Attack Range

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▶️ On target! — Sniper

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The attack range is the maximum distance of how far a normal attack would hit between the attacker and the unit being attacked. The attack range itself is not what decides if a unit is classified as Ranged or Melee. This characteristic is set for each unit individually, regardless of their actual attack range. This means that it is possible for a melee unit to have a higher attack range than a ranged unit.

Definitions

Some heroes have abilities that allow them to switch between melee and ranged form, allowing them to benefit from both forms for a timed duration.

Attack Range Type	Mechanics	Examples
Melee Heroes	Attacks	Hits the target instantly upon reaching their attack point. If the enemy target is 350 range farther than the attacker's range, the attack (including instant attacks) will always miss, unless they have True Strike. If the enemy target is close enough to the edge to be within the hero's range, they can attack up cliffs. Attacks can use the Cleave mechanic.
	Damage Block	Innate ability to melee heroes.
	Misc	Have attack range bonus when attacking Observer and Sentry Wards. Flying Courier receive additional damage from melee heroes. May have certain restrictions applied on item bonuses.
Ranged Heroes	Attacks	Has a ranged attack projectile and uses a projectile speed. The attack projectile projectile landing time can be defined as expr BaseProjectileSpeed / DistanceBetweenTarget Can be disjointed. Has a 25% miss chance when attacking a target on uphill or higher elevation May have certain restrictions applied on item bonuses.
	Misc	May have certain restrictions applied on item bonuses.

Miss Chance

Main Article: Evasion

For melee units, if the target is farther than 350 range more than the melee unit's attack range, the attack 100% misses, True Strike does not guarantee hits on units outside of the buffer range. For most melee heroes, the attack buffer range is defined as:
Total Melee Buffer Range = Unit Total Attack Range + Attacker Bound Radius + Target Bound Radius + 350

For ranged units, they are affected by the uphill miss chance. it causes 25% of the ranged attacks to miss if the attacking unit is at a lower terrain level as the target, regardless of the terrain level difference. A unit is considered to be on higher elevated terrain when it is no longer visible to the player due to the terrain. When an enemy stands on a relatively higher ramp, uphill miss chance applies whether if the attacked unit is within vision or not.

Motion Buffer

See also: Cast Range and Bound Radius

The default motion buffer range for attack range is 250, this range prevents attacks (and unit-targeted abilities) from canceling when the target moves out of the attack range, or before reaching the attack point.

For all normal attacks, this can be defined as:
Actual Attack Range = Total Attack Range + Attacker Bound Radius + Target Bound Radius

Example 1

Maximum Distance for Attackable Range

A Tower (Tier 1) is attacking Marci. Without other attack range-increasing sources, what is the maximum distance a normal attack would hit between the attacker and the unit being attacked?

Tower (Tier 1) attack range: 700

Tower (Tier 1) bound radius: 144

Marci bound radius: 24

Maximum attack range against Marci

= 700 + 144 + 24

= 868

The Tower (Tier 1) has a 868 maximum attack range against Marci. Since the Tower cannot move, the 250 attack range buffer does not apply in this case.

Example 1b

With Attack Buffer Range

Muerta is attacking Marci. Without other attack range-increasing sources, what is the maximum distance a normal attack would hit between the attacker and the unit being attacked?

Muerta attack range: 575

Muerta bound radius: 24

Marci bound radius: 24

Motion buffer distance: 250

Maximum attack range against Marci

= 575 + 24 + 24

= 623

Muerta has a 623 maximum attack range against Marci, and her attack cancels when Marci is beyond 873 distance from her.

Therefore, units with a smaller bound radius will have a lesser actual attack range value against them.

Acquisition Range

In order to prevent units from automatically attacking any visible enemy unit, they have a certain acquisition range. This range determines how close an enemy has to get in order for the unit to attack it automatically. Since this only goes for auto attacks, this range has no influence on units that have auto attack set to ◎ Never in the game options.

The default acquisition range is 600 for melee heroes, and 800 for ranged heroes. There are some exceptions to this mainly due to abilities.

Acquisition Range Table
Heroes		Acquisition Range
	Melee Heroes	600
	Ranged Heroes	800
	Sniper with Take Aim learned	950
	Rubick in True Form or Berserker's Rage ranged form	800
	Dragon Knight in Elder Dragon Form	600
	Lone Druid in True Form	600
	Terrorblade in Metamorphosis form	600

Base Attack Range

Base Attack Range consists of one fixed value set for each unit individually. It can be further modified by attack range bonuses based on the unit's attack range type.

Heroes

Most melee heroes have an attack range of 150.

Heroes	Attack range
	150
	170
	175
	200
	225
	250
	300
	330
	350
	365
	380
	400
	425
	450
	475
	480
	500
	525
	550
	575
	600
	620
	625
	630
	650
	670
	675

Creeps

Units	Attack range
Ancient Frostbitten Golem, Ancient Rock Golem, Centaur Conqueror, Centaur Courser, Fell Spirit, Flagbearer Creep, Hellbear, Hellbear Smasher, Kobold, Kobold Soldier, Mega Flagbearer Creep, Mega Melee Creep, Melee Creep, Mud Golem, Necronomicon Warrior, Ogre Bruiser, Ogre Frostmage, Satyr Mindstealer, Satyr Tormenter, Shard Golem, Spiderite, Spiderling, Super Flagbearer Creep, Super Melee Creep, Treant, Warpine Raider	100
Kobold Foreman	110
Wraith King Skeleton	115
Ancient Granite Golem, Undying Zombie, Wildwing, Wildwing Ripper	128
Roshan	150
Dark Troll Summoner, Hill Troll	250
Satyr Banisher	280
Ancient Black Dragon, Ancient Black Drake, Ancient Rumblehide, Ancient Thunderhide, Harpy Scout	300
Forged Spirit	300/365/430/495/560/625/690/755
Ghost	400
Eidolon	425/450/475/500
Harpy Stormcrafter	450
Necronomicon Archer	450/500/550
Ancient Ice Shaman, Hill Troll Berserker, Mega Ranged Creep, Ranged Creep, Super Ranged Creep, Vhoul Assassin	500
Boar	550
Hill Troll Priest	600
Mega Siege Creep, Siege Creep, Super Siege Creep	690
Minor Imp	80
Alpha Wolf, Giant Wolf, Lycan Lane Wolf, Lycan Wolf, Skeleton Warrior	90

Summons

Summons	Attack range
Earth, Fire, Spirit Bear, Void	150
Familiar	180
Warlock Golem	225
Mars Soldier	275
Storm	600

Modifying Attack Range

Attack Range
Heroes	Base	Modified	Talent Bonus	Notes
	675	735/795/855/915	1035/1095/1155/1215	Chilling Touch base and talent bonus
	600		950	Generic attack range bonus
	575	1250		Sproink Impetus attack range buffer
1	575	600/640/680/720	640/680/720/760	Poison Attack cast range
			615	Generic attack range bonus
	550	680/770/860/950	780/870/960/1050	Take Aim bonus Generic attack range bonus
		880/970/1060/1150	980/1070/1160/1250	Take Aim active bonus Generic attack range bonus
	550	510		True Form attack range loss
	510	550		Druid Form attack range gain
	500	575/650/725/800		Lil' Shredder bonus
	475	1075		Shadow Realm bonus
	425	775/825/875/925		Arctic Burn bonus
1	400	450		Burning Spear cast range
1	400	600	800	Liquid Fire / Liquid Frost cast range
			600	Generic attack range bonus
	200	280/330/380/430	400/450/500/550	Psi Blades base and talent bonus
	150	490/510/530/550		Metamorphosis bonus
	150	500	650	Elder Dragon Form base and talent bonus
	150	350		Tree Grab attack range

¹ See attack modifiers for details.

Spell Steal

Main Article: Spell Steal Interactions

Most abilities acquired with Spell Steal which modifies attack range also fully affect Rubick's attack range for their duration when stolen and used, with the exception of Elder Dragon Form and Metamorphosis. See here for details.

Increasing Sources

The following list also includes certain active attack modifiers' that grant attack range bonus. The cast range of active attack modifiers can only be further increased by attack range bonuses of the same range type as the caster.

Attack Range Increasing Sources

• Ancient Apparition – Chilling Touch
• Dragon Knight – Elder Dragon Form
• Drow Ranger – Glacier
• Hoodwink – Acorn Shot³
• Snapfire – Lil' Shredder
• Sniper – Take Aim
• Templar Assassin – Psi Blades
• Terrorblade – Metamorphosis
• Terrorblade – Terror Wave
• Winter Wyvern – Arctic Burn
• Viper – Poison Attack³

¹ Requires talent.

^2a Requires Aghanim's Scepter.

^2b Requires Aghanim's Shard.

³ Applies only to the ability's projectiles.

Ranged Heroes

The following sources only affect ranged heroes.

Ranged Attack Range Increasing Sources

• Dark Willow – Shadow Realm
• Dragon Lance – Dragon's Reach
• Enchanted Quiver – Ranged Attack Range Bonus
• Enchanted Quiver – Certain Strike
• Telescope – Prescient Aura
• Grove Bow – Ranged Attack Range Bonus
• Hurricane Pike – Dragon's Reach
• Hurricane Pike – Hurricane Thrust

¹ Requires talent.

^2a Requires Aghanim's Scepter.

^2b Requires Aghanim's Shard.

Talents

Attack Range

Ability
Passive

Affects
Self

There is no description for this ability.

Attack Range Bonus: Varies

• Increases the hero's attack range.

• The following values exist:
  • 50/75/100/125/150/175/200/250/275/300/325/400

The following heroes have a talent that grants them attack range.

Bonus	Level 10		Level 15		Level 20		Level 25
	Left	Right	Left	Right	Left	Right	Left	Right
Attack Range		+200		+75				+100

Besides these, the following heroes have other specific attack range talents:

Specific Attack Range Talents

• Shadow Shaman - Talent by Level 15 Right
  
  +140 Serpent Wards Attack Range:
  
• Witch Doctor - Talent by Level 20 Right
  
  +75 Death Ward Attack Range:
  

Melee Heroes

The following sources only affect melee heroes.

Melee Attack Range Increasing Sources

• Broom Handle – Melee Attack Range Bonus
• Penta-Edged Sword – Melee Attack Range Bonus

Reducing Sources

Percentage-based reductions are calculated after all flat values, and can be defined as:

Σ Attack Range = (Base Attack Range ± Σ Flat Values) × %-Attack Range Multipliers

Attack Range Reducing Sources

• Lone Druid – True Form
• Troll Warlord – Berserker's Rage
• Tinker – Warp Flare

¹ Requires talent.

^2a Requires Aghanim's Scepter.

^2b Requires Aghanim's Shard.

Set Base Attack Range

These abilities sets the attack range of the caster or affected unit to a value.

Set Base Attack Range Abilities

• Lycan - Shapeshift
  
  Set Base Attack Range: 150
  Shapeshifts the caster a melee wolf.
• Lycan - Wolf Bite
  
  Set Base Attack Range: 150
  Shapeshifts the affected target into a melee wolf.
• Tiny - Tree Grab
  
  Set Base Attack Range: 350
  Sets the caster's attack range to the specific value.

Active Attack Modifiers

All active attack modifier-based abilities' cast range is based on the caster's attack range. The cast range can be further increased by other attack range bonuses of the caster's range type. For example, Dragon Lance for ranged heroes and Penta-Edged Sword for melee heroes. These active attack modifiers are not affected by cast range bonuses.

Depending on the ability itself, certain abilities use the cast range when cast manually (or when using the designated Hotkey) and use the hero's attack range when set to Autocast. This information can be found in the abilities' respective notes.

Active Attack Modifiers

• Ancient Apparition – Chilling Touch
• Bounty Hunter – Jinada
• Doom – Infernal Blade
• Drow Ranger – Frost Arrows
• Enchantress – Impetus
• Huskar – Burning Spear
• Jakiro – Liquid Fire
• Jakiro – Liquid Frost
• Kunkka – Tidebringer
• Outworld Destroyer – Arcane Orb
• Shadow Fiend – Necromastery^2b
• Silencer – Glaives of Wisdom
• Tusk – Walrus PUNCH!
• Viper – Poison Attack
• Weaver – Geminate Attack
• Tusk – Walrus PUNCH!

¹ Requires a talent.

^2a Requires Aghanim's Scepter.

^2b Requires Aghanim's Shard.

³ Requires Aghanim's Shard.

⁴ Can be further increased by both attack range bonuses and cast range bonuses.

Recent Changes

Main Article: Attack Range/Changelogs

Version

Description

7.30c

• Clinkz's attack range reduced from 625 to 600.

7.29

• Underlord's attack range increased from 175 to 200.
• Pudge's attack range increased from 150 to 175

7.27b

• Doom's attack range increased from 175 to 200.

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