Vladmir's Offering vs Helm of the Dominator on Ursa

There's no good reason to skip orbs on Ursa - probably a lot of people are still just using their old builds, since the buff is still relatively new. I might be tempted to stick to a Morbid Mask for a long while early and get up Phase Boots and Blink Dagger before upgrading it and delay my choice of orb for as long as possible. Else I would be tempted to go Vladmir's Offering + Orb of Venom early.

Comparison of Stats:

	Vladmir's Offering	Helm of the Dominator
Cost	Ring of Basilius (500g)	Helm of Iron Will (950g)
	Ring of Regen (350g)	Morbid Mask (900g)
	Morbid Mask (900g)
	Recipe (300g)
Total	2050g	1850g
Bonus	16% Lifesteal (melee)	15% Lifesteal
	+15% Damage	+20 Damaage
	+5 Armor	+5 Armor
	+0.8 Mana Regen	Active: Dominate
	900 AoE

Vladmir's Offering

• Leaves your Attack Modifier slot open for something later
• Powerful aura for team (and it's ok for pushing -- overrated IMO)
• Even more powerful if you have multiple melee heroes
• Higher lifesteal
• Gives some mana regen

Helm of the Dominator

• Can be built entirely from the side shop
• You get a creep to use for stacking and pushing/auras
• Early raw damage (+20 vs. the +15%)
• Note: you need to be hitting for about 134 for +15% to give you 20 damage
• Builds into Satanic (where STR will give you HP which gives you Ult dmg)
• A support can pick up Vladmir's Offering and it still benefits you
• Slightly cheaper (200g)

Overall

Helm of the Dominator = early game, solo kills, late game Satanic, stacked camp usage

Also good when you have a mid that is Bottle-crowing, so you cannot finish Vladmir's Offering easily (i.e. just build Helm of the Dominator at side shop)
Always keep in mind a support can pick up Vladmir's Offering late game (especially heroes like Abaddon, Chen, etc.)

Vladmir's Offering = mid game, 5-manning, looking to buy something like Desolator (or Maelstrom and still get lifesteal when it procs -- otherwise lightning overrides lifesteal orb for that attack)

Main difference here is that Vladmir's Offering will help your entire team with its aura, even the ranged heroes, whilst Helm of the Dominator will only help yourself.

That's not such a bad thing in and of itself, because you can use a dominated creep to stack ancients, providing you with some extra gold and experience.

Also, note that:

• Helm of the Dominator > Satanic is a late game item
• Vladmir's Offering is a mid game item
• Ursa is a mid game hero

By late game, your Black King Bar is running low and someone if not multiple people on the enemy team have built counter items. You want to hit hard and fast and push those towers, so you're going to want to build Vladmir's Offering and not sit and wait for the long haul.