Aghanim's Scepter
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Aghanim's Scepter
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The scepter of a wizard with demigod-like powers.
Attributes
+ 10
+ 10
+ 10
Health
+ 175
Mana
+ 175
Ability
Passive
Availability
Category
Bought From
Recipe
General[edit]
Aghanim's Scepter (also known as Aghs or Scepter) is a powerful item used to passively increase the power of a hero's spells, usually their ultimate. The upgrade that Aghanim's Scepter provides can be anything from a new ability to simply an increase in power. Aghanim's Scepter can be consumed as a buff by purchasing the recipe upgrade Aghanim's Blessing. The buff does not grant stat bonuses, but does make the effects of Ultimate Upgrade permanent.
If dropped or sold, the upgrade is lost until the hero is in possession of it again. Due to irreversible effects, scepter cannot be dropped or sold by 
Meepo and 
Lifestealer.
Ability[edit]
Ultimate Upgrade
Targeting
Passive
Passive
Affects
Self
Self
Upgrades the spells of heroes. Applies all of its effects to the user.
Possible upgrades include:
Possible upgrades include:
- Upgraded Ultimate
- Upgraded Spells
- Granted New Spell
- Upgraded Hero Stats
Notes
- Must be in the player's inventory to apply its effects. Removing the Scepter from the inventory reverts the effects back to non-upgraded status.
- Mouse hovering over scepter in the inventory displays the upgrade details for the hero using it.
- Heroes affected by scepter have a small blue aura beneath them.
Scepter Upgrades[edit]
Abaddon[edit]
- Borrowed Time
- Increases the duration
- When an ally takes more than a threshold damage within range of Abaddon, a Mist Coil will automatically fire towards that ally
Alchemist[edit]
- Aghanim's Scepter Synth
- Can cast Aghanim's Scepter to directly grant any allied hero Aghanim's Blessing, consuming the scepter in the process
- Alchemist can target himself as well, gaining bonus damage and spell amp for each scepter given to allies
Ancient Apparition[edit]
- Chilling Touch
- Removes the cooldown
Anti-Mage[edit]
- Mana Void
- Kills with this ability add +100 seconds to the highest cooldown ability on the enemy hero
- Cooldown starts once the enemy respawns
- Increases ministun from 0.3 to 1.3
Arc Warden[edit]
- Rune Forge
- Creates a random Rune in front of Arc Warden
Axe[edit]
- Battle Hunger
- Reduces enemy damage output
- Becomes an AoE ability
Bane[edit]
- Brain Sap
- Pierces Spell Immunity
- Reduces the cooldown
- Reduces the cast point
Batrider[edit]
- Flaming Lasso
- Grabs a secondary target nearest to the primary target
- The secondary target is tethered to the first
- Deals damage per second
Beastmaster[edit]
- Wild Axes
- Removes cooldown and can be used again when they return to Beastmaster
Bloodseeker[edit]
- Rupture
- Replaces the cooldown with charges and a replenish time
Bounty Hunter[edit]
- Shuriken Toss
- Allows the shuriken to bounce twice on each hero (bounces on everyone once, then bounces through each one again)
- Increases the mini-stun duration
- Increases the cast range
Brewmaster[edit]
- Primal Split
- Grants Brewlings bonus movement speed
- Grants a Brewmaster skill to each warrior
Earth gets Thunder Clap
Storm gets Cinder Brew
Fire gets Drunken Brawler
- The skills are applied at Brewmaster's current level, and the cooldowns are independent of the original Brewmaster
Bristleback[edit]
- Viscous Nasal Goo
- No longer targeted, it instead applies the slow to all enemies around Bristleback in a radius when cast
Broodmother[edit]
- Spin Web
- Increases max count of webs
- Increases movement speed bonus
- Removes movement speed limit
Centaur Warrunner[edit]
- Stampede
- Increases damage resistance and allows allies to run through obstructions such as trees, cliffs, etc.
- Destroys trees
Chaos Knight[edit]
- Phantasm
- Creates an illusion of allied heroes globally
- Creates an additional illusion for Chaos Knight
Chen[edit]
- Holy Persuasion
- Can target Ancient Creeps
- Hand of God
- Increases the number of controllable Holy Persuasion ancients
Clinkz[edit]
- Skeleton Walk
- Creates two skeletons near Clinkz when exiting Skeleton Walk
- Increases Skeleton Walk speed and unlocks max movement speed
Clockwerk[edit]
- Overclocking
- Resets Clockwerk's ability cooldowns and grants him bonus movement and attack speed for a duration
- Clockwerk becomes stunned after the duration runs out
Crystal Maiden[edit]
- Freezing Field
- Applies Frostbite to any unit that has been standing in the Freezing Field for a short time
Dark Seer[edit]
- Wall of Replica
- Increases wall length
- Vacuum
- Reduces cooldown
Dark Willow[edit]
- Shadow Realm
- Attacking no longer ends Shadow Realm
- Each attack has bonus damage for the duration of the buff
Dazzle[edit]
- Shallow Grave
- Increases heal targets, bounce range, and dispels each target
Death Prophet[edit]
- Exorcism
- Any time she attacks or hits an enemy with a spell, a ghost will fly out and hit the enemy
- These ghosts apply a slow for short duration
- Ghosts spawned this way deal bonus damage
Disruptor[edit]
- Static Storm
- Increases the duration and applies Mute
Doom[edit]
- Infernal Blade
- Increases stun duration, burn duration, and applies Break
Dragon Knight[edit]
- Elder Dragon Form
- Adds a 4th level to Elder Dragon Form, a Black Dragon
- Scepter increases the level of ultimate by one
- Black Dragon has more Corrosive Damage, Splash Damage, and Slow
- Increases attack range, grants bonus Magic Resistance, and has flying movement
Drow Ranger[edit]
- Marksmanship
- Causes her attacks to splinter on the target and split into two arrows affecting two random additional units in a 375 radius
- The splintered arrows deal 50% damage each, the primary target still takes full damage
- The split arrows act as normal attacks, carrying all attack modifiers
Earth Spirit[edit]
- Enchant Remnant
- Allows Earth Spirit to convert an enemy hero into a Stone Remnant for 3 seconds
Earthshaker[edit]
- Enchant Totem
- Becomes a point targeted ability
- Causes you to jump in the air and land at the target spot, casting Enchant Totem there
Elder Titan[edit]
- Astral Spirit
- Elder Titan becomes Spell Immune when the Astral Spirit returns to him
- The duration increases per affected hero
Ember Spirit[edit]
- Fire Remnant
- Increases the cast range, initial remnant speed, and maximum charges
- Activate Fire Remnant
- Activate Fire Remnant costs less mana
Enchantress[edit]
- Sproink
- Enchantress leaps backward and dodges incoming projectiles
Enigma[edit]
- Black Hole
- Adds the current level of Midnight Pulse damage to Black Hole
- Stacks with Midnight Pulse
Faceless Void[edit]
Grimstroke[edit]
- Dark Portrait
- Creates an ink illusion of a target enemy hero
- Illusion lasts 15 seconds and is spell immune with +30% movement speed
- Takes 350% incoming damage and deals 150% outgoing damage
- Cooldown: 35
- Mana Cost: 200
Gyrocopter[edit]
- Side Gunner
- Automatically fires an attack at the furthest enemy units within range periodically
Huskar[edit]
- Life Break
- Taunts the enemy towards Huskar
Invoker[edit]
Io[edit]
- Spirits
- Spirits now passively spawn around Io every second (max of 5 spirits)
Jakiro[edit]
- Macropyre
- Increases the distance
- Increases the damage per second
- Increases the duration
Juggernaut[edit]
- Omnislash
- Increases the number of attacks
- Decreases the cooldown
Keeper of the Light[edit]
- Illuminate
- Doesn't require channeling, and heals allies during the day
Kunkka[edit]
- Torrent Storm
- Continuously releases visible Torrents around Kunkka
Legion Commander[edit]
- Duel
- Increases Duel duration
- Legion Commander and the duel target gain damage resistance to non-duelists
- Grants Spell Immunity to Legion Commander during Duel
Leshrac[edit]
- Pulse Nova
- While Pulse Nova is active, Lightning Storm will begin to hit random units within range
- Prioritizes heroes
Lich[edit]
- Sinister Gaze
- Becomes an AoE spell
Lifestealer[edit]
Lina[edit]
- Laguna Blade
- Changes damage type from Magical to Pure
- Pierces Spell Immunity
Lion[edit]
- Finger of Death
- Increases the damage from 600 / 725 / 850 to 725 / 875 / 1025
- Decreases mana cost from 200 / 420 / 650 to 200 / 420 / 625
- Decreases the cooldown from 160 / 100 / 40 to 100 / 60 / 20
- Hits all enemy units within 325 radius of the primary target
Lone Druid[edit]
- Spirit Bear
- Allows the Spirit Bear to attack at any range from Lone Druid
- Prevents the Spirit Bear from dying if Lone Druid dies
Luna[edit]
- Eclipse
- Increases number of Lucent Beams from 5 / 8 / 11 to 6 / 12 / 18
- Increases maximum number of hits per target from 5 to Unlimited
- Decreases beam interval from 0.6 to 0.3
- Decreases duration from 2.4 / 4.2 / 6 to 1.8 / 3.6 / 5.4
- Allows Eclipse to be cast on an ally or area within 2500 range, and grants 675 ground vision of the area
Lycan[edit]
- Wolf Bite
- Causes a bitten ally to gain Shapeshift and lifesteal
Magnus[edit]
- Skewer
- Lowers cooldown, cast point, and mana cost
Mars[edit]
- God's Rebuke
- Resets cooldown when Arena of Blood is cast and shortens the cooldown for the duration of the ultimate
Medusa[edit]
- Mystic Snake
- Causes Mystic Snake to turn enemies into stone
- Stone duration increases per bounce
Meepo[edit]
- Divided We Stand
- Increases number of Meepos
- Always provides an extra Meepo even if Divided We Stand is not leveled
Mirana[edit]
- Starstorm
- Passively triggers Starstorm periodically
- If there are no units to affect, the spell waits until there is a nearby enemy
Monkey King[edit]
- Wukong's Command
- Spawns a monkey soldier near Monkey King every few seconds
- These soldiers can attack any target and buildings when Monkey King is within range of them
Morphling[edit]
- Morph
- Gains cooldown reduction and increases the cast range
Naga Siren[edit]
- Song of the Siren
- Regenerates you and nearby allies by their maximum HP per second for the duration
Nature's Prophet[edit]
- Wrath of Nature
- Increases initial damage
- Spawns a Nature's Call treant whenever a unit dies within a few seconds of being hit
- Killing a hero will spawn a Greater Treant with more damage and health than a normal one
Necrophos[edit]
- Ghost Shroud
- Reduces Ghost Shroud cooldown and increases Heartstopper Aura damage while Ghost Shroud is active
Night Stalker[edit]
- Void
- Applied in an AoE around Night Stalker and increases the mini-stun duration
Nyx Assassin[edit]
- Burrow
- While burrowed, Nyx Assassin has damage resistance and regenerates maximum HP/Mana per second
- His spells also receive the following bonuses while burrowed:
- Impale cooldown is reduced
- Mana Burn and Impale have increased cast range
- Spiked Carapace instantly stuns enemy units within an area of effect
Ogre Magi[edit]
- Unrefined Fireblast
- Costs a portion of current mana
- Ogre Magi always has enough mana to cast this spell, even with no mana
Omniknight[edit]
- Guardian Angel
- Increases the duration
- Increases radius to global
- Provides HP regen
- Affects buildings
Oracle[edit]
- Fortune's End
- Increases the cast range and stuns for a percentage of the duration
Outworld Devourer[edit]
- Astral Imprisonment
- Replaces the cooldown with 2 charges of Astral Imprisonment and increases the cast range by 300
- Damage areas stack
- Replenish Time: 12
Pangolier[edit]
- Shield Crash
- Casts a 2-attack Swashbuckle every 90 degrees around Pangolier
Phantom Assassin[edit]
- Blur
- Has instant cast time and applies a dispel
- Abilities are refreshed upon hero kill
- Reduces cooldown to 12
Phantom Lancer[edit]
- Phantom Rush
- Removes the cooldown and minimum distance
Phoenix[edit]
- Supernova
- Increases attacks needed to destroy the Supernova from 5 / 8 / 11 to 7 / 10 / 13
- Allows Supernova to be cast on an allied hero, bringing both into the Sun to be reborn together
- Has a 500 cast range and if the Sun is destroyed, both heroes will die
- Can cast Sun Ray and turn its direction while in Supernova
Puck[edit]
- Dream Coil
- Increases break damage from 300 / 400 / 500 to 400 / 550 / 700
- Increases break stun duration from 1.5 / 2.25 / 3 to 1.5 / 3 / 4.5
- Increases coil duration from 6 to 8
- Stun pierces Spell Immunity
Pudge[edit]
- Dismember
- Reduces cooldown and can target an ally to swallow them and heal them for their max health per second
- The ally can exit whenever they want by issuing a command
Pugna[edit]
- Life Drain
- Removes the cooldown
Queen of Pain[edit]
- Sonic Wave
- Increases the damage from 320 / 410 / 500 to 370 / 480 / 590
- Decreases the cooldown from 135 to 40
Razor[edit]
- Eye of the Storm
- Hits up to two different units instead of one
- Can damage buildings
Riki[edit]
- Tricks of the Trade
- Increases the duration, attacks, cast range, and allows you to target an allied hero, hiding inside them for the duration
Rubick[edit]
- Spell Steal
- Stolen ultimates will always have the scepter upgrade
- Reduces the cooldown
- Increases the cast range
Sand King[edit]
- Burrowstrike
- Increases the cast range
- Applies Caustic Finale poison to heroes hit by Burrowstrike
Shadow Demon[edit]
- Demonic Purge
- Replaces 50 second cooldown with 3 charges that each have a 40 second replenish time
- Applies Break
Shadow Fiend[edit]
- Necromastery
- Increases maximum souls from 12 / 20 / 28 / 36 to 22 / 30 / 38 / 46
- Requiem of Souls
- Waves return to Shadow Fiend dealing 40% damage on the way back
- The damage the return wave does to heroes on its way back heals Shadow Fiend
Shadow Shaman[edit]
- Mass Serpent Ward
- Grants Serpent Wards split shot, attacking two units each for full damage
- Increases Serpent Ward attack range from 600 to 825
Silencer[edit]
- Last Word
- Applies Last Word in an AoE
Skywrath Mage[edit]
- Spell Casting
- Anytime Skywrath Mage casts an ability, a different random nearby target within 700 range will be hit with the same ability
- Prioritizes heroes
Slardar[edit]
- Slithereen Crush
- Creates a puddle of water that is considered a river for bonuses
- Provides bonus HP regen, armor, and status resistance while in a Puddle or River (in addition to the normal River bonuses)
Slark[edit]
- Pounce
- Uses charges and increases the distance
Snapfire[edit]
- None
Sniper[edit]
- Assassinate
- Causes Assassinate to fire faster and stun the enemy target
Spectre[edit]
- Shadow Step
- Allows you to perform a single target Haunt
Spirit Breaker[edit]
- Nether Strike
- Increases cast range from 700 to 950
- Decreases the cooldown to 20
- Applies the current level of Greater Bash to units within a 350 radius
Storm Spirit[edit]
- Electric Vortex
- Becomes a 475 radius ability around Storm Spirit
- Requires vision over the units to affect them
Sven[edit]
- Storm Hammer
- Increases the cast range and Sven flies along with the Storm Hammer, attacking enemies on impact
Techies[edit]
- Proximity Mines
- Stasis Trap
- Increases the cast range
- Remote Mines
- Increases the damage
- Increases the cast range
- Minefield Sign
- Makes Stasis Trap and Remote Mines immune to true sight, and Proximity Mines will not reveal themselves
Templar Assassin[edit]
- Psionic Projection
- Teleport to any Psionic Trap after a 2 second channel
- Detonates the Psionic Trap on arrival
- Does not break Meld
- Cooldown: 30
- Mana Cost: 100
Terrorblade[edit]
- Metamorphosis
- After casting Metamorphosis, a wave travels outwards in all directions causing enemy heroes to become feared for 3 seconds upon impact
- Wave starts traveling after 0.6 seconds and has a travel speed of 1000
- Spell Immune units do not get hit by the wave
- Has a global sound effect
Tidehunter[edit]
- Gush
- Becomes a ground targeted wave ability that travels for 2200 range
- Hits enemies within 260 radius of the wave
Timbersaw[edit]
- Chakram (Scepter)
- Grants a second Chakram
Tinker[edit]
- Laser
- Refracts to visible enemy heroes within a 400 bounce range
- Heat-Seeking Missile
- Increases the number of targets from 2 to 4
Tiny[edit]
- Tree Volley
- Every 0.4 seconds a random tree within 525 range of your hero will be thrown towards the targeted AoE
- Deals 120% of your damage to enemies in that area
- Target AoE: 400
- Cast Range: 1300
- Max Channel: 2.4
- Cooldown: 12
- Mana Cost: 150
Treant Protector[edit]
- Eyes In The Forest
- Allows Treant Protector to enchant trees with flying vision
- Deals a damaging Overgrowth within their sight whenever Overgrowth is cast
Troll Warlord[edit]
- Battle Trance
- Reduces cooldown to 35 seconds and allows it to be cast on allied or enemy heroes
- Lasts half duration on enemies
- Cast Range: 525
Tusk[edit]
- Walrus Kick
- Kicks the target back 1400 units and slows by 40% for 4 seconds
- Deals 350 magical damage
Underlord[edit]
- Atrophy Aura
- Atrophy Aura bonus damage is now granted to nearby allied heroes for half of the bonuses
- Increases bonus damage duration by 40 seconds
Undying[edit]
- Decay
- Increases Decay strength steal from 4 to 10
Ursa[edit]
- Enrage
- Can be cast while disabled
- Reduces the cooldown from 50 / 40 / 30 to 30 / 24 / 18
Vengeful Spirit[edit]
- Nether Swap
- Applies Fear to enemies around Vengeful Spirit at her destination
Venomancer[edit]
- Poison Nova
- Increases the damage per second
- Decreases the cooldown
Viper[edit]
- Viper Strike
- Increases the cast range
- Decreases the cooldown
- Decreases the mana cost
Visage[edit]
- Summon Familiars
- Increases the number of familiars summoned
Void Spirit[edit]
- None
Warlock[edit]
- Chaotic Offering
- Increases the number of golems summoned
- Each golem's health and damage is reduced
- Each golem's gold bounty is reduced
Weaver[edit]
- Time Lapse
- Cooldown is reduced
- Can target allied heroes within range
Windranger[edit]
- Windrun
- Adds charges and increases movement speed bonus
Winter Wyvern[edit]
- Arctic Burn
- Becomes a toggle that drains mana per second
- No longer has limit on number of attacks per target
Witch Doctor[edit]
- Death Ward
- Death Ward attacks bounce
- Death Ward has True Strike
Wraith King[edit]
- Reincarnation
- Allies who are slain within range of Wraith King become Wraiths for a few seconds, delaying their death
- They can continue attacking, casting, and using items until the duration ends and the hero dies
Zeus[edit]
- Nimbus
- Creates a storm cloud anywhere on the map that automatically casts Lightning Bolt on the closest enemy within range
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Lore & Trivia[edit]
- Rubick is the son of Aghanim.
- Aghanim's Scepter is a reference to Agahnim, one of the main villains in A Link to the Past from The Legend of Zelda series.
Version History[edit]
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Buffed
Nerfed
Reworked
Added Aghanim's Scepter upgrades for all 24 heroes without an upgrade
Removed
Recoded Aghanim's Scepter
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