Summons

This page is about in-game units. For cosmetic pets, see Summoned Unit.

Summons are a type of units that are created with spells. Players do not encounter them, unless they play as, with or against certain heroes. Summons are usually under the control of the summoning unit's player, but most of them can be converted by the enemy. Only very few of them cannot be controlled. Summoned units usually live only for a certain amount of time (although some stay permanently, until killed) after being summoned and a player can have a limited amount of some summons.

There are 3 types of summons: Regular summons, which are treated like regular creeps by spells, usually have no active abilities and usually are not a big threat, creep-heroes, which are treated like heroes by most spells and are significantly stronger than other summons, and wards, which usually are immobile and fully immune to most spells.

Regular summons

These summons are comparable to lane and neutral creeps when it comes to their power. A single one of them is usually not a threat, however, they can get quite dangerous when encountered in groups. Summons usually have certain abilities, giving each of them a different role. They can either be passive and used for scouting, or aggressive used in fights. Losing regular summons is usually not a big deal, since they provide rather low bounties, they expire and they can be resummoned after a short while.

Regular summons are treated like lane and neutral creeps by almost every spell. A few spells have specific effects against summoned units (e.g. dealing extra damage).

Statistics

Model	Name	Source	Health	Health Regen	Armor	Attack Damage	BAT	Attack Range	Move Speed	Vision Range	Duration	Bounty	Notes
	Hawk	Call of the Wild Hawk Global per cast	150/200/250/300	1.5	5	-	-	-	300/340/380/420	750/800/850/900/750/800/850/900	60	30/40/50/60 77XP	-
	Boar	Call of the Wild Boar 1 per cast	300/450/600/750	1.5	0	20/35/50/65 ( 55/70/85/100)	1.25	550	320/330/340/350	1400/800	60	26‒38 60/70/80/90XP	Ability: Poison
	Spiderling	Spawn Spiderlings 4/5/6 per dying debuffed unit	320 ( 670)	2	0	13/16/19–15/18/21	1.35	100	350	700/700	40/45/50	9 9XP	25% magic resistance Abilities: Poison Sting Spawn Spiderite
	Spiderite	Spawn Spiderite 1 per dying debuffed unit	120 ( 470)	2	0	9–10	1.35	100	350	700/700	60	3 3XP	25% magic resistance 23.33% smaller than Spiderlings
	Eidolon	Demonic Conversion 4 ( ) per cast, can multiply once	180/200/220/240	4	2/3/4/5	16/24/34/43– 24/32/42/51 ( 66/74/84/93– 74/82/92/101)	1.5	500	280/310/340/370	1200/800	Up to 6	18‒24 10XP	60% magic resistance Name progress: Lesser Eidolon Eidolon Greater Eidolon Dire Eidolon
	Forged Spirit	Forge Spirit 1/1/1/2/2/2/2 ( ) per cast, max 1/1/1/2/2/2/2 ( ) per player	300/400/500/600/700/ 800/900 ( /1000)	0.25	0/1/2/3/4/ 5/6 ( /7)	22/32/42/52/62/ 72/82 ( /92)	1.35	300/365/430/495/560/ 625/690 ( /755)	320	1200/800	20/30/40/50/60/ 70/80 ( /90)	32‒46 31XP	Mana: 100/150/200/250/ 300/350/400 ( /450) Mana Regen: 4 Ability: Melting Strike
	Lycan Wolf	Summon Wolves 2 ( 4) per cast, max 2 ( 4) per player	325/375/425/475	0.5	0	20/26/32/38– 23/29/34/40	1.2/ 1. 1/ 1/0.9	90	400/420/440/460	1200/800	50	21/26/36/41 20XP	70% magic resistance Abilities: Cripple Invisibility
	Treant	Nature's Call 1 per tree, up to 2/3/4/5 ( 7/8/9/10) per cast	550 ( 1375)	2.5	0	15/21/28/35 –18/25/32/39 (42/60/79/98 –45/64/83/102)	1.6	100	300/320/340/360	500/500	60	8‒8 12XP	-
	Greater Treant	Sprout () per cast, max per hero	1650 ( 2475)	2.5	0	102–114 ( 129/141/153/165–141/153/165/177)	1.4	100	360	500/500	60	18‒24 30XP	50% bigger than Treants
	Undying Zombie	Tombstone 1 for each enemy in set intervals	2	0	0	33–36 ( 58–61)	1.6	128	375	1400/1400	Up to 30	-	Uncontrollable Takes 2 damage from hero/tower attacks and 1 from non-hero attacks Abilities: Deathlust Spell Immunity
	Wraith King Skeleton	Mortal Strike 2/4/6/8 per charge 2 charges (+extra)	175	0	1	32–37 ( 56–61)	1.2	115	350	800/600	3	5 5XP	50% magic resistance, Respawns once when killed
	Shard Golem	Shard Split 2 per death	250	0.5	0	10–14	2	100	310	800/800	60	8‒12 18XP	Mana: 400 Mana Regen: 1 30% magic resistance 36.36% smaller than Mud Golems Ability: Hurl Boulder
	Skeleton Warrior	Raise Dead 35 per cast	250	0	0	11–13	1	90	270	800/600	35	4‒6 4XP	-
	Necronomicon Warrior	Greater Demonic Summoning 2 per cast, max 2 per hero	1800	5	4	147.5– 162.5	0.75	100	380	1500/800	75	150 150XP	40% magic resistance Immune to: Helm of the Dominator Hand of Midas Abilities: Mana Break Last Will True Sight
	Necronomicon Archer	Greater Demonic Summoning 2 per cast, max 2 per hero	1800	5	4	145– 155	1	550	425	1500/800	75	150 150XP	40% magic resistance Immune to: Helm of the Dominator Hand of Midas Abilities: Purge Archer Aura

Creep-heroes

These summons are special in a way that they are treated as heroes by most (but not all) abilities and effects. They are more powerful than other summons and usually the "main weapon" of the heroes that summon them. Compared to most other summons, they do not come in masses but are rather strong individual units. However, as a downside, their bounty is usually quite high, the spell they are summoned with has a large cooldown or they have other negative effects on the owner upon losing them, so it is important for the player to keep them alive as long as possible.

Statistics

Model	Name	Source	Health	Health Regen	Armor	Attack Damage	BAT	Attack Range	Move Speed	Vision Range	Duration	Bounty	Notes
	Earth	Primal Split 1 per cast, max 1 per player	1400/2300/3200 ( 2800/3700/4600)	2/4/6	3/5/7	25/55/85– 35/65/95	1.25	150	330/350/370	1800/800	16/18/20	-	Mana: 400/500/600 Mana Regen: 2 Abilities: Hurl Boulder Spell Immunity Demolish Primal Split Cancel ()
	Storm	Primal Split 1 per cast, max 1 per player	1000/1500/2000 ( 2400/2900/3400)	2/4/6	2	25/45/65– 35/55/75	1.5	600	350	1800/800	16/18/20	-	Mana: 900 Mana Regen: 1.5 Abilities: Dispel Magic Cyclone Wind Walk Primal Split Cancel ()
	Fire	Primal Split 1 per cast, max 1 per player	1300/1450/1600 ( 2700/2850/3000)	2/4/6	0/4/8	75/125/175– 85/135/185	1.35	150	550	1800/800	16/18/20	-	Phased Abilities: Permanent Immolation Primal Split Cancel ()
	Void	Primal Split () 1 per cast, max 1 per player	1200/1500/1800 ( 2600/2900/3200)	2/4/6	3/4/5	45/55/65– 55/65/75	1.2/1/0.8	150	450	1800/800	16/18/20	-	Mana: 750 Mana Regen: 1.5 Abilities: Astral Pulse Primal Split Cancel ()
	Astral Spirit	Astral Spirit 1 per cast, max 1 per player	100	0	0	-	-	-	315	350/350	Until returning to Elder Titan	-	Invulnerable Can only be selected by the owner Abilities: Echo Stomp Return Astral Spirit Natural Order
	Spirit Bear	Summon Spirit Bear 1 per cast, max 1 per player	1100/1400/1700/2000	5/6/7/8	3/4/5/6 ( 11/12/13/14)	28	1.75/1.65/1.55/1.45	150	340/360/380/400	1400/800	Permanent	300 300XP	Mana: 300 Mana Regen: 0.5 6-slot inventory Abilities: Return Entangling Claws Savage Roar Demolish
	Familiar	Summon Familiars 2 ( 3) per cast, max 2 ( 3) per player	500/600/700	0	0/2/4	25/50/75	0.5	160	430 ( 460)	400/400	Permanent	100 41XP	35% magic resistance Ability: Stone Form
	Warlock Golem	Chaotic Offering 1 ( 2) per cast ( 1 ( 2) on Warlock's death)	1400/2300/3200 ( 900/1700/2600)	25/50/75	6/9/12 ( 26/29/32)	90/140/190 ( 70/105/140)	1.2	225	320/340/360	1800/1800	60	100/150/200 ( 50/75/100 ) 98XP	33% ( 86.6%) magic resistance Abilities: Flaming Fists Permanent Immolation

Wards

"Wards" redirects here. For the custom Observer/Sentry Wards skins, see Custom Wards.

These summons are usually, but not necessarily, immobile and are immune to almost every ability (e.g. Meat Hook just flies through them). Their purpose differs heavily, depending on their abilities and capabilities. Some wards can attack, which makes them usually used offensively, while others have an aura for rather defensive uses.

Statistics

Model	Name	Source	Health	Attack Damage	BAT	Attack Range	Move Speed	Vision Range	Duration	Bounty	Notes
	Healing Ward	Healing Ward 1 per cast	1	-	-	-	325	600/600	25	75 75XP	Phased Has a healing aura
	Homing Missile	Homing Missile 1 per cast	100	-	-	-	-	400/400	Until reaching target or destroyed	50 20XP	Uncontrollable Takes 40 damage from hero, 33.33 from buildings, and 0 from non-hero attacks Homes the target, damaging and stunning it upon impact Can be targeted by Force Staff and Hurricane Pike
	Nether Ward	Nether Ward 1 per cast	16 ( 28)	-	-	-	-	600/600	18/22/26/30	20/40/60/80 0XP	Takes 4 damage from hero attacks and 1 from non-hero attacks Reduces mana regeneration and zaps spell-casting enemies nearby Can be targeted by Decrepify
	Nimbus	Nimbus (1 per cast)	16	-	-	-	-	500/500	30	125 0XP	Takes 4 damage from melee hero, 2 from ranged hero, and 1 from non-hero attacks Periodically casts Lightning Bolts on the closest enemy
	Plague Ward	Plague Ward 1 per cast Venomous Gale ( 2 per hit hero)	120/230/340/450 ( 300/575/850/1125)	12/21/30/39 -14/23/32/41 (31.5/54/76.5/99 -33.5/56/78.5/101)	1.4	600	-	800/800	40	15/17/19/21 20/25/30/35XP	Ability: Poison Sting
	Power Cog	Power Cogs 225 per cast	100	-	-	-	-	1600/600	5/6/7/8	16‒20 0XP	Takes 12.5 damage from attacks Shocks enemies when they get too close (can only shock once)
	Tombstone	Tombstone 1 per cast ( 1 on Undying's death)	20/24/28/32 ( 44/48/52/56)	-	-	-	-	1800/1800	30	125/150/175/200 0XP	Takes 4 damage from hero attacks and 1 from non-hero attacks Spawns Zombies for each enemy nearby Can be targeted by Soul Rip and Decrepify Ability: Spell Immunity
	Death Ward	Death Ward 1 per cast Voodoo Switcheroo (1 per cast)	135	85/140/195 ( 145/200/255)	0.22	700 (800)	-	1200/800	8 (2)	-	Invulnerable Can only attack heroes Attacks bounce and have True Strike Loses 30 Attack Speed when hero is transformed
	Ignis Fatuus	Will-O-Wisp (1 per cast)	6	-	-	-	-	1800/800	14.9	100 0XP	Phased Takes 0 damage from non-hero units
	Phoenix Sun	Supernova 1 per cast	HP:100 Hits:6/8/10 ( 9/11/13) (7/10/13, 10/13/16)	-	-	-	-	1800/800	6	20 0XP	Phased Takes 16.67/12.5/10 11.11/9.09/7.69 (14.29/10/7.69 10/7.69/6.25) damage from hero attacks and 0 damage from non-hero attacks Damages nearby enemies and stuns when it goes off
	Proximity Mine	Proximity Mines 1 per cast	1	-	-	-	-	64/64	Permanent	15 0XP	Phased Damages in an area when activated Ability: Invisibility
	Psionic Trap	Psionic Trap 1 per cast, max 5/8/11 per player	100	-	-	-	-	400/400	Permanent	25 0XP	Phased Slows in an area when activated Abilities: Trap Invisibility
	Serpent Ward	Mass Serpent Ward 10 per cast	4 ( 6)	50/85/120 ( 75/110/145)	1.5	650 ( 875)	-	1200/800	45	28‒36 31XP	Takes 2 damage from hero attacks Can attack two units when upgraded
	Tornado	Tornado 1 per cast	500	-	-	-	125	300/300	10+5	-	Invulnerable Ability: Tempest
	Observer Ward	Plant 1 per cast	100	-	-	-	-	1400/1400	360	100 +4 per min 50XP +6 per min	Phased 100% Accuracy Takes 50 damage from hero attacks and 12.5 from non-hero attacks Ability: Invisibility
	Sentry Ward	Plant 1 per cast	100	-	-	-	-	-	420	0 0XP	Phased 100% Accuracy Takes 50 damage from hero attacks and 12.5 from non-hero attacks Abilities: True Sight Invisibility
	Wraith Pact Totem	Wraith's Reprisal 1 per cast	10	-	-	-	150	600/600	25	100 0XP	Takes 1.25 damage from hero attacks Deals damage and reduces outgoing damage to enemies nearby.

Uncategorized units

These units do not belong to any of the unit groups named earlier. They are all dummy units used by spells, which can interact with the players. They usually act like wards, meaning they do not interact with any spells (e.g. Meat Hook just flies through them).

Although many other spells use dummies as well (e.g. the remnants of Earth Spirit, Ember Spirit and Storm Spirit, Ice Blast, Rocket Flare, etc), this list only includes actually selectable dummies.

Statistics

Model	Name	Source	Health	Attacks to Destroy	Vision Range	Duration	Bounty	Notes
	Spin Web	Spin Web 1 per cast, max 3/5/7/9 per player	100	-	-	Permanent	-	Invulnerable Phased Can only be selected by the owner Ability: Destroy Spin Web
	Phantom	Phantom's Embrace 1 per cast	100	2/2/3/3 / 6/6/9/9 ( 3/3/4/4 / 9/9/12/12)	200/200	5	10‒10 10XP	Uncontrollable Phased Takes 50/50/33.33/33.33 ( 33.33/33.33/25/25) damage from hero attacks and 16.67/16.67/11.11/11.11 ( 11.11/11.11/8.33/8.33) from non-hero attacks Latches on an enemy, silencing and dealing damage over time
	Beetle	The Swarm 12 per cast	100	6/6/8/8/3/3/4/4 ( 10/10/12/12/5/5/6/6)	321/321	16	32‒34 20XP	Uncontrollable Phased Spell immune Takes 0.043402777777778 ( 0.01) damage from hero attacks and 0.69444444444444 ( 0.11) from non-hero attacks Latches on an enemy, reducing armor and dealing damage over time

Patch History

Patch

Description

02 Nov 2017

• Update 3
  • Default for summoned units auto attack is now ◉ Always instead of ◎ Same as Hero.
  • The summoned units auto attack mode setting in the Settings Menu has been updated on the backend to work as mentioned above.

06 Jul 2016

• Fixed a bug with the Auto Select Summoned Units option, when re-summoning Spirit Bear and Tempest Double.

31 Mar 2016

• Update 2
  • Fixed a number of controlled units not respecting the summoned units auto attack settings.

24 Mar 2016

• Added Ctrl+⇧ Shift+Hotkey for group selection and deselection of units.
• Update 2
  • Fixed a bug with summoned units auto attack settings.

22 Jan 2016

• Fixed a selection issue with non-hero units when they became temporarily hidden, (i.e. during Astral Imprisonment).

19 Jan 2016

• Fixed a bug where sharing Observer and Sentry Wards with summoned units would plant the ward.

23 Dec 2015

• Using summoned units to kill heroes outside of experience range now behaves the same as if you used an ability to kill the hero.

24 Nov 2015

• Fixed some inconsistent behavior with unit selection and summoned units.

22 Jun 2015

• Fixed issues where the summoned units you have selected may be out of date.

24 Sep 2014

• Update 2
  • Fixed Spirit Bear interaction with summons.

30 Nov 2012

• Updated the visual look for timers of summoned units.

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