Purchase purpose
Team mana tempo. The item is strongest when one activation buys another full wave of spells for several heroes.
Dota 2 · item · 7.41e
Arcane Boots
Team mana tempo. The item is strongest when one activation buys another full wave of spells for several heroes.
1,500cost3component tree11 role benchmarks
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Valve item icon · OpenDota constants
Valve item icon · OpenDota constantsWhen it works
The lane or early group is repeatedly mana-bound and the next move arrives before natural recovery.
Where it breaks
Buying it only for personal mana leaves team value unused and can delay a more urgent save.
Replay question
How many allies received mana before the next action rather than after it?
Professional purchase window
OpenDota · 7.41eNot one minute, but the middle of an observed sample.
P25 and P75 bound the middle 50% of first purchases. This is professional-match context, not a mandatory target for ranked play.
CORE
numbers hiddenCores
The sample has not reached 200 purchases
We preserve the weak-sample fact but do not present quartiles, median or rate as a stable benchmark.
n 73 / 200SUPPORT
shownSupports
13.7median · min
045 min
- middle 50%
- 11.7 - 16.7 min
- share of role players
- 28.4%
- first purchases
- n 460
Role conclusion
Only the Supports role has a reliable benchmark. Money Meta does not infer a conclusion from the weaker role sample.
Cost and build path
1,500 goldA completion is only as useful as the path toward it.
- shown component total
- 1,175
- remaining completion cost
- 325
Auditable stat pricing
Money Meta · auditablePrice only what has a clean base-item reference.
Active abilities, auras, slot compression, build convenience and unique effects are never assigned invented gold values.
priced through base items1,138gold
unpriced remainder363gold
cost covered by explicit stats75.8%3 priced stat groups
mana · 1254003.2 per unit · baseline: Energy Booster
movement speed · 4567515 per unit · baseline: Wind Lace
mana regeneration · 0.2563250 per unit · baseline: Sage's Mask
Mechanics outside the percentage
What cannot honestly be reduced to stat cost.
Mechanic names identify the item. Check exact live wording and numbers in the Dota 2 client; the atlas evaluates the decision rather than replacing the game description.
- activeReplenish
- passiveBasilius Aura
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Components and nearby budget decisions.
Methodology and sources
Snapshot fetched: August 31, 2026
OpenDota supplies observed purchases and item constants. Money Meta calculates quartiles, transparent stat pricing and interpretation. Valve defines the current patch boundary.