Would Ethereal Blade be viable on Jakiro?

My usual Jakiro build goes Magic Wand, Arcane Boots Arcane Boots, Eul's Scepter of DivinityEul's Scepter of Divinity and then Blink Dagger Blink Dagger. I usually struggle to pick the next item pickup and Ethereal BladeEthereal Blade seems like it would be really useful, 80% slow and 40% extra magic damage for someone in a Macropyre seems like a guaranteed kill on a minute cooldown .

But obviously 5 grand is a lot to drop when so many other cheaper or better int items are viable - Rod of Atos Rod of Atos, Aghanim's Scepter Aghanim's Scepter, Veil of DiscordVeil of Discord, MekansmMekansm, Pipe of InsightPipe of Insight, Shiva's GuardShiva's Guard, Scythe of Vyse Scythe of Vyse,.... Would it be worth it?


Way too much money for the limited worth you'd get out of it. It's still easy to move out of  Macropyre, they could get Black King BarBlack King Bar or Force Staff Force Staff to safety,...

Ethereal BladeEthereal Blade is better for heroes that are capable of using it to instantly nuke a hero to nothing like Tinker, Morphling, Lina, Skywrath Mage,...

You'd also want to stack a shit ton of INT for the initial nuke (Ethereal BladeEthereal Blade will use your primary stat for the nuke, but you'll still get +30 -ish AGI from buying EaglesongEaglesong, a stat this is nearly worthless to you since AS means little to Jakiro and there are easier sources of armor to buy).

For what you want, I'd look into things like:
  • Veil of DiscordVeil of Discord
  • Aghanim's Scepter Aghanim's Scepter's
  • Shiva's GuardShiva's Guard
Otherwise, stick with staples like:
  • Heaven's Halberd
  • Scythe of Vyse Scythe of Vyse
  • Force Staff Force Staff
  • Ghost Scepter Ghost Scepter (if needed to not die to physical damage)
  • Necronomicon
  •  Gem of True Sight Gem of True Sight (for dewarding, map control)
Even Boots of TravelBoots of Travel can be good on a farmed Jakiro because he's a decent split pusher.

Jakiro unlike most nuker's and stunner all of his abilities hit an area and not just a single target, and you also won't be able to auto attack the enemy while they're affected. Also, your paying a ton of gold for a useless stat (agi) on Jakiro. In addition, it only lasts 3s which is not even half a  Macropyre. A maxed Macropyre with Aghanim's Scepter Aghanim's Scepter deals 68 bonus DPS to Ethereal BladeEthereal units, which is less than your usual auto attack. But what about the nuke from Ethereal BladeEthereal Blade? Well it won't be strong since the nuke is based on your primary int stat, and you likely have no int items since you decided to get Ethereal BladeEthereal Blade, leaving your Ethereal BladeEthereal Blade nuke fairly weak. You want big slows like Rod of Atos Rod of Atos and Shiva's GuardShiva's Guard.

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