Purchase purpose
The purchase primarily changes numeric hero stats. Test not only the final total but the usefulness of every intermediate component.
Dota 2 · item · 7.41e
Octarine Core
The purchase primarily changes numeric hero stats. Test not only the final total but the usefulness of every intermediate component.
4,900cost2component tree11 role benchmarks
OC
Valve item icon · OpenDota constants
Valve item icon · OpenDota constantsWhen it works
The next window is far enough away to complete it without costing the team a required item or buyback reserve.
Where it breaks
Raw stats can look efficient while failing to repair positioning or a missing fight condition.
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
35.5median · min
047 min
- middle 50%
- 30.6 - 41.7 min
- share of role players
- 11.7%
- first purchases
- n 276
SUPPORT
numbers hiddenSupports
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 43 / 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
4,900 goldA completion is only as useful as the path toward it.
- shown component total
- 4,700
- remaining completion cost
- 200
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 items3,840gold
unpriced remainder1,060gold
cost covered by explicit stats78.4%3 priced stat groups
health · 4509002 per unit · baseline: Fluffy Hat
mana · 4501,4403.2 per unit · baseline: Energy Booster
mana regeneration · 61,500250 per unit · baseline: Sage's Mask
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.