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Vision describes what a unit can and cannot see within a circular area from its current location and state. Places a unit cannot see are filled with the Fog of War, a dark mist that hides enemy units inside of it. Allied units cannot be hidden by the fog of war. Invisible units cannot be seen even when outside of the Fog of War, unless they are revealed by a source of True Sight. Trees and higher elevation block a unit's vision if it has ground vision. Flying vision is unobstructed by trees and elevation. Abilities can grant vision over areas as well, usually for a short amount of time and limited to their area of effect.

All vision is shared within a team, which means that everything allied units see can be seen by the player as well. This includes allied player-controlled units, as well as NPC units, like lane creeps and buildings.

Fog of War[]

All areas outside of friendly vision are constantly covered by the Fog of War. Any non-friendly units within the Fog of War cannot be seen or directly targeted, however they can still be hit by non-targeted spells. To unveil units in the Fog of War, an allied unit must gain vision over that area.

If an enemy enters the fog of war during the cast time of an ability, the cast gets canceled. However, attacks do not cancel if their targets enter the fog of war during the attack animation.

Elevation[]

Main Article: Terrain
Vision demo elevation

Units cannot see areas that are on higher elevations than them.

The Dota 2 map's cliffs and valleys shape the battle, determining both where units can move and what they can see. Units with ground vision cannot see areas that are on higher elevation than them. For example, a unit standing in the river (which is the on the lowest elevation) cannot see anything past the cliffs surrounding the river, or beyond the ramps leading out of the river.

On the other side, units standing on higher elevation effectively have unobstructed vision on lower elevation. For example, a unit standing on an elevated ward spot can see the entire surrounding, unobstructed by nearby trees, regardless of their vision type.

Units with flying vision do not have their vision obstructed by higher elevations.

Trees[]

Main Article: Trees
Vision demo tree

Amount of vision blocked by single tree changes based on proximity to it.

Besides blocking pathing, trees also block vision for units on the same elevation as them, and for units one elevation above them. Trees block vision like how objects cast shadows: The closer the object is to the source of light, the bigger and wider the object's shadow gets. The closer a unit is to a tree, the more vision is blocked by the tree, blocking out an entire section of the circular vision area of the unit. The exact numbers for these are unknown.

The small trees created by Iron Branch icon Iron Branch, Ironwood Tree icon Ironwood Tree, Woodland Striders icon Woodland Striders, and Sprout icon Sprout have a narrower vision blocker than the regular trees on the map.

Units with flying vision do not have their vision obstructed by trees.

Vision Blockers[]

Main Articles: Fountain and Roshan

Artificial vision blockers exist at certain locations, which control visibility in addition to the normal rules. All sources of flying vision are unaffected by vision blockers.

Vision Blocker Sources

Fountain Entrances[]

Both fountains have a vision blocker at their stairs, preventing the enemies of that fountain's team from seeing into the fountain area from outside. This is normally redundant, since the fountain's higher elevation already prevents vision, but it also prevents vision from nearby higher-elevation ground, such as the Radiant icon Radiant fountain ward cliff.

Roshan Pit[]

Roshan phantom spots

Green tiles can see in, but cannot be seen from inside. Red tiles can see out, but cannot be seen from outside.

Roshan icon Roshan's pit is sealed by vision blockers that prevent vision both into and out of the pit.

However, the pit entrance also has phantom spots, areas in which vision is asymmetric. Units standing in these areas can either see into the pit while being unseen from inside, or see out of the pit while being unseen from outside. These may be useful for juking, scouting Roshan attempts, and for hiding wards, most notably Remote Mines icon Remote Mines. With ground vision, units on phantom spots can only be seen by standing within 3 tiles of them (in rectilinear distance).

In-game, the phantom spots are not marked. To tell when you've stepped into a phantom spot, look for a subtle brightning of a small area of ground around you. This indicates you have direct vision of some phantom spot tiles, implying you are in a phantom spot yourself. The right side of the pit entrance has the largest continuous phantom spot, so it is the most forgiving location for this.

Time of Day[]

Main Article: Time of Day

The current time of day affects vision. Most units' vision range is shorter at night and higher by day. Exceptions exist, with some units having shorter day vision and longer night vision, and some having the same vision regardless of time.

Base Vision Ranges[]

Most units have day and night vision, only very few have absolutely no vision. These values can be altered with vision bonuses and reductions.

Heroes[]

All heroes have a Daytime daytime and Nighttime nighttime vision range of 1800 and 800 respectively, except for the following:

Unit Day Night
Bane minimap icon 1800 1200
Batrider minimap icon 1600 800
Bounty Hunter minimap icon 1800 1000
Night Stalker minimap icon 800 1800
Slark minimap icon 1800 1800
Sniper minimap icon 1800 1400

Lane Creeps[]

All lane creeps have a vision range of 750 during the day and the night, except for the following ones:

Unit Day Night
Lycan Wolf icon Lycan Lane Wolf 1200 800

Neutral Creeps[]

All neutral creeps have a vision range of 800 during the day and the night, except for the following ones:

Unit Day Night
Ancient Ice Shaman icon Ancient Ice Shaman 1400 800
Ancient Rumblehide icon Ancient Rumblehide 1400 800
Ancient Thunderhide icon Ancient Thunderhide 1400 800
Harpy Scout icon Harpy Scout 1200 800
Harpy Stormcrafter icon Harpy Stormcrafter 1800 1800
Hill Troll Priest icon Hill Troll Priest 1400 800
Kobold icon Kobold 1400 800
Roshan icon Roshan 1400 1400
Dark Troll Summoner Skeleton Warrior icon Skeleton Warrior 800 600
Unknown Unit icon Tormentor 1400 1400
Vhoul Assassin icon Vhoul Assassin 400 400

Roshan[]

Unit Day Night
Roshan icon Roshan 1400 1400

Summoned Creeps[]

Unit Day Night
Beastmaster Boar icon Boar 1400 800
Enigma Eidolon icon Eidolon 1200 800
Invoker Forged Spirit icon Forged Spirit 1200 800
Beastmaster Hawk icon Hawk 600/650/700/750 600/650/700/750
Lycan Wolf icon Lycan Wolf 1200 800
Warlock Warlock Golem icon Minor Imp 800 800
Necronomicon Archer icon Necronomicon Archer 1300/1400/1500 800
Necronomicon Warrior icon Necronomicon Warrior 1300/1400/1500 800
Shard Golem icon Shard Golem 800 800
Dark Troll Summoner Skeleton Warrior icon Skeleton Warrior 800 600
Broodmother Spiderling icon Spiderite 400 400
Broodmother Spiderling icon Spiderling 400 400
Nature's Prophet Treant icon Treant 500 500
Undying Zombie icon Undying Zombie 1400 1400
Wraith King Skeleton icon Wraith King Skeleton 800 600

Creep-Heroes[]

Unit Day Night
Elder Titan Astral Spirit icon Astral Spirit 350 350
Brewmaster Earth minimap icon Earth 1800 800
Visage Familiar icon Familiar 400 400
Brewmaster Fire minimap icon Fire 1800 800
Mars Soldier icon Mars Soldier 800 800
Lone Druid Spirit Bear icon Spirit Bear 1400 800
Brewmaster Storm minimap icon Storm 1800 800
Brewmaster Void minimap icon Void 1800 800
Warlock Warlock Golem icon Warlock Golem 1800 1800

Clones[]

Unit Day Night
Tempest Double minimap icon Tempest Double 1800 800

Couriers[]

Unit Day Night
Animal Courier Radiant minimap icon Courier 200 200

Wards[]

Unit Day Night
Tidehunter Anchor icon Anchor 0 0
Witch Doctor Death Ward icon Death Ward 1200 800
Fiend's Gate minimap icon Fiend's Gate 500 500
Juggernaut Healing Ward icon Healing Ward 600 600
Gyrocopter Homing Missile icon Homing Missile 400 400
Lich Ice Spire icon Ice Spire 800 800
Keeper of the Light Ignis Fatuus icon Ignis Fatuus 1800 800
Dark Willow Jex icon Jex 600 600
Bounty Hunter Lookout icon Lookout 0 0
Pugna Nether Ward icon Nether Ward 600 600
Zeus Nimbus icon Nimbus 500 500
Observer Ward unit icon Observer Ward 1600 1600
Phoenix Sun icon Phoenix Sun 1800 800
Venomancer Plague Ward icon Plague Ward 800 800
Clockwerk Power Cog icon Power Cog 1600 600
Techies Proximity Mine icon Proximity Mine 64 64
Templar Assassin Psionic Trap icon Psionic Trap 400 400
File:Roshan's Banner unit icon.png Roshan's Banner 1500 1500
Sentry Ward unit icon Sentry Ward 0 0
Shadow Shaman Serpent Ward icon Serpent Ward 1200 800
Clinkz Skeleton Archer icon Skeleton Archer 800 800
Techies Sticky Bomb icon Sticky Bomb 700 700
Undying Tombstone icon Tombstone 1200 1200
Wildwing Tornado icon Tornado 300 300

Miscellaneous[]

Unit Day Night
Weaver Beetle icon Beetle 321 321
Grimstroke Phantom icon Phantom 200 200
Broodmother Spin Web icon Spin Web 0 0

Buildings[]

Building Day Night True Sight Attack Range
Ancient (Building) 2600 2600 900
Effigy Building 900 600 0
Fountain 1800 1800 1200 1200
Lotus Pool 500 500 0
Melee Barracks 900 600 0
Outpost 500 500 0
Ranged Barracks 900 600 0
Tower (Tier 1) 1900 600 700 700
Tower (Tier 2) 1900 1100 700 700
Tower (Tier 3) 1900 1100 700 700
Tower (Tier 4) 1900 1100 700 700
Twin Gate 500 500 0
Watcher 800 800 0

Types of Vision[]

There are 2 types of vision, ground vision (also known as obstructed vision) and flying vision (also known as unobstructed vision). Ground vision is impaired by higher elevations, trees, and vision blockers, while flying vision is completely unhindered.

Every hero has ground vision. Other units have the following vision types

Units Vision type
Beetle, Familiar, Hawk, Tornado Flying
Alpha Wolf, Anchor, Ancient, Ancient Black Dragon, Ancient Black Drake, Ancient Frostbitten Golem, Ancient Granite Golem, Ancient Ice Shaman, Ancient Rock Golem, Ancient Rumblehide, Ancient Thunderhide, Astral Spirit, Boar, Centaur Conqueror, Centaur Courser, Courier, Dark Troll Summoner, Death Ward, Earth, Effigy Building, Eidolon, Fell Spirit, Fiend's Gate, Fire, Flagbearer Creep, Forged Spirit, Fountain, Ghost, Giant Wolf, Harpy Scout, Harpy Stormcrafter, Healing Ward, Hellbear, Hellbear Smasher, Hill Troll, Hill Troll Berserker, Hill Troll Priest, Homing Missile, Ice Spire, Ignis Fatuus, Jex, Kobold, Kobold Foreman, Kobold Soldier, Lookout, Lotus Pool, Lycan Lane Wolf, Lycan Wolf, Mars Soldier, Mega Flagbearer Creep, Mega Melee Creep, Mega Ranged Creep, Mega Siege Creep, Melee Barracks, Melee Creep, Minor Imp, Mud Golem, Necronomicon Archer, Necronomicon Warrior, Nether Ward, Nimbus, Observer Ward, Ogre Bruiser, Ogre Frostmage, Outpost, Phantom, Phoenix Sun, Plague Ward, Power Cog, Proximity Mine, Psionic Trap, Ranged Barracks, Ranged Creep, Roshan, Roshan's Banner, Satyr Banisher, Satyr Mindstealer, Satyr Tormenter, Sentry Ward, Serpent Ward, Shard Golem, Siege Creep, Skeleton Archer, Skeleton Warrior, Spiderite, Spiderling, Spin Web, Spirit Bear, Sticky Bomb, Storm, Super Flagbearer Creep, Super Melee Creep, Super Ranged Creep, Super Siege Creep, Tempest Double, Tombstone, Tormentor, Tower (Tier 1), Tower (Tier 2), Tower (Tier 3), Tower (Tier 4), Treant, Twin Gate, Undying Zombie, Vhoul Assassin, Void, Warlock Golem, Warpine Raider, Watcher, Wildwing, Wildwing Ripper, Wraith King Skeleton Ground

Modifying Vision[]

Several abilities and items can grant or reduce vision. Most of these vision bonuses stack additively unless stated otherwise.

Vision Increasing Sources[]

A unit can have a maximum vision range of 4000 as shown in the example below.

Max Vision Example
Vision Increasing Abilities


Setting Vision[]

These abilities set a unit's vision to a specific value.

Vision setting abilities
  • Nightmare icon
    Set Vision Range: 200
    Set the affected unit's vision range to a specific value for its sleep duration. Takes priority over all other vision-changing effects, except for Moon Shard icon Shade Sight.
  • Bushwhack icon
    Set Vision Range: 0
    Set the affected unit's vision range to a specific value for its stun duration.
  • Decoy icon
    Once triggered, the set vision values are based on Bushwhack icon Bushwhack.
  • Tree Dance icon
    Day Vision Range: 700
    Night Vision Range: 500
    Affects the caster. Lasts until unperched. Takes priority over all other vision-changing effects, except for Moon Shard icon Shade Sight and Moon Shard icon Consume.

Talents[]

Vision
Can be used by illusions.
Talent icon
Ability
Passive
Affects
Self
There is no description for this ability.
Vision Bonus: 200

  • Grants the hero bonus day and night vision.
  • Does not counter any vision reducing effect.


No hero has this talent.

Day Vision Talents[]

Day Vision
Can be used by illusions.
Talent icon
Ability
Passive
Affects
Self
There is no description for this ability.
Day Vision Bonus: 400

  • Grants the hero bonus day vision.
  • Does not counter any vision reducing effect.


No hero has this talent.

Night Vision Talents[]

Night Vision
Can be used by illusions.
Talent icon
Ability
Passive
Affects
Self
There is no description for this ability.
Night Vision Bonus: Varies

  • Grants the hero bonus night vision.
  • Does not counter any vision reducing effect.
  • The following values exist:
    • 400/500/600/800/1000


The following heroes have a Talent talent that grants them bonus night vision.

Bonus Level 10 Level 15 Level 20 Level 25
Left Right Left Right Left Right Left Right
Night Vision
  • Spirit Breaker minimap icon +500

Sources of Vision[]

Units are not the only entities with vision. A lot of abilities are able to create vision cells of varying sizes on the world, revealing an area of a fixed duration.

Caster Vision[]

Caster vision

Caster vision granted over Bane minimap icon Bane to his enemies for casting Brain Sap icon Brain Sap on them.

Caster vision is a vision cell granted to the victims of targeted spells and attacks. Whenever a unit casts a spell (except Charge of Darkness icon Charge of Darkness) on an enemy within 1800 range, or performs an attack on them, the enemy gains 150 radius ground vision around the casting or attacking unit which lasts for 2 seconds. This vision prevents players from easily and constantly harassing enemies from the fog of war, especially with long-distant spells that can be spammed easily like Arcane Bolt icon Arcane Bolt, or with ranged attacks.

Only one of these vision cell can exist per unit. This means if a vision cell already exists from a previous targeted order, performing another targeted order within the previous vision cell's duration does not create a second vision cell. Instead, the location of the previous vision cell gets updated, its duration gets reset, and its vision type is changed to flying vision.

Caster vision is also applied upon launching an attack. The result of the attack does not matter, if the attack is executed, the vision is granted.

Ground Vision[]

Ground vision is obstructed by trees, higher elevations, and vision blockers.

Sources of ground vision
  • Aegis of the Immortal icon
    Day vision radius: 1800
    Night vision radius: 800
    Provides ground vision around the hero upon triggering. Lingers for 5 seconds.
  • Fireball (Ancient Black Dragon) icon
    Vision radius: 300
    Provides ground vision within the target area. Lingers for 8/9/10/12 seconds.
  • Spark Wraith (Radiant) icon
    Vision radius: 300
    Provides ground vision around the wraith while stationary, starting upon cast for 18 seconds or until triggered. The triggered projectile provides the same vision values, which linger for 3.34 seconds after reaching the target.
  • Fiend's Grip icon
    Vision radius: 400
    Provides ground vision within the area of target unit's initial position. Duration is based on the channel time after reductions and amplifications. Always lingers for the full duration, even when canceled.
  • Blood Rite icon
    Vision radius: 600
    Provides ground vision within the area. Lingers for 5 seconds.
  • Hookshot icon
    Vision radius: 200
    Provides non-lingering ground vision around the hook's tip as it travels and upon retracting. Provides 400 radius vision at the max distance upon reaching it, if not latching.
  • Crystal Nova icon
    Vision radius: 900
    Provides ground vision at the target area. Lingers for 6 seconds.
  • Kinetic Field icon
    Vision radius: 350
    Provides ground radius within the target area. Lingers for 5 seconds.
  • Astral Spirit icon
    Vision radius: 400
    Provides non-lingering ground vision around the spirit, until it returns or dies.
  • Black Hole icon
    Vision radius: 800
    Provides ground vision at the target area. Lingers for 4 seconds.
  • Torrent icon
    Vision radius: 400
    Provides ground vision at the target area. Lingers for 3.1 seconds.
  • X Marks the Spot icon
    Vision radius: 400
    Provides ground vision around the x mark on the ground. Lingers for 5.94 seconds.
  • Eclipse icon
    Vision radius: 6/9/12
    Provides ground vision within the target area when cast on the ground. Lingers for 2.4/4.2/6 seconds.
  • Manta Style icon
    Vision radius: 1000
    Provides ground vision around the caster upon cast. Lingers for 0.1 seconds.
  • Primal Spring icon
    Vision radius: 375
    Provides ground vision within the target area. The duration is based on the channel time, plus the travel time based on the distance. Always lingers for the full duration, even when canceled.
  • Doppelganger icon
    Vision radius: 900
    Provides ground vision within the illusion gather area. Lingers for 1 second.
  • Launch Fire Spirit icon
    Vision radius: 200
    Provides ground vision within the affected area on impact. Lingers for 1 second.
  • Tricks of the Trade icon
    Vision radius: 450
    Provides ground vision within the attack radius. Duration is based on the channel time. Always lingers for the full duration, even when canceled.
  • Spectral Dagger icon
    Vision radius: 200
    Provides ground vision around the shadow trail left by the dagger, and by hit enemy heroes. Lingers for 12 seconds.
  • Proximity Mines icon
    Vision radius: 400
    Provides ground vision around itself upon exploding. Lingers for 1 second.
  • Gush icon
    Vision radius: 0 (Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. 200)
    Requires Aghanim's Scepter icon Aghanim's Scepter. Provides ground vision at each hit enemy's location. Lingers for 2 seconds.
  • Timber Chain icon
    Vision radius: 100
    Provides non-lingering ground vision around the hook's tip as it travels.
  • Reincarnation icon
    Day vision radius: 1800
    Night vision radius: 800
    Provides ground vision around the hero upon triggering. Lingers for 3 seconds.

Flying Vision[]

Flying vision is not obstructed by trees, higher elevations, and vision blockers.

Sources of flying vision
  • Ice Vortex icon
    Vision radius: 200
    Provides flying vision at the target area. Lingers for 6/8/10/12 seconds.
  • Ice Blast icon
    Vision radius: 500
    Provides flying vision around both projectiles as they travel. The vision of the tracer does not linger. The vision of the ice ball lingers for 3.5 seconds.
  • Release icon
    Vision radius: 750
    Provides flying vision at the marked area upon cast. Lingers for 5.3 seconds.
  • Spark Wraith (Radiant) icon
    Vision radius: 300
    Provides non-lingering flying vision around the wraith as it travels towards the target. Provides the same vision around the target's location upon impact. Lingers for 3.34 seconds.
  • Sticky Napalm icon
    Vision radius: 500
    Provides flying vision at the targeted area. Lingers for 2 seconds.
  • Flamebreak icon
    Vision radius: 300
    Provides non-lingering flying vision around the explosive cocktail as it travels.
  • Wild Axes icon
    Vision radius: 350
    Provides non-lingering flying vision around the axes as they travel.
  • Phantasm icon
    Vision radius: 400
    Provides flying vision around the caster upon cast. Lingers for 0.5 seconds.
  • Rocket Flare icon
    Vision radius: 600
    Provides flying vision around the rocket as it travels. Lingers for 10 seconds.
  • Thunder Strike icon
    Vision radius: 450
    Provides flying vision around the target's location upon applying the final strike. Lingers for 3 seconds.
  • Glimpse icon
    Vision radius: 400
    Provides non-lingering flying vision around the projectile as it travels. Provides the same vision around the target's location after getting teleported back. Lingers for 3.34 seconds.
  • Static Storm icon
    Vision radius: 450
    Provides flying vision at the target area. Lingers for 6 (Talent 7.5) seconds.
  • Multishot icon
    Vision radius: 100
    Provides non-lingering flying vision around the arrows as they travel.
  • Earth Splitter icon
    Vision radius: 500
    Spawns 12 vision cells along the crack in 0.22-second intervals, with a distance of 200 in between each, which provide vision around where they are spawned. Lingers for 4 seconds.
  • Chronosphere icon
    Vision radius: 475
    Provides flying vision at the target area. Lasts 3.75/4.25/4.75 seconds.
  • Stroke of Fate icon
    Vision radius: 160
    Provides non-lingering flying vision around the ink trail as it travels. Provides the same vision at the max distance upon reaching it. Lingers for 2 seconds.
  • Homing Missile icon
    Vision radius: 400
    Provides non-lingering flying vision around the missile as it travels. Provides the same vision at the target's location on impact. Lingers for 4 seconds.
  • Call Down icon
    Vision radius: 350
    Provides flying vision at the target area upon cast. Lingers for 4 seconds.
  • Tornado icon
    Vision radius: 200
    Provides non-lingering flying vision around the tornado as it travels. Provides the same vision at the max distance upon reaching it. Lingers for 1.75 seconds.
  • Sun Strike icon
    Vision radius: 400
    Provides flying vision at the target area upon cast. Lingers for 5.7 seconds.
  • Chaos Meteor icon
    Vision radius: 500
    Provides non-lingering flying vision around the meteor as it starts rolling. Provides the same vision at the max distance upon reaching it. Lingers for 3 seconds.
  • Spirits icon
    Vision radius: 350
    Provides flying vision around the hit enemy hero upon impact. Lingers for 3 seconds.
  • Relocate icon
    Vision radius: 150
    Provides flying vision at the targeted point upon cast. Lingers for 2.7 seconds.
  • Ice Path icon
    Vision radius: 150
    Provides flying vision along the entire path. Lingers for 3 seconds.
  • Omnislash icon
    Vision radius: 300
    Provides flying vision around the caster on each slash. Lingers for 1 second.
  • Illuminate icon
    Vision radius: 375
    Spawns vision cells in front of the caster in a line in 0.5-second intervals, with a distance of 150 in between each, which provide vision around where they are spawned. Spawns them until the channeling ends. Lingers for 10.34 seconds.
  • Ghostship icon
    Vision radius: 400
    Provides non-lingering flying vision around the ships as they travel.
  • Chain Frost icon
    Vision radius: 800
    Provides non-lingering flying vision around the ball of ice as it travels. Stops after the 60th bounce.
  • Spear of Mars icon
    Vision radius: 300
    Provides non-lingering flying vision around the spear as it travels. Provides the same vision upon reaching max distance, or upon impaling an enemy. Lingers for 1 second if not impaled. If impaled, lingers for 1.3/1.6/1.9/2.2 (Talent 1.9/2.2/2.5/2.8) seconds.
  • Arena Of Blood icon
    Vision radius: 550
    Provides flying vision within the target area upon cast. Lasts 5/6/7 seconds.
  • Mystic Snake icon
    Vision radius: 300
    Provides non-lingering flying vision around the snake as it travels.
  • Earthbind icon
    Vision radius: 300
    Provides non-lingering flying vision around the net as it travels.
  • Sacred Arrow icon
    Vision radius: 500
    Provides non-lingering flying vision around the arrow as it travels. Provides the same vision upon reaching max distance, or upon hitting an enemy. Lingers for 3.5 seconds.
  • Mirror Image icon
    Vision radius: 450
    Provides flying vision around the caster upon cast. Lingers for 0.5 seconds.
  • Sprout icon
    Vision radius: 500
    Provides flying vision at the target area upon cast. Lingers for 250 seconds.
  • Dark Ascension icon
    Vision radius: 1800
    Provides flying vision around the hero. Is active for for 30 (Talent 38) seconds.
  • Fortune's End icon
    Vision radius: 200
    Provides non-lingering flying vision around the orb as it travels. Provides the same vision at the target's location on impact. Lingers for 2 seconds.
  • Stifling Dagger icon
    Vision radius: 450
    Provides non-lingering flying vision around the dagger as it travels. Provides the same vision at the target's location on impact. Lingers for 3.34 seconds.
  • Illusory Orb icon
    Vision radius: 450
    Provides flying vision around the orb as it travels. Lingers for 3.34 seconds.
  • Meat Hook icon
    Vision radius: 400
    Provides flying vision around the unit the hook latches on upon latching. Lingers for 4 seconds.
  • Plasma Field icon
    Vision radius: 800
    Provides flying vision around the caster for the entire duration. Lingers for 2 seconds.
  • Shadow Poison icon
    Path vision radius: 350
    Hit/End vision radius: 300
    Provides non-lingering flying vision around the poison cloud as it travels. Provides flying vision around each hit enemy, and at max distance upon reaching it. Lingers for 3.5 seconds.
  • Arcane Bolt icon
    Vision radius: 325
    Provides non-lingering flying vision around the bolt as it travels. Provides the same vision at the target's location on impact. Lingers for 3.34 seconds.
  • Concussive Shot icon
    Vision radius: 300
    Provides non-lingering flying vision around the shot as it travels. Provides the same vision at the target's location on impact. Lingers for 3.34 seconds.
  • Mortimer Kisses icon
    Vision radius: 500
    Provides non-lingering flying vision around the lava blobs as they travel. Provides the same vision at marked location on impact. Lingers for 3.5 seconds.
  • Shrapnel icon
    Vision radius: 400/425/450/475
    Provides flying vision within the target area after the effect delay. Lingers for 0.5 seconds.
  • Ball Lightning icon
    Vision radius: 400
    Provides non-lingering flying vision around the ball of lightning as it travels.
  • Storm Hammer icon
    Vision radius: 225
    Provides non-lingering flying vision around the fist as it travels.
  • Chakram icon
    Vision radius: 200
    Provides flying vision around the sawblade after reaching the targeted location, until it starts to return.
  • Second Chakram icon
    Vision radius: 200
    Provides flying vision around the sawblade after reaching the targeted location, until it starts to return.
  • Tree Throw icon
    Vision radius: 100
    Provides non-lingering flying vision around the tree as it travels, if ground-targeted. No provided if unit-targeted. Provides the same vision at the target's location on impact, regardless of how it was targeted. Lingers for 2 seconds.
  • Tree Volley icon
    Tree vision radius: 400
    Impact vision radius: 100
    Provides non-lingering flying vision around the trees as they travel. Provides flying vision at each hit enemy's location on impact. Lingers for 2 seconds.
  • Ice Shards icon
    Projectile vision radius: 200
    Shards vision radius: 100
    Provides non-lingering flying vision around the projectile as it travels. Provides flying vision around each shard after their creation. Lingers for 2 seconds.
  • Wave of Terror icon
    Vision radius: 300
    Provides flying vision around the wave as it travels. Lingers for 4 seconds.
  • Venomous Gale icon
    Vision radius: 350
    Provides non-lingering flying vision around the gale as it travels.
  • Aether Remnant icon
    Travel vision radius: 150
    Stationary vision radius: 200
    Provides non-lingering flying vision around the remnant as it travels. Spawns 2 vision cells in front of the remnant after the delay, one at max distance, and the other halfway through max distance. Lingers for as long as the remnant exists, so if triggered, the vision stops once the pulling ends.
  • The Swarm icon
    Vision radius: 100
    Provides non-lingering flying vision around each individual beetle within the swarm as they travel.
  • Powershot icon
    Vision radius: 400
    Provides non-lingering flying vision around the arrow as it travels. Provides the same vision at the max distance upon reaching it. Lingers for 3.34 seconds.
  • Lightning Bolt icon
    Vision radius: 750
    Provides flying vision around the target point or targeted enemy. Lingers for 4.5 seconds.
  • Thundergod's Wrath icon
    Vision radius: 500
    Provides flying vision around each hit enemy hero. Lingers for 3 seconds.
  • Sentry Ward icon
    Vision radius: 150
    Provides flying vision around the ward upon cast. Lingers for 12 seconds.
  • Town Portal Scroll icon
    Vision radius: 200
    Provides flying vision at the teleport destination upon channel begin. Duration is based on the channel time. Always lingers for the full duration, even when canceled.
  • Meteor Hammer icon
    Vision radius: 400
    Provides flying vision within the target area upon cast. Lingers for 3 seconds.
  • Shiva's Guard icon
    Vision radius: 800
    Provides flying vision around the caster for the entire duration. Lingers for 2 seconds.

Shared Vision[]

Some abilities are capable of sharing an enemy unit's vision the player's team. This means anything that unit sees can also be seen by its opponents.

Sources of shared vision
  • Track icon
    Duration: 30
    Shares the target's vision, with shared vision granting Talent talent.
  • Phantom's Embrace icon
    Duration: 5
    Shares the target's vision upon cast begin and during the debuff's duration.
  • Soulbind icon
    Duration: 6/7/8
    Shares the target's vision, as well as the vision of the secondary target it binds to.
  • Earthbind icon
    Duration: 2
    Shares all rooted enemies' vision.
  • Static Link icon
    Duration: 10
    Shares the target's vision while draining them.
  • Last Word icon
    Duration: 3/4/5/6
    Shares the targets' vision during the initial debuff's duration.
  • Assassinate icon
    Duration: 4
    Shares the target's vision upon cast begin. Vision is removed prematurely on projectile impact.
  • Spectral Dagger icon
    Duration: 7
    Shares all hit enemy heroes' vision as long as they create a shadow path still.
  • Charge of Darkness icon
    Shares the target's vision until the charge stops, either upon reaching it, or when canceled earlier.

Exposing[]

Several abilities can expose an enemy's model through the fog of war, without truly providing vision over them. This means the Fog of War still shrouds their surroundings, but they are visible and targetable as if they were not within the Fog of War. Exposed enemies are treated as visible units by abilities.

Exposing an enemy does not cancel out the effects of invisibility, although it does make their silhouette visible. An exposed invisible enemy has its location revealed, and can even be selected like a visible enemy, but is still almost fully treated as an invisible unit. This means it still cannot be targeted by attacks or single-targeted abilities, and still counts as invisible in terms of abilities affecting them, with very few exceptions. Some sources of exposure also provide True Sight to fully reveal the enemy, but not all do.

Exposing is a default component of shared vision so that all abilities listed in the previous section also expose enemies. Besides them, the following abilities expose enemies.

1 Requires Talent talent.
2a Requires Aghanim's Scepter icon Aghanim's Scepter.
2b Requires Aghanim's Shard icon Aghanim's Shard.
1 Requires Talent talent.
2a Requires Aghanim's Scepter icon Aghanim's Scepter.
2b Requires Aghanim's Shard icon Aghanim's Shard.
3 Exposes the current target of the Tranced hero.

Vision interaction with spells[]

Generally, unit-targeted spells require vision over the target, while ground targeted or non-target spells may be cast regardless of vision. Once cast, a spell usually works regardless of vision. Area effects usually do not require vision to affect enemies. Some non-targeted spells that do the targeting themselves may require vision over enemies. There are exceptions to all of these.

The following spells require vision over enemies to affect them

1 Requires Talent talent.
2a Requires Aghanim's Scepter icon Aghanim's Scepter.
2b Requires Aghanim's Shard icon Aghanim's Shard.
3 When the current target of these spells die, they choose new targets. Only choose visible enemies.
4 Mana Drain icon Mana Drain ends immediately on secondary targets if the target enters the fog of war.
5 When Starstorm's initial wave requires vision over enemies, the secondary single projectile does not.
6 When Multicast icon Multicast items and Ignite icon Ignite only target visible secondary targets.

Recent Changes[]

Main Article: Vision/Changelogs
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  • Vision and Fog of War can now be any numerical value, rather than specific intervals (previously it was 0, 64, 192, 320, 448, 576, 704, 800, 832, 960, 1088, 1216, 1344, 1472, 1600, 1728).
    • Previously if you had a vision between the fixed intervals, it would clamp to a fixed value.



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