Knockback

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Knockback is a broad term for abilities that can force a target's position to change. When a unit is knocked back, most effects will trigger the unit's flail animation to indicate they are moving uncontrollably.

In addition to knockback, there are several ways units can be moved around:

• Knockback: Pushes and disables.
• Push: Pushes without disabling.
• Drag: Pulls and disables.
• Pull: Pulls without disabling.
• Launch: Knocks upward and disables.

Knockback

Units are stunned during knockback and unable to act.

Hero Abilities
Hero	Ability
Beastmaster	Primal Roar
Clockwerk	Power Cogs
Magnus	Skewer
Morphling	Adaptive Strike (Strength)
Spirit Breaker	Greater Bash
Tusk	Walrus Kick

Push

Unlike knockback, units are not disabled while being pushed. These will not inherently cancel actions such as channeling spells, but secondary effects such as silence are free to cancel and interrupt spells.

Hero Abilities
Hero	Ability
Batrider	Flamebreak
Drow Ranger	Gust
Earth Spirit	Boulder Smash
Invoker	Deafening Blast
Kunkka	Ghostship
Keeper of the Light	Blinding Light
Item Abilities
Item	Ability
Force Staff	Force
Hurricane Pike	Hurricane Thrust

Drag

Units are stunned during drag and unable to act.

Hero Abilities
Hero	Ability
Batrider	Flaming Lasso
Dark Seer	Vacuum
Elder Titan	Earth Splitter
Enigma	Black Hole
Magnus	Reverse Polarity
Pudge	Meat Hook (Enemies)
Storm Spirit	Electric Vortex

Pull

Unlike drag, units are not disabled while being pulled.

Hero Abilities
Hero	Ability
Clockwerk	Hookshot
Earth Spirit	Geomagnetic Grip
Pudge	Meat Hook (Allies)
Timbersaw	Timber Chain

Launch

A launch sends a unit skyward. This has a few effects on gameplay as the unit's collision box is temporarily removed, allowing units to walk underneath. Projectiles will also take slightly longer to reach their target, following the hero model up into the air. This has no effect on attack range and cast range. Launched units are always attacked and hit by spells normally as if they were on the ground.

Hero Abilities
Hero	Ability
Invoker	Tornado
Kunkka	Torrent
Lion	Earth Spike
Nyx Assassin	Impale
Rubick	Telekinesis
Sand King	Burrowstrike
Tidehunter	Ravage
Tiny	Toss
Tusk	Walrus PUNCH!
	Walrus Kick
Unit Abilities
Hero	Ability
Storm	Cyclone
Item Abilities
Hero	Ability
Eul's Scepter of Divinity	Cyclone

See also

• Stun
• Shackle
• Leap