Nyx Assassin (Dota 2)

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Nyx Assassin (Dota 2) - Nyx Skills

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

First Ability

Impale [Keybind: Q]
AbilityAffectsDamage
Target Point Enemies Magical
Rock spikes burst from the earth along a straight path. Enemy units are hurled into the air, then are stunned and take damage when they fall.
  • Range: 700
  • Radius: 125
  • Stun duration: 1.27/1.77/2.27/2.77
  • Damage: 80/140/200/260
  • Cooldown: 13 seconds
  • Mana Cost: 95/115/135/155
Lore: All zealot scarabs possess intimate knowledge of underground pathways, using them to their advantage.
  • Is blocked by Spell Immunity.
  • Is NOT blocked by Linken's Sphere.
  • Impaled units will be knocked into the air for 0.52 seconds before they are stunned.
  • Distance traveled is 700.
  • The path of spikes moves at 1600 movement speed.

Second Ability

Mana Burn [Keybind: W]
AbilityAffectsDamage
Target Unit Enemy Heroes Magical
Destroys the target hero's mana equal to a multiplier of its Intelligence, and deals damage equal to the mana burned.
  • Range: 600
  • Intelligence multiplier: 3.5×/4×/4.5×/5×
  • Cooldown: 28/20/12/4
  • Mana Cost: 100
Lore: The tome in Ultimyr describes one scarab with the ability to eat away at the minds of lesser beings.
  • Is blocked by Spell Immunity.
  • Is blocked by Linken's Sphere.
  • Effectively burns 26.8%/30.7%/34.5%/38.4% of the target's maximum mana pool, provided it has no flat mana increase (e.g. Arcane Boots, Eye of Skadi).

Third Ability

Spiked Carapace [Keybind: E]
AbilityAffectsDamage
No Target Enemy Heroes Pure
When activated, Spiked Carapace reflects and negates damage dealt to Nyx Assassin (max once from each source), as well as stunning the source of the damage.
  • Duration: 2.25
  • Damage returned: 100% of negated damage
  • Stun duration: 0.6/1.2/1.8/2.4
  • Cooldown: 23/20/17/14
  • Mana Cost: 40
Lore: While their carapaces are relatively thin, they're guarded by a retractable field of razor-sharp spikes.
  • Is blocked by Spell Immunity.
  • Cannot be purged.
  • Only triggers on player-based damage, both physical and magical.
  • Does not prevent debuffs.

Ultimate Ability

Vendetta [Keybind: R]
AbilityAffectsDamage
No Target Self Physical
Allows Nyx Assassin to become invisible and gain a speed bonus. If Nyx Assassin attacks to break the invisibility, massive bonus damage is dealt with the attack.
  • Fade time: 0
  • Duration: 20/35/50
  • Bonus movement speed: 16%/18%/20%
  • Bonus damage: 250/400/550
  • Cooldown: 70/60/50
  • Mana Cost: 160/210/260
Lore: The scarab kills for the glory of his queen.
  • Is not blocked by Spell Immunity.
  • If Nyx Assassin's invisibility expires, the bonus damage will not be applied to the next attack.
  • Nyx Assassin is revealed when he damages the target, not at the beginning of his attack.
  • Vendetta bonus damage cannot proc critical effects.
  • Going invisible using Vendetta does not break the channeling of a Town Portal Scroll.

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