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Gyrocopter 22 + 2.5 26 + 3.6 21 + 2.1
Level 0 1 15 25 30 Health 120 604 1374 2188 2496 +0 +2.2 +5.7 +9.4 +10.85 Mana 75 327 675 1071 1215 +0 +1.05 +2.52 +4.17 +4.8 Armor 2 6.33 14.73 22.73 26.07 Magic Resist 25% % % % % Damage Block - Damage 16 22 42 48 92 98 140 146 160 166 Attack Rate 0.74/s 0.89/s 1.18/s 1.47/s 1.58/s Attack Range 365 (800) Attack Speed ▶️ 125 (1.7s BAT) Attack Animation 0.2 + 0.1 Projectile Speed 3000 Move Speed ▶️ 315 ( 345) Turn Rate 0.6 Collision Size 24 Bound Radius 24 Vision Range (G) 1800 ( 800) Gib Type Motor Internal Not Provided

Aurel, the Gyrocopter, is a ranged agility hero, capable of outputting a lot of single target and area of effect damage at a multitude of ranges. Early game Gyrocopter is a strong ganker, with Rocket Barrage able to output a lot of damage in a short amount of time if he and his target are alone. His second ability, Homing Missile, is a long range projectile that forces opponents to either stop and engage to take out the missile, or run to a safe location before being stunned. Thanks to his third ability, Flak Cannon, he is also an excellent pusher, and with it can farm up big items in the midgame as his spells start to fall off in damage. Flak Cannon also allows him to hit everyone in a teamfight with his attacks, and with enough damage items he can inflict a lot of damage to the entire enemy team. Call Down is a useful ultimate with a low cooldown, providing a large area slow and nuke making it great for team fights. With the right items, he can also transition into a carry role.

Bio

Aurel, the Gyrocopter

▶️ "So much for being retired…"

Lore:

After serving through a lifetime of wars, upheaval, riots, and revolutions, the brass figured Aurel had seen enough. But in addition to a few trinkets and his considerable pension, the erstwhile engineer left with something far more interesting: a long-forgotten, incomplete schematic for a Gyrocopter, the world’s first manned, non-magical flying device. Retiring to the tropical obscurity of the Ash Archipelago with little else but time and money, he set to work building the device. As the years wore on and the remains of failed prototypes began to pile up, he began to wonder if mechanical flight was even possible. A decade and a day after his retirement, on a sunny afternoon with a southerly breeze, Aurel sat in his latest attempt bristling with indignation and expectant failure. With a grunt of effort he pulled the ignition cord and covered his head, waiting for the inevitable explosion. However to his great surprise he began to lift and, following a few panicked adjustments, stabilize. Within an hour, he was ducking and weaving with the breeze, level with the gulls, and Aurel found himself filled with the breathless wonder of flight. As dusk settled in he set a course back to his workshop, but no sooner had he turned his craft when a cannonball tore through his tailfin. Disentangling himself from the wreckage, he swam toward the nearest piece of land in sight, and cursed to see the ship responsible for the cannonball collecting the debris. Days later, when Aurel returned to his workshop, he set to work on yet another gyrocopter, this one capable of carrying a much heavier, more dangerous payload.

Voice:

Nolan North (Responses)

Abilities

Rocket Barrage

▶️QR

Ability
No Target

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical

Launches a salvo of rockets at nearby enemy units in a radius around the Gyrocopter. Lasts 3 seconds.

Cast Animation: 0+0

Search Radius: 400

Number of Targets: 1 ( 2)

Rockets per Second: 10

Damage per Rocket: 7/12/17/22 ( 21/26/31/36)

Barrage Duration: 3 ( 4)

 7/6.5/6/5.5

 90

Aghanim's Shard Upgrade:

Rocket Barrage hits an extra target and increases duration by 1 second.

Modifiers [?]

modifier_gyrocopter_rocket_barrage

Any

Aurel's new craft has an increased payload for rockets, enhancing their rapid-fire capabilities.

• Rocket Barrage interrupts Gyrocopter's channeling spells upon cast.

• Despite the visual effects, the damage is dealt instantly, rather than on each rocket's impact.

• Rocket Barrage cannot hit invisible units or units in the Fog of War.

• Gyrocopter can act freely during Rocket Barrage.

• Does not fire rockets while Gyrocopter is hidden.

• Deals damage in 0.1 second intervals, resulting in 30 damage instances.
  • With Aghanim's Shard, it can hit up to 2 enemies at once on each interval, increasing the total possible damage instances to 60.

• Can deal a total of 210/360/510/660 ( 630/780/930/1080) damage (before reductions), assuming all rockets hit.
  • With Aghanim's Shard, can deal a total of 280/480/680/880 ( 840/1040/1240/1440) damage to a single unit, 560/960/1360/1760 ( 1680/2080/2480/2880) damage in total.

Homing Missile
Summoned Ward
Health 100 +0 This unit has no mana. Level 2 Duration Infinite Armor 0 Magic Resistance 0% Status Resistance 0 Collision Size 27 Bound Radius 24 Vision Range (G) 400 Bounty 50 Experience 20 Notes Uncontrollable Phased

Visual indicator above the target.

Homing Missile

▶️▶️▶️WE

Ability
Target Unit

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical

Fires a homing missile to seek the targeted enemy unit. The missile gains speed over time, dealing damage and stunning when it impacts the target. Enemy units can destroy the missile before it reaches its target.

Cast Animation: 0+0

Cast Range: 1050

Hero Attacks to Destroy: 3

Tower Attacks to Destroy: 6

Damage: 100/175/250/325

Stun Duration: 2.25/2.5/2.75/3 ( 2.55/2.8/3.05/3.3)

Number of Charges: 0 ( 5)

Charge Replenish Time: 0 ( 26/21/16/11)

 26/21/16/11 ( 0)

 120/130/140/150

Modifiers [?]

modifier_gyrocopter_homing_missile

Undispellable

modifier_stunned

Strong

The biggest missile Aurel could possibly attach to his craft, The Bomb™ has carefully calculated aerodynamics and explosives for maximum impact.

• When Cast, a stationary missile is placed 150 range in front of Gyrocopter, which begins to move 2.5 seconds later.

• Homing Missile's initial speed is 500 and increases by 20 per second, growing by 1 every 0.05 seconds.
  • The speed acceleration is not capped, and continues to increase until it hits the target or is destroyed.

• If the missile's target dies, it automatically switches to the nearest valid target within 700 range of the previous target.

• Only attacks from heroes, illusions (counting as heroes), towers, and the fountains (counting as towers) can damage the missile.

• The rocket first applies the debuff, then the damage.

• The crosshair over the target is visible to allies only.

• Although the spell grants no vision or True Sight over the target, the missile follows and hits invisible units.

• If the missile hits its target, its 400 range flying vision stays at the location for 3.5 seconds.

• The missile can be targeted by Force Staff and Hurricane Pike, pushing the rocket forwards (or backwards).
  • The missile cannot impact the target during the forced movement, and passes through, reorients, and continues to chase the target.

• When the missile gets affected by Chronosphere it gets instantly destroyed.

Overhead icon.

Flak Cannon

▶️▶️EF

Ability
No Target
( Passive)

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Instant Attack

Gyrocopter's attacks hit all enemy units in an area around it for a limited number of attacks. Only the main target of attacks will receive attack bonuses such as Critical Strike. Lasts 10 seconds or until the attacks are used.

Cast Animation: 0+0

Flak Search Radius: 1250

Side Gunner Range: 0 ( 700)

Side Gunner Attack Interval: 0 ( 1.2)

Number of Flak Attacks: 2/3/4/5

Flak Duration: 10

 18

 50

Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade:

Adds a Side Gunner that at random attacks enemy units near Gyrocopter. Prioritizes furthest unit away within its range.

Modifiers [?]

modifier_gyrocopter_flak_cannon

Death

modifier_gyrocopter_flak_cannon_scepter

Undispellable

This newly revamped Gyrocopter has attached enough armaments to assault in a 360 degree radius.

• Flak Cannon interrupts Gyrocopter's channeling spells upon cast.

• Causes Gyrocopter to perform instant attacks on all nearby enemies whenever he launches an attack projectile.
  • The instant attacks of Flak Cannot do not trigger attack modifier or any on-hit effects.

• The projectiles from the instant attacks travel at a speed of 800.

• The flaks have no count limit. All valid nearby targets get targeted.
  • The primary attack target is not affected by Flak Cannon. It is only hit by the primary attack.
  • Does not target couriers, wards, buildings, invisible units, or units inside the Fog of War.
  • However, attacking couriers, wards, buildings, or allied units still causes flaks to hit all valid targets within the radius.

• The number of attacks left is visible (to everyone) on the buff icon.

• The visual effect above Gyrocopter while active is visible to everyone.

• With Aghanim's Scepter, Gyrocopter performs instant attacks on the furthest enemy within range of him.
  • Unlike Flak Cannon's active, these instant attacks can trigger any attack modifier and on-hit effects normally, except for Flak Cannon itself.
  • These attacks do not have True Strike, but ignore disarms.
  • Does not target wards, couriers, and attack immune enemies, but does target buildings. Only targets units Gyrocopter has vision over.
  • The Side Gunner does not attack when Gyrocopter is hidden or invisible.
  • However, the gunner ignores fade times and fade delays of spells. It only does not attack when fully invisible.

• Flak Cannot does not need to learned to unlock the Side Gunner. It works even at ability level 0.

• Side Gunner is only available to Gyrocopter. Other heroes who get hold on Flak Cannon cannot unlock the Side Gunner.
  • In Ability Draft, it is available to anyone who drafts Flak Cannon, but needs to be leveled at least once to work.

Call Down

▶️RC

Ability
Target Area

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical

Call down an aerial missile strike on enemy units in a target area. After 2 seconds, two missiles arrive in succession, with 2 seconds between them.

Cast Animation: 0.3+0.5

Cast Range: 1000 ( 30)

Effect Radius: 600

Delay per Rocket: 2

Missile One Damage: 150/250/350

Missile Two Damage: 200/275/350

Missile One Move Speed Slow: 30%

Missile Two Move Speed Slow: 60%

Missile One Slow Duration: 2

Missile Two Slow Duration: 4

 90 ( 65)

 125

Modifiers [?]

modifier_gyrocopter_call_down_thinker

Undispellable

modifier_gyrocopter_call_down_slow

Any

'Bombs away!'

• The first missile impacts 2 seconds and the second missile 4 seconds after cast.

• Provides 300 radius flying vision at the targeted area for 4 seconds upon cast.

• Can deal a total of 350/525/700 damage (before reductions), assuming both missiles hit.

• The rockets first applies their debuffs, then their damage.

• The big red area indicator is visible to allies only, but the sound effects are audible and the missiles visible to everyone.

Talents

Hero Talents
-30s Call Down Cooldown and Global Range	25	-5s Flak Cannon Cooldown
+14 Rocket Barrage Damage	20	+3 Flak Cannon Attacks
+25 Flak Cannon Damage	15	+0.3s Homing Missile Stun Duration
+175 Health	10	+30 Movement Speed during Rocket Barrage

Notes:

• The health talent increases the max health capacity and keeps the current health percentage.

Recent Changes

Main Article: Gyrocopter/Changelogs

Version

Description

7.35

• REWORKED
  Call Down.

OLD

Call Down

Call down an aerial missile strike on enemy units in a target area. After seconds, two missiles arrive in succession, with seconds between them.

Cast Range: 1000

Effect Radius: 600

Number of Call Downs: 1

Number of Missiles per Call Down: 2

Delay per Missile: 2

Missile One Damage: 150/250/350

Missile One Move Speed Slow: 30%

Missile One Slow Duration: 2

Missile Two Damage: 250/325/400

Missile Two Move Speed Slow: 60%

Missile Two Slow Duration: 4

Cooldown : 90/75/60

Mana cost: 125

NEW

Call Down

Call down 3 aerial missile strikes that slow and damage enemy units in a target area. Each strike is 500 distance from the previous one and is delayed by 1 seconds.

Now always shoots 3 missile strikes in the vector targeted direction, but with a single missile per strike

Cast Range: 1000

Effect Radius: 400

Number of Call Downs: 3

Number of Missiles per Call Down: 1

Delay per Missile: 1

Missile Damage: 250/400/550

Missile One Move Speed Slow: 50%

Missile Slow Duration: 4

Cooldown : 90/75/60

Mana cost :150/200/250

• Talents:
• LVL 25

   

  x3 Call Down ➜ -30s Call Down Cooldown and Global Range.

7.34e

• Increased Rocket Barrage damage per rocket from 6/12/18/24 to 8/14/20/26.

7.34d

• Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
  • Increased Flak Cannon Side Gunner attack interval from 1.2 to 1.3.

Gameplay

The world's first non-magical flying device took over a decade to create, and less than a few seconds to shoot down. But its pilot was not deterred. Aurel returned to the skies in a newer, better Gyrocopter. One with Flak Cannons, to strafe entire fields of foes. And Homing Missiles, to shoot down bogeys no matter how they twist or turn. Somebody infringing on your airspace? Let them have it with a Rocket Barrage. But sometimes, it's easier to just use the big bomb. Aurel Calls Down an air strike, and then delivers the payload himself before soaring away from the rising explosion. Not bad for an old timer.
Roles:	Carry Nuker Disabler
Complexity:
Adjectives:	Legs ( 2 )

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Equipment

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Trivia

• Aurel Vlaicu was a Romanian pioneer of early flight.
• Gyrocopter's response upon meeting Viper ▶️ "Holy shit, it's Viper!" is a reference to a scene of the movie Top Gun.
• Gyrocopter's helmet is similar to Gaetan "The Mole" Moliere's headgear from Atlantis: The Lost Empire.
• Gyrocopter's response upon using homing missile "Fox Two" is a reference to the NATO brevity code for an air-to-air infrared-guided missile launch.

Gallery

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  Model and icons before the November 21, 2013 Patch

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  Splash artwork

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  Concept art

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  Ability icon progress

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