Trees

Trees

 

Changelogs

 

“

▶️ I speak for the trees. — Nature's Prophet

”

Trees are a prominent terrain feature in Dota 2. They make up a large amount of the map, and are very prominent in the forests that separate the lanes and border the map. Trees block vision and are normally impassable.

Mechanics

Trees on the Radiant and Dire sides of the map.

Trees cannot be targeted by normal attacks and most abilities, but certain abilities interact with trees, such as Monkey King's Tree Dance.

Trees regrow 3 minutes after they were destroyed except if a unit is standing within 150 range of where they would spawn. In this case, the tree respawns once the unit gets out of range. This is to prevent the unit from getting stuck in the trees.

Despite the varying appearance and apparent size of the various trees, all permanent trees have an identical collision size of a 128x128 unit square.

The console command to respawn all destroyed trees on the map is dota_treerespawn (requires cheats to be turned on).

Tree-Walking

Certain abilities grants tree-walking, a buff that allows unobstructed movement through trees.

• Hoodwink - Scurry
  
  Passive Tree Search Radius: 275
  Active Move Speed Bonus: 20%/25%/30%/35%
  Grants phased movement and tree-walking to Hoodwink.
• Treant Protector - Nature's Guise
  
  Tree Search Radius: 150
  Move Speed Bonus: 15% ( 30%)
  This is an innate ability and does not need to be learned.

Planted Trees

Besides the naturally occuring trees on the map, some abilities can plant trees that usually last a limited amount of time. These trees have several differences to the regular trees on the map.

Planted trees have a smaller collision size and block less vision than regular trees. Tango has an amplified effect when used on a planted tree.

• Hoodwink - Acorn Shot
  
  Tree Duration: 20
  Creates a tree when targeting the ground.
  Tango does not heal for twice as long when targeting a Acorn Shot tree.
• Hoodwink - Decoy
  
  Tree Duration: 20
  Requires Aghanim's Scepter.
  Send a decoy illusion to the target location. When the illusion is attacked or hit by a targeted ability, it is destroyed and plants a tree in its place that applies a lesser Bushwhack to enemy heroes around it.
• Iron Branch - Plant Tree
  
  Duration: 20
  Plants a happy little tree, with a smaller collision size. The Iron Branch gets consumed in the process.
• Ironwood Tree - Plant Tree
  
  Duration: 20
  Plants a happy little tree, with a smaller collision size.This is an old ability.
• Nature's Prophet - Sprout
  
  Duration: 3/4/5/6
  Creates a ring of 8 trees around the targeted point or unit.

Trees Interacting Abilities

• Hoodwink – Bushwhack
• Hoodwink – Scurry
• Monkey King – Tree Dance
• Monkey King – Mischief
• Nature's Prophet – Nature's Call
• Tango – Devour
• Timbersaw – Whirling Death
• Timbersaw – Timber Chain
• Tiny – Tree Grab
• Tiny – Tree Volley²
• Treant Protector – Nature's Grasp
• Treant Protector – Nature's Guise
• Treant Protector – Eyes In The Forest²
• Treant Protector – Overgrowth
• Windranger – Shackleshot

¹ Requires Aghanim's Scepter.

² Requires Aghanim's Shard.

Trees Destroying Abilities

These abilities destroy a targeted tree.

• Battle Fury – Quell
• Quelling Blade – Quell
• Tango – Devour
• Timbersaw – Timber Chain
• Tiny – Tree Grab
• Tiny – Tree Volley ¹

¹ Randomly selects trees within its area.

These abilities continuously destroy trees the entities or affected units directly collide with. This means the amount of trees destroyed is minimal.

• Arc Warden – Magnetic Field ^{1 2}
• Lua error: "Ballista - Knockback" is an old ability..
• Batrider – Flamebreak ¹
• Batrider – Firefly ³
• Beastmaster – Wild Axes
• Beastmaster – Primal Roar ¹
• Centaur Warrunner – Stampede ⁴
• Clockwerk – Power Cogs ¹
• Dark Seer – Normal Punch ^{1 2}
• Dawnbreaker – Starbreaker ³
• Drow Ranger – Gust ¹
• Earth Spirit – Boulder Smash
• Earth Spirit – Rolling Boulder ³
• Ember Spirit – Activate Fire Remnant ³
• Force Boots – Force ¹
• Force Staff – Force ¹
• Hurricane Pike – Hurricane Thrust ¹
• Huskar – Inner Fire ¹
• Invoker – Deafening Blast ¹
• Keeper of the Light – Blinding Light ¹
• Kunkka – Tidal Wave ^{1 2}
• Magnus – Shockwave ¹
• Morphling – Adaptive Strike (Strength) ¹
• Pangolier – Rolling Thunder ^{1 3}
• Pangolier – Roll Up ^{1 2 3}
• Phoenix – Toggle Movement ³
• Psychic Headband – Psychic Push ¹
• Puck – Waning Rift ^{1 2}
• Queen of Pain – Sonic Wave ¹
• Sniper – Headshot ¹
• Sniper – Concussive Grenade ^{1 2 3}
• Spider Legs – Scurry ³
• Spirit Breaker – Charge of Darkness ³
• Spirit Breaker – Greater Bash ¹
• Storm Spirit – Ball Lightning ³
• Tusk – Walrus Kick ^{1 4}
• Windranger – Powershot

¹ Applies a knockback that destroys trees the affected unit collides with.

² Requires Aghanim's Shard.

³ Destroys trees the caster collides with.

⁴ Requires Aghanim's Scepter.

These abilities destroy trees in certain areas, usually in single instances.

• Dark Seer - Vacuum
  
  Radius: 125
  Destroys trees at the targeted area upon cast.
• Dawnbreaker - Celestial Hammer
  
  Radius: 100
  Destroys trees around the hammer while it travels towards the targeted point and while traveling back. When Converge is cast, it destroys trees around it as well, but trees aroun Dawnbreaker are not destroyed.
• Dawnbreaker - Solar Guardian
  
  Radius: 300
  Destroys at the targeted area upon landing.
• Earth Spirit - Geomagnetic Grip
  
  Radius: 150
  Destroys trees around the pulled remnant or unit during the entire pull.
• Enigma - Midnight Pulse
  
  Radius: 550 ( 750)
  Destroys trees at the targeted area upon cast. The radius always equals the damage radius.
• Fallen Sky - Fallen Sky
  
  Impact Radius: 315
  Destroys trees at the targeted area after the effect delay. The radius always equals the effect radius.
• Familiar - Stone Form
  
  Destroys trees the Familiar collides with upon landing.
• Io - Tether
  
  Radius: 150
  Destroys trees around Io while getting pulled.
• Io - Relocate
  
  Radius: 150
  Destroys trees around Io upon both teleports. Does not destroy trees around the ally.
• Keeper of the Light - Will-O-Wisp
  
  Radius: 725
  Destroys trees at the targeted area upon cast. The radius always equals the effect radius.
• Leshrac - Split Earth
  
  Base Radius: 150/175/200/225 ( 190/215/240/265)
  Radius Increase per Instance: 75
  Destroys trees at the targeted area after the effect delay ( and on each instance). The radius always equals the effect radius.
• Lich - Sinister Gaze
  
  Radius: 200
  Destroys trees around the target upon losing the debuff.
• Lina - Light Strike Array
  
  Effect Radius: 250
  Destroys trees at the targeted area after the effect delay. The radius always equals the effect radius.
• Magnus - Skewer
  
  Radius: 200
  Destroys trees around Magnus during Skewer.
• Nature's Prophet - Nature's Call
  
  Radius: 150/225/300/375
  Destroys trees at the targeted area upon cast. The radius always equals the default effect radius.
• Night Stalker - Dark Ascension
  
  Radius: 200
  Destroys trees around Night Stalker upon losing the buff.
• Phantom Lancer - Doppelganger
  
  Radius: 150
  Destroys trees around Phantom Lancer and each illusion upon reappearing.
• Phoenix - Icarus Dive
  
  Radius: 150
  Destroys trees around Phoenix during the dive.
• Phoenix - Supernova
  
  Square Sides: 500
  Destroys trees within a square-shaped area around Phoenix upon cast.
• Rubick - Telekinesis
  
  Radius: 150
  Destroys trees around the target upon landing.
• Slark - Pounce
  
  Radius: 100
  Destroys trees around Slark at the end of Pounce.
• Snapfire - Firesnap Cookie
  
  Radius: 150
  Destroys trees around the target upon landing.
• Snapfire - Spit Out
  
  Radius: 150
  Destroys trees around the target upon landing.
• Techies - Blast Off!
  
  Radius: 150
  Destroys trees around Techies upon landing.
• Timbersaw - Whirling Death
  
  Radius: 325
  Destroys trees around Timbersaw upon cast. The radius always equals the effect radius.
• Timbersaw - Flamethrower
  
  Flame Starting Width: 0
  Flame Length: 400
  Flame End Width: 275
  Places a debuff on trees within the area, which destroys the tree upon expiring after 5 seconds.
• Timbersaw - Chakram
  
  Effect Radius: 200
  Destroys trees around the Chakram at all times.
• Timbersaw - Second Chakram
  
  Effect Radius: 200
  Destroys trees around the Chakram at all times.
• Tiny - Toss
  
  Radius: 100
  Destroys trees around the tossed unit upon landing.
• Tusk - Snowball
  
  Radius: 200
  Destroys trees around the snowball at all times.
• Undying - Tombstone
  
  Radius: 300
  Destroys trees around the Tombstone upon cast.
• Vengeful Spirit - Nether Swap
  
  Radius: 300
  Destroys trees around Vengeful Spirit and the target upon cast.
• Visage - Gravekeeper's Cloak
  
  Destroys trees Visage collides with upon landing.
• Void Spirit - Aether Remnant
  
  Radius: 200
  Destroys trees around the target upon losing the debuff.
• Warlock - Chaotic Offering
  
  Stun Radius: 600
  Destroys trees at the targeted area upon summoning the golems. The radius always equals the effect radius.
• Winter Wyvern - Arctic Burn
  
  Radius: 150
  Destroys trees around Winter Wyvern upon losing the buff.
• Wraith King - Mortal Strike
  
  Radius: 100
  Destroys around each Skeleton Warrior upon spawning.

Recent Changes

Main Article: Trees/Changelogs

Version

Description

7.29

• Reduced tree respawn interval from 300 to 180.
• Added Decoy, an ability that interact with trees.
  • Hoodwink sends a Decoy illusion to the target location. When the illusion is attacked or hit by a targeted ability, it is destroyed and plants a tree in its place that applies a lesser Bushwhack to enemy heroes around it.
• The following abilities no longer destroy trees:
  • Earth Splitter
  • Macropyre
  • Meteor Hammer
  • Mortimer Kisses

7.28

• Added the following abilities that interacts with trees:
  • Ground or point-targeted Acorn Shot creates a planted tree.
  • Bushwhack tosses a net trap that stuns enemy heroes if they are near a tree in the area.
  • Scurry grants tree-walking.

7.23c

• Tree-Walking
  • Treant Protector no longer has a talent that grants tree-walking.
  • Nature's Guise now grants tree-walking.
• Eyes In The Forest now also reduces the tree respawn time of on the map from 300 to 10.

Trivia

• There are currently 2107 trees on the Dota 2 map.

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