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"Ancient creep" redirects here. For the neutral ancient camps, see Ancient Camps.

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.

List[]

  1. Ancient Black Dragon icon Ancient Black Dragon
  2. Ancient Black Drake icon Ancient Black Drake
  3. Ancient Frostbitten Golem icon Ancient Frostbitten Golem
  4. Ancient Granite Golem icon Ancient Granite Golem
  5. Ancient Ice Shaman icon Ancient Ice Shaman
  6. Ancient Rock Golem icon Ancient Rock Golem
  7. Ancient Thunderhide icon Ancient Thunderhide
  8. Ancient Rumblehide icon Ancient Rumblehide
  9. Ancient Prowler Shaman icon Ancient Prowler Shaman
  10. Ancient Prowler Acolyte icon Ancient Prowler Acolyte
  11. Roshan icon Roshan
  12. Animal Courier Radiant minimap icon Courier
  13. Brewmaster Earth minimap icon Earth
  14. Brewmaster Storm minimap icon Storm
  15. Brewmaster Fire minimap icon Fire
  16. Brewmaster Void minimap icon Void
  17. Elder Titan Astral Spirit icon Astral Spirit
  18. Visage Familiar icon Familiar
  19. Warlock Warlock Golem icon Warlock Golem
  20. Undying Tombstone icon 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.

1 Can target ancients when having Aghanim's Scepter icon Aghanim's Scepter. Still cannot be cast on creep-heroes.

2 Can target ancients after the required Talent talent is chosen. Still cannot be cast on creep-heroes.

3 Can target ancients after the required Talent talent is chosen. Still treats creep-heroes as heroes.

Unique[]

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

  • Frostbite icon
    Uses the hero duration against ancient creeps, rather than the creep duration.
  • Boulder Smash icon
    Cannot be cast on ancient creeps to smash them. Ancient creeps are affected by the damage/slow normally.
  • Omnislash icon
    Cannot be cast on ancient creeps. Can jump onto ancient creeps and damage them normally.
  • Infest icon
    Cannot be cast on ancient creeps when on level 1. Can target them normally when on level 2 or 3.
  • Sacred Arrow icon
    Does not instantly kill ancient creeps as it does when hitting regular creeps.
  • Sun Ray icon
    Does not affect/damage enemy ancient creeps. Does affect/heal allied ancient creeps.
  • Chakram icon
    Does not affect ancient creeps when passing through them. Does affect ancients while stationary.
  • Second Chakram icon
    Does not affect ancient creeps when passing through them. Does affect ancients while stationary.
  • Toss icon
    Cannot toss ancient creeps. Can target ancient creeps to toss units towards them.


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