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Vengeful Spirit
20 + 2.1
21 + 2.1
19 + 1.2
| Grants the following bonuses per attribute point: | |
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+22HP and +0.1HP regeneration |
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+0.17 armor and 1 attack speed |
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+12MP and +0.05MP regeneration +0.1% base magic resistance |
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+0.7 Main Attack Damage per attribute |
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1500 Projectile Speed
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110 (131)
(1.7 BAT) | ||
0.33 + 0.64
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0.6
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1800 / 800
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Ethereal
Gib Type | ||
2010-11-01
Released | ||
2004-02-03
(v0.60) | ||
Competitive Span
2010-11-01 — Present |
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| Can swap herself with any nearby hero. | |
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| Robbed of her wings and rightful place in the Ghastly Eyrie, Shendelzare appealed to the goddess Scree'auk to grant her the dark energies that would complete her vengeance. With a Wave of Terror, the fallen princess heralds her arrival, unnerving foes close enough to hear her anguished cry. Like her airborne brethren, the Vengeful Spirit makes liberal use of Magic Missile, a simple Skywrath spell for stunning adversaries. Seeking martyrdom, Shendelzare instantly Displaces herself with a target of her choosing, gladly sacrificing herself as she swaps positions with a besieged ally, or a fleeing enemy. The worthy who fight alongside Shendelzare are emboldened by her Vengeance, a fanaticism that intensifies their blows and persists even beyond her death, as the Vengeful Spirit's presence is felt at all times. | |
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| Roles: |  Support  Initiator  Disabler  Nuker  Escape |
| Complexity |   |
| Adjectives | Female, Green, Spirit, Undead, Nose Legs ( 2 ) |
Bio[edit]
The road of revenge is long, but what awaits me at the end makes it worthwhile.Vengeful Spirit
Aliases:
Shendelzare, VS
Lore:
Even the most contented Skywrath is an ill-tempered creature, naturally inclined to seek revenge for the slightest insult. But Vengeful Spirit is the essence of vengeance. Once a proud and savage Skywrath scion, Shendelzare was first in succession for the Ghastly Eyrie until a sister's treachery robbed her of her birthright. Snared in an assassin's net, Shendelzare tore free only at the cost of her wings, limping away in the ultimate humiliation: On foot. With her wings broken, she knew the Skywrath would never accept her as ruler; and in the highest roost of the Eyrie, inaccessible except by winged flight, her sister was untouchable. Unwilling to live as a flightless cripple, and desiring revenge far more than earthly power, the fallen princess drove a bargain with the goddess Scree'auk: She surrendered her broken body for an imperishable form of spirit energy, driven by vengeance, capable of doing great damage in the material plane. She may spend eternity flightless, but she will have her revenge.
Voice:
Facets[edit]
Avenging Missile
Magic Missile deals additional damage corresponding to the number of creeps the affected enemy has killed.
+0.75 Bonus Damage per Creep Kill
Soul Strike
Attacks now fire traces of her soul that punch the enemy on contact, making Vengeful Spirit akin to a melee unit with her attacks also having melee behavior.
Set Base Attack Time: 1.5
Upgrades[edit]
Aghanim's[edit]
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade:
Upon her death, Vengeful Spirit leaves behind an emboldened image that can cast all of her abilities. Experience gain by her image is granted to Vengeful Spirit.
If the vengeance image is alive while she respawns, she assumes its place.
If the vengeance image is alive while she respawns, she assumes its place.
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade:
Magic Missile now ricochets once on the affected enemy unit to another within the radius.
Talents[edit]
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|---|---|---|
| -18s Nether Swap Cooldown | 25 | +16% Vengeance Aura Attack Damage Bonus |
| Wave of Terror Steals 20% Reduced Damage/Armor | 20 | -2s Magic Missile Cooldown |
| +0.3s Magic Missile Stun | 15 | -4 Wave of Terror Armor |
| +100 Magic Missile Cast Range | 10 | +150 Nether Swap Damage/Barrier |
| ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ +2 All / / Attributes | ||
Innate[edit]
Retribution[edit]
Retribution 
Passive
Affects
Enemy Heroes
Applies a unique enemy incoming damage amplification debuff on the enemy hero who kills Vengeful Spirit that lasts until its next death.
The debuff amplifies all incoming damage sourced to Vengeful Spirit on the affected enemy.
The debuff amplifies all incoming damage sourced to Vengeful Spirit on the affected enemy.
Damage Amp: 
10%
10% - The
retribution
debuff has the following properties:
- The debuff is applied the on the affected unit, regardless of factions, upon killing Vengeful Spirit.
- It specifically checks if the incoming damage source has the Retribution ability.
- Retribution applies the unique damage manipulation if it fulfills the aforementioned conditions.
- Stacks additively with other incoming damage manipulation sources.
- Does not affect certain
HP Removal sources.
- Does not apply the debuff on the hero who killed Shen in the following conditions:
- Considers clones,
illusions and creep-heroes as heroes.
vengefulspirit_retribution (1238)
Soul Strike[edit]
Soul Strike Passive
Affects
Self
Attacks now fire traces of her soul that punch the enemy on contact, making Vengeful Spirit akin to a melee unit with her attacks also having melee behavior.
Set Base Attack Time: 1.5
- Selecting the facet unlocks this ability.
- This facet has the following properties:
- Directly changes Shen's base attack time upon selection.
- Turns her into a
melee unit while retaining her 
attack range value. - Shen now benefits from both melee and
ranged attack range manipulating sources.
- Items that use different values for the wielder's attack range-type now treats Shen as a melee unit, despite her attacks still utilizing an attack projectile.
vengefulspirit_soul_strike (1237)
Abilities[edit]
Magic Missile[edit]
Fires a magic missile at an enemy unit, stunning and dealing damage.
Cast Animation: 0.3 + 0.5
Damage: 85/170/255/340
Stun Duration: 1.1/1.3/1.5/1.7 (
1.4/1.6/1.8/2)
1.4/1.6/1.8/2) 
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade
Magic Missile now ricochets once on the affected enemy unit to another within the radius.
Magic Missile now ricochets once on the affected enemy unit to another within the radius.
Number of Bounces: ( 1)
1)Search Radius: 
( 487.5)(
562.5)
( 487.5)( 562.5) Avenging MissileThe missile deals additional damage corresponding to the number of creeps the affected enemy has killed or denied.
Bonus Damage per Creep Kill: 0.75
16/14/12/10 (
14/12/10/8)
14/12/10/8)
90/95/100/105
A simple Skywrath technique, the magic missile is Shendel's primary tool for vengeance.
- The
projectile now ricochets on another unit at the same 
projectile speed, prioritizing heroes, within the search radius.
- The search radius is defined as:
- EXPR
SearchRadius = CurrentCastRange × 0.75
- An enemy unit may only be hit by one projectile at a time. A lone target is not hit multiple times per cast.
- Ricochets to the following units:
Fogged units.
Invisible units.
Untargetable units.
- Specifically do not ricochet off the following units:
Hidden units.
Invulnerable units.
- The search radius is defined as:
- The Avenging Missile facet applies the bonus
spell damage in the same damage instance.
- This ability is
blocked upon projectile impact, and stops bouncing, on both the primary and the secondary target.
- Can be disjointed by both the primary and the secondary target, and stops bouncing.
modifier_stunned
Stunned
vengefulspirit_magic_missile (5122)
- Has a 1350- projectile speed.
- The ability effects are applied as follows:
- The
stun debuff. - The
magical spell damage.
- The
Wave of Terror[edit]
Lets loose a wicked cry, weakening the armor of enemies and giving vision of the path ahead.
Cast Animation: 0.3 + 0.5
Cast Range: 1400
1400 Max Travel Distance: 1400
1400 Effect Radius: 
325
325 Damage: 60/80/100/120
Armor Reduction: 3/4/5/6 (
7/8/9/10)
7/8/9/10) Attack Damage Reduction: 10%/15%/20%/25%
Duration: 8
Grants self a factor of the total amount of armor reduced and attack damage reduced as bonuses.
Reduction Value to Bonus Value Factor: 0.2
Buff Duration: 8
16/14/12/10
40
Shendel's haunting voice hints at her approaching vindication.
- Affects enemy units up to 1725 range away, with both the max travel distance and effect radius.
- Grants a 4-second 350-radius
flying vision as the projectile travels.
- The vision radius starts 100-distance away from Vengeful Spirit.
- Hence, the vision range reaches up to 1850 range away.
-
- Reduces the affected targets'
main and 
bonus attack damage.
- Does not affect bonus
conditional attack damage. - Stacks additively with other total attack damage reduction sources.
- Does not affect bonus
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- The steal reduced armor and damage
talent grants the following bonuses:
- Total amount of reduced armor as flat
bonus armor. - Total amount of reduced attack damage as flat bonus attack damage.
- Total amount of reduced armor as flat
- The steal reduced armor and damage
- Reduces the affected targets'
- Reapplying the debuff specifically updates its ability values and refreshes its duration.
- Hence, learning the steal reduced armor and damage talent does not update the current active debuff instance.
- Hence, learning the steal reduced armor and damage
- Does not affect the following units:
modifier_projectile_vision
On hidden entity
modifier_vengefulspirit_wave_of_terror
Wave of Terror: Base armor reduced by x.
vengefulspirit_wave_of_terror (5124)
- Has a 2000- projectile speed.
- distance math
- The ability effects are applied as follows:
- The debuff.
- The magical spell damage.
- The
Vengeance Aura[edit]
E
D
Vengeance Aura
Passive
Affects
Ally Units / Self
Vengeful Spirit's presence increases the damage of nearby friendly heroes.
Radius: 1200
Attack Damage Bonus: 10%/15%/20%/25% (
26%/31%/36%/41%)
26%/31%/36%/41%) Aura Linger Duration: 0.5
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
Upon her death, Vengeful Spirit leaves behind an emboldened image that can cast all of her abilities. Experience gain by her image is granted to Vengeful Spirit.
If the vengeance image is alive while she respawns, she assumes its place.
Upon her death, Vengeful Spirit leaves behind an emboldened image that can cast all of her abilities. Experience gain by her image is granted to Vengeful Spirit.
If the vengeance image is alive while she respawns, she assumes its place.
Base Respawn Time to Max Duration Factor: ( 1)
1)
The Vengeance Illusion is a strong illusion that deals as much damage as Vengeful Spirit.
Number of Illusions on Death: ( 1)
1)Set Current Health: ( 100%)
100%)Set Current Mana: ( 100%)
100%)Damage Dealt: 
( 100%)
( 100%)Damage Taken: ( 100%)
( 100%)Although they may not share her undying passion for revenge, allies do draw on her fanaticism in combat.
- Grants flat bonus attack damage corresponding to the affected ally unit's main attack damage.
- Affects the following units:
- Invulnerable units.
- Does not affect the following units:
- Hidden units.
- Creates a
strong illusion 108-distance at Vengeful Spirit's location upon 
death with the following sequence, following Vengeful Spirit's facing angle:
- South
East North West South.
- South
- The Vengenace Illusion has the following properties:
- Has all current abilities off- cooldown, cannot cast item abilities.
- Utilizes the hero
health bar and visually distinguisable for everyone. - Neither has gold nor experience bounty.
- Not affected by certain
instant kill sources. - Enchant considers the Vengeance Illusion as heroes.
- Has all current abilities off-
- The strong illusion max duration is defined as:
- EXPR
Duration = RespawnTime - The buyback next respawn time increase does not affect the illusion max duration.
- Instant kills the Vengeance illusion in the following conditions:
- Once Vengeful Spirit respawn.
- When the illusion reaches its normal expire duration.
- While dead, Vengeful Spirit is periodically moved along the Vengeance Illusion and she gains experience around the illusion following the same acquiring conditions as long as the Vengeance Illusion is alive.
- Vengeful Spirit respawns at the Vengeance Illusion's location, instead of at the fountain.
- Upon respawn, Vengeful Spirit's facing angle is the same as the last Vengeance Illusion's facing angle, and she fully affected by the Fountain Invulnerability Buff.
- Vengeful Spirit's illusions bestows the
aura, but does not benefit from the flat bonus attack damage.
- Illusions not create Vengeance Illusions on death.
- Spell Steal can be cast on the Vengeance Illusion.
- Certain abilities consider the Vengeance Illusion as heroes.
modifier_vengefulspirit_command_auraHidden modifier
modifier_vengefulspirit_command_aura_effectVengeance Aura: Providing +x% base damage.
modifier_vengefulspirit_hybrid_special
Hidden modifier
modifier_vengefulspirit_hybrid_xp_earnHidden modifier
modifier_illusionIllusion
modifier_invulnerableHidden modifier
vengefulspirit_command_aura (5123)
- The Vengeance Illusion spawn distance is defined as:
- EXPR
Distance = 108, if CasterColSize = 27 - EXPR
Distance = 72, if CasterColSize = 18
- Has the following max duration per level:
LEVEL
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25+
Nether Swap[edit]
Instantaneously swaps positions with eithier a targeted ally unit or targeted enemy unit, and interrupts their channeling abilities.
If the swapped unit is an enemy unit, the reposition deals damage to the affected enemy unit.
If the swapped unit is an enemy unit, the reposition deals damage to the affected enemy unit.
Cast Animation: 0.4 + 0
Cast Range: 800/950/1100
800/950/1100 Damage: 150/300/450 (
300/450/600)
300/450/600) 
If the swapped unit is an ally unit, the instant reposition grants both Vengeful Spirit and her ally unit a temporary shield.
Barrier: 
150/300/450 ( 300/450/600)
150/300/450 ( 300/450/600)Duration: 10
46/38/30 (
28/20/12)
28/20/12)100/150/200
Martyrdom is a small price to pay for vengeance.
or 
and 
- Gives a stop order as soon as the affected units
teleports back.
- Hence, it interrupts
channeling abilities.
- Hence, it interrupts
- The teleport component is not affected by leash sources.
- Neither disjoint projectiles for both affected units.
Trees within 300-radius centered around both affected units are destroyed upon cast.
- Gives a stop order as soon as the affected units
-
- Deals magical spell damage to the affected enemy unit.
- Deals
-
- Grants an all
damage barrier to the ally unit and Vengeful Spirit upon cast. - Both the magical spell damage value and damage barrier value are independent of each other.
- Grants an all
- Can be cast on the following units:
- Invulnerable units.
- Cannot be cast on the following units.
- Hidden units.
- Disable Help on Vengeful Spirit prevents Nether Swap from swapping the ally hero.
- Swaps position with the secondary target, upon casting on the primary target.
- Has the following sequence upon casting on the primary target:
- Vengeful Spirit primary target.
- Primary target secondary target.
- Secondary target Vengeful Spirit.
- Vengeful Spirit
modifier_vengefulspirit_nether_swap_damage_reductionNether Swap: Damage received reduced by x%.
vengefulspirit_nether_swap (5125)
Grants an all damage barrier upon cast that 
absorbs damage instances of all damage type (after all reductions).
- Does not proc on-damage effects until the barrier capacity is depleted.
- Stacks additively with the same damage-type barrier sources, and independently with other damage-type barrier sources.
- The all damage barrier has the lowest priority in the group of damage barrier, its capacity is depleted last when combined with other damage-type barriers.
- When combined with other higher-priority damage-negation sources, the damage barrier does not absorb any damage until the damage-negation sources expire.
Recent Matches[edit]
Main Article: Vengeful Spirit/Matches
| Date | Tier | Tournament | Picks | Score | vs. Picks | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 04, 2024 - 17:45 EEST | Tier 1 |  | PGL Wallachia S2 GS |      |  | 1 : 0 |   |      |
| Sep 30, 2024 - 16:00 AST | Qualifier |   | DreamLeague S24 MESWA CQ |     |  | 0 : 1 |   |   |
| Sep 29, 2024 - 20:00 AST | Qualifier | | DreamLeague S24 MESWA CQ |     | | 1 : 0 | |   |
| Sep 29, 2024 - 20:00 CST | Qualifier | | DreamLeague S24 CN CQ |   |   | 0 : 1 |   |    |
| Sep 29, 2024 - 12:00 CST | Qualifier | | DreamLeague S24 CN CQ |     |  | 1 : 0 |   |   |
Recent Changes[edit]
Description
- Reduced Nether Swap cooldown from 50/40/30 to 46/38/30.
- Magic Missile
- Reduced damage from 90/180/270/360 to 85/170/255/340.
- Reduced stun duration from 1.4/1.5/1.6/1.7 to 1.1/1.3/1.5/1.7.
Talents:
- LVL 15 +5 Wave of Terror armor reduction reduced to +4.
- ADDED the Retribution innate ability for Vengeful Spirit :
- Applies a 10% enemy incoming damage amplification debuff on the enemy hero who killed Vengeful Spirit.
- The debuff lasts until the enemy hero's next death.
- ADDED the Facet component:
- Avenging Missile
- Magic Missile now deals 0.75 * Enemy(LastHitCount + DenyCount) bonus damage.
Soul Strike
- All attacks now have melee attack behavior, without changing Vengeful Spirit's attack range type.
- Reduced base attack time from 1.7 to 1.5.
- All attacks now have
- Talents:
- LVL 10 +125 Magic Missile cast range reduced to +100.
- LVL 10 +200 Nether Swap damage/barrier reduced to +150.
- LVL 15 -2s Magic Missile cooldown ➜ +0.3s Magic Missile stun duration.
- LVL 20 +200 Magic Missile damage ➜ -2s Magic Missile cooldown.
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.
| Vengeful Spirit's Relics | Voice Lines | |
|---|---|---|
 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 | |
| Shoulder | |
| Taunt | |
Trivia[edit]
- Previous designs of Vengeful Spirit showed her with a mask that looked similar to her Vengeance Aura ability icon.
- Vengeful Spirit's fun name, "820", is a tribute to a former professional DotA player.
- In DotA 1, she was the sister of Mortred, the Phantom Assassin, and her name was "Shendelzare Silkwood". In Dota 2, her lore was changed so that she became affiliated with the Skywrath, thus switching her affiliations to Dragonus, the Skywrath Mage.
- In the transition to Dota 2, her aura's name was changed from "Command Aura" to "Vengeance Aura".
- Magic Missile is one of the first and most iconic offensive spells available for arcane spellcaster classes in the famed pen-and-paper RPG series, "Dungeons & Dragons".
Gallery[edit]
Concept art
Concept art
Concept art
Trading card art
Old model and icons
Ability icon progress
Hero icon progress
Bone Harvest sprite - alive
Bone Harvest sprite - dead
