Force Staff
| Force Staff B | |||||||||||||
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| Allows you to manipulate others, for good or evil. | |||||||||||||
Cost
2175 (1000) Bought From
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The Force Staff is an item purchasable at the Main Shop, under Magical.
Additional information[edit]
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Ability[edit]
Force
Ability
Target Unit
Target Unit
Affects
Enemies / Allies
Enemies / Allies
Pushes any target unit 600 units in the direction it is facing.
Cast Range (Ally/Self): 550
Cast Range (Enemy): 850
Push Distance: 600
Push Duration: 0.5
23
100
Can be cast on self while spell immune.Cannot be cast on other spell immune units.
Modifiers
Item Forcestaff Active: Dispellable with any dispel.Notes:
- Double clicking the item casts it on self.
- Pushes the target at a speed of 1200.
- The target is not disabled during the push, so they still can cast spells or items, attack and turn during the push.
- This means it does not cancel channeling spells of the target.
- However, it interrupts the user's channeling spells upon cast, since it is a single target spell. It is not the push itself canceling them.
- Does not push units affected by Black Hole, Chronosphere, Duel, or Flaming Lasso.
- Cannot push units through Kinetic Fields or Arenas of Blood.
- If the target is affected by Soulbind, it cannot push the unit further than its max stretch distance allows.
- If the target is leashed by Pounce, the leash gets instantly broken upon cast.
- However, if the target gets leashed after cast, it cannot push the unit further than the max stretch distance of Pounce allows.
- Cannot be cast on wards or buildings. Can be cast on Homing Missiles.
- Can move units over impassable terrain. Trees within 100 radius around the pushed target get destroyed during the push.
- Can be cast on Roshan but without any effect, since Roshan is immune to forced movement.
- Shares cooldown with Hurricane Pike. Does not share cooldown with Force Boots.
Recommended heroes[edit]
- Heroes that require a mobility item will pick up a Force Staff, often in addition to a Blink Dagger.
- It may also be purchased by heroes intending to build a Hurricane Pike.
Tips[edit]
- This is an overall good and cheap utility item for saving allies and messing up enemy positioning.
- Force can push units over cliffs and through trees, making it a great chasing or escaping item.
- It is also good for countering Heroes that can make impassable barriers, such as Earthshaker, Clockwerk or Nature's Prophet.
- Unlike Blink Dagger, the item is not disabled when receiving damage, allowing for both initiation and escape (but the distance is shorter). And it can be upgraded into an hurricane pike even for melee heroes late game to get extra stats compared to the blink dagger.
- Force Staff is the cheapest item to disable a Linken's Sphere allowing you to use more powerful spells like Hex from a Scythe of Vyse and/or Soul Rend from Bloodthorn.
- When chasing enemies, the Force Staff can be used to chase down enemies easily and disable them although one should use it with extreme caution.
Trivia[edit]
- Crystal Maiden's cosmetic item, Force Staff, is based on Force Staff and shares its name.
Gallery[edit]
Using Force Staff
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