Illusions

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Illusions are weaker, magical copies of a hero. All illusions deal 60% less than their stated damage value to buildings. To enemies they look exactly the same as the original unit (with the exception of Wall of Replica and Reflection), but to allies illusions always appear very distinct from the original one. They have a different color than the original unit, usually blue. Illusions run equally fast but their attacks usually deal much less damage and take much more damage. With the exception of Haunt and Reflection whose illusions will only attack one unit, illusions are controllable by whichever player they are created by. Illusions are instantly killed by hexes and take extra damage from certain purge effects and spells. Illusions created by other illusions will be based on the original hero's stats.

Illusions provide a 2 × Level gold and experience bounty when last hit. Illusions created by Juxtapose and Wall of Replica give a constant 5 gold and experience bounty. Unlike other sources of experience, only the player that last hits an illusion gains experience. In addition, if an illusion dies to any other means or expires, no experience is given to anyone.

Passive abilities illusions can use

• Most hero and item passive abilities
• Attack range changes
• Attack Speed bonus
• Attribute Bonus (Strength, Agility, and Intelligence)
• Auras that the original hero has, with the exception of some effects
• Critical Strike (the red number is before the illusion reduction however)
• Damage Block (Vanguard, Poor Man's Shield, etc)
• Diffusal Blade's Manabreak
• Evasion
• Health or Mana
• Health or Mana regeneration, including Lifesteal
• Movement Speed bonus
• Movement Speed bonuses from Yasha, Sange and Yasha and Manta Style
• Monkey King Bar (can proc, allowing them to bypass evasion, but does not apply the bonus damage)
• Radiance's Burn (does not stack with other Radiance auras)

Passive abilities illusions cannot use

• Raw Damage or Armor or increase
• Cleave
• Bash
• Magic Resistance from abilities, from base Magic Resistance, and from items (Cloak, Glimmer Cape, Hood of Defiance, or Pipe of Insight)
• Greevil's Greed from Alchemist

Illusion Abilities

These illusions are spawned at a point next to the hero or illusion being copied. There is no invulnerability or buff removal provided when casting these abilities.

Hero Abilities
Hero	Ability
Anti-Mage	Blink 20
Dark Seer	Wall of Replica
Phantom Lancer	Spirit Lance
	Juxtapose
Shadow Demon	Disruption
Spectre	Haunt
Terrorblade	Reflection
	Conjure Image
Vengeful Spirit	Vengeance Aura
Item Abilities
Item	Ability
Rune of Illusion	Illusion

Mirror Image

Mirror Image type illusions are created at the caster's location and are mixed up with the hero so that enemies will not know which is which. These skills also provide a short period of invulnerability and dispel most debuffs.

Hero Abilities
Hero	Ability
Chaos Knight	Phantasm
Phantom Lancer	Doppelganger
Naga Siren	Mirror Image
Item Abilities
Item	Ability
Manta Style	Mirror Image

Version History

Version	Balance Changes
7.06
	Illusion gold/XP bounty from 5 + Level to 2 × Level Illusion building damage reduction from 50% to 60%

See also

• Hex