Old Abilities
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Shadow Strike (Pre 6.58)[]
Hurls a poisoned dagger which deals large initial damage, and then deals damage over time. The poisoned unit has its movement speed slowed for a short duration.
Cast Range: 400
Initial Damage: 50/70/70/100
Damage over Time: 10/20/40/50
Move Speed Slow: 50%
Duration: 15
A concoction of various stings, poisons, and toxins gathered from the jungles of Jidi Isle, victims surviving it are rare.
- This ability was replaced by Venomous Gale in the 6.58 gameplay patch.
- The projectile travels at a speed of 1200.
- The slow deceases in 1 second intervals, slowing the target by 50.0%/40.8%/32.7%/25.9%/20.1%/15.5%/11.7%/8.7%/6.4%/4.6%/3.3%/2.3%/1.6%/1.1%/0.7% on each second.
- A unit with less than 25% of its maximum health can be denied when it has the debuff on.
- Deals the initial damage upon hitting the target and the damage over time in 3 second intervals, resulting in overall 6 damage instances.
- Can deal up to 100/170/270/350 damage to the target (before reductions).
- Successive casts refresh the slow and damage over time durations and deal the initial damage again.
Reinforced Skin (Pre 5.10)[]
Ability
Passive
Passive
Affects
Self
Self
The hydra's skin hardens to absorb more damage.
- When venomancer was created this ability used to have 5 levels (3/6/9/12/15 bonus armor), taking the extra point of Reincarnation
- This Ability was replaced by Plague Ward in 5.10.
Poison Nova (Pre 7.33)[]
Start Radius: 255
End Radius: 850/900/950
Base Damage per Second: 20/30/40
Spell Immunity Notes:
Places debuff on spell immune enemies.
Does not deal damage to spell immune enemies.
In the Acid Jungles, creatures releasing noxious poison to their attackers is common; Venomancer spreads this plague beyond the Jidi Isle.
- Interrupts Venomancer's channeling abilities upon cast.
- Poison Nova expands at a speed of 550, taking 1.08/1.17/1.26 seconds to reach max distance.
- Starts expanding at a radius of 255, enemies within this radius are affected immediately upon cast.
- Deals damage in 1-second intervals, starting immediately as the debuff is placed, resulting in 21 instances.
- Poison Nova's damage over time is not lethal. It does not drop affected units below 1 health from its damage ticks.
- Debuff of successive casts does not stack but refreshes the duration.
Reincarnation (Pre 4.00)[]
Ability
Passive
Passive
Affects
Self
Self
When killed this hero will come back to life.
- This Ability was replaced by Poison Nova (Pre 7.33) in 4.00.
- Reincarnation cannot be prevented in any way.
- Provides 1800/800 ground vision at the death location during its delay.
- If Venomancer has an Aegis of the Immortal, Reincarnation triggers second.
- This Ability initially just had 2 levels (240/150 cooldown)