Windranger

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Windranger
18 + 2.6
17 + 1.9
18 + 3.2
Grants the following bonuses per level:
+57.2HP and +0.26HP regeneration
+0.32 armor and 1.9 attack speed
+38.4MP and +0.16MP regeneration
+0.1% base magic resistance
+3.47 Main Attack Damage
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2.83
Armor
(603.62 EHP)
26.8%
Magic Resist
(704.92 EHP)
1250
Projectile Speed
Melee Melee units have their projectile speed set to 900, if they should ever need it.
90 (107)
(1.5 BAT)
Base Attack Time Attacks per Second is defined as
ΣAS / BAT / 100
0.4 + 0.3
Turn Rate This unit takes 0.131s to turn 180°.
This ability component has a different effect during daytime. 1800 / This ability component has a different effect during nighttime. 800
Default
Gib Type
2010-11-01
Released
2008-10-07
(v6.55)
Competitive Span
2010-11-01 — Present
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Fires swift flurry of arrows at a single target
Born in the midst of a ruinous tempest, Lyralei has always been one with the Elemental Wind. Swift of foot, and true of aim, she Windruns across the battlefield, avoiding attacks as she draws a Powershot to pierce foes from a far. Armed with both quiver and rope, the Windranger binds enemies together with a handy Shackleshot. Honing her concentration, Lyralei launches a relentless sequence of arrows, Focus Firing on a single target until it resembles little more than an oversized pincushion.
Shackleshot
Powershot
Windrun
Windrun
Gale Force
Gale Force
Focus Fire
Roles:Carry Carry Support Support Disabler Disabler Escape Escape Nuker Nuker
AdjectivesCape, Cute, Female, Green, Nose
Legs ( 2 )

Bio[edit]

If at first you don't succeed, stand closer, shoot again.
▶️  Lyralei, the Windranger
Alias:
WR
The western forests guard their secrets well. One of these is Lyralei, master archer of the wood, and favored godchild of the wind. Known now as Windranger, Lyralei's family was killed in a storm on the night of her birth--their house blown down by the gale, contents scattered to the winds. Only the newborn survived among the debris field of death and destruction. In the quiet after the storm, the wind itself took notice of the lucky infant crying in the grass. The wind pitied the child and so lifted her into the sky and deposited her on a doorstep in a neighboring village. In the years that followed, the wind returned occasionally to the child's life, watching from a distance while she honed her skills. Now, after many years of training, Windranger fires her arrows true to their targets. She moves with blinding speed, as if hastened by a wind ever at her back. With a flurry of arrows, she slaughters her enemies, having become, nearly, a force of nature herself.

Facets[edit]

Tangled
Shackleshot
Shackleshot now applies to all enemy units and trees behind the unit-targeted enemy within the search range.

Each secondary enemy hero that Lyralei successfully shackels temporarily grants her bonus attack damage.
Killshot
Powershot
The Powershot arrow instant kills enemy heroes below a certain max health threshold corresponding to its channel time.

Upgrades[edit]

Aghanim's[edit]

Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter.
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade:
Windrun
Grants Lyralei an invisibility that does not break by attacking or casting any abilities, and reduces incoming physical attack damage taken while active.
Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard.
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade:
New Ability
Gale Force
Grants the Gale Force ability.

Summons a strong wind that pulls all enemies in the area-targeted location toward the vector-targeted direction.

Talents[edit]

-18s Focus Fire Cooldown per Kill25 Windrun Cannot Be Dispellable by any Dispel sources. Dispelled
-10% Focus Fire Damage Reduction20+0.75s Shackleshot Duration
-15% Powershot Damage Reduction15-2s Windrun Cooldown
+25 Easy Breezy Min Move Speed10+1s Powershot Slow Duration
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+2 All / / Attributes

Innate. Innate[edit]

Easy Breezy[edit]

Easy Breezy
This ability can be bestowed by Illusions. Neither affected nor disabled by Break.
Ability
Passive
Affects
Self
Increases the max movement speed cap, and Lyralei cannot be slowed below a minimum movement speed.
Set Min Move Speed: 240 (With level 10 Left Talent.With level 10 Left Talent. 265)
Max Move Speed: 600 (With level 10 Left Talent.With level 10 Left Talent. 625)
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  • This unit is leashed, it cannot utilize certain mobility sources.This unit is leashed, it cannot utilize certain mobility sources. Leash sources have precedence over min movement speed sources.
Buff modifier_windrunner_easy_breezyUndispellable.
Hidden Modifier

Hero Model[edit]

Hero Model
Ability
Passive / Channeling
Affects
Self
Lyralei's hero model has the following hidden Innate. innate abilities.

She may only perform or utilize the ability's functions upon a successful channeling.
Details
Hidden Innate Abilities
Watch Tower
Warp
Warp
Lantern of Sight
Tap on the Innate. innate abilities for more details.

Abilities[edit]

Shackleshot[edit]

Affects
Enemy Units
Shackles the targeted-unit to another enemy unit or tree in a line directly behind it.
Cast Animation: 0.15 + 0.45
Cast Range: Affected by Cast Range increasing sources. 800
Shackle Search Range: 575
Shackle Search Angle: 46°
Max Shackle Targets: 2
Stun Duration: 1.75/2.25/2.75/3.25 (With level 20 Right Talent.With level 20 Right Talent. 2.5/3/3.5/4)
The Shackleshot is considered a failed one, if there are no secondary unit or tree present within the search range.
Fail Stun Duration: 0.6
16/14/12/10
Mana Cost
70/80/90/100
Windranger's variety of bow skills includes an arrow with thick ropes attached to encumber any escaping target.
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Tangled
Shackleshot now applies to all enemy units and trees behind the unit-targeted enemy within the search range.

Each secondary enemy hero that Lyralei successfully shackels temporarily grants her bonus attack damage.
Max Shackle Targets: IndefiniteIndefinite
Attack Damage Bonus per Enemy Hero: 12/20/28/36
Buff Duration: 6
The Shackleshot bonus is less effective on creeps.
Creep Damage Bonus Factor: 0.5
    • The ability's projectile properties.The ability's projectile properties.
      • The projectile searches for a valid and furthest enemy unit or furthest Trees are a prominent feature in the game!Trees are a prominent feature in the game! tree within 46° at the The ability's unit-targeted properties. unit-targeted enemy's opposite side where Shackleshot was cast.
        • Hence, when Windranger This ability directly moves the affected unit(s) to a certain coordinates. teleports away after casting the ability, the projectile may latch on valid enemy units corresponding to the cast location and not her new location.
      • The search area-of-effect is triangle-shaped, with line F P having a 575-height.
      • Has the following secondary target targeting priorities:
  • The affected enemy unit(s).
    • Debuff windrunner_shackle_shot
      • Applies two independent successful stun debuff to both affected enemy units, with the following properties:
        • The debuff persists and latches on secondary target's The unit is dead and is ressurected after its respawn time. Certain abilities are dispellable upon death only.The unit is dead and is ressurected after its respawn time. Certain abilities are dispellable upon death only. death location or onto the destroyed Trees are a prominent feature in the game!Trees are a prominent feature in the game! tree's location.
      • This ability component affects the caster themselves.This ability component affects the caster themselves.
        • Buff windrunner_shackle_shot_self_damage_buff
          • Grants flat Bonus Attack Damage bonus attack damage per secondary Shackleshot-affected enemy hero.
          • Considers Clones are identical to the main hero, with certain exceptions. clones, Illusion Properties. illusions, and creep-heroes as heroes.
          • Recasting the ability places a new buff on Windranger, with each buff duration independent of the other.
    • Debuff stunned
      • Utilizes this debuff on a failed Shackleshot attempt.
      • The stun duration increasing With level 20 Right Talent.With level 20 Right Talent. talent does not increase the fail stun duration.
Ability interactions with Spell Block sources.
Nullifies the ability.

Does not proc Spell Block sources on secondary affected targets.
Buff modifier_windrunner_shackle_shot_self_damage_buffDispellable by any Dispel sources.
Tangled: Gaining x bonus damage from units hit by Shackleshot.
Debuff modifier_windrunner_shackle_shotDispellable by Strong Dispel sources.
Shackleshot: Bound by thick ropes from Windranger's ensnaring arrow.
Debuff modifier_stunnedDispellable by Strong Dispel sources.
Stunned
    • The area-of-effect is a isosceles triangle and has the following properties:
      • Line F P and line F s are the two sides with 624.66-length.
        • EXPR
          FQ or FS = √ ( (575 × tan(46°) / 2 × (π / 180°) )^2 + 575^2 )
      • The third side, line Q S , has a 488.15-length.
        • EXPR
          QS = 2 × (575 × tan(46° / 2 × (π / 180°)))

Powershot[edit]

W
R
Powershot
Ability
Point / Channeled
Affects
Enemy Units
Damage
Spell / Magical
Charges her bow up briefly for a single powerful shot. The longer the charge, the potent the arrow fired.

The arrow damages and slows all enemy units along its path. Reduces damage by a factor per enemy unit hit.
Cast Animation: This ability has an instant cast time. 0 + 0
Cast Range: Affected by Cast Range increasing sources. 2600
Travel Distance: Affected by Cast Range increasing sources. 3000
Damage Radius: Affected by AoE Radius increasing sources. 125
Max Channel Time: 1
Max Damage: 170/270/370/470
Damage Factor per Hit: 0.85 (With level 15 Left Talent.With level 15 Left Talent. 1)
Max Move Speed Slow: 20%/25%/30%/35%
Slow Duration: 4 (With level 10 Right Talent.With level 10 Right Talent. 5)
12/11/10/9
Mana Cost
100
During her early years of training, Lyralei learned to fire powerful arrows that cleaved even trees to reach their targets on the other side.
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Killshot
The Powershot arrow instant kills enemy heroes below a certain max health threshold corresponding to its channel time.
Min Kill Enemy Max Health Threshold: 5%
Max Kill Enemy Max Health Threshold: 9%/10%/11%/12%
  • O P
    • Affects units up to Affected by Cast Range increasing sources. Affected by AoE Radius increasing sources. 3125 range away with the arrow travel distance and damage radius.
    • The ability's projectile properties.The ability's projectile properties.
      • Flying vision is not obstructed by trees, higher elevations, and vision blockers.
        • Grants the following flying vision bonuses:
          • A non-lingering Affected by AoE Radius increasing sources. 400-radius vision as the projectile travels in line OP.
          • A 3.34-second Affected by AoE Radius increasing sources. 400-radius vision at the projectile's final location, point P .
      • Trees are a prominent feature in the game!Trees are a prominent feature in the game!
        • Trees within Affected by AoE Radius increasing sources. 50-radius of the projectile are destroyed as it travels in line OP.
  • The ability values have two main components:
    • 1 The values change per Requires unit to stand still for certain ability effects to occur.Requires unit to stand still for certain ability effects to occur. channeling The game server ticks at 0.033-seconds. This is how often Dota2 sends data between server and client.The game server ticks at 0.033-seconds. This is how often Dota2 sends data between server and client. server tick, over 30 instances.
      • Ability values increasing per determined increments.
        • Increases the total Magical Damage Type magical Spell DamageSpell Damage spell damage by 5.67/9/12.33/15.67 per interval.
        • Increases the total Movement Speed movement speed slow 0.7%/0.8%/1%/1.2% per interval.
          • Increases the enemy max health as kill threshold value by 0.133%/0.167%/0.2%/0.233% per interval.
    • 2 The damage applied per unit is defined as:
      • EXPR
        PowershotDmg = MaxDmg × (0.85 OR 1) ^ perEnemyHit
        • The Powershot damage reducing With level 15 Left Talent.With level 15 Left Talent. talent causes Powershot not to reduce its damage per enemy hit.
Buff modifier_projectile_visionUndispellable.
On hidden entity
  • The ability's sound effects.
    • The stretching bow sound effects are audible ally-only.
  • Spell DamageSpell Damage
    • To reach 1-spell damage, the arrow needs to hit 32/35/37/38 enemy units.

Windrun[edit]

E
W
Windrun
Affects
Self
Grants self movement speed bonus and absolute evasion, evading all incoming physical attacks.
Evasion: 100%
Move Speed Bonus: 60%
Duration: 3/4/5/6
Talent Upgrade
The ability buff can now only be dispelled upon Windranger's death, rather than any dispel.
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
Grants Lyralei an invisibility that does not break by attacking or casting any abilities, and reduces incoming physical attack damage taken while active.
Fade Time: (Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. 0.2)
Damage Reduction: Affects the incoming ability value positively of the affected unit. (Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. 45%)
Invisibility Duration: (Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. 3/4/5/6)
15/14/13/12 (With level 15 Right Talent.With level 15 Right Talent. 13/12/11/10)
Mana Cost
50
Lyralei enchants gusts of winds to flight incoming attacks.
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  • Interrupts Windranger's Requires unit to stand still for certain ability effects to occur.Requires unit to stand still for certain ability effects to occur. channeling abilities upon cast.
Buff modifier_windrunner_windrun_passiveUndispellable.
Hidden modifier
Buff modifier_windrunner_windrunDispellable by any Dispel sources.
Windrun: Movement speed increased by x% and evading all physical attacks
Buff modifier_windrunner_windrun (TalentsTalents)Only dispellable by Death.Only dispellable by Death.
Windrun: Movement speed increased by x% and evading all physical attacks
Buff modifier_windrunner_windrun_invisDispellable by any Dispel sources.
Windrun Invisibility: Unseen but for the hindering gust in your wake.
Debuff modifier_windrunner_windrun_slowDispellable by any Dispel sources.
Windrun Slow: Gusts of wind around Windranger reduce your movement speed by x%
  • The ability's visual effects.
    • While active, a visual effect now indicates Windranger's attacks The ability's projectile properties.The ability's projectile properties. projectile and ability casting.

Gale Force[edit]

D
G
Gale Force
Ability
Point / Vector
Affects
Enemy Units
Summons a strong wind that pulls all enemies in the area-targeted location toward the vector-targeted direction.
Cast Animation: 0.2 + 0.47
Cast Range: Affected by Cast Range increasing sources. 1500
Radius: Affected by AoE Radius increasing sources. 1000
Push Speed: 240
Duration: 3.5
Aura Linger Duration: 0.5
Roshan is innately immune to all forced movement sources.
30
Mana Cost
100
At last Lyralei has learned to call upon the might of her true birthright.
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  • Acquiring Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard. Aghanim's Shard unlocks this ability in the      fourth ability slot.
  • Recasting the ability while a previous cast is still active immediately ends the previous cast.
This ability functions differently or requires certain conditions in Ability Draft
Requires drafting Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard. Focus Fire to unlock this ability.
Buff modifier_windrunner_gale_force_auraUndispellable.
On hidden entity
Debuff modifier_windrunner_gale_forceUndispellable.
Gale Force: Buffeted by gale force winds.
  • The unit is forcefully moved in the x-axis accordingly to its facing direction.
    • Pulls all affected enemy units up to a max 960-distance for the entire duration if they remain stationary.

Focus Fire[edit]

R
F
Focus Fire
Affects
Self / Enemy Unit
Grants self a massive attack speed bonus against a single enemy unit or enemy building, while sacrificing a portion of her own attack damage.

Does not reduce the potency of attack modifier sources or on-hit effects.
Attack Speed Bonus: 350/425/500
Self Attack Damage: 0.7 (With level 20 Left Talent.With level 20 Left Talent. 0.8)
Duration: 20
Cooldown Skip on Target Death: Affects the source's cooldown ratio. (With level 25 Left Talent.With level 25 Left Talent. 18)
70/50/30
Mana Cost
75/100/125
Lyralei's ability to bombard opponents with a flurry of arrows is unparalleled - even at the expense of accuracy.
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  • This ability has two main components:
    • 1 Affected by Cast Range increasing sources.
    • 2 Buff windrunner_focusfire to This ability component affects the caster themselves.This ability component affects the caster themselves.
      • Applies the following ability effects on self upon her attack point:
        • Grants the bonus attack speed.
        • AttackAttack
          • Allows Windranger to move while the ability issues auto-attack orders on the latest The ability's unit-targeted properties. unit-targeted enemy within her Affected by Attack Range increasing sources. attack range.
          • The following orders do not pause the auto-attack component:
            • M
              Movement orders.
            • A
              Attack orders on the The ability's unit-targeted properties. unit-targeted enemy.
          • Reduces both Windranger's Base Attack DamageBase Attack Damage main and Bonus Attack Damage bonus attack damage upon cast, and is defined as:
      • Pause
        • No longer attacks the The ability's unit-targeted properties. unit-targeted enemy while moving.
        • The auto-attack component can be paused in the following situations:
          • With the following commands:
            • H
              Hold position.
            • S
              Stop.
          • Changing attack targets.
      • Continue
        • The auto-attack component resumes on the The ability's unit-targeted properties. unit-targeted enemy in the following conditions:
          • When issued a new
            A
            attack order on the affected unit.
          • Right-click Right-click on the affected unit.
      • The cooldown advance With level 25 Left Talent.With level 25 Left Talent. talent skips 18 seconds of its current cooldown upon the affected enemy hero's The unit is dead and is ressurected after its respawn time. Certain abilities are dispellable upon death only.The unit is dead and is ressurected after its respawn time. Certain abilities are dispellable upon death only. death, regardless of its kill credit.
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Buff modifier_windrunner_focusfireOnly dispellable by Death.Only dispellable by Death.
Focus Fire: Constantly attacking with greatly increased attack speed and x% reduced damage

Recent Matches[edit]

Main Article: Windranger/Matches
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Recent Changes[edit]

Main Articles: Changelogs, Old Abilities and Hero Lore
Description
7.38b
(2025-03-04)
  • Increased Agility agility gain from 1.7 to 1.9.
  • Increased Shackleshot stun duration from 1.6/2.1/2.6/3.1 to 1.75/2.25/2.75/3.25.
7.38
(2025-02-19)
  • Increased Strength strength gain from 2 to 2.6.
  • Increased Agility agility gain from 1.4 to 1.7.
  • Rescaled base Intelligence intelligence and gain from 21 + 2.4 to 18 + 3.2.
  • Increased base attack damage from 7‒13 to 21‒33.
  • REMOVED the following facets:
    • Focus Fire
    • Whirlwind
  • Shackleshot
    • ADDED the Tangled facet.
      • Now applies to other enemy units and trees behind the unit-targeted enemy.
      • Grants a 6-second 12/20/28/36 attack damage bonus buff per debuff-affected enemy hero. Does not consider the primary unit-targeted enemy.
        • Has a 0.5 attack damage bonus factor for trees and other non-hero units.
  • Powershot
    • Rescaled mana cost from 100 on each level to 90/100/110/120.
    • ADDED Killshot facet.
      • Now instant kills enemy heroes at 5% to 9%/10%/11%/12% * MaxHP .
      • The max health kill threshold increases with the total channeling time.
      • Applies the Magical Damage Type magical Spell DamageSpell Damage spell damage , then the max health kill threshold component.
  • Focus Fire is still Windranger 's ultimate ability.
  • Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard. Aghanim's Shard upgrade:
7.37d
(2024-10-01)
  • Whirlwind
    • No longer instant attacks while channeling.
    • Reduced self attack damage factor from 0.7 to 0.65.
    • Reduced duration from 9 to 8.
    • Increased cooldown from 70/50/30 to 70/60/50.
  • Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
    • Windrun
      • The invisibility component is now bound to the base ability buff.
      • Both components now utilize the same buff.

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.

Windranger's Relics Voice Lines

Double Shackleshot

Powershot Kills

Multi-Hero Powershot

Shackleshot and Focus Fire Combo Kills

Teleports leading to Kills

Physical Damage

Stuns leading to Kills

Chain Lightning Damage

Triple Kills

Mega Kill Streaks

Dusts leading to Kills

Wards Placed

Kill Assists

Kills
Bronze

Silver

Gold
  • ▶️ You're not going anywhere.
  • ▶️ If you weren't so damned dead, I'd shoot you again.

Platinum

Master

Grandmaster

Equipment[edit]

Trivia[edit]

  • Warcraft 3 similarities:
    • Windranger's hero concept inspired by Sylvanas Windrunner, a campaign-only hero variant of the Night Elf Archer.
      • Specifically, she was based on the Night Elf version of Slyvanas, before she became Undead.
    • Windranger's full name and title are Alleria, the Windrunner, named after Alleria Windrunner, a character from the Warcraft universe.
    • Both, the name and title were changed in Dota 2, to avoid copy right issues with Blizzard Entertainment.
    • Her Dota 2 name, Lyralei is almost an anagram of the DotA name, with one of the A's replaced with Y.
    • Windrun's ability name is left as a remaining reference to the DotA hero name.

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