Hero
Jakiro
    27 + 2.8
15 + 1.2
26 + 3
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Jakiro, the Twin Head Dragon, is a ranged intelligence hero who utilizes the powers of ice and fire with powerful linear area spells. He can freeze enemies in place with Ice Path, or slow them down with Dual Breath. He is capable of dealing heavy damage throughout the game by locking enemies inside his Macropyre, and provides great pushing power with Liquid Fire.
With high base attribute gain and relatively low mana costs, he requires few items to be effective. Jakiro is a support who can continually turn battles in his favor with good positioning. His high strength gain makes him a bit tougher than most spellcasters and his low cooldowns ensure that his downtime is very minuscule, making him a great hero for ganks, pushes and clashes across the battlefield.
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Bio[]
Jakiro, the Twin Head Dragon▶️ "Two sides of the same coin."
Lore:
Even among magical beasts, a twin-headed dragon is a freak. Equal parts ice and fire, cunning and rage, the creature known as Jakiro glides over charred and ice-bound battlefields, laying waste to any who would bear arms against it. Pyrexae dragon clutches always contain two fledglings. Famous for their viciousness even from the first moments of life, newly hatched dragons of this species will try to kill their sibling while still in the nest. Only the strongest survive. In this way is the strength of the Pyrexae line ensured. By some accident of nature, the freak Jakiro hatches from a single egg, combining in a single individual the full range of abilities found within the diverse Pyrexae species. Trapped within the armature of its monstrous body, the powers of ice and fire combine, and now no enemy is safe.
Voice:
Abilities[]
Dual Breath
An icy blast followed by a wave of fire launches out in a path in front of Jakiro. The ice slows enemies, while the fire delivers damage over time.
Cast Animation: 0.35+1.4
Cast Range: 750 (
1500)
1500)Starting Radius: 225
Travel Distance: 750 ( 1500)
1500)End Radius: 275
Move Speed Slow: 28%/32%/36%/40%
Attack Speed Slow: 28/32/36/40
Damage per Second: 20/40/60/80 ( 40/80/120/160)
40/80/120/160)Duration: 5
10
140/
Slow persists and attempts to deal damage if debuffs were placed before spell immunity and when not dispelled.Modifiers
modifier_jakiro_dual_breath: Undispellable. Persists death.
modifier_jakiro_dual_breath_slow: Dispellable with any dispel. modifier_jakiro_dual_breath_burn: Dispellable with any dispel.Pyrexae dragons have tremendously dangerous breath for each branch of the species; combining them is unimaginable.
Notes:
- Targeting a unit causes the breaths to be released towards the unit's position.
- Both the icy and fiery wave travel at a speed of 1050, taking 0.71 ( 1.43) seconds to travel the full distance.
- The fiery breath is released 0.2 seconds after the icy breath is released.
- This means it is possible for enemies to be hit by only one of the breaths, by getting in or out of range of the second breath.
- Jakiro cannot move until both waves are released, but can use items and abilities, and turn a little bit between the first and the second breath.
- With the travel distance and end radius, Dual Breath can hit units up to 1025 ( 1775) range away.
- The complete area of both breaths is shaped like a cone.
- Deals 10/20/30/40 ( 20/40/60/80) damage in 0.5-second intervals, starting immediately as the damaging debuff is placed, resulting in 11 instances.
- Can deal up to 110/220/330/440 ( 220/440/660/880) damage to a single unit (before reductions).
- Can deal up to 110/220/330/440 (
Ice Path
Creates a path of ice that stuns and damages enemies that touch it.
Cast Animation: 0.65+0.8
Cast Range: 1200
Path Distance: 1200
Path Radius: 150
Effect Delay: 0.5
Damage: 50
Path Duration: 1/1.5/2/2.5 ( 1.5/2/2.5/3)
1.5/2/2.5/3) 12/ 9.5/8.5/7.5/6.5) 100
Modifiers
modifier_jakiro_ice_path: Undispellable. Persists death. modifier_jakiro_ice_path_stun: Dispellable with strong dispels.Jakiro's cunning right head calls upon its frozen heritage, glazing the earth with blistering cold.
Notes:
- Despite the visual effects, the path's effects do not have to travel, and are instantly applied after the 0.5-second delay.
- The Ice Path starts 12 range in front of Jakiro and has a length of 1200.
- With the starting distance, path length and path radius, Ice Patch can hit units up to 1362 range away.
- It can also hit units 138 range behind Jakiro, due to its radius and starting position.
- Enemy units which come within 150 radius of the path while it is up get stunned and damaged by it.
- The stun lasts as long as the remaining duration of the path itself.
- The path grants 150 range flying vision along the path for its duration.
- Enemies may only be stunned once per cast, so if dispeled, they cannot get stunned by it again.
- Ice Path first applies the debuff, then the damage.
Jakiro burns his enemies in an area of effect with fire added to his attack, while slowing their attacks.
Cast Range: 600 ( 925)
925)Radius: 300
Attack Speed Slow: 30/40/50/60 ( 80/90/100/110)
80/90/100/110)Damage per Second: 15/20/25/30
Duration: 5
20/ 0
Grants a new ability: Liquid Frost
Can target spell immune enemies. Does not place debuff on spell immune enemies. Slows and attempts to deal damage if debuff was placed before spell immunity and when not dispelled.
When disjointed, the area effect is instantly applied at the target's current location.
Illusions always have the fiery particles when Liquid Fire is leveled at least once before the illusions got created.Modifiers
modifier_jakiro_liquidfire: Undispellable. Persists death. modifier_jakiro_liquid_fire_burn: Dispellable with any dispel.The left maw of Jakiro opens, laying waste to any in its path.
Notes:
- Uses Jakiro's 400 ( 725) attack range when using Autocast. Manually casting it uses the 600 ( 925) cast range.
- The cast range can be further increased by other attack range bonuses. However, it is not affected by cast range bonuses.
- Applies Liquid Fire around and on the target regardless of whether the attack misses or is disjointed or not.
- However, when the target turns spell immune or invulnerable before impact, Liquid Fire is not applied at all.
- Successive casts of Liquid Fire do not stack, but refresh the debuff instead.
- The attack first applies the debuff, then its own damage.
- Deals 7.5/10/12.5/15 damage in 0.5-second intervals (before reductions), starting 0.5 seconds after the debuff is applied, resulting in 10 damage instances.
- Can deal up to 75/100/125/150 damage to a single target.
- When off cooldown, the fire head's mouth drools fire, visible to everyone.
- If Liquid Fire is cast while Liquid Frost is on Autocast, only Liquid Frost will be used.
- If Liquid Fire and Liquid Frost are both on autocast attacks, only Liquid Frost will be used.
Stuns enemies for 0.4 seconds and applies a frost debuff that slows enemy movement speed by 20% and take 20 plus 2.5% of their max health per second as damage for 4 seconds.
Cast Range: 600 ( 925)
925)Radius: 300
Move Speed Slow: 20%
Base Damage per Second: 20
Max Health as Damage per Second: 2.5%
Debuff Duration: 4
Stun Duration: 0.4
12 0
Can target spell immune enemies. Does not place the debuffs on spell immune enemies. Slows and attempts to deal damage if debuff was placed before spell immunity and when not dispelled. When disjointed, the area effect is instantly applied at the target's current location. Illusions always have the icy particles when Liquid Frost is unlocked before the illusions got created.Modifiers
modifier_jakiro_liquidice: Undispellable. Persists death. modifier_jakiro_liquid_ice_debuff: Dispellable with any dispel. modifier_stunned: Dispellable with strong dispels.
Ability Draft Notes:
Requires drafting Macropyre to be unlocked.
Notes:
- Requires Aghanim's Shard to be unlocked.
- Uses Jakiro's 400 ( 725) attack range when using Autocast. Manually casting it uses the 600 ( 925) cast range.
- The cast range can be further increased by other attack range bonuses. However, it is not affected by cast range bonuses.
- Applies Liquid Frost around and on the target regardless of whether the attack misses or is disjointed or not.
- However, when the target turns spell immune or invulnerable before impact, Liquid Frost is not applied at all.
- Successive casts of Liquid Frost do not stack, but refresh the debuff instead.
- The attack first applies the debuff, then the stun, then its own damage.
- Deals damage in 1-second intervals, starting 1 second after the debuff is applied, resulting in 4 damage instances.
- Can deal up to 80 + 10% of max health as damage to a single target (before reductions).
- When off cooldown, the ice head's mouth glows and releases light blue smoke, visible to everyone.
- If Liquid Frost is manually cast while Liquid Fire is on Autocast and both abilities are off cooldown, both Liquid Fire and Liquid Frost will be applied to the target.
- If Liquid Fire is manually cast while Liquid Frost is on Autocast, only Liquid Frost will be used.
- If Liquid Fire and Liquid Frost are both on autocast attacks, only Liquid Frost will be used.
Jakiro exhales a wide line of lasting flames, which deals damage per second to any enemy units caught in the fire.
Cast Animation: 0.55+1.07
Cast Range: 1400 ( 1800)
1800)Path Distance: 1400 ( 1800)
1800)Path Radius: 260
Damage per Second: 110/155/200 ( 140/185/230)
140/185/230)Damage Linger Duration: 2
Path Duration: 10 ( 30)
30) 80/ 220/
Increases Macropyre distance by +400 range, duration by +20 seconds and causes it to become Pure damage and pierce Spell Immunity. Debuff is always placed on spell immune enemies, but the damage does not tick.The damage ticks normally when upgraded.
Modifiers
modifier_jakiro_macropyre: Undispellable. Persists death. modifier_jakiro_macropyre_burn: Dispellable with any dispel.Ice and fire combine to rip the battlefield to shreds with extreme temperatures.
Notes:
- Instantly applies its effects over the whole distance. Does not have any travel time.
- Macropyre starts 234 range in front of Jakiro and has a length of 1166 ( 1566).
- With the starting distance, path length and path radius, Macropyre can hit units up to 1660 ( 2060) range away.
- It can also hit units 26 range behind Jakiro, due to its radius and starting position.
- With the starting distance, path length and path radius, Macropyre can hit units up to 1660 (
- Places a debuff on enemies within the area in 0.5-second intervals, starting 0.5 seconds after cast.
- The debuff does not stack. When standing inside the fire, its duration gets refreshed.
- The debuff deals 55/77.5/100 ( 70/92.5/115) damage in 0.5-second intervals, starting 0.5 seconds after being placed, resulting in 4 damage instances.
- This results in a maximum of 23 ( 63) damage instances when standing within the area the full duration.
- One instance of the debuff can deal up to 220/310/400 ( 280/370/460) damage (before reductions).
- The debuff deals 55/77.5/100 (
- Multiple overlapping Macropyres do not stack. They refresh the same debuff on enemies.
- Can deal up to 1265/1782.5/2300 ( 1610/2127.5/2645) damage to a single unit (before reductions).
- With Aghanim's Scepter, it can deal up to 3465/4882.5/6300 ( 4410/5827.5/7245) damage to a single unit.
- With Aghanim's Scepter, it can deal up to 3465/4882.5/6300 (
- Aghanim's Scepter changes Macropyre's sound effect. This changed sound effect is audible through the Fog of War.
Talents[]
| Hero Talents | ||
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| -2.5s Ice Path Cooldown | 25 | 2x Dual Breath Damage and Range |
| +30 Macropyre Damage | 20 | +0.5s Ice Path Duration |
| +325 Health | 15 | -50 Liquid Fire Attack Speed |
| +6% Spell Amplification | 10 | +325 Attack Range |
Notes:
- The attack range talent also affects the cast range of Liquid Fire and Liquid Frost.
- The health talent increases maximum health capacity, and keeps the current health percentage.
Recent Changes[]
Main Article: Jakiro/Changelogs
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- Reduced strength gain from 3 to 2.8.
- Increased intelligence gain from 2.8 to 3.
- Increased Macropyre damage per second from 100/140/180 to 110/155/200.
- Increased health regeneration from 0 to 0.25.
- Reduced Dual Breath cast time from 0.55 to 0.35.
- Increased Liquid Fire damage per second from 12/16/20/24 to 15/20/25/30.
- Increased Macropyre cooldown from 60 on each level to 80/70/60.
- Increased base agility from 10 to 15.
- Increased turn rate from 0.5 to 0.6.
- Reduced Dual Breath delay between breaths from 0.3 to 0.2.
- Macropyre no longer destroys trees within its area upon cast.
- Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
- Macropyre
- No longer increases damage per second to 125/175/225.
- Now changes its damage type to pure and makes it pierce spell immunity.
- Macropyre
- Aghanim's Shard upgrade:
- Liquid Frost
- Now also stuns the all targets within the area for 0.4 seconds.
- Reduced movement speed slow from 30% to 20%.
- Liquid Frost
- Talents:
- Level 15 left talent changed: +25 Dual Breath damage per second ➜ +325 health.
- Level 15 right talent changed: -1.5s Ice Path cooldown ➜ +50 Liquid Fire attack speed slow.
- Level 20 left talent changed: +325 Dual Breath cast range/distance ➜ +30 Macropyre damage per second.
- Level 20 right talent changed: +50 Liquid Fire attack speed slow ➜ +0.5s Ice Path duration.
- Level 25 left talent changed: +1s Ice Path duration ➜ -2.5s Ice Path cooldown.
- Level 25 right talent changed: Macropyre deals pure damage and pierces spell immunity ➜ 2x Dual Breath damage/cast range/distance.
Recommended Items[]
Starting items:
- Tango offers cheap health regeneration during the laning phase, allowing Jakiro to stay longer in lane and get the experience he needs.
- Healing Salve also restores health to Jakiro and allies.
- Clarity replenishes Jakiro's mana over time, allowing him to keep harassing enemies using Dual Breath.
- Iron Branch increases Jakiro's overall survivability by providing additional attribute bonuses for cheap; Jakiro can use it to get more heal out of Tango, or save up to build Magic Wand.
- Observer Ward grants vision of the enemies so Jakiro and allies can better plan ganks and pushes.
Early game:
- Boots of Speed provide a significant bonus to Jakiro's movement speed, which help catch up to fleeing heroes or escape from danger himself. They can later upgrade into Arcane Boots to help with Jakiro's mana.
- Magic Stick and Magic Wand grant charges as enemy heroes use abilities, which exchange for a burst of health and mana restoration.
- Wind Lace adds a little bit to Jakiro's low movement speed, and builds into Eul's Scepter of Divinity. Also advisable to purchase another for extra speed once built.
- Town Portal Scroll transports Jakiro across the map. After death, use it to quickly return to lane and not miss out on creep experience. After the laning phase, carrying one can prove helpful as both an escape mechanism and a quick way to help allied heroes across the map.
Mid game:
- Arcane Boots expands Jakiro's mana pool so he can use abilities more. The active ability sustains Jakiro's and nearby teammates' ability usage. In the late game, Jakiro has an option to upgrade Arcane Boots to Guardian Greaves to better support his team.
- Tranquil Boots is a sidegrade option to Arcane Boots providing high HP regen and movement speed instead of mana. May be combined with Soul Ring to solve any mana issues.
- Eul's Scepter of Divinity provides intelligence and mana regeneration at a cost effective price, and it gives Jakiro an active ability that allows him to land his abilities more easily. After using Cyclone, Jakiro will have enough time to set up Macropyre and time Ice Path to ensure maximum stun duration on enemy target. Jakiro can also use the active on himself to dispel debuffs or silences.
- Rod of Atos' long-ranged root can set up Ice Path as well as Jakiro's other abilities, being a good alternative to cyclone. The bonus stats also help Jakiro's effectiveness.
Late game:
- Blink Dagger allows Jakiro to initiate teamfights much easier, along with the added ability to travel the map quicker and offers quick escape from incoming enemies. However, it does not guarantee escape because taking damage will disable the ability to blink for 3 seconds. At the late game it can also be upgraded into Arcane Blink to provide cooldown reduction, but most importantly cast point reduction, something well welcomed for Jakiro's abilities.
- Force Staff acts more as an escape item compared to Blink Dagger, as Jakiro can use it while taking damage. Jakiro can also use it on allies if they want to chase after a kill or escape from danger themselves.
- Meteor Hammer is a very cheap and strong item for Jakiro's game plan as it works twofold: not only allowing further destruction of enemy structures in tandem with Liquid Fire, but also allowing for more advanced Macropyre combos with Eul's Scepter of Divinity and Ice Path, perfectly syncing when you channel it immediately after the cast point, similarly to Nyx Assassin's combo. Be wary of enemies with Status Resistance, for they will be able to escape and counter this maneuver.
- Aghanim's Shard provides Jakiro a new ability, Liquid Frost, that may be used to slow enemies, siege towers, and deal Max HP damage at no mana cost and a low cooldown.
Situational items:
- Veil of Discord's active Magic Weakness increases the magical damage enemies take from Jakiro's and his teammates' abilities.
- Aether Lens' cast range increase helps Jakiro maintain a safe distance during fights. Because almost all of his abilities affect the whole area between him and the maximum cast range, this also greatly increases the area in which enemies may be hit.
- Kaya improves damage output of Jakiro's abilities, also sparing additional mana, allowing him to use more abilities in a single fight.
- Boots of Travel, for a support Jakiro, may be purchased in the late game to provide pressure to enemy lanes should they go undefended. For a mid Jakiro, this item may be instead be purchased in place of Arcane Boots, allowing Jakiro to maintain a global presence throughout the match by simultaneously remaining a constant threat to enemy map control as well as providing many opportunities to farm his other items quickly. The high movement speed provided also helps make up for high cast times.
- Glimmer Cape helps increase survivability of Jakiro and allies by granting invisibility and magic resistance.
- Mekansm supports Jakiro and team with health restoration and armor. It goes hand in hand with his natural build of Arcane Boots into Guardian Greaves.
- Pipe of Insight shields Jakiro and allies from magical damage, on top of giving passive health regeneration and magic resistance.
- Aghanim's Scepter increases the effectiveness of Macropyre by prolonging the duration and increasing the damage, as well as giving Jakiro attributes to remedy his health and mana pools.
- Guardian Greaves provide a steady supply of health and mana to the team, and increases Jakiro's survivability with armor, health regeneration, and dispel.
- Scythe of Vyse provides a great disable with its active ability, Hex. It also provides a great increase to Jakiro's mana and mana regeneration, as well as all around attributes to help with his survivability.
- Octarine Core greatly increases Jakiro's survivability by giving him all round health and mana boost. In addition, the cooldown reduction dramatically increases his damage and crowd control in teamfights.
- Shiva's Guard provides a massive increase to Jakiro's mana pool and resistance to physical attacks. The active Arctic Blast provides additional damage in a teamfight and slows enemies' movement speeds, making Jakiro's abilities easier to hit. The passive Freezing Aura helps reduce damage from enemy carries by slowing their attack speed.
- Gleipnir, an upgrade to Rod of Atos, turns the root into an AoE ability, being able to catch multiple enemies for Jakiro's AoE toolkit. The passive lightning also provides extra area of effect damage.
- Wind Waker, a luxury item mainly used in the late game, provides Jakiro both more speed and the ability to use the active on allies, potentially saving them from enemy assault.
Gameplay[]
| Roles: | Support Nuker Pusher Disabler |
|---|---|
| Complexity: | ★☆☆ |
| Playstyle: | Most Pyrexae dragons are hatched with one head, attuned to either ice or fire. Then there was Jakiro, an accident of nature. Possessing the might of both elements, the twin-headed dragon's Dual Breath freezes and burns simultaneously. Gobs of Liquid Fire adhere to armor and walls, melting down steel and stone alike. Retreating foes are blocked off with Ice Path, giving Jakiro ample time to roast them on his Macropyre. |
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History[]
Equipment[]
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Trivia[]
- Jakiro's fun/alternate name was Double Dragon, referring to the video game franchise developed by Technos Japan.
- This line ▶️ "Burninated." is a reference to Trogdor the Burninator, a character that first appeared in episode 58 of the "Strong Bad e-mail" show on the website HomestarRunner.com.
- The line "With fire and ice" is possibly a reference to a famous poem by Robert Frost, titled "Fire and Ice".
Gallery[]
In-game model
Splash artwork
Concept art
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