Roshan

Roshan [h]

Stats

Unit Type

Ancient

Attack Type

 

Hero

Armor Type

 

Hero

Health

6000

Health Regen

20

Damage

75

Attack Range

150

Missile Speed

Instant

Base Attack Time

2

Attack Duration

0.3 + 0.3

Cast Duration

0.47 + 0.56

Armor

20

Movement Speed

270

Sight Range

1400 / 1400

Magic Resistance

55%

Status Resistance

25%

Turn Rate

1

Gold Bounty

200 - 290

Experience

400

Roshan, the Immortal

Roshan is a powerful Neutral Creep located in a cavern in the middle of the north-west section of the river. He initially spawns at the very beginning of the game, and will respawn at a random time between 8 and 11 minutes after every death. You may only attack Roshan from inside his pit, although many spells can be cast from outside. If Roshan is ever brought outside of his pit, he will become invulnerable.

When killed, Roshan drops the Aegis of the Immortal;only for his second death he will drop a aghanim's shard and for his third and all subsequent deaths he will also drop Cheese. At his third death, he additionally drops either a Refresher Shard or an Aghanim's Blessing. At the fourth and beyond, he drops all of the above. The hero who kills Roshan will receive a random bonus reward between 200 - 290 gold, and all five members of the team will receive 135 gold.

Every minute (starting at the 0:00 minute mark) Roshan will gain +10 damage to his Slam ability, +115 hp, +6 damage, and +0.375 armor. Roshan's experience bounty also increases by 20 every minute.

Abilities

Spell Block

Targeting
Passive

Affects
Self

Roshan's hardy skin is said to be impenetrable by spells. He will block a targeted spell every few seconds.

Spells Blocked	1

Status Resistance	25%

15

Notes

• This spell has the same spellblock interactions as Linken's Sphere.

Bash

Targeting
Passive

Affects
Enemy Units

Damage Type
Physical

Roshan will savagely strike even the strongest of heroes. He has a chance to stun on attack.

Bash Chance	15%

Bonus Damage	50

Stun Duration	1.65

	Disabled by break.

Slam

Targeting
No Target

Affects
Enemy Units

Damage Type
Magical

When surrounded, Roshan will slam the ground to shake off his foes, damaging and slowing nearby enemies.

Damage	70 (+40 every 4 minutes)

Hero Slow Duration	2

Creep Slow Duration	4

Movement Slow	50%

Attack Slow	50

Radius	350

10

	Does not pierce Debuff Immunity.
	Dispellable.

Notes

• Roshan will only cast Slam when there are 3 or more units nearby.

Devotion

Targeting
Passive

Affects
Self

Roshan possesses numerous protective abilities, including the ability to gain stat upgrades as time goes on.

Upgrade Interval	60

Health Upgrade	115

Damage Upgrade	2.5

Armor Upgrade	0.375

Experience Upgrade	20

Bonus Attack Speed	100

Illusion Damage Reduction	80%

Notes

• The first armor bonus is given at the 00:00 mark. The health and damage bonuses are given starting at the 01:00 mark.
• The health bonus only increases Roshan's maximum health, so he is not healed every time it upgrades.
• The bonuses increase even while Roshan is dead.

Innate Abilities

Phased

Targeting
Passive

Affects
Self

Roshan is permanently phased.

Duration	Permanent

Notes

• Roshan can also phase through normally unphaseable units, such as path-blocking wards.

Item Drops

Aegis of the Immortal

• Drops on every Roshan death.
• When the carrier dies, he will respawn at the death location after 5 seconds with full health and mana. The Aegis is consumed in the process.
• After five minutes without being used, the Aegis will be consumed and the carrier will regenerate to full health and mana over 5 seconds. This regeneration is stopped if the carrier takes damage from a tower or hero.
• Cannot be shared or dropped.

Aghanim's Shard

• Drops only on Roshan's second death.
• Upgrades some abilities.
• Unlike a bought one, the Aghanim's Shard dropped by Roshan cannot be sold.

Cheese

• Drops only on Roshan's third death and onwards.
• Consume to restore 2500 Health and 1500 Mana.
• Sells for 500 gold.

Refresher Shard

• Drops either this or Aghanim's Blessing on Roshan's third death and drops every subsequent death.
• Consume to reset the cooldowns of all your items and abilities.
• Sells for 500 gold.

Aghanim's Blessing

• Drops either this or Refresher Shard on Roshan's third death and drops every subsequent death.
• Passive: Ultimate Upgrade.
  • Upgrade the ultimate, and some abilities, of certain heroes.
• Unlike a bought one, the Aghanim's Blessing dropped by Roshan cannot be sold.

Strategy

Because of the powerful items and gold received from killing Roshan, he is a large side objective. Many large fights may occur around his pit, and players may try to kill Roshan without being noticed.

Roshan's location, circled on the minimap.

Version History

Version	Balance Changes
7.31d
	Now attacks wards if there are no other units within attack range. Roshan attacks will immediately destroy any ward type unit
7.30
	Cheese is now dropped from the third death onwards instead of the second.
7.29
	Item Drops Aghanim's Blessing Roshan drop now requires you to activate it to consume it. Has no effect until consumed and cannot be consumed if the hero already has the Aghanim's Blessing buff. Aghanim's Shard Now drops only on the second Roshan kill. Has same activation mechanics as the Scepter drop. Has no effect until consumed and cannot be consumed if the hero already has the Aghanim's Shard buff.
7.28
	Increased armor growth from 0.325 to 0.375.
7.26b
	Change Gold Gold bounty from reliable gold to unreliable gold.
7.26
	Reduced gold bounty from 225‒325 to 200‒290. Reduced team gold bounty from 150 Gold to 135 Gold.
7.22
	Base armor increased by 2 Attack damage per minute increased from 4 to 6 Last hit gold bounty range changed from 150-400 to 225-325 (average unchanged) Last hit XP bounty reduced from 750 to 400 Roshan now drops a consumable Scepter buff item The third Roshan will randomly drop either an Aghanim's Blessing or a Refresher Shard The fourth Roshan drops both
7.15
	Roshan Slam damage growth increased from 8 per minute to 10 Roshan base damage increased from 65 to 75 Roshan base health increased from 5500 to 6000
7.08
	Roshan now has 25% Status Resistance
7.07
	Third Roshan kill now drops a single-use consumable refresher orb (Cooldown is independent from Refresher Orb) Roshan base armor increased from 15 to 18 Roshan Slam damage increased from 70 + 5/Min to 70 + 8/Min Illusions now deal 80% less damage to Roshan rather than dying instantly when attacking him Roshan now upgrades every minute rather than every 4 minutes (Bonuses rescaled so that it is the same, just smoother)
7.06
	Roshan team bounty reduced from 200 to 150 Roshan now drops cheese from the second death instead of the third Roshan armor bonus per upgrade interval increased from 1.1 to 1.3
7.00
	Moved Roshan to new area near top Powerup Rune spot Roshan attack range increased from 128 to 150 Roshan armor increased from 5 to 15 Roshan HP reduced from 8000 to 5500 Roshan HP gain per 4 minutes reduced from 700 to 460 Roshan armor gain per 4 minutes increased from 0.7 to 1.1
6.87
	Roshan Magic Resistance reduced from 75% to 55% Roshan HP increased from 7500 + 125/min to 8000 + 175/min Roshan experience bounty changed from 1789 to 750 + 20/min Roshan armor type from Basic to Hero
6.86
	Roshan's base armor increased by 1 Roshan's Base Attack Time increased from 1 to 2 Roshan now has +100 Attack Speed
6.84b
	Roshan armor upgrade increased from 1 per 8 minutes to 1.4 per 8 minutes
6.82
	Reworked terrain surrounding the Roshan area Roshan's Slam area of effect increased from 250 to 350 Roshan's Slam damage increases by 20 every 4 minutes
6.81
	Roshan base armor increased by 1
6.80
	Roshan no longer stops upgrading his HP/damage/armor at 45 minutes Roshan upgrade rate increased by 20% Roshan bounty rescaled from 105-600 to 150-400
6.79
	Roshan will respawn at a random time between 8 and 11 minutes after death
6.75b
	Roshan no longer has mana nor requires mana for his spells
6.75
	Roshan turn rate increased to fix some abuses

See also

• Neutral Creeps