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Penitence (Pre 7.20)[]
Ability
Target Unit
Target Unit
Affects
Enemies
Enemies
Forces an enemy unit to move slower and take more damage from attacks and spells.
Move Speed Slow: 18%/24%/30%/36%
Damage Amplification: 18%/24%/30%/36%
Duration: 5/6/7/8
Although Chen's brand of animal enthrallment isn't quite strong enough to control the minds of enemy heroes, it still tests their resolve in combat.
Holy Light (5.35-Pre 6.15)[]
A holy light that can heal a friendly unit or damage an enemy unit.
Cast Range: 600
Heal: 125/250/375/500
Damage: 75/150/225/300
- This ability got replaced by Test of Faith (Pre 6.72) in the 6.15 gameplay patch.
- Damage or heal is applied instantly upon cast.
- Cannot be cast on self, ancient creeps and creep-heroes.
Storm Bolt (Pre 5.35)[]
A magical hammer is thrown at an enemy unit, causing damage and stunning the target.
Cast Range: 400
Damage: 100/150/200/275
Stun Duration: 3
- This ability got replaced by Holy Light in the 5.35 gameplay patch.
- The projectile travels at a speed of 1000.
Holy Persuasion (7.20-7.22b)[]
Ability
Target Unit
Target Unit
Affects
Enemy Units / Allies
Enemy Units / Allies
Chen takes control of an enemy or neutral creep. If the persuaded creep's base health is naturally below the health minimum, its base health will be raised to the health minimum.
Can be cast on allies to teleport them to Chen. If cast on Chen, all units controlled by Chen will be teleported to him. Taking damage will dispel the buff.
Can be cast on allies to teleport them to Chen. If cast on Chen, all units controlled by Chen will be teleported to him. Taking damage will dispel the buff.
Ally Cast Range: Global
Creep Movement Speed Bonus: 10/15/20/25
Persuasion Creep Max Level: 4/5/6/6
Teleport Delay: 6
Allows Holy Persuasion to target Ancient Creeps, maximum one per level of Hand of God.
Modifiers
Although they may not be knights, Chen incorporates beasts into the Fold in the same way he himself was converted.
- This ability got reworked into the current Holy Persuasion in the 7.22c gameplay patch.
- Targeting enemies:
- Applies a basic dispel on the target which removes buffs and debuffs.
- When persuading a new creep while already having the maximum amount, the oldest persuaded creep (including ancient creeps) dies.
- When persuading an ancient creep while already having the maximum amount of them, the oldest persuaded ancient creep dies.
- The death is not credited to anyone so that no one gets experience from it.
- Can persuade any creep below the given max level, except for Roshan, siege creeps and creep-heroes.
- When the unit's maximum health is below the minimum health threshold, its maximum and current health are increased by the difference.
- This current health increase does not count as a heal. The unit has its health set to a value.
- The health of creeps that are currently persuaded does not increase further upon leveling up Holy Persuasion or upon choosing the minimum health upgrading talent.
- Fully restores the creep's mana.
- Aghanim's Scepter upgraded Holy Persuasion allows 1 ancient creep to be persuaded per level of Hand of God.
- Ancient creeps are included in the maximum allowed units, so it does not allow Chen to have more creeps persuaded.
- Can be cast on ancient creeps without having Hand of God leveled for no result, wasting the mana and cooldown.
- The talent does not increase the amount of ancient creeps Chen can persuade.
- Targeting allies:
- Has a global cast range when targeting allies.
- Disjoints projectiles upon teleporting.
- Can only teleport allied units controlled by players. Cannot teleport lane creeps.
- Cannot target invulnerable or hidden allies, but can teleport them if they turned invulnerable or hidden after cast.
- The teleport locations are based on Chen's position upon teleporting, with the ally appearing 120 range to his north, east, south, or west.
- The very first ally teleported to Chen teleports randomly north, south, east, or west, and following allies continue counterclockwise.
- If Chen is dead as the buff expires, the teleport does not happen.
- Damage greater than 0 (before reductions) from any player (including allies, excluding self) or Roshan dispels the effect.
- Gives the target a stop command after teleporting it, canceling channeling spells and stopping queued orders.
- The disable help function prevents an allied Chen from casting this spell on you.
- When targeting self, all units under the caster's control (excluding wards and illusions) get teleport to the caster.
- Unlike directly targeting an ally to teleport, self-casting does target invulnerable and hidden units.
Divine Favor (7.20-Pre 7.22)[]
Divine Favor (Pre 7.22)
Ability
Target Unit
Target Unit
Affects
Allies
Allies
Provides increased health regeneration, amplifies all health restore by a percentage, and boosts damage. Provides triple bonus damage for non-hero targets.
Health Regeneration Bonus: 7/13/19/25
Heal Amplification: 25%
Attack Damage Bonus: 8/16/24/32
Duration: 8/10/12/14
- This ability got reworked into the following Divine Favor in the 7.22 gameplay patch.
- Can regenerate up to 56/130/228/350 health over its full duration (70/162.5/285/437.5 if Divine Favor's own amplification is taken into account).
- The heal amplification applies to health regeneration as well.
- Recasting Divine Favor on the same target does not stack, only the duration gets refreshed.
- Grants targeted non-hero units 24/48/72/96 attack damage. Treats creep-heroes as creeps.
Test of Faith (Pre 7.20)[]
Test of Faith
Deals random damage to test an enemy unit's faith. Heals a random amount to allied units. Always applies the maximum effect when cast on yourself.
Min Damage: 50/100/150/200
Max Damage: 100/200/300/400
Min Heal: 25/50/75/100
Max Heal: 50/100/150/200
Knights of the Fold possess a fanatical form of magic that is considered quite unwieldy by most other users of arcane arts.
- This ability got replaced by Divine Favor in the 7.20 gameplay patch.
Test of Faith (Pre 6.72)[]
If cast on enemy, will deal variable damage based on the unit's faith. If cast on allied hero, it will teleport the hero to safety. Instantly teleports Chen's persuaded units to safety.
Cast Range: 600
Min Damage: 50/100/150/200
Max Damage: 100/200/300/400
Teleport Delay: 6/5/4/3
Knights of the Fold possess a fanatical form of magic that is considered quite unwieldy by most other users of arcane arts.
- In the 6.72 gameplay patch, the teleport aspect of this spell was moved to Holy Persuasion.
- In the 6.75 gameplay patch, the teleport aspect was separated from Holy Persuasion and turned into a 5th ability, which levels together with Test of Faith.
- Cannot be cast on ancient creeps.
- Allied non-hero units and lane creeps can be teleported as well, but like allied heroes, they are not teleported instantly.
- When targeting own units, they are teleported instantly.
- Own illusions are treated like heroes and teleported after the delay.
Battle Purge (5.35-Pre 6.15)[]
Ability
Target Unit
Target Unit
Affects
Enemies / Allies
Enemies / Allies
Creates a shocking pain in the enemy's body, caused by holey energies. Slows the enemy's movement and attack speeds. Removes many buffs.
- This ability got replaced by Penitence in the 6.15 gameplay patch.
- Applies a basic dispel on the target upon cast.
- Can be cast on allies and enemies. Can be cast on invulnerable units.
- Does not slow allied targets.
- Despite the tooltip, it actually always slowed for 100% movement speed and 100 attack speed.
- The slow deceases in 7/3.5/2.33/1.75 second intervals, resulting in 1/2/3/4 intervals. This is how much it slows on each interval and level:
- Level 1: 10%
- Level 2: 20%/10%
- Level 3: 30%/20%/10%
- Level 4: 40%/30%/20%/10%
Divine Favor (7.22-7.22b)[]
Ability
Aura
Aura
Affects
Allies
Allies
Aura provides increased health regeneration, amplifies all health restore by a percentage, and boosts damage for heroes. Provides double bonus damage for your own non-hero units.
- This ability got reworked into the current Divine Favor in the 7.22c gameplay patch.
- The aura only affects allied heroes (including illusions and clones, excluding creep-heroes), and all units under Chen's control.
- The aura's buff lingers for 0.5 seconds.
- The heal amplification applies to health regeneration as well.
- Can regenerate up to 60/120/180/240 health in one minute (64.8/134.4/208.8/288 if Divine Favor's own amplification is taken into account).
- Grants Chen's own non-hero units 8/16/24/32 ( 28/36/44/52) attack damage. Treats creep-heroes as creeps.
Holy Persuasion (7.07-7.19d)[]
Ability
Target Unit
Target Unit
Affects
Enemy Units / Allies
Enemy Units / Allies
Chen takes control of an enemy or neutral creep. If the persuaded creep's base health is naturally below the health minimum, its base health will be raised to the health minimum.
Can be cast on allies to teleport them back to base. If cast on Chen, all units controlled by Chen will be teleported to him.
Can be cast on allies to teleport them back to base. If cast on Chen, all units controlled by Chen will be teleported to him.
Teleport Delay: 6
Allows Holy Persuasion to target Ancient Creeps, maximum one per level of Hand of God.
Modifiers
Although they may not be knights, Chen incorporates beasts into the Fold in the same way he himself was converted.
- This ability got reworked into the following Holy Persuasion in the 7.20 gameplay patch.
- Upon persuading, applies a basic dispel on the target which removes buffs and debuffs.
- When persuading a new creep while already having the maximum amount, the oldest persuaded creep (including ancient creeps) dies.
- When persuading an ancient creep while already having the maximum amount of them, the oldest persuaded ancient creep dies.
- The death is not credited to anyone so that no one gets experience from it.
- Can persuade any creep, except for Roshan and creep-heroes.
- When the unit's maximum health is below the minimum health threshold, its maximum and current health are increased by the difference.
- This current health increase does not count as a heal. The unit has its health set to a value.
- The health of creeps that are currently persuaded does not increase further upon leveling up Holy Persuasion or upon choosing the minimum health upgrading talent.
- Fully restores the creep's mana.
- Aghanim's Scepter upgraded Holy Persuasion allows 1/2/3 ancient creep to be persuaded per level of Hand of God.
- Ancient creeps are included in the maximum allowed units, so it does not allow Chen to have more creeps persuaded.
- Can be cast on ancient creeps without having Hand of God leveled for no result, wasting the mana and cooldown.
- The talent does not increase the amount of ancient creeps Chen can persuade.
- Upon teleporting, disjoints projectiles for the unit.
- Can teleport every player-controlled allied unit that is not a building or a ward.This means AI-controlled lane creeps cannot be teleported.
- Cannot target invulnerable or hidden units, but can teleport them if they turned invulnerable or hidden after cast.
- The teleport delay is used for every target, including Chen's own creeps.
- Despite the description, targeting Chen teleports all non-hero units under his control to him, and not only units taken over with Holy Perusasion.
- This includes any summons he has, or any other dominated creeps. However, it excludes illusions.
- Unlike directly targeting a unit to teleport, self-casting does target units which are invulnerable or hidden as well.
- The teleport locations are based on Chen's position upon teleporting, with the creeps appearing 120 range to his north, east, south, or west.
- These are the only four spots used to teleport. When having more than 4 units, they get moved to the next pathable area closest to the spots.
- The spots are not chosen randomly, they follow a fixed pattern. The very first creep teleported to Chen always teleports to his north, and following creeps continue counterclockwise.
Test of Faith (Teleport) (6.75-Pre 7.07)[]
Test of Faith (Teleport)
Ability
Target Unit
Target Unit
Affects
Allies
Allies
Teleports an allied unit back to the base. Creeps are teleported instantly, while heroes have a delay before teleporting. If cast on Chen, all units controlled by Chen through Holy Persuasion will be teleported to him after a delay.
Cast Range: 600
Teleport Delay: 6/5/4/3
- This ability was combined with Holy Persuasion in the 7.07 gameplay patch.
- Leveling Test of Faith (Teleport) automatically leveled Test of Faith as well.
- Disjoints projectiles for the target upon teleporting it.
- Allied non-hero units and lane creeps can be teleported as well, but like allied heroes, they are not teleported instantly.
- When targeting own non-hero units, they are teleported instantly, meaning own illusions are teleported after the delay.
- When targeting self, all units under Chen's control (excluding illusions, couriers, and wards) are teleported towards Chen after the delay, not only creeps from Holy Persuasion.
- The teleported units' destination is a small radius around Chen, so that Chen does not get stuck between them.
- Cannot target invulnerable or hidden units, but can teleport them if they turned invulnerable or hidden after cast.
- Cannot be cast on creep-heroes.
- Despite the description, targeting Chen teleports all non-hero units under his control to him, and not only units taken over with Holy Perusasion.
- This includes any summons he has, or any other dominated creeps. However, it excludes illusions.
- Unlike directly targeting a unit to teleport, self-casting does target units which are invulnerable or hidden as well.
- The teleport locations are based on Chen's position upon cast, with the creeps appearing 120 range to his north, east, south, or west.
- These are the only four spots used to teleport. When having more than 4 units, they get moved to the next pathable area closest to the spots.
- The spots are not chosen randomly, they follow a fixed pattern. The very first creep teleported to Chen always teleports to his north, and following creeps continue counterclockwise.
Perdition (6.00-Pre 6.15)[]
Chen's ranged attacks are punishing when he reinforces them with holy wrath. While active, adds damage based on Chen's maximum health.
- This ability got replaced by Holy Persuasion in the 6.15 gameplay patch.
- Perdition is a Unique Attack Modifier, and does not stack with other Unique Attack Modifiers.
- The damage is dealt in a separate damage instance, right after the attack damage is applied.
- Chen's health is checked upon projectile hit.
Critical Strike (Pre 6.00)[]
Ability
Passive
Passive
Affects
Enemies
Enemies
Gives a chance to do more damage on an attack.
Proc Chance: 15%
Critical Damage: 150%/200%/250%/300%
- This ability got replaced by Perdition in the 6.00 gameplay patch.
Spiked Carapace (Pre 5.35)[]
- This ability got replaced by Battle Purge in the 5.35 gameplay patch.
- Returns the amount of damage before any reductions.
- Only affects enemy melee units.
Holy Persuasion (6.15-7.06f)[]
Holy Persuasion (6.15-7.06f)
Ability
Target Unit
Target Unit
Affects
Enemy Units
Enemy Units
Chen takes control of an enemy or neutral creep. If the persuaded creep's base health is naturally below the health minimum, its base health will be raised to the health minimum.
Holy Persuasion can target Ancient Creeps, maximum one per level of Hand of God.
Although they may not be knights, Chen incorporates beasts into the Fold in the same way he himself was converted.
- Applies a basic dispel on the target which removes buffs and debuffs.
- When persuading a new creep while already having the maximum amount, the oldest persuaded creep (including ancient creeps) dies.
- When persuading an ancient creep while already having the maximum amount of them, the oldest persuaded ancient creep dies.
- The death is not credited to anyone so that no one gets experience from it.
- Can persuade any creep, except for Roshan and creep-heroes.
- Fully restores the creep's mana. If the creep's maximum health is below given minimum base health value, its current and maximum health is set to that value.
- If its health is equal to or above the minimum base health, then it does not get healed.
- The health of creeps that are currently persuaded does not increase further upon leveling up Holy Persuasion or upon choosing the minimum health upgrading talent.
- The Holy Persuasion buff has only informational purpose. Dispelling it only removes the status buff icon.
- Aghanim's Scepter upgraded Holy Persuasion allows 1/2/3 ancient creep to be persuaded per level of Hand of God.
- Ancient creeps are included in the maximum allowed units, so it does not allow Chen to have more creeps persuaded.
- Can be cast on ancient creeps without having Hand of God leveled for no result, wasting the mana and cooldown.
- The talent does not increase the amount of ancient creeps Chen can persuade.
Divine Intervention (6.00-Pre 6.15)[]
Ability
No Target
No Target
Affects
Allied Heroes
Allied Heroes
Calls upon the mercy and wrath of Hextar, the God of war. The next friendly hero to die will be resurrected with half hitpoints and mana soon thereafter. The target also becomes invulnerable for a short duration.
Radius: Global
Reincarnation Delay: 3
Invulnerability Duration: 5
- This ability got replaced by Hand of God in the 6.15 gameplay patch.
- When cast, the next allied hero (including Chen himself) who dies is resurrected after the delay. It does not matter how much time passes after the cast.
- Right after being reincarnated, the ally is invulnerable for the next 5 seconds.
- After an ally died, the effect of the spell ends. The next dying ally is not reincarnated, a new cast is required.
- If the dying ally has Aegis of the Immortal or Reincarnation, Divine Intervention does not register it as a death.
Holy Persuasion (4.00beta2-Pre 6.00)[]
Ability
Target Unit
Target Unit
Affects
Enemy Units
Enemy Units
Chen immediately persuades a number of enemy units within range to join the Sentinel.
Cast Range: 800
Radius: 1500
Units Persuaded per Cast: 2/4/6
Max Units: 25
Although they may not be knights, Chen incorporates beasts into the Fold in the same way he himself was converted.
- This ability got replaced by Divine Intervention in the 6.00 gameplay patch.
- The radius is centered around the target. The target and 1/3/5 other enemies around it get persuaded.
- Can perusade any creep, except for ancient creeps and creep-heroes.
Starfall (Pre 4.00beta2)[]
Starfall Radius: 900
Damage per Wave: 45/55/65
Max Channeling Duration: 35
Structure Damage Recution: 35%
Starfall Interval: 1
- This ability got replaced by Holy Persuasion (Pre 6.00) in the 4.00beta2 gameplay patch.