Venomancer

Template:Tabs Venomancer

Venomancer 18 + 2.15 22 + 2.6 17 + 1.8
Level 0 1 15 25 30 Health 120 516 1176 1902 2188 +0 +1.8 +4.81 +8.16 +9.44 Mana 75 279 579 939 1071 +0.01 +0.86 +2.12 +3.62 +4.17 Armor 0 3.67 9.73 16.07 18.57 Magic Resist 25% % % % % Damage Block - Damage 19 21 41 43 77 79 115 117 130 132 Attack Rate 0.59/s 0.72/s 0.93/s 1.16/s 1.24/s Attack Range 450 (800) Attack Speed 100 (1.7s BAT) Attack Animation 0.3 + 0.7 Projectile Speed Move Speed 285 ( 315) Turn Rate 0.4 Collision Size 24 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. While unassuming due to his mediocre stats and low attack range, he can inflict surprising amounts of gradual damage with his poisonous abilities if left alone. Venomancer can unleash a Venomous Gale to infect enemies in a straight line, drastically slowing them while dealing damage over time. His attacks are just as hazardous thanks to his lethal Poison Sting, which adds a toxic effect to his normal attacks, poisoning opposing Heroes for a great amount of damage over a duration. Plague Ward 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 is not lethal and does not kill an enemy by itself, the damage it inflicts is tremendous, the duration is very long, and its wide area of effect makes it difficult to avoid. It is mostly used to initiate battles, since Poison Nova cannot quickly inflict damage but rather degrades its targets over time. When combined together, 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 does not 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:

Dave Fennoy (Responses)

Abilities

Venomous Gale

▶️QE

Ability
Target Point

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.

Cast Animation: 0+0.57

Cast Range: 800 ( 950)

Max Travel Distance: 850 ( 1000)

Gale Radius: 125

Initial Damage: 25/50/75/100

Damage over Time: 10/40/70/100

Move Speed Slow: 50%

Duration: 15

 21/20/19/18

 125

Modifiers [?]

Venomous Gale

Strong

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

• The gale travels at a speed of 1200, taking 0.71 seconds to reach max distance.

• Can hit units up to 975 ( 1125) range away (travel distance + radius).

• The slow decreases over time. Hit units regain 1% of their movement speed in 0.3 second intervals, starting immediately as the debuff is applied.

• A unit with less that 25% of its maximum health can be denied when it has the Venomous Gale debuff on.

• After the initial damage, it deals damage over time in 3 second intervals, resulting in overall 6 damage instances.

• Venomous Gale can deal up to 75/250/425/600 damage to a single unit (before reductions).

• The debuff from successive casts does not stack, only the duration gets refreshed.

• The projectile has 280 radius flying vision. This vision does not last.

• The projectile blocks neutral creep camps.

Poison Sting

WT

Ability
Passive

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical
(HP Removal)

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

Damage per Second: 6/12/18/24

Move Speed Slow: 11%/12%/13%/14% ( 25%/26%/27%/28%)

Duration: 6/9/12/15

Modifiers [?]

Poison Sting

Undispellable

Poison Sting Ward

Undispellable

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

• The damage from Poison Sting is flagged as HP Removal, so it does not trigger any on-damage effects.

• The damage ticks in 1 second intervals, starting immediately when the debuff is placed, resulting in 7/10/13/16 damage ticks.

• The debuff from successive attacks does not stack, only the duration gets refreshed.

• Can deal up to 42/120/234/384 damage (before reductions).

Plague Ward
Summoned Ward
Health 120/230/340/450 +0.25 ⤷ 300/575/850/1125HP This unit has no mana. Level 1 Duration 40 Armor 0 Magic Resistance 0% Status Resistance 0 Attack Damage ▶️ Piercing 12/21/30/39 ‒ 14/23/32/41 ( 30/52.5/75/97.5–35/57.5/80/102.5) Attack Range 600 Acquisition Range 600 Attack Speed 100 • 1.4s BAT Attack Animation 0.3+0.7 Projectile Speed 1900 Turn Rate 0.5 Collision Size 27 Bound Radius 24 Vision Range (G) 800 Bounty 15/17/19/21 Experience 20/25/30/35 Abilities Spell Immunity Poison Sting

Plague Ward

▶️EW

Ability
Target Point

Damage
Physical

Summons a plague ward to attack enemy units and structures. The ward is immune to magic. Wards gain the Poison Sting level from Venomancer, dealing 50% of the full damage.

Cast Animation: 0+0.63

Cast Range: 850 ( 1000)

Ward Duration: 40

 5

 20

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

• Plague Wards automatically attack enemies within their attack range, using default auto-attack rules.
  • It is possible to manually give the wards an attack target by just right-clicking an enemy in range.
  • It is also possible to stop the wards from attacking by ordering them to stop (only works when the auto-attack option is turned off).

• Plague Wards' attacks apply Poison Sting on enemies. The debuff stacks with that of Venomancer's own attacks, but their effects do not stack.
  • This means that wards place a separate Poison Sting debuff on attacked enemies and do not refresh the debuff from Venomancer's attacks.
  • However, the debuff placed by a ward is muted (does not damage or slow) if the enemy is also affected by Venomancer's debuff.

• The damage source of the wards' Poison Sting is set to be Venomancer, not the wards themselves.

• Plague Wards have a lower target priority than units and heroes, so they are attacked by towers and lane creeps last.

• The wards gain their spell immunity through a buff, so it is possible for enemies to check the buff and guess how long it will last.

• The wards' attack damage is not reduced by damage block abilities.

Poison Nova

▶️RV

Ability
No Target

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical

A spreading ring of poison that does damage over time to enemy units around Venomancer. Poison Nova cannot deal lethal damage; targets will be left with at least 1 health.

Cast Animation: 0+0.87

Radius: 575

Nova Width: 255

Damage per Second: 30/55/80 ( 60/85/110)

Duration: 16

 140/120/100 ( 140/120/60)

 200/300/400

Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade:

Increases damage and decreases cooldown.

Modifiers [?]

Poison Nova

Undispellable

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 spells upon cast.

• The ring expands with a speed of 500.

• Poison Nova can hit units up to 830 range away (575 travel distance + 255 width).

• Despite the nova having a width, units between the ring and Venomancer still get hit, even when not within 255 width of the nova ring (such as blinking into the area some time after the spell is cast).

• Deals damage in 1 second intervals, starting immediately as the debuff is placed, resulting in 17 instances.

• Does not tick when affected units turn spell immune, so that Blink Dagger is not disabled.

• Poison Nova can never kill a unit. It does not drop affected units below 1 health from its damage ticks.

• Can deal up to 510/935/1360 ( 1020/1445/1870) damage to a single unit (before reductions).

• The debuff from successive casts does not stack, only the duration gets refreshed.

Talents

Hero Talents
3x Plague Ward HP/Damage	25	+14% Poison Sting Slow
+15% Magic Resistance	20	+75 Damage
+150 Cast Range	15	+200 Health
+30 Movement Speed	10	+30% XP Gain

Notes:

• The cast range talent also affects the effect range of Venomous Gale.

• Upgrading health increases maximum health capacity and keeps the current health percentage.

• The attack damage is added as bonus attack damage, and therefore does not benefit illusions.

• The magic resistance stacks multiplicatively with other sources of magic resistance.

• The Poison Sting slow bonus also affects Plague Ward.

Gameplay

Strategy & Tips

Counters &
Matchups

Audio

Responses

Sounds

History

Lore

Old Abilities

Changelogs

Equipment

Venomancer Equipment (expand sets) Sets Acid Hydra Aktok's Domain Aktok's Glory Corruption of the Virulent Krait Fatal Bloom Ferocious Toxicant Molokau Stalker Nacreous Stag Venomous Deathbringer Verdant Predator Head Cult of Aktok Plague Wards Splattering Forcipule Taunt Taunt: Bananadancer

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 ranged combat unit of the Zerg, an alien race in Blizzard Entertainment's RTS game Starcraft. Hydralisks are a very common and well-known image in Blizzard games.

Gallery

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  Concept art

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  Model and icons before November 21, 2013 Patch

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  Ability icon progress

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  Hero icon progress

References

de:Venomancer