Healing Salve Dota 2 item: stats, build & win rate

Item guide

Healing Salve in Dota 2: who buys it, when it wins and what it costs

Kevin · Dota2Arena · updated Oct 28, 2026 · numbers live from our scanner

Healing Salve costs 100 gold and shows up in 1% of ranked matches. Players holding it at the end win 40.4% of their games across 28,745 inventories, most often on Shadow Shaman and Lion. It wins most in the late game (52.2%) and least in the early game (31.0%).

What Healing Salve does

Use: Salve

Grants 30 health regeneration to the target for 13 seconds. If the unit is attacked by an enemy hero or Roshan, the effect is lost. Heals for half the amount per second when cast on an ally.

Who buys Healing Salve

The share says how many games of a hero end with Healing Salve in the inventory, the win rate is that hero's win rate in exactly those games. A high share with an average win rate means the item is standard on the hero; a low share with a high win rate means it is a situational pick that works when it is needed.

When to buy it

Win rate by match length tells you in which kind of game the item pays off. Items that win short games are usually bought early and snowball; items that win long games are late-game purchases or things you buy when the game is already going well, so read the number as "games with this item at this length" rather than as advice to rush it.

What to combine it with

These items sit in the same final inventory as Healing Salve most often (based on every 4th match). Boots and other staples appear on almost every list; the interesting entries are the ones specific to this item.

Item	In the same inventory	Cost
Arcane Boots	40%	1,500
Blink Dagger	29%	2,250
Power Treads	17%	1,400
Aghanim's Scepter	15%	4,200
Glimmer Cape	13%	2,150
Tranquil Boots	12%	900
Phase Boots	11%	1,450
Aether Lens	9%	2,275

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