Linken's Sphere

Linken's Sphere
This magical sphere once protected one of the most famous heroes in history.
Cost 5175 (1325)		Bought From Armor
Passive	Spellblock
Bonus	+15 Strength +15 Agility +15 Intelligence +6 HP regeneration +150% Mana regeneration +10 Damage
Recipe

Linken's Sphere is an Item purchasable at the Main Shop, under Armor. However, it can only be completed with items from the Secret Shop.

Ability

Spellblock Play Ability Affects Passive Self Blocks most targeted spells once every 20 seconds. 20

Recommended heroes

• Heroes whose default item build includes Linken's Sphere as a core item:  Medusa, Weaver.
• Heroes whose default item build includes Linken's Sphere as a situational item:  Ancient Apparition, Batrider, Bounty Hunter, Gyrocopter, Morphling, Puck, Queen of Pain, Storm Spirit, Ursa, Windrunner.

Trivia

• Linken's Sphere is named after Linken, a character from World of Warcraft, who is in turn named after Link, the protagonist of the Legend of Zelda franchise.

Blocked Hero Abilities

Alchemist Unstable Concoction	Ancient Apparition Cold Feet
Anti-Mage Mana Void Blocked on primary target. No interaction otherwise.	Axe Battle Hunger Culling Blade Blocked if target is above health threshold. No interaction otherwise.
Bane Enfeeble Brain Sap Nightmare Fiends Grip	Batrider Flaming Lasso
Beastmaster Primal Roar Blocked on primary target. No interaction otherwise.	Bloodseeker Bloodrage Rupture
Bounty Hunter Shuriken Toss Track	Brewmaster Drunken Haze Hurl Boulder Cyclone
Broodmother Spawn Spiderlings	Chaos Knight Chaos Bolt Reality Rift
Chen Penitence Test of Faith	Crystal Maiden Frostbite
Dazzle Poison Touch	Disruptor Thunder Strike Blocked on primary target, but the Hero is still subject to Thunder Strikes on adjacent units. Glimpse
Doom LVL? Death Doom	Dragon Knight Dragon Tail
Earthshaker Fissure Still affects other units.	Enchantress Enchant
Enigma Malefice	Gyrocopter Homing Missile
Huskar Life Break	Invoker Cold Snap
Juggernaut Omnislash Blocks first instance of damage, but not ministun, on primary target. No interaction otherwise.	Keeper of the Light Mana Leak Blinding Light Blocks blinding effect, but not knockback.
Kunkka X Marks The Spot	Leshrac Lightning Storm Blocked on primary target. Otherwise blocks damage but does not stop bounces.
Lich Frost Blast Blocked on primary target. No interaction otherwise. Chain Frost Blocked initial ministun, damage and slow if Linken's holder is primary target. No interaction otherwise.	Lifestealer Open Wounds
Lina Laguna Blade	Lion Earth Spike Still affects other units. Hex Mana Drain Finger of Death
Luna Lucent Beam	Morphling Adaptive Strike Replicate
Naga Siren Ensnare	Nature's Prophet Sprout Blocked on primary target. No interaction otherwise. Wrath of Nature Blocked on primary target. Otherwise blocks damage but does not stop bounces.
Necrolyte Reaper's Scythe	Night Stalker Void Crippling Fear
Nyx Assassin Impale Still affects other units. Mana Burn	Ogre Magi Fireblast Ignite Unrefined Fireblast
Outworld Devourer Astral Imprisonment	Phantom Assassin Stifling Dagger Phantom Strike
Phantom Lancer Spirit Lance	Pudge Dismember
Pugna Decrepify Nether Ward Mana Flare Blocked Life Drain	Queen of Pain Shadow Strike
Rubick Telekinesis Blocked on primary target. No interaction otherwise. Fade Bolt Blocked on primary target. Otherwise blocks damage but does not stop bounces or damage reduction. Spell Steal	Sand King Burrowstrike Blocked on primary target. No interaction otherwise.
Shadow Demon Disruption Demonic Purge	Shadow Shaman Hex Shackles
Silencer Last Word	Skeleton King Hellfire Blast
Slardar Amplify Damage	Sniper Assassinate
Spirit Breaker Charge of Darkness Nether Strike	Storm Spirit Electric Vortex
Sven Storm Hammer Blocked on primary target. No interaction otherwise.	Tidehunter Gush
Tinker Laser	Treant Protector Leech Seed
Undying Soul Rip	Vengeful Spirit Magic Missile Nether Swap
Viper Viper Strike	Visage Grave Chill
Warlock Fatal Bonds Blocked on primary target. No interaction otherwise. Shadow Word	Witch Doctor Paralyzing Cask Blocked on primary target. If Linken's holder is a secondary target, blocks completely and bounces stop.
Windrunner Shackleshot Blocked on primary target. No interaction otherwise. Focus Fire	Zeus Arc Lightning Blocked on primary target. Otherwise blocks damage but does not stop bounces. Lightning Bolt

Blocked Item Abilities

Diffusal Blade Purge	Ethereal Blade Ether Blast
Eul's Scepter of Divinity Cyclone	Force Staff Force
Maelstrom Chain Lightning Also blocked on bounce	Mjollnir Chain Lightning Also blocked on bounce
Necronomicon Mana Burn	Orchid Malevolence Soul Burn
Scythe of Vyse Hex	Dagon Energy Burst
Rod of Atos Cripple	Abyssal Blade Overwhelm
Heaven's Halberd Disarm

Block Neutral Creep Abilities

Harpy Storm Chain Lightning Also blocked on bounce	Satyr Soulstealer Mana Burn
Satyr Trickster Purge

Balance changelog

6.73

• Added +10 damage to account for component bonuses
• No longer triggered by Medallion of Courage
• No longer triggered by Urn of Shadows