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Juggernaut
21 + 2.2 36 + 2.8 14 + 1.4
Level Base 1 15 25 Health 200 620 1220 1660 Health regen 0.5 2.6 5.68 7.88 Magic res. 25% 26.26% 28.11% 29.43% Mana 75 243 471 639 Mana regen 0 0.7 1.68 2.38 Spell dmg 0% 0.98% 2.35% 3.33% Armor 0 5.76 12.03 16.51 Att/sec 0.71 0.97 1.25 1.45 Move sp amp. 0% 1.8% 3.76% 5.16% Damage 12‒16 48‒52 87‒91 115‒119
Movement speed 300 Turn rate 0.6 Vision range 1800/800 Attack range 150 Projectile speed Instant Attack animation 0.33+0.84 Base attack time 1.4 Collision size 24 Legs 2  Gib type Default

Yurnero the Juggernaut is a melee agility hero whose abilities allow him to sprint into battle and recklessly devastate enemies in an impenetrable flurry of blades.

His abilities grant invulnerability and spell immunity, turning him into an unstoppable force on a hairpin. Juggernaut is strong both offensively and defensively, and deals heavy damage both physical and magical with his Blade Fury and Omnislash ultimate, but he possesses below average strength and intelligence attributes, so he does not have as much health and mana as other heroes and is vulnerable when his abilities are on cooldown. For this reason, although his abilities make him powerful even in the early game, he cannot charge into forces without restraint until farmed and is usually played as a carry.

Bio

Yurnero, the Juggernaut

Play "By the Visage of Vengeance, which drowned in the Isle of Masks, I will carry on the rites of the Faceless Ones."

Lore:

No one has ever seen the face hidden beneath the mask of Yurnero the Juggernaut. It is only speculation that he even has one. For defying a corrupt lord, Yurnero was exiled from the ancient Isle of Masks--a punishment that saved his life. The isle soon after vanished beneath the waves in a night of vengeful magic. He alone remains to carry on the Isle's long Juggernaut tradition, one of ritual and swordplay. The last practitioner of the art, Yurnero's confidence and courage are the result of endless practice; his inventive bladework proves that he has never stopped challenging himself. Still, his motives are as unreadable as his expression. For a hero who has lost everything twice over, he fights as if victory is a foregone conclusion.

Voice:

David Scully (Responses)

Abilities

Blade Fury

Play

Q

F

Ability
No Target

Affects
Enemies / Self

Damage
Magical

Causes a bladestorm of destructive force around Juggernaut, rendering him immune to magic and dealing damage to nearby enemy units.

Cast Animation: 0+0

Radius: 250

Movement Speed Bonus: 0 ( 50)

Damage per Second: 90/115/140/160 ( 190/215/240/260)

Duration: 5

42/34/26/18

120/110/100/90

Modifiers

Blade Fury: Undispellable.

Yurnero's renowned katana techniques are feared by warriors and sorcerers alike.

Notes:

• Does not interrupt Juggernaut's channeling spells upon cast.

• Applies spell immunity for the duration and a basic dispel upon cast.

• During Blade Fury, Juggernaut cannot be affected by Ghost Scepter. The buff gets removed immediately.

• Juggernaut can perform attacks, cast spells, and use items during Blade Fury, however, Omnislash is inactive for the duration and cannot be cast.

• During Blade Fury, Juggernaut's attacks deal 0 damage, except against wards and buildings.
  • Attack modifiers like Monkey King Bar, Diffusal Blade or Skull Basher still apply their effects and damage on procs.
  • This means critical strike and lifesteal have no effect (despite their visual effects), since they are based on the actual damage dealt.
  • Cleave has no effect either (despite the visual effect), since Juggernaut's attack damage is 0 upon attacking.

• Deals 18/23/28/32 ( 38/43/48/52) damage in 0.2 second intervals, starting 0.2 seconds after cast, resulting in 25 damage instances.

• Can deal up to 450/575/700/800 ( 950/1075/1200/1300) damage to a single unit (before reductions).

Healing Ward
Ward
Level 0 Duration 25 Health 1 Health regeneration 0 Armor 0 Magic resistance 0% Status resistance 0% Movement speed 350 Follow range 250 Turn rate 0.5 Collision size 8 Vision range 600 Vision type Ground Bounty 75 Experience 75 Model scale 1 Notes Phased

Healing Ward

Play

W

G

Ability
Target Area / Aura

Affects
Allies

Summons a Healing Ward which heals all nearby allied units, based on their max health. The Healing Ward moves at 350 movement speed after being summoned. Lasts 25 seconds.

Cast Animation: 0.3+0.47

Cast Range: 350

Radius: 500

Max Health as Health Regen Bonus: 2%/3%/4%/5%

Aura Linger Duration: 2.5

Duration: 25

60

140

Modifiers

Healing Ward Heal: Undispellable.

Of the rituals learned at the Isle of Masks, tending wounds with a bit of voodoo magic has proven to be quite useful.

Notes:

• After cast, the ward automatically follows Juggernaut, if no other order is given.

• The heal is provided by an aura. Its healing buff lingers for 2.5 seconds.

• Can regenerate up to 55%/82.5%/110%/137.5% of a unit's max health over its full duration.

• Can fully regenerate a unit's health within 50/33.33/25/20 seconds.

• The healing auras of multiple Healing Wards do not stack.

• Does not affect wards and buildings.

Blade Dance

Play

E

C

Ability
Passive

Affects
Enemies

Gives Juggernaut a chance to deal critical damage on each attack.

Proc Chance: 20%/25%/30%/35%

Critical Damage: 180%

Red critical numbers are before illusion and armor reduction.

The last remnant of his heritage's commitment to bladework, Yurnero ensures that the style is remembered.

Notes:

• Increases attack damage by an average of 16%/20%/24%/28%.

• The proc chances of multiple crit sources stack.
  • If two sources of critical strike proc at the same time, the higher multiplier has priority.

• Blade Dance uses pseudo-random distribution.

• The sound and particles play upon start of the attack, not when the attack lands.

Omnislash

Play

R

E

Ability
Target Unit

Affects
Enemies / Self

Damage
Physical

Juggernaut leaps towards the target enemy unit with an attack, and then slashes other nearby enemy units at an increased attack rate. Juggernaut is invulnerable for the duration.

Cast Animation: 0.3+0

Cast Range: 350

Slash Radius: 425

Attack Rate Divisor: 1.7

Attack Damage Bonus: 30/40/50

Duration: 3/3.25/3.5 ( 4/4.25/4.5) ( 4/4.25/4.5, 5/5.25/5.5)

140 ( 70)

200/275/350

Increases duration and decreases cooldown.

Only the very first slash of the cast is blocked.

Modifiers

Omnislash: Undispellable.

Omnislash Invulnerability: Undispellable.

‘The fruits of discipline; with practice comes strength.’

Notes:

• Turns Juggernaut invulnerable, spell immune and rooted for the whole duration, and applies a basic dispel on cast.

• The slash interval equals Juggernaut's current attack rate, divided by 1.7.
  • This means the maximum possible interval for Omnislash is 4.12 and the minimum is 0.12, considering minimum and maximum possible attack speeds.
  • The interval is not set on cast. On each slash, the interval updates based on his current attack rate.

• Causes Juggernaut to perform instant attacks on enemies he slashes.
  • These instant attacks are allowed to trigger attack modifiers normally.
  • The instant attacks ignore disarms, but have no True Strike.

• Can neither target nor jump on wards, couriers and buildings. Cannot target, but can jump on ancient creeps.

• Can jump on invulnerable units, however, since Juggernaut attacks the targets, invulnerable (and ethereal) targets take no damage.

• Cannot jump on units in the Fog of War, invisible or hidden units, Tombstone Zombies and on Astral Spirits.

• If no valid targets are in range, Omnislash ends prematurely.

• On each slash, Juggernaut is positioned at the opposite side of the target from Juggernaut's position, facing the target.
  • The slash radius is centered around Juggernaut, not around the current target.

• Juggernaut can cast spells and use items during Omnislash. However, Blade Fury is inactive for the duration and cannot be cast.
  • During Omnislash, Juggernaut does not need to turn in order to cast targeted spells or items.

• Provides 200 radius flying vision lasting 1 second on each slash around the current target.

• Recasting Omnislash while the previous cast is still active refreshes the duration.

• Centers the player's camera perspective on Juggernaut on cast, following his position during Omnislash.

Talents

Hero Talents
+1s Omnislash Duration	25	+600 Health
+100 Blade Fury DPS	20	+10 Armor
+20 Attack Speed	15	+50 Blade Fury Movement Speed
+20 Movement Speed	10	+5 All Stats

Notes:

• The all stats talent effectively grants Juggernaut 100 health, 0.5 health regen, 0.4% magic resistance, 0.8 armor, 5 attack speed, 0.25% movement speed, 60 mana, 0.25 mana regen, 0.35% spell damage and 5 attack damage.

• The armor talent does not benefit illusions.

• The health talent increases maximum health capacity, and keeps the current health percentage.

Recommended items

Starting items:

• Tango provide sustain to keep Juggernaut alive in the lane.
• Healing Salve is required for trading in the lane.
• Enchanted Mango allows Juggernaut to regain mana from early usage of Blade Fury.
• Iron Branch increases Juggernaut's survivability and mana pool. Because of Juggernaut's low mana pool, an early Iron Branch gives the possibility of casting both Blade Fury and Omnislash back to back. It can later be upgraded into a Magic Wand.
• Wraith Bands gives Juggernaut additional damage and stats for the laning stage.

Early game:

• Boots of Speed give a passive speed boost, offering better escape and catch-up. They can later be built into Phase Boots.
• Quelling Blade helps Juggernaut last hit by increasing damage against creeps for a large amount of the game.
• Magic Stick is a useful burst healing/mana item if the enemies in lane cast many spells. It can later be built into a Magic Wand.

Mid game:

• Phase Boots provide increased movement speed so Juggernaut can keep enemies in range of Blade Fury.
• Magic Wand is good for burst health and mana while providing bonus attributes compared to the Magic Stick.
• Drum of Endurance allows Juggernaut to run faster and push much earlier than a traditional carry.
• Maelstrom will allow Juggernaut to farm very fast along with give him some Omnislash damage potential with the lightning procs.
• Yasha is just about required on Juggernaut. Having the bonus agility and damage is useful but the extra movement speed makes this item very important to catch up with enemies. Regardless what you build it into, it's a very all around solid choice.
• Diffusal Blade provides cost-effective attack damage bonus in Manabreak, while increasing Juggernaut's agility and intelligence. Its active, Inhibit, allows Juggernaut to slow down enemies.

Late game:

• Butterfly gives an enormous boost to his damage, attack speed, and armor, as well as having the ability to evade physical attacks. It greatly increasing the physical damage Juggernaut can take, while Blade Fury protects against the magical damage. The increased attack speed also allows Blade Dance to occur more often.
• Abyssal Blade grants bash chance, which Juggernaut welcomes with low base attack time and decent agility, as well as active stun to lock down targets in the late game.
• Black King Bar is helpful when the enemy team has more magical damage than Blade Fury can protect. Unlike Blade Fury, the Black King Bar also allows Juggernaut to attack while active, and has a maximum duration of 10 seconds.

Situational items:

• Power Treads can be a replacement for Phase Boots. If you are planning on farming the majority of the game and not fighting, it may be a better choice.
• Battle Fury is a very iconic item on Juggernaut but does not provide attack speed. Therefore, with this item alone your damage against heroes will be very underwhelming. If you are the hardest carry in the game, consider this item.
• Manta Style is not as core as it has been in the past, but the ability to remove silences and split push is very helpful on a hero with such a fragile health pool. When coupled with Diffusal Blade, you can get some very early and simple DPS.
• Blink Dagger is useful as an escape item or initiation as Juggernaut's Omnislash requires a fairly close range.
• Monkey King Bar allows Juggernaut to attack enemies with evasion during Omnislash.
• Sange and Yasha is a fair pick on Juggernaut, since he does not have any gap-closing abilities. This item provides a good strength, agility, movement and attack speed bonus, which helps chase better.
• Battle Fury is an item that can be very strong to buy: it can be used to farm quickly, clear lane creeps, and it can greatly increase Juggernaut's damage in teamfights. The bonus health regeneration is helpful when jungling, and the bonus mana regeneration allows Juggernaut to use Blade Fury with less worry about mana.
• Eye of Skadi grants attributes and a slow on attacks, keeping targets within Juggernaut's attack range and Blade Fury's radius.
• Satanic has status resistance, strength, attack damage, and active lifesteal that mesh well with Juggernaut's high attack speed, vastly enhancing his survivability in teamfights.

Gameplay

Roles:	Carry Pusher Escape
Complexity:	★☆☆
Playstyle:	What laid under the Juggernaut's mask, none could say. The last of his kind, Yurnero carries alone the martial traditions of his native isle, now sunken forever beneath the waves. The Juggernaut elevates swordplay to an art form, cutting down foes in the unstoppable cyclone of Blade Fury, and striking at every vulnerability with Blade Dance. Should his party sustain injury, he is quick to replenishes their vitality with a portable Healing Ward. A paragon of discipline, Yurnero waits patiently for the opportune moment to execute his most fearsome technique. Dashing between foes with imperceptible swiftness, the Juggernaut's Omnislash eviscerates his opponents long before any can mount a defense.

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Equipment

Juggernaut Equipment (expand sets) Sets Armor of the Unyielding Mask Arms of the Gwimyeon Warrior Set Aspects of Beast and Man Set Balance of the Bladekeeper Bladesrunner Dashing Swordsman Gifts of the Vanished Isle Set Of Ebony and Ivory Set Pilgrimage of the Bladeform Aesthete The Boar God's Honor Set The Dauntless Set The Exiled Ronin Set The Path of Odocoeleus Thousand Faces Set Traveler on the High Plains Set Wandering Demon of the Plains Set Weapon Blade of Cleaving Swiftness Blade of Endless Power Blade of the Jade Serpent Blade of the New Year Crimson Edge of the Lost Order Cursed Crescent Dragon Sword Edge of the Lost Order Elegant Stroke Fireborn Odachi Golden Edge of the Lost Order Grand Claive of the Unshamed Kantusa the Script Sword Relic Blade of the Kuur-Ishiminari Serrakura Head Ancient Mask of Intimidation Aspect Mask of Fulminant Rage Bladeform Legacy Carved Grin of the Trickster Izoku Mask of the Many-Sighted Back Battle Banner of the Masked Healing Ward Fortune's Tout Golden Fortune's Tout Healing Fount of the Lost Isles Healing Ward of the Kuur-Ishiminari Voice Call of the Bladeform Legacy Taunt Taunt: For Death and Honor Taunt: Sharp Blade Kinetic Gems Kinetic: Bladekeeper's Blade Dance Kinetic: Bladekeeper's Bladefury Kinetic: Bladekeeper's Omnislash Kinetic: Fireborn Assault

Trivia

• Juggernaut's backstory and appearance bear many similarities to that of the Seguleh people in the "Malazan Book of the Fallen" series of books by Steven Erikson.
• Juggernaut's ultimate, Omnislash, is inspired by and named after the signature move of Cloud Strife from the game Final Fantasy VII.
• The rare line Play "Screw it, I'm going to five blades!" is a reference to an article from The Onion about the increasing number of blades put into razors.
• The line Play "My blade is swifter." is a reference to the Heroes of Newerth hero Swiftblade, the game's own equivalent of Juggernaut.
• The line Play "And then... there were none..." may be a reference to the Agatha Christie book by the same name.
• The line Play "I'm the Juggernaut, Lich!" is a play on the quote "I'm the Juggernaut, bitch.", taken from a YouTube parody featuring re-dubbed scenes from X-Men: The Animated Series.

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