Buildings

1800 / 2000 / 2000 / 2100

Damage

110 / 152 / 175 / 175

12 / 15 / 16 / 21

Attack Time

1 / 0.95 / 0.95 / 0.95

Attack Animation

0.6 + 0

Attack Range

700

Attack Type

Ranged

Turn Rate

1

True Sight Range

700

Gold Bounty

100 / 120 / 140 / 160

The main line of base defense, towers are the primary buildings that can attack. Both the Radiant and the Dire have three lanes which are guarded by three towers each. Their Ancient is guarded by two neighboring towers. Towers are a higher tier depending on how far they are in the lane. Every tower, except for Tier 1 towers, are invulnerable until the lower tier tower in front of it is destroyed. The two Tier 4 towers defending a team's Ancient become vulnerable if any Tier 3 tower is destroyed. Barracks do not have to be destroyed to make these towers vulnerable. Both Tier 4 towers must be destroyed in order to remove the Ancient's invulnerability.

Towers can be denied, just like creeps, once they have 10% health or less. Denied towers give half the bounty to the team that denies it, and half to the enemy team.

Attack Priority[edit]

Towers have a specific targeting priority that determines which enemy it will attack. Listed from highest priority to lowest.

Closest enemy unit or hero attacking a friendly hero with auto attack
Closest enemy unit or hero attacking the tower itself with auto attack
Closest enemy unit or hero attacking any friendly unit with auto attack
Closest enemy unit
Closest enemy hero
Closest enemy catapult

Towers do not attack neutral units.

The tower will only switch targets under three circumstances:

If the targeted enemy unit or hero dies (target is removed)
If an enemy unit or hero targets a friendly hero within 500 range of the tower (priority 1)
If an enemy hero being attacked by the tower manually attacks a friendly unit or hero (this is a strategy known as removing tower aggression, or "tower aggro" to get a tower to stop attacking you, forcing it to switch targets)

Bounty[edit]

Tier	Team Bounty	Denied Bounty	Last Hit Bonus	Average Total	Denied Total
1	100 Reliable Gold	50 Reliable Gold	150-250 Unreliable Gold	1520 Gold	500 Gold
2	120 Reliable Gold	60 Reliable Gold	150-250 Unreliable Gold	1760 Gold	600 Gold
3	140 Reliable Gold	70 Reliable Gold	150-250 Unreliable Gold	1990 Gold	700 Gold
4	160 Reliable Gold	80 Reliable Gold	150-250 Unreliable Gold	2225 Gold	800 Gold

Statistics[edit]

Tier	Health	Damage	Armor	Base Attack Time	Armor Aura
1	1800	100-120	12	1	2
2	2000	170‒180	16	0.95	3
3	2000	170‒180	16	0.95	3
4	2100	170‒180	21	0.95	3

Tower Abilities[edit]

Tower Protection

Targeting
Aura

Affects
Allied Heroes

The tower's presence emboldens allied hero defenses. Increases the armor of nearby allied heroes.

Tier 1 Armor Bonus	3

Tier 2/3/4 Armor Bonus	5

Radius	900

Notes

Multiple instances of Tower Protection do not stack.
Only affects allied heroes and illusions.

Tower Armor

Targeting
Aura

Affects
Self

The presence of enemy heroes causes the tower to brace itself. The tower's armor increases for each nearby enemy hero.

Armor Bonus Per Enemy Hero	3

Radius	1600

Notes

Enemies do not have to be visible to grant the bonus.
Does not count illusions or Meepo clones.

Backdoor Protection[edit]

All buildings except for Tier 1 towers and the Fountain have backdoor protection, which regenerates structures by 90 hp per second until they are at their previous health amount, and provides 75% damage resistance against illusions and 40% damage resistance against all other units. This means backdoor protection can resist up to 150 dps, any higher dps will be able to eventually destroy the building. Backdoor protection activates when there are no attacking allied creeps within a 900 radius of the enemy tower. If there are allied creeps nearby, backdoor protection is disabled and the tower remains vulnerable for 15 seconds after the last creep dies. Backdoor protection will not regenerate damage dealt by friendly units.

It should be noted that Tier 2 towers each have their own separate backdoor protection. Disabling the backdoor protection of one Tier 2 tower will not disable the others. For the base area (which encompasses all Tier 3 and 4 towers, Barracks, Pillars, and the Ancient) all buildings will share backdoor protection within that area. This means disabling one base building's backdoor protection will disable it for the entire base. Keep in mind however that Tier 4 towers are still invulnerable until at least one Tier 3 tower is destroyed, and the Ancient is invulnerable until both Tier 4 towers are destroyed.

Backdoor Protection

Targeting
Aura

Affects
Self

Structure takes reduced damage, and quickly regenerates any damage taken while no enemy creeps are nearby.

Regeneration	90

Damage Resistance	40%

Illusion Resistance	75%

Deactivation Radius	900

Reactivation Delay	15

Notes

If an enemy lane creep gets within 900 radius of the building, the protection is lost.
All buildings except for tier 1 towers have this ability.
The 75% illusion resistance replaces the base 25% illusion resistance while backdoor protection is active.
Only heals back damage dealt by enemy units. Damaged dealt by allies is not healed back.

Barracks[edit]

Melee Barracks [h]

Stats

Unit Type

Building

2200

5

15

Gold Bounty

175

Ranged Barracks [h]

Stats

Unit Type

Building

1300

0

9

Gold Bounty

100

Barracks are buildings that spawn Lane Creeps and are defended by Tier 3 towers. There are two barracks for each lane. The Melee Barracks is always to the right and the Ranged Barracks is always to the left, no matter which faction's side of the map you are on. Destroying an enemy Barracks grants your team's corresponding lane super creeps. For example, if you destroy the middle lane's Melee Barracks, your middle lane will now spawn Super Melee creeps.

Destroying all of the enemy base's barracks will cause an announcement to sound, alerting both teams that you are now spawning mega creeps. This upgrades Super creeps to Mega Creeps, making them even more powerful. See Lane Creeps for more details. Creeps will always spawn, regardless of whether there is a barracks or not. Barracks are invulnerable until the corresponding tower that guards them is destroyed.

Ancients[edit]

Ancient [h]

Stats

Unit Type

Building

4250

12

13

True Sight Range

900

Ancients (also known as Thrones) are massive structures and the main objective. To win, your team must destroy the enemy Ancient. Ancients have no offensive abilities, but are guarded by towers and powerful team of five heroes. The Ancient is invincible until both Tier 4 towers are destroyed.

Fountain[edit]

Fountain [h]

Stats

Unit Type

Building

500

275

0.15

0 + 0

1200

Attack Type

Ranged

Turn Rate

0

True Sight Range

1200

Notes

Invulnerable
20% accuracy

The fountain is a structure located in the respawn area of each base, and provides a healing and mana regeneration aura to all allied units near it.

Bottles are automatically refilled when you are near the fountain. The Home Shop is located at the fountain.

Fountain Abilities[edit]

Fountain Rejuvenation

Targeting
Aura

Affects
Self

Quickly restores health and mana.

HP Regeneration	5% of max hp

Mana Regeneration	6% of max mana

Radius	1200

Notes

The aura lingers for 3 seconds.
The aura refills bottles and provides the team's courier with invulnerability.
Restores every HP and Mana in 0.1s intervals.
Fully stacks with other sources of regeneration. The bonuses are not considered by percentage regeneration increases.

Pillars[edit]

Pillar [h]

Stats

Unit Type

Building

1000

10

Gold Bounty

75

Pillars or Effigies are smaller structures that act as buffers within a base, making creeps take longer to reach actual towers and give the base's defenders more time to act. Invulnerable until a Tier 3 tower is destroyed.

Outposts[edit]

Outpost [h]

Stats

Unit Type

Building

There are two of these on the map, in each respective team's jungle. Right clicking to channel it takes several seconds and then you gain control over the outpost. Converts faster with more allies channeling. Having control over an outpost grants teamwide bonus XP at each minute mark on the game clock. It also provides your team vision and true sight in that area and allows you to TP to it. Outposts cannot be captured until a team's Tier 2 tower has been destroyed.

XP bonus is 2×Minute to each player
Only provides XP bonus once per period regardless if you have one or two outposts controlled
Takes 6 seconds to teleport to it (shares the delayed TP duration mechanic with T1 towers)

Watch Tower

Targeting
Passive

Affects
Allied Heroes

Provides XP to the team controlling it.

Capture Time	6

Capture Time Reduction Per Hero	1

True Sight Radius	500

300

Glyph of Fortification[edit]

Glyph is an ability usable by any player on the team. It renders all buildings and lane creeps owned by their team invulnerable for a few seconds, with a long cooldown shared by allied players. It also gives Tier 2+ Towers multishot attacks to hit additional targets. This can be used defensively to stop enemy pushes or slow them down long enough to organize a defense. It can also be used offensively to allow your creeps to survive longer and disable backdoor. A team's glyph cooldown is refreshed (after a 1 second delay) if one of their own Tier 1 towers is destroyed.

Glyph cannot be used until the 3:00 minute mark in-game.

Glyph of Fortification

Targeting
No Target

Affects
Buildings
Lane Creeps

Grants structures and lane creeps invincibility for a few seconds.

Building Invincibility Duration	7

Creep Invincibility Duration	4

Tower Multishot Targets	4

300

Notes

Cooldown is refreshed if an allied tier 1 tower falls.
Affects Lane Creeps, but not player controlled units.

Scan[edit]

Scan is a targeted area of effect that lasts for a few seconds. Starts on cooldown and has a global team-wide cooldown. It indicates whether there are enemy heroes in the selected area. The minimap indicator is green when there are no heroes, and is red with beeping when enemy heroes are detected.

Considers Smoked units. Does not show how many heroes there are, just if there are any enemies. Enemies do not know when your team casts it.

Scan

Targeting
Point Target

Affects
Self

Scans a targeted area for a few seconds. Indicates whether there are enemy heroes in that area.

Scan Interval	1

Ping Sound Interval	2

Duration	8

Radius	900

Cast Range	Global

210

Notes

Starts on cooldown so it is not available at the beginning of the match.
Checks for enemies every second, starting immediately on use, checking a total of 9 times.
When a hero is detected, the green minimap indicator turns red.
Detects units inside the Roshan Pit.
Can detect enemies under Deceit.

Abilities that affect Buildings[edit]

Hero Abilities
Hero	Ability	Notes
Arc Warden	Magnetic Field	Grants affected buildings attack speed and 100% evasion. True Strike does not affect buildings.
Centaur Warrunner	Retaliate	Damage is reduced by armor value and armor type.
Clinkz	Searing Arrows	Damage is reduced by armor value and armor type.
Death Prophet	Exorcism	Damage is reduced by armor value and armor type.
Dragon Knight	Elder Dragon Form	Corrosive Breath deals the full 20 damage per second.
Faceless Void	Chronosphere	Allied and enemy buildings become disabled and will not attack.
Jakiro	Liquid Fire	Deals damage over time and slows tower attack speed.
Leshrac	Diabolic Edict	Damage is reduced by the armor value only, not by the armor type.
Lich	Frost Shield	Can be cast on allied buildings to increase their damage resistance. Also pulses damage each second to nearby enemy units.
Naga Siren	Song of the Siren	Enemy buildings become invulnerable and will not attack.
Night Stalker	Darkness	Sets maximum vision range to 675.
Ogre Magi	Bloodlust	Buffs the attack speed of towers.
Omniknight	Guardian Angel	Adds physical invulnerablity for a few seconds. Aghanim's Scepter upgrade only.
Pugna	Nether Blast	Deals 50% splash damage to buildings.
Razor	Eye of the Storm	Will target Towers, Barracks, and the Ancient. Aghanim's Scepter upgrade only. The armor reduction part of this skill does not work on buildings. Damage is reduced by the armor value only, not by the armor type.
Shadow Shaman	Mass Serpent Ward	Deals 35% damage to buildings.
Techies	Proximity Mines	Deals 25% damage to buildings.
Tiny	Toss	Buildings cannot be targeted but will take 33% splash damage.
Tiny	Tree Grab	Adds a bonus percentage damage against buildings.
Treant Protector	Living Armor	Adds regeneration and armor.
Venomancer	Plague Ward	Deals 35% damage to buildings.
Viper	Poison Attack	Deals 40% damage and 1 armor reduction to buildings. Aghanim's Shard upgrade only.
Unit Abilities
Unit	Ability	Notes
Spirit Bear	Demolish	Spirit Bear deals 40% bonus damage to buildings.
Earth	Demolish	Earth Warrior deals 300% bonus damage to buildings.
Item Abilities
Item	Ability	Notes
Desolator	Corruption	Reduces armor on enemy buildings.
Assault Cuirass	Assault Aura	Reduces armor on enemy buildings. Increases armor and attack speed on allied buildings.
Crimson Guard	Guard	Blocks damage and grants armor on allied buildings.

Version History[edit]

Version	Balance Changes
7.23e
7.23e	Outposts XP is now every 10 minutes instead of every 5 (XP is 20*Min-50) Removed the two non-Roshan Shrines (initial delay from 5 to 7 minutes, cooldown from 5 to 4)
7.23d
7.23d	Outpost experience reduced from 18 * Min to 15 * Min
7.23c
7.23c	Outpost XP reduced from 25 per minute to 18
7.23
7.23	Tier 2 Towers HP increased from 1900 to 2000 Tier 2 Tower Armor increased from 15 to 16 Tier 2 Tower Damage increased from 152 to 175 Tier 2+ towers night vision increased from 800 to 1100 Tower Glyph multishot targets increased from 2 to 4 Glyph duration increased from 6 to 7 Denied towers now give half of the bounty to the team that denies it and half to the other team (instead of 0 to both teams) Fountain damage increased from 230 to 275 Fountain now has 20% Accuracy Added a new neutral building type — Outposts
7.22
7.22	Tier 3+ towers damage increased from 152 damage to 175 Tier 1 Tower Protection aura armor bonus increased from 2 to 3 Tier 2+ Tower Protection aura armor bonus increased from 4 to 5 Tier 2+ Towers now have a multishot attack when glyph is activated Attacks up to two additional targets Prioritizes the closest units
7.21
7.21	Tier 2 tower armor increased from 14 to 15 Tier 3 tower armor increased from 14 to 16 Melee Barracks armor increased from 13 to 15 Tower Protection armor bonus for Tier 2/3/4 increased from 3 to 4
7.20
7.20	Updated various armor values to closely align with the new formula: Tier 1 Towers: 17 to 12 Tier 2 Towers: 19 to 14 Tier 3 Towers: 19 to 14 Tier 4 Towers: 29 to 21 Melee Barracks: 18 to 13 Ranged Barracks: 12 to 9 Ancient: 18 to 13 Fillers: 14 to 10 Shrines: 24 to 17
7.19b
7.19b	Glyph is now on cooldown until the 3 minute timer in-game
7.15
7.15	Melee Barracks team bounty reduced from 225 to 175 Tower denies now remove all gold instead of just half Ancient HP regen increased from 8 to 12
7.13
7.13	Tier 1 Tower Team Bounty reduced from 120 to 100 Tier 2 Tower Team Bounty reduced from 200 to 120 Tier 3 Tower Team Bounty reduced from 200 to 140 Tier 4 Tower Team Bounty reduced from 200 to 160 Ranged Barracks team bounty reduced from 150 to 100 Filler buildings gold bounty from 125 to 75 Glyph duration increased from 5 to 6 Melee Barracks HP increased from 1500 to 1800 Shrines HP increased from 1500 to 1750 Shrines now have 5 HP regen
7.08
7.08	Tier 1 Tower armor aura increased from 1 to 2
7.07b
7.07b	Backdoor Protection damage reduction increased from 25% to 40%
7.07
7.07	Tier 1 tower HP increased from 1400 to 1600 Removed Shrines from the base (replaced by filler buildings) Glyph now causes your creeps to be invulnerable for the glyph duration All Buildings had armor increased to keep parity for armor mechanic change Removed Tier 4 tower HP regen (previously had 3) Ancient HP regen increased from 3 to 8 Moved mid Shrines closer to the primary jungle area Swapped offlane Shrines and Bounty Runes Fountain damage increased from 190-199 to 220-240 Fountain mana regen increased from 4% MP + 14 mana per second to 6% Fountain HP regen increased from 4% to 5% Shrine HP regen from 90 to 75 Shrine MP regen from 40 to 30 Shrines no longer increase their HP & MP regen value as time elapses
7.06
7.06	Shrines now start on cooldown and become available at 5 minutes Reduced Shrine count in base from 5 to 3 (Removed the shrines from the top and bottom lanes behind the barracks) Shrines mana regeneration growth per minute reduced from 1 to 0.75 Shrine team bounty from reduced 150 to 125 Tier 3 Tower Team Bounty from 240 to 200 Tier 4 Tower Team Bounty from 280 to 200 Towers bonus armor based on nearby enemy heroes AoE increased from 1400 to 1600
7.05
7.05	Towers base armor reduced by 2 Towers now gain 1 more armor per nearby enemy hero (3 total per enemy now) Towers bonus armor based on nearby enemy heroes AoE increased from 1200 to 1400 Shrines base health regen reduced from 100 to 90
7.03
7.03	Shrines base HP regen reduced from 120 HP/sec to 100 Towers base armor reduced by 4 Towers now gain 2 armor per nearby enemy player within 1200 AoE Tier 1 Tower HP increased from 1300 to 1400 Tier 1 Team Bounty reduced from 160 to 120 Scan cooldown reduced from 270 seconds to 210
7.02
7.02	Shrines are now vulnerable after a T3 tower dies, rather than after all T2 towers die Towers no longer attack neutral team units
7.00
7.00	Tier 4 towers now have the same regeneration as the Ancient, 3 HP/sec Glyph cooldown refresh is now granted 1 second after a Tier 1 tower dies rather than immediately Ancient Building vision increased from 1900/1200 to 2600 Reduced Effigy building count in each base from 15 to 5 Adjusted Effigy building positions in the base Effigy buildings HP increased from 500 to 1000 Effigy buildings armor increased from 10 to 12 Effigy buildings bounty increased from 111 to 125 to the killer Fixed Glyph not affecting Effigy buildings Tier 2/3/4 towers damage rescaled from 122-182 to 142-162 Added new building type — Shrine
6.88e
6.88e	All Illusions now deal 30% less damage to structures (increased from 25%)
6.87
6.87	Tier 2 towers damage now same as Tier 3 Towers now grant an armor aura to allied heroes Tower True Sight range reduced from 900 to 700
6.86
6.86	Towers no longer have a very minor experience bounty Previously was 25 XP that split evenly in an area
6.84
6.84	Melee Barracks team bounty increased from 175 to 275 Ranged Barracks team bounty increased from 100 to 225 Tier 2 and 3 towers armor reduced from 25 to 22
6.83b
6.83b	Melee/Ranged Barracks team bounty from 125/75 to 175/100 gold
6.83
6.83	Melee and Ranged Barracks bounty reduced from 352-370 to 100-150 Melee and Ranged Barracks now give 125 and 75 gold to each player, respectively All Illusions now deal 25% less damage to structures
6.82
6.82	Fountain area is now at a higher elevation level Fountain vision increased from 1400 to 1800 Fountain attack range increased from 1100 to 1200 Fountain True Sight increased from 900 to 1200 Glyph of Fortification cooldown is now refreshed whenever you lose a Tier 1 tower Tier 2 Tower armor increased from 20 to 25 Tower bounty gold for destroying Tier 1/2/3/4 reduced from 264/312/358/405 to 160/200/240/280 (denied is 50%)
6.79
6.79	Tower last hit bonus gold increased from 100-200 to 150-250 Melee Barracks HP regen increased from 2.5 to 5 Ranged Barracks HP regen decreased from 2.5 to 0 Ranged Barracks HP reduced from 1500 to 1200 and armor increased from 5 to 10 (same EHP vs physical damage)
6.78
6.78	Backdoor protection now also reduces incoming damage by 25% Level 1 and Level 2 tower armor increased from 18 to 20 Towers no longer have separate bounty values when creeps or allies get the last hit It now gives the same reliable bounty to all players as if a creep killed it Hero getting last hit on tower gives 100-200 bonus gold Does not affect team bounty in any way
6.75
6.75	Glyph duration increased from 4 to 5 seconds
6.72
6.72	Glyph ability now prevents magic damage as well
6.69
6.69	Reduced Glyph cooldown from 6 minutes to 5 minutes
6.68
6.68	Increased backdoor protection regeneration rate from 55 to 90
6.64
6.64	Slightly increased the regen rate of backdoor protection from 40 to 55
6.63
6.63	Glyph cooldown is now reset on initial creep spawn
6.60
6.60	Ranged barracks no longer has extra regeneration Added a new backdoor protection mechanism for towers and barracks: The backdoor protection is stripped away whenever there are nearby creeps (or corpses) Backdoor protection is restored once 15 seconds elapse without a nearby unit If a tower or barracks takes damage without the backdoor protection, that life lost can never be naturally regenerated If it does have the backdoor protection, then it will regenerate at a rate of 40 hp/second and take only 25% damage from illusions Flagged areas are: 1) All places considered in or near base 2) Tier 2 Top Tower 3) Tier 2 Mid Tower 4) Tier 2 Bot Tower Changed the damage type of the first tower to be Siege like the rest of the towers Adjusted the damage table to keep the damage creeps take in the laning phase unchanged Tower does not regenerate from allied damage (when trying to deny)
6.57
6.57	Minor improvements to Glyph of Fortification Moved Glyph of Fortification from an item to an ability on your Circle of Power to prevent some abuses possible by the enemy
6.55
6.55	Fountain heal range increased by a small amount Added Glyph of Fortification
6.52b
6.52b	Significantly lowered ranged barracks armor and increased HP regeneration
6.50
6.50	Added an additional constant 7 mana regeneration to Fountains
6.45
6.45	Added code to prevent Couriers with invulnerability shield from entering enemy fountain areas to steal items
6.41
6.41	First towers are invulnerable until first wave comes out (to prevent some abuses in -rd)
6.38
6.38	Tower regeneration reduced
6.28
6.28	Neutral ancients can no longer attack towers (abuse precaution)
6.20
6.20	Fountain healing range improved (but still smaller than the attack range)
6.10
6.10	Improved level 3 towers a bit (no longer weaker than level 2 towers) Slightly improved regen on barracks
6.08
6.08	Removed the slowing towers at barracks Will implement a better solution in the future
6.07
6.07	Added invisible towers at barracks that help vs backdoor attempts Fires a single target attack speed slow
6.04
6.04	Fountains now have True Sight Radiant and Dire fountains now have the same range Removed attack from Radiant Ancient

Removed Buildings[edit]

Shrines[edit]

Shrine [h]

Stats

Unit Type

Building

1750

5