Arcana Index86.6▼ -9.0%Blades of Voth Domosh$43.41▲ +31.9%The Magus Cypher$30.29▼ -29.2%Fractal Horns of Inner Abysm$39.39▼ -24.5%Bladeform Legacy$23.47▼ -23.6%Great Sage's Reckoning$19.58▼ -23.5%Swine of the Sunken Galley$26.79▼ -22.9%Fiery Soul of the Slayer$23.69▼ -22.1%The Devotions of Dragonus$19.41▼ -21.3%Demon Eater$20.03▼ -21.2%Frost Avalanche$15.93▼ -20.0%The Resurrection of Shen$16.64▼ -19.0%Tempest Helm of the Thundergod$23.47▼ -18.8%Manifold Paradox$21.88▼ -18.6%Flockheart's Gamble$29.69▼ -17.6%Planetfall$106.08▼ -13.8%Compass of the Rising Gale$107.47▼ -11.0%Feast of Abscession$20.97▼ -10.1%The One True King$238.82▼ -0.5%
Dota 2 Arcana Styles and How to Unlock Them
Guide · from Valve’s game files

Dota 2 Arcana Styles and How to Unlock Them

18 of 25 arcanas have more than one style, 82 styles in total. 16 of them unlock through a counter that tracks your games. Below: every style of every arcana and its unlock condition.

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2,500,000 Damage dealt to enemies killed during Focus Fire. for one style of Compass of the Rising Gale. That is the highest counter of all arcanas.

Arcanas without alternate styles

In Valve’s item file these arcanas have no second style: Fractal Horns of Inner Abysm (Terrorblade), Demon Eater (Shadow Fiend), Tempest Helm of the Thundergod (Zeus), Fiery Soul of the Slayer (Lina), Blades of Voth Domosh (Legion Commander), Benevolent Companion (Io), Swine of the Sunken Galley (Techies).

Where this comes from

Style names, counters and unlock values are read from Valve’s item file, nothing is typed in by hand. A counter comes with the arcana and counts in your games; where the file lists an unlock item instead, the style opens with that item.

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Arcana styles: questions and answers

How do you unlock arcana styles in Dota 2?

It depends on the arcana. In Valve’s item file 16 styles unlock through a counter that comes with the arcana and tracks something in your games (kills with a spell, for example); a few unlock through a separate unlock item; the rest have no unlock condition listed.

Which arcanas have alternate styles?

18 of 25: The Resurrection of Shen (3), Manifold Paradox (3), The Devotions of Dragonus (2), Bladeform Legacy (2), Feast of Abscession (2), Frost Avalanche (4), The Magus Cypher (41), Flockheart's Gamble (2), Dread Retribution (2), Great Sage's Reckoning (4), Planetfall (2), Compass of the Rising Gale (2), Maw of the Megalodon (3), Phantom Advent (2), Eminence of Ristul (2), Claszian Apostasy (2), Voidstorm Asylum (2), The One True King (2).

Which arcana has the most styles?

The Magus Cypher for Rubick with 41 styles.

Which style takes the longest to unlock?

By the number on the counter: “Reflections of the Gale” of Compass of the Rising Gale (Windranger) needs 2,500,000 Damage dealt to enemies killed during Focus Fire..

Which arcanas have no alternate style?

Fractal Horns of Inner Abysm (Terrorblade), Demon Eater (Shadow Fiend), Tempest Helm of the Thundergod (Zeus), Fiery Soul of the Slayer (Lina), Blades of Voth Domosh (Legion Commander), Benevolent Companion (Io), Swine of the Sunken Galley (Techies).

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