Lone Druid
Hero
Lone Druid
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Sylla, the Lone Druid, is an adaptable and versatile ranged or melee agility hero, who summons a Spirit Bear, which has its own set of abilities and can equip items, as his ally. With the help of his Spirit Bear, he can carry, jungle, and push lanes effectively. Because of this, technically speaking, the Spirit Bear and Lone Druid himself are two available heroes at once. The Lone Druid himself is mostly played as the aura giver, while the Spirit Bear is played as the main damage dealer and tank. When he activates his abilities, it will not only buff him but the Spirit Bear as well. Lone Druid is versatile as he can change from a fast ranged warrior to a tough and mighty melee bear himself. Together, they can push lanes and towers quickly, farm neutrals in a cinch, and even take down Roshan by themselves if equipped with the right items. Due to the Spirit Bear not benefiting from attributes, it scales weakly into the later portions of the game, encouraging a midgame-oriented playstyle. However, should the need arise, its six extra usable item slots make Lone Druid a force to be reckoned with far into the lategame.
Contents
Bio[edit]
Sylla, the Lone Druid▶️ "I wonder what awaits me at the end of everything…"
Lore:
Long before the first words of the first histories there rose the druidic Bear Clan. Wise and just they were, and focused in their ways to seek an understanding of the natural order. The arch forces of nature saw this, and so sought the most learned among them. Wise old Sylla, clan justiciar and seer, stepped forward for his kin, and to him was given the Seed with these words: 'When all of the world has dimmed, when civilization has left these lands, when the world is slain and wracked by the endless deserts at the end of ages, plant the Seed.' As he grasped his trust, Sylla felt his years recede and his vitality returned. Vast knowledge burst into his mind. He found himself able to project his very will into reality and, with some concentration, alter his own physical form as well. Yet subtle whispers and cruel ears brought word of the Seed and its power to other peoples, and a terrible war crashed upon the Bear Clan. As his ancestral home burned, Sylla took his burden and fled to the wild places. Ages passed, and time and myth forgot the Bear Clan, forgot Sylla and the Seed, forgot wondrous civilizations that rose and fell in Bear Clan's wake. For millenia Sylla has waited, waited for word from his deities, waited for peace to come to the ever warring realms, waited in exile and in secret for the end of all things and for the conclusion of his sacred commitment, preparing himself always to face and destroy whatever would dare threaten his purpose.
Voice:
Abilities[edit]
Summon Spirit Bear
Summons a powerful Spirit Bear companion that can equip items. If the bear moves 1100 distance away from the Lone Druid, it cannot attack. Lone Druid suffers 20% of his max health as backlash damage if the Spirit Bear dies. Spirit Bear does not benefit from attributes.
Spirit Bear has the Return, Demolish, and Entangling Roots abilities.
Spirit Bear has the Return, Demolish, and Entangling Roots abilities.
Cast Animation: 0.5+0.63
Max Health as Backlash Damage: 20%
Attack Proximity Range: 1100 (
Global)
Global)Duration: Permanent
120
75
Allows Spirit Bear to attack at any range from Lone Druid, and to survive if Lone Druid dies.
Spell immunity does not block the pure backlash damage.Modifiers
modifier_lone_druid_spirit_bear_attack_check: Undispellable. Persists death. modifier_spirit_bear_attack_damage: Undispellable. Persists death.Sylla's lifelong companion is symbiotic with his spirit and heart, coming to aid him in any time of need.
Notes:
- For all of the Spirit Bear's stats, see here.
- The bear is a creep-hero, making it interact differently with several spells. For detailed interactions follow the link.
- The Spirit Bear levels up together with Lone Druid, gaining attack damage and health with each level.
- On the first cast of Summon Spirit Bear, the bear is actually summoned. On every following cast, it is just healed or revived.
- This means buffs and debuffs are not dispelled upon re-summoning it. Projectiles are not disjointed either.
- The backlash damage is dealt as pure damage from the unit that killed the Spirit Bear.
- Denying the Spirit Bear causes no damage, unless it is killed by neutral creeps.
- The Spirit Bear cannot be resummoned if it has taken damage from a player in the last 3 seconds. Has no minimum damage threshold.
- Damage is checked before any sort of reduction, so fully blocked damage also prevents resummoning it.
- If the Spirit Bear dies, it can be resummoned immediately.
- The Spirit Bear can use every item, except for placing Observer Wards and Sentry Wards. It can also use runes.
- Hand of Midas grants Lone Druid the gold and experience when the Spirit Bear uses it.
- The Spirit Bear cannot have illusions of itself, so the Illusion Rune and Manta Style do not spawn illusions of the bear.
- When the Spirit Bear is 1100 range away from Lone Druid, it gets disarmed, turns slightly grey and uses different animations.
- The grey hue and disarm symbol are visible to allies only. The animations are visible to everyone.
- Has a cast backswing of 0.57 while in True Form.
Spirit Link
Ability
Passive
Passive
Affects
Self
Self
Links Lone Druid and the Spirit Bear, increasing the attack speed of both and causing damage dealt by the Spirit Bear to heal Lone Druid.
Attack Speed Bonus: 15/30/45/60
Shared Lifesteal: 20%/35%/50%/65%
Lifesteal is disabled if Lone Druid is affected by Break. Attack speed is not disabled.Modifiers
modifier_lone_druid_spirit_link: Undispellable. Persists death.Sylla is emboldened by the presence of his companion, his vitality replenished with each swipe of the Spirit Bear's claws.
Notes:
- Uses lifesteal, but instead of healing the attacking Spirit Bear, it heals its owner instead.
- The lifesteal is affected by lifesteal amplification, but only if the amplification source is on Lone Druid.
- The visual effect upon leveling up only appears when the Spirit Bear is within 1500 range of Lone Druid.
- Spirit Link only affects the hero who has the ability, and that hero's Spirit Bear. Other controlled units are not affected. This applies to Ability Draft as well.
Savage Roar
Ability
No Target
No Target
Affects
Enemies
(
Allies)
Enemies
(
Allies)Lone Druid and the Spirit Bear roar fiercely causing nearby enemies to flee towards their base in terror. Their movement speed is increased by 20%.
Cast Animation: 0.1+0.57
Enemy Radius: 375
Allied Radius: 0 ( 700)
700)Enemy Move Speed Bonus: 20%
Allied Move Speed Bonus: 0% ( 20%)
20%)Allied Attack Speed Bonus: 0 ( 60)
60)Enemy Duration: 1.2/1.6/2/2.4
Allied Duration: 0 ( 5)
5) 38/
28/22/16/10) 50
Savage Roar now empowers allies in 700 AoE with +20% Movement Speed and +60 Attack Speed for 5 seconds.
Does not affect spell immune enemies. Debuff persists if debuff was placed before spell immunity and when not dispelled.(
Fully affects spell immune allies.)Modifiers
modifier_lone_druid_rabid: Dispellable with any dispel.
modifier_lone_druid_savage_roar: Dispellable with any dispel.Sylla studies and masters the arts of the lost Bear Clan, enhancing his attunement with the wild.
Notes:
- Savage Roar is always cast by Lone Druid and the Spirit Bear simultaniously, no matter who was given the order.
- However, if the other would normally not be able to cast it (e.g. stunned or silenced), the effect does not occur.
- The current cooldown status is ignored and does not prevent the roar from triggering if still on cooldown.
- The cooldown always triggers, regardless of any status.
- Applies fear on all hit enemies within the radius, forcing them to run towards their team's fountain, while preventing them from acting.
- Only affects enemy units controlled by a player. AI-controlled units (lane and neutral creeps) are unaffected.
- The bonus attack speed and movement speed granted by Aghanim's shard also affect the caster of Savage Roar.
- Shares cooldown with the Spirit Bear's Savage Roar.
- In Ability Draft, Savage Roar must be drafted as well for the Spirit Bear to gain it.
Ability
No Target
No Target
Affects
Self
Self
Lone Druid learns to morph himself into a raging bear, losing his ranged advantage, but gaining increased resistance, Entangling Roots and Demolish.
Cast Animation: 0+0
Transformation Time: 1.933
Armor Bonus: 8/10/12
Health Bonus: 500/1000/1500 ( 1500/2000/2500)
1500/2000/2500)Attack Range Loss: 325
Duration: 40
100 ( 60) 200
Illusions get their own True Form buff lasting its regular duration.Modifiers
modifier_lone_druid_true_form_transform: Dispellable with death only. modifier_lone_druid_true_form: Dispellable with death only.The mighty bear is the king of the forest, possessing the throne through raw power.
Notes:
- During the transformation, Lone Druid cannot do anything. Cannot be interrupted.
- Reduces Lone Druid's attack range to 225 while giving him melee attack properties.
- This means items treat him as a melee hero (e.g. Manta Style, Skull Basher, etc).
- Lone Druid gets his maximum and current health increased by the given value. This does not count as a heal.
- Upon losing the buff, his current health stays the same and only the maximum health bonus gets reverted.
- While active, Lone Druid gains Demolish and Entangling Claws, on the same level as on the Spirit Bear.
- True Form persists through Lone Druid's death. If he dies during it, he respawns in True Form.
- Changes Lone Druid's model and alters his voice.
Spirit Bear[edit]
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Notes:
- Disjoints projectiles upon teleporting.
- Can be cast from anywhere on the map.
- Issues a stop order to the Spirit Bear after teleporting.
- If Lone Druid dies and Return is cast, the Spirit Bear teleports back to Lone Druid's death location.
Demolish
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Ability
Passive
Passive
Affects
Self / Enemies
Self / Enemies
Increases the power of the Spirit Bear, causing it to deal more damage to buildings and have additional spell resistance.
Magic Resistance Bonus: 33%
Building Attack Damage Bonus: 10%/20%/30%/40%
Modifiers
modifier_lone_druid_spirit_bear_demolish: Undispellable. Persists death.Notes:
- Levels up together with Summon Spirit Bear.
- The magic resistance stacks multiplicatively with other sources of magic resistance.
- Increases the Spirit Bear's total magic resistance to 33%, assuming basic 0% magic resistance and no other sources of magic resistance.
- Increases the Spirit Bear's total attack damage against buildings, including raw damage bonuses.
Savage Roar
Ability
No Target
No Target
Affects
Enemies
( Allies)
Enemies
(
Allies)Lone Druid and the Spirit Bear roar fiercely causing nearby enemies to flee towards their base in terror. Their movement speed is increased by 20%.
Cast Animation: 0.1+0.64
Enemy Radius: 375
Allied Radius: 0 ( 700)
700)Enemy Move Speed Bonus: 20%
Allied Move Speed Bonus: 0% ( 20%)
20%)Allied Attack Speed Bonus: 0 ( 60)
60)Enemy Duration: 1.2/1.6/2/2.4
Allied Duration: 0 ( 5)
5) 38/ 28/22/16/10) 50
Does not affect spell immune enemies. Debuff persists if debuff was placed before spell immunity and when not dispelled.(
Fully affects spell immune allies.)Modifiers
modifier_lone_druid_rabid: Dispellable with any dispel. modifier_lone_druid_savage_roar: Dispellable with any dispel.Notes:
- Same notes as for Lone Druid's Savage Roar apply.
- The Spirit Bear acquires this spell as soon as Lone Druid learns it.
- Causes both Lone Druid and the Spirit Bear to cast Savage Roar at the same time and puts both Savage Roars on cooldown, regardless of who cast the spell.
Entangling Claws
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Ability
Passive
Passive
Affects
Enemies
Enemies
Attacks have a chance to cause roots to burst from the ground, immobilizing the attacked enemy unit, and dealing damage per second.
Proc Chance: 20%
Damage per Second: 60
Hero Duration: 0.75/1.5/2.25/3
5 ( 0)Modifiers
modifier_lone_druid_spirit_bear_entangle: Undispellable. Persists death. modifier_lone_druid_spirit_bear_entangle_effect: Dispellable with any dispel.Notes:
- Levels up together with Summon Spirit Bear.
- Roots the target, preventing it from moving and casting certain mobility spells.
- Provides True Sight over the target.
- The proccing attack first applies the debuff, then its own damage.
- Deals 15 damage in 0.25 second intervals, starting 0.25 seconds after the debuff is placed, resulting in 3/6/9/12 instances.
- Deals a total of 45/90/135/180 damage (before reductions).
- Does not affect ancient creeps.
- Entangling Claws uses pseudo-random distribution.
Various mechanics[edit]
- Items
- Spirt Bear can consume Moon Shard and benefits from it similar to heroes.
- The cooldown of an item is bound to the item itself, and not to the unit holding the item. This means that giving the bear an item which already is on cooldown, is still on cooldown in its inventory, it does not get refreshed for the bear.
- If the Spirit Bear has an item on cooldown, and then receives the same item again from Lone Druid but off cooldown, the newly received item is usable right away, despite the other one being still on cooldown. Using it puts it on cooldown and restarts the cooldown of the other one.
- However, when an item went on cooldown due to a shared cooldown (e.g. Medallion of Courage going on cooldown because of Solar Crest getting used, or when having multiple Faerie Fire), it is not on cooldown when given to the bear, since the item itself was not used to proc the cooldown.
- Gem of True Sight functions on the Spirit Bear as it does on couriers. This means it does not reveal invisible units when held by Spirit Bear. It is still dropped when Spirit Bear dies.
- Spirit Bear cannot pick up the Aegis of the Immortal, but can attack (destroy) it.
- Spirit Bear can pick up Cheese and consume it normally.
- Divine Rapiers on the Spirit Bear work exactly like how they do for heroes. It can be purchased normally, and manually dropped from the inventory. It is muted when given to allies.
- It is possible to swap an original Rapier between Lone Druid and the Spirit Bear, as it is not muted like how it is for allies. When picked up by an enemy, it turns into a free Rapier as usual.
- The Spirit Bear can pick up free Rapiers. But just like heroes, it cannot manually drop a free Rapier from its inventory. This means free Rapiers cannot be swapped between Lone Druid and the Spirit Bear like an original Rapier.
- Divine Rapiers carried by the Spirit Bear drop on its death.
- Runes
- Spirit Bear can activate any rune.
- When activating the Illusion Rune, nothing happens, since only heroes can have illusions of themselves. All other runes work normally and fully for the Spirit Bear.
- The Spirit Bear can also attack runes to deny them, like other units.
- However, unlike for heroes, the rune's selection box does not get prioritized for the Spirit Bear, so that another unit standing on top of it can prevent the bear from picking it up.
- Spirit Bear can bottle runes and use runes like heroes. Its Bottle also gets refilled when doing so.
- The team chat message displays "Lone Druid", and not "Spirit Bear" when it uses runes.
Talents[edit]
| Hero Talents | ||
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| +1000 True Form and Spirit Bear Health | 25 | -0.1 Spirit Bear Attack Time |
| 0 Entangle Cooldown | 20 | -40s True Form Cooldown |
| +8 Spirit Bear Armor | 15 | -10s Savage Roar Cooldown |
| +25 Spirit Bear Movement Speed | 10 | +200 Health |
Notes:
- The health talent increases maximum health capacity, and keeps the current health percentage.
Recent Changes[edit]
Main Article: Lone Druid/Changelogs
Version
Description
- Aghanim's Shard upgrade:
- Increased Savage Roar allied buff duration from 4 to 5.
- Added Aghanim's Shard upgrade for Lone Druid:
- Causes Savage Roar to grant allies within 700 radius 20% movement speed and 60 attack speed for 4 seconds upon cast.
- Talents:
- Level 20 right talent: -32s True Form cooldown increased to -40s.
- Level 25 left talent changed: +1000 True Form health ➜ +1000 True Form and Spirit Bear health.
- Reduced strength gain from 2.7 to 2.5.
- Savage Roar is no longer mirror-cast by the other when Spirit Bear or Lone Druid would not be able to cast it normally (e.g. if they are stunned or silenced). [?]
- Summon Spirit Bear
- Now increases the bear's base attack damage per level, instead of granting bonus attack damage.
- Increased max health as backlash damage from 10% to 20%.
- Reduced Entangling Claws creep duration from 2.25/4.5/6.75/9 to 0.75/1.5/2.25/3. [?]
- Reduced True Form armor bonus from 10/15/20 to 8/10/12.
- Talents:
- Level 25 right talent: -0.15s Spirit Bear base attack time reduced to -0.1s.
Recommended items[edit]
Starting items:
- Tango keeps Lone Druid in lane with health sustain.
- Iron Branch gives Lone Druid cheap attributes.
- Healing Salve can heal both Lone Druid and Spirit Bear.
Starting items (Bear):
- Quelling Blade helps Spirit Bear score last hits with bonus damage against creeps.
Early game:
- Boots of Speed for movement speed boost; sometimes, Lone Druid will not upgrade his boots in favor of spending gold on Spirit Bear.
- Magic Stick can save Lone Druid with burst health and mana.
Early game (Bear):
- Boots of Speed gives Spirit Bear extra movement speed.
- Orb of Venom applies slow on attacks to harass and chase enemies.
- Blight Stone slightly increases damage early by reducing target's armor; can build into Desolator late game.
Core items:
- Phase Boots give Lone Druid fast movement speed and attack damage, which combine well with Spirit Link's attack speed buff.
- Magic Wand gives attributes, as well as more burst health and mana.
- Hurricane Pike, along with attack range talent, gives Lone Druid incredible range for fights and tower sieges. The active abilitiy, Hurricane Thrust, allows Lone Druid to position better against enemies.
- Mjollnir can deal large amounts of damage with Spirit Link's attack speed buff, and let Lone Druid farm and push quickly.
Core items (Bear):
- Phase Boots increases Spirit Bear's movement speed to run down enemies and catch them with Entangling Claws.
- Hand of Midas grants gold and experience boost to help Lone Druid and Spirit Bear scale faster.
- Radiance greatly increases Spirit Bear's damage output, as its high health allows it to stay in the center of fights.
Situational items:
- Tranquil Boots heals Lone Druid and grants great movement speed to catch up with Spirit Bear.
- Mask of Madness increases Lone Druid's damage output and gives increased sustain, while his relative lack of active abilities makes the silence a non-issue.
- Solar Crest buffs Spirit Bear's armor and attack speed, increasing effectiveness of Entangling Claws and Demolish when ganking and sieging.
- Boots of Travel grants teleportation around the map for quick farm and pushes; you can teleport using Spirit Bear.
- Aghanim's Scepter allows Spirit Bear to attack without having Lone Druid nearby or alive, making it a more autonomous farmer and pusher.
- Black King Bar grants spell immunity so Lone Druid can continue to attack without fear of disables.
- Pipe of Insight can be used on Bear-focused builds to patch up Lone Druid's relative weakness to magic damage and deal with nuke-heavy enemy teams.
- Desolator greatly increases damage output and applies armor reduction debuff on attack targets, including buildings.
- Butterfly increases attack damage output, and evasion to survive in fights.
Situational items (Bear):
- Helm of the Dominator makes Lone Druid and the Spirit Bear regenerate health and attack much faster, while allowing them to control a neutral creep that bring useful abilities and auras. Furthermore, the dominated creep also benefits from Battle Cry's buff, increasing overall damage output.
- Mask of Madness lets the Spirit Bear attack faster for faster Entangling Claws procs and more building damage.
- Vladmir's Offering grants aura of lifesteal and attack damage for both Lone Druid and Spirit Bear.
- Desolator lets Spirit Bear push extremely fast with the armor reduction on buildings combined with Demolish.
- Mjollnir increases attack speed and damage, aiding in pushes.
- Assault Cuirass's attack speed increases potency of Demolish on buildings and chance to proc Entangling Claws, as well as synergizes with Spirit Link and True Form's base attack time reduction.
- Moon Shard gives Spirit Bear high attack speed to proc Entangling Claws. Spirit Bear can consume the Moon Shard.
- Abyssal Blade keeps enemies immobilized with stun and bashes in addition to Entangling Claws.
Gameplay[edit]
| Roles: | Carry Pusher Jungler Durable |
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| Complexity: | ★★★ |
| Playstyle: | Chosen by the forces of nature for his profound wisdom, Sylla is all that remains of his forgotten clan. The Lone Druid is followed by his Spirit Bear, a powerful companion that Entangles enemies, and Demolishes structures. The sound of a Savage Roar is often all that's needed to frighten foes from the forest. If not, then the pair forms a Spirit Link, increasing their speed as they roam the lands for intruders. Man or bear, the distinction is not always clear. When the situation calls for it, the Lone Druid takes his True Form, lets out an invigorating Battle Cry, and joins the mêlée to fight claw-to-claw alongside his bear. |
Audio[edit]
History[edit]
Equipment[edit]
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Trivia[edit]
- Lone Druid's original name was "Syllabear", a pun on the name of Syl-lab-le, one of the developers who worked with Guinsoo. Before retiring, he created this hero.[1] It has now been shortened to "Sylla".
- Lone Druid's design, including sickle and cauldrons, is based on depictions of Celtic druids.
Gallery[edit]
Splash artwork
Concept art
Lone Druid's ability icon progress [?]
Spirit Bear's ability icon progress
Hero icon progress
Spirit Bear unit icon progress [?]
References[edit]
