Purchase purpose
A short defensive bridge through magic damage and enemy focus. It rewards identifying the target before their health has already vanished.
Dota 2 · item · 7.41e
Glimmer Cape
A short defensive bridge through magic damage and enemy focus. It rewards identifying the target before their health has already vanished.
2,150cost2component tree11 role benchmarks
GL
Valve item icon · OpenDota constants
Valve item icon · OpenDota constantsWhen it works
Enemy True Sight is limited and the primary threat leaves a readable activation window.
Where it breaks
Against persistent detection, invisibility stops being an exit, so the item cannot be judged by one successful early save.
Replay question
How many uses changed a focus outcome after the opponent bought detection?
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 24 / 200SUPPORT
shownSupports
27.0median · min
045 min
- middle 50%
- 23.1 - 33.0 min
- share of role players
- 17.7%
- first purchases
- n 286
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
2,150 goldA completion is only as useful as the path toward it.
- shown component total
- 1,350
- remaining completion cost
- 800
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.
UNPRICED ≠ ZERO
The item has no supported explicit stats. That does not mean zero value: the decision depends entirely on its mechanic and timing.
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.
- activeGlimmer
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.