Bloodseeker
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Strygwyr, the Bloodseeker, is a melee agility hero imbued with dreadful powers to fuel violence and rip enemies apart in the heat of close combat.
He can drive targets into a maddened Bloodrage, increasing the damage of their attacks, and allowing them to heal their wounds by killing their enemies. He can also cast Bloodrage on himself turning him into a nuker. His speed is unmatched when he senses the blood of the dying, and from this perception none can escape his Thirst. By using Blood Rite, he can create a ritual field where his foes will be silenced and damaged in the process. His ultimate, Rupture, sunders the skin of his victims, causing them to trail their life force behind if they dare to flee.
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Bio[edit]
 Strygwyr, the Bloodseeker
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| Play "You should be honored to bleed so that the Flayed Ones may live." | |
| Role: |  Carry /  Disabler /  Jungler /  Nuker /  Initiator
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| Lore: | Strygwyr the Bloodseeker is a ritually sanctioned hunter, Hound of the Flayed Twins, sent down from the mist-shrouded peaks of Xhacatocatl in search of blood. The Flayed Ones require oceanic amounts of blood to keep them sated and placated, and would soon drain their mountain empire of its populace if the priests of the high plateaus did not appease them. Strygwyr therefore goes out in search of carnage. The vital energy of any blood he lets, flows immediately to the Twins through the sacred markings on his weapons and armor. Over the years, he has come to embody the energy of a vicious hound; in battle he is savage as a jackal. Beneath the Mask of the Bloodseeker, in the rush of bloody quenching, it is said that you can sometime see the features of the Flayers taking direct possession of their Hound. |
| Voice: | Jon St. John (Responses) |
Abilities[edit]
Bloodrage
Ability
Target Unit
Target Unit
Affects
Allies / Enemies
Allies / Enemies
Drives a unit into a bloodthirsty rage during which a unit deals, and takes, increased damage. Units affected by Bloodrage will be healed for a percentage of the max health of any units they kill. Units affected by Bloodrage when killed will heal a percentage of their max health to their killer.
Cast Animation: 0.2+0.6
Cast Range: 800
Damage Amplification: 25%/30%/35%/40%
Max Health as Heal: 19%/21%/23%/25%
Duration: 9/10/11/12
12/Modifiers
Bloodrage: Dispellable with any dispel.Strygwyr shares his animalistic thirst for bloodshed.
Notes:
- Bloodrage amplifies all three damage types the bloodraged unit deals and takes, including self-inflicted damage and damage dealt by allies.
- Amplifies for half the value when the dealer and receiver are over 2200 range apart from each other.
- Does not amplify outgoing damage when it has the no-reflection flag.
- Bloodrage can be cast on enemy and allied units, as well as Bloodseeker himself.
- The heal is based on the dying unit's maximum health, and not on the health of the unit that gets healed.
- Bloodrage does not heal upon killing illusions,
Tempest Doubles, 
Roshan, wards, or buildings.
- Denying allies does heal a unit affected by Bloodrage.
- Since the cooldown is shorter than the duration from level 3 on, it is possible to have two units bloodraged at a time.
- When a bloodraged unit attacks another bloodraged unit, the damage is overall amplified by 56.25%/69%/82.25%/96%.
- Does not amplify damage dealt by abilities that use an independent source of damage (e.g.
Proximity Mines, 
Death Ward).
- The disable help function prevents an allied Bloodseeker from casting this ability on you.
Blood Rite
Bloodseeker baptizes an area in sacred blood. After 2.9 seconds the ritual completes, causing any enemies caught in the area to take damage and become silenced.
Cast Animation: 0.3+0.63
Cast Range: 1500
Effect Radius: 600
Effect Delay: 2.6
Damage: 120/160/200/240 (
195/235/275/315)
195/235/275/315)Silence Duration: 3/4/5/6
18/ 11/9/7/5)
100
Silence persists if debuff was placed before spell immunity and when not dispelled.Modifiers
Silence: Dispellable with any dispel.The Flayed Twins are ever willing to aid those who spill blood upon the field of battle.
Notes:
- The affected area is visible to enemies.
- Applies a silence within the targeted area after the 2.6-second delay.
- With max level
Bloodrage on Bloodseeker, Blood Rite deals 168/224/280/336 ( 273/329/385/441) damage (before reductions).
- With max level Bloodrage applied on both Bloodseeker and the enemy unit, it deals 235.2/313.6/392/470.4 ( 382.2/460.6/539/617.4) damage (before reductions).
- Choosing the damage upgrading talent immediately upgrades all of Bloodseeker's currently active Blood Rite casts when chosen during the delay.
- Grants 200 radius ground vision at the center of the affected area for 6 seconds after cast.
Thirst
E
T
Ability
Passive
Passive
Affects
Self / Enemies
Self / Enemies
Bloodseeker is invigorated by the wounds of his enemies, gaining bonus movement speed and attack damage whenever an enemy hero's health falls below 75%, with the bonuses increasing as their health falls further. If an enemy hero's health falls below 25%, he will also gain vision and True Sight of that hero. Bonuses stack per hero.
Radius: Global
Thirst Health Threshold: 75%
Visibility Health Threshold: 25%
Max Attack Damage Bonus per Hero: 16/24/32/40
Max Move Speed Bonus per Hero: 16%/24%/32%/40%
Disables all aspects of the ability, the detection, damage/speed bonus and the speed limit removal. Only removes the 550 movement speed limit for illusions.Modifiers
Thirst Speed: Undispellable. Thirst Vision: Undispellable.Strygwyr becomes frenzied when blood is spilled.
Notes:
- Learning Thirst removes the 550 movement speed cap for Bloodseeker.
- The first stack is applied when an enemy hero is below 75% health and the last when below 26%.
- Grants 0.32/0.48/0.64/0.8 attack damage and 0.32%/0.48%/0.64%/0.8% movement speed for each percent of enemy heroes' missing health between 75% and 25%.
- However, since the HUD does not show decimals, attack damage increases by 1 and movement speed by 1% for every missing 3.13%/2.08%/1.56%/1.25% health.
- When an enemy hero drops below 25% health, Thirst applies True Sight and makes them visible through the Fog of War.
- When enemies are revealed by Thirst, a debuff and particle effects are placed on them, which is visible to everyone.
- Bloodseeker himself also gets a status buff and particle effects and speaks certain lines, making it clear that an enemy is currently being revealed by Thirst.
- Thirst is not triggered by enemy illusions, but is triggered by
Meepo clones and Tempest Doubles.
- Bloodseeker does not receive any Thirst bonuses for hidden enemy heroes, but does for invulnerable ones.
- The bonuses linger for 2 seconds if the enemy dies. However, it does not linger, and disappears immediately if the enemy has
Aegis of the Immortal or 
Reincarnation.
- This is how much attack damage and movement speed Bloodseeker gains from Thirst with a certain amount of heroes being below 25% of their maximum health:
- 1 Hero: 16/24/32/40 attack damage and 16%/24%/32%/40% movement speed
- 2 Heroes: 32/48/64/80 attack damage and 32%/48%/64%/80% movement speed
- 3 Heroes: 48/72/96/120 attack damage and 48%/72%/96%/120% movement speed
- 4 Heroes: 64/96/128/160 attack damage and 64%/96%/128%/160% movement speed
- 5 Heroes: 80/120/160/200 attack damage and 80%/120%/160%/200% movement speed
Rupture
Causes an enemy unit's skin to rupture. If the unit moves, it takes a percentage of the distance traveled as damage. The damage is dealt through spell immunity.
Cast Animation: 0.4+0.53
Cast Range: 1000
Moved Distance as Damage: 30%/45%/60% ( 44%/59%/74%)
44%/59%/74%)Duration: 12
Number of Charges: 0 (
2)
2)Charge Replenish Time: 0 ( 40)
40) 60 ( 0) 150/
Grants 2 charges to Rupture with a 40 seconds replenish time.
Still loses a charge when blocked while upgraded.Modifiers
Rupture Charge Counter: Undispellable. Rupture: Undispellable.When the Bloodseeker hunts you, injuries become fatalities.
Notes:
- Checks the distance the affected unit moved every 0.25 seconds, starting immediately upon cast, resulting in 49 checks.
- If the unit's position changed between checks, it takes damage based on the distance.
- If the unit did not move, or moved a distance greater than 1300 between a check, no damage is applied.
- If the unit is invulnerable as a check occurs, the value is set nil, so that it does not take damage on the next check, regardless of distance.
- This is how much damage Rupture deals (before reductions) when the affected unit travels certain distances:
- 300 Distance: 90/135/180 ( 132/177/222) damage
- 600 Distance: 180/270/360 ( 264/354/444) damage
- 900 Distance: 270/405/540 ( 396/531/666) damage
- 1200 Distance: 360/540/720 ( 528/708/888) damage
- 1500 Distance: 450/675/900 ( 660/885/1110) damage
- 300 Distance: 90/135/180 (
- Choosing the damage upgrading talent does not affect any of Bloodseeker's currently active Rupture debuffs.
- Multiple casts on the same target do not stack, but refresh the duration instead.
- Despite the sounds, affected units take no damage when moving upwards (with e.g.
Torrent or 
Impale).
- Can be cast on, but cannot damage couriers.
Talents[edit]
| Hero Talents | ||
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| 30% Lifesteal | 25 | -7s  Blood Rite Cooldown
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| +10 All Stats | 20 | +14%  Rupture Damage
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| +75 Blood Rite Damage
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15 | +30 Attack Speed |
| +225 Health | 10 | +25 Damage |
Notes:
- The armor and attack damage are added as bonus armor and bonus attack damage, and therefore do not benefit illusions.
- Upgrading health increases maximum health capacity and keeps the current health percentage.
- The lifesteal is not a unique attack modifier and fully stacks with other sources of lifesteal.
Recommended items[edit]
Starting Items:
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Stout Shield provides early protection from harassment and allow Bloodseeker to tank up creeps. -
Quelling Blade is useful to quickly gain the health return from Bloodrage.
Early-game items:
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Boots of Speed provide chasing power and the ability to escape in some situations, especially coupled with Bloodseeker's silence. -
Poor Man's Shield helps counter incoming harassment. Coupled with the health return from Bloodrage, Bloodseeker can stay in lane indefinitely. -
Town Portal Scrolls are particularly useful due to Bloodseeker's ability to spot a target anywhere on the map. -
Orb of Venom is a cheap option for slowing enemies. The slows allows for setting up an effective Blood Rite.
Core items:
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Sange and Yasha is an all-round excellent item for hunting targets, as it gives Bloodseeker even more movement speed, and a chance to slow targets on attack with Maim. -
Blade Mail prevents enemies from targeting Bloodseeker during teamfights.
Situational items:
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Force Staff is used to push Ruptured enemies, and therefore deal more damage. It can also be use immediately after Rupture to disable 
Blink Daggers, or help Bloodseeker catch up to a fleeing foe. -
Black King Bar is highly recommended against disablers. A Black King Bar makes Bloodseeker inescapable when Thirst is active. -
Scythe of Vyse offers a powerful disable against enemy heroes and should not be ignored if your team lacks disables. -
Heaven's Halberd provides health and evasion and an active to disable hard-hitters. When used in conjunction with Bloodrage on right-click heroes, it amplifies damage done to them, while preventing them from doing damage-amplified attacks. Foes can, however, cast damage-boosted spells, so heroes like 
Morphling with powerful nukes may not be prime targets for Bloodrage. -
Dagon is sometimes picked up to deal high initial damage during ganks, thereby trigger Thirst's damage and speed bonuses to instantly give Bloodseeker the upper hand and finish off the target. -
Ethereal Blade gives decent stats, and can deal huge damage when combined with 
Dagon and the damage amplification from Bloodrage. -
Dust of Appearance is crucial when ganking enemies with invisibility. -
Shadow Blade can be extremely helpful in ganking with Rupture. -
Silver Edge is a natural upgrade from Shadow Blade, and is useful for breaking enemy passives as well as reducing their damage output. -
Vladmir's Offering's lifesteal adds to Bloodseeker's health returning abilities. -
Hand of Midas is sometimes bought if Bloodseeker has a good early game, or needs to match harder carries in the late game. -
Butterfly provides much needed agility and attack speed as well as evasion. The active ability can also be used in conjunction with Thirst to catch up to an enemy if needed. -
Mjollnir is commonly built to deal area damage, and therefore increase Thirst's bonuses more quickly. -
Monkey King Bar may be useful in some situations for its minibash to prevent channeled escape spells and its True Strike that renders enemy evasion null (important against abilities such as 
Windrun, 
Smoke Screen or 
Blur). -
Eul's Scepter of Divinity gives you movement speed and mana regeneration which Bloodseeker needs as well as a way to stop enemies from teleporting away. -
Heart of Tarrasque is always a useful item and a strong Bloodseeker can gain much staying power from it. -
Radiance's area damage automatically increases Thirst's bonuses, and is especially useful for teamfights and chasing down enemies. The burn damage is also amplified per second by Bloodrage. -
Skull Basher gives Bloodseeker a much needed disable, and prevents enemies from simply teleporting away from his ganks. -
Aghanim's Scepter allows Bloodseeker to cast Rupture twice, and also gives him some nice attributes and stats.
Gameplay[edit]
Audio[edit]
History[edit]
Equipment[edit]
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Trivia[edit]
- With
Thirst, Bloodseeker is the only hero which can reach the game's absolute movement speed limit of 10,000 movement speed.[1] However, this is not achievable in a normal match. - This part of Blood Rite's Play sound effect makes use of Play this Bloodseeker voice response.
- Despite the character having an Aztec or Incan motif, Strygwyr likely a Welsh-influenced rendering of the Romanian word 'strigoi', meaning poltergeist, often used in folklore in reference to vampires.
- Bloodseeker's Thirst trigger response Play "Blood is in the air." is most likely a reference to the song "Love is in the air".
- Bloodseeker's respawning response Play "Don't be negative… be positive!" is a reference to the blood types B-Positive and B-Negative.
- Bloodseeker's Rupture kill response Play "Lie down… have a cookie." is a reference to blood donation procedures where patients lie down and are given sweet treats to compensate for the sugar loss.
- Bloodseeker's battle begin response Play "I love the smell of serum in the morning." is a reference to a quote of the movie Apocalypse Now where Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore says "I love the smell of napalm in the Morning."
- Bloodseeker's death response Play "Sangre…sagrada." is spanish for "Sacred/Holy blood".
Gallery[edit]
Splash artwork
Bloodseeker's original artwork
Early Bloodseeker concept arts
Ability icon progress [?]
Hero icon progress
References[edit]
