Lich

Trivia

 * Lich's voice actor, Gary Schwartz also voiced the Heavy and Demoman classes in "Team Fortress 2", another title by Valve.
 * Lich's line upon casting, vo_lich_lich_ability_ritual 14.mp3 "Om nom nom!" refers to a line spoken by the Heavy which he uses upon consuming the Sandvich Edible Device.


 * In the first iteration of 's abilities (Pre 6.18), when the order of his three orbs determines the ability,  was one of his abilities and functioned almost identically as the current, and was mapped to.
 * also had the same Frost Nova ability with small differences in numbers.


 * Lich is almost entirely based on a Warcraft III hero. His title and name, "Lich, Kel'Thuzad" and all of his basic abilities except the ultimate are the same as the original Warcraft 3 hero, although entirely rebalanced around Dota.
 * In his transition to Dota 2, he kept his title (Lich), but his name got changed due to copyright reasons since Kel'Thuzad is a notable character from the Warcraft universe.
 * Lich's response vo_lich_lich_move_14.mp3 "Dead man drifting." is a reference to the line Warcraft_3_Lich_response_reference.wav "Dead man walking." spoken by the Warcraft 3 hero.


 * Anatomically, Lich's cranium has no visible sutures, another proof of his age.


 * vo_lich_lich_respawn_13.mp3 "Frost bitten, twice shy" is a reference to Great White albums: Once Bitten... and ...Twice Shy and also to the English idiom.


 * vo_lich_lich_rare_01.mp3 "And so the dead will bury the dead" is a reference from Bible (Luke 9:59-60), where Jesus said, "Let the dead bury the dead," in response to a disciple who wanted to bury his father before committing himself to the Lord.