Leash

“

▶️ Stay and amuse me! — Puck

”

Leash is a status effect that prevents affected units from casting some mobility spells, sharing the same list as root.

Mechanics

Attempting to blink while leashed.

Leash disables casting several mobility abilities (e.g. Blink-based abilities) and it shares a few interactions with the Root mechanic. Although, Leash prevents casting certain abilities, it does not cancel them when getting leashed while the ability is cast. Leash also does not interrupt channeling, but it always cancels Town Portal Scroll's teleport.

Sources

Leash Sources

• Clockwerk – Power Cogs¹
• Grimstroke – Soulbind
• Puck – Dream Coil
• Slark – Pounce
• Nature's Prophet – Sprout¹

¹ Requires talent.

^2a Requires Aghanim's Scepter.

^2b Requires Aghanim's Shard.

Disabled by Leash

Abilities Disabled by Leash

• Anti-Mage – Blink
• Arcane Blink – Arcane Blink
• Blink Dagger – Blink
• Chaos Knight – Reality Rift
• Dawnbreaker – Converge
• Dawnbreaker – Starbreaker
• Earth Spirit – Rolling Boulder
• Earthshaker – Enchant Totem
• Ember Spirit – Activate Fire Remnant
• Ember Spirit – Sleight of Fist
• Faceless Void – Reverse Time Walk
• Faceless Void – Time Walk
• Fallen Sky – Fallen Sky
• Fiend's Gate – Warp
• Io – Relocate
• Magnus – Skewer
• Marci – Rebound
• Meepo – Dig
• Meepo – Poof
• Mirana – Leap
• Monkey King – Boundless Strike
• Monkey King – Primal Spring
• Monkey King – Tree Dance
• Morphling – Waveform
• Nature's Prophet – Teleportation
• Ogre Seal Totem – Ogre Seal Flop
• Overwhelming Blink – Overwhelming Blink
• Pangolier – Rolling Thunder
• Pangolier – Shield Crash
• Pangolier – Swashbuckle
• Phantom Assassin – Phantom Strike
• Phantom Lancer – Doppelganger
• Phoenix – Icarus Dive
• Phoenix – Toggle Movement
• Primal Beast – Onslaught
• Puck – Ethereal Jaunt
• Puck – Waning Rift
• Queen of Pain – Blink
• Riki – Blink Strike
• Riki – Tricks of the Trade
• Rubick – Telekinesis
• Sand King – Burrowstrike
• Slark – Pounce
• Sniper – Concussive Grenade
• Spirit Bear – Return
• Spirit Breaker – Charge of Darkness
• Spirit Breaker – Nether Strike
• Storm Spirit – Ball Lightning
• Swift Blink – Swift Blink
• Techies – Blast Off!
• Templar Assassin – Psionic Projection
• Timbersaw – Timber Chain
• Tinker – Keen Conveyance
• Town Portal Scroll – Teleport
• Tumbler's Toy – Vault
• Tusk – Snowball
• Twin Gate – Warp
• Viper – Nosedive
• Void Spirit – Astral Step
• Void Spirit – Dissimilate
• Wildwing Ripper – Hurricane
• Zeus – Heavenly Jump

Version History

Version

Description

7.32

• Reworked
  Aghanim's Scepter upgrade: no longer upgrade Stampede to leash enemies.

7.31

• The following abilities now leash enemies:
  • Stampede
  • Power Cogs
  • Sprout

7.20

• Added the Leash mechanic.
• The following abilities now leash enemies:
  • Soulbind
  • Dream Coil
  • Pounce

Patch History

Patch

Description

08 Aug 2019

• Added Leashed overhead text.

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