Is Consecrated Wraps on supports THAT broken?

Summary

The video explains why some professional supports choose Consecrated Wraps over Glimmer Cape, and when that choice makes sense in public matches.

Why Wraps suit some supports

The professional meta features many supports with strong natural damage, useful utility, and abilities that make them difficult to kill. Examples include Techies, Dark Willow, Witch Doctor, Windranger, and Hoodwink.

Some of these heroes need to get close to deal damage. Dark Willow, for example, uses Bedlam, while Techies can use Blast Off. Teams may want these supports to step forward, threaten kills, and draw enemy attention.

Consecrated Wraps helps them survive that exposure. Its stats and barrier provide protection against multiple damage types, making it useful when supports trade damage with enemy heroes. The video’s examples show supports dealing substantial damage with their regular abilities, without first buying dedicated damage items. Wraps can help them stay alive long enough to do so.

Wraps versus Glimmer Cape

• Consecrated Wraps is better suited to a support who wants to enter fights and withstand damage. The video highlights its health and stats, as well as a barrier that works against all damage.
• Glimmer Cape offers invisibility, magic resistance, and the ability to protect allies. It may be more valuable for a support who stays behind the team or needs to save a core.

Professional players often counter invisibility with detection, and the video notes that Essence Distiller is frequently purchased in the pro meta. This makes Glimmer’s invisibility less dependable at that level.

Glimmer remains the stronger choice when a support’s role is mainly defensive. For example, Winter Wyvern can often deal damage from the backline and use Glimmer on herself or an ally.

Practical advice for pubs

Consider Wraps on heroes like Dark Willow or Techies if you want to play aggressively, initiate, or bait enemies.

Glimmer Cape is generally the safer option in solo pubs, where supports often play farther back and opponents may be less likely to counter invisibility.

The choice depends on your role in the fight and whether you trust your team to follow up. Wraps is not an automatic upgrade over Glimmer.

Gamers and sources featured

The subtitles name Speed, Malady, Not Me, Ru, Yatoro, Soxa, Amar, Knight, and Big’em. The discussion draws on pro-meta data from a recent tournament and match examples.