Attack range

“

▶️ My range increases. — Windranger

”

Attack range is the range at which a hero may perform their basic attack on another unit. There are two main subdivisions of attacks: melee and ranged. Attack range can be extended by certain abilities.

Melee and ranged

The attack range itself is not what decides if a unit is classified as ranged or melee. This characteristic is set for each unit individually, regardless of their actual attack range. This means that it is possible for a melee unit to have a higher attack range than a ranged unit. These are the differences between melee and ranged units:

• Melee heroes attacks hit instantly upon reaching their attack point.
  • Melee attacks miss if the target moves more than 350 range out of the hero's attack range, unless they have True Strike.
  • Melee heroes can attack up cliffs, provided the enemy is close enough to the edge to be within the hero's range.
  • Melee attackers have an extra 150 attack range when attacking Observer and Sentry Wards.
  • Melee heroes have innate damage block, having a 50% chance to block 16 damage.
  • Melee heroes receive different (usually higher) values from certain items, such as Skull Basher, Quelling Blade, and Poor Man's Shield.
  • Eye of Skadi's Cold Attack movement speed slow and attack speed slow use lesser values against melee heroes.
  • The attack range bonus from Broom Handle and Echo Sabre's Echo Strike work exclusively for melee heroes.

• Ranged heroes fire a projectile when they attack.
  • The time it takes for a ranged projectile to land is determined by the hero's projectile speed and their distance from the target.
  • Projectile attacks can be disjointed, and have a chance to miss when attacking a target on higher terrain.
  • Eye of Skadi's Cold Attack movement speed slow and attack speed slow use greater values against ranged heroes.
  • Some attack range bonuses apply exclusively to ranged heroes, such as Dragon Lance, Telescope, and Vengeance Aura.

• Dragon Knight, Lone Druid, Terrorblade and Troll Warlord (and Rubick via stolen spells) have abilities that allow them to switch between melee and ranged.

Acquisition range

In order to prevent units from automatically attacking any visible enemy unit, they have a certain acquisition range. This range determines how close an enemy has to get in order for the unit to automatically attack it. Since this only goes for auto-attacks, this range has no influence on units which have auto-attack disabled in the game options.

The default acquisition range for melee heroes is 600, and 800 for ranged heroes. There are some exceptions to this mainly due to abilities. The exceptions are:

• Sniper: 950
• Dragon Knight in Elder Dragon Form: 600
• Lone Druid in Druid Form: 600
• Rubick in True Form or Berserker's Rage: 800
• Terrorblade in Metamorphosis: 600

Attack range table

^M Melee

^R Ranged

¹ Attack range can be modified by abilities; see below.

² These heroes use a different range when their active attack modifier is used manually, rather than used with autocast.

³ Most stealable spells which alter attack range also fully affect Rubick's attack range for their duration when stolen and used, with the exception of Elder Dragon Form and Metamorphosis, which do not change his attack range. See Spell Steal interaction for details. If picked by a ranged hero in the Ability Draft game mode however, Elder Dragon Form does increase their attack range, while Metamorphosis does not change the attack range of any other hero than Terrorblade.

Heroes	Base Attack Range	Modified Attack Range	Bonus Talent Range
Techies	700R
Ancient Apparition	675R	735/795/855/915R
Lina	670R		150R lvl25
Chen	650R
Mirana Pugna	630R
Arc Warden	625R		100R lvl20
Clinkz	625R		100R lvl20
Disruptor Drow Ranger Skywrath Mage	625R
Oracle	620R
Silencer	600R		100R lvl20
Windranger	600R		100R lvl15
Crystal Maiden Death Prophet Invoker Keeper of the Light Leshrac Lion Medusa Nature's Prophet Visage Warlock Witch Doctor	600R
Enchantress	575R
Viper2	575R	600/640/680/720R	100R lvl15
Sniper1	550R	8650/750/850/950R	100R lvl25
Dazzle Grimstroke Lich Necrophos Puck Queen of Pain Rubick3	550R
Lone Druid1	550R	225M
Enigma Io Phoenix Shadow Demon Shadow Fiend Tinker	500R
Snapfire1	500R	575/650/725/800R
Troll Warlord1	500R	150M
Storm Spirit	480R
Razor Dark Willow	475R
Outworld Destroyer Venomancer	450R
Winter Wyvern1	425R	9770/850/925/1000R
Weaver	425R
Jakiro2	400R	600R	325R lvl10
Huskar2	400R	450R	150R lvl25
Bane Shadow Shaman Vengeful Spirit	400R
Zeus	380R
Batrider	375R
Gyrocopter	365R
Morphling	350R
Luna	330R
Templar Assassin1	160R	4240/290/340/390R
Monkey King	300M
Mars	250M
Void Spirit	200M
Doom	200M
Terrorblade1	150M	8550/790R	240R lvl25
Dragon Knight1	150M	500R
Tiny1	150M	350M
Abaddon Alchemist Anti-Mage Axe Beastmaster Bloodseeker Bounty Hunter Brewmaster Bristleback Broodmother Centaur Warrunner Chaos Knight Clockwerk Dark Seer Earth Spirit Earthshaker Elder Titan Ember Spirit Faceless Void Juggernaut Kunkka Legion Commander Lifestealer Lycan Magnus Meepo Naga Siren Night Stalker Nyx Assassin Ogre Magi Omniknight Pangolier Phantom Assassin Phantom Lancer Pudge Riki Sand King Slardar Slark Spectre Spirit Breaker Sven Tidehunter Timbersaw Treant Protector Tusk Underlord Undying Ursa Wraith King	150M

Attack range granting talents

The following heroes have a talent that grants them bonus attack range.

Bonus	Level 10		Level 15		Level 20		Level 25
	Left	Right	Left	Right	Left	Right	Left	Right
Attack range		+325	+100	+100 +100	+100	+100 +125	+150	+100 +200

Besides these, the following heroes have other specific attack range talents

Specific attack range talents

• Terrorblade - Talent by Level 25 Left
  
  +240 Metamorphosis Attack Range:
  
• Witch Doctor - Talent by Level 20 Right
  
  +100 Death Ward Attack Range:
  

Attack range modifying abilities

• Ancient Apparition - Chilling Touch
  
  Attack Range Bonus: 60/120/180/240 ( 235/295/355/415)
  Cooldown: 15/11/7/3
  
• Ballista
  
  Attack Range Bonus: 250
  Affects ranged heroes only.
• Broom Handle
  
  Attack Range Bonus: 50
  Affects melee heroes only.
• Dark Willow - Shadow Realm
  
  Attack Range Bonus: 600
  Duration: 5
  Applies only to the next attack within the duration.
• Dragon Knight - Elder Dragon Form
  
  Attack Range Bonus: 350
  Duration: 60
  
• Dragon Lance - Dragon's Reach
  
  Attack Range Bonus: 140
  Affects ranged heroes only.
• Enchanted Quiver - Certain Strike
  
  Attack Range Bonus: 400
  Cooldown: 5
  Applies only to the next attack when off cooldown. Affects ranged heroes only.
• Grove Bow
  
  Attack Range Bonus: 100
  Affects ranged heroes only.
• Hurricane Pike - Dragon's Reach
  
  Attack Range Bonus: 140
  Affects ranged heroes only.
• Hurricane Pike - Hurricane Thrust
  
  Attack Range Bonus: Global
  Number of Attacks: 4
  Duration: 5
  Grants the caster temporary global attack range for a set number of attacks against the targeted enemy.
  Affects ranged heroes only.
• Lone Druid - True Form
  
  Attack Range Loss: 325
  Duration: 40
  
• Lycan - Wolf Bite
  
  Fixed Attack Range: 150
  Requires Aghanim's Scepter to be unlocked. Always turns the affected hero melee.
• Snapfire - Lil' Shredder
  
  Attack Range Bonus: 300
  Number of Attacks: 6
  Duration: 4
  
• Sniper - Take Aim
  
  Attack Range Bonus (Passive): 100/200/300/400
  Attack Range Bonus (Active): 100/200/300/400
  Number of Attacks (Active): 1
  
• Telescope - Prescient Aura
  
  Attack Range Bonus: 135
  Radius: 1200
  Affects ranged heroes only.
• Templar Assassin - Psi Blades
  
  Attack Range Bonus: 80/130/180/230
  
• Terrorblade - Metamorphosis
  
  Attack Range Bonus: 400 ( 640)
  Duration: 40/44/48/52
  
• Tiny - Tree Grab
  
  Attack Range: 350
  Sets the caster's base attack range to 350.
• Troll Warlord - Berserker's Rage
  
  Attack Range Loss: 350
  Range is lost only when toggled on.
• Winter Wyvern - Arctic Burn
  
  Attack Range Bonus: 350/425/500/575
  Duration: 5 ( )
  

Version history

Version

Description

7.27b

• Doom's attack range increased from 175 to 200.

7.22e

• Skywrath Mage's attack range increased from 600 to 625.

7.22d

• Disruptor's attack range increased from 600 to 625.

7.22c

• Io's attack range reduced from 575 to 500.

6.88

• Clinkz's attack range increased from 630 to 640.

6.87

• Increased hero melee attack ranges from 128 to 150.

6.86

• Mirana's attack range increased from 600 to 630.

6.84

• Melee attacks now miss if the target is farther than 350 range more than their attack range.

6.83

• Clinkz's attack range increased from 600 to 630.
• Dazzle's attack range increased from 500 to 550.

6.81

• Lina's attack range increased from 650 to 670.

6.79

• Lina's attack range increased from 635 to 650.

6.78

• Lina's attack range increased from 625 to 635.

6.78c

• Gyrocopter's attack range reduced from 375 to 365.

6.74

• Techies's attack range increased from 650 to 700.

6.72

• Rebalanced all heroes melee attack ranges between 100 and 128 to be 128.
  • These were 100 before: Chaos Knight, Lifestealer, Abaddon, Lycan, Night Stalker, Underlord, Slardar, Undying, Beastmaster, Centaur Warrunner, Omniknight, Brewmaster, Tidehunter, Magnus, Spirit Breaker, Bloodseeker, Phantom Assassin, Terrorblade, Spectre, Meepo, Ursa, Anti-Mage, Juggernaut, Naga Siren, Phantom Lancer, Bristleback, Ogre Magi.
  • These were 125 before: Axe, Sven, Riki, Clockwerk, Dragon Knight, Dark Seer.
• Io's attack range increased from 525 to 575.

6.71

• Lina's attack range increased from 600 to 625.

6.69

• Necrophos's attack range reduced from 600 to 550.

6.67

• Storm Spirit's attack range reduced from 500 to 480.

6.63

• Drow Ranger's attack range increased from 600 to 625.

6.60

• Razor's attack range reduced from 550 to 475.

6.58

• Storm Spirit's attack range reduced from 600 to 500.

6.52

• Huskar's attack range increased from 350 to 400.
• Puck's attack range reduced from 600 to 550.

6.49

• Lich's attack range increased from 500 to 550.

6.45

• Templar Assassin's attack range increased from 130 to 140.

6.44

• Queen of Pain's attack range reduced from 600 to 550.

6.39

• Dazzle's attack range reduced from 600 to 500.

6.38

• Weaver's attack range increased from 400 to 425.

6.36

• Luna's attack range increased from 300 to 330.

6.33

• Lich's attack range reduced from 600 to 500.

6.24

• Enchantress's attack range reduced from 600 to 550.

6.22

• Keeper of the Light's attack range reduced from 650 to 600.
• Tinker's attack range reduced from 550 to 500.

6.21

• Luna's attack range reduced from 325 to 300.
• Shadow Fiend's attack range increased from 450 to 500.

6.20

• Luna's attack range increased from 225 to 325.
• Shadow Fiend's attack range reduced from 500 to 450.
• Venomancer's attack range reduced from 490 to 450.

6.17

• Enchantress's attack range increased from 500 to 600.
• Enigma's attack range reduced from 525 to 500.
• Lone Druid's attack range increased from 500 to 550.
• Shadow Shaman's attack range reduced from 550 to 500.

6.15

• Chen's attack range increased from 500 to 600.
• Silencer's attack range increased from 450 to 600.
• Tinker's attack range increased from 500 to 550.

6.13

• Keeper of the Light's attack range increased from 600 to 650.
• Pugna's attack range increased from 575 to 600.

6.09b

• Enigma's attack range reduced from 600 to 525.
• Techies's attack range increased from 600 to 650.

6.07

• Bane's attack range increased from 300 to 400.

6.05

• Lich's attack range increased from 570 to 580.

6.04

• Lich's attack range reduced from 600 to 570.

6.03

• Shadow Fiend's attack range reduced from 550 to 500.

6.00

• Chen's attack range reduced from 550 to 500.
• Queen of Pain's attack range reduced from 650 to 600.

5.52

• Troll Warlord's attack range reduced from 525 to 500.

5.41-5.50

• Troll Warlord's attack range reduced from 550 to 525.

5.26

• Lich's attack range increased from 580 to 600.

Patch History

Patch

Description

01 Feb 2018

• Fixed attack range bonuses not stacking properly manually cast active attack modifier.

See also

• Table of hero attributes

Mechanics Stats Armor Attributes (Strength / Agility / Intelligence) Collision size Health (Health regeneration) Magic resistance Mana (Mana regeneration) Movement speed Status resistance Turn rate Vision Attack Attack animation Attack damage Attack modifier (Bash / Cleave & Splash / Critical strike / Lifesteal / Mana break) Attack range Attack speed Cast animation Cast range Damage types Motion buffer range Projectile speed Spell damage Spell lifesteal Abilities Abilities Aura Channeling Damage block Damage manipulation Damage over time Evasion Talents Teleport Status effects Attack immunity Break Cyclone Disable Disarm Ethereal Fear Forced movement Hex Hide Hypnosis Invisibility Invulnerability Leash Root Silence Sleep Slow Spell immunity Stun Taunt World Experience Gold Glyph of Fortification Map (Minimap) River Scan Runes Time of day Trees Gameplay Creep control techniques Denying Disjoint Dispel Ganking Harassment Hero complexity Initiating Item passive stacking Item sharing Jungling Lane Pushing Random distribution Roles Trap Units Ancient creeps Buildings Couriers Creep-heroes Heroes Illusions Lane creeps Neutral creeps Roshan Summons & Wards