Purchase purpose
Controlled displacement that breaks a positioning error, saves an ally or completes the distance to a cast.
Dota 2 · item · 7.41e
Force Staff
Controlled displacement that breaks a positioning error, saves an ally or completes the distance to a cast.
2,200cost2component tree22 role benchmarks
FO
Valve item icon · OpenDota constants
Valve item icon · OpenDota constantsWhen it works
The threat depends on position, slows or terrain rather than a long chain of hard disables.
Where it breaks
Without a preselected target, the active is easily spent for convenience and missing for the real save.
Replay question
Who was each charge supposed to move, and out of which spell?
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
shownCores
21.3median · min
045 min
- middle 50%
- 18.7 - 26.9 min
- share of role players
- 15.2%
- first purchases
- n 358
SUPPORT
shownSupports
28.8median · min
045 min
- middle 50%
- 23.7 - 33.4 min
- share of role players
- 33.4%
- first purchases
- n 541
Role conclusion
In the current snapshot, the cores median arrives 7.5 min earlier. Purchase rate: cores 15.2%, supports 33.4%. The gap describes role jobs, not one universally better order.
Cost and build path
2,200 goldA completion is only as useful as the path toward it.
- shown component total
- 1,250
- remaining completion cost
- 950
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 items817gold
unpriced remainder1,383gold
cost covered by explicit stats37.1%2 priced stat groups
intelligence · 1046746.67 per unit · baseline: Mantle of Intelligence
health · 1753502 per unit · baseline: Fluffy Hat
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.
- activeForce
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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.