Templar Assassin

Lanaya, the Templar Assassin, is a very short-ranged agility hero capable of dealing huge bursts of physical damage to swathes of enemies with expert positioning and timing. Unlike most physical damage dealers, Lanaya reaches her damage potential quite early and then scales up from that point with carry items, letting her gank with impunity throughout the mid-game, and her short attack range increases from being comparable to that of a melee hero to a ranged hero with short reach as she levels Psi Blades.

Her Psionic Traps provide map control and the ability to chase down fleeing heroes from a distance, and Refraction and Meld lets you shrug off high-damage nukes and disjoint projectiles. With a Blink Dagger, Lanaya can quickly materialize in the enemy team's weakest flank and shred several heroes at once with her Meld and Psi Blades.

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 * In DotA, Templar Assassin makes numerous references to the game Starcraft, another famous RTS game by Blizzard. Her ability to manipulate psionic energy, the psi blades she wields, and the mention of her master being originally from Aiur in her DotA biography all apply to the Protoss, one of the three main races of the game. The description of Meld also describes it as the "Art of Shakuras". In Starcraft lore Shakuras is the capital of the Lenassa clan which is part of the Nerazim faction better known as Dark Templar. Lenassa templars are wearing cloth shrouds on their faces, and have purple warp blades and purple eyes.
 * Templar Assassin's rare response upon snapping a trap, vo_templar_assassin_temp_psionictrap_04.mp3 "It's a trap!" is a reference based on Star Wars' Admiral Ackbar's quote from "Return of the Jedi."
 * The response vo_templar_assassin_temp_rare_02.mp3 "My body is a temple for which I will kill." is a reference to the bible verse John 2:19-22.
 * Templar Assassin's response upon killing vo_templar_assassin_temp_rival_29.mp3 "Alright then, keep your secrets." is a reference to Frodo's quote in the 2001 film The Lord of the Rings.