Quelling Blade

[e][h]Quelling Blade

 

200

The axe of a fallen gnome, it allows you to effectively maneuver the forest.

Ability

Active  Chop Tree/Ward

Passive  Quell

Availability

Category

Armaments

Bought From

Home Shop
Side Shop

Recipe

General

Quelling Blade (also known as Quelling or simply QB) is a Basic item purchasable from the Armaments section of the Home Shop and from the Side Shop.

Ability

Chop Tree/Ward

Targeting
Unit Target

Affects
Trees
Observer and Sentry Wards

Cuts down the target tree or ward. The range is increased when targeting a ward.

Tree Cast Range	350

Ward Cast Range	450

4

Notes

• Can target trees, enemy observer wards, enemy sentry wards, and Techies' mines.

Quell

Targeting
Passive

Affects
Enemy Creeps

Gives bonus attack damage against non-hero units, depending on the type of hero you are.

Bonus Damage	24 (Melee user) 7 (Ranged user)

	Illusions gain this ability.

Notes

• Multiple Quell bonuses do not stack.
• Bonus damage stacks with Cleave.
  • However, if the unit has Tidebringer​, the attack which procs it is not increased by Quell.
• Bonus damage does not apply when denying allied units.
• Illusions also get this ability.

Strategy

It typically is used by melee carries to increase their farming ability in the lane and the jungle. Additional uses of Quelling Blade include cutting down trees for juking or for escaping from Nature's Prophet's Sprout ability.

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Version History

Version	Balance Changes
7.05
	Bonus damage no longer stacks with Iron Talon
7.00
	No longer increases a percentage (40%/15%) of base damage Now provides +24/7 bonus damage against non-hero units Bonus damage now works against Roshan
6.86
	Cost reduced from 225 to 200
6.85
	Chop cooldown reduced from 5 to 4 seconds
6.84
	Changed from full damage bonus to base damage bonus Quell damage bonus from 32/12% to 40/15% Quell no longer deals bonus damage to Roshan Chop active ability now kills wards rather than dealing 100 damage Chop active ability range increased from 350 to 450 when targeting wards
6.78
	Can now target Observer or Sentry wards dealing 100 damage (wards have 200 hp) Cast range increased from 100 to 350
6.72
	Can now be sold
6.70
	Cooldown reduced from 10 to 5
6.68
	Tree Chop cooldown decreased from 15 to 10
6.61
	Minor reduction to bonus damage (36 ➜ 32)
6.60
	New item