Pause

Pause (sometimes called Banish) is a rare type of disable that completely disables a unit as well as blocking some passives such as Evasion, Invisibility, and some others.

Astral Imprisonment and Disruption will also render the unit both invulnerable and untargetable.

All pauses can affect allies as well as enemies. Chronosphere will not affect Faceless Void himself.

The following abilities will pause a target:


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Changes from Dota 1
Under the Warcraft III engine, these disables would literally pause units under their effects. This resulted in several secondary effects, including:


 * Disabling damage over time on unit, such as poison.
 * Preventing Damage Block.
 * Pausing effect durations, such as a stun duration that is not up when paused.
 * Pausing ability and item cooldowns.
 * Blocking passive health and mana regeneration.

Pauses do not have these secondary effects in Dota 2. Torrent was also considered a pause, but is now a Stun.