Venomancer (Dota 2)

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Venomancer (Dota 2) - Venomancer Skills

This page details each of Venomancer's skills/abilities.

First Ability

Venomous Gale [Keybind: Q]
AbilityAffectsDamage
Target Point Enemies Magical
Launches a ball of venom in a line, poisoning enemy units so that they take both initial damage and damage over time, as well as suffering slowed movement. Venomous Gale deals damage every 3 seconds over its duration.
  • Range: 800
  • Radius: 125
  • Duration: 15
  • Strike Damage: 25/50/75/100
  • Periodic Damage: 0/30/60/90
  • Periodic Damage Interval: 3
  • Cooldown: 22 seconds
  • Mana Cost: 125
Lore: A concoction of various stings, poisons, and toxins gathered from the jungles of Jidi Isle, victims surviving it are rare.
  • Becoming spell immune while under its effects blocks damage but does not remove the movement slow debuff.
  • Is not blocked by Linken's Sphere.
  • Cannot be purged.
  • Units afflicted by Venomous Gale can be denied by their allies when their HP drops below 25% of their maximum health. This applies to Venomous Gale level 1 despite the lack of damage over time.
  • Slow starts at 50% and decreases as time passes.
  • Total damage dealt is 25/200/375/550.
  • Can be lethal. 
  • Can hit invisible units.
  • The slowdown is equally powerful at all levels of the spell, which makes it a useful spell even with only one point invested.

Second Ability

Poison Sting [Keybind: W]
AbilityAffectsDamage
Passive Enemies Magical
Adds poison damage to Venomancer's normal attacks, slowing movement speed.
  • Duration: 6/9/12/15
  • Damage Per Second: 5/10/15/20
  • Movement Speed Slow: 11%/12%/13%/14%
Lore: The paralytic sting of the creature which caused his transformation now belongs to the Venomancer.
  • Damage is blocked by Spell Immunity, the slow is not.
  • Cannot be purged.
  • Is not blocked by Linken's Sphere.
  • Is used by Illusions.
  • Poison Sting damage can be lethal.
  • Deals a total of 30/90/180/300 damage.
  • This skill does not allow for heroes to be denied.
  • Movement slow debuff applies to magic immune (non-mechanical) units.
  • Poison Sting damage doesn't cancel healing or disable Blink Dagger.

Third Ability

Plague Ward [Keybind: E]
AbilityAffectsDamage
Target Point Enemies Piercing
Summons a plague ward to attack enemy units and structures. The ward is immune to magic.
  • Cast Range: 850
  • Ward Duration: 40
  • Ward Health: 75/200/325/450
  • Ward Damage: 11/21/32/42
  • Cooldown: 5 seconds
  • Mana Cost: 20
Lore: A mixture of his old herbalist talents and newfound toxic mastery creates a living embodiment of plague.
  • Wards deal Piercing Damage.
  • Wards have Poison Sting for 50% of the damage at the current skilled level. When both Venomancer and a Plague Ward affect a target, only the highest dps is applied.
  • Creeps will ignore Plague Wards in favor of attacking you or any creeps present, as will Towers.
  • Most narrow pathways, and certain wider pathways, can be completely blocked off by one or more Plague Wards, making passage impossible.
  • Wards give 1200 vision during the day, and 800 vision at night.
Plague Ward
Duration 40
Hit Points 75/200/325/450
Damage 9-11/17-21/26-32/34-42
Armor 0
Movement Speed 0
Sight Range 1200/800
Attack Range 600
Missile Speed 1900
Attack Duration 0.3+
Base Attack Time 1.5
Bounty 14-17
Experience 20/25/30/35

Ultimate Ability

Poison Nova [Keybind: R]
AbilityAffectsDamage
No Target Enemies Magical
A spreading ring of poison that does damage over time to enemy units around Venomancer. Poison Nova's effect cannot bring units below 1 HP.
  • Radius: 830
  • Duration: 12/14/15 (14/15/16 with Scepter)
  • Damage Per Second: 36/58/81 (58/81/108 with Scepter)
  • Cooldown: 140/120/100 (60 with Scepter)
  • Mana Cost: 200/300/400
Lore: In the Acid Jungles, creatures releasing noxious poison to their attackers is common; Venomancer spreads this plague beyond the Jidi Isle.
  • Is not blocked by Linken's Sphere.
  • Cannot be purged.
  • Becoming spell immune while under its effects blocks damage but does not remove the debuff.
  • Deals a total of 432/812/1215 (812/1215/1728 with Scepter) damage.
  • Cannot deal lethal damage (target will be left with 1 HP).
  • Can hit invisible units.

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