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Vengeful Spirit
Strength attribute symbol
Agility attribute symbol
Intelligence attribute symbol
20 + 2.1
21 + 2.1
19 + 1.2
Level 0 1 15 25 30
Health 120 560 1198 1924 2188
+0.25 +2.25 +5.19 +8.49 +9.74
Mana 75 303 495 783 879
+0 +0.95 +1.79 +2.99 +3.39
Armor 0 3.5 8.4 13.9 15.98
Magic Resist 25% 26.9% 28.58% 30.98% 31.78%
Damage Block -
Damage

9
15

51
57

103
109

166
172

190
196

Attack Rate 0.65/s 0.77/s 0.94/s 1.14/s 1.21/s
Attack Range Ranged 400 (800)
Attack Speed ▶️ 110 (1.7s BAT)
Attack Animation 0.33 + 0.64
Projectile Speed 1500
Move Speed ▶️ 295 (Nighttime 325)
Turn Rate Takes 0.175s to turn 180°. 0.6
Collision Size 27
Bound Radius 24
Vision Range (G) 1800 (Nighttime 800)
Gib Type Ethereal
Internal npc_dota_hero_vengefulspirit
Can swap herself with any nearby hero.
Robbed of her wings and rightful place in the Ghastly Eyrie, Shendelzare appealed to the goddess Scree'auk to grant her the dark energies that would complete her vengeance. With a Wave of Terror, the fallen princess heralds her arrival, unnerving foes close enough to hear her anguished cry. Like her airborne brethren, the Vengeful Spirit makes liberal use of Magic Missile, a simple Skywrath spell for stunning adversaries. Seeking martyrdom, Shendelzare instantly Displaces herself with a target of her choosing, gladly sacrificing herself as she swaps positions with a besieged ally, or a fleeing enemy. The worthy who fight alongside Shendelzare are emboldened by her Vengeance, a fanaticism that intensifies their blows and persists even beyond her death, as the Vengeful Spirit's presence is felt at all times.
Magic Missile
Magic Missile
Wave of Terror
Vengeance Aura
Vengeance Aura
Nether Swap
Roles: Support Support Initiator Initiator Disabler Disabler Nuker Nuker Escape Escape
Complexity: Hero Complexity
Adjectives: Female, Green, Spirit, Undead, Nose
Legs ( 2 )


Bio[]

Vengeful Spirit minimap iconShendelzare, the Vengeful Spirit
▶️ "The road of revenge is long, but what awaits me at the end makes it worthwhile."
Even the most contented Skywrath is an ill-tempered creature, naturally inclined to seek revenge for the slightest insult. But Vengeful Spirit is the essence of vengeance. Once a proud and savage Skywrath scion, Shendelzare was first in succession for the Ghastly Eyrie until a sister's treachery robbed her of her birthright. Snared in an assassin's net, Shendelzare tore free only at the cost of her wings, limping away in the ultimate humiliation: On foot. With her wings broken, she knew the Skywrath would never accept her as ruler; and in the highest roost of the Eyrie, inaccessible except by winged flight, her sister was untouchable. Unwilling to live as a flightless cripple, and desiring revenge far more than earthly power, the fallen princess drove a bargain with the goddess Scree'auk: She surrendered her broken body for an imperishable form of spirit energy, driven by vengeance, capable of doing great damage in the material plane. She may spend eternity flightless, but she will have her revenge.
Aliases:
Shendelzare, VS

Abilities[]

Magic Missile
Magic Missile icon
Affects
Enemies
Damage
Magical
Fires a magic missile at an enemy unit, stunning and dealing damage.
Cast Animation: 0.3+0.5
Cast Range: Affected by Cast Range bonuses. 650 (Talent 775)
Damage: 90/180/270/360 (Talent 290/380/470/560)
Stun Duration: 1.4/1.5/1.6/1.7
With Aghanim's Shard Bounce Distance: Affected by Cast Range bonuses. 487.5 (With Aghanim's Shard and Talent 581.25)
With Aghanim's Shard Number of Bounces: 1
Cooldown symbol
 16/14/12/10 (Talent 14/12/10/8)
Mana symbol
 90/95/100/105
Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard.
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade:
Bounces once on an enemy, prioritizing heroes, within 75% of Magic Missile's current cast range from the first target.
Blocked by Linken's Sphere.
Blocked upon impact.
Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard.
Blocked upon impact as primary or secondary target.
Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard.
When blocked, it stops bouncing.
Can be disjointed.
Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard.
Disjointable by primary and secondary targets.
Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard.
Once disjointed, it stops bouncing.
Buff/Debuff
Modifiers [?]
modifier_stunned
A simple Skywrath technique, the magic missile is Shendel's primary tool for vengeance.

  • The projectile travels at a speed of 1350.
  • Magic Missile first applies the debuff, then the damage.
  • The projectile now bounces on another unit at the same speed, prioritizing heroes, within a 487.5 (Talent 581.25) radius.
    • The bounce distance can be further increased by other cast range increasing sources.
    • The total bounce radius can be defined as
      expr
      CurrentCastRange × 0.75.


Wave of Terror
Wave of Terror icon
Affects
Enemies
Damage
Magical
Vengeful Spirit lets loose a wicked cry, weakening the armor of enemies and giving vision of the path ahead.
Cast Animation: 0.3+0.5
Cast Range: Affected by Cast Range bonuses. 1400
Wave Travel Distance: Affected by Cast Range bonuses. 1400
Effect Radius: Affected by AoE Radius bonuses. 325
Damage: 60/80/100/120
Armor Reduction: 3/4/5/6 (Talent 8/9/10/11)
Attack Damage Reduction: 10%/15%/20%/25%
Duration: 8
Flying Vision Radius: Affected by AoE Radius bonuses. 350
Talent Reduced Damage and Armor Stolen: 20%
Cooldown symbol
 16/14/12/10
Mana symbol
 40
Buff/Debuff
Modifiers [?]
modifier_projectile_vision
Undispellable
modifier_vengefulspirit_wave_of_terror
Shendel's haunting voice hints at her approaching vindication.

  • The wave travels at a speed of 2000, taking 0.7 seconds to travel the full distance.
  • With the travel distance and effect radius, Wave of Terror can hit units up to 1725 range away.
  • The wave provides a 4-second 350 radius flying vision as it travels.
    • This vision starts 100 range away from Vengeful Spirit. With the travel distance and vision radius, the vision reaches up to 1850 range away.
  • Successive debuffs do not stack, but update its ability values and refresh its duration.
  • The wave first applies the debuff, then the damage.
  • TALENT
    The stolen damage and armor is 20% of the target's total damage and armor, not 20% of the reduced the reduced values.
    • Stolen damage is added as main attack damage.
    • Buff will be added even if the target has debuff immunity, and is unaffected by the debuff.
    • Only works on heroes and clones, as well as Lone Druid Spirit Bear icon Spirit Bear.
    • Buff can be removed with a basic dispel.
    • Stolen buffs from fully stack, with each enemy hit per cast having its own intervals and instances.


Vengeance Aura
Partially usable by illusions. Partially disabled by Break. ED
Vengeance Aura icon
Ability
Aura
(Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. Passive)
Affects
Allies
(Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. Self)
Vengeful Spirit's presence increases the damage of nearby friendly heroes.
Radius: 1200
Attack Damage Bonus: 10%/15%/20%/25% (Talent 26%/31%/36%/41%)
Aura Linger Duration: 0.5
With Aghanim's Scepter Number of Illusions on Death: 1
Illusions Vengeance Aura icon Vengeance Illusion
With Aghanim's Scepter Illusion Damage Dealt: 100%
With Aghanim's Scepter Illusion Damage Taken: 100%
Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter.
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade:
Upon death, creates a strong illusion of Vengeful Spirit that deals and takes full damage and can cast all of her spells. If the illusion is alive when Vengeful Spirit respawn, she will take its place. XP earned by her illusion is given to her. Strong Illusions are not instantly killed by spells.
Partially disabled by Break.
Break Notes:
Disables the aura.
Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter.
Does not prevent the illusion from spawning on death.
Partially usable by illusions.
Illusion Notes:
Bestows the aura.
Does not benefit from the flat attack damage bonus.
Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter.
Illusions do not create Vengeance Illusions on death.
Buff/Debuff
Modifiers [?]
modifier_vengefulspirit_command_aura
Undispellable
modifier_vengefulspirit_command_aura_effect
Undispellable
modifier_vengefulspirit_hybrid_special
Death
modifier_vengefulspirit_hybrid_xp_earn
Death
modifier_illusion
Death
modifier_invulnerable
Death
Although they may not share her undying passion for revenge, allies do draw on her fanaticism in combat.

  • The aura's buff lingers for 0.5 seconds.
  • Vengeance Aura now creates 1 strong illusion 108 range away either north, east, south or west at Vengeful Spirit's death location, including with Reincarnation.
    • It spawns with full mana, health, and all abilities off-cooldown, regardless of their cooldown status on Vengeful Spirit.
    • The illusion is visually distinguishable from the real Vengeful Spirit for enemies.
    • The Vengeance Illusion's duration is set equal to Vengeful Spirit's respawn time upon creation.
      • The BUYBACK next respawn time increase does not further increase the illusion's duration.
      • The illusion disappears once Vengeful Spirit respawns, or when it reaches the normal death duration.
  • The Vengeance Illusion has the following properties:
    • It is visually distinguishable from the real Vengeful Spirit for enemies.
    • Uses the hero health bar instead of the regular unit health bar like other illusions.
    • Can cast abilities, but not item abilities.
    • Neither has gold nor experience bounty.
    • Enchant icon Enchant treats the Vengeance Illusion as heroes.
  • While dead, Vengeful Spirit is now periodically moved along with the Vengeance Illusion, allowing her to gain experience around the illusion following the same experience acquiring conditions.
    • However, all of these Aghanim's Scepter icon Ability Upgrade effects require the illusion to be alive. If the Vengeance Illusion dies, she neither is moved along nor can gain experience.
    • This also allows her to respawn at the illusion's location, instead of at the fountain.
    • Upon respawn, Vengeful Spirit's facing angle same as the last Vengeance Illusion's facing angle, and she is fully affected by the Rejuvenation Aura icon Fountain Invulnerability Buff.
  • Can be cast on the Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter. Vengeance Illusion. Spell Steal icon Spell Steal goes into cooldown and consumes mana, but does not acquire abilities.


Nether Swap
Nether Swap icon
Affects
Heroes
Damage
Magical
Instantaneously swaps positions with a target Hero, friend or enemy. Nether Swap interrupts channeling abilities on the target. Enemy Swapped units take damage. Vengeful Spirit and allied swapped units gain a barrier equal to the damage dealt.
Cast Range: Affected by Cast Range bonuses. 800/950/1100
Damage/Shield: 150/300/450 (Talent 350/500/650)
Cooldown symbol
 50/40/30 (Talent 32/22/12)
Mana symbol
 100/150/200
Buff/Debuff
Modifiers [?]
modifier_vengefulspirit_nether_swap_damage_reduction
Martyrdom is a small price to pay for vengeance.

  • The target is given a stop command as soon as it is swapped back, effectively canceling channeling abilities.
  • Does not disjoint projectiles upon swapping, neither for the caster nor for the target.
  • Destroys trees within 300 radius around Vengeful Spirit and the target.
  • Can be cast on allies without damaging them.
  • Applies a generic Incoming Damage Manipulation incoming damage reduction buff on affected ally units upon swapping. Stacks additively with other sources of generic incoming damage manipulation.
    • Therefore, Vengeful Spirit always gains the buff, no matter if she targets an ally or an enemy.
    • Affects all damage types the affected ally units receive. Does not reduce damage flagged as HP removal.
  • Swaps position with the secondary target upon casting on the primary target. Vengeful Spirit first swaps position with the primary target, then the primary target swaps with the secondary target, then the secondary target swaps with Vengeful Spirit.


Talents[]

Hero Talents
-18s Nether Swap icon Nether Swap Cooldown25+16% Vengeance Aura icon Vengeance Aura Base Damage Bonus
Wave of Terror icon Wave of Terror Steals +20% Of Reduced Damage And Armor20+200 Magic Missile icon Magic Missile Damage
-2s Magic Missile icon Magic Missile Cooldown15-5 Wave of Terror icon Wave of Terror Armor
+125 Magic Missile icon Magic Missile Cast Range10+200 Nether Swap icon Nether Swap Enemy Damage

Recent Changes[]

Main Articles: Changelogs, Old Abilities and Hero Lore
Version
Description
  • Nether Swap icon Nether Swap
    • Damage increased from 50 to 150/300/450
    • No longer reduces damage taken
    • Now gives Vengeful Spirit and allied targets a damage barrier for 10s. Barrier health is equal to the spell's Damage value. (Barrier health is not increased by Spell Amplification).


Recommended Items[]

Starting items:

  • Tango icon Tango helps Vengeful Spirit sustain during the laning phase, preventing her from returning to base due to enemy harassment.
  • Clarity icon Clarity is crucial for replenishing Vengeful Spirit's mana from casting Magic Missile during early ganks, as her small base mana pool means that she will run completely out after one or two casts.
  • Iron Branch icon Iron Branch is a cheap way to improve Vengeful Spirit's attributes, particularly her HP and mana, both of which are lacking in the early game. It can be used to build Magic Wand later.
  • Observer Ward icon Observer Ward are crucial for purchasing regularly as a support hero. Map vision provides intelligence about enemy movements, and is particularly useful for Vengeful Spirit given her ability to roam and get kills on lone enemies.

Early game:

  • Magic Stick icon Magic Stick is a useful pickup when in a lane against heroes who have low mana cost spells, and are harassing you with those. The burst HP and mana regen allows Vengeful Spirit to survive slightly longer and cast at least one more spell in an engagement, which can make or break a fight.
  • Boots of Speed icon Boots of Speed are essential early on for Vengeful Spirit, as the improved speed will allow her to escape deadly situations, as well as quickly get within range to stun them with Magic Missile.
  • Pavise icon Pavise provides protection against physical damage with its damage barrier, allowing Vengeful Spirit to give herself or a teammate an advantage when trading blows.

Mid game:

  • Magic Wand icon Magic Wand is a useful pick up for the same reasons as the Magic Stick. Its attribute bonuses are very useful on low-farm supports, and the increased charge storage allows Vengeful Spirit to instantly replenish a large fraction of her HP and mana, enough to stay in a fight long enough to make a greater difference.
  • Power Treads icon Power Treads increase Vengeful Spirit's attack speed. The ability to switch attributes allows her to either give herself more HP for survivability, more mana for casting her powerful spells, or more damage and attack speed for damage output.
  • Solar Crest icon Solar Crest builds from Pavise and heavily enables an allied carry in battle. Shine can combine with Nether Swap for high defensive utility with the stacking barriers or with Wave of Terror to pair with the attack speed bonus.
  • Force Staff icon Force Staff is a cheap support item that is very useful on Vengeful Spirit. It can be used to re-position her in order to cast her abilities particularly Magic Missile and Nether Swap. It can also be used to escape from failed fights or ganks as well as save nearby allies, or push enemies into your grasp. It also improves her mana pool, allowing her to cast her spells more often in fights.

Late game:

  • Aether Lens icon Aether Lens increases the size of her meager mana pool, allowing her to cast her spells more easily, and provides mana regen for improved sustainability. Boosting the cast range on all of her spells allows her to stun enemies with Magic Missile from farther away, and debuff more enemies with Wave of Terror. But most importantly, it increases the cast range of Nether Swap, allowing her to displace enemies from long distances.

Situational items:

  • Tranquil Boots icon Tranquil Boots are a powerful alternative option for a roaming Vengeful Spirit. The increased movement speed allows her to roam more effectively, chasing down enemies more quickly to stun them. The passive HP regen can replenish any HP lost during an engagement, allowing Vengeful Spirit to be ready for another gank shortly afterward.
  • Arcane Boots icon Arcane Boots is a good support item that helps Vengeful Spirit and any roaming partners to cast their spells. Increasing the size of Vengeful Spirit's mana pool reduces the strain of casting Magic Missile and Nether Swap, and the active can allow her to replenish her own mana pool and that of teammates, whether they need their spells to function in teamfights or to kill gank targets.
  • Blink Dagger icon Blink Dagger is extremely strong in the hands of Vengeful Spirit. While it cannot be used to trap enemies on impassable terrain with Nether Swap, it greatly increases her mobility and lets her quickly get in position to stun an enemy or swap a key target. It also greatly improves her roaming potential as she can traverse over cliffs and trees while hunting for targets.
  • Desolator icon Desolator is a powerful carry item that boosts Vengeful Spirit's damage output. Combining the attack modifier with Wave of Terror and Medallion of Courage can reduce a target's armor by up to 19, which can be enough to bring down even the tankiest heroes.
  • Butterfly icon Butterfly is an expensive but strong luxury item for a carry build. The item drastically increases Vengeful Spirit's physical damage output, particularly when combined with Wave of Terror, and provides evasion to make her harder to focus down in engagements.
  • Manta Style icon Manta Style increases Vengeful Spirit's carry potential further. It improves her overall attributes, particularly her agility, and improves her movement speed for better mobility. The active allows her to remove debuffs from herself while also creating illusions to confuse the enemy; as well, the illusions can carry Vengeance Aura to benefit her team even while she herself is not within range.
  • Aeon Disk icon Aeon Disk enhances Vengeful Spirit's survivability and ability usage with health and mana. Furthermore, the strong dispel, status resistance, and damage reduction gives her a much higher chance of survival when swapping herself into a group of enemy heroes.
  • Drum of Endurance icon Drum of Endurance gives Vengeful Spirit all-around attributes for a cheap price, and the active provides increased movement and attack speed for both herself and nearby allies, allowing Vengeful Spirit and her team to chase down enemies during ganks, or escape from pursuers.
  • Glimmer Cape icon Glimmer Cape is a strong utility item on any support hero. Vengeful Spirit can use it in conjunction with Nether Swap to help ensure that an endangered ally survives, and cast on herself can improve her ganking ability as she can approach targets invisibly before disabling them with Magic Missile.
  • Soul Ring icon Soul Ring is a cheap mana item that improves Vengeful Spirit's ability to roam independently. It gives her health regeneration, allowing her to sustain her HP more easily without going back to base. The active allows her to draw on her HP pool for immediate mana, useful for getting the mana she needs to cast Magic Missile and Nether Swap.
  • Urn of Shadows icon Urn of Shadows is a useful roaming item that gives Vengeful Spirit many powerful benefits. The bonus strength and mana regen give her more HP and help to maintain her mana pool. Charges can be easily obtained through successful ganks, and the charges can be used to heal herself or allies, synergizing with Nether Swap in keeping teammates alive, or can be used to add additional Pure damage in a gank, increasing the odds of success.
  • Eul's Scepter of Divinity icon Eul's Scepter of Divinity can be a cheap utility item that serves multiple purposes, both in teamfights and ganks. The intelligence and mana regen bonuses will solve all of Vengeful Spirit's casting problems, and its movement speed boost allows her to position herself for casting spells or chasing down enemies more easily. The active can be used to temporarily disable secondary enemy targets while her team focuses down the primary target, or can be cast on herself to provide temporary invulnerability after a successful Nether Swap while also dispelling debuffs.
  • Assault Cuirass icon Assault Cuirass is a very strong semi-carry item that drastically boosts Vengeful Spirit's team damage output. The increased armor will make her extremely resilient against physical damage, while the attack speed bonus allows her and nearby allies to further capitalize on Vengeance Aura's bonus damage. The enemy armor reduction can further reduce their resistance to physical damage alongside Wave of Terror.
  • Scythe of Vyse icon Scythe of Vyse is a powerful ganking item that can help to secure guaranteed kills. While expensive, Scythe of Vyse provides an instant hard-disable that can be combined with Magic Missile to pin down gank targets reliably. The increased intelligence and mana regen also solve all of Vengeful Spirit's mana issues.

Dota Plus Progress[]

Main Article: Hero Challenges

Relics track a hero's actions and statistics, and display in-game notifications when a milestone is reached. They are only available to Dota Plus subscribers.

Relics Voice Lines
Relic Rare icon
Kills During Magic Missile icon Magic Missile Stun
Relic Rare icon
Three Hero Wave of Terror icon Wave of Terrors
Relic Rare icon
Nether Swap icon Nether Swaps Leading To Kills
Relic universal icon
Vengeance Aura icon Vengeance Aura Illusion Kills
Relic universal icon
Teleports Leading To Kills
Relic universal icon
Smoke of Deceit icon Smokes Leading To Kills
Relic universal icon
Solar Crest icon Solar Crests Leading To Kills
Relic universal icon
Triple Kills
Relic universal icon
Mega Kill Streaks
Relic universal icon
Dust of Appearance icon Dusts Leading To Kills
Relic universal icon
Observer and Sentry Wards icon Wards Placed
Relic universal icon
Kill Assists
Relic universal icon
Kills
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Bronze
Plus Hero Badge 2
Silver
Plus Hero Badge 3
Gold
Plus Hero Badge 4
Platinum
Plus Hero Badge 5
Master
  • ▶️ The pain of my enemies is the only pleasure left to me.
Plus Hero Badge 6
Grandmaster

Equipment[]

Trivia[]

  • Magic Missile is one of the first and most iconic offensive spells available for arcane spellcaster classes in the famed pen-and-paper RPG series, Dungeons & Dragons.
  • Previous designs of Vengeful Spirit showed her with a mask that looked similar to her Vengeance Aura ability icon.
  • Vengeful Spirit's fun name, "820", is a tribute to former professional DotA player 820.
  • In DotA 1, she was the sister of Mortred, the Phantom Assassin minimap icon Phantom Assassin, and her name was Shendelzare Silkwood. In Dota 2, her lore was changed so that she became affiliated with the Skywrath, thus switching her affiliations to Dragonus, the Skywrath Mage minimap icon Skywrath Mage.
  • In the transition to Dota 2, her aura's name was changed from Command Aura to Vengeance Aura.

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