Wraith King

Ostarion, the Wraith King, is a melee strength hero, as well as a carry and tank, capable of both dealing and taking plenty of damage. His infamous Reincarnation allows the Wraith King to rise again after death, acting like an Aegis of the Immortal, making him especially difficult to kill. But if left alive, the Wraith King can wreak havoc upon his enemies; his Wraithfire Blast provides reliable damage and a stun on a short cooldown, Vampiric Spirit grants himself sizeable lifesteal and passively helps make short work of foes, while its active allows for quick pushing. Mortal Strike is a guaranteed critical strike that triggers every few seconds and is Wraith King's primary form of high sustained damage, especially in the lategame, once he has enough farm and levels. A lumbering and straightforward hero, Wraith King can nonetheless become a terrifying lategame carry who is nigh-immortal if left unchecked.

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Trivia

 * Prior to December 13 of 2013, Ostarion, the Wraith King was known as  Ostarion, the Skeleton King.
 * On December 10 of 2013, Skeleton King was removed from the game for "pressing ceremonial reasons". After the Wraith Night event, he returned as the Wraith King.
 * His model was completely reworked from the previous skeleton model to the current model. His color theme was changed from red to green and all his icons were changed accordingly.
 * He also got a new voice set, by the same voice actor who also voiced Skeleton King previously. Skeleton King's responses can be found here.
 * For The International 10 Battle Pass, however, Skeleton King would return as Wraith King's Arcana, which can be acquired by players that reach Level 375.
 * In DotA 1, Wraith King's (who is still known as the Skeleton King in DotA 1) name is Leoric. This is a reference to the Skeleton King of Diablo who is also named Leoric. In the transition to Dota 2, his name was changed to Ostarion to avoid copyright issues.
 * Copyright issues may also be a reason to why Skeleton King was remodeled and re-titled into Wraith King. Another likely factor for the remodeling was to solve many cosmetic item conflicts with the low-violence model which was made for the Perfect World client. A low-violence model was required for Skeleton King due to strict policies in China against the usage of skeletons in video games.
 * Wraith King's responses for buying vo_skeleton_king_wraith_items_02.mp3 "I NOW HAVE ALL THE SEXY", buying a  vo_skeleton_king_wraith_items_18.mp3 "Oh, Rapier. NOW YOUR KING IS BALLING OUT OF CONTROL!" and his battle begin line vo_skeleton_king_wraith_ally_01.mp3 "I'LL HELP MY WEAK AND PUNY ALLIES WHERE I CAN." are a reference to a popular DotA hero guide called "CAPS LOCK LEORIC".
 * When Dota Plus first emerged with the use of a Hero's responses, many community members asked Valve to properly make the text of all of Wraith King's lines in all caps, which was done after multiple requests.
 * In several responses, he refers to himself as the "Once and Future King", which is also a title for the legendary King Arthur.
 * One of Wraith King's lines is "We'll lead as three kings" when he activates an . This line is a reference to the three kings or three wise men story from Christmas.

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