Force Staff is an item purchasable at the Base Shop, under Magical.
 Force Staff
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Additional Information[]
- The item's attributes grants the following bonuses:
- 120 mana and 0.5 mana regeneration.
- 10 main attack damage to
heroes.
Ability[]
Force
Ability
Target Unit
Target Unit
Affects
Enemies / Allies
Enemies / Allies
Pushes any target unit 600 units in the direction it is facing.
Cast Range (Ally): 550
Cast Range (Enemy): 850
Push Distance: 600
Push Duration: 0.5
20
100
Spell Immunity Notes:
Can be cast on self while spell immune.
Cannot be cast on other spell immune units.
Notes:
- ↓↓ Double-tapping automatically target self.
- Pushes the target at a speed of 1200.
- Force does not disable affected units, so they still can cast abilities, attack and turn during the push.
- This means it does not cancel any channeling abilities of the target.
- However, being a unit-targeted ability, it interrupts the caster's channeling abilities upon cast. Forced movement does not cancel channeling abilities.
- Does not push units affected by Flaming Lasso, Black Hole, Chronosphere or Duel.
- Cannot push units through Kinetic Field or Arena Of Blood.
- If a pushed unit is affected by Soulbind, it cannot push the unit further than its maximum break distance.
- If a pushed unit is leashed by Pounce, the leash gets instantly broken upon cast.
- However, if a pushed unit gets leashed after cast, it cannot push the unit further than the maximum radius.
- Cannot be cast on wards or buildings.
- Can be cast on Homing Missiles.
- Can move units over impassable terrain.
- Destroys trees within 100 radius the target come in contact with during the push.
- Can be cast on Roshan but without pushing him, since Roshan is immune to forced movement.
- Shares cooldown with Hurricane Pike.
- Does not share cooldown with Force Boots.
Recommended Heroes[]
Heroes that require a mobility item will pick up a Force Staff, often in addition to a Blink Dagger.
It may also be purchased by heroes intending to build a Hurricane Pike.
Tips[]
- This is an overall good and cheap utility item for saving allies and messing up enemy positioning.
- Force can push units over cliffs and through trees, making it a great chasing or escaping item.
- It is also good for countering Heroes that can make impassable barriers, such as Earthshaker, Clockwerk or Nature's Prophet.
- Unlike Blink Dagger, the item is not disabled when receiving damage, allowing for both initiation and escape (but the distance is shorter). And it can be upgraded into an hurricane pike even for melee heroes late game to get extra stats compared to the blink dagger.
- Force Staff is the cheapest item to disable a Linken's Sphere allowing you to use more powerful spells like Hex from a Scythe of Vyse and/or Soul Rend from Bloodthorn.
- When chasing enemies, the Force Staff can be used to chase down enemies easily and disable them although one should use it with extreme caution.
Trivia[]
- Crystal Maiden's cosmetic item, Force Staff, is based on Force Staff and shares its name.
Gallery[]
Using Force Staff
Icon when Compass of the Rising Gale is equipped
Icon when Compass of the Rising Gale is equipped, using the alternative style
Recent Changes[]
Main Article: Force Staff/Changelogs
Version
Description
- Item cost changes:
- Now requires Fluffy Hat (250 ) to build, instead of Ring of Regen (175 ).
- Reduced Recipe cost from 1000 to 950 .
- Total gold cost increases from 2175 to 2200 .
- Now requires Fluffy Hat (250
- No longer grants 2.5 health regeneration.
- Now grants 150 health.
- Reduced Ring of Regen cost from 225 to 175 (total cost decreases from 2225 to 2175 ).
