/55 (6*)
Bane - Fiend's Grip Duration: 5 (7*) Damage: 100/155/215 (155/215/270*) Mana Transfer per second: 5% (10%*) of targets max mana	Beastmaster - Primal Roar Range: 600 (950*) 80/75/70 (45*)
Brewmaster - Primal Split Duration: 15/17/19 (20/23/26*) Effect: Increases power of warriors 180/160/140 (160/140/120*)	Chen - Hand of God 140/130/120 (30*)
Clockwerk - Hookshot 70/55/40 (12*)	Crystal Maiden - Freezing Field Damage: 105/170/250 (170/250/310*)
Dark Seer - Wall of Replica Illusion Damage Dealt: 70%/80%/90% (100%/120%/140%*)	Dazzle - Weave Radius: 575 (775*) Duration: 12/18/24 (18/24/30*)
Doom - Doom Duration: 15 (16*) Damage per second: 30/50/70 (50/80/110*)	Earthshaker - Echo Slam Causes each initial hero hit to echo twice
Enchantress - Impetus Range: 550 (715*)	Faceless Void - Chronosphere Duration: 4/4.5/5 (4/5/6*) 120/110/100 (60*)
Gyrocopter - Call Down Range: 1000 (Global*) Missile Two Damage: 100/150/200 (175/225/275*)	Huskar - Life Break Damage: 50% (65%*) of HP 45/30/15 (4/4/4*)
Invoker - Invoke 22/17/12/5 (16/8/4/2*) 20/40/60/80 (0*)	Jakiro - Macropyre Range: 850 (1150*) Flame Strikes: 100/140/180 (125/175/225*) Effect Range: 900 (1350*)
Juggernaut - Omnislash Number of Attacks: 3/6/9 (6/9/12*) 130/120/110 (110/100/90*)	Leshrac - Pulse Nova Damage per second: 66/100/144 (88/133/177*)
Lich - Chain Frost Range: 750 (850*) Damage: 280/370/460 (370/460/550*)	Lina - Laguna Blade Range: 600 (900*) Damage: 450/675/950 (600/925/1250*)
Lion - Finger of Death Damage: 600/725/850 (725/875/1025*) 160/100/40 200/420/650 (200/420/625*)	Luna - Eclipse Duration: 1.8/3.6/5.4 (1.8/4.2/6.6*) Number of Beams: 4/7/10 (4/8/12*) Maximum Hits per target: 4 (6*)
Meepo - Divided We Stand Number of Meepoes: 1/2/3 (2/3/4*) Stats from items: 30% (100%*) Buying scepter provides a Meepo clone even if the scepter is purchased without any points in Divided We Stand, and once purchased it cannot be sold or dropped.	Nature's Prophet - Wrath of Nature Maximum Targets: 16 (18*) Damage: 140/180/225 (155/210/275*)
Necrolyte - Reaper's Scythe Damage Dealt per Missing HP: 0.4/0.6/0.9 (0.6/0.9/1.2*) 100/85/70 (70*) 175/340/500 (150/340/500*)	Night Stalker - Darkness Grants unobstructed vision at night.
Ogre Magi - Multi Cast Gives access to the Unrefined Fireblast ability.	Outworld Devourer - Sanity's Eclipse Range: 600/650/700 (700/750/800*) Intelligence Difference Damage Multiplier: 8/9/10 (9/10/11*)
Puck - Dream Coil Coil Break Damage: 100/150/200 (200/250/300*) Duration: 5 (7*)	Pudge - Dismember Damage: 75/125/175 (+75% Strength*) Heals for 100% of the damage dealt
Pugna - Life Drain Health Drained per second: 120/160/200 (180/240/300*) Cast range: 850 (900*) 22 (0*)	Queen of Pain - Sonic Wave Damage: 350/475/600 (350/530/725*) 135 (100/70/40*)
Razor - Eye of the Storm Time Between Strikes: 0.75/0.65/0.55 (0.65/0.55/0.45*) Gains ability to damage structures	Rubick - Spell Steal Stolen ultimates will always be upgraded regardless of whether or not the target has Aghanim's Scepter.
Sand King - Epicenter Number of Pulses: 6/8/10 (8/10/12*) 140/120/100 (120/100/80*)	Shadow Shaman - Mass Serpent Ward Damage: 39-43/54-58/69-73 (53-59/74-79/94-100*)
Spirit Breaker - Nether Strike Range: Range: 400/550/700 (550/700/850*) 75 (20*) Performs a Greater Bash level 4 on all units in a 250 radius	Techies - Remote Mines Range: 500 (700*) Radius: 400/410/425 (410*/425*/425*) Damage: 300/450/600 (450*/600*/750*)
Tiny - Grow Increased Tossed Unit Damage: 35/50/65% (50/65/80%*) Attack Range: 128 (235*) Passively adds 50% Cleave in a 400 AoE and 1.75x damage towards buildings.	Undying - Flesh Golem Damage Amplification: 20%/25%/30% (25%/30%/35%*) Damage Amp Minimum: 5%/10%/15% (10%/15%/20%) Amount Healed on Hero Death: 6% (10%*) Amount Healed on Non-hero Death: 2% (3%*)
Vengeful Spirit - Nether Swap 45 (10*) Allows swapping with any unit	Venomancer - Poison Nova Duration: 12/14/15 (14/15/16*) Damage per second: 36/58/81 (58/81/108*) 140/120/100 (60*)
Viper - Viper Strike Range: 500 (900*) 80/50/30 (12*) 125/175/250 (125*)	Visage - Summon Familiars Summons 2 (3*) Familiars.
Warlock - Chaotic Offering Summons 2 Golems Impact delay of 0.3 seconds Each Golem's Health and Damage multiplied by 75%. Each Golem's Bounty multiplied by 50%.	Witch Doctor - Death Ward Damage: 60/90/120 (90/120/150*) Number of Targets: 1/1/Bounces Once (1/Bounces Once/Bounces 4 times*)
Windrunner - Focus Fire 60 (15*) No longer reduces damage from secondary item effects	Zeus - Thundergod's Wrath Damage: 225/350/475 (440/540/640*)