Purchase purpose
The item combines stats with an active or passive mechanic. Its full value cannot fit inside a stat-efficiency percentage.
Dota 2 · item · 7.41e
Helm of the Overlord
The item combines stats with an active or passive mechanic. Its full value cannot fit inside a stat-efficiency percentage.
5,650cost2component tree0no reliable timing
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Valve item icon · OpenDota constants
Valve item icon · OpenDota constantsWhen it works
The next window is far enough away to complete it without costing the team a required item or buyback reserve.
Where it breaks
Buying without a preselected use turns unique utility into an unused portion of the price.
Replay question
Which action became stronger in the first five minutes after completion?
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
numbers hiddenSupports
The item does not appear in this classified role cohort
That does not prove the purchase is wrong. The current snapshot simply has no basis for a numeric comparison.
n 0 / 200Role conclusion
The item has no role sample at n ≥ 200. The decision remains a question of mechanics, map state and your own replay.
Cost and build path
5,650 goldA completion is only as useful as the path toward it.
- shown component total
- 5,350
- remaining completion cost
- 300
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 items613gold
unpriced remainder5,038gold
cost covered by explicit stats10.8%1 priced stat groups
armor · 761387.5 per unit · baseline: Ring of Protection
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.
- activeDominate
Continue comparing
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.