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
Maelstrom
The item combines stats with an active or passive mechanic. Its full value cannot fit inside a stat-efficiency percentage.
2,950cost3component tree11 role benchmarks
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Valve item icon · OpenDota constants
Valve item icon · OpenDota constantsWhen it works
The effect solves a named problem in the next five minutes and arrives before the related objective.
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
shownCores
12.1median · min
045 min
- middle 50%
- 11.1 - 13.9 min
- share of role players
- 9.3%
- first purchases
- n 219
SUPPORT
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
Only the Cores role has a reliable benchmark. Money Meta does not infer a conclusion from the weaker role sample.
Cost and build path
2,950 goldA completion is only as useful as the path toward it.
- shown component total
- 2,950
- remaining completion cost
- 0
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 items1,813gold
unpriced remainder1,138gold
cost covered by explicit stats61.4%2 priced stat groups
damage · 251,25050 per unit · baseline: Blades of Attack
attack speed · 2556322.5 per unit · baseline: Gloves of Haste
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.
- passiveChain Lightning
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.