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Lone Druid

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Lone Druid
20 + 1.8
20 + 2
13 + 2
Grants the following bonuses per attribute point:
+22HP and +0.1HP regeneration
+0.17 armor and 1 attack speed
+12MP and +0.05MP regeneration
+0.1% base magic resistance
+0.7 Main Attack Damage per attribute
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3.33
Armor
(671.89 EHP)
26.3%
Magic Resist
(759.84 EHP)
900
Projectile Speed
Melee Melee units have their projectile speed set to 900, if they should ever need it.
100 (120)
(1.6 BAT)
Base Attack Time Attacks per Second is defined as
ΣAS / BAT / 100
0.33 + 0.53
Turn Rate This unit takes 0.175s to turn 180°.
1800 / 800
Default
Gib Type
2012-03-28
Released
2004-09-18
(v5.62)
Competitive Span
2012-04-12 — 2015-12-16
2015-12-20 — Present
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Commands a powerful spirit bear in battle.
Chosen by the forces of nature for his profound wisdom, Sylla is all that remains of his forgotten clan. The Lone Druid is followed by his Spirit Bear, a powerful companion that Entangles enemies, and Demolishes structures. The sound of a Savage Roar is often all that's needed to frighten foes from the forest. If not, then the pair synergies a Spirit Link, increasing their speed and endurance as they roam the lands for intruders. Man or bear, the distinction is not always clear. When the situation calls for it, the Lone Druid takes his True Form, and joins the mêlée to fight claw-to-claw alongside his bear.
Summon Spirit Bear
Spirit Link
Spirit Link
Savage Roar
Savage Roar
True Form
Roles:Carry Carry Pusher Pusher Durable Durable
ComplexityHero ComplexityHero ComplexityHero ComplexityHero ComplexityHero ComplexityHero Complexity
AdjectivesArachnophobic, Bearded, Fuzzy, Nose
Legs ( 2 )

Facets[edit]

Bear With Me
Spirit Link's Shard Armor is increased and Lone Druid's attacks heal the Summon Spirit Bear.
Unbearable
True Form transform the Summon Spirit Bear instead of Lone Druid.
Bear Necessities
Lone Druid's items are more powerful and his inventory is smaller.

Upgrades[edit]

Lone Druid Aghanim's[edit]

Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter.
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade:
Spirit Link
Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard.
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade:
Savage Roar
Grants bonus movement speed and bonus attack speed to ally units within the radius, and applies a basic dispel to both Lone Druid and the Spirit Bear upon cast.

Removes the simultaneous cast restriction while disabled.

Spirit Bear Aghanim's[edit]

Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter.
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade:
Return
Removes the attack proximity restriction. The Spirit Bear now survives when Lone Druid dies.
Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard.
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade:
Fetch
Grants the Fetch ability.

Savage Roar
Grants bonus movement speed and bonus attack speed to ally units within the radius, and applies a basic dispel to both Lone Druid and the Spirit Bear upon cast.

Removes the simultaneous cast restriction while disabled.

Talents[edit]

+45 Spirit Link Attack Speed25-50s True Form Cooldown
+30 Entangling Claws Damage20+150 Savage Roar Radius
+7 Spirit Bear Armor15-7s Savage Roar Cooldown
+30 Spirit Bear Move Speed10+200 Health
▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃
+2 All / / Attributes

Bio[edit]

I wonder what awaits me at the end of everything…
Lone Druid
Aliases:
Bear, LD, Sylla
Long before the first words of the first histories there rose the druidic Bear Clan. Wise and just they were, and focused in their ways to seek an understanding of the natural order. The arch forces of nature saw this, and so sought the most learned among them. Wise old Sylla, clan justiciar and seer, stepped forward for his kin, and to him was given the Seed with these words: 'When all of the world has dimmed, when civilization has left these lands, when the world is slain and wracked by the endless deserts at the end of ages, plant the Seed.'

As he grasped his trust, Sylla felt his years recede and his vitality returned. Vast knowledge burst into his mind. He found himself able to project his very will into reality and, with some concentration, alter his own physical form as well. Yet subtle whispers and cruel ears brought word of the Seed and its power to other peoples, and a terrible war crashed upon the Bear Clan. As his ancestral home burned, Sylla took his burden and fled to the wild places.

Ages passed, and time and myth forgot the Bear Clan, forgot Sylla and the Seed, forgot wondrous civilizations that rose and fell in Bear Clan's wake. For millenia Sylla has waited, waited for word from his deities, waited for peace to come to the ever warring realms, waited in exile and in secret for the end of all things and for the conclusion of his sacred commitment, preparing himself always to face and destroy whatever would dare threaten his purpose.

Innate[edit]

Gift Bearer[edit]

Gift Bearer
Neither affected nor disabled by Break.
Passive
Affects
Self
Grants Sylla an ensure chance to reroll his neutral items choice per tier.
Reroll per Tier: 1

Bear Necessities[edit]

  Bear Necessities
Neither affected nor disabled by Break.
Passive
Affects
Self
Applies an item attributes bonus factor for all wielded items, with a reducing the number of available items slots as a trade-off.
Set Item Slots: 3
Set Backpack Slots: 6
Item Stats Bonus Factor: 1.5/1.6/1.7/1.8

Universal Unit[edit]

Universal Unit
Neither affected nor disabled by Break.
Passive
Affects
Spirit Bear
The Spirit Bear is a Universal Creep-Hero unit without base attributes. However, it cannot gain experience.
Main Attack Damage per Attribute: All attributes. 0.7
Grants the Spirit Bear health bonus and base attack damage bonus per hero level.

The bonuses are applied immediately, and do not require the unit to be resummoned.
Health Bonus per Hero Level: 90
Attack Damage Bonus per Hero Level: 5

Abilities[edit]

Summon Spirit Bear[edit]

Q
B
Summon Spirit Bear
Affects
Self / Spirit Bear
Spell / Pure / Instant Kill
Summons a powerful Spirit Bear companion that can wield and utilize items.
Cast Animation: 0.5 + 0.63
Health: 1100/1400/1700/2000
Health Regen: 5/6/7/8
Base Attack Time: 1.75/1.65/1.55/1.45
Armor: 0/2/4/6
Move Speed: 300/330/360/390
Duration:
Disarms the Spirit Bear if it is too far apart from Sylla.
Attack Proximity Radius: 1100 (Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. Global)
Sylla suffers a portion of max health as backlash damage if the Spirit Bear dies.
Max Health as Damage: 20%
Has a different cast backswing while Sylla is in True Form.
Cast Animation: 0.5 + 0.57
Player-based damage instance regardless of factions put the ability on a fixed downtime. Can be reset with cooldown reset sources, but it is not affected by percentage-based cooldown reductions.

The Spirit Bear's death resets the downtime.
Downtime: 3
150/140/130/120
Mana Cost
75
Sylla's lifelong companion is symbiotic with his spirit and heart, coming to aid him in any time of need.

Spirit Link[edit]

Spirit Link
WR
Ability
Passive
(Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. Target Unit)
Affects
Self
(Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. Allied Heroes)
(Spirit Bear)
Links Lone Druid and the Spirit Bear, sharing a percentage of their armor with each other, increasing the attack speed of both and causing damage dealt by the Spirit Bear to heal Lone Druid.
Passive Component
Attack Speed Bonus: 20/35/50/65
Shared Lifesteal: 20%/35%/50%/65%
Shared Armor: 8%/12%/16%/20%
With Aghanim's Scepter Cast Animation: 0+0
With Aghanim's Scepter Ally Attack Speed Bonus: 55/70/85/100
With Aghanim's Scepter Ally Shared Armor: 43%/47%/51%/55%
With Aghanim's Scepter Buff Duration: 20
With Aghanim's Scepter Bear Fear Duration: 20
Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. Spirit Bear Interactions
With Aghanim's Scepter Bear Fear Duration: 0
  With Aghanim's Scepter 40
Mana Cost
 With Aghanim's Scepter 50
Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter.
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade:
Lone Druid severs the link to his Spirit Bear, and connects to the target allied hero, sharing the Spirit Link bonuses with them for 20s. Armor sharing and attack speed bonuses are increased by 35%. Damage done by the ally heals Lone Druid, as well as the other way around.

The Spirit Bear is feared for the duration of the transformation, unless it has its own Aghanim's Scepter.
Fully disabled by Break.
Break Notes:
Disables the shared lifesteal.
Does not disable the shared armor or the attack speed bonus.
Buff/Debuff
Modifiers [?]
modifier_lone_druid_spirit_link
Undispellable
modifier_lone_druid_spirit_link_active
Death
modifier_lone_druid_spirit_link_bear_fear
Death
Sylla is emboldened by the presence of his companion, his vitality replenished with each swipe of the Spirit Bear's claws.
NOTES
 
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lone_druid_spirit_link
  • Spirit Link only affects the caster and the caster's Spirit Bear. Does not affect any other player-controlled units.
    • The buff cannot be dispelled and is granted to both Lone Druid and the Spirit Bear even on death.
  • Uses lifesteal, but instead of healing Spirit Bear, it heals the Spirit Bear's owner instead.
  • Armor shared between Lone Druid and the Spirit Bear or the affected ally is granted as bonus armor.
    • These shared armor values are truncated despite the HUD supporting armor values up to two decimal points.
    • Periodically checks Lone Druid's and the Spirit Bear's or the affected ally main and bonus armor, excluding Spirit Link's armor bonus, and adapts the bonuses immediately.
    • The armor shared is not capped at 0 armor, meaning the shared armor value can be a negative value.
    • The Spirit Bear armor TalentsTalents
  • With
    LEVEL 3
    True Form, Spirit Link effectively grants the Spirit Bear or the affected ally 0/1/1/2 bonus armor.
  • The visual effect upon leveling up only appears when the Spirit Bear is within 1500 range of Lone Druid.
  • AGHSNOTES
    Adds an active component to Spirit Link, granting all ability bonuses to the targeted ally hero instead of the Spirit Bear.
  • Attacks from Lone Druid now heals the target using lifesteal.
    • The lifesteal is also affected by lifesteal amplification, but only if the amplification source is on the affected target.
  • Successive casts on different targets refresh the buff duration and link Lone Druid to the new target.
    • The previous target is still linked to Lone Druid, but Lone Druid is no longer connected to the previous target.
    • Therefore, attacks from the previous target still heal Lone Druid, but not the other way around.
  • Lone Druid and the Spirit Bear are automatically linked back when either all the linked target(s) or Lone Druid is dead.
    • Upon Lone Druid's death, only the buff on the first targeted ally will be dispelled.
  • SPIRIT BEAR
    All ability effects are granted by a status buff instead for the Spirit Bear.
    • AGHSNOTES
      The fountain fear is determined if the Spirit Bear has Aghanim's Scepter equipped when Lone Druid casts Spirit Link on an ally hero.
      • If the Spirit Bear does not have Aghanim's Scepter equipped, Spirit Link mutes and fears the Spirit Bear back to its fountain.
      • Equipping Aghanim's Scepter after getting feared does not dispel the fear.
      • Neither fears nor mutes the Spirit Bear if Spirit Link is cast before Resummoning the Spirit Bear.


Savage Roar[edit]

E
E
Savage Roar
Affects
Enemy Units / Ally Units
Both Lone Druid and the Spirit Bear roar fiercely and applies a fountain-fear to enemy units within the radius.

Grants affected enemy units bonus movement speed while fleeing toward their fountain.
Cast Animation: 0.1 + 0.57
Enemy Radius: Affected by AoE Radius increasing sources. 350
Fear Move Speed Bonus: 20%
Debuff Duration: 0.8/1.2/1.6/2
Has a different cast backswing while in True Form.
Cast Animation: 0.1 + 0.63
Specifically does not affect non-player-controlled units.
The Spirit Bear requires its owner to have Savage Roar for this ability to be unlocked.
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
Grants bonus movement speed and bonus attack speed to ally units within the radius, and applies a basic dispel to both Lone Druid and the Spirit Bear upon cast.

Removes the simultaneous cast restriction while disabled.
Ally Radius: Affected by AoE Radius increasing sources. (Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard. 700)
Move Speed Bonus: (Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard. 15%)
Attack Speed Bonus: (Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard. 40)
Ally Duration: (Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard. 5)
Casting this ability puts the linked ability on a fixed downtime. Can be reset with cooldown reset sources, but it is not affected by percentage-based cooldown reductions.
Downtime: Cooldown (Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard. 0)
38/32/26/20 (With level 15 Right Talent.With level 15 Right Talent. 31/25/19/13)
Mana Cost
50
Sylla studies and masters the arts of the lost Bear Clan, enhancing his attunement with the wild.

True Form[edit]

Affects
Self
Morphs into a raging bear with melee properties.

Grants self bonus health and bonus armor, with improved versions of Entangling Claws and Demolish.
Transformation Time: 1.933
Armor Bonus: 8/10/12
Health Bonus: 500/1000/1500
Attack Range Loss: This bonus/reduction source only affect Melee heroes. 325
Duration: 40
Resets this ability's cooldown upon Lone Druid's death during the transformation time.
Cooldown on Death: 0
200
Mana Cost
100
The mighty bear is the king of the forest, possessing the throne through raw power.

Demolish[edit]

  Demolish
Partially usable or conditionally bestowed by Illusions. Partially or conditionally disabled by Break.
Passive
Affects
Self
Grants self bonus conditional attack damage on buildings in True Form.
Building Attack Damage Bonus: Certain component of this ability affects buildings.Certain component of this ability affects buildings. 15%/30%/45%/60%/60%
Grants magic resistance bonus in True Form.
Magic Resist Bonus: 33%

Entangling Claws[edit]

  Entangling Claws
Pierces Debuff Immunity sources conditionally.
Passive
Affects
Enemy Units
Spell / Magical
Grants attacks a chance to immobilize the affected enemy unit while dealing damage per second.
Proc Chance: 30%
Damage per Second: 30/40/50/60 (With level 20 Left Talent.With level 20 Left Talent. 60/70/80/90)
Duration: 1/1.6/2.2/2.8/2.8
Summon Spirit Bear resets this ability's cooldown upon cast.
5

Unbearable[edit]

Affects
Spirit Bear
Transforms the Spirit Bear into its True Form. Grants bonus armor and a percentage-based attack speed bonus.
Transformation Time: 1.933
Armor Bonus: 8/10/12
Attack Speed Factor: 1.15
Duration: 40
Entangling Claws has a shorter cooldown duration with this facet selected.
Cooldown Factor: 0.25
200
Mana Cost
100
The mighty bear is the king of the forest, possessing the throne through raw power.

Recent Matches[edit]

Main Article: Lone Druid/Matches
DateTierTournamentPicksScorevs. Picks
Sep 04, 2024 - 17:20 CESTTier 1The International 2024TI2024Shadow Demon Io Lone Druid Razor Storm Spirit
Gaimin GladiatorsGaimin Gladiators
0 : 1
Xtreme GamingXtreme Gaming
Visage Sniper Phoenix Timbersaw Faceless Void
Sep 02, 2024 - 20:30 CSTTier 3Douyu Super Dream League Season 2Douyu Super Dream League S2Lina Sand King Nyx Assassin Jakiro Lone Druid
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0 : 1
三十八岁三十八岁
Timbersaw Enchantress Hoodwink Windranger Earth Spirit
Aug 31, 2024 - 15:05 UTCQualifierGlobal Esports Games 2024: Open Event: Africa QualifierGEG Open: AfricaPudge Nature's Prophet Lone Druid Io Jakiro
AlgeriaAlgeria
1 : 0
TogoTogo
Lycan Razor Troll Warlord Timbersaw Void Spirit
Aug 30, 2024 - 18:15 CSTTier 3Douyu Super Dream League Season 2Douyu Super Dream League S2Timbersaw Bane Naga Siren Lone Druid Morphling
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1 : 0
TEAM TURTLETEAM TURTLE
Windranger Ember Spirit Treant Protector Mirana Elder Titan
Aug 29, 2024 - 17:05 SGTTier 3Cringe Station Phoenix LeaguePhoenix LeagueSniper Pangolier Chen Lone Druid Bristleback
Team TKTeam TK
1 : 0
Spiky GamingSpiky Gaming
Sand King Lina Clockwerk Tinker Storm Spirit

Recent Changes[edit]

Main Articles: Changelogs, Old Abilities and Hero Lore
Description
7.37
(2024-07-31)
7.36c
(2024-06-24)
  • Increased Unbearable total attack speed bonus from 10% to 15%.
7.36b
(2024-06-05)

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.

Lone Druid's Relics Voice Lines

Healing From Spirit Link

Three Hero Savage Roars

Damage During True Form

Bear Tower Kills Outside Range

Roots With Creeps

Teleports Leading To Kills

Roots Leading To Kills

Neutral Camps Stacked

Triple Kills

Mega Kill Streaks

Barracks Destroyed

Towers Destroyed

Kill Assists

Kills

Bronze

Silver

Gold

Platinum

Master

Grandmaster
  • ▶️ This burden may be more than I can bear. Heh.

Equipment[edit]

Trivia[edit]

  • Lone Druid's original name was "Syllabear", a pun on the name of "Syl-lab-le", one of the developers who worked with Guinsoo. Before retiring, he created this hero.[1] It has now been shortened to "Sylla".
  • Lone Druid's design, including sickle and cauldrons, is based on depictions of Celtic druids.

Gallery[edit]

References[edit]