Bristleback

Rigwarl the Bristleback is a melee strength hero famous for his array of synergistic spells with low mana cost and cooldown. He is able to slow his enemies down and reduce their armor with Viscous Nasal Goo, then hit them with a barrage of Quill Sprays, making him an effective chaser when ganking enemies. His low strength gain makes him less tanky than most strength heroes, but he becomes substantially more durable when he turns around due to his passive Bristleback, which reduces damage taken from behind. In the right hands, Bristleback is a powerful ganker in the early stages of the game, and a powerful hard carry in the later stages depending on how much farm he gets.

Talents

 * Health regen and mana regen are added as bonuses and do not benefit illusions.
 * Upgrading health increases maximum health capacity and keeps the current health percentage.
 * Respawn reductions cannot reduce respawn time below 1 second.

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Audio
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History
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Trivia

 * In DotA, Bristleback's hero model was a quillboar, having a much more boar-like appearance. His loss of boar-like features in Dota 2 was likely made to distinguish him from the quillboar race in the Warcraft universe. As well, his hero title shares the name of a large quillboar tribe in World of Warcraft.
 * Beta information revealed that Bristleback's original name was supposedly to be "Bristlebog", probably to avoid conflict with the aforementioned Bristleback tribe in World of Warcraft.
 * According to an unused voice response, Bristleback was originally designed with tusks.
 * According to Lycan's response ( lycan_rival_20.mp3 A boar is a wolf's natural prey), Bristleback was originally designed to be boar-like.
 * A silhouette of what appears to be can be seen in Bristleback's splash artwork, seemingly still having a beta model/texture.