Oracle
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Oracle
20 + 2.4
15 + 1.7
26 + 3.6
| Grants the following bonuses per level: | |
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+52.8HP and +0.24HP regeneration |
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+0.28 armor and 1.7 attack speed |
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+43.2MP and +0.18MP regeneration +0.1% base magic resistance +3.6 Main Attack Damage |
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900 Projectile Speed
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100 (115)
(1.7 BAT) | ||
0.3 + 0.7
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0.7
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Default
Gib Type | ||
2015-02-12
Released | ||
2012-09-29
(v6.78) | ||
Competitive Span
2015-12-16 — Present |
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| Alters the fates of heroes with his buffs and nukes. | |
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| By carefully combining his intricate abilities, Oracle controls the destinies of both friend and foe. Dispelling both boons and curses, Fortune's End comes sooner than expected. Fate's Edict shelters heroes from magic, yet prevents them from raising arms. Purifying Flames stimulate regeneration, but not without the initial pains of cleansing. The Rain of Destiny shrouds threatened allies while causing harm to enemies. Knowledge of his abilities is key to utilize him as an ally at full potential; while he can defy destiny with False Promise and snatch victory from the jaws of defeat, one mistake can potentially seal the fate of his allies. | |
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| Roles: |  Support  Nuker  Disabler  Escape |
| Adjectives | Blue, Cape, Flying, Nose Legs ( 0 ) |
Facets[edit]
Clairvoyant Curse
Grants Nerif the Oracle bonus outgoing spell damage amplification per hero level.
Clairvoyant Cure
Grants Nerif the Oracle bonus outgoing heal amplification per hero level.
Upgrades[edit]
Aghanim's[edit]
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade:
Grants invisibility with a fade delay, base attack time reduction, and bonus outgoing spell amplification for the duration.
Grants the Rain of Destiny ability.
Bring forth rain that damage and applies an incoming heal reduction for all affected enemy units within an area-targeted location.
The rain heals and increases the grants incoming heal amplification for all affected allied units within the same radius.
Bring forth rain that damage and applies an incoming heal reduction for all affected enemy units within an area-targeted location.
The rain heals and increases the grants incoming heal amplification for all affected allied units within the same radius.
Talents[edit]
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| +1.5s False Promise Duration | 25 | Fortune's End Constantly  Basic Dispels |
| +30% Purifying Flames Enemy Damage | 20 | -20s False Promise Cooldown |
| -1s Purifying Flames Cooldown | 15 | +80 Fortune's End Heal/Damage per Debuff Dispelled |
| +8 False Promise Armor | 10 | +0.5s Fortune's End Duration |
| ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ +2 All / / Attributes | ||
Bio[edit]
I have an end in mind for you.▶️Nerif, the Oracle
Alias:
Nerif
Lore:
Ascendants to the Great Seat of Cymurri had for ages imported their Oracles exclusively from the Ivory Incubarium, high in the hollow peaks of the Zealot's Range, with a downpayment made at the time of the embryo's conception and the balance surrendered on delivery of a mature, well-trained prophet to the Gate of the Graven King.
Raised by same Pallid Sybils who bred and birthed them, all sanctioned Oracles were anchored by their physical form to the world we most of us share; meanwhile, their souls roamed far afield, barely bound by the airiest astral umbilicus. From such cosmic roamings the prophets would return, speaking words of fire with tongues of flesh. Their mystic utterances were analyzed by the Cymurri Advisors, who found in them visions of the future, diplomatic advice, all the supernatural ammunition the line of Graven Kings needed to secure victory in every campaign, whether in the court or on the battlefield. Thus it went for generations, the Graventome's pages filling with the names of triumphant kings and the new domains they had acquired. So it went, that is, until the particular Oracle named Nerif arrived to serve the very last of the stone-helmed kings.
From the first, Nerif's prophecies were unusual. They seemed not merely to portend the future, but to shape it. The weird soothsayer croaked out advice no one had requested, and suddenly the Cymurri found themselves immersed in conflicts with newfound enemies. The Advisors, sensing a threat to their power, were quick to pin these unwelcome developments on the latest Oracle. They demanded his removal, petitioning the Sybils to reclaim their defective prophet and replace him with a worthy substitute. But Nerif described an ominous dream of the Incubarium's destruction, and within hours came news of the ancient school's destruction in a catastrophic avalanche. Fearing the same fate as the Pallid Sybils, the Advisors withdrew to their counsel chambers, suddenly anxious to avoid the Oracle's notice.
The Graven King, however, was a creature of great practicality. He doubted the commitment of his overprudent Advisors. An Oracle of such rarity, he reasoned, ought be used as a weapon to enlarge his domain. He therefore demoted his timid counselors and stationed Nerif at his side. With only a blunt understanding of Nerif's talent, he boldly stated the outcomes he desired, and coaxed Nerif into uttering his wishes as prophecy.
At first, all was well. The Last Graven King boasted that by adopting Fate's pet, he had made a plaything of Fate itself. He should have taken it as a warning then when, on the eve of his invasion of the Unsated Satrap's realm, he attempted to coerce a prediction of certain victory from his Oracle, only to hear Nerif quietly mutter, "It could go either way." No firmer statement could he force from Nerif's lips. Still, the King was confident in his army. The Satrapy was landlocked, poorly armed, and shut off from all possible allies. He took "It could go either way" to indicate that with tactical might on his side, there was little risk in his plan.
Of course, we now know that he should have taken the sayer's words more literally. Even with careful study of the Annotated Annals of If, what happened on the field before the Unsated Satrap's palace is almost impossible to visualize. It appears that in the midst of the carnage, the battle began to bifurcate. At each pivotal moment, reality calved and broke into bits. Soldiers who staggered and fell in battle also stood sure-footed, forging onward to fight. Their minds also split; the warriors found themselves both dead and alive, existent and non-existent. Victory and defeat were partitioned, so that each separate outcome was experienced in simultaneity by both armies. The universe became a hall of mirrors, with all the mirrors endlessly shattering.
The immediate effect on both parties was insanity. Unable to comprehend the state of being both triumphant and defeated, the Graven King's mind dispersed into motes of madness. The naive Satrap fared no better. The opposing paired realities continued to split and split again, echoing into infinite histories, all of them populated by a bewildered populace that soon lost the ability to feed, clothe, defend, or reproduce itself in the traditional manner.
Long before the repercussions had played out, however, Cymurri's wary Advisors had seized Nerif, bound and gagged him, and launched him out of their universe at high speed on a dimensional barque, in the hopes of depositing him where he could do them no harm forever. It was, of course, too late for them. And may well be for us.
Raised by same Pallid Sybils who bred and birthed them, all sanctioned Oracles were anchored by their physical form to the world we most of us share; meanwhile, their souls roamed far afield, barely bound by the airiest astral umbilicus. From such cosmic roamings the prophets would return, speaking words of fire with tongues of flesh. Their mystic utterances were analyzed by the Cymurri Advisors, who found in them visions of the future, diplomatic advice, all the supernatural ammunition the line of Graven Kings needed to secure victory in every campaign, whether in the court or on the battlefield. Thus it went for generations, the Graventome's pages filling with the names of triumphant kings and the new domains they had acquired. So it went, that is, until the particular Oracle named Nerif arrived to serve the very last of the stone-helmed kings.
From the first, Nerif's prophecies were unusual. They seemed not merely to portend the future, but to shape it. The weird soothsayer croaked out advice no one had requested, and suddenly the Cymurri found themselves immersed in conflicts with newfound enemies. The Advisors, sensing a threat to their power, were quick to pin these unwelcome developments on the latest Oracle. They demanded his removal, petitioning the Sybils to reclaim their defective prophet and replace him with a worthy substitute. But Nerif described an ominous dream of the Incubarium's destruction, and within hours came news of the ancient school's destruction in a catastrophic avalanche. Fearing the same fate as the Pallid Sybils, the Advisors withdrew to their counsel chambers, suddenly anxious to avoid the Oracle's notice.
The Graven King, however, was a creature of great practicality. He doubted the commitment of his overprudent Advisors. An Oracle of such rarity, he reasoned, ought be used as a weapon to enlarge his domain. He therefore demoted his timid counselors and stationed Nerif at his side. With only a blunt understanding of Nerif's talent, he boldly stated the outcomes he desired, and coaxed Nerif into uttering his wishes as prophecy.
At first, all was well. The Last Graven King boasted that by adopting Fate's pet, he had made a plaything of Fate itself. He should have taken it as a warning then when, on the eve of his invasion of the Unsated Satrap's realm, he attempted to coerce a prediction of certain victory from his Oracle, only to hear Nerif quietly mutter, "It could go either way." No firmer statement could he force from Nerif's lips. Still, the King was confident in his army. The Satrapy was landlocked, poorly armed, and shut off from all possible allies. He took "It could go either way" to indicate that with tactical might on his side, there was little risk in his plan.
Of course, we now know that he should have taken the sayer's words more literally. Even with careful study of the Annotated Annals of If, what happened on the field before the Unsated Satrap's palace is almost impossible to visualize. It appears that in the midst of the carnage, the battle began to bifurcate. At each pivotal moment, reality calved and broke into bits. Soldiers who staggered and fell in battle also stood sure-footed, forging onward to fight. Their minds also split; the warriors found themselves both dead and alive, existent and non-existent. Victory and defeat were partitioned, so that each separate outcome was experienced in simultaneity by both armies. The universe became a hall of mirrors, with all the mirrors endlessly shattering.
The immediate effect on both parties was insanity. Unable to comprehend the state of being both triumphant and defeated, the Graven King's mind dispersed into motes of madness. The naive Satrap fared no better. The opposing paired realities continued to split and split again, echoing into infinite histories, all of them populated by a bewildered populace that soon lost the ability to feed, clothe, defend, or reproduce itself in the traditional manner.
Long before the repercussions had played out, however, Cymurri's wary Advisors had seized Nerif, bound and gagged him, and launched him out of their universe at high speed on a dimensional barque, in the hopes of depositing him where he could do them no harm forever. It was, of course, too late for them. And may well be for us.
Voice:
Innate[edit]
Prognosticate[edit]
- Allied units can ping the
buff on top of Oracle's HUD to print where the Power Rune will spawn.
- Has the following messages:
- Oracle fortells that the first runes are Bounty Rune, followed by a Water Rune twice. As always.
- As predicted the
rune_typeisTop/Bottom. Oracle fortells therune_spawn_timePower Rune to beTop/Bottom.
modifier_oracle_prognosticate
Clairvoyant Curse[edit]
- Selecting the
facet unlocks this ability.
modifier_oracle_clairvoyant_curseHidden Modifier
- Has the following
spell damage amplification per hero level:
Lvl 1 6 12 18 24 30 
1% 6% 12% 18% 24% 30%
Clairvoyant Cure[edit]
Hero Model[edit]
Details
Hidden Innate Abilities
Tap on the 
innate abilities for more details.
innate abilities for more details.Abilities[edit]
Fortune's End[edit]
Gathers his power into a bolt of scouring energy. When released, it damages, roots, and dispel enemy units of buff within the radius.
The potency of the root duration corresponds to the channel time.
The potency of the root duration corresponds to the channel time.
Cast Animation: 0 + 0
Cast Range: 
850
850 Effect Radius: 
350
350 Max Channel Time: 2.5
Damage: 100/160/220/280 (
180/240/300/360)
180/240/300/360) Min Root Duration: 0.75 (
1.25)
1.25) Max Root Duration: 2.75 ( 3.25)
3.25) 
The bolt dispel all debuffs of the selected allied unit, while applying its negative ability effects to enemy units within the radius.
Ally Heal per Debuff: 
( 80)
( 80)Enemy Damage per Buff: ( 80)
( 80)
Fade's Edict is always dispelled by Fortune's End regardless if it is applied as either a buff or a debuff.
Applies a buff that continously basic dispels corresponding to the max channel time.
Min Buff Duration: 0.75 ( 1.25)
1.25)Max Buff Duration: 2.75 ( 3.25)
3.25)
18/14/10/6
100
The astral orb crackles with power while raw energy lances out, temporarily disrupting an enemy's connection to their own body.
- The ability effects are applied as follows:
- The basic dispel within the radius on both enemy units and allied units.
- The
root 
debuff based on the 
channeling duration. - The
magical spell damage within the radius, with the damage increase per buff dispelled in one damage instance. - The ally heal per debuff dispelled.
- The
- Applies all ability effects to all enemy units within the radius.
- The same applies when the
projectile connects with either a 
hidden or an 
invulnerable unit.
- The same applies when the
- Only the root component affects invulnerable enemy units.
- Grants
True Sight over affected enemy units. - Each buff dispelled increases the magical spell damage and has the following properties:
- Checks for the number of dispellable buff within the effect radius sequentially.
- Hence, the ability may deal additional damage arithmetically to certain enemy units correspondingly to the buff dispelled order.
- Checks for the number of dispellable
- Applies all ability effects to all enemy units within the radius.
- Plays an ability visual and sound effect on the targeted unit upon cast, indicating that it has been unit-targeted, visible and audible to everyone.
- The channeling can only be interrupted when Oracle is disabled.
- When interrupted, Fortune's End prematurely releases the projectile based on the current channel time.
- When interrupted, Fortune's End prematurely releases the
- Only the root duration component is based on the max channeling time, and is defined as:
- EXPR
RootDuration = MinDuration + (MaxDuration - Min Duration) / (MaxChannelTime × 0.1) - Hence, the root duration increases by 0.08 per 0.1-second channel time.
- Since both the min and the max duration are increased evenly by the root duration increasing talent, the root duration values above remains the same.
- Neither can target nor affect the following units:
- The True Sight applied affects
debuff immune units.
- Procs
Spell Block sources upon impact.
- Spell Block source procs on the primary target nullifies the ability cast.
modifier_projectile_visionOn hidden entity
modifier_oracle_fortunes_end_channel_target
Hidden modifier
modifier_oracle_fortunes_end_purgeFortune's End Purge: Purged of buffs, and stopped.
- Has a 1200-
projectile speed.
Fate's Edict[edit]
Unit
Affects
Units
Enraptures an enemy unit and disarms them.
Cast Animation: 0.3 + 1.1
Cast Range: 500/600/700/800
500/600/700/800 Disarm Duration: 3.5/4/4.5/5
Enraptures an allied unit and sets its magic resistance to the max value.
Set Magic Resist: 100%
Duration: 3.5/4/4.5/5
20/17/14/11
95/100/105/110
An unbreakable prophecy resounds: a chosen ally shall briefly suffer no magics. Other kinds of suffering however...
Doubletap casts Fate's Edict on Oracle.
- The ability always applies a debuff on the affected unit, regardless of its faction.
- However, Fortune's End always dispel the modifier, regardless of the affected unit's faction.
-
- Only the affected enemy's allied units may dispel Fate's Edict cast on enemy units.
- Only the affected enemy's allied units may
modifier_oracle_fates_edictFate's Edict: Disarmed, magic damage resistance increased by x%.
Purifying Flames[edit]
Deals damage to the affected unit before causing them to heal over time.
Cast Animation: 0.1 + 1.15
Cast Range: 850
850 Damage: 90/180/270/360 (
117/234/351/468)
117/234/351/468) Heal per Second: 15/25/35/45
15/25/35/45 Duration: 9
The damage increasing talent does not increase the damage applied to allied units.
Ally Damage: 90/180/270/360
2.5 (
1.5)
1.5)75
Like a hall of mirrors might amplify the light of a single candle, the shattered walls of the universe can transform the light of prophecy into a burning torch.
- The ability effects are applied as follows:
- The magical spell damage.
- The heal over time.
- The
- Each stack places a new buff on the affected unit, with each buff duration independent of the other.
- Heals in 0.1-second intervals.
- The first interval starts 0.1 seconds after cast.
- Doubletap casts the ability on Oracle.
- The magical spell damage (before reductions) on allied units is non-lethal.
- Disable Help on Oracle prevents casting Purifying Flames on the allied hero.
-
- The damage increasing talent only affects ability casts on enemy units.
- The damage increasing
modifier_oracle_purifying_flamesPurifying Flames Heal: Being healed by Purifying Flames.
- heal notes.
Rain of Destiny[edit]
Bring forth rain that damage and applies an incoming heal reduction for all affected enemy units within an area-targeted location.
Cast Animation: 0.2 + 1.07
Cast Range: 650
650 Radius: 650
650 Damage per Second: 35
Heal Reduction: 
20%
20% Aura Linger Duration: 0.5
Duration: 10
The rain heals and increases the grants incoming heal amplification for all affected allied units within the same radius.
Heal per Second: 35
35 Heal Amp: 20%
40
150
Through mixture of the astral and the atmospheric, Nerif bends a single reality into paradoxical alignment.
- Acquiring
Aghanim's Shard unlocks this ability in the fourth ability slot.
- Creates two independent
aura upon cast, that immediately affects units within the radius upon creation:
-
- The negative aura that deals magical spell damage to affected enemy units in 1-second intervals.
- The negative aura that deals
-
- The positive aura that heals affected allied units in 1-second intervals.
- Hence, the first heal instance is not affected by the heal amplification.
- The positive aura that
- Grants both incoming and outgoing heal amplification sourced to Oracle within the radius.
- Stacks multiplicatively with other heal amplification sources.
- Multiple overlapping Rain of Destiny's heal and damage per second component stack.
- However, the heal manipulation does not.
- Unavailable.
modifier_oracle_rain_of_destiny_auraOn hidden entity
modifier_oracle_rain_of_destinyRain of Destiny: Increases allies' heal amplification and reduces enemies' by x%.
modifier_oracle_rain_of_destinyRain of Destiny: Increases allies' heal amplification and reduces enemies' by x%.
- Deals up to 385 magical spell damage (before reductions) for the entire duration.
- Heals up to
False Promise[edit]
Applies a strong dispel on the affected allied hero upon cast.
Delays certain health restoration sources and all incoming damage sources until the ability duration ends. Any healing that is delayed is doubled at the end of the duration.
Delays certain health restoration sources and all incoming damage sources until the ability duration ends. Any healing that is delayed is doubled at the end of the duration.
Cast Animation: 0.3 + 0.97
Cast Range: 700/850/1000
700/850/1000 Health Regen Counter Factor: 2
Heal Counter Factor: 2
Damage Counter Factor: 1
Duration: 7/8.5/10 (
8.5/10/11.5)
8.5/10/11.5) Armor Bonus: (
8)
8) 
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
Grants invisibility with a fade delay, base attack time reduction, and bonus outgoing spell amplification for the duration.
Grants invisibility with a fade delay, base attack time reduction, and bonus outgoing spell amplification for the duration.
Fade Delay: ( 0.15)
0.15) Base Attack Time Reduction: ( 0.25)
0.25) Spell Damage Amp: 
( 30%)
( 30%) 110/85/60 (
90/65/40)
90/65/40)100/150/200
Foes and false prophets oft make lies of men's fates.
False Promise Calculations
Marci has the aforementioned 
current health and is affected by the following heal and damage instances in sequence.
current health and is affected by the following heal and damage instances in sequence.Valid Heal Instances
Considers heal and 
health regeneration sources.
heal and health regeneration sources.
Purification (110)
Press the Attack (80)
= Valid Heal (190) × FalsePromise Factor (2)
= ΣHealValue (380)
Press the Attack (80)
= Valid Heal (190) × FalsePromise Factor (2)
= ΣHealValue (380)
Situation 1: Damage Instances (After Reductions)
When
ΣHealValue × 2 > ΣDamageReceived, applies one heal instance to the affected allied unit based on the remaining summed heal value.
Sacred Arrow (100)
Dead Shot (110)
= ΣDamageReceived (210)
Dead Shot (110)
= ΣDamageReceived (210)
End of Duration Calculations (Heal)
False Promise now subtracts the received damage instances in sequence.
ΣHealValue (380)
- Sacred Arrow (100)
- Dead Shot (110)
= RemainingHeal (170)
Hence, this ability cast applies a
ΣHealValue (380)
- Sacred Arrow (100)
- Dead Shot (110)
= RemainingHeal (170)
Hence, this ability cast applies a
170 × Heal Manipulation as one heal instance to Marci.
Situation 2: Damage Instances (After Reductions)
When
Grants the kill credit to the damage instance that depletes the total heal.
ΣHealValue × 2 < ΣDamageReceived, the remaining damage (or the negative heal value) is applied as one damage instance.Grants the kill credit to the damage instance that depletes the total heal.
Sacred Arrow (100)
Dead Shot (110)
Sharpshooter (180)
Powershot (130)
= ΣDamageReceived (580)
Dead Shot (110)
Sharpshooter (180)
Powershot (130)
= ΣDamageReceived (580)
End of Duration Calculations (Damage)
False Promise now subtracts the received damage instances in sequence.
ΣHealValue (380)
- Sacred Arrow (100)
- Dead Shot (110)
- Sharpshooter (180) (At this point, the heal value is depleted.)
- Powershot (130)
= DamageInstance (-140)
Applies the remaining negative heal value as one damage instance to Marci.
ΣHealValue (380)
- Sacred Arrow (100)
- Dead Shot (110)
- Sharpshooter (180) (At this point, the heal value is depleted.)
- Powershot (130)
= DamageInstance (-140)
Applies the remaining negative heal value as one damage instance to Marci.
After all damage instance, False Promise deals -140 damage, and Marci dies.
Grants Hoodwink's Sharpshooter the kill credit.
Grants Hoodwink's Sharpshooter the kill credit.
- For affected invulnerable allied units at the end of the duration, the ability effects are applied whenever the ally becomes vulnerable.
- Grants the following bonuses upon cast:
- Applies a
strong dispel. 
Damage negation (after most reductions), preventing certain on-damage effects proc.- Outgoing spell damage amplification.
-
Invisibility buff. - Flat
bonus armor.
- Applies a
- Does not negate damage from the following sources:
Instant kill sources.- Max health bonuses from
strength sources. - Setting health sources.
- Considers
clones, 
illusions, and 
creep-heroes as heroes.
- Doubletap casts the ability on Oracle.
- The ability has two main components:
- The damage counter:
- Records every all damage instance applied (after reductions) of all damage types to the affected allied unit sequentially.
- The heal counter:
- Considers only the following health restoration sources:
- Heal sources.
- Health regeneration sources.
- All valid heal instances applied to the affected allied unit is summed up, and applies its heal counter factor, and is defined as:
- Considers only the following health restoration sources:
- The damage counter:
- The damage instance applied has the following properties:
HP Removal flag.- No-multiplier flag, and does not interact with generic damage manipulation sources.
- Does not change the properties of non-lethal damage instances.
- The following damage negation sources interact with the damage applied:
- Reapplying the buff refreshes the duration.
- Neither refreshes the damage counter nor the heal counter.
- Grants the affected unit the following ability bonuses:
- A buff that applies invisibility with a fade delay as long as it is active.
- During the fade delay, the affected allied can still cast abilities, use items, and perform attacks.
- Does not grant
phase movement.
- Applies a generic outgoing spell damage amplification.
- Stacks additively with other incoming damage manipulation sources.
- Does not affect HP Removal sources.
- A
modifier_oracle_false_promise_timerFalse Promise: Any healing or damage taken is delayed until False Promise ends. Delayed healing will be doubled.
modifier_oracle_false_promiseHidden modifier
modifier_oracle_false_promise_invisHidden modifier
modifier_invisibleInvisible
- The ability effects are applied as follows at the end of the ability duration:
- Checks if
ΣHealValue > ΣDamageReceived. - Subtracts the damage instances applied sequentially from the summed heal, and is defined as:
(HealReceived × 2) - Damage1 - Damage2 - Damage3 - ... - Damagen
- If the
ΣHealValuedepletes, False Promise now applies the damage instance sequentially. - If the affected allied unit
dies from the damage instance, False Promise grants the kill credit to the damage instance source that kills the affected ally.
Denies the affected ally if the kill credit is given to an ally.
- If all damage instance are negated, applies the
Remainder HealValueas a single heal instance to the affected ally.
- Checks if
- The orb above the target glows red and emits fire in the following conditions:
- When the affected allied unit reaches 0-theoretical current health correspondingly to both the damage counter and heal counter without accounting for the heal amplification.
- Hence, the indicator is incorrect.
- When the affected allied unit reaches 0-theoretical
Recent Matches[edit]
Main Article: Oracle/Matches
| Date | Tier | Tournament | Picks | Score | vs. Picks | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 2025 - 11:20 EET | Qualifier |  | Cyber Empire: Qualifier |      |  | 0 : 1 |  |      |
| Mar 06, 2025 - 19:00 CET | Tier 3 |  | CCT Series 7 |     |  | 1 : 0 |  |     |
| Mar 05, 2025 - 13:00 CET | Tier 3 | | CCT Series 7 |    |  | 0 : 1 | |     |
| Mar 04, 2025 - 15:55 CET | Tier 1 |   | DreamLeague S25 |     |   | 0 : 1 |   |    |
| Mar 03, 2025 - 19:00 CET | Tier 3 | | CCT Series 7 |  |  | 1 : 0 | |   |
Recent Changes[edit]
Description
- Reduced
intelligence gain from 3.8 to 3.6. - Increased Clairvoyant Curse self outgoing spell amplification per hero from 0.75% to 1%.
- REWORKED Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
- Increased False Promise ally outgoing spell damage amplification from 25% to 30%.
Talents:
- LVL 15 +60 enemy damage/ally heal per Fortune's End debuff dispelled increased to +80.
- Aghanim's Shard upgrade:
- Rain of Destiny
- Reduced damage per second from 40 to 35.
- Reduced heal per second from 40 to 35.
- Rain of Destiny
- Reduced Clairvoyant Cure self outgoing heal amplification per hero level from 1% to 0.75%.
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.
| Oracle's Relics | Voice Lines | |
|---|---|---|
 Wards Placed Kill Assists Kills |
 Bronze |
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 Silver |
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 Gold |
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 Platinum |
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 Master |
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 Grandmaster |
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Equipment[edit]
| Sets | |
|---|---|
| Weapon | |
| Head | |
| Taunt | |
Trivia[edit]
- Oracle made his first official Dota 2 appearance in the comic "The Contract", revealed on the 14th of November 2014 on the official Dota 2 blog. On day 2, his spells and model were revealed.
- Mike Shapiro (Oracle's voice actor) also voice acted Barney Calhoun and G-Man, two very prominent characters in the "Half-Life" series.
- ▶️ ▶️ ▶️ "So it goes." is a reference to the novel "Slaughterhouse-Five", by Kurt Vonnegut. In the novel, it is a phrase used by the aliens, known as Tralfamadorians, who perceive all time simultaneously.[1]
- ▶️ "First blood! Out of fifty possibilities, that was my preferred." is because there actually are 50 possible first bloods (each of 10 heroes can be killed by any of the 5 opposing heroes).
- Purifying Flames and his phrase ▶️ "I must harm to heal." are a direct play on the medical principle "Primum non nocere", which is latin and translates into "First, do no harm".[2]
- ▶️ "Ask again later." is a reference to an answer of the Magic 8-ball, a toy used for fortune-telling.[3]
- ▶️ "Like the past, I'm never dead. I'm not even past." is a reference to the novel "Requiem for a Nun" from the author "William Faulkner". The original quote goes "The past is never dead. It's not even past."[4]
- Oracle's rare death responses ▶️ "I want to die" alludes to a passage from Petronius's "Satyricon," concerning a seer from Roman Mythology: "For I, myself, saw the Sibyl at Cumae, hanging in a jar; when the boys asked "Sibyl, what do you want?" She responded "I want to die." The passage was made famous as the preamble to T.S. Eliot's poem "The Wasteland."
- Oracle's invisibility response ▶️ "The future's not ours to see." is a reference to the line in the song "Que Sera Sera" from the film "The Man Who Knew Too Much".
- ▶️ "Consequences will never be the same." refers to: Jessi Slaughter cyberbullying case.
- Warcraft 3 similarities:
Prophecies[edit]
- Several of Oracle's voice lines are prophecies:
- For Faceless Void ▶️ "You ought to read Chronosphere of a Death Foretold. It's a prophetic book." is a reference to the book called "Chronicle of a Death Foretold", written by Gabriel García Márquez.[6]
- For Viper ▶️ "V is not for visions of victory, but for a victim of a vicious viper." is a reference to the quote of V for Vendetta.[7]
- For Chaos Knight ▶️ "Beware the knight who commandingly demands: do you even rift?" is a reference to the internet meme "Do you even lift?"[8] This is also an indirect reference to Chaos Knight's recurring theme of strength which represents the strong nuclear force.
- For Ember Spirit ▶️ "I foresee four flames." may be a reference, both in content and length, to the fact that most of Ember Spirit's spoken lines are four words long, or to the four of "him" – the real one and three remnants.
- For Morphling ▶️ "No empathy test can save you from the watery replicant." is a reference to "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?", where human-like androids called replicants can only be distinguished from human beings through an empathy test called the Voight-Kampff test.[9]
- For Meepo ▶️ "Four friends await divided from earth. But they are no friends of mine." may be a reference to the sentence in the song Safety Dance from Men Without Hats.[10]
Gallery[edit]
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Bone Harvest sprite - alive
Bone Harvest sprite - dead
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Unused Rune Prediction icon
References[edit]
- ↑ Slaughterhouse-Five, the novel Oracle is referring to with some of his lines.
- ↑ Primum non nocere "First, do no harm".
- ↑ The Magic 8-Ball Oracle is referring to with his line "Ask again later.".
- ↑ "The past is never dead. It's not even past."
- ↑ The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
- ↑ Chronicle of a Death Foretold.
- ↑ V for Vendetta.
- ↑ Do you even lift?
- ↑ Empathy test in "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"
- ↑ Safety Dance - Men Without Hats Official Video