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Ember Spirit
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This article is mostly accurate for the latest version of the game (7.37c), in which this hero was changed.
It has no changes in the current game version — 7.37d.
Ember Spirit
22 + 2.6
22 + 3.2
20 + 2.2
| Grants the following bonuses per attribute point: | |
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+22HP and +0.1HP regeneration |
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+0.17 armor and 1 attack speed +1 Main Attack Damage |
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+12MP and +0.05MP regeneration +0.1% base magic resistance |
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Instant Projectile Speed
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100 (122)
(1.7 BAT) | ||
0.4 + 0.3
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0.8
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1800 / 800
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Fire
Gib Type | ||
2013-11-14
Released | ||
2011-12-24
(v6.73) | ||
Competitive Span
2014-02-18 — Present |
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This page is about the hero Ember Spirit. For the city in Dota 2 lore, see Ember (City).
| Rapidly strikes and chains his foes. | |
|---|---|
| Impressed by the teachings of Xin, the Burning Celestial breathed life into the warrior-poet's ashes, and from there an image of Xin appeared, born anew as the Ember Spirit. Swift and elusive, the great teacher dashes through his opponents, striking each foe once with a Sleight of Fist before returning to his original spot. He immobilizes enemies with Searing Chains, holding them in place against the scorching heat of his Flame Guard. Across the land, Xin's glowing likenesses stand silent guard. The Ember Spirit arrives at his Fire Remnant from impossible distances, catching the unprepared in a burst of flame before they surrender their lives to Xin's burning blades. | |
      | |
| Roles: |  Carry  Escape  Nuker  Disabler  Initiator |
| Complexity |   |
| Adjectives | Red, Spirit, Nose Legs ( 2 ) |
Facets[edit]
Double Impact
If Xin attacks more than a certain amount of enemy units with Sleight of Fist, the nearest enemy will be attacked once again.
Chain Gang
Increases Searing Chains max target count.
+1 Max Targets
Searing Chains are also additionally applied around all current Fire Remnants upon cast, utilizing the same search radius.
Upgrades[edit]
Aghanim's[edit]
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade:
Increases cast range, remnant travel speed, and max charges.
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade:
If an enemy hero dies near Ember Spirit, a Fire Remnant charge is restored. Ember Spirit also leaves behind a Remnant upon death.
The Ember Spirit's Remnants apply Immolation of its corresponding level within the radius.
The Ember Spirit's Remnants apply Immolation of its corresponding level within the radius.
Increases radius and damage per second.
Talents[edit]
 | ||
|---|---|---|
| -12s Fire Remnant Restore Time | 25 | 2 Sleight of Fist Charges |
| +50 Sleight of Fist Hero Damage | 20 | +60 Searing Chains Damage |
| +1s Searing Chains Duration | 15 | 2x Flame Guard Damage per Second |
+165 Flame Guard  Barrier | 10 | +12 Damage |
| ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ +2 All / / Attributes | ||
Bio[edit]
Balance in all things.Ember Spirit
Aliases:
ES, Xin
Lore:
Lost within the Wailing Mountains, the Fortress of Flares lay abandoned, its training halls empty, its courtyard covered in leaves and dust. Upon a dais in its sealed temple rests a topaz cauldron filled with ancient ash, remnants of a pyre for the warrior-poet Xin. For three generations, Xin taught his acolytes the Bonds of the Guardian Flame, a series of mantras to train the mind and body for the harsh realities beyond the fortress walls.
However, in teaching a warrior's way he earned a warrior's rivals, and in his autumn Xin was bested and slain. His followers spread to the wind. Yet as years turned to centuries and followers to descendants, his teachings endured by subtle whisper and deed. Touched by the teacher's lasting legacy, the Burning Celestial, inquisitive aspect of fire, cast himself to the Fortress of Flares and reignited the pyre ash. From these glowing embers emerged an image of Xin, wreathed in flame, his thoughtful countenance prepared to train and to teach, and to spread the fires of knowledge to all who seek guidance.
However, in teaching a warrior's way he earned a warrior's rivals, and in his autumn Xin was bested and slain. His followers spread to the wind. Yet as years turned to centuries and followers to descendants, his teachings endured by subtle whisper and deed. Touched by the teacher's lasting legacy, the Burning Celestial, inquisitive aspect of fire, cast himself to the Fortress of Flares and reignited the pyre ash. From these glowing embers emerged an image of Xin, wreathed in flame, his thoughtful countenance prepared to train and to teach, and to spread the fires of knowledge to all who seek guidance.
Voice:
Innate[edit]
Immolation[edit]
Immolation 
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The Ember Spirit immolates and deals damage per second within the radius centered around itself.
Radius: 
175 ( 350)
175 ( 350) Damage per Second: 10/18/26/34 ( 20/28/36/44)
20/28/36/44) Aura Linger Duration: 0
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
Increases radius and damage per second.
Increases radius and damage per second.
This ability levels up with Fire Remnant.
- Deals 2/3.6/5.2/6.8 ( 4/5.6/7.2/8.8)
magical 
spell damage in 0.2-second intervals, starting 0.2 seconds upon 
debuff application.
-
Break sources disables the damage 
aura on Ember Spirit.
- Does not affect Immolation ability upgrade applied by the Fire Remnant.
- Does not affect Immolation
ember_spirit_immolation (1484)
Abilities[edit]
Searing Chains[edit]
Unleashes fiery bolas that wrap around nearby enemies, anchoring them in place and dealing damage each second.
Cast Animation: 0 + 0.5
Search Radius: 400
400 Max Targets: 3
Damage per Second: 50/70/90/110 (
110/130/150/170)
110/130/150/170) Duration: 1.5/2/2.5/3 (
2.5/3/3.5/4)
2.5/3/3.5/4) 
13/12/11/10
95/100/105/110
Xin's harshest lessons often employed the use of red-hot chains.
Chain Gang
Increases Searing Chains max target count.
Max Targets: 4
Searing Chains are also additionally applied around all current Fire Remnants upon cast, utilizing the same search radius.
Remnant Search Radius: 400
400 - Affects random units, without priorities, within the radius centered around Xin.
-
- Chain Gang affects random units, without priorities, within the radius centered around Xin and the Fire Remnants.
- However, multiple overlapping Searing Chains radius do not stack.
-
-
- Applies the following effects on affected units:
Root
True Sight over the affected enemy units.- Deals 25/35/45/55 ( 55/65/75/85) magical spell damage (before reductions) in 0.5-second intervals, starting 0.5 upon debuff application.
- Reapplying the debuff refreshes the duration.
- The current debuff must expire first for ability values to be updated.
- Applies the following effects on affected units:
- True Sight affects
debuff immune units.
modifier_ember_spirit_searing_chains
Searing Chains: Locked in place by Searing Chains. Cannot blink or move, taking damage per second.
ember_spirit_searing_chains (5603)
- Deals a total of 75/140/225/330 magical spell damage in 3/4/5/6 ( 220/260/300/340) damage instances over the duration.
Sleight of Fist[edit]
Dashes around with blazing speed, attacking all enemy units within the area-targeted radius, then returning to his start location.
Cast Animation: 0 + 0.7
Cast Range: 
650
650 Effect Radius: 250/350/450/550
250/350/450/550 Max Targets: 
Jump Interval: 0.25
Instant Attack Factor: 1
The Sleight of Fist is more effective and deals more damage on enemy heroes.
Hero Attack Damage Bonus: 40/80/120/160 (
90/130/170/210)
90/130/170/210)Cannot recast the ability until the current Sleight of Fist cast finishes.
Downtime: Varies
(
Cooldown)
Cooldown)
( 2)
2)13/11/9/7 ( 0)
0)60/65/70/75
The studied warrior must whip and weave through its enemies, burning each without pause.
Double Impact
If Xin attacks more than a certain amount of enemy units with Sleight of Fist, the nearest enemy will be attacked once again.
Min Targets to Proc: 2
Damage Factor: 0.5
Damage Factor: 0.5
- Does not disjoint projectiles upon cast.
- Neither has a target limit before marking nor a distance limit after marking all its targets.
- While active, any other orders can be made, except Aattack orders.
- Specifically
disarms Xin until all targets are affected by the 
instant attack.
- EXPR
DisarmDuration = 0.25 × ((Σ MarkedTargets - 1) + f(DoubleImpact)) - EXPR
DoubleImpact = 1
- Other disarm sources applied on Xin nullifies the instant attack component during the jump.
- Has the following properties while active:
- While active, any other orders can be made, except
- Marks all enemy units within the area-targeted radius with a flaming sword above them upon cast.
-
- Once marked, the affected unit neither can disjoint nor can
evade the instant attack regardless of distance, except for the following conditions:
- Becomes attack immune.
- Becomes
invisible. - Upon the marked target's
death.
- There are no priorities between all marked targets for the instant attack component.
- However, the instant attack sequence is determined upon cast.
- Does not mark the following units:
- Attack immune units.
- Invisible units.
- Enemy
Couriers.
- Affects the following units:
Fogged units.
- Once marked, the affected unit neither can disjoint nor can
- Sleight of Fist then jumps on the first target immediately upon cast, then subsequently jumps to the next marked target in 0.25-second intervals.
-
OP = 50- Positions Xin 50-distance away from the marked unit, on a line between the unit and the ability's cast location.
- Xin's initial position is marked by a fiery replica of itself for the entire duration.
-
- Applies an instant attack instance per jump, with the following properties:
- Procs any
attack modifiers and on-cast effects as per normal. - Do not have
True Strike. - Specifically do not break Disguise-based abilities when attacking creeps of any types.
- Procs any
- Applies an instant attack instance per jump, with the following properties:
- Sleight of Fist is a bonus conditional attack damage source and has the following properties:
- The enemy hero bonus attack damage values are directly added to Xin's attack damage in the combat log and not displayed on the HUD.
- Considers enemy clones,
illusions, and the Spirit Bear as heroes; other creep-heroes as creeps.
- Does not interact with the following sources:
- Percentage-based
bonus attack damage sources.
- Percentage-based
- Interacts with the following sources:
-
Lifesteal sources.
Critical strike sources.
Cleave sources.
-
- The ability area-of-effect corresponds to Xin's ability cast facing angle, regardless of the ability's visual effects.
-
Damage block sources.
- Sleight of Fist is a bonus
- The ability can only be canceled under the following conditions:
- Upon Activate Fire Remnant cast.
- Upon Xin's death.
- The Double Impact
has no unit priorities, and its ability damage is roughly defined as:
- EXPR
InstantAtk = (ΣDamage + HeroAtkBonus) ×
modifier_ember_spirit_sleight_of_fist_in_progress
Hidden modifier
modifier_ember_spirit_sleight_of_fist_casterSleight of Fist: Attacking all enemies in the targeted area of effect.
modifier_ember_spirit_sleight_of_fist_caster_invulnerabilityHidden modifier
modifier_ember_spirit_sleight_of_fist_markerHidden modifier
ember_spirit_sleight_of_fist (5604)
-
- Other
teleport sources or 
forced movement sources applied on Xin visually does not interrupt the ability jump and instant attack component, because Sleight of Fist does not have a distance limit. - Xin is still moved to the applied coordinates, then continues to jump to the next marked enemy unit.
- Other
-
- The ability effects are applied as follows:
- Mark all affected enemy within the radius.
- The instant attack.
- The ability effects are applied as follows:
Flame Guard[edit]
Surrounds himself with a ring of fire that consumes incoming magic damage, absorbing a percentage of the damage taken.
If the barrier depletes, the damage per second component is also lost.
If the barrier depletes, the damage per second component is also lost.
Cast Animation: 0 + 0.6
Damage to Barrier Factor: 0.7
Barrier: 
60/135/210/285 (
225/300/375/450)
60/135/210/285 ( 225/300/375/450) Duration: 10/12/14/16
The air around Ember Spirit scorches heat while Flame Guard is active.
Damage Radius: 500
500 Damage per Second: 15/25/35/45 (
30/50/70/90)
30/50/70/90)Damage Duration: 10/12/14/16
Aura Linger Duration: 0.5
35
65/80/95/110
An enemy should never be allowed to approach without difficulty.
-
- Grants a barrier upon cast that
absorbs 70% of all incoming magical damage instances (after all reductions).
- Stacks additively with the same damage-type barrier sources, and independently with other damage-type barrier sources.
- Has the following priority among damage-negation sources:
- Grants a barrier upon cast that
-
- Deals 3/5/7/9 ( 6/10/14/18) magical spell damage in 0.2-second intervals, starting 0.2 seconds upon debuff application, over 7 damage instance per debuff instance with the aura linger duration.
- Deals 3/5/7/9 (
- Recasting the ability refreshes the following ability components:
- The buff duration.
- The damage barrier value.
- The
- Both the barrier increasing and damage per second increasing
talents immediately update the current instance.
modifier_ember_spirit_flame_guardFlame Guard: Absorbing magic damage, and dealing magic damage in an area of effect.
ember_spirit_flame_guard (5605)
-
- The barrier depletes upon collectively taking 85.71/192.86/300/407.14 ( 321.43/428.57/535.71/642.86) magical damage.
- The barrier depletes upon collectively taking 85.71/192.86/300/407.14 (
Activate Fire Remnant[edit]
The inquisitive aspect of fire casts himself to the Fire Remnant to arrive at.
Dashes out to all active Fire Remnants, destroying them and dealing damage in an area and then moving to the nearest Remnant.
Dashes out to all active Fire Remnants, destroying them and dealing damage in an area and then moving to the nearest Remnant.
Cast Animation: 0.2 + 0.4
Max Travel Speed: 1300
Min Travel Time: 0.4
Travel Damage Radius: 225
225 Landing Damage Radius: 450
450 Damage: 100/200/300
Ember Spirit will end at the Remnant closest to the point-targeted location.
0
100/125/150
This ability levels up with Fire Remnant.
With blazing speed does a spirit fly!
- Does not disjoint projectiles upon cast.
- Has the following
travel speeds, whichever is faster:
at 1300-speed.
in 0.4 seconds.
- Hence, Xin travels even faster when the distance between two Fire Remnants is greater than 520.
- Has the following
- Has the following
projectile travel properties:
-
Invulnerable while traveling to a Fire Remnant.- Always travels to the Fire Remnant furthest away from the point-targeted location, and travels to all active Fire Remnants on the map upon cast.
- Does not increase the
mana cost does upon reaching any Fire Remnants. -
- Xin cannot
turn but can attack, cast abilities, and use items.
- Hence, Fire Remnant has an
instant cast time while traveling.
- Hence, Fire Remnant has an
- However, using items still requires Xin facing his targets.
- Does not continue traveling upon death.
- Xin cannot
- The following is Xin's travel path when point-targeted cast at
:
-
- The remnant's proc time is determined upon the ability's cast.
- When interrupted, the remaining remnants detonate accordingly to the original travel time.
- The following is Xin's travel path when point-targeted cast at
-
- Enemy units are affected by the radius damage once per Fire Remnant in the following conditions:
-
- As Xin travels toward the first, and between Fire Remnants.
Trees within 200 radius upon contact are destroyed.- Some trees might not be destroyed and skipped while traveling at high speeds.
- As Xin travels toward the first, and between Fire Remnants.
-
- Upon Xin lands at the final Fire Remnant.
- Enemy units are affected by the radius damage once per Fire Remnant in the following conditions:
- Rubick stops after reaching a Rubick remnant, while traveling upon losing this ability.
modifier_ember_spirit_fire_remnantFire Remnant: Charging to a Fire Remnant.
ember_spirit_activate_fire_remnant (5607)
-
- The ability effects are applied as follows when interrupted specifically by forced movement sources:
- Nullifies the invulnerability.
- The remnants detonate accordingly to the original travel time.
- Xin then teleports to the last remnant's position.
- Nullifies the
- The ability effects are applied as follows when interrupted specifically by
Fire Remnant[edit]
Sends a Fire Remnant that dashes to the target location.
Cast Animation: 0.2 + 0.4
Move Speed to Remnant Speed Factor: 2.5 ( 5)
5) Remnant Duration: 45
While traveling across the land, the Ember Spirit may casts out burst of flaming remnants at impossible speeds.
Cast Animation: 0 + 0
0 + 0
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
Increases cast range, remnant travel speed, and max charges.
Increases cast range, remnant travel speed, and max charges.
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
If an enemy hero dies near Ember Spirit, a Fire Remnant charge is restored. Ember Spirit also leaves behind a Remnant upon death.
If an enemy hero dies near Ember Spirit, a Fire Remnant charge is restored. Ember Spirit also leaves behind a Remnant upon death.
Enemy Death Radius: ( 450)
( 450)Charge Restore per Kill: ( 1)
1)Number of Remnants on Self-Death: ( 1)
1)Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
The Ember Spirit's Remnants apply Immolation of its corresponding level within the radius.
The Ember Spirit's Remnants apply Immolation of its corresponding level within the radius.
35 (
23)
23)3 ( 5)
5)0.5
By the spirit's power are Xin's teachings spread anew.
Chain Gang
Searing Chains are also additionally applied around all current Fire Remnants upon cast, utilizing the same search radius.
Remnant Search Radius: 400
400 -
- Grants all charges immediately upon learning the ability.
-
- Immediately grants 2 charges.
- This happens once per game upon acquiring the ability upgrade.
-
- The
ward-type unit has the following properties:
- Invulnerable
Unselectable- Does not deal damage upon expiring.
- The remnant's duration starts counting down upon cast, this includes its travel time.
- Does not grant vision.
- Cannot be seen within the Fog of War.
-
- The remnant travel speed is set upon cast, does not adapt to Xin's current
movement speed, and is defined as:
- EXPR
RemnantSpeed = HeroMS × 2.5 OR 5
- The remnant travel speed is set upon cast, does not adapt to Xin's current
- Applies Immolation of its corresponding level, with its magical spell damage sourced to Xin.
- Multiple overlapping Immolation radius do not stack.
- The
-
- Grants self a buff per Remnant cast, indicating the remnant's current duration.
- The buff disappears upon the Remnant expiring or is used.
- Adds two passive components to Fire Remnant.
-
- Restores 1 charge in the per enemy hero's death in the following conditions:
- Per enemy hero's death within the death radius, including
denies. - Kill credited to the Fire Remnant's owner, including
reincarnation sources. - To restore charges outside the death radius, Xin has to be credited for the kill.
- Per enemy hero's death within the death radius, including
- The aforementioned ability component considers clones and the Spirit Bear as heroes;
ally heroes, illusions, and creep-heroes as creeps.
- Restores 1
-
- Passively cast Fire Remnant of the corresponding level upon death at Xin's death location.
- Works independently of Fire Remnant's cooldown, last for its full duration, and neither cost mana nor consume charges.
- Does not proc on-cast effects.
- Procs on reincarnation sources.
- Passively cast Fire Remnant of the corresponding level upon
- Other Searing Chains Chain Gang notes apply.
- Break sources disable the charge restore per kill component.
- However, it does not affect Immolation ability upgrade applied by the Fire Remnant.
- However, it does not affect Immolation
- Creates a Rubick remnant.
- Leftover remnants from the previous cast cannot be used again despite reacquiring the ability.
modifier_ember_spirit_fire_remnant_remnant_tracker
Hidden modifier
modifier_ember_spirit_fire_remnant_thinkerOn hidden entity
modifier_ember_spirit_fire_remnant_timerFire Remnant Duration: Fire Remnants expire after 45 seconds.
modifier_killOn hidden entity
modifier_ember_spirit_fire_remnant_shardOn hidden entity
modifier_ember_spirit_fire_remnant_shard_debuffFire Remnant: Ticking for x damage per second.
ember_spirit_fire_remnant (5606)
- With the movement speed limits, the remnant has the following min and max travel speeds:
MIN = 250 OR 500MAX = 1375 OR 2750
- Losing the item does not reduce the current number of available charges.
Recent Matches[edit]
Main Article: Ember Spirit/Matches
| Date | Tier | Tournament | Picks | Score | vs. Picks | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2024 - 16:00 PET | Qualifier |   | DreamLeague S24 SA CQ |      |  | 1 : 0 |  |      |
| Sep 30, 2024 - 16:00 AST | Qualifier | | DreamLeague S24 MESWA CQ |     | | 0 : 1 |   |      |
| Sep 30, 2024 - 16:00 CST | Qualifier | | DreamLeague S24 CN CQ |   |  | 1 : 0 |   |     |
| Sep 30, 2024 - 12:00 CST | Qualifier | | DreamLeague S24 CN CQ |    |   | 0 : 1 | |   |
| Sep 29, 2024 - 20:00 EDT | Qualifier | | DreamLeague S24 NA CQ |   |   | 0 : 1 |  | |
The International[edit]
- Ember Spirit has won the following final matches in The International of the following years:
Recent Changes[edit]
Description
- Rescaled Sleight of Fist mana cost from 65 on each level to 60/65/70/75.
- Reduced Flame Guard damage per second from 20/30/40/50 to 15/25/35/45.
- Immolation
- Reduced damage per second from 10/20/30/40 to 10/18/26/34.
- Reduced aura linger duration from 0.5 to 0.
- Increased Sleight of Fist cooldown from 12/10/8/6 to 13/11/9/7.
Talents:
- LVL 10 +200 Flame Guard magical damage absorbed reduced to +165.
- LVL 20 +55 Sleight of Fist hero attack damage bonus reduced to +50.
- ADDED the Immolation innate ability for Ember Spirit :
- Deals 10/20/30/40 magical spell damage within 175 radius centered around Ember Spirit.
- This component levels up with Fire Remnant .
- Increased Searing Chains mana cost from 80/90/100/110 to 95/100/105/110.
- Increased Sleight of Fist
Double Impact instant attack damage factor from 0.4 to 0.5. - Flame Guard
- No longer an
innate ability. - MOVED passive damage per second component to Immolation .
- Rescaled damage per second from 15/25/35/45/55 to 20/30/40/50.
- Rescaled magical damage barrier from 30/60/135/210/285 to 60/135/210/285.
- Rescaled duration from 10/12/14/16/18 to 12/14/16/18.
- No longer an
- Aghanim's Shard upgrade:
- Immolation
- Increases damage per second by 10.
- Increases radius by 175.
- U REWORKED Fire Remnant ability upgrade :
- OLD No longer creates a 450-radius negative aura centered around the Remnant that deals 45 magical spell damage per second in 0.5-second intervals. [?]
- NEW Applies Immolation of its corresponding level.
- Immolation
Dota Plus Progress[edit]
Main Article: Hero Challenges
Relics track a hero's actions and statistics, and display in-game notifications when a milestone is reached. They are only available to Dota Plus subscribers.
| Ember Spirit's Relics | Voice Lines | |
|---|---|---|
 Mega Kill Streaks Kill Assists Kills |
 Bronze |
|
 Silver |
||
 Gold |
||
 Platinum |
| |
 Master |
| |
 Grandmaster |
| |
Equipment[edit]
| Sets | |
|---|---|
| Weapon Packs | |
| Weapon | |
| Off-Hand | |
| Head | |
| Shoulder | |
| Taunt | |
| Kinetic Gems | |
Trivia[edit]
- Ember Spirit, like Brewmaster, Earth Spirit, and Storm Spirit, was a Pandaren in DotA. However, he was re-skinned to avoid copyright issues with "Blizzard Entertainment", since Pandaren are a race of creatures in the Warcraft Universe.
- The hat on Ember Spirit's back was originally intended to be worn on his head. This model and positioning can still be seen when using Ember Spirit's Hat, a cosmetic item that was made available via drops when Ember Spirit was released.
- Most of Ember Spirit's responses are exactly four words long, a reference to four-character Chinese idioms known as "chengyu'".
- According to Xin himself: ▶️ "Four words is plenty."
Gallery[edit]
Concept art
Concept art
Concept art
Concept art
![Ability icon progress [?]](/commons/images/thumb/0/07/Ember_Spirit_ability_icon_progress.png/120px-Ember_Spirit_ability_icon_progress.png)
Ability icon progress [?]
Hero icon progress
Bone Harvest sprite - alive
Bone Harvest sprite - dead
![Ability icon progress [?]](/dota2/File:Ember_Spirit_ability_icon_progress.png){kind=icon}
