Animal Courier (Item)

This page is about the old item. For the current unit, see Courier.

Main Article: Courier

Animal Courier was an item purchasable at the Base Shop, under Consumables.

Animal Courier
Losing the courier is punishable by death.
Removed Item Magical Cost 50 Sell Value 25 Stock 1 INIT / 1 MAX 36000 Active Deploy Courier Charges 1 INIT Bonus ? Shareable Destroyable Usage Alert ? Recipe

Ability

Deploy Courier

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Ability
No Target

Deploys a creature to carry items to and from your team's base.

Number of Couriers: 1

Courier Respawn Time: 120

Courier Duration: Permanent

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• Interrupts the user's channeling spells upon cast.

• The Animal Courier is not a valid target for most spells. A list of spells which affect the courier can be found here.

• All couriers are controllable by the entire team, no matter who buys and deploys the courier.

• When deployed, the courier always appears in front of the team's fountain, no matter where the hero was upon deploying it.

• When a courier dies, the opposing team's heroes get gold each. If there already is a dead courier, no gold is granted.
  • However, an enemy making the killing blow on a courier always gets the gold bounty.

• The Animal Courier is invulnerable when near its team's fountain.

• When an Animal Courier dies, it respawns in 120 seconds at the team's fountain. While dead, items in its inventory are inaccessible.

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