Gleipnir is an item purchasable at the Base Shop, under Magical.
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Additional Information[]
- The item's attributes grants the following bonuses:
- 280 health and 1.4 health regeneration.
- 288 mana and 1.2 mana regeneration.
- 14 attack speed and 2.33 main armor.
- 14, 14 and 24 main attack damage to all
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heroes respectively.
- Chain Lightning proc does not stack with other Maelstrom-based items.
Abilities[]
Roots all enemies in a target 450 radius for 2 seconds and deals 220 damage.
Cast Range: 1100
Radius: 450
Damage: 220
Duration: 2
Notes:
- Launches projectiles onto enemies within 450 radius.
- Can target invisible units and units inside the Fog of War.
- The projectiles travel at a speed of 1900.
- Roots the targets, preventing them from moving and casting certain mobility abilities.
- Provides True Sight over the targets.
- Gleipnir first applies the damage, then the debuff.
- Successive casts on the same target do not stack, but refresh the duration instead.
- Shares cooldown with Rod of Atos.
Notes:
- When obtaining multiple items with the Chain Lightning ability, only the one that has been continuously the longest in the inventory works.
- The lightning bounces in 0.25-second intervals, so hitting 4 targets takes 0.75 seconds.
- All bounces together can deal up to 640 damage (before reductions).
- Against a lone target, Chain Lightning an average of 48 magical damage to every attack.
- Chain Lightning can proc while a previous Chain Lightning is still bouncing.
- Can never hit the same unit more than once per proc.
- Attacks which proc Chain Lightning cannot miss.
- Can proc on invisible units or units in Fog of War, but it does not bounce toward those units.
- Does not proc if the attacker is dead. However, it can proc if the target is dead.
- Chain Lightning uses pseudo-random distribution.
- The hidden modifier is a hidden buff required for the lightning to bounce.
- Chain Lightning uses a custom cooldown system. It is neither displayed on the item icon when procced, nor is affected by cooldown manipulation.
Recommended Heroes[]
Trivia[]
- In Norse Mythology, Gleipnir is the chain that is used to bind Fenrir, a wolf that is the son of Loki and Angrboda.
- Gleipnir's intern name is "Gungir", an incorrect spelling of Gungnir, which is the spear of the Norse Mythology God Odin.
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Recent Changes[]
Main Article: Gleipnir/Changelogs
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- Increased strength bonus from 12 to 14.
- Increased agility bonus from 12 to 14.
- Increased intelligence bonus from 20 to 24.
- Increased Eternal Chains projectile speed from 1750 to 1900.
- Increased Eternal Chains projectile speed from 1500 to 1750.
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