Ancient (unit type)

The Ancient unit tag causes the tagged units to be treated differently by spells and other effects. It also turns them completely immune (i.e. untargetable) for some spells, mainly spells which instantly kill the target.

The following units are ancient creeps:, , , , , , , , , , , , , , Astral Spirit, , ,  Tombstone.

Spell interactions
If a spell has different effects on heroes as it does on creeps, then it uses the creep effect on ancient creeps. For example, spells with different durations on creeps than on heroes use the creep duration.

Not affecting
The following spells are unable to target or affect units tagged as ancients.

The following spells cannot target units tagged as ancients by default, but can be made to target them with upgrades.

1 These spells can target or affect ancients when having.

2 These spells can target or affect ancients after the required talent is chosen.

Note: If the target is a creep-hero with the ancient unit tag, these spells still treat them as heroes, Holy Persuasion and Devour still cannot target them and Enchant slows them, rather than converting.

Unique
The following spells treat units tagged as ancients differently than regular creeps.

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