Aghanim's Scepter
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Aghanim's Scepter
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The scepter of a wizard with demigod-like powers.
Attributes
+ 10
+ 10
+ 10
Health
175
Mana
175
Ability
Passive
Availability
Category
Bought From
Recipe
General[edit]
Aghanim's Scepter (also known as Aghs or Scepter) is a Caster item made with items from the Home Shop and Secret Shop. It is a powerful item used to passively increase the power of a hero's spells, usually their ultimate. The upgrade that Aghanim's Scepter provides can be anything from a new ability to simply an increase in power higher than the previous level. The power increase is also not exclusive to ultimates, it may also increase the power of basic abilities and hero stats.
If dropped or sold, the upgrade is lost until the hero is in possession of it again. Upgrades with irreversible effects will not allow Aghanim's Scepter to be removed from that hero's inventory.
- Cannot be dropped or sold by:
Aghanim's Scepter does not work on all heroes. The list of heroes it works on and what effects it provides are listed below.
Ability[edit]
Ultimate Upgrade
Targeting
Passive
Passive
Affects
Self
Self
Upgrades the spells of heroes. Always applies all of its effects at once to the user.
Possible upgrades include:
Possible upgrades include:
- Upgraded Ultimate
- Upgraded Spells
- Granted New Spell
- Upgraded Hero Stats
Notes
- Must be in the player's inventory to apply its effects. Removing the Scepter from the inventory reverts the effects back to non-upgraded status.
- Mouse hovering over scepter displays the upgrade details for the hero that is currently being played.
Scepter Upgrades[edit]
Abaddon[edit]
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- Increases the duration from 4 / 5 / 6 to 5 / 6 / 7
- Redirects 50% of all damage dealt to nearby allied heroes to Abaddon when he is within 900 range
Alchemist[edit]
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- Can cast Aghanim's Scepter to directly grant any allied hero all Aghanim's Scepter bonuses as a permanent buff
- The buff applies both the hero upgrade and the stat upgrade, and the scepter is consumed in the process
- Multiple instances of this buff do not stack, and Alchemist can target himself as well
- Has 600 cast range
Ancient Apparition[edit]
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- Increases the duration from 8 / 9 / 10 to 17
Anti-Mage[edit]
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- Passively blocks and reflects a targeted spell once every 12 seconds
Arc Warden[edit]
- No Upgrade
Axe[edit]
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- Reduces enemy damage output by 30%
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- Applies Battle Hunger to enemy heroes within a 700 AoE after a successful Culling Blade
Bane[edit]
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- Reduces the cooldown to 1.5 seconds and pierces Spell Immunity
Batrider[edit]
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- Grabs a secondary target within 400 range nearest to the primary target
- The secondary target is tethered to the first
- Deals 100 damage per second
Beastmaster[edit]
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- Increases the cast range from 600 to 950
- Decreases the cooldown from 80 / 75 / 70 to 45
Bloodseeker[edit]
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- Replaces the cooldown with 2 charges at a 40 second replenish time per charge
Bounty Hunter[edit]
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- Allows the shuriken to bounce twice on each hero (bounces on everyone once, then bounces through each one again)
- Increases mini-stun duration from 0.1 to 0.75
Brewmaster[edit]
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- Grants a Brewmaster skill to each warrior
Earth gets 
Storm gets 
Fire gets
- The skills are applied at Brewmaster's current level, and the cooldowns are independent of the original Brewmaster
- Grants a Brewmaster skill to each warrior
Bristleback[edit]
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- No longer targeted, it instead applies the slow to all enemies around Bristleback in a 750 radius when cast
Broodmother[edit]
- No Upgrade
Centaur Warrunner[edit]
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- Increases damage resistance by 40% and allows allies to run through obstructions such as trees, cliffs, etc.
- Destroys trees
Chaos Knight[edit]
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- Reduces the cooldown from 145 to 110
- Allows Phantasm to be cast on allied heroes
- 1200 Cast Range
Chen[edit]
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- Can target Ancient Creeps
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- Increases the number of controllable Holy Persuasion ancients to 1 / 2 / 3
Clinkz[edit]
- No Upgrade
Clockwerk[edit]
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- Decreases the cooldown from 70 / 55 / 40 to 12
Crystal Maiden[edit]
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- Applies to any unit that has been standing in the Freezing Field for over 2.5 seconds
Dark Seer[edit]
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- Increases illusion damage from 60% / 75% / 90% to 100% / 120% / 140%
Dark Willow[edit]
- No Upgrade
Dazzle[edit]
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- Becomes a point targeted 450 AoE spell
Death Prophet[edit]
- No Upgrade
Disruptor[edit]
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- Increases the duration from 5 to 7
- Applies Mute
Doom[edit]
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- Increases the duration from 15 to 16
- Doom spell duration doesn't count down when the target is within 900 range of Doom
- Applies Break
Dragon Knight[edit]
- No Upgrade
Drow Ranger[edit]
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- Causes her attacks to splinter on the target and split into two arrows affecting two random additional units in a 375 radius
- The splintered arrows deal 50% damage each, the primary target still takes full damage
- The split arrows act as normal attacks, carrying all attack modifiers
Earth Spirit[edit]
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- New ability
- Allows Earth Spirit to convert an enemy hero into a for 3 seconds
Earthshaker[edit]
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- Becomes a 1100 range ground target ability
- Causes you to jump in the air and land at the target spot, casting enchant totem there
Elder Titan[edit]
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- Units that are pulled in by Earth Splitter will be disarmed in addition to being slowed
- Slow/disarm duration increased from 3 / 4 / 5 to 4 / 5 / 6
Ember Spirit[edit]
- No Upgrade
Enchantress[edit]
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- Increases attack range from 550 to 740
Enigma[edit]
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- Adds the current level of damage to Black Hole
- Stacks with Midnight Pulse
Faceless Void[edit]
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- Decreases the cooldown from 120 / 110 / 100 to 60
Gyrocopter[edit]
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- Automatically fires an attack at random enemy units within 600 range every 1.1 seconds
Huskar[edit]
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- Increases the damage from 34% / 38% / 42% to 65% of HP
- Decreases the cooldown from 12 to 4
Invoker[edit]
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- Adds one level to the stats provided by , , and on all Invoked spells
- Decreases the cooldown from 6 to 2
Io[edit]
- No Upgrade
Jakiro[edit]
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- Increases the distance from 1400 to 1800
- Increases the damage per second from 100 / 140 / 180 to 125 / 175 / 225
- Increases the duration from 10 to 30
Juggernaut[edit]
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- Increases the number of attacks from 3 / 6 / 9 to 6 / 9 / 12
- Decreases the cooldown from 130 / 120 / 110 to 70
Keeper of the Light[edit]
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- Changes ability from No Target to Passive
- Grants Keeper of the Light flying vision during the day
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- During the day, Illuminate heals allies
Kunkka[edit]
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- Ghostship now drags enemies within a 200 radius of it towards the crash site
- It now starts from where Kunkka is, rather than behind him, landing in the same position it normally would have
Legion Commander[edit]
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- Increases Duel duration from 4 / 4.75 / 5.5 to 6 / 7 / 8
- Legion Commander and the duel target gain 100% damage resistance to non-duelists
- Grants Spell Immunity to Legion Commander during Duel
Leshrac[edit]
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- While Pulse Nova is active, every 1.75 seconds will hit one random unit within 750 AoE
- Prioritizes heroes
Lich[edit]
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- Increases the damage from 300 / 400 / 500 to 400 / 500 / 600
- Increases the cast range from 750 to 850
- Increases bounces from 10 to Unlimited
- Increases movement speed slow from 30% to 50% and attack speed slow from 30 to 50
Lifestealer[edit]
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- New ability
- Allows Lifestealer to target an allied hero and swallow them to hide inside of Lifestealer
- Any healing Lifestealer receives is shared with the assimilated hero
- The assimilated hero can release itself to deal 300 damage to enemies in a 700 area of effect
Lina[edit]
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- Changes damage type from Magical to Pure
- Pierces Spell Immunity
Lion[edit]
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- Increases the damage from 600 / 725 / 850 to 725 / 875 / 1025
- Decreases mana cost from 200 / 420 / 650 to 200 / 420 / 625
- Decreases the cooldown from 160 / 100 / 40 to 100 / 60 / 20
- Hits all enemy units within 325 radius of the primary target
Lone Druid[edit]
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- Allows the Spirit Bear to attack at any range from Lone Druid
- Prevents the Spirit Bear from dying if Lone Druid dies
Luna[edit]
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- Increases number of Lucent Beams from 5 / 8 / 11 to 6 / 12 / 18
- Increases maximum number of hits per target from 5 to Unlimited
- Decreases beam interval from 0.6 to 0.3
- Decreases duration from 2.4 / 4.2 / 6 to 1.8 / 3.6 / 5.4
- Allows Eclipse to be cast on an ally or area within 2500 range, and grants 675 ground vision of the area
Lycan[edit]
- No Upgrade
Magnus[edit]
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- Shockwave comes back, hitting units a second time and applying a 60% slow for 2 seconds
- Distance increased from 1150 to 1725
- Travel speed increased from 1050 to 1700
- Return wave deals half damage to creeps
Medusa[edit]
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- Causes Mystic Snake to turn enemies into stone for 1 second
- Increases by 0.2 seconds per bounce
Meepo[edit]
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- Increases number of Meepos from 2 / 3 / 4 to 3 / 4 / 5
- Always provides an extra Meepo even if Divided We Stand is not leveled
Mirana[edit]
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- Passively triggers Starstorm every 10 seconds
- If there are no units to affect, the spell waits until there is a nearby enemy
Monkey King[edit]
- No Upgrade
Morphling[edit]
- No Upgrade
Naga Siren[edit]
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- Regenerates you and nearby allies by 10% of maximum HP per second for the duration
Nature's Prophet[edit]
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- Increases initial damage from 110 / 140 / 170 to 135 / 170 / 205
- Spawns a treant whenever a unit dies within 4 seconds of being hit
- Killing a hero will spawn a Greater Treant with 300% the damage and health of a normal one
Necrophos[edit]
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- Decreases the cooldown from 120 to 60 / 50 / 40
Night Stalker[edit]
- Vision
- Grants Night Stalker flying vision at night
Nyx Assassin[edit]
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- Grants the Burrow ability
- While burrowed, Nyx Assassin has 40% damage resistance and regenerates 1.5% of maximum HP/Mana per second
- His spells also receive the following bonuses while burrowed:
- and have 75% increased cast range
- cooldown is reduced from 13 to 7
- instantly stuns any enemy units within a 300 area of effect
Ogre Magi[edit]
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- New ability
- Costs 60% of current mana, so Ogre Magi always has enough mana to cast this spell, even at 0 mana
Omniknight[edit]
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- Increases the duration from 6 / 7 / 8 to 8 / 9 / 10
- Increases radius from 600 to global
- Affects buildings
Oracle[edit]
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- Reduces the cooldown from 2.25 seconds to 1 second
- Lowers the cast point from 0.3 to 0.1
Outworld Devourer[edit]
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- Replaces the cooldown with 2 charges of Astral Imprisonment and increases the cast range by 300
- Damage areas stack
- Replenish Time: 12
Pangolier[edit]
- No Upgrade
Phantom Assassin[edit]
- No Upgrade
Phantom Lancer[edit]
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- Causes Spirit Lance to bounce on nearby enemies
- Bounce Range: 400
- Bounce Cap: 5
Phoenix[edit]
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- Increases attacks needed to destroy the Supernova from 5 / 8 / 11 to 7 / 10 / 13
- Allows Supernova to be cast on an allied hero, bringing both into the Sun to be reborn together
- Has a 500 cast range and if the Sun is destroyed, both heroes will die
Puck[edit]
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- Increases break damage from 300 / 400 / 500 to 400 / 550 / 700
- Increases break stun duration from 1.5 / 2.25 / 3 to 1.5 / 3 / 4.5
- Increases coil duration from 6 to 8
- Stun pierces Spell Immunity
Pudge[edit]
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- Reduces the cooldown from 14 / 13 / 12 / 11 to 4
- Increases the damage from 90 / 180 / 270 / 360 to 180 / 270 / 360 / 450
Pugna[edit]
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- Decreases the cooldown from 22 to 0
Queen of Pain[edit]
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- Increases the damage from 320 / 410 / 500 to 370 / 480 / 590
- Decreases the cooldown from 135 to 40
Razor[edit]
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- Decreases time between strikes from 0.7 / 0.6 / 0.5 to 0.6 / 0.5 / 0.4
- Allows Eye of the Storm to damage buildings
Riki[edit]
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- Allows you to target an allied hero, hiding inside them for the duration
- The attack radius follows the allied hero
- 1000 Cast Range
- Increases ultimate duration by 4 seconds
Rubick[edit]
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- Stolen ultimates will always have the Aghanim's Scepter upgrade
- Reduces the cooldown from 20 / 18 / 16 to 2
- Increases cast range from 1000 to 1400
Sand King[edit]
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- Increases cast range from 350 / 450 / 550 / 650 to 700 / 900 / 1100 / 1300
- Applies poison to heroes hit by Burrowstrike
Shadow Demon[edit]
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- Replaces 50 second cooldown with 3 charges that each have a 40 second replenish time
- Applies Break
Shadow Fiend[edit]
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- Increases maximum souls from 12 / 20 / 28 / 36 to 22 / 30 / 38 / 46
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- Waves now return back to Shadow Fiend dealing 40% damage on the way back
- The damage the return wave does to heroes on its way back heals Shadow Fiend
Shadow Shaman[edit]
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- Grants Serpent Wards split shot, attacking two units each for full damage
- Increases Serpent Ward attack range from 600 to 825
Silencer[edit]
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- Pierces Spell Immunity and deals 200% damage against silenced units
Skywrath Mage[edit]
- Spell casting
- Anytime Skywrath Mage casts an ability, a different random nearby target within 700 range will be hit with the same ability
- Prioritizes heroes
Slardar[edit]
- No Upgrade
Slark[edit]
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- Increases cloud radius to 325, hiding allied heroes underneath it
- Reduces the cooldown from 60 to 30
Sniper[edit]
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- Assassinate becomes a ground targeted spell with a 400 radius which locks onto the targets in the area upon cast
- Damage changes to a physical 2.8× critical strike based on Sniper's attack
- Procs on hit
Spectre[edit]
- No Upgrade
Spirit Breaker[edit]
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- Increases cast range from 700 to 850
- Decreases the cooldown from 60 to 20
- Applies the current level of to units within a 250 radius
Storm Spirit[edit]
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- Becomes a 475 radius ability around Storm Spirit
- Requires vision over the units to affect them
Sven[edit]
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- Grants an allied aura within a 900 radius
- Aura grants allies 75% / 100% / 125% bonus base damage
Techies[edit]
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- Increases the damage from 300 / 450 / 600 to 450 / 600 / 750
- Increases the cast range from 500 to 700
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- Makes and immune to true sight, and will not reveal themselves
Templar Assassin[edit]
- No Upgrade
Terrorblade[edit]
- No Upgrade
Tidehunter[edit]
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- Becomes a ground targeted wave ability that travels for 1800 range, hitting enemies within 240 radius of the wave
Timbersaw[edit]
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- Grants a second Chakram
Tinker[edit]
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- Refracts to visible enemy heroes within a 400 bounce range
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- Increases the number of targets from 2 to 4
Tiny[edit]
- No Upgrade
Treant Protector[edit]
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- Grants the Eyes In The Forest ability
- Allows Treant Protector to enchant trees with flying vision
- Deals a damaging within their sight whenever Overgrowth is cast
Troll Warlord[edit]
- No Upgrade
Tusk[edit]
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- Grants the Walrus Kick ability
- Kicks the target back 1400 units and slows by 40% for 4 seconds
- Deals 350 magical damage
Underlord[edit]
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- Atrophy Aura bonus damage is now granted to nearby allied heroes for half of the bonuses
- Increases bonus damage duration by 40 seconds
Undying[edit]
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- Increases Decay strength steal from 4 to 10
Ursa[edit]
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- Can be cast while disabled
- Reduces the cooldown from 50 / 40 / 30 to 30 / 24 / 18
Vengeful Spirit[edit]
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- Allows Vengeful Spirit to target non-hero units with Nether Swap
- Decreases the cooldown from 45 to 10
- On death a Vengeance Illusion spawns that can use all of Vengeful Spirit's abilities, but not items
Venomancer[edit]
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- Increases the damage per second from 30 / 55 / 80 to 60 / 85 / 110
- Decreases the cooldown from 140 / 120 / 100 to 140 / 120 / 60
Viper[edit]
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- Increases the cast range from 500 to 900
- Decreases the cooldown from 80 / 50 / 30 to 10
- Decreases mana cost from 125 / 175 / 250 to 125
Visage[edit]
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- Increases the number of familiars summoned from 2 to 3
Warlock[edit]
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- Increases the number of golems summoned from 1 to 2
- Each golem's health and damage is reduced to 75%
- Each golem's gold bounty is reduced to 50%
Weaver[edit]
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- Cooldown reduced from 60 / 50 / 40 to 16
- Can target allied heroes within 1000 range
Windranger[edit]
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- Auto attack self damage reduction decreased from 50% / 40% / 30% to 30% / 15% / 0%
- Decreases the cooldown from 60 to 15
Winter Wyvern[edit]
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- Becomes a toggle that drains 40 mana per second
- No longer has limit on number of attacks per target
Witch Doctor[edit]
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- Death Ward attacks bounce 4 times
- Death Ward has True Strike
Wraith King[edit]
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- Allies who are slain within a 1200 radius of Wraith King become Wraiths for 7 seconds, delaying their death
- They can continue attacking, casting, and using items until the duration ends and the hero dies
Zeus[edit]
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- New ability
- Creates a storm cloud anywhere on the map that automatically casts on the closest enemy within range
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Lore[edit]
- Rubick is the son of Aghanim.
Trivia[edit]
- Aghanim's Scepter is a reference to Agahnim, one of the main villains in A Link to the Past from The Legend of Zelda series.
Version History[edit]
| Version | Balance Changes |
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