Sentry Ward

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[e][h]Sentry Ward

 

50

A form of plant originally grown in the garden of a fearful king.

Ability

Active

 Plant

Availability

Category

Consumables

Bought From

Home Shop

Recipe

Sentry Ward [h]

Stats

Unit Type

Ward

Armor Type

 

Basic

Duration

8 minutes

Health

100

Magic Resistance

Immune

Notes

Attacks against Sentry Wards cannot miss. Takes 1 damage from all attacks.

General

A Sentry Ward is a Basic item purchasable from the Consumables section in the Home Shop. Their stock in the shop is limited to a maximum of 10, with an initial stock of 3. It takes 85 seconds to replenish 1 stock. Fully shareable.

• Stacks with itself and  Observer Ward in the inventory.
• When stacked with Observers, double clicking toggles the active ward type.

Ability

Plant

Targeting
Point Target

Plants a Sentry Ward, an invisible watcher that grants True Sight, the ability to see invisible enemy units and wards, to any existing allied vision within its range.

True Sight Range	900

True Sight Duration	8 minutes

Sight Range	150

Sight Duration	12 seconds

Cast Range	500

Charges	1

1

Notes

• Sentry Wards are permanently invisible and do not block paths.
• Wards have ground vision and cannot see through trees or the high ground above them.
• Cannot be placed within 1350 range of the fountain. Cannot be placed in the Roshan pit.
• Holding down Control + the item hotkey transfers a ward to an ally by clicking on them.
• Blocks neutral creep camps from spawning.

Strategy

Commonly used to counter enemy Observer and Sentry Wards. Due to their unlimited stock, they are more commonly used to block neutral camps than observer wards.

Recommended Heroes

Version History

Version	Balance Changes
7.29
	Cost reduced from 75 to 50 True Sight radius reduced from 1000 to 900
7.27
	Replenish cooldown reduced from 90 to 85
7.23c
	Replenish interval reduced from 95 to 90
7.23
	Duration increased from 6 to 8 minutes Stock replenish cooldown increased from 85 to 95 Initial Stock reduced from 4 to 3
7.22g
	Stock replenish time increased from 70 to 85
7.22
	Cost decreased from 100 to 75 Now have a stock limit Max limit of 10 Starting capacity of 4 Replenish rate of 70
7.20
	Range increased from 850 to 1000
7.16
	Duration increased from 4 to 6 minutes
7.08
	Wards now require a constant 2 hits to kill (instead of having 200 hp)
7.02
	Sentry Wards now come in packs of 1 for 100 gold (instead of 2 for 200)
6.84
	Observer and Sentry Wards now stack into one inventory slot Double clicking toggles which ward type is currently active Attacking a ward can no longer miss (same for Observer Wards)
6.82
	True Sight area of effect increased from 800 to 850
6.81
	Sharing wards with allies now requires a Control key override Wards can no longer be placed in the fountain areas
6.80
	Can be targeted on allies to transfer one charge
6.79
	Duration increased from 3 to 4 minutes No longer gives permanent vision around it Gives ground vision in a 150 area around it for 12 seconds when placed
6.78
	Sentry Wards AoE decreased from 950 to 800
6.68
	Increased true sight vision from 800 to 950 Reduced natural vision to just around itself
6.58
	True sight range increased by 100
6.55
	Decreased Sentry Ward's true sight range
6.50
	Wards now require 5 mana to be placed

See also

• Observer Ward
• Wards
• True Sight