Trees

“

▶️ 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 three 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: 50/100/150/200
  Grants phased movement and tree-walking to Hoodwink.
• Treant Protector - Nature's Guise
  
  Tree Search Radius: 200
  Move Speed Bonus: 12% ( 20%)
  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
  
  Duration: 0.35
  Creates a tree when targeting the ground.
  Tango does not heal for twice as long when targeting a Acorn Shot tree.
• 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: 250
  Creates a ring of 8 trees around the targeted point or unit.

Abilities interacting with trees

• Monkey King - Tree Dance
  
  Monkey King leaps onto the targeted tree.
• Nature's Prophet - Nature's Call
  
  Converts an area of trees into Treants, limited by the ability level and number of trees in the target area.
• Tango - Devour
  
  Consumes a target tree to restore health over time. Consuming an Ironwood Tree doubles the heal amount.
• Timbersaw - Timber Chain
  
  If the spell connects with a tree, Timbersaw is pulled along the chain, dealing pure damage over the distance and destroying the tree on arrival.
• Timbersaw - Whirling Death
  
  The spell deals more damage for each tree in the area of effect. All trees in the area of effect are destroyed.
• Tiny - Tree Grab
  
  Equips a tree that grants bonus damage and splash attack.
• Tiny - Tree Volley
  
  Tiny throws random trees within range towards a targeted area to deal damage to enemies in that area.
• Treant Protector - Eyes In The Forest
  
  Enchants a tree which gives vision, and damages nearby enemies that are affected by Overgrowth.
• Treant Protector - Nature's Guise
  
  Passively grants Treant Protector invisibility as long as he stays near a tree.
• Windranger - Shackleshot
  
  Increases the stun duration if there is a unit or tree behind the target.

Abilities destroying trees

• Batrider - Firefly
  
  Radius: 100
  Destroys all trees Batrider flies over.
• Batrider - Flamebreak
  
  Destroys trees units are pushed into.
• Battle Fury - Chop Tree
  
  Destroys the targeted tree.
• Beastmaster - Wild Axes
  
  Cast Range: 1500
  Radius: 175
  
• Clockwerk - Power Cogs
  
  Destroys trees units are pushed into.
• Dark Seer - Vacuum
  
  Radius: 250/350/450/550
  
• Drow Ranger - Gust
  
  Destroys trees units are pushed into.
• Earth Spirit - Boulder Smash
  
  Cast Range: 150
  Radius: 160
  Unit Knockback Distance: 480/600/680/800
  Stone Knockback Distance: 2000
  
• Earth Spirit - Geomagnetic Grip
  
  Cast Range: 1100
  Radius: 180
  Only destroys trees if the target is a hero (including Enchant Remnant). Requires Aghanim's Scepter.
• Earth Spirit - Rolling Boulder
  
  Cast Range: 3000
  Radius: 150
  Default Roll Distance: 800
  Stone Roll Distance: 1600
  
• Ember Spirit - Activate Fire Remnant
  
  Cast Range: Global
  Radius: 200
  
• Enigma - Midnight Pulse
  
  Radius: 550
  
• Familiar - Stone Form
  
  Radius: 350
  
• Force Staff - Force
  
  Push Distance: 600
  
• Hurricane Pike - Hurricane Thrust
  
  Push Distance (Ally/Self): 600
  Push Distance (Enemy): 450
  
• Invoker - Deafening Blast
  
  Destroys trees units are pushed into.
• Io - Tether
  
  Radius: 350
  Only destroys trees if cast from over 700 units away.
• Io - Relocate
  
  Radius: 300
  Destroys trees around Io upon arrivals.
• Iron Talon - Chop
  
  Destroys the targeted tree.This is an old ability.
• Keeper of the Light - Blinding Light
  
  Destroys trees units are pushed into.
• Keeper of the Light - Will-O-Wisp
  
  Destroys all trees in the radius upon casting, not during the duration or the explosion.
• Kunkka - Tidal Wave
  
  Destroys trees units are dragged into. Requires Aghanim's Shard.
• Leshrac - Split Earth
  
  Radius: 150/175/200/225
  
• Lina - Light Strike Array
  
  Radius: 225
  
• Magnus - Skewer
  
  Max Skewer Distance: 887/982/1077/1172
  Radius: 200
  
• Morphling - Adaptive Strike (Strength)
  
  Min Knockback Distance: 100
  Max Knockback Distance: 500
  Destroys trees units are pushed into.
• Nature's Prophet - Nature's Call
  
  Radius: 150/225/300/375 ( 275/350/425/500)
  
• Night Stalker - Hunter in the Night
  
  Radius: 200
  Destroys trees around Night Stalker at the end of the duration.
• Pangolier - Rolling Thunder
  
  Radius: 150
  Destroys all trees Pangolier rolls over.
• Phantom Lancer - Doppelganger
  
  Destroys trees within 200 radius of Phantom Lancer and every affected illusion upon reappearing.
• Phoenix - Icarus Dive
  
  Dive Distance: 1400
  Radius: 200
  Destroys all trees Phoenix flies over.
• Phoenix - Sun Ray
  
  Destroys all trees Phoenix flies over.
• Phoenix - Supernova
  
  Radius: 500
  Destroys all trees in the radius upon casting, not during the duration or the explosion.
• Quelling Blade - Chop Tree
  
  Destroys the targeted tree.
• Rubick - Telekinesis
  
  Radius: 325
  Destroys trees within the radius of the lifted target upon landing.
• Slark - Pounce
  
  Radius: 100
  Destroys trees within the radius around Slark upon landing.
• Snapfire - Firesnap Cookie
  
  Destroys all trees within the impact area upon landing.
• Sniper - Headshot
  
  Requires talent. Destroys trees units are pushed into.
• Spider Legs - [[Spider Legs#|]]
  
  Radius: 100
  Destroys all trees the user walks over.
• Spirit Breaker - Charge of Darkness
  
  Destroys trees around Spirit Breaker when the charge ends or is cancelled.
• Spirit Breaker - Greater Bash
  
  Destroys trees units are pushed into.
• Storm Spirit - Ball Lightning
  
  Cast Range: Global
  Radius: 100
  
• Tango - Devour
  
  Consumes the targeted tree and restores health.
• Techies - Blast Off!
  
  Radius: 400
  
• Timbersaw - Chakram
  
  Cast Range: 1200
  Radius: 200
  Chakram automatically returns after Timbersaw moves 2000 units away.
• Timbersaw - Timber Chain
  
  Destroys the tree Timbersaw hooked onto.
• Timbersaw - Whirling Death
  
  Radius: 325
  
• Tiny - Toss
  
  Radius: 275
  Destroys trees within the radius of the tossed unit upon landing.
• Tiny - Tree Grab
  
  Destroys target tree.
• Tiny - Tree Volley
  
  At the start of the channel and every 0.4 seconds it continues, a random tree in range will be thrown and destroyed.
• Tusk - Snowball
  
  Cast Range: 1250
  Radius: 200 + 40 per second
  
• Tusk - Walrus Kick
  
  Knockback Distance: 900
  Radius: 100
  Destroys trees within the radius around the kicked unit during the knockback.
• Undying - Tombstone
  
  Radius: 300
  Destroys trees around the radius upon cast.
• Vengeful Spirit - Nether Swap
  
  Cast Range: 700/950/1200
  Destroys trees around Vengeful Spirit and the target when the spell is cast.
• Warlock - Chaotic Offering
  
  Radius: 600
  
• Windranger - Powershot
  
  Travel Distance: 2600
  Radius: 125
  
• Winter Wyvern - Arctic Burn
  
  Radius: 250
  Destroys trees around Winter Wyvern at the end of the duration.

Trivia

• There are currently "2107" trees in the Dota 2 map.

Version History

Version

Description

7.29

• Reduced tree respawn interval from 300 to 180.
• The following abilities no longer destroy trees: Earth Splitter, Mortimer Kisses, Meteor Hammer, Macropyre.

7.23

• Created Ironwood Tree.

Targets the ground to plant a happy little tree.

Cast Range: 800

Duration: 20

6.86

• Added new Plant Tree active ability.

Targets the ground to plant a happy little tree.

Cast range: 200

Tree duration: 20

Notes: The tree acts like any other tree, except that it grants doubled heal duration when eating with a Tango.

6.00

• Created Tango.

Consumes a target tree to gain health regeneration.

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