Batrider
Hero
Batrider
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Batrider is a ranged intelligence hero who excels at initiation and harassing enemies. He is a mobile raider capable of dealing enormous amounts of damage, though he must close in on targets to pull it off. Batrider begins by spraying areas with Sticky Napalm, a stacking debuff useful for hindering enemies or gaining vision. In order to get a better view he activates Firefly, leaving a burning trail of liquid fire that scorches those who dare cross his path. Now able to cross through previously impassable terrain Batrider has free reign to decide how to continue his reign of terror. If he's feeling generous he'll hurl an explosive clocktail as a parting shot. More often, he seizes victims with Flaming Lasso and drags them back through his burning trail to the clutches of merciless allies. Used properly, Batrider is a fearsome hero constantly risking his own safety to incite fiery chaos and destruction.
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Bio[edit]
Batrider▶️ "It's not the bat you gotta worry about. She eats fruit."
Lore:
There is no such thing as harmony among the creatures of the Yama Raskav Jungle. By bite, or claw, or pincer, or hoof, even the slightest sign of weakness means a swift death. They say the Rider was just a lad cutting chaff in his family's field when he was taken, swept up by a massive morde-bat looking for take-out. But this boy had a better idea, and wriggled his way from his captor's grip, onto the beast's back, and hacked it down with his tools. Emerging from the bloody wreckage and intoxicated by the thrill of flight, the boy realized he'd found his calling.
The boy grew, and every summer he'd return to his family's field, often setting out into the bush seeking to reclaim that first thrill of facing death in the form of jaws or a fatal fall. The years went on, but his fire only grew stronger. He studied the overgrowth, plunging deeper with each expedition, until finally he found his way to the caves at the heart of hostility. They say the Rider, on the eve of a scorching summer night, had nothing but a rope, a bottle of liquid courage and a burning determination to feel the skies once more, when he plunged inside…
The boy grew, and every summer he'd return to his family's field, often setting out into the bush seeking to reclaim that first thrill of facing death in the form of jaws or a fatal fall. The years went on, but his fire only grew stronger. He studied the overgrowth, plunging deeper with each expedition, until finally he found his way to the caves at the heart of hostility. They say the Rider, on the eve of a scorching summer night, had nothing but a rope, a bottle of liquid courage and a burning determination to feel the skies once more, when he plunged inside…
Voice:
Abilities[edit]
Sticky Napalm
Drenches an area in sticky oil, amplifying damage from Batrider's attacks and abilities and slowing the movement speed and turn rate of enemies in the area. Additional casts of Sticky Napalm continue to increase damage, up to 10 stacks.
Cast Animation: 0+0
Cast Range: 550/600/650/700
Effect Radius: 375/400/425/450
Max Stacks: 10
Damage per Stack: 6/12/18/24 (
11/17/23/29)
11/17/23/29)Creep Damage Percentage: 50%
Move Speed Slow per Stack: 2%/4%/6%/8%
Turn Rate Slow: 10%/30%/50%/70%
Stack Duration: 8
3
20
Slow persists and attempts to damage if debuff was placed before spell immunity and when not dispelled.Modifiers
modifier_batrider_sticky_napalm: Dispellable with any dispel.It's not uncommon to hear the Rider cackle while he increases the flammability of his opponents.
Notes:
- Sticky Napalm can be cast without having to face towards the targeted area.
- Applies a debuff to enemies inside the area. Leaving or entering the area afterwards has no effect.
- Each cast refreshes the duration of the whole stack while adding one more instance.
- The debuff slows and causes the damage. It also shows the amount of current Sticky Napalm stacks on the target.
- Affected units also have a number above them, showing the amount of stacks. This number is only visible to Batrider and his allies, however, they require vision over the target to see it.
- Can slow movement speed for up to 20%/40%/60%/80%. One stack is enough to apply the full turn rate slow.
- Can deal up to 60/120/180/240 ( 110/170/230/290) damage per triggering damage instance (before reductions).
- Deals 50% less damage against creeps, dealing up to 30/60/90/120 ( 55/85/115/145) damage.
- Treats creep-heroes as creeps
- Deals 50% less damage against creeps, dealing up to 30/60/90/120 (
- Sticky Napalm triggers on any damage instance caused by Batrider, except from Orb of Venom, Orb of Corrosion, Radiance, Spirit Vessel, Urn of Shadows, Cloak of Flames, and damage with the no-reflection flag.
- Batrider himself has to cause the damage. Other units under his control do not trigger Sticky Napalm.
- Sticky Napalm deals its damage in a separate damage instance, right after the triggering damage.
- Provides 450 radius flying vision at the targeted point upon cast for 2 seconds.
Hurls an explosive cocktail that explodes when it reaches the target location, knocking back, and dealing damage over time to enemies in the area.
Cast Animation: 0.2+0.4
Cast Range: 1300
Effect Radius: 500
Impact Damage: 30/60/90/120
Damage per Second: 20
Knockback Distance: 300
Knockback Duration: 0.35
Damage Duration: 2/4/6/8
Number of Charges: 2 Charge Replenish Time: 18/17/16/15 18/ 0) 110/
Causes Flamebreak to have two charges and apply a Sticky Napalm charge on impact. Damages if debuff was placed before spell immunity and when not dispelled.Modifiers
modifier_flamebreak_knockback: Dispellable with any dispel. modifier_flamebreak_damage: Dispellable with any dispel.A molotov cocktail is the weapon of choice for Batrider.
Notes:
- Flamebreak travels at a speed of 1200 until reaching the targeted point.
- The projectile has 175 radius flying vision. This vision does not last.
- Knocks units back at a speed of 857.14, the knockback distance is always 300, no matter how far the unit is from the center.
- Also knocks affected enemies 100 units upwards, resulting in a small arc.
- Units are not disabled during the knockback. They can still turn, attack, cast spells and use items. Channeling abilities are not interrupted.
- Can push units over impassable terrain. Any tree a knocked back unit collides with gets destroyed.
- Applies a debuff on enemies upon projectile impact which deals damage in 1-second intervals, starting 1 second after it is placed, resulting in 2/4/6/8 instances.
- Can deal up to 70/140/210/280 damage (before reductions).
- The burn debuff from successive does not stack, but adds to the existing debuff's duration instead.
- Flamebreak first applies the Sticky Napalm debuff, the impact damage, the debuff, then the knockback.
- With Aghanim's Shard, if Sticky Napalm is not learned, no stacks are applied.
- When acquiring Aghanim's Shard, Batrider immediately gains 1 extra charge.
- Does not affect Roshan.
Firefly
Cast Animation: 0+0
Damage Radius: 200
Damage per Second: 10/30/50/70
Move Speed Bonus: 3%/6%/9%/12%
Vision Bonus: 200/400/600/800
Duration: 15 ( 21.5)
21.5) 40/ 125
Illusions created during Firefly do not fly.Modifiers
modifier_batrider_firefly: Dispellable with death only.When an enemy escapes into the Yama Raskav Jungle, most would cut through the brush to find the fugitive. Batrider just chooses to destroy the jungle along with his foes.
Notes:
- Firefly interrupts Batrider's channeling abilities upon cast.
- Temporarily grants Batrider unobstructed movement, allowing him to path over impassable terrain, units, buildings, and trees.
- The entire ability lasts for 15 ( 21.5) seconds, meaning when the duration ends, the entire flame trail disappears at once as well.
- The duration increasing talent does not affect any of Batrider's currently ongoing Firefly instances.
- The duration increasing
- Damage is dealt to every enemy unit which comes within 200 radius of the fire trail.
- Deals 5/15/25/35 damage per interval, starting 0.1 seconds after cast, the first interval is 0.4 seconds, the rest are 0.5 seconds, resulting in 31 ( 44) damage instances.
- Can deal up to 155/465/775/1085 ( 220/660/1100/1540) damage to a single unit (before reductions) when the affected unit stays in range for the full duration.
- Can deal up to 155/465/775/1085 (
- During Firefly, every tree within 100 radius of Batrider is destroyed.
- The fire trails from successive casts fully stack. Each cast creates its buff with its own fire trail.
- When Batrider dies during Firefly, the already existing fire on the ground still stays for the remaining duration.
- The buffs remain visible in the HUD, and are now only responsible for keeping the already existing fire up.
- This means when respawning before they expire, they do not make Batrider fly again or make him leave fire behind again.
- Does not affect Roshan.
Flaming Lasso
Lassoes an enemy and drags them in Batrider's wake. Victims cannot be dragged over impassable terrain. Dragged units cannot move, attack, or use abilities. Teleporting or blinking will break the lasso.
Cast Animation: 0.2+0.4
Cast Range: 175
Break Distance: 425
Damage per Second: 35/55/75
Duration: 3/3.5/4
Secondary Target Search Radius: 600 120/ 85/80/75) 225
Flaming Lasso grabs both its target, as well as the target's nearest allied hero within range. The secondary target is tethered to the first.
Blocked fully only when primary target. When blocked, Batrider is not disarmed either.Modifiers
modifier_batrider_flaming_lasso: Dispellable with strong dispels. modifier_batrider_flaming_lasso_damage: Dispellable with strong dispels. modifier_batrider_flaming_lasso_self: Dispellable with death only.Few dare to ask to ride on the bat, as Batrider gives them free of charge.
Notes:
- Flaming Lasso fully disables the target for its duration.
- Batrider is disarmed during Flaming Lasso. The disarm either lasts 3/3.5/4 seconds, or until the lasso is broken, whichever is shorter.
- Drags the targeted unit 300 distance behind Batrider. Despite the ability description, it can drag the target over impassable terrain.
- If Batrider teleports a distance greater than 425, the lasso breaks.
- Flaming Lasso overrides every other position changing effect, making only teleports able to break the lasso.
- If the target gets teleported any distance (even a 0 range teleport is enough), the lasso breaks.
- The lasso also breaks when either Batrider or the target dies. Casting Dismember or Walrus Kick on the lasso target breaks the lasso as well.
- Deals damage in 1-second intervals, starting immediately upon cast, with a total of 3/3/4 instances.
- Can deal up to 105/165/300 damage per target (before reductions).
- Cannot be cast on, but can drag invulnerable and hidden units.
- Can be cast on Roshan, but he is neither disabled, dragged nor damaged. Batrider is still disarmed.
- It is possible to have multiple units lassoed at the same time (e.g. by using Refresher Orb).
- With Aghanim's Scepter, the closest allied hero (including creep-heroes and illusions) of the enemy target within 600 range is lassoed as well.
- The secondary target is bound to the first, so it is dragged after it, at the same distance as the primary target is dragged behind Batrider.
- This means the secondary target is dragged 600 distance behind Batrider.
- The secondary lasso is independent from the primary. When the primary lasso is broken, its target can act freely while the secondary target remains being dragged by it.
Talents[edit]
| Hero Talents | ||
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| -35s Flaming Lasso Cooldown | 25 | +6.5s Firefly Duration |
| +30 Movement Speed | 20 | +20% Magic Resistance |
| +250 Health | 15 | +5 Sticky Napalm Damage |
| +6 Armor | 10 | +5% Spell Amplification |
Notes:
- The health talent increases maximum health capacity, and keeps the current health percentage.
- The magic resistance talent stacks multiplicatively with other sources of magic resistance.
- Increases Batrider's magic resistance to 40%.
Recent Changes[edit]
Main Article: Batrider/Changelogs
Version
Description
- Increased base movement speed from 295 to 300.
- Increased base attack range from 375 to 400.
- Increased base attack damage from 16-20 to 19-23.
- Reduced turn rate from 1 to 0.9.
- Flamebreak
- Multiple instances of the debuff no longer stack.
- Hitting the same target with a second cast now adds its duration to the existing debuff's duration.
- Reduced cast backswing from 0.63 to 0.4.
- Reduced cast range from 1500 to 1300.
- Flaming Lasso
- Reduced cast backswing from 0.63 to 0.4.
- Increased damage per second from 20/40/60 to 35/55/75.
- Reworked Aghanim's Shard upgrade:
- Old: Allows Flaming Lasso to be cast on allied units, granting them 80% incoming damage reduction. Goes on a 20 second cooldown when targeting allies.
- New: Replaces Flamebreak cooldown with 2 charges that have a 18/17/16/15 second replenish time, and causes it to apply one stack of Sticky Napalm on impact.
- Talents:
- Level 10 left talent: +4 armor increased to +6.
- Level 20 right talent changed: 2 Flamebreak charges ➜ +20% magic resistance.
Recommended Items[edit]
Starting items:
- Tango gives needed health regeneration during the laning phase.
- Healing Salve restores health to Batrider to keep him in lane.
- Iron Branch gives cheap health, mana, and damage and can build into Magic Wand.
- Clarity sustains mana in lane to keep using abilities.
- Wind Lace increases movement speed to make plays in the offlane, and it can upgrade to Tranquil Boots.
Early game:
- Boots of Speed increases movement speed to keep Firefly on targets.
- Magic Stick helps with sustainability through burst health and mana restoration.
Mid game:
- Tranquil Boots provides a source of health regeneration and huge movement speed bonus to allow Batrider to remain in lane.
- Magic Wand provides attributes and more burst health and mana than Magic Stick.
- Drum of Endurance gives attributes and mana regeneration; but more importantly, the movement speed allows Batrider to quickly grab target with Flaming Lasso to his team.
- Blink Dagger offers exceptional mobility for Batrider to easily go for Flaming Lasso, the most important item for him.
- Force Staff can be used while Lassoing a target, allowing you to drag them even further.
Late game:
- Black King Bar protects Batrider from disables, meaning he can drag the target further out of position without dying as quickly himself.
- Shiva's Guard has an active slow that may prevent enemies from reacting to your initiation; the damage it deals can put their Blink Dagger on cooldown. Also, it gives armor and intelligence for sustainability.
Situational items:
- Infused Raindrops gives early mana regeneration and absorbs some magical damage.
- Eul's Scepter of Divinity gives movement speed to improve Flaming Lasso's drag distance, mana regeneration to help spam your abilities, and also another disable to aid in teamfights or to disjoint projectiles.
- Gem of True Sight, along with the additional vision of Firefly and flying vision of Sticky Napalm, enables Batrider to initiate safely from the covers of trees with True Sight.
- Ghost Scepter provides some attributes and makes Batrider invulnerable to physical attacks, a great item to escape or complete your initiation without dying too quickly against carries. It can be also upgraded into Ethereal Blade, which Batrider can freely use, due to his damage output consisting only from magical damage.
- Ethereal Blade provides extra attributes and allows Batrider to defend himself from physical attacks, or to increase damage output and to apply a disarm on a targeted enemy.
- Dagon gives Batrider extra magical damage output and some burst potency, which allows him to kill the enemy affected by Flaming Lasso.
- Boots of Travel gives unmatched global presence and the extra movement speed allows Batrider to drag enemies further.
- Rod of Atos gives attributes to Batrider and can root a target, preventing them from moving.
- Aghanim's Scepter allows Batrider to latch Flaming Lasso on two heroes instead of one, giving tremendous control, especially in the late game.
- Linken's Sphere grants regeneration, attributes, and a Spellblock to protect Batrider during an execution of Flaming Lasso.
- Scythe of Vyse gives attributes, mana regeneration, and a hex to further disable a single target, which proves deadly in the late game.
- Octarine Core supplies health and mana. The Cooldown Reduction allows Batrider to keep using abilities, which is especially threatening to enemies with an increased frequency of Flaming Lasso.
Gameplay[edit]
| Roles: | Initiator Jungler Disabler Escape |
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| Complexity: | ★★☆ |
| Playstyle: | While most would find being kidnapped by a morde-bat to be a terrifying ordeal, one particular young man found the incident exhilarating. Seeking to relive the thrill of flight, he entered the Yama Raskav Jungle, and came out high above the canopy as the Batrider. Atop his leathery mount, he drenches targets below in Sticky Napalm, increasing their flammability before setting the land ablaze with Firefly. He hurls an explosive cocktail, knocking foes away with Flamebreak. Want a ride? That can be arranged. The Batrider spots heroes from above, and throws out the Flaming Lasso to string them along for an experience they will not soon forget. |
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Trivia[edit]
- Batrider is occasionally referred to as "Batman" in game, mostly due to the recent popularity of Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy starring Christian Bale and Gary Oldman.
- In DotA, Batrider's full name was "Jin'zakk, the Batrider". In Dota 2, his name was removed for unspecified reasons.
- After killing Faceless Void, Batrider says ▶️ "Hey Void! Have you seen Bat to the Future?", which is a reference to the film "Back to The Future"
- Batrider's unused kill response "Scuse me while I cook this guy." is likely a reference to the song Purple Haze by Jimi Hendrix.
- Batrider's concept may well be based on Project X-Ray, a military strategy developed during World War II which involved using bats equipped with small, timed, napalm-like incendiaries to decimate towns (See Alexis C. Madrigal's "Old, Weird Tech: The Bat Bombs of World War II," in The Atlantic, 14 April 2011).
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