Dark Moon/Bristleback

Bristleback 22 + 2.2 17 + 1.8 14 + 2.8
Level 0 1 15 25 30 Health 120 604 1264 2012 2298 +0.25 +2.45 +5.53 +8.93 +10.23 Mana 75 243 711 1191 1383 +0 +0.7 +2.66 +4.66 +5.46 Armor 1 3.83 8.03 13.03 14.87 Magic Resist 25% % % % % Damage Block 16 (50%) Damage 26 36 48 58 78 88 112 122 125 135 Attack Rate 0.56/s 0.65/s 0.79/s 0.96/s 1.02/s Attack Range 150 (600) Attack Speed ▶️ 100 (1.8s BAT) Attack Animation 0.3 + 0.3 Projectile Speed Instant Move Speed ▶️ 290 ( 320) Turn Rate 1 Collision Size 24 Bound Radius 24 Vision Range (G) 1800 ( 800) Gib Type Default Internal Not Provided

Abilities

Viscous Nasal Goo

▶️QG

Ability
Target Unit
( No Target)

Affects
Enemies

Covers a target in snot, causing it to have reduced armor and movement speed. Multiple casts stack and refresh the duration.

Cast Animation: 0.3+0

Cast Range: 600 ( 0)

Radius: 0 ( 700)

Max Stacks: 4 ( 8)

Armor Reduction per Stack: 1/1.4/1.8/2.2

Base Move Speed Slow: 20%

Move Speed Slow per Stack: 3%/6%/9%/12%

Hero Duration: 5

Creep Duration: 10

 1.5

 25

Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade:

Viscous Nasal Goo becomes a no target area of effect ability, applying to all enemies within range.

Modifiers

Viscous Nasal Goo

Any

Having caught a cold while stuck in the snow, Bristleback turns it to his advantage.

• Modified values: None.

• The goo travels at a speed of 1000.

• Places one debuff on the enemy. This debuff gets stronger when it gets refreshed with successive casts.
  • A number on the icon shows how many times the debuff was refreshed, including the first cast.

• This is how much movement speed and armor Viscous Nasal Goo reduces with certain amount of stacks on each level. [?]
  • Level 1: 23% / 26% / 29% / 32% / 35% / 38% / 41% / 44% speed and 1.0 / 2.0 / 3.0 / 4.0 / 5.0 / 6.0 / 7.0 / 8.0 armor.
  • Level 2: 26% / 32% / 38% / 44% / 50% / 56% / 62% / 68% speed and 1.4 / 2.8 / 4.2 / 5.6 / 7.0 / 8.4 / 9.8 / 11.2 armor.
  • Level 3: 29% / 38% / 47% / 56% / 65% / 74% / 83% / 92% speed and 1.8 / 3.6 / 5.4 / 7.2 / 9.0 / 10.8 / 12.6 / 14.4 armor.
  • Level 4: 32% / 44% / 56% / 68% / 80% / 92% / 104% / 116% speed and 2.2 / 4.4 / 6.6 / 8.8 / 11.0 / 13.2 / 15.4 / 17.6 armor.

• Treats creep-heroes as heroes.

• The Aghanim's Scepter upgraded version still uses the same cast time and disjointable projectiles.
  • Does not hit invisible, invulnerable and hidden units as well as units in the Fog of War within the radius.

Quill Spray

▶️WR

Ability
No Target

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Physical

Sprays enemy units with quills dealing damage in an area of effect around Bristleback. Deals bonus damage for every time a unit was hit by Quill Spray in the last 14 seconds.

Cast Animation: 0+0

Radius: 625

Base Damage: 20/40/60/80

Stack Damage: 30/32/34/36

Damage Cap: 450

Stack Duration: 14

 3

 35

Modifiers

Quill Spray

Undispellable

Quill Spray Stack

Undispellable

An enforcer's honor can be a prickly thing. So can his quills.

• Modified values: None.

• Interrupts Bristleback's channeling spells upon cast.

• The quills spread at a speed of 2400 and take 0.26 seconds to reach maximum range.

• The quills do not form a ring. They affect every enemy within the expanding area of effect, so it cannot be avoided by blinking towards Bristleback.

• The effect is centered at the cast location, it does not follow Bristleback.

• Though it does not damage ethereal units, it still places the debuff and adds stacks to them.

• Places one debuff on each hit enemy and a stack debuff on each cast on each hit enemy.
  • The first debuff shows the number of stack debuffs on the status icon. The stack debuffs are hidden.
  • The stacks' durations are independent from each other. Successive casts do not refresh previous stacks' durations.
  • With the current cooldown and stack duration, it can be stacked up to 5 times.
  • To reach the cap, additional procs from Bristleback are required.
  • The cap is reached with 16/14/13/12 stacks. So to reach it, 11/9/8/7 passive casts are required.

• Checks how many stacks units have first and deals damage based on that, and then increases the number of stacks.
  • This means the first hit only deals the base damage.

• This is how much damage Quill Spray deals with a certain amount of stacks on each level (before reductions): [?]
  • Level 1: 20 / 50 / 80 / 110 / 140 / 170 / 200 / 230 / 260 / 290 / 320 / 350 / 380 / 410 / 440 / 450
  • Level 2: 40 / 72 / 104 / 136 / 168 / 200 / 232 / 264 / 296 / 328 / 360 / 392 / 424 / 450
  • Level 3: 60 / 94 / 128 / 162 / 196 / 230 / 264 / 298 / 332 / 366 / 400 / 434 / 450
  • Level 4: 80 / 116 / 152 / 188 / 224 / 260 / 296 / 332 / 368 / 404 / 440 / 450

Bristleback

▶️EK

Ability
Passive

Affects
Self

Bristleback takes less damage if hit on the sides or rear. If Bristleback takes 210 damage from the rear, he releases a Quill Spray of the current level.

Back Damage Reduction: 16%/24%/32%/40%

Side Damage Reduction: 8%/12%/16%/20%

Damage Threshold: 210

Turning his back to a fight might be just the thing.

• Modified values: None.

• Bristleback's rear is considered to be within 70 degrees from the back. His side is considered to be within 110 degrees from the back.

• A visual effect and sound play whenever his back receives damage. Taking damage from the sides only plays the visual effect.

• Bristleback takes less damage from all damage types except from damage flagged as HP Removal.
  • When taking rear damage, Bristleback's effective health increases by 19.05%/31.58%/47.06%/66.67%
  • When taking side damage, Bristleback's effective health increases by 8.70%/13.64%/19.05%/25%

• Checks the damage source's current position and compares it to Bristleback's facing angle on each damage instance.
  • This means on e.g. damage over time effects, damage of an instance is only reduced when within the right angle.
  • Damage from e.g. Land Mines is reduced when facing away from them, since they are their own source.

• Passive Quill Sprays proc when Bristleback's back (not sides) takes 210 damage (after all reductions)
  • The damage counter has no time limit. It only resets once a passive spray occurs.
  • Any exceeding damage is completely ignored, meaning that if an enemy deals an instance of e.g. 420 damage, the passive triggers only once.

• Passive Quill Spray procs do not cost mana, have no cooldown and are independent from the active Quill Spray's cooldown.

• When Quill Spray is not learnt, passive Quill Sprays still proc, but deal no damage.

• Does not work against towers.

Warpath

RW

Ability
Passive

Affects
Self

Bristleback works himself up into a fury every time he casts a spell, increasing his movement speed and damage.

Max Stacks: 5/7/9

Attack Damage Bonus per Stack: 20/25/30

Move Speed Bonus per Stack: 3%/4%/5%

Stack Duration: 14

Modifiers

Warpath Stack

Undispellable

'Temper, temper,' his mum always chided. But in a fight, a temper can come in handy.

• Modified values: None.

• Using items does not trigger Warpath.

• Bristleback's size increases and more particles fly around him the more stacks he has.

• Stacks up to 5/7/9 times, meaning it can give at most 15%/28%/45% movement speed and 100/175/270 attack damage.

• Each stack has its own duration, successive spell casts do not refresh the duration of previous stacks.
  • Only the first cast's buff is visible in the HUD. This buff has a number on it, showing the current amount of stacks.

• The passive Quill Spray procs from Bristleback do not trigger Warpath.

Talents

Hero Talents
+4 Max Goo Stacks	25	+25 Health Regen
15% Lifesteal	20	+45 Attack Speed
+200 Health	15	+20 Movement Speed
+2 Mana Regen	10	+7 Strength

Notes:

• Replaced talents: -30s respawn time replaced by 15% lifesteal.

• Health regen and mana regen are added as bonuses and do not benefit illusions.

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

• The lifesteal fully stacks with other sources of lifesteal.

Patch history

Patch

Description

31 Jan 2017

• Added to Dark Moon.