Venomancer

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Level 0 1 15 25 30 Health 120 516 1066 1748 1990 +0.25 +2.05 +4.64 +7.69 +8.82 Mana 75 255 543 903 1023 +0 +0.75 +1.98 +3.45 +3.99 Armor 3.08 6.75 12.81 19.15 21.65 Magic Resist 25% 26.5% 28.95% 31.9% 32.98% Damage Block - Damage 1 1 23 23 59 59 97 97 112 112 Attack Rate 0.59/s 0.72/s 0.93/s 1.16/s 1.24/s Attack Range U 450 ( ? ) Attack Speed 100 (1.7s BAT) Attack Animation 0.3 + 0.7 Projectile Speed Move Speed 285 ( 315) Turn Rate 0.4 Collision Size 27 Bound Radius 24 Vision Range (G) 1800 ( 800) Gib Type Default Internal Not Provided

Lesale Deathbringer the Venomancer is a ranged agility hero who is focused on dealing damage over time and slowing enemies down. He is not granted with a big amount of base attack and attribute gain, but he can bring enormous area damage with his poisonous abilities. Venomancer can unleash a Venomous Gale to enemies in a straight line, infecting them, damaging and slowing them over time. His attacks are hazardous thanks to his lethal Poison Sting, which adds a toxic effect to his normal attacks, poisoning opposing Heroes for a duration. Plague Ward, his next ability, lets him summon a sentient ward to a targeted point, which attacks enemies or structures. While weak on first use its power grows in numbers, which means the more the wards are placed the deadlier they become. This gives him good versatility, providing vision, pushing power, and a helpful block, preventing enemies from running away when trapped in a sticky situation. Venomancer's most dangerous ability is Poison Nova, though it isn't lethal and won't kill an enemy, the damage it inflicts is tremendous, the duration is very long, and it affects an area around him. It is mostly used to initiate battles, since Poison Nova isn't a killing type spell. When used altogether, the Venomancer is a powerful killing machine, like a virus, slowly killing enemies with venom and poisons. Despite being considered by most players as a support, because of his slowing capabilities, extra ward vision, and being item independent, this doesn't hinder his power to gank and kill enemies, especially in the earliest parts of the game, and with enough kills, farm, and domination, Venomancer can transition into a semi-carry, with formidable venomous power and deadly specialties.

Bio

Lesale Deathbringer, the Venomancer

▶️ "No necromancer shall raise what the venomancer puts down."

Lore:

In the Acid Jungles of Jidi Isle, poison runs in the veins and bubbles in the guts of every creature that scuttles, climbs or swoops between fluorescent vines dripping with caustic sap. Yet even in this toxic menagerie, Venomancer is acknowledged as the most venomous. Ages ago, a Herbalist named Lesale crossed the Bay of Fradj by coracle, searching for potent essences that might be extracted from bark and root, and found instead a nightmare transformation. Two leagues into Jidi's jungle, Lesale encountered a reptile camouflaged as an epiphyte, which stung him as he mistakenly plucked it. In desperation, he used his partial knowledge of the jungle's herbal bounty, mixing the venom of the (swiftly throttled) reptile with the nectar of an armored orchid, to compound an antidote. In the moments before a black paralysis claimed him completely, he injected himself by orchid-thorn, and instantly fell into a coma. Seventeen years later, something stirred in the spot where he had fallen, throwing off the years' accumulation of humus: Venomancer. Lesale the Herbalist no longer—but Lesale the Deathbringer. His mind was all but erased, and his flesh had been consumed and replaced by a new type of matter—one fusing the venom of the reptile with the poisonous integument of the orchid. Jidi's Acid Jungles knew a new master, one before whom even the most vicious predators soon learned to bow or burrow for their lives. The lurid isle proved too confining, and some human hunger deep in the heart of the Venomancer drove Lesale out in search of new poisons—and new deaths to bring.

Voice:

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Abilities

Venomous Gale

QE

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Ability
N/A

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical

Launches a ball of venom in a line, poisoning enemy units so that they take both initial damage and damage over time, as well as suffering slowed movement. Venomous Gale deals damage every 3 seconds over its duration.

Range: 800

Radius: 125

Duration: 15

Strike Damage: 25/50/75/100

Periodic Damage: 0/30/60/90

Periodic Damage Interval: 3

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A concoction of various stings, poisons, and toxins gathered from the jungles of Jidi Isle, victims surviving it are rare.

• Units afflicted by Venomous Gale can be denied by their allies when their HP drops below 25% of their maximum health. This applies to Venomous Gale level 1 despite the lack of damage over time.

• Slow starts at 50% and decreases as time passes.
• Total damage dealt is 25/200/375/550.
• Can be lethal. (Damage from Venomous Gale can kill enemies)
• Can hit invisible units.

Poison Sting

WT

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Ability
N/A

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical

Adds poison damage to Venomancer's normal attacks, slowing movement speed.

Duration: 6/9/12/15

Damage Per Second: 5/10/15/20

Movement Speed Slow: 11%/12%/13%/14%

The paralytic sting of the creature which caused his transformation now belongs to the Venomancer.

• Damage from Poison Sting does not interrupt healing from items, nor does it activate the cooldown on Blink Dagger.
• Poison Sting damage can be lethal. (Damage from Poison Sting can kill enemies)
• Deals a total of 30/90/180/300 damage.
• This ability does not allow for heroes to be denied.
• Movement slow debuff applies to magic immune (non-mechanical) units.
• Poison Sting damage doesn't cancel healing or disable Blink Dagger.
• Poison Sting applied by illusions will only apply the slow, even though the damage numbers appear.

Plague Ward
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Creep
This unit has no health. This unit has no mana. Level ? Duration 40 Armor 0 Attack Range Unknown 600 Attack Speed 1.5 • ?s BAT Attack Animation 0.3+? Vision Range (U) 1200 • 800 Experience 20/25/30/35

Plague Ward

EW

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Ability
N/A

Affects
Enemies

Summons a plague ward to attack enemy units and structures. The ward is immune to magic.

Cast Range: 850

Ward Duration: 40

Ward Health: 75/200/325/450

Ward Damage: 10/19/29/38

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A mixture of his old herbalist talents and newfound toxic mastery creates a living embodiment of plague.

• Wards have Poison Sting for 50% of the damage at the current skilled level (When both Venomancer and a Plague Ward affect a target, only the highest dps is applied).
• Enemy lane creeps and Towers will target Plague Wards at a lower priority than Heroes or creeps.
• Some pathways can be completely blocked off by one or more Plague Wards.
• Plague Wards give 1200 vision during the day, and 800 vision at night.
• A Plague Ward will target and auto attack the closest enemy unit/structure within its attack range after it has been spawned.
• The Wards are unaffected by Cleave.

Poison Nova

RV

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Ability
N/A

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical

A spreading ring of poison that does damage over time to enemy units around Venomancer. Poison Nova's effect cannot bring units below 1 HP.

Radius: 830

Duration: 12/14/15 (14/15/16*)

Damage Per Second: 36/58/81 (58/81/108*)

 140/120/100 (140/120/60*)

 200/300/400

Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade:

Increases damage and duration, and decreases cooldown.

In the Acid Jungles, creatures releasing noxious poison to their attackers is common; Venomancer spreads this plague beyond the Jidi Isle.

• Deals a total of 468/870/1296 (870/1296/1836*) damage.
• Cannot deal lethal damage (target will be left with 1 HP).
• Can hit invisible units.

Recommended items

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Tips

• Plague Wards deal weak damage in sparse numbers, but their power becomes significant when massed.
• There is a temptation upon being killed to use Poison Nova out of spite. Resist this urge; as it is intended for initiation purposes and its cooldown, unless you have a Scepter at the ability's 3rd level, is not negligible.
• Disabling or positioning items like Eul's Scepter of Divinity, Orchid Malevolence, Force Staff, Blink Dagger or Shadow Blade are very wise to build on Venomancer, as his frailty and lack of easily-used escape mechanisms are his Achilles' heel.
• Use Plague Wards constantly in order to provide vision of your neighboring area, especially when across the river and inside enemy territory.
• Early game, if you use Plague Wards during your laning phase, try to deny them or they will provide a gold bounty for enemy heroes.
• Remember that you can control your Plague Wards as immoveable units. This can be useful if you want to change attack targets, stop a Plague Ward's auto attack or deny friendly creeps, and even the Aegis of the Immortal.
• Keep Venomous Gale off cooldown during pushes, as its cooldown is quite long and you may need it at any time.
• When chasing an enemy, constantly put Plague Wards ahead of them to maintain sight.
• Note that the Valve recommended items are not for playing a support style Venomancer. To play support, starting items should include Observer Wards or Courier (or both), early game should be Observer Wards/Sentry Wards and Boots of Speed, and core should be Phase Boots/Power Treads/Arcane Boots, and Mekansm. Everything else listed would be luxury.
• Buying an Orb of Venom is a cheap way to increase your slowing potential in the early game, as it stacks with Poison Sting, also applying good DOT for better harassment. This can later be upgraded to the Eye of Skadi, massively increasing the slow and providing additional attributes for Venomancer.

Trivia

• Venomancer's name, Lesale, may be a reference to "Le Sale", which is French for "The Dirty" or "The Nasty".
• In Warcraft DotA, Venomancer's hero model was a hydralisk. Hydralisks are a type of alien combat unit in the RTS game Starcraft, which was also made by Blizzard. Hydralisks are a very common and well-known image in Blizzard games.

Equipment

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Update history

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Balance changelog

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Replaced Abilities

Shadow Strike

Q

Ability
N/A

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical

Hurls a poisoned dagger which deals large initial damage, and then deals damage over time. The poisoned unit has its movement speed slowed for 15 seconds. An instance of damage is dealt every 3 seconds.

Range: 400

Duration: 15.1

Strike Damage: 50/70/70/100

Periodic Damage: 10/20/40/50

Periodic Damage Interval: 3

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 90/105/120/135

• Slow starts at 50% and decreases as time passes.
• Total damage dealt is 100/170/270/350.

Gallery

• Venomancer Concept art.jpg

  Concept art

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  Model and icons before November 21, 2013 Patch

See also

• Venomancer responses
• Toxic Gaze

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