You can keep attacking
Consider Butterfly when your hero benefits from attack scaling and enemies rely on attacks that evasion can help against. It combines offense and one specific defensive layer.
Attack scaling · Passive item
Butterfly
5,450 
Base shop
Damage and evasion in one slot.
Butterfly adds agility, attack damage, percentage attack speed and evasion. It is a passive item: its value does not depend on pressing an active ability.
Price and stats snapshot: Sep 12, 2026. Later patches may change these values.
- Agility
- 30agility
- Attack damage
- 30damage
- Evasion
- 35percent
- Attack speed
- 20percent
Spells are preventing every attack
Evasion does not solve being disabled or burst by spells. If you cannot stay active in fights, compare a defensive active before investing in more attack stats.
Evasion is not additiveButterfly has 35% evasion. Additional evasion sources stack with diminishing returns rather than simple addition.
Components → Finished item
Build & upgrades
Butterfly: 5,450 Combine components · base shop
→Butterfly5,450 totalNo recipe fee
Butterfly5,450 totalNo recipe feeComponents + recipe = total price. Valve data · Sep 12, 2026.
DOTA2FREAKS GUIDE · REVIEWED Sep 21, 2026
Dota 2 Butterfly guide: recipe, uses and tips
Butterfly is a purchase with a specific job. This guide explains its effect, the situations where we would consider it, and the limits that matter before you spend your gold. Prices and recipe totals use the dated Valve snapshot shown below.
What does Butterfly do in Dota 2?
Butterfly adds agility, attack damage, percentage attack speed and evasion. It is a passive item: its value does not depend on pressing an active ability.
Consider Butterfly when your hero benefits from attack scaling and enemies rely on attacks that evasion can help against. It combines offense and one specific defensive layer. Evasion does not solve being disabled or burst by spells. If you cannot stay active in fights, compare a defensive active before investing in more attack stats.
How to use Butterfly in Dota 2
Inspect the attacks Butterfly must protect against
Look at the enemy carry’s items and abilities. Accuracy or effects that bypass evasion can change the value of your purchase; the icon alone does not guarantee safety.
Complete Butterfly without abandoning survival
Think about the fights you must take before the expensive item is finished. A useful smaller defensive purchase may be more important than saving every coin toward this slot.
Use Butterfly to hold a better fighting position
Keep attacking from a position your team can protect. Evasion can help you trade, but it does not excuse standing apart from allies or chasing into unknown terrain.
Three Dota 2 Butterfly tips
D2F ADVICEButterfly tip: compare offense and defense together
Our advice is to buy it when both parts are useful. If only raw damage matters, compare Daedalus; if only surviving spells matters, compare an appropriate defensive item.
Butterfly tip: watch the next enemy purchase
An opponent can respond to evasion with accuracy. Reassess your next item instead of assuming the same defensive advantage will last for the rest of the match.
Butterfly tip: avoid double-counting evasion
Two evasion sources do not simply add their displayed percentages. Use the item’s own value as a starting point and avoid claiming guaranteed protection from a combined total.
Dota 2 Butterfly recipe and mechanics
| Detail | What it means in your game |
|---|---|
| Price and full recipe | In the 2026-09-12 snapshot, Butterfly costs 5,450 gold: Eaglesong (2,800 gold) + Claymore (1,350 gold) + Talisman of Evasion (1,300 gold) + (0 gold). The expandable panel above shows nested components. |
| Important limitation | Butterfly is passive and has no active cooldown to manage. |
| Build detail | Evasion applies to attack interactions, not a general reduction to all incoming damage. |
Dota 2 Butterfly FAQ
How much does Butterfly cost in Dota 2?
The saved 2026-09-12 Valve snapshot lists 5,450 gold, including its components and any recipe fee. This is a dated reference, not a promise that a later patch has the same price.
When should I buy Butterfly in Dota 2?
Consider Butterfly when your hero benefits from attack scaling and enemies rely on attacks that evasion can help against. It combines offense and one specific defensive layer.
When should I skip Butterfly in Dota 2?
Evasion does not solve being disabled or burst by spells. If you cannot stay active in fights, compare a defensive active before investing in more attack stats.
Does Butterfly have an active ability in Dota 2?
Not in the reviewed item data. Its listed benefits are passive stats and evasion. Older descriptions of an active should not be used as the basis for this build.
