Damage
44-56
80-92
106-118
Movement Speed Amp
1.1%
2.3%
3.2%
Lyralei, the Windranger[edit]
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.
Abilities[edit]
Shackleshot
Shackles the target to an enemy unit or tree in a line directly behind it. If no secondary unit or tree is successfully latched on to, the stun duration is reduced.
| Successful Stun Duration | 2 / 2.6 / 3.2 / 3.8
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| Does not pierce Spell Immunity. |
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| Blocked by Linken's Sphere and echoed by Lotus Orb. |
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Windranger's variety of bow skills includes an arrow with thick ropes attached to encumber any escaping target.
Notes
- Shackleshot travels at 1650 speed.
- Shackleshot latches onto an enemy or tree behind the target within 23° of the line drawn between where Windranger originally cast Shackleshot and the target's location on hit.
- Shackleshot prioritizes heroes and units over trees.
Powershot
Windranger charges her bow for a single powerful shot. The arrow deals damage to enemy units and destroys trees in its path. Damage is greatest on the first target, and reduces for each target it pierces after. If the channeling is cancelled early, the shot will still occur but deal less damage.
| Maximum Damage | 180 / 270 / 360 / 450
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| Damage Falloff Per Hit | 20% |
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| Does not pierce Spell Immunity. |
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During her early years of training, Lyralei learned to fire powerful arrows that cleaved even trees to reach their targets on the other side.
Notes
- This spell has damage falloff. The damage dealt gets progressively weaker with each unit hit.
- The arrow travels at 3000 speed.
- Gains 1% damage per 0.01 seconds channeled, reaching 100% after 1 second.
- Grants 400 flying vision as it travels and the vision lasts at its endpoint for 3.34 seconds.
- Destroys trees in its path.
Windrun
Increases movement speed and adds evasion from all physical attacks, while slowing the movement of nearby enemies.
| Speed Bonus Duration | 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 |
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| Movement Speed Slow | 15% / 20% / 25% / 30%
45% / 50% / 55% / 60% |
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| Slow Duration | 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 |
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| Does not pierce Spell Immunity. |
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| Dispellable. |
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Lyralei enchants gusts of winds to flight incoming attacks.
Notes
- The slow begins when entering the radius, and lasts briefly after leaving the radius.
- Projectiles that were about to hit Windranger before the skill was activated will be disjointed.
Focus Fire
Affects
Enemy Units
Buildings
Windranger channels the wind, gaining bonus attack speed against the chosen enemy unit or building, although with reduced damage.
| Self Damage Reduction | 50% / 40% / 30%
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| Reduces the self damage reduction and decreases the cooldown. |
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| Mini-Stun is blocked by Spell Immunity. |
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| Blocked by Linken's Sphere and echoed by Lotus Orb. |
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Lyralei's ability to bombard opponents with a flurry of arrows is unparalleled—even at the expense of accuracy.
Notes
- Windranger can move, cast spells, use items, and attack other targets during Focus Fire. The maximized attack speed only applies to the original target.
- Casting Focus Fire on multiple targets will only grant the attack speed and damage reduction against the most recent target.
- The self damage reduction reduces her base damage and bonus damage. Damage from attack modifiers is not reduced.
Talent Tree[edit]
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General Strategy[edit]
Evasive and swift, the nimble Windranger is always seeking the right angle to attack. Whether she's clearing the way with a draw of her deadly powershot, or shackling enemies together to pepper them with arrows, she's always on the move.
Windranger (In-Game Description)
Overview
Windranger is one of the most versatile heroes in the game and will fit in almost any lineup or any role. She is most frequently played as a solo laner however, most often on the long lane. She can also support and, to an extent, play as a carry. She is very popular as a long lane solo because of her elusiveness (Windrun will let her escape from a lot of situations), the fact that she does not need a lot of items to be effective and because she can last hit from a safe distance with Powershot. Her attack range and attack damage are also quite high, making it easy for her to trade hits with enemy supports favorably.
Skill Build
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At level 1, you want to level Windrun in the offlane. It's a decent escape and tanking skill to get out of bad situations. It gives you full evasion on auto attacks, and slows enemies near you while giving you more movement speed. The duration is only 2.75 seconds at level 1, so activating it at the right time is important.
From there on, max Powershot first. It's a nice long range nuke, use it to get some last hits or harass the enemies. After that, try and level Shackleshot. If one level of Windrun is not enough to make you survive the offlane, getting a second point is not the worst idea.
Your ultimate isn't very impressive at level 6, most of the times it gets skipped until level 10 or 11 to get the 2 points in it. If there's an opportunity for early pushes you could level it, but generally you'll want to skip it.
In mid, you want to get maxed Powershot and Shackleshot as soon as possible to make ganks easier for you. One point of Windrun at level 1 or 2 should be enough. Depending on the situation, you can get your ultimate at level 6 in mid. It might give you the extra damage to get a kill in ganks.
As a support, maxing Shackleshot over Powershot is probably the safest idea in most games. Powershot is less important here since you don't need to get last hits as much, and it doesn't protect your carry as much as Shackleshot would. One point in Windrun is still advised, if you ever get caught out in a bad situation it might save your life. It can also save the life of your carry, slowing and body blocking everyone when they chase your carry.
Early Game
As Windranger, Phase Boots and Force Staff will be bought in most of your games. Since Shackleshot is reliant on positioning, learning to use these items is key in mastering Windranger.
For Phase Boots, chasing and running through heroes and creeps to get a Shackleshot (or Powershot) off is its main use. When using Phase Boots and Windrun, always use Phase Boots after Windrun, since using it in the reverse order cancels the bonus movement speed of Phase Boots.
Force Staff is a bit more complicated. You can use it on yourself, allied heroes or enemy heroes. When aiming for a Shackleshot you can use it on yourself or an enemy unit to force it closer to a tree or another enemy unit. Aiming for a double shackleshot with Force Staff isn't the easiest, but being able to pull it off consistently gives you great opportunities. Aiming for a tree is generally the safest option most of the times.
Force staff has another, defensive use it as well. Use it on allies being disabled in a bad position to try and save them, or on yourself when you expect to be caught out. Remember that it doesn't disjoint projectiles, unlike Windrun.
Learning to use these items in combination with Windranger is mostly experience. Keep your eyes open for new situations where you can pull off these moves.
Getting a Bottle is advised in most situations. Windranger has decent Rune control with Windrun and Shackleshot, but not the best. Start ganking around level 4-6, especially with the right runes. Like in the other lanes, always carry a Teleport Scroll. Do not neglect your farm, as you'd want some items to assist you in ganks. Phase Boots into Force Staff is the most common build. After those, you can build into either an Orchid Malevolence to gank and pick off enemies, Maelstrom for the extra splitpush and damage in team fights or a controlling item like Scythe of Vyse or Eul's Scepter to have more disables in the team.
Mid Game
With either a Mekansm or a Force Staff completed, start looking to help your team. Teleport all over the map, helping your team as you see need. You should build towards a Scythe of Vyse most of the times. Start with the Ultimate Orb for the stats it gives you. If your gold income is low, look towards a Eul's Scepter. In team fights it's your job to disrupt the high priority targets. A double hero Shackleshot can easily turn the tide of the battle. If there's no double hero Shackleshot opportunity, aim to get a single hero shackle. Saving it for a double is not worth it, since it has a low cooldown. If it doesn't latch, it's still a 0.75 second stun, which isn't too bad on it's own. You can tank physical damage for a few seconds with Windrun if needed, but try to keep it for escaping.
What you do in the mid game depends on the item you built. With an Orchid Malevolence you'll want to be ganking and killing heroes all over the map. Offensive wards are highly recommended. Getting a Blink Dagger to help with the ganks and positioning is worth it in most games. When damage output isn't a problem, start building towards damage items like Monkey King Bar, Daedalus, Desolator.
If you built a Maelstrom, upgrade it to a Mjollnir, and then get your Aghanims Scepter. Combined with Focus Fire you'll start doing a lot of damage in team fights. A Black King Bar can help you get a full duration Focus Fire off.
If a controlling item like Scythe of Vyse or Eul's Scepter was your choice, roam the map with alone or with a teammate to get high priority kills. Keep your eyes open for potential team fights, as these items give you lots of utlity and control.
You'll want both a Mekansm and Force Staff to save your teammates when needed. Try to stay on the backlines of a team fight, as your auto attacks will not be the greatest. Control the pace of the team fight with your Shackleshot, Mekansm and Force Staff. If you have spare gold, after buying Wards, look towards another utility item. Scythe of Vyse if you have the gold, Eul's Scepter or Blink Dagger if gold is a problem. Try to keep the map warded at all times, this will help you more than most items.
Late Game
By now, you start falling off. To counter this, you'll want to start building a Monkey King Bar to keep you relevant in damage output. Combined with Focus Fire you should be able to pick someone off in team fights without much problems. Since Monkey King Bar is not a Unique Attack Modifier it works with Focus Fire without an Aghanim's Scepter.
With an Orchid Malevolence and a damage item you'll be a formidable auto attacker. Work towards surviving team fights, to ensure you'll get most out of your item. A late game Linkens Sphere or Black King Bar to ensure your survival is a good idea. If surviving is no problem, look towards another damage item. Generally a Monkey King Bar and Daedalus is the best combination.
If you went the Mjollnir route, start looking towards a Monkey King Barto finish your build. Since you already have a Unique Attack Modifier with Mjollnir a Desolator will not properly work.
With the Scythe of Vyse build, it's the same situation as in the offlane build. Start building towards a Monkey King Bar to have some relevant late game damage.
By now, a support Windranger will have fallen off quite a bit. A double Shackleshot will still have a big impact, try to get the most out of your skills. Try and find some farm for yourself, and aim for a luxury item like Monkey King Bar, Desolator, Eye of Skadi or a Linkens Sphere.
Version History[edit]
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Balance Changes
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| 7.14
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 Powershot damage increased from 180/260/340/420 to 180/270/360/450- Focus Fire attack speed increased from 350 to 400
- Focus Fire now always fires on the target unless you are attacking another target, or pressed stop and are not moving
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| 7.13b
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- Base strength increased from 15 to 17
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| 7.12
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 Fixed some clunkiness with how Windranger attacks the target during Focus Fire
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| 7.10
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- Shackleshot mana cost reduced from 90/100/110/120 to 70/85/100/115
- Level 20 Talent increased from +0.5s Shackleshot Duration to +1s
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| 7.08
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- Windrun mana cost reduced from 60 to 50
 Level 20 Talent changed from +1 Shackleshot Target to +0.5s Shackleshot Duration- Level 25 Talent from +30% Ministun Focus Fire to +35%
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| 7.07c
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- Turn rate improved from 0.6 to 0.8
- Windrun movement speed bonus increased from 50% to 60%
- Level 15 Talent increased from +75 Attack Range to +100
- Level 15 Talent increased from +90 Powershot Damage to +100
- Level 20 Talent changed from +25% Cooldown Reduction to +1 Shackleshot Target
- Level 25 Talent changed from +1 Shackleshot Target to +30% Cooldown Reduction
- Level 25 Talent increased from +20% Ministun Focus Fire to +30%
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| 7.07
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- Focus Fire now allows Windranger to move while attacking the Focus Fire target
 Focus Fire attack speed bonus reduced from 500 to 350- Focus Fire cooldown increased from 60 to 70
- Shackleshot now shows an indicator for the missed area if it fails to latch onto a target
- Reworked Talent Tree
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| 7.06f
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- Shackleshot duration increased from 1.5/2.25/3/3.75 to 2/2.6/3.2/3.8
- Shackleshot cooldown increased from 12 to 18/16/14/12
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| 7.06e
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- Windrun mana cost reduced from 75 to 60
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| 7.06d
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- Windrun slow increased from 8/16/24/30% to 15/20/25/30%
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| 7.06
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- Windranger Level 20 Talents are now: Windrun grants invisibility // +120 Powershot Damage
- Windranger Level 25 Talents are now: +30% Cooldown Reduction // +150 Attack Range
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| 7.03
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- Windrun cooldown reduced from 13 to 12
- Level 10 Talent increased from +25% Windrun Slow to +30%
- Level 25 Talent increased from -6s Powershot Cooldown to -7s
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- Powershot damage from 120/220/320/420 to 180/260/340/420
- Powershot cooldown from 9 to 12/11/10/9
- Windrun slow AoE from 300 to 325
- Windrun mana cost from 100 to 75
- Level 10 Talent from +15 Damage to +25% Windrun Slow
- Level 15 Talent from +16 Intelligence to +20 Intelligence
- Level 15 Talent from +200 Health to +40 Movement Speed
- Level 20 Talent from +12% Magic Resistance to +20%
- Level 20 Talent from +12% Spell Amplification to +15%
- Level 25 Talent from -5s Powershot Cooldown to -6s
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- Windranger Level 15 Talent increased from +13 Intelligence to +16 Intelligence
- Windranger Level 15 Talent increased from +150 Health to +200 Health
- Windrun cooldown from 14 to 13
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| 7.00
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- Powershot damage reduction per unit hit increased from 10% to 20%
- Powershot damage rescaled from 120/200/280/360 to 120/220/320/420
 Added Talent Tree
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- Windrun cooldown reduced from 15 to 14
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| 6.86
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- Shackleshot is now disjointable
- Shackleshot speed increased from 1515 to 1650
- Shackleshot angle reduced from 26 degrees to 23 degrees
- Powershot speed no longer decreases by a small amount as it goes through units
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- Shackleshot cast point from 0.3 to 0.15
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| 6.83
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- Powershot travel range increased from 1825 to 2600
- Powershot max damage is now dealt after 1 second channel instead of 0.7 (It always channeled to 1 previously)
- Powershot cast point improved from 0.3 to 0
- Reduced the area of the lingering vision at the end of Powershot from 800 to 400
- Focus Fire attack speed bonus increased from 400 to 500
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- Shackleshot max latch distance from 525 to 575
- Windrun duration increased from 2.75/3.5/4.25/5 to 3/4/5/6
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| 6.81b
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- Focus Fire mana cost decreased from 150 to 75/100/125
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| 6.81
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- Activating Windrun now disjoints incoming attack projectiles
- Aghanim's Scepter Focus Fire damage reduction decreased from -50/-40/-30 to -30/-15/0, and no longer has special rules for procs
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| 6.80
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- Focus Fire mana cost reduced from 200/300/400 to 150
- Focus Fire no longer has a cast animation
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| 6.79
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- Focus Fire remains sticky on the target you cast it on
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| 6.72
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- Shackleshot cooldown increased from 10 to 12 seconds
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| 6.69
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- Night vision reduced to that of normal heroes (1200➜800)
- Shackleshot's search angle reduced from 30 to 26 degrees
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| 6.65
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- Windrun cooldown improved from 30/25/20/15 to 15
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| 6.60
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- Lowered Base Attack Time (1.6➜1.5)
- Added Windranger to Aghanim's Scepter
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| 6.59
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- Decreased Powershot cooldown from 12 to 9 seconds
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| 6.58
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- Removed attack count limit on Focus Fire
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| 6.57
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- Improved Windrun cooldown
- Tweaks to Shackleshot angle and area check mechanism
- Slightly improved Shackleshot duration and cd
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- New Hero
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Notable Players[edit]
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References[edit]
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