Force Staff

Force Staff B
	Allows you to manipulate others, for good or evil.
Cost; 2200 (950) Bought From; Magical
Active	Force
Bonus [?]	+10 Intelligence; +150 Health;
Disassemble?	No
Alert allies?	No
Recipe

Item

The Force Staff is an item purchasable at the Main Shop, under Magical.

Additional Information[]

For strength heroes, it grants 150 health, 120 mana and 0.5 mana regen.
For agility heroes, it grants 150 health, 120 mana and 0.5 mana regen.
For intelligence heroes, it grants 150 health, 120 mana, 0.5 mana regen and 10 attack damage.

Force

Ability
Target Unit

Affects
Enemies / Allies

Pushes any target unit 600 units in the direction it is facing.

Cast Range (Ally/Self): 550

Cast Range (Enemy): 850

Push Distance: 600

Push Duration: 0.5

23

100

Can be cast on self while spell immune.
Cannot be cast on other spell immune units.

Modifiers

modifier_item_forcestaff_active: Dispellable with any dispel.

Notes:

The target is not disabled during the push, so they still can cast spells or items, attack and turn during the push.
- This means it does not cancel channeling spells of the target.
- However, it interrupts the user's channeling spells upon cast, since it is a single target spell. It is not the push itself canceling them.

Does not push the target if they are affected by Black Hole, Chronosphere, Duel, or Flaming Lasso.

If the target is affected by Soulbind, it cannot push them further than its max stretch distance allows.

If the target is leashed by Pounce, the leash gets instantly broken upon cast.
- However, if the target gets leashed after cast, it cannot push them further than the max stretch distance of Pounce allows.

Can move the target over impassable terrain. Trees within 100 radius around them get destroyed during the push.

Can be cast on Roshan but without any effect, since Roshan is immune to forced movement.

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.

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.

Crystal Maiden's cosmetic item, Force Staff, is based on Force Staff and shares its name.

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 .