Year Beast (2015)

Year Beast (2015)
Ancient Creep-Hero
Health 2000 +5 Mana 500 +1 Level 1 Armor 4 Magic Resistance 0% Attack Damage Basic [?] 85 Attack Range 120 Acquisition Range 800 Attack Animation 0.3+0.3 Projectile Speed Instant Move Speed 250 (100) Turn Rate 0.5 Vision Range (G) 50 Bounty 250 Experience 250 Notes Radiant icon: Dire icon:

Nian, the Year Beast is an event creep that was created for the New Bloom 2015 event. It has two color variations, one for the Radiant, and one for the Dire.

Mechanics

• The Year Beast behaves like, and uses the same AI as bots.
• In terms of mechanics, the Year Beast is counted as a creep-hero.
• The Year Beast gets stronger, gaining the following stats with each level:
  • 350 Health
  • 35 Attack damage
  • 1 Armor
  • 5% Magic resistance
  • 5 Movement speed
  • 50 Gold bounty
  • 50 Experience bounty

Command Abilities

Players can command the Year Beast to perform these abilities by spending Ability Points. Cooldowns are triggered whenever any team member activates an ability. Active abilities have values that are automatically updated at the 10 and 20 minutes mark, and can be used even when the Year Beast is dead.

Force Attack

▶️

Ability
Target Unit

Affects
Enemies

Enrages your Year Beast, causing it to attack a target relentlessly for 5 seconds. While active, the Beast has Haste and is phased. 20 second cooldown.

Cast Animation: 0+0

Attack Target Duration: 5

Haste Duration: 5

Ability Points Cost: 50

 20

Modifiers

Rune Haste

Any

• The haste functions in the same way as Haste Rune, while the phase functions in the same way as Phase Boots.

• Alerts allies in chat when used.

Teleport

▶️

Ability
Target Point / Target Unit / Channeled

Affects
Self

Teleports your Year Beast to any allied non-hero unit or building. 30 second cooldown.

Cast Animation: 0+0

Cast Range: Global

Channel Time: 4.5

Ability Points Cost: 50

 30

Modifiers

Teleporting

Death

Teleport Incoming

Death

• Functions in the same way as a Boots of Travel teleport.

Double Damage

▶️

Ability
No Target

Affects
Self

Grants your Year Beast double damage for 5 seconds. 10 second cooldown.

Cast Animation: 0+0

Duration: 5

Ability Points Cost: 50

 10

Modifiers

Rune Doubledamage

Any

• Functions in the same way as a Double Damage Rune.

Heal

Ability
No Target

Affects
Self

Instantly heals your Year Beast for 20% of its max health. 50 second cooldown.

Cast Animation: 0+0

Percent of Max Health healed: 20%

Ability Points Cost: 50

 50

Global Chakra

▶️

Ability
No Target

Affects
Allies

Restores the mana for every hero on your team. 90 second cooldown.

0-10 Minutes: 60% Mana Restored.
10-20 Minutes: 80% Mana Restored.

20+ Minutes: 100% Mana Restored.

Cast Animation: 0+0

Cast Range: Global

Mana Restored: 60%/80%/100%

Ability Points Cost: 750

 90

• Functions in the same way as Chakra Magic, except cast globally and affects all team members.

• Can be used while the Year Beast is dead.

Thundergod's Wrath

▶️

Ability
No Target

Affects
Enemy Heroes

Damage
Magical

Lightning strikes every enemy hero, dealing damage if they are visible and revealing them if they are invisible. 240 second cooldown.

0-10 Minutes: 125 damage.
10-20 Minutes: 250 damage.

20+ Minutes: 375 damage.

Cast Animation: 0+0

Radius: Global

Damage: 125/250/375

Ability Points Cost: 750

 240

Modifiers

Truesight

Death

• Functions the same way as .

• Can be used while the Year Beast is dead.

Global Silence

▶️

Ability
No Target

Affects
Enemies

Every enemy hero becomes silenced. 300 second cooldown.

0-10 Minutes: 4 seconds.
10-20 Minutes: 5 seconds.

20+ Minutes: 6 seconds.

Cast Animation: 0+0

Radius: Global

Duration: 4/5/6

Ability Points Cost: 750

 300

Modifiers

Global Silence

Any

• Functions the same way as Global Silence.

• Can be used while the Year Beast is dead.

Hand of God

▶️

Ability
No Target

Affects
Allies

Instantly heals all allied heroes. 160 second cooldown.

0-10 Minutes: 200 HP Restored.
10-20 Minutes: 300 HP Restored.

20+ Minutes: 400 HP Restored.

Cast Animation: 0+0

Radius: Global

Heal: 200/300/400

Ability Points Cost: 750

 160

• Functions the same way as Hand of God.

• Can be used while the Year Beast is dead.

Tower Flak Cannon

Ability
No Target

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Physical

For 10 seconds, friendly towers will attack all enemy units within 1000 range each time they attack. 60 second cooldown.

Cast Animation: 0+0

Search Radius: 1000

Duration: 10

Move Speed Slow: 35%

Attack Speed Slow: 45

Slow Duration: 3

Ability Points Cost: 250

 60

Modifiers

Flak Cannon

Death

Item Skadi Slow

Death

• Functions in the same way as Flak Cannon.

• Slow effect functions in the same way as Eye of Skadi.

• Can be used while the Year Beast is dead.

Glyph of Fortification

Ability
No Target

Affects
Enemies

Your buildings become invulnerable for the next 5 seconds. 360 second cooldown.

Cast Animation: 0+0

Duration: 5

Ability Points Cost: 250

 360

Modifiers

Glyph Of Fortification

Death

• Functions in the same way as the Glyph of Fortification.

• Can be used while the Year Beast is dead.

Upgradable Abilities

• The Year Beast can be upgraded at the 10 and 20 minutes mark with Ability Points.
• There are three upgrade paths available.
• Each player selects their own upgrade path for a total of five upgrades.
• Multiple instances of the same upgrade path come with independent proc chances and cooldowns.
• Players cannot control upgraded abilities, the Year Beast will use them automatically.

Combat Path

• Stacking bonuses: Multiple instances of Combat Path have independent chances to proc Bash, and independent cooldowns for Berserker's Call, Spiked Carapace, and Greater Hex.

Level 1

Bash

▶️

Ability
Passive

Affects
Enemies

The Beast gains a 12% chance to stun attacked enemies for 1 second.

Proc Chance: 12%

Stun Duration: 1

Modifiers

Stunned

Strong

• Functions the same way as Bash.

Level 2

Spiked Carapace

▶️

Ability
No Target

Affects
Self / Allies

If 2 or more heroes are within 500 range of the Beast, the Beast will stun and reflect damage if attacked.

Cast Animation: 0+0

Radius: 500

Damage Reflect Duration: ??

Stun Duration: ??

 ??

Modifiers

Spiked Carapace

Death

Stunned

Strong

• Functions the same way as Spiked Carapace.

Berserker's Call

▶️

Ability
No Target

Affects
Enemies

If there are 2 or more heroes within 300 range of the Beast, they will be forced to attack it for 2.5 seconds.

Cast Animation: 0+0

Radius: 300

Duration: 2.5

 ??

Modifiers

Berserkers Call

Death

• Functions the same way as Berserker's Call, except it doesn't provide armor bonus.

Level 3

Greater Hex

▶️

Ability
No Target

Affects
Enemies

The Beast unleashes a magical smoke that expands outward in a 1000 radius, turning enemy units into harmless pigs for 4 seconds.

Cast Animation: 0+0

Radius: 1000

Duration: 4

 ??

Modifiers

Voodoo

Any

• Functions the same way as Scythe of Vyse.

Speed Path

• Stacking bonuses: Multiple instances of Speed Path have independent cooldowns for Stampede, and independent chances to proc Refresher Aura.

Level 1

Attack Speed Aura

Ability
Aura

Affects
Allies

Allied units gain 30 attack speed in a 900 radius around the Beast.

Radius: 900

Attack Speed Bonus: 30

Modifiers

Attack Speed Aura

Death

• The aura's buff lingers for 0.5 seconds.

Level 2

Stampede

▶️

Ability
No Target

Affects
Allies

If there are 2 or more enemy Heroes within 500 range of the Year Beast, it causes a Stampede, and all friendly units gain haste and phase for 3 seconds.

Cast Animation: 0+0

Radius: 500

Duration: 3

 ??

Modifiers

Stampede

Death

• Functions the same way as Stampede, except it doesn't damage and slow upon hitting enemies.

Level 3

Refresher Aura

▶️

Ability
Aura

Affects
Allies

When an allied hero casts a spell within 900 range of the Beast, that spell has a 50% chance to be instantly refreshed.

Radius: 900

Proc Chance: 50%

Modifiers

Refresher Aura

Death

• The aura's buff lingers for 0.5 seconds.

• Tracked per-ability and has a slightly greater chance of initially triggering, but a diminishingly lower chance of triggering for each subsequent proc.

Support Path

• Stacking bonuses: Multiple instances of Support Path have independent cooldowns for Arcane Boots, Mekansm, and Resurrection Aura.

Level 1

Healing Aura

Ability
Aura

Affects
Allies

Heals 10 HP every 2 seconds in a 1100 area of effect around the Beast.

Radius: 1100

Heal Interval: 2

Heal per Interval: 10

Modifiers

Healing Aura

Death

• The aura's buff lingers for 0.5 seconds.

Level 2

Truesight

▶️

Ability
Aura

Affects
Allies

Grants truesight in a 1100 radius. The Beast will use Mekansm and Arcane Boots every 35 seconds in a 750 radius.

True Sight Radius: 1100

Items Radius: 750

Items Cooldown: 35

Modifiers

Truesight

Death

• Functions in the same way as Gem of True Sight, Mekansm and Arcane Boots.

Smoke Aura

Ability
Aura

Affects
Allies

While standing near the Beast, heroes are smoked.

Radius: ??

Modifiers

Smoke Aura

Death

• Functions in the same way as Smoke of Deceit.

• However, due to it being aura-based, attacking does not dispel the effect.

Level 3

Resurrection Aura

Ability
Aura

Affects
Allies

If a hero dies in an 1100 radius of the Beast, it will be resurrected after 3 seconds. This effect can only happen once every 20 seconds.

Radius: 1100

Effect Delay: 3

 20

Modifiers

Resurrection Aura

Death

• Functions the same way as an Aegis of the Immortal.

• The aura's buff lingers for 0.5 seconds.

Replaced Abilities

Beast Aegis

▶️▶️

Ability
Passive

Affects
Self

Brings the Year Beast back to life with full health and mana 4 seconds after it dies, at the location where it died.

Effect Delay: 4

Ability Points Cost: 1000

• Functions the same way as Aegis of the Immortal.

• The reincarnation sounds (first one being Radiant's and second one being Dire's) also play on the initial spawn of the beasts.

Trivia

• Nian is a mythical beast that appears at Chinese New Year in Chinese folklore.

Patch history

Patch

Description

20 Feb 2015

• Refresher Aura is now tracked per-ability and has a slightly greater chance of initially triggering, but a diminishingly lower chance of triggering for each subsequent proc.
• Tower Flak Cannon shots now apply Eye of Skadi slow.
• Teleport
  • Reduced cooldown from 60 to 30.
  • Increased channel time from 3 to 4.5.

19 Feb 2015

• Global Active Abilities now scale based on game time, similar to the Beast Passive Upgrades:
  • Thundergod's Wrath: 350 damage to 0-10 minutes: 125 damage, 10-20 minutes: 250 damage, 20+ minutes: 375 damage
  • Global Chakra: 100% mana to 0-10 minutes: 60% mana, 10-20 minutes: 80% mana, 20+ minutes: 100% mana
  • Hand of God: 300 health to 0-10 minutes: 200 health, 10-20 minutes: 300 health, 20+ minutes: 400 health
  • Global Silence: 5 seconds to 0-10 minutes: 4 seconds, 10-20 minutes: 5 seconds, 20+ minutes: 6 seconds.
• Fixed using beast actives while the game is paused
• Updated tooltips.

18 Feb 2015

• The active abilities can now be used independent of the Year Beast being alive.
• Added on-hover tooltips for the active abilities in the Year Beast panel.
• Added two new active abilities: Tower Flak Cannon, and Glyph of Fortification

Tower Flak Cannon - 250 Ability Points - For 10 seconds, friendly towers will attack all enemy units within 1000 range each time they attack; 60 second cooldown.

Glyph of Fortification - 250 Ability Points - Your buildings become invulnerable for the next 5 seconds; 360 second cooldown.

• Reduced Global Chakra cooldown from 120 seconds to 90 seconds.
• Reduced Hand of God cooldown from 240 seconds to 160 seconds.

14 Feb 2015

• Replaced Beast Aegis with Global Chakra.
• Reduced Thundergod's Wrath, Global Silence and Hand of God cost to 750.

See also

• Year Beast (2015) sounds

New Bloom Festival 2014 (Fighting the Year Beast) Year Beast Greater Salve Greater Clarity Flinching Firecrackers Firework Mine Scare the Beast Force Boots Crimson Guard Vermillion Robe Desolator 2 2015 (Year Beast Brawl) Year Beast