Orb of Fire

Item Information

Level:

3

Class:

Miscellaneous

Ability

Availability

Cost:

250

Sell value:

150

Purchase Hotkey:

F

Stock Max:

1

Stock Start Delay:

0s

Stock Repl. Interval:

120

Attacks also do fire damage.

This item adds an orb effect, for more information see: Orb Effects.

Adds 5 bonus fire damage to the attack of a Hero when carried. The Hero's attacks also become ranged when attacking air, and reduce the effectiveness of healing and regeneration on enemy units by 35% for 3 seconds.

Information

In the past, this item was considered to be the worst orb in the game. Since the addition of the healing-reducing effect in patch 1.31.0, this orb has finally found its way into the meta, mainly in the matchup against the Undead.

Version History

Balance Patch History
Version	Release	Balance Changes
2.0.2	2025-04-16	Orb of Fire replaced with Orb of Slow: Orb of Slow provides +5 damage, has a 25% chance to proc on units, and 10% chance to proc on heroes; applies a 25% attack speed and 55% movement speed slow to the target for 10(5) seconds; costs 325 gold. It is undispellable, affects magic imminune units and stacks with other sources of slow.
1.35.0	2023-01-19	Orb of Fire cost reduced from 325 to 250. Orb of Fire damage reduced from +7 to +5.
1.31.0	2019-05-28	Orb of Fire bonus damage reduced from 10 to 7. No longer gives area of effect damage. New effect: Decreases the effectiveness of healing abilities and hit point regeneration by 35% for 3 seconds.
1.30.0	2018-08-08	Orb of Fire hero bonus damage increased from 5 to 10. Orb of Fire splash damage radius increased from 140 to 150. Orb of Fire gold cost increased from 275 to 325.
1.17	2004-09-20	Orb of Fire now deals Spell damage instead of Magic damage. All Orbs now affect magic-immune units.
1.15	2004-05-10	Orb of Fire cost reduced to 275 gold from 300 gold.
1.13	2003-12-16	Orb of Fire cost reduced to 300 from 375.
1.10	2003-07-03	Orb of Fire cost reduced to 375 from 400 and splash radius increased to 140 from 125.