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A Way With Worgs

The first round of Dark Moon consists of Worgs and Alpha Worgs. This round is split up into 2 phases:

• Initially, 3 packs of 12 Worgs spawn randomly at the spawn locations. They spawn in 8 second intervals, starting immediately as the round begins. They spawn a total of 4 times, resulting in 144 Worgs.
• In the second phase, which begins 45 seconds after the round began, which is 21 seconds after the previous phase's last wave spawned, 3 packs of 7 Worgs and 2 Alpha Worgs spawn. These spawn in 5 second intervals, starting immediately as this phase begins. These spawn a total of 6 times, resulting in 126 Worgs and 36 Alpha Worgs
• Altogether, this round spawns 270 Worgs and 36 Alpha Worgs, 306 units in total.

The Worgs have a passive Critical Strike. The Alpha Worgs have the same Critical Strike, and also have Packleader's Aura, an attack damage boosting aura.

Worg
Neutral Creep
Health 45 +0.5 Mana 200 +1 Level 1 Armor 0 Magic Resistance 0% Attack Damage ▶️ Basic [?] 20 ‒ 22 Attack Range 100 Acquisition Range 500 Attack Animation 0.33+? Projectile Speed Instant Move Speed ▶️ 310 (100) Turn Rate 0.5 Collision Size 24 Vision Range (G) 800 Bounty 0 Experience 3 Model Scale 0.7

Critical Strike

Ability
Passive

Affects
Enemies

The Worg's ferocious attacks occasionally tear a vital tendon, inflicting critical damage.

Proc Chance: 20%

Critical Damage: 200%

• Modified values: None, uses the default Giant Wolf Critical Strike.

• Increases attack damage by an average of 20%.

• Critical Strike uses pseudo-random distribution.

Alpha Worg
Neutral Creep
Health 200 +0.5 Mana 350 +1 Level 1 Armor 2 Magic Resistance 0% Attack Damage ▶️ Basic [?] 47 ‒ 57 Attack Range 128 Acquisition Range 500 Attack Animation 0.33+? Projectile Speed Instant Move Speed ▶️ 310 (100) Turn Rate 0.5 Collision Size 24 Vision Range (G) 800 Bounty 0 Experience 3 Model Scale 1

Critical Strike

Ability
Passive

Affects
Enemies

The cruel Alpha Worg attacks his enemy's unprotected vitals at every opportunity, inflicting critical damage.

Proc Chance: 20%

Critical Damage: 200%

• Modified values: None, uses the default Alpha Wolf Critical Strike.

• Increases attack damage by an average of 20%.

• Critical Strike uses pseudo-random distribution.

Packleader's Aura

Ability
Aura

Affects
Allies

The Alpha Worg's ruthless attacks do extra damage. His commanding presence inspires nearby allies to attack ruthlessly as well.

Radius: 900

Attack Damage Bonus: 30%

Modifiers

Alpha Wolf Command Aura Bonus

Death

• Modified values: None, uses the default Alpha Wolf Packleader's Aura.

• Only increases base damage and that given by the primary attribute of affected units. Raw bonus damage is not increased.

• The aura's buff lingers for 0.5 seconds.

• Fully stacks with other attack damage increasing auras.

Don't Count Your Chickens

The second round of Dark Moon consists of Tamed Wildwings and Acolytes of Dezun. Every 10 seconds, starting immediately as the round begins, 3 groups of 5 Tamed Wildwings and 1 Acolyte of Dezun spawn randomly at the spawn locations. This means every 10 seconds, 15 Tamed Wildwings and 3 Acolytes of Dezun spawn. The waves spawn 6 times, resulting in a total of 180 Wildwings and 36 Acolytes of Dezun, 216 units in total.

The Tamed Wildwings do not have any abilities, but come in greater numbers. The Acolytes of Dezun have a slightly modified version Shadow Wave, which they use whenever 2 allied units are at low health. They directly target the wounded ally, so quickly killing that target cancels the cast, delaying it further.

Tamed Wildwing
Neutral Creep
Health 180 +0.5 Mana 500 +0 Level 1 Armor 0 Magic Resistance 0% Attack Damage ▶️ Basic [?] 25 ‒ 30 Attack Range 128 Acquisition Range 500 Attack Animation 0.3+0.64 Projectile Speed Instant Move Speed ▶️ 300 (100) Turn Rate 0.5 Collision Size 24 Vision Range (G) 800 Bounty 0 Experience 6 Model Scale 0.8

Acolyte of Dezun
Neutral Creep-Hero
Health 470 +0.5 Mana 500 +0 Level 1 Armor 2 Magic Resistance 0% Attack Damage Basic [?] 30 ‒ 35 Attack Range 500 Acquisition Range 500 Attack Animation 0.3+? Projectile Speed 1200 Move Speed 340 (100) Turn Rate 0.5 Collision Size 24 Vision Range (G) 800 Bounty 0 Experience 6 Model Scale 1.25

Shadow Wave

▶️ED

Ability
Target Unit

Affects
Allies / Enemies

Damage
Physical

Sends out a bolt of power that arcs between allies, healing them while damaging any units standing nearby. The Acolyte of Dezun is always healed by Shadow Wave.

Cast Animation: 1.5+0

Cast Range: 600

Damage Radius: 185

Bounce Distance: 475

Number of Bounces: 3

Heal: 100

Damage: 100

 12

 80

• Modified values: Cast time, number of bounces, heal, damage, mana cost, cooldown.

• During the cast time, pink paritcle effect appear around the Acolyte, indicating that it is about to be cast.

• Shadow Wave has no bounce delay, so all targets are healed at the same time.

• Regardless of the target, the Acolyte of Dezun is always healed without counting towards the number of bounces, effectively healing 4 units.

• Can heal up to 400 health when all bounces hit.

• The damage radius is centered around each healed unit. An enemy unit can get damaged by all healed units per cast.

• Can deal up to 400 damage to a single unit (before reductions).

Nyx Nyx Nyx

The third round of Dark Moon consists of Hellbears and Zealot Scarabs. Every 8 seconds, starting immediately as the round begins, 3 groups of 8 Hellbears and 1 Zealot Scarab spawn randomly at the spawn locations. This means every 8 seconds, 24 Hellbears and 3 Zealot Scarabs spawn. The waves spawn 6 times, resulting in a total of 144 Hellbears and 18 Zealot Scarabs, 162 units in total.

The Hellbears have no abilities, but deal decent damage with their attacks this early on. The Zealot Scarabs deal twice as much damage as the Hellbears and also have a slightly modified version of Impale, which they only cast when 2 or more enemies are within its range. They always choose the closer target.

Hellbear
Neutral Creep
Health 370 +0.5 Mana 0 +1 Level 1 Armor 0 Magic Resistance 10% Attack Damage ▶️ Basic [?] 55 ‒ 60 Attack Range 100 Acquisition Range 500 Attack Animation 0.3+? Projectile Speed Instant Move Speed ▶️ 330 (100) Turn Rate 0.5 Collision Size 24 Vision Range (G) 800 Bounty 0 Experience 9 Model Scale 0.6

Zealot Scarab
Neutral Creep-Hero
Health 900 +1 Mana 300 +1 Level 1 Armor 3 Magic Resistance 15% Attack Damage Basic [?] 100 ‒ 110 Attack Range 128 Acquisition Range 500 Attack Animation 0.3+? Projectile Speed Instant Move Speed 330 (100) Turn Rate 0.5 Collision Size 24 Vision Range (G) 800 Bounty 0 Experience 9 Model Scale 1.4 Notes Wears Latticean Shards.

Impale

▶️QE

Ability
Target Point

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical

Rock spikes burst from the earth along a straight path. Enemy units are hurled into the air, then are stunned and take damage when they fall.

Cast Animation: 0.5+0

Cast Range: 700

Spikes Travel Distance: 700

Spikes Radius: 125

Damage: 120

Stun Duration: 1.6/2/2.4/2.8

 13

 75

Modifiers

Impale

Strong

• Modified values: Cast time, mana cost, damage and travel speed.

• The spikes travel at a speed of 600.

• Hit units are knocked up 350 range for the initial 0.5 seconds of the stun.

• While in the air, other units may pass below hit airborne units.

• The damage is applied upon landing, not upon getting hit.

• Impale can hit units up to 825 range away (travel distance + width).

• When Impale hits invisible units, the visual effects below the hit unit are still visible.

It's Morphlin' Time

The fourth round of Dark Moon consists of Lesser Elementals and Greater Elementals. Every 10 seconds, starting immediately as the round begins, 3 groups of 7 Lesser Elementals and 1 Greater Elemental spawn randomly at the spawn locations. This means every 10 seconds, 21 Lesser Elementals and 3 Greater Elementals spawn. The waves spawn 7 times, resulting in a total of 147 Lesser Elementals and 21 Greater Elementals, 294 units in total.

The Lesser Elementals have no abilities, but have a short-ranged quick attack. The Greater Elementals deal twice as much damage as the Lesser Elementals and also have a slightly modified version of Waveform, which they only cast when 2 or more enemies are within their range.

Lesser Elemental
Neutral Creep
Health 430 +1 Mana 400 +1 Level 1 Armor 0 Magic Resistance 0% Attack Damage Basic [?] 40 ‒ 45 Attack Range 300 Acquisition Range 500 Attack Animation 0.3+? Projectile Speed 1300 Move Speed 300 (100) Turn Rate 0.5 Collision Size 24 Vision Range (G) 800 Bounty 0 Experience 10 Model Scale 0.7

Greater Elemental
Neutral Creep-Hero
Health 1300 +1 Mana 1000 +1 Level 1 Armor 3 Magic Resistance 20% Attack Damage Basic [?] 90 ‒ 100 Attack Range 450 Acquisition Range 600 Attack Animation 0.3+? Projectile Speed 800 Move Speed 300 (100) Turn Rate 0.5 Collision Size 24 Vision Range (G) 800 Bounty 0 Experience 10 Model Scale 1.7

Waveform

▶️QW

Ability
Target Point

Affects
Enemies / Self

Damage
Magical

The Greater Elemental dissolves into liquid and surges forward, damaging enemy units in his path. The elemental is invulnerable during Waveform.

Cast Animation: 0.6+0

Cast Range: 1000

Max Travel Distance: 1000

Damage Radius: 200

Damage: 250

 15

Modifiers

Waveform

Death

• Modified values: Cast time, cooldown, damage, mana cost, travel speed

• Surges with a speed of 900 and disjoints projectiles upon cast.

• The elemental is invulnerable, and his model cannot be selected with the mouse during Waveform.

• Can hit units up to 1200 distance away (travel distance + radius).

• The elemental can turn and attack during Waveform.

• Does not travel the full distance, when targeting closer than the max distance.

Party Fowl

The fifth round of Dark Moon is a bonus round. It consists of a single Rooster, which runs around the map at high speed. It cannot be killed, but damaging it makes it drop gold bags. The rooster is 100% immune to disables and is hasted, so it cannot be slowed.

The Rooster can drop a total of 2000 gold. It runs around the map for up to 60 seconds, or until reaching the gold drop limit. At this point, the rooster teleports out of the map using its Boots of Travel. While channeling it, it is invulnerable.

Rooster
Ancient Neutral Creep-Hero
Health 1 +0.5 Mana 60000 +500 Level 1 Armor 1 Magic Resistance 0% Move Speed 500 (100) Turn Rate 0.5 Collision Size 24 Vision Range (G) 800 Bounty 0 Experience 0 Model Scale 2.5 Notes Has Boots of Travel.

From My Black Grimoire

The sixth round of Dark Moon consists of Enthralled Golems and Demon Charmers. Every 16 seconds, starting immediately as the round begins, 2 groups of 6 Enthralled Golems and 2 Demon Charmers spawn randomly at the spawn locations. This means every 16 seconds, 12 Enthralled Golems and 4 Demon Charmers spawn. The waves spawn 7 times, resulting in a total of 84 Enthralled Golems and 28 Demon Charmers, 112 units in total.

The Enthralled Golems are very weak on their own, having very low health and damage. However, the accompanying Demon Charmers have Health Aura, which greatly boosts the Enthralled Golem's health and doubles their attack damage and model size. The Demon Charmers also have a slightly modified version of Upheaval and Shadow Word. They cast Upheaval only when 2 or more enemies stand close enough to each other while within cast range. The Demon Charmers are very selfish, and cast Shadow Word on no one but themselves.

Demon Charmer
Ancient Neutral Creep-Hero
Health 1350 +3 Mana 800 +4 Level 6 Armor 5 Magic Resistance 20% Attack Damage Basic [?] 50 ‒ 60 Attack Range 600 Acquisition Range 500 Attack Animation 0.3+? Projectile Speed 800 Move Speed 260 (100) Turn Rate 0.4 Collision Size 16 Vision Range (G) 800 Bounty 0 Experience 16 Model Scale 1.4 Notes Wears Hellborn Grasp.

Enthralled Golem
Neutral Creep
Health 350 +10 Mana 400 +1 Level 1 Armor 2 Magic Resistance 20% Attack Damage Basic [?] 55 ‒ 60 Attack Range 225 Acquisition Range 500 Attack Animation 0.26+? Projectile Speed Instant Move Speed 260 (100) Turn Rate 0.5 Collision Size 24 Vision Range (G) 800 Bounty 0 Experience 16 Model Scale 0.5

Shadow Word

▶️▶️WW

Ability
Target Unit

Affects
Enemies / Allies

Damage
Magical

The Demon Charmer whispers an incantation, healing a friendly unit or damaging an enemy unit over time.

Cast Animation: 0.5+0.6

Cast Range: 700

Damage per Second: 30

Heal per Second: 30

Duration: 8

 20

 50

Modifiers

Shadow Word

Any

• Modified values: cooldown, damage, heal, mana cost, cast range and duration.

• Deals damage or heals in 1 second intervals, starting 1 second after cast, resulting in 8 instances.

• Can deal up to 240 damage to the target (before reductions), or heal for the same amount if cast on an ally.

• Successive casts of Shadow Word fully stack and work independently from each other.

• The first sound is played when the target is an ally, the second sound when it is an enemy.

• Although castable on any ally or enemy, the Demon Charmer is selfish and only casts it on self.

Upheaval

▶️EE

Ability
Target Area / Channeled

Affects
Enemies

A powerful slowing current that grows stronger as it's channelled. Lasts up to 16 seconds. Enemies are slowed for 3 seconds after leaving the area or the spell ends.

Cast Animation: 0.5+0

Cast Range: 1200

Radius: 650

Max Channel Time: 8

Move Speed Slow per Second: 7%/14%/21%/28%

Move Speed Slow Cap: 84%

Slow Duration: 3

 18

 50

Modifiers

Upheaval

Any

Demnok manipulates space-time, impairing entire armies.

• Modified values: Channel time, cooldown, mana cost, duration and slow per second.

• The longer the spell gets channeled, the stronger units get slowed when standing inside the area.

• The strength of the slow is based on the channel duration, not on how long a unit stands in the affected area.

• The slow percentage increases by 3% in 0.5 second intervals, starting 0.5 seconds after spell cast.

• Can slow units for up to 45% when channeled for the full duration. The limited channel time prevents reaching the slow cap.

• The slow debuff is applied or refreshed in the same intervals.

Health Aura

Ability
Aura

Affects
Allies

Increases the health capacity and attack damage of nearby Enthralled Golems.

Radius: 750

Health Bonus: 800%

Attack Damage Bonus: 55

Modifiers

Warlock HP Aura Effect

Death

• Fully stacks with other health increasing effects.

• The aura's buff lingers for 0.5 seconds.

• Multiple instances of the Health Aura do not stack.

• The unit's current health percentage is stays the same upon gaining or losing the aura buff.

• Does not affect ancient creeps. Therefore, it does not affect the Demon Charmers themselves.

• Effectively increases the Enthralled Golem's health to 3150 and attack damage to 110-115.

• Increases the golem's model size by 100%, doubling their size.

We're Falling Apart Without You

The seventh round of Dark Moon consists of Enraged Devourers and of Berserk Zombies, which come back as Berserk Zombie Torsos when killed once. Every 20 seconds, starting immediately as the round begins, 3 groups of 10 Berserk Zombies and 3 groups of 11 Berserk Zombies spawn randomly at the spawn locations. This means every 20 seconds, 63 Berserk Zombies spawn. The waves spawn 4 times. 20 seconds after the 4th wave, 4 lone Berserk Zombies spawn together as a last 5th zombie wave, resulting in a total of 256 Berserk Zombies. 30 seconds after round begin, 3 Enraged Devourers start spawning each at a random spawn location (i.e. not as a single group) in 20 second intervals. This means they spawn 10 seconds before the next zombie wave, and never together with them. The Enraged Devourers spawn 7 times, resulting in 21 Enraged Devourers. This brings the total unit spawn count of this round up to 273.

The Berserk Zombies are slow units which effectively have to be killed twice. They do not die easily, and continue to attack their enemies as torsos after losing their legs. As torsos, the Zombies somehow deal more damage and gain high magic resistance, but have much lower health. Due to this, this round effectively contains 525 enemies, as the torsos count as separate units and each Berserk Zombie comes back as a torso. The Enraged Devourers are fast units which Feast on their enemies upon attacking, regaining lots of health per attack, and can fall into a Rage, becoming temporarily spell immune and attacking faster.

Enraged Devourer
Neutral Creep-Hero
Health 1500 +5 Mana 500 +5 Level 1 Armor 5 Magic Resistance 25% Attack Damage Pierce [?] 175 ‒ 200 Attack Range 150 Acquisition Range 800 Attack Animation 0.3+? Projectile Speed Instant Move Speed 400 (100) Turn Rate 1 Collision Size 16 Vision Range (G) 1200 • 800 Bounty 0 Experience 8 Model Scale 1.1 Notes Also considered ward type.

Rage

▶️Q

Ability
No Target

Affects
Self

Launch into a maddened rage, becoming Spell Immune, 100% resistant to magic damage, and gaining increased attack speed.

Cast Animation: 0+0

Attack Speed Bonus: 50

Duration: 4

 16

Modifiers

Rage

Death

Modified values: Mana cost, duration and attack speed bonus.

• Applies spell immunity for the duration and a basic dispel upon cast.

Feast

W

Ability
Passive

Affects
Enemies / Self

Damage
Physical

The Enraged Devourer's attacks damage enemies and heal himself for a percentage of his target's current health.

Enemy Current Health as Damage/Lifesteal: 10%

Modified values: Enemy current health as damage/lifesteal.

• The heal is fully independent from the bonus damage dealt, meaning it always heals for the full amount, regardless of how much damage Feast did to the target.

Berserk Zombie
Neutral Creep
Health 725 +5 Mana 250 +1 Level 1 Armor 4 Magic Resistance 33% Attack Damage ▶️ Basic [?] 90 Attack Range 128 Acquisition Range 800 Attack Animation 0.3+? Projectile Speed Instant Move Speed ▶️ 180 (100) Turn Rate 0.5 Collision Size 8 Vision Range (G) 1400 Bounty 0 Experience 8 Model Scale 1

Berserk Zombie Torso
Neutral Creep
Health 140 +5 Mana 100 +1 Level 1 Armor 0 Magic Resistance 90% Attack Damage Basic [?] 128 Attack Range 128 Acquisition Range 800 Attack Animation 0.3+? Projectile Speed Instant Move Speed 250 (100) Turn Rate 0.5 Collision Size 8 Vision Range (G) 1400 Bounty 0 Experience 0 Model Scale 0.8

Zombie Torso

Ability
Passive

Affects
Self

Once slain, the Berserk Zombie comes back to life, attacking the enemy as a torso.

Spawn Delay: 0.75

• The Torso is spawned 0.75 seconds after the Berserk Zombie dies.

A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats

The eighth round of Dark Moon consists of Recruits, Captains, Fleet Admirals, Krill-eaters, Shark-eaters and Whale-eaters. Every 10 seconds, starting immediately as the round begins, 2 groups of 4 Recruits, 4 Krill-eaters, 1 Captain and 1 Shark-eater spawn randomly at the spawn locations. This means every 10 seconds, 8 Recruits, 8 Krill-eaters, 2 Captains and 2 Shark-eaters spawn. The waves spawn 6 times, resulting in a total of 48 Recruits, 48 Krill-eaters, 12 Captains and 12 Shark-eaters. 20 seconds after round begin and then every 12 seconds, a Fleet Admiral and a Whale-eater spawn randomly at the spawn locations. They spawn a total of 3 times each.

The Recruits and Krill-eaters are small units without any specialties. The Captains and Shark-eaters are bigger and stronger and have a very slightly modified version of Torrent and Aghanim's Scepter upgraded Gush respectively. The Fleet Admirals are even bigger and stronger, hitting harder and being tankier. On top of the same Torrent as the Captains, the Admirals also have an unmodified X Marks the Spot and Ghostship. But the strongest units of the wave by far are the Whale-eaters. Not only are they hitting very hard and are extremely tanky, they also have very disruptive abilities with the same Gush as the Shark-eaters and a modified version of Ravage and cannot be disabled properly, because they also have a modified version of Kraken Shell.

As for spell usage, the Torrents and Gushes are used on single targets. They never try to hit multiple enemies at the same time with them. X Marks the Spot is used on the closest enemy whenever possible, but they never use the sub-spell. This means the admirals do not try to do the typical X Mark Torrent combo. Ghostship is only cast when 2 enemies are within its cast range, but it does not care whether they stand together or not, so even if 2 heroes are within range but far away from each other, it still casts the boat on one of them. Ravage is cast when at least 3 enemies are within its radius.

Recruit
Neutral Creep
Health 650 +1 Mana 200 +1 Level 1 Armor 0 Magic Resistance 5% Attack Damage Basic [?] 75 ‒ 80 Attack Range 100 Acquisition Range 700 Attack Animation 0.4+? Projectile Speed Instant Move Speed 315 (100) Turn Rate 0.6 Collision Size 24 Vision Range (G) 800 Bounty 0 Experience 18 Model Scale 0.65 Notes Wears no shoulder pads and no spyglass.

Captain
Neutral Creep-Hero
Health 1600 +1 Mana 200 +1 Level 1 Armor 4 Magic Resistance 10% Attack Damage Basic [?] 125 ‒ 150 Attack Range 100 Acquisition Range 700 Attack Animation 0.4+? Projectile Speed Instant Move Speed 325 (100) Turn Rate 0.6 Collision Size 24 Vision Range (G) 800 Bounty 0 Experience 18 Model Scale 1.3

Torrent

▶️Q

Ability
Target Area

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical

Summons a rising torrent that, after a short delay, hurls enemy units into the sky, stunning, dealing damage and slowing movement speed.

Cast Animation: 0.4+0

Cast Range: 1500

Effect Radius: 225

Effect Delay: 1.6

Total Damage: 75

Move Speed Slow: 35%

Slow Duration: 1.75

Stun Duration: 1.6

Knockup Duration: 1.53

 16

 90

Modifiers

Torrent

Strong

Torrent Slow

Any

• Modified values: None. The Torrent is on level 1.

• The Fleet Admirals also have this ability.

• The total delay is 2 seconds at all levels (cast time + effect delay).

• Torrent can be cast without having to face towards the targeted area.

• Units tossed in the air are stunned and still able to be attacked.

• While in the air, other units may pass below hit airborne units.

• The stun and slow are applied at the same time, so overall, the slow lasts for 3.35 seconds.

• The knockup itself lasts 1.53 seconds, so hit units are on the ground for the remaining 0.07 seconds of the stun.

• After casting, a visual effect appears at the targeted area and a sound effect plays for the delay period, both visible and audible to everyone.

• Deals 9.375 damage in 0.2 second intervals, starting 0.2 seconds after the effect delay, resulting in 8 damage instances.

• Provides 350 radius ground vision over the targeted area upon cast for 3.13 seconds.

Fleet Admiral
Ancient Neutral Creep-Hero
Health 2600 +3 Mana 1400 +5 Level 1 Armor 7 Magic Resistance 20% Attack Damage Basic [?] 500 ‒ 550 Attack Range 100 Acquisition Range 700 Attack Animation 0.4+? Projectile Speed Instant Move Speed 385 (100) Turn Rate 0.6 Collision Size 24 Vision Range (G) 800 Bounty 0 Experience 18 Model Scale 1.8 Notes Wears Pegleg of the Cursed Pirate and Gloves of the Admirable Admiral.

X Marks the Spot

▶️E

Ability
Target Unit

Affects
Enemy Heroes

Targets an enemy Hero, marks their position with an X, and returns them to it after several seconds.

Cast Animation: 0.4+0

Cast Range: 400

Duration: 4

 26

 50

Modifiers

X Marks The Spot

Death

• Modified values: None. The X Marks the Spot is on level 1.

• Interrupts channeling spells upon returning.

• The affected unit receives a stop command upon returning, canceling all its current orders.

• Marks the target's current location with a red X. This X is visible to enemies only when they have vision over the unit, or the X itself.

• The affected unit leaves behind a red dotted line while walking, showing which direction it went.
  • These lines stop drawing for the enemies if the unit is not visible. However, already drawn lines stay visible.
  • Once the unit turns visible again, a straight line of red lines is drawn towards their last known location
  • These red lines ignore the actual path the unit took. They simply draw from its current to its previously last known location.

• Despite the visual effects, the target does not return to the X after dying and respawning during it.

• When the hero is invulnerable, it does not get returned to the X, causing the spell to get wasted.

• Provides 300 radius ground vision around the X mark for 5.94 seconds.

Ghostship

▶️R

Ability
Target Point

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical

Summons a ghostly ship that sails through the battle before smashing apart, damaging and stunning all enemies caught near the wreckage.

Cast Animation: 0.3+0

Cast Range: 1000

Ship Radius: 425

Drag Radius: 0

Travel Time: 3.1

Impact Damage: 400

Stun Duration: 1.4

 60

 125

Modifiers

Stunned

Strong

• Modified values: None. The Ghostship is on level 1.

• Since the spawning creeps are not heroes, the Rum is not applied.

• Ghostship travels at a speed of 650, reaching the crash site in 3.1 seconds.

• The ship spawns 1000 units behind Kunkka, travels forward, and crashes 1000 units ahead of Kunkka.

• A visual indicator appears at the location, showing the ship's destination point and radius. The indicator is visible to everyone.

• The ship provides 300 radius flying vision around itself as it travels. This vision does not last.

Krill-eater
Neutral Creep
Health 750 +1 Mana 900 +5 Level 1 Armor 0 Magic Resistance 5% Attack Damage Basic [?] 65 ‒ 70 Attack Range 150 Acquisition Range 700 Attack Animation 0.5+? Projectile Speed Instant Move Speed 290 (100) Turn Rate 0.4 Collision Size 24 Vision Range (G) 800 Bounty 0 Experience 18 Model Scale 0.55

Shark-eater
Neutral Creep-Hero
Health 1900 +1 Mana 900 +5 Level 1 Armor 3 Magic Resistance 10% Attack Damage Basic [?] 100 ‒ 120 Attack Range 150 Acquisition Range 700 Attack Animation 0.6+? Projectile Speed Instant Move Speed 325 (100) Turn Rate 0.4 Collision Size 24 Vision Range (G) 800 Bounty 0 Experience 18 Model Scale 1.3 Notes Has Aghanim's Scepter.

Gush

▶️▶️Q

Ability
Target Point

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical

Summons a gush of water to damage enemy units, reducing their movement speed and armor.

Cast Animation: 0.3+0.6

Cast Range: 800

Wave Length: 800

Wave Width: 240

Damage: 200

Armor Reduction: 10

Move Speed Slow: 70%

Duration: 4

Knockback Distance: 300

Knockback Duration: 0.25

 14

 50

Modifiers

Gush

Any

• Modified values: Mana cost, cooldown, damage, armor reduction, movement speed slow, cast range, wave length and projectile speed

• The Whale-eaters also have this ability.

• Functions like the default Aghanim's Scepter upgraded gush, with an added knockback.

• The Gush wave travels at a speed of 600.

• The wave can hit units up to 840 range away (travel distance + radius).

• The knockback is a fixed distance. Units are knocked back at a speed of 1200, resulting in a duration of 0.25 seconds.

• Units are disabled during the knockback.

• Provides 300 radius flying vision around the projectile.

Whale-eater
Ancient Neutral Creep-Hero
Health 8000 +10 Mana 2000 +10 Level 1 Armor 10 Magic Resistance 20% Attack Damage Basic [?] 450 ‒ 500 Attack Range 150 Acquisition Range 700 Attack Animation 0.6+? Projectile Speed Instant Move Speed 375 (100) Turn Rate 0.4 Collision Size 24 Vision Range (G) 800 Bounty 0 Experience 18 Model Scale 2 Notes Has Aghanim's Scepter. Wears Claddish Cudgel, Kraken Shell and Octopus Hat.

Kraken Shell

▶️

Ability
Passive

Affects
Self

Thickens the Whale-eater's hide to passively block a portion of any incoming physical attack damage. The hide also removes negative status effects if the damage taken crosses a threshold.

Damage Block: 12

Damage Threshold: 600

Threshold Reset Timer: 6

• Modified values: None. The Kraken Shell is on level 1.

• The damage reduction is a Damage Block and the debuff removal is a strong dispel.

• The damage reduction is always on and is not connected to the damage threshold for debuff removal.

• Damage counter for debuff removal resets when Whale-eater does not take player based damage for 6 seconds.

• A debuff removal proc is indicated by a sound effect and water particles on Whale-eater's skin.

Ravage

▶️▶️R

Ability
No Target

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical

Slams the ground, causing tentacles to erupt in all directions, damaging and stunning all nearby enemy units.

Cast Animation: 0.7+0

Max Effect Radius: 1025

Effect Width: 250

Damage: 300

Stun Duration: 1.2

 15

 75

Modifiers

Ravage

Strong

• Modified values: Cast time, cooldown, damage, mana cost, stun duration

• The tentacles travel at a speed of 775.

• Hit units are knocked up 350 range for the initial 0.5 seconds of the stun.

• While in the air, other units may pass below hit airborne units.

• The damage is applied upon landing, not upon getting hit.

• Ravage's effect is caused by a 250 units wide ring, which expands around the cast location at the given speed.
  • This means units within 250 radius upon cast are hit instantly.
  • The ring takes exactly 1 second to cover the remaining distance.
  • It also means that it is possible to evade the effects by blinking inside the expanding ring shortly after cast.

Numerous Launches Detected

The ninth round of Dark Moon consists of Creeps, Trappers and Chaotic Hurlers. Every 15 seconds, starting immediately as the round begins, 10 Creeps, 10 Trappers and 2 Chaotic Hurlers spawn at a random spawn location. A total of 7 waves spawn, resulting in 70 Creeps and Trappers and 14 Chaotic Hurlers.

The Creeps do not have any abilities. The Trappers have Earthbind, rooting enemies in a radius for a short duration. The Chaotic Hurlers are able to Attack the ground, dealing heavy splash damage and knocking enemies back. They never normally attack heroes. Their attack has a very high downtime of 100 seconds, so they choose to only attack the Towers and the Temple. They are also able to Disembark additional troops.

I'm a Creep
Neutral Creep
Health 750 +0.5 Mana 75 +1 Level 1 Armor 4 Magic Resistance 25% Attack Damage Basic [?] 90 ‒ 100 Attack Range 100 Acquisition Range 500 Attack Animation 0.467+? Projectile Speed Instant Move Speed 330 (100) Turn Rate 0.5 Collision Size 16 Vision Range (G) 850 • 800 Bounty 0 Experience 16 Model Scale 0.8

Chaotic Hurler
Ancient Neutral Creep-Hero
Health 2000 +5 Mana 1500 +5 Level 1 Armor 15 Magic Resistance 50% Attack Damage Siege [?] 35 ‒ 46 Attack Range 1500 Acquisition Range 1500 Projectile Speed 1100 Move Speed 260 (100) Turn Rate 0.5 Collision Size 16 Vision Range (G) 2500 Bounty Experience Model Scale 1

Attack

Q

Ability
Target Area

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical

The Chaotic Hurler can attack the ground, dealing heavy AoE damage and knocking enemies aside upon projectile impact.

Cast Animation: 0.7+0

 6

Modifiers

• The projectile travels at a speed of 500.

• Creates an AoE indicator at the target area, which is visible to everyone.

• Enemies who come within 100 range of the projectile get stunned and damaged (needs verification).

• Upon reaching the target area, the projectile explodes, dealing massive area damage and knocking enemies back.

• The knockback is not a set distance. It pushes every enemy so they are 400 range away from the center of the targeted area. So the minimum knockback distance is 150.

• The knockback duration is always the same, so the speed varies between 600 (150 knockback distance) and 1600 (400 knockback distance).

• Can push units over impassable terrain. Any tree a knocked back unit collides with gets destroyed.

• Enemies are fully disabled during the knockback.

• The projectile provides 300 range flying vision around it as it travels.

Disembark

W

Ability
No Target / Channeled

Summons Creeps and Trappers.

Cast Animation: 0+0

 10

 100

• The summoned creeps and trappers last until killed.

• The summoned units are not counted in the "enemies remaining" display at the top, but must be killed for the round to end.

• Does not spawn Creeps when there are 64 or more already on the map. Same applies to Trappers when there are 32 or more on the map.

Trapper
Neutral Creep
Health 750 +1.5 Mana 500 +4 Level 1 Armor 5 Magic Resistance 50% Attack Damage Basic [?] 40 ‒ 57 Attack Range 100 Acquisition Range 800 Projectile Speed Instant Move Speed 260 (100) Turn Rate 0.5 Collision Size 16 Vision Range (G) 800 Bounty Experience Model Scale 1

Earthbind

QE

Ability
Target Area

Affects
Enemies

Tosses a net at the target point, pinning down all enemy units. Earthbind prevents invisibility and blink.

Cast Animation: 0.5+0

 12

 100

Modifiers

• Modified values: Cast time, cast range, mana cost, cooldown.

• The net travels at a speed of 857.

• Earthbind can hit units up to 970 range away (maximum cast range + radius).

• Roots the targets, preventing them from moving and casting certain mobility spells.
  • Does not interrupt the targets' channeling spells.
  • Provides True Sight over the targets.

• Does not target invisible units, but does target units inside the Fog of War.

• The net provides 300 radius flying vision around itself as it travels. This vision does not last.

Flock-a-doodle-doo

The tenth round of Dark Moon is a bonus round. Every second, starting immediately as the round begins, 5 individual Baby Roshans (although they are small chickens, they are named Baby Roshan) spawn randomly at the spawn locations. The waves spawn 12 times, resulting in a total of 60 Baby Roshans.

Just like the Rooster from round five, these units randomly run accross the map at high speed, and are just as immune to disables and slows. They drop gold bags upon taking damage and cannot be killed. Baby Roshans last for 60 seconds each, so they do not disappear at the same time. Unlike the Rooster, these ones just die, instead of teleporting away. Each chicken can drop 100 gold bags, resulting in 6000 possible bags, which can potentialy result in a lot of gold. However, getting all bags from them is impossible due to how they are spread around the entire map and the gold bags lasting only for 15 seconds after dropping.

Baby Roshan
Neutral Creep
Health 1 +0.5 Mana 200 +1 Level 1 Armor 1 Magic Resistance 0% Move Speed 500 (100) Turn Rate 0.5 Collision Size 24 Vision Range (G) 800 Bounty Experience Model Scale 0.6

On The Hunt

The eleventh round of Dark Moon consists of Soulstealers, Hunters and entities known as The Abyss. Every 13 seconds, starting immediately as the round begins, 4 groups of 12 Soulstealers and 1 Hunter spawn randomly at the spawn locations. This means every 13 seconds, 48 Soulstealers and 4 Hunters spawn. The waves spawn 5 times, resulting in a total of 240 Soulstealers and 20 Hunters. Additionally, starting 10 seconds after round begin, and then every 8 seconds, entities known as "The Abyss" spawn, for a total of 6 times, resulting in a total unit count of 266.

The Soulstealers are strong, skill-less units with decent damage and fast movement speed. The Hunters have Blinding Gloom, a cone-shaped nuke which slows hit enemies and also greatly reduces their vision range. They also have unmodified Hunter in the Night. The Abyss entities are tanky, hard hitting units which have a slightly modified Black Hole.

Soulstealer
Neutral Creep
Health 1000 +1 Mana 200 +1 Level 1 Armor 2 Magic Resistance 10% Attack Damage ▶️ Basic [?] 180 ‒ 230 Attack Range 100 Acquisition Range 500 Projectile Speed Instant Move Speed ▶️ 390 (100) Turn Rate 0.5 Collision Size 24 Vision Range (G) 800 Bounty Experience Model Scale 0.7

Hunter
Neutral Creep-Hero
Health 2000 +3 Mana 900 +5 Level 1 Armor 2 Magic Resistance 10% Attack Damage Basic [?] 250 ‒ 300 Attack Range 150 Acquisition Range 500 Projectile Speed Instant Move Speed 400 (100) Turn Rate 0.5 Collision Size 24 Vision Range (G) 800 Bounty Experience Model Scale 1.2 Notes Has Phase Boots and Aghanim's Scepter.

Blinding Gloom

Q

Ability
Target Point / Target Unit

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical

Sends a wave of blinding gloom to cripple enemy units in front of the Hunter, dealing damage, slowing movement speed and heavily impede vision of hit enemies.

Cast Animation: 0.5+0

 10

 100

Modifiers

• When targeting a unit, the wave is released towards its current location upon cast.

• The gloom travels at a speed of 400.

• Can hit units up to 910 range away (travel distance + end radius).

• The complete area is shaped like a cone.

• Sets hit enemies' day and night vision to a certain value, it does not reduce by the given value.

Hunter in the Night

Ability
Passive

Affects
Self

The Hunter is in its element at night, attacking and moving with great swiftness.

• Modified values: None. Hunter in the Night is on level 1.

• In the event, it is night all the time, so this ability is permanently active for the Hunters.

• Effectively increases the Hunter's movement speed to 480.

The Abyss
Ancient Neutral Creep-Hero
Health 4500 +5 Mana 1500 +5 Level 1 Armor 3 Magic Resistance 20% Attack Damage Basic [?] 400 ‒ 500 Attack Range 500 Acquisition Range 800 Projectile Speed 900 Move Speed 440 (100) Turn Rate 0.5 Collision Size 24 Vision Range (G) 800 Bounty Experience Model Scale 1.6 Notes Wears World Chasm Artifact.

Black Hole

R

Ability
Target Area / Channeled

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Pure

Summons a vortex that sucks in nearby enemy units. Enemies affected by Black Hole cannot move, attack, or cast spells.

Cast Animation: 0.3+0

 20

 200

Modifiers

• Modified values: Cooldown, mana cost and damage.

• Fully disables all caught enemies and silences them.

• Spirals affected units counterclockwise towards the center at a speed of 30, resulting in a maximum possible distance of 120.
  • The closer the units are to the center, the stronger they get pulled to the center, with almost no pull, but only rotation at max distance.

• Can pull affected units over impassable terrain and through trees without destroying them.

• Caught enemies cannot be pulled out by Force Staff or Snowball.

• The pull and disable are provided by an aura, which lingers for 0.5 seconds, or until the channeling stops, whichever is shorter.

• Deals damage in 1 second intervals, starting 1 second after cast, resulting in 4 instances.

• Can deal up to 600 damage (before reductions).

• Does not affect wards or buildings. Fully affects couriers.

• Provides 800 range ground vision at the targeted point for 4 seconds upon cast.

Attack Of The Cat Ladies

The Twelfth round of Dark Moon consists of Tiny Moon Riders and Nightsilver Prowlers. Every 10 seconds, starting immediately as the round begins, 2 groups of 6 Tiny Moon Riders spawn randomly at the spawn locations. This means every 10 seconds, 12 Tiny Moon Riders spawn. The waves spawn 9 times, resulting in a total of 108 Tiny Moon Riders. Additionally, starting 6 seconds after round begin, and then every 7 seconds, 2 Nightsilver Prowlers spawn together at a random spawn location. The Prowlers spawn 13 times, resulting in a total of 26 Nightsilver Prowlers. In total this round spawns 134 units.

The Tiny Moon Riders have modified Moon Glaivess, causing their attacks to bounce. The Nightsilver Prowlers can throw modified Sacred Arrows, which deal a lot of damage and stun for a long time. The Prowlers also have global vision, revealing the entire map for them and the Moon Riders, making it impossible to juke them.

Tiny Moon Rider
Neutral Creep
Health 1600 +2 Mana 400 +5 Level 1 Armor 3 Magic Resistance 10% Attack Damage Basic [?] 140 ‒ 160 Attack Range 250 Acquisition Range 600 Projectile Speed 900 Move Speed 350 (100) Turn Rate 0.5 Collision Size 24 Vision Range (G) 800 Bounty Experience Model Scale 0.5

Moon Glaives

Ability
Passive

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Physical

Empowers the Tiny Moon Rider's glaive, causing their attacks to bounce between enemy units. Deals less damage with each bounce.

• The bouncing glaive travels at a speed of 900 (the same speed as the Moon Riders' attack projectile).

• Moon Glaives only procs if an attack successfully hits a target. This means a missed or disjointed attack does not proc it.

• When disjointed, the disjointing unit is not registered as hit, meaning the glaive can immediately bounce on it again if within range.

• A disjointed bounce still counts as a bounce, so it reduces the amount of bounces left and the damage of the next bounce.

• It does not matter how much damage the initial target takes, the bounces always deal damage based on the Moon Rider's average main damage.
  • This means that the armor of or other damage manipulating effects on the initial attack target do not influence the bounces' damage at all.

• Can bounce back to the same units if it already hit all other nearby units. If no other units are nearby, the ability does nothing.

• Fully works against buildings, but not against wards.

• The bounces deal 65%/42% of the Tiny Moon Rider's original attack damage.

Nightsilver Prowler
Ancient Neutral Creep-Hero
Health 3800 +10 Mana 2000 +10 Level 1 Armor 1 Magic Resistance 0% Attack Damage Basic [?] 275 ‒ 325 Attack Range 600 Acquisition Range 15000 Projectile Speed 900 Move Speed 400 (100) Turn Rate 0.5 Collision Size 24 Vision Range (F) 15000 Bounty Experience Model Scale 1.1 Notes Has Phase Boots. Wears Crescent Bow.

Sacred Arrow

W

Ability
Target Point

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical

Fires a long-range arrow with deadly precision, which stuns and damages the first enemy unit it strikes. The stun duration ranges from 0.01 to 5 seconds, with bonus damage up to 140 added, based on the distance the arrow travels to its target.

Cast Animation: 0.5+0

 17

 100

Modifiers

• Modified values: None. Sacred Arrow is on level 4.

• The Sacred Arrow travels at a speed of 857.

• The arrow starts traveling 51 range in front of the Nightsilver Prowler, and travels forward up to 3067 range.
  • This means units within 50 range in front of the Prowler cannot be hit, as it does not search for units right behind the arrow.

• Can hit units up to 3161 units away (travel distance + radius).

• The stun increases by 0.1 seconds and the damage by 2.8 for each 30 distance traveled, resulting in the following values at certain distances (before reductions):
  • 300 Distance: 1 second stun, 28 (78/168/258/348) damage
  • 600 Distance: 2 seconds stun, 56 (106/196/286/376) damage
  • 900 Distance: 3 seconds stun, 84 (134/224/314/404) damage
  • 1200 Distance: 4 seconds stun, 112 (162/252/342/432) damage
  • 1500 Distance: 5 seconds stun, 140 (190/280/370/460) damage
  • The arrow reaches its full potential after traveling for 1500 distance, which takes 1.75 seconds.

• The arrow cannot collide with invulnerable or hidden units, it simply flies through them.

• The Sacred Arrow has 500 flying vision, which stays for 3 seconds at the point the arrow hits a target.

Albert Was A Chemist

The thirteenth round of Dark Moon consists of multiple Al, the chemists. Every 13 seconds, starting immediately as the round begins, 1 chemist spawns randomly at the spawn locations. The chemists spawn 6 times.

The chemists are very strong enemies, with very high health and attack damage. They also possess modified versions of Acid Spray, Unstable Concoction and Chemical Rage.

Al, the chemist
Ancient Neutral Creep-Hero
Health 10000 +50 Mana 2000 +30 Level 1 Armor 30 Magic Resistance 35% Attack Damage Basic [?] 800 ‒ 900 Attack Range 170 Acquisition Range 1200 Projectile Speed Instant Move Speed 380 (100) Turn Rate 0.5 Collision Size 24 Vision Range (G) 800 Bounty Experience Model Scale 1.4 Notes Has Shiva's Guard, Phase Boots and Black King Bar.

Acid Spray

Q

Ability
Target Area

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Physical

Sprays high-pressure acid across a target area. Enemy units who step across the contaminated terrain take damage per second and have their armor reduced.

Cast Animation: 0.2+0.7

 20

 50

Modifiers

• Modified values: Cooldown, mana cost, radius, duration, damage per second and armor reduction.

• The armor reduction is provided by an aura. Its debuff lingers for 0.5 seconds.

• Deals damage in 1-second intervals, starting 1 second after receiving the debuff, resulting in up to 9 instances.

• Can deal up to 1800 damage to a single unit (before reductions).

Unstable Concoction

W

Ability
No Target

Affects
Self

Damage
Pure

Alchemist brews up an unstable concoction that he can throw at an enemy hero, to stun and deal damage in an area around the explosion. The longer the concoction brews, the more damage it deals and the longer the stun. After 5 seconds, the brew reaches its maximum damage and stun time. However, after 5.5 seconds, the concoction will explode on Alchemist himself if not thrown.

Cast Animation: 0+0

 18

 100

Modifiers

• Modified values: Damage type, cooldown, mana cost, minimum damage, maximum damage, minimum stun duration and maximum stun duration.

• Interrupts the Chemist's channeling spells upon cast.

• A timer above the Chemist's head shows how much time is left before the Concoction blows up. This timer is visible to everyone.

• The brewing animation and particles are visible to everyone. The Unstable Concoction buff is hidden.

• The sound can be heard by enemies only when the spell was cast within their vision range.

• The damage and stun duration differ based on whether the concoction blows up on the Chemist, or on the targeted unit.
  • When blowing up on the self, the damage starts at 750, increases by 15 for each 0.1 seconds brewed, reaching 1500 in 5 seconds.
  • When blowing up on the target, the damage starts at 800, increases by 16 for each 0.1 seconds brewed, reaching 1600 in 5 seconds.
  • When blowing up on the self, the stun starts at 1.25 and increases by 0.01 for each 0.1 seconds brewed, reaching 1.75 in 5 seconds.
  • When blowing up on the target, the stun starts at 1.25 and increases by 0.055 for each 0.1 seconds brewed, reaching 4 in 5 seconds.

• Unstable Concoction always affects a 175 area around where it explodes, including when it explodes on the Chemist.

• When the Chemist dies while brewing, it instantly blows up, hitting units around him based on how long it was brewed.

• While brewing the concoction, the Chemist can still move around and act freely.

• The Chemist can deny himself with this ability.

Unstable Concoction Throw

W

Ability
Target Unit

Affects
Enemy Heroes

Damage
Pure

Throw it before it blows up!

Cast Animation: 0.2+0.5

 0

Modifiers

• Modified values: Damage type, cast range, minimum damage, maximum damage, minimum stun duration and maximum stun duration.

• Replaces Unstable Concoction until the concoction is thrown or blows up.

• As noted in Unstable Concoction's notes, the damage and stun differ based on whether the concoction blows up on the Chemist or the target enemy.

• The cast of Unstable Concoction Throw is not registered as a spell cast and thus does not proc any on-cast effects.

• The concoction travels at a speed of 900 and cannot be disjointed.

• Once thrown, Unstable Concoction stops brewing.

• When connecting with an invulnerable or hidden target, it still applies its area effect, hitting nearby units.

Chemical Rage

R

Ability
No Target

Affects
Self

Al, the Chemist causes his Ogre to enter a chemically induced rage, reducing base attack cooldown and increasing movement speed and regeneration.

Cast Animation: 0+0

 24

 50

Modifiers

• Modified values: Cooldown, mana cost, duration, base attack time, health bonus, health regen bonus, mana regen bonus and movement speed bonus.

• The default Chemical Rage has the health bonus set to 0. It still has that trait in the codes though.

• Disjoints projectiles upon cast.

• Increases the Chemist's total movement speed to 480, health to 13000, health regen to 500 and mana regen to 130.

• Regenerates a total of 5400 health and 1150 mana (before factoring in the mana cost of the ability).

It's A Techies Convention

The fourteenth round of Dark Moon consists of Bombers and Hurtlers. Every 4 seconds, starting immediately as the round begins, 4 groups of 1 Bomber spawn randomly at the spawn locations, up to 16 times. 20 seconds after round begin, and then every 4 seconds 2 additional groups of 2 Bombers start spawning, up to 10 times. Also 20 seconds after round begin, and then every 12 seconds, 2 groups of 1 Hurtler start spawning, up to 8 times. 30 seconds after round begin, and then every 8 seconds, 2 additional groups of 2 Hurtlers start spawning, up to 8 times. In total, 104 Bombers and 48 Hurtlers spawn, resulting in 162 units in this round.

The Bombers are weak units on their own, but walk at full movement speed and plant very potent Land Mines, which deal massive damage and explode quickly. The Hurtlers are bigger units with twice as much damage as the Bombers, but still relatively low. Their goal is it to Blast Off into the heroes, attempting to kill them with a heavy AoE nuke which also damages the Hurtlers themselves. The sheer amount of Bombers and Hurtlers which spawn makes it very easy for them to quickly kill uncareful heroes, or even destroy towers with their attacks if left alone for too long, despite their weak regular attacks.

Bomber
Neutral Creep
Health 1200 +0 Mana 1000 +30 Level 1 Armor 3 Magic Resistance 15% Attack Damage Basic [?] 30 ‒ 40 Attack Range 200 Acquisition Range 500 Projectile Speed 900 Move Speed 550 (100) Turn Rate 0.5 Collision Size 24 Vision Range (G) 800 Bounty Experience Model Scale 0.6

Land Mine
Summoned Neutral Ward
Health 1 +0 This unit has no mana. Level 1 Armor 0 Magic Resistance 0% Collision Size 8 Vision Range (G) 64 Bounty Experience Model Scale 1

Land Mines

Q

Ability
Target Area

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical

Plant a land mine, which detonates after a short delay, dealing full damage to every enemy within its range.

Cast Animation: 0+0.47

 4

 30

• Modified values: Cast range, cooldown, mana cost, radius and damage

• Unused values: Activation delay and building damage. They do not damage buildings.

• The mines always explode 1.6 seconds after being planted, regardless of whether an enemy is nearby or not.

• The mines only damage enemies when they detonate on their own, not when they are destroyed by attacks.

• The damage source is the mine itself, meaning certain on-damage effects react on the mine rather than on Bomber (e.g. Blade Mail).

Hurtler
Ancient Neutral Creep-Hero
Health 1800 +3 Mana 900 +5 Level 1 Armor 2 Magic Resistance 15% Attack Damage Basic [?] 60 ‒ 70 Attack Range 600 Acquisition Range 600 Projectile Speed 900 Move Speed 500 (100) Turn Rate 0.5 Collision Size 24 Vision Range (G) 800 Bounty Experience Model Scale 1.3

Blast Off

E

Ability
Target Area

Affects
Enemies / Self

Damage
Magical

The Hurtlers hurtle themselves into the enemy's midst, detonating charges upon impact which deal massive area of effect damage. Upon landing, the assault deals damage to the Hurtlers equal to a portion of their max health.

Cast Animation: 0.8+0.9

 8

 50

Modifiers

• Modified values: Cast time, cooldown, mana cost, radius, damage, silence duration (0) and max health as self damage.

• The leap always takes 0.5 seconds, so the speed varies between 0 and 2000.

• Leaps in an arc, so that other units can pass below them.

• The self damage is lethal, so that the Hurtler can deny themselves with this ability.

• The self damage is flagged as HP Removal and therefore cannot be blocked or altered by most sources of damage manipulation.

Who Threatens Our Concentration?

The fifteenth wave of Dark Moon is the last and the boss round. Upon round start, Scholar of Koryx spawns at a random spawn location. 10 seconds later, Mind of Tornarus spawns. 20 seconds after round starts, Agent of Gallaron. Once all 3 of them die, the Dark Magus is summoned at the map center.

Although all 3 of the maguses have all spells (except for Ghost Walk), they only use a set of spells based on Quas, Wex and Exort respectively. The final boss, the Dark Magus, also has them all and uses them all.

Although all of these spells have 8 levels, for simplicity's sake, only the last level is displayed here, since they are always on max level for the bosses.

Scholar of Koryx
Ancient Neutral Creep-Hero
Health 35000 +20 Mana 7500 +20 Level 15 Armor 30 Magic Resistance 20% Attack Damage Basic [?] 500 ‒ 750 Attack Range 600 Acquisition Range 800 Projectile Speed 900 Move Speed 300 (100) Turn Rate 0.5 Collision Size 24 Vision Range (G) 8000 Bounty Experience Model Scale 1.2 Notes Has Linken's Sphere, Blink Dagger, Power Treads, Octarine Core, Aghanim's Scepter and Scythe of Vyse. Wears the Adornings of the Quas Precor Set.

Mind of Tornarus
Ancient Neutral Creep-Hero
Health 30000 +20 Mana 7500 +20 Level 15 Armor 25 Magic Resistance 10% Attack Damage Basic [?] 600 ‒ 700 Attack Range 600 Acquisition Range 800 Projectile Speed 900 Move Speed 300 (100) Turn Rate 0.5 Collision Size 24 Vision Range (G) 8000 Bounty Experience Model Scale 1.2 Notes Has Force Staff, Blink Dagger, Phase Boots, Octarine Core, Aghanim's Scepter and Linken's Sphere. Wears The Magus Magnus Set.

Agent of Gallaron
Ancient Neutral Creep-Hero
Health 30000 +20 Mana 7500 +20 Level 15 Armor 30 Magic Resistance 15% Attack Damage Basic [?] 750 ‒ 1000 Attack Range 600 Acquisition Range 800 Projectile Speed 900 Move Speed 300 (100) Turn Rate 0.5 Collision Size 24 Vision Range (G) 8000 Bounty Experience Model Scale 1.2 Notes Has Eul's Scepter of Divinity, Blink Dagger, Boots of Travel, Octarine Core, Aghanim's Scepter and Linken's Sphere. Wears the Cabalist of Dark Magic Set.

The Dark Magus
Ancient Neutral Creep-Hero
Health 100000 +30 Mana 65000 +1000 Level 99 Armor 55 Magic Resistance 0% Attack Damage Basic [?] 1000 ‒ 1100 Attack Range 700 Acquisition Range 800 Projectile Speed 900 Move Speed 400 (100) Turn Rate 0.5 Collision Size 80 Vision Range (G) 8000 Bounty Experience Model Scale 2 Notes Has Eul's Scepter of Divinity, Blink Dagger, Octarine Core, Aghanim's Scepter, Scythe of Vyse and Linken's Sphere. Wears the Dark Artistry set and Magus Apex.

Quas

Q

Ability
No Target

Affects
Self

Allows manipulation of ice elements. Each Quas instance provides increased health regeneration.

Cast Animation: 0+0

 0

Modifiers

• Modified values: Health regen bonus per Quas instance.

• The cast of Quas is not registered as a spell cast and thus does not proc any on-cast effects.

• Quas interrupts Invoker's channeling spells upon cast.

• Invoker can only have up to 3 instances up at any time. The orbs floating above Invoker are visible to everyone.

• Restores health in the form of health regeneration, so it regenerates 2.6 health per Quas instance in 0.1 second intervals.

• Can restore up to 1560 health in one minute per Quas instance.

• Grants a total of 26/52/78 health regen with 1/2/3 instances.

Wex

W

Ability
No Target

Affects
Self

Allows manipulation of storm elements. Each Wex instance provides increased attack speed and movement speed.

Cast Animation: 0+0

 0

Modifiers

• Modified values: Attack speed bonus per Wex instance and Movement speed bonus per Wex instance.

• The cast of Wex is not registered as a spell cast and thus does not proc any on-cast effects.

• Wex interrupts Invoker's channeling spells upon cast.

• Invoker can only have up to 3 instances up at any time. The orbs floating above Invoker are visible to everyone.

• Grants a total of 28/56/84 attack speed and 14%/28%/42% movement speed 1/2/3 instances.

Exort

E

Ability
No Target

Affects
Self

Allows manipulation of fire elements. Each Exort instance provides increased attack damage.

Cast Animation: 0+0

 0

Modifiers

• The cast of Exort is not registered as a spell cast and thus does not proc any on-cast effects.

• Exort interrupts Invoker's channeling spells upon cast.

• Invoker can only have up to 3 instances up at any time. The orbs floating above Invoker are visible to everyone.

• Grants a total of 56/112/168 attack damage with 1/2/3 instances.

Invoke

R

Ability
No Target

Affects
Self

Combines the properties of the elements currently being manipulated to create a new spell for Invoker to use. Click the help button to see the list of possible spells.

Cast Animation: 0+0

 6 ( 2)

 60 ( 0)

Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade:

Decreases cooldown and removes mana cost from Invoke. Adds one level to the stats provided by Quas, Wex, and Exort on all Invoked spells.

So begins a new age of knowledge.

• Modified values: None. This is the default Invoke.

• This is an innate ability and does not need to be learned.

• A button is located right above the ability icon. It opens a list which shows the required combination for every invoked ability.

• Invoke interrupts Invoker's channeling spells upon cast.

• The arrangement of element instances does not matter.

• When already having two spells invoked, invoking a new spell replaces the older spell.

• New invoked spells are always placed in the 4th ability slot.
  • The previously invoked spell is moved to the 5th slot in the process, while the previous spell in the 5th slot is lost.

• When invoking a spell which is already invoked, Invoke neither costs mana, nor goes on cooldown.
  • If the re-invoked ability was in the 5th ability slot, it moves into the 4th, swapping position with the other invoked ability.

• The Aghanim's Scepter upgrade does not improve the passive bonuses granted by Quas, Wex and Exort. It makes invoked spells consider them 1 level higher than what they are.
  • This means that it does not grant Invoker any of the abilities Quas, Wex and Exort when they are not learned yet.

Ghost Walk

Ability
Passive / Aura

Affects
Self / Enemies

The Dark Magus emits a powerful aura. The effects vary depending on his current health. When at 66% or higher health, the aura slows movement speed and attack speed of all enemies. When at 33% or higher health, the aura slows movement speed. When below 33%, the aura deals periodic damage and blinds enemies. Besides the aura, the Dark Magus also occasionally wreaks havoc on the entire map for 10 seconds, during which he is invulnerable and invisible. Just like the aura, the effects depend on his health. When at 66% or higher, it applies Cold Feet on all enemies. When at 33% or higher, tornadoes spawn randomly on the map, crossing it in lines. When below 33% health, Chaos Meteors and Sun Strikes are launched onto every enemy.

Modifiers

• The Dark Magus cannot and does not need to invoke this ability. It always has this in its 7th ability slot.

• The phases happen every 40 seconds and last 10 seconds.
  • During the phases, the Dark Magus is invisible, hidden, invulnerable, phased, disarmed, silenced, muted, rooted, immune to True Sight and has no vision.

• The phases are split up into Quas phase, Wex phase and Exort phase, in this order.

• Quas phase:
  • The aura starts emitting, applying Crystal Nova's debuff on enemies, slowing their movement and attack speed.
  • Applies the Cold Feet debuff on all enemy heroes, working like Ancient Apparition's Cold Feet.
  • The debuff is not applied on heroes which already have the debuff, or have its following freeze debuff.
  • Cold Snaps have a 50% chance to apply every second. If they do not get applied, 3 Forged Spirits spawn within 500 radius around the Magus.

• Wex phase:
  • The aura switches from the Crystal Nova debuff to a custom debuff. This debuff only slows movement speed, and that by a lower value.
  • Tornadoes spawn within a 2500 radius around the Dark Magus for each enemy.
  • The tornadoes travel in straight lines, towards the enemy hero's location they spawned for.
  • These tornadoes are independent from the Tornado ability.
  • The tornadoes have an effect radius of 180, travel for up to 4500 range, and travel at a speed of 500.
  • Tornadoes have a 50% chance to spawn every second. If they do not spawn, 4 Forged Spirits spawn within 500 radius around the Magus.

• Exort phase:
  • The aura switches from the custom debuff to Radiance's debuff. It now deals damage per second and blinds, instead of slowing.
  • In this phase, the Magus' cooldowns are reduced by 25%.
  • Chaos Meteors and Sun Strikes are cast onto all enemy heroes in short intervals.
  • The meteors spawn onto the heroes' locations, up to 3 per hero. They roll into random directions, up to a distance of 700.
  • Sun Strikes are created based on enemy movement, placed in front of them so that they would hit if the hero continues walking that direction.
  • The meteors and strikes are the same as the ones created by the Chaos Meteor and Sun Strike abilities listed below.
  • Meteors and Sun Strikes have each a 33% chance to spawn every second. If they do not spawn, 4 Forged Spirits spawn within 500 radius around the Magus.

• Independent form the phases, Forged Spirits spawn at fixed locations every 30 seconds.
  • All spirits spawned by this ability use the base values, and not the Forge Spirit values.
  • The spirits are ordered to attack-move towards the Temple. This means they move towards the temple and attack everything on their way there.
  • Has a spawn limit of 40 spirits. All spirits despawn when the Magus dies.

Cold Snap

D/F

Ability
Target Unit

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical

Invoker draws the heat from an enemy, chilling them to their very core for a duration based on the level of Quas. The enemy will take damage and be briefly frozen. Further damage taken in this state will freeze the enemy again, dealing bonus damage. The enemy can only be frozen so often, but the freeze cooldown decreases based on the level of Quas.

Cast Animation: 0.05+0

 20

 100

Modifiers

Sadron's Protracted Frisson.

• Modified values: None.

• Ability invokes when Invoker has 3 Quas instances.

• Cold Snap immediately triggers on the target upon cast, so the next proc can only happen after the trigger cooldown.

• Every time the effect triggers, the target is stunned and damaged.

• Only triggers on damage equal to or greater than 10 (after reductions).

• Cold Snap does not trigger on self-inflicted damage, and on damage flagged as HP Removal.

• With its current trigger cooldown and debuff duration, it can trigger up to 11 times (including the initial trigger upon cast).

• Can deal up to 616 damage (before reductions) when triggering as often as possible.

• Ability formulas:
  • Damage per proc: 0 + (7 * Quas)
  • Trigger cooldown: 0.8 - (0.03 * Quas)
  • Debuff duration: 2.5 + (0.5 * Quas)

Ice Wall

D/F

Ability
No Target

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical

Generates a wall of solid ice directly in front of Invoker for a duration based on the level of Quas. The bitter cold emanating from it greatly slows nearby enemies based on the level of Quas and deals damage each second based on the level of Exort.

Cast Animation: 0.05+0

 25

 175

Modifiers

Killing Wall of Koryx.

• Modified values: Wall duration, movement speed slow and damage per second.

• Ability invokes when Invoker has 2 Quas and 1 Exort instances.

• The Ice Wall is always created in front of Invoker, perpendicular to the line between Invoker and a point 200 range right in front of him.

• Creates 15 wall segments, with a spacing of 80 between each, resulting in a total length of 1120. Each segment affects a 105 radius around itself.

• The wall's effective length is 1330 (1120 wall length + 105 radius from both sides).

• Each segment possesses a movement speed slowing aura. Its debuff lingers for 2 seconds.

• The damage is independent from the slow, so getting further than 105 radius away from a segment immediately stops the damage, while the slow still lingers.

• Deals damage in 1 second intervals, starting 1 second after cast, resulting in up to 13 possible instances.

• Can deal up to 1248 damage to a single unit (before reductions), when it stays in range for its full duration.

• Ice Wall is not a pathing blocker. Any unit can pass through it.

EMP

D/F

Ability
Target Area

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical

Invoker builds up a charge of electromagnetic energy at a targeted location which automatically detonates after 2.9 seconds. The detonation covers an area, draining mana based on the level of Wex. Deals damage for each point of mana drained. If EMP drains mana from an enemy hero, Invoker gains 50% of the mana drained.

Cast Animation: 0.05+0

 25

 25

Endoleon's Malevolent Perturbation.

• Modified values: Cooldown, mana cost, effect delay and mana burned.

• Ability invokes when Invoker has 3 Wex instances.

• Applies the mana loss first, and then the damage.

• Invoker only gains the mana when it burns mana from heroes. Mana burned on illusions and other units does not restore mana.

• The damage and the restored mana are dependent on the amount of mana burned on the enemies.
  • This means if the enemy had no mana left to burn, it deals no damage to it and does not restore Invoker's mana.

• Fully affects invisible units, but not invulnerable or hidden units.

• Can deal up to 180 damage to each affected unit (before reductions).

• Can restore up to 150 mana for Invoker from each affected hero.

• The visual effects and the sound during the effect delay are visible and audible to everyone.

Tornado

D/F

Ability
Target Point

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical

Unleashes a fast moving tornado that picks up enemy units in its path, suspending them helplessly in the air shortly before allowing them to plummet to their doom. Travels further based on the level of Wex. Holds enemies in the air for a duration based on the level of Quas. Deals base damage plus added damage based on levels in Wex.

Cast Animation: 0.05+0

 30

 150

Modifiers

Claws of Tornarus.

• Modified values: Travel distance, cyclone duration and bonus damage per Wex instance.

• Ability invokes when Invoker has 2 Wex and 1 Quas instances.

• The Tornado travels at a speed of 1000 and always travels the full distance, so it takes 4 seconds to reach the max distance.

• The Tornado can hit units up to 4200 range away (travel distance + effect radius).

• Applies a Cyclone effect on the affected units, so it applies a basic dispel on them, turns them invulnerable and fully disables them for its duration.

• The damage is applied upon losing the Tornado debuff. Can deal up to 790 damage to each affected unit (before reductions).

• While in the air, other units may pass below the cycloned units.

• The Tornado provides 200 radius flying vision as it travels. This vision does not last.

• Also provides the same vision for 1.75 seconds after reaching its final destination.

Alacrity

D/F

Ability
Target Unit

Affects
Allies

Invoker infuses an ally with an immense surge of energy, increasing their attack speed based on the level of Wex and their damage based on the level of Exort.

Cast Animation: 0.05+0

 15

 45

Modifiers

Gaster's Mandate of Impetuous Strife.

• Modified values: Attack speed bonus and movement speed bonus.

• Ability invokes when Invoker has 2 Wex and 1 Exort instances.

Sun Strike

D/F

Ability
Target Area

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Pure

Sends a catastrophic ray of fierce energy from the sun at any targeted location, incinerating all enemies standing beneath it once it reaches the earth. Deals damage based on the level of Exort, however this damage is spread evenly over all enemies hit.

Cast Animation: 0.05+0

 15

 25

Harlek's Incantation of Incineration.

• Modified values: Cooldown, mana cost and damage.

• Ability invokes when Invoker has 3 Exort instances.

• The damage is spread evenly among all affected units within the targeted area.
  • Therefore, it deals 1075/537.5/358.33/268.75/215 damage when hitting 1/2/3/4/5 enemies.

• Damage is only spread among units which are damaged by Sun Strike. All unaffected units do not soak up any damage.

• Does not affect wards, buildings, invulnerable or hidden units.

• Provides 300 radius flying vision at the targeted point for 5.5 seconds upon cast.

• The visual effects and the sound during the 1.7 seconds effect delay are visible and audible to everyone.

Forged Spirit
Summoned Neutral Creep
Health 2000 +0.25 Mana 900 +4 Level 3 Duration 180 Armor 14 Magic Resistance 0% Attack Damage ▶️ Default 184 Attack Range 1510 Acquisition Range 900 Projectile Speed 1000 Move Speed 320 (100) Turn Rate 0.5 Collision Size 16 Vision Range (G) 800 Bounty – Experience Model Scale 1.4 Notes Created by Forge Spirit Abilities: Melting Strike

Forge Spirit

D/F

Ability
No Target

Damage
Physical

Invoker forges a spirit embodying the strength of fire and fortitude of ice. Damage, mana, and armor are based on the level of Exort while attack range, health, and duration are based on the level of Quas. The elemental's scorching attack is capable of melting the armor of enemy heroes.

Cast Animation: 0.05+0

 30

 75

Culween's Most Cunning Fabrications.

• Modified values: Spirit attack damage, spirit mana, spirit armor, spirit attack range, spirit health and spirit duration.

• Ability invokes when Invoker has 2 Exort and 1 Quas instances.

• Casting Forge Spirit does not replace the spirits from the previous cast.

• The spirits are always summoned next to Invoker at a random position around him, but always facing east upon spawn.

• Forged Spirits possess the Melting Strike ability.

Chaos Meteor

D/F

Ability
Target Point

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical

Invoker pulls a flaming meteor from space onto the targeted location. Upon landing, the meteor rolls forward, constantly dealing damage based on the level of Exort, and rolling further based on the level of Wex. Units hit by the meteor will also be set on fire for a short time, receiving additional damage based on the level of Exort.

Cast Animation: 0.05+0

 25

 20

Modifiers

Tarak's Descent of Fire.

• Modified values: Cooldown, mana cost, travel distance, main damage per interval and burn damage per second.

• Ability invokes when Invoker has 2 Exort and 1 Wex instances.

• The Chaos Meteor needs 1.3 seconds to land. It lands at the targeted point, not at Invoker's position.

• Can hit units up to 2495 range away (cast range + travel distance + radius). The area between Invoker and the targeted point is unaffected.

• The visual effects and the sound during the 1.3 seconds effect delay (the meteor falling from the sky) are visible and audible to everyone.

• The Chaos Meteor rolls at a speed of 300 and always rolls the full distance, so it takes 5.06 seconds to reach the max distance.

• After landing, the meteor deals its main damage and places the burn debuff to units within its effect radius in 0.5 second intervals, starting immediately upon landing.

• The main damage can hit a unit up to 11 times and thus can deal up to 1650 damage (before reductions).

• The burn debuff deals damage in 1 second intervals, starting 1 second after the debuff is placed, resulting in 3 instances for each debuff.

• The debuffs from each interval fully stack and do not refresh each other. So a unit can be affected by 11 instances of the burn debuff per cast.

• One instance of the burn debuff can deal up to 300 damage (before reductions).

• All possible instances of burn damage per unit together can deal up to 3300 damage (before reductions).

• The whole Chaos Meteor, main and burn damage, can deal up to 4950 damage (before reductions) when a unit is hit by all possible instances.

• The Meteor provides 400 radius flying vision while it is rolling. This vision does not last.

• Also provides the same vision for 3 seconds after reaching its final destination.

Deafening Blast

D/F

Ability
Target Point

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical

Invoker unleashes a mighty sonic wave in front of him, dealing damage to any enemy unit it collides with based on the level of Exort. The sheer impact from the blast is enough to knock those enemy units back for a duration based on the level of Quas, then disarm their attacks for a duration based on the level of Wex.

Cast Animation: 0.05+0

 40

 300

Modifiers

Buluphont's Aureal Incapacitator.

• Modified values: Damage, knockback duration and disarm duration.

• Ability invokes when Invoker has 1 Quas, 1 Wex and 1 Exort instances.

• Deafening Blast travels at a speed of 1100 and always travels the full distance, which takes 0.91 seconds.

• The blast can hit units up to 1225 range away (1000 travel distance + 225 end radius).

• The complete area is shaped like a cone.

• Applies a non-disabling Forced Movement, so affected enemies can still use spells and items during it and their channeling spells are not interrupted.

• The knockback and disarm are applied at the same time.

• This is how the knockback works:
  • Affected units are moved in 0.03 second intervals.
  • They are moved 66 times.
  • The first 1/3 times, units are moved linearly, by a distance of 6 per interval. 1/3 of the intervals is 22 times, which results in a distance of 132.
  • For the remaining 44 intervals, the units are moved exponentially with 0.98 times the speed of the previous interval.
  • So the remaining intervals together move the units by a distance of (sum 6 * 0.98 ^ 1 to 6 * 0.98 ^ 44 =) 170.67.
  • Summed up, the total knockbackc distance 302.67.
  • As conclusion, the knockback starts at a speed of 200 and decreases exponentially.

• Can knock units over impassable terrain. During the knockback, all trees the units collide with get destroyed.

• For the Dark Magus, Deafening Blast releases its blasts towards every direction around the Dark Magus, no matter what point is targeted.
  • A total of 12 blasts are released. One blast is released towards the targeted point, while the other eleven are adapted to it, with 30 degree angles between them.
  • A unit can only be hit by one blast per cast, so when a unit stands between two, only one hits it.

Forged Spirit (Ghost Walk)
Summoned Ancient Neutral Creep-Hero
Health 3200 +10 Mana 1000 +4 Level 1 Armor 5 Magic Resistance 0% Attack Damage ▶️ Basic [?] 150 ‒ 200 Attack Range 500 Acquisition Range 600 Projectile Speed 1000 Move Speed 320 (100) Turn Rate 0.5 Collision Size 16 Vision Range (G) 800 Bounty Experience Model Scale 1.4 Notes Also considered summoned type. Created by Ghost Walk Abilities: Melting Strike

Melting Strike

Ability
Passive

Affects
Enemy Heroes

Melts away the armor of heroes hit by the spirit's attack if the spirit has enough mana. Each successive hit increases the amount of armor melted.

 40

Modifiers

• Modified values: None.

• Successive attacks fully refresh the whole stack's duration.

• The armor reduction is applied or increased after the attack damage is applied.

• Only affects heroes and illusion, and nothing else.

• The mana is used when the attack successfully hits the target, not upon projectile launch.

• This means that missed or disjointed attacks do not cost any mana.