Attack Range

My reach extends!

Attack Range is the distance at which a unit may attack another unit. There are two types: melee and ranged. The user's base attack range can be changed by some abilities.

The attack range of a hero has no actual basis on whether that hero is melee or not, instead it depends on the hero's missile speed. Melee heroes always have an "instant" missile speed, meaning the attack happens right when the animation finished. Ranged heroes have specific projectile speeds, and the projectile has a travel time to the target.

Melee

For melee attacks, if the target is farther than 350 range more than the melee unit's attack range, the attack will always miss. This is called buffer range, and true strike does not guarantee hits on units outside of the buffer range. For most melee heroes attack buffer range is 500.

Melee heroes receive a greater benefit from certain items such as Stout Shield, Quelling Blade, Skull Basher, and Manta Style.

Only melee units can use Cleave, ranged units cannot.

Ranged

Ranged attack projectiles follow the target and can be disjointed. Ranged units also have a 25% chance to miss their attack when firing uphill.

Acquisition Range

Units have a certain acquisition range. This range determines how close an enemy has to get in order for the unit to attack it automatically. Since this only goes for auto attacks, this range has no influence on units that have auto attack set to Never in the game options.

Abilities that change Attack Range

Heroes
Hero	Ability
Ancient Apparition	Chilling Touch
Clinkz	Talent
Dark Willow	Shadow Realm
Dragon Knight	Elder Dragon Form
Huskar	Burning Spear
Jakiro	Liquid Fire  Liquid Frost  Talent
Lone Druid	True Form  Druid Form
Snapfire	Lil' Shredder
Sniper	Take Aim
Templar Assassin	Psi Blades  Talent
Terrorblade	Metamorphosis
Tiny	Tree Grab
Troll Warlord	Berserker's Rage (Melee)  Berserker's Rage (Ranged)
Viper	Poison Attack
Winter Wyvern	Arctic Burn

Items
Item
Dragon Lance

Unit Attack Ranges

Summons	Attack Range
Lycan Wolf, The Swarm	90 Melee
Spiderling, Spiderite, Treant, Greater Treant, Necronomicon Warrior	100 Melee
Spirit Bear, Zombie	128 Melee
Earth, Fire	150 Melee
Familiar	160
Warlock Golem	225 Melee
Eidolon	450
Storm	500
Boar	550
Plague Ward	600
Mass Serpent Ward	650
Death Ward	700

Lane Creeps	Attack Range
Melee Creep	100 Melee
Ranged Creep	500
Siege Creep	690

Neutrals	Attack Range
Skeleton Warrior	90 Melee
Kobold, Kobold Soldier, Kobold Foreman, Fell Spirit, Centaur Courser, Centaur Conqueror, Giant Wolf, Alpha Wolf, Satyr Mindstealer, Satyr Tormenter, Ogre Bruiser, Ogre Frostmage, Mud Golem, Shard Golem, Hellbear, Hellbear Smasher, Ancient Rock Golem	100 Melee
Wildwing, Wildwing Ripper, Ancient Granite Golem, Roshan	128 Melee
Hill Troll, Dark Troll Summoner	250
Satyr Banisher	280
Harpy Scout, Ancient Black Drake, Ancient Black Dragon, Ancient Rumblehide, Ancient Thunderhide	300
Ghost	400
Harpy Stormcrafter	450
Hill Troll Berserker, Vhoul Assassin	500
Hill Troll Priest	600

Buildings	Attack Range
Tower	700
Fountain	1200

Abilities that improve attack range per level

Summons	Attack Range
Forged Spirit	300 / 365 / 430 / 495 / 560 / 625 / 690 / 755
Necronomicon Archer	450 / 500 / 550

See also

• Attack Speed