Mana

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Mana

 

Health regeneration

 

Mana regeneration

 

Restoration manipulation

 

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Mana (also known as MP, which is short for mana points) represents the magic power of a unit. It is used as a cost for the majority of active and even some passive abilities. Every hero has a base mana pool of 75, while most non-hero units only have a set mana pool if they have abilities which require mana, with a few exceptions. These values cannot be altered. This means that a hero's maximum mana cannot drop below 75.

Because each point of intelligence increases a hero's mana by 12, a hero's mana pool scales upwards with their intelligence points. Similarly, because every hero has some measure of intelligence growth per level, all heroes gain more and more mana as they continue to level up. A hero's base intelligence cannot drop below 1; however, it is possible to achieve 0 intelligence with the help of negative bonus intelligence.

Display

Blue bar shows mana. Right number is mana regeneration.

The mana of a unit is displayed in the HUD. For some units, it also may be displayed in the game world.

HUD mana bar

The mana bars of enemy heroes and creep-heroes are not visible above their head.

Mana of the selected unit is displayed in the HUD as a blue bar at the bottom of the screen. The left number at the center of the bar is the unit's current mana points and the right number is its maximum mana points. Though not displayed in the HUD, a unit's total mana does use decimal numbers. The visible numbers in the HUD are always rounded up.

The mana regeneration value is visible on mana bars in the HUD of every unit. Though the HUD shows only one decimal for mana regeneration, it uses more decimals. The value in the HUD is rounded up.

Over-head mana bar

The mana bar of heroes and creep-heroes are displayed right above their heads, below their health bar. Even when a creep-hero has no mana pool, a mana bar is still drawn below their health bar above them. Other units do not have an overhead mana bar.

There are no different types of mana bars. They do not have lines like the health bars and do not differ from each other in any way.

Modifying mana

Some heroes, units (neutral creeps and summoned units) and items have abilities that can affect the current and maximum mana pool of units.

Restoring mana

Just like healing health, a unit's current mana can be increased by many abilities, mostly referred to as restoring mana. Restoring mana cannot increase the unit's mana beyond its maximum mana pool. Spells may restore mana in a burst on a target, restoring an amount of mana in an instance, or restore mana over time, where the amount is split up in multiple instances. The difference between restoring mana and regenerating mana is that restoring is independent from the regeneration ticks. Unlike regeneration, the restore intervals can vary. Restoring mana is not reflected in the regeneration number on the mana bar.

The following abilities restore mana:

Mana restoring abilities

• Bane - Fiend's Grip
  
  Target max mana as mana restored per second: 5%
  Duration: 6 ( 11.5)
  Drains mana from the target, restoring the caster's mana. Amount of mana restored is independent from how much mana the target actually loses from the spell.
• Invoker - EMP
  
  Mana restored per point of mana burnt: 50%
  Restores mana on the caster based on how much mana enemy heroes lost to the EMP.
• Io - Tether
  
  Mana transfered: 60%/90%/120%/150%
  Restores mana on the tethered ally based on how much the caster gets restored or how much the caster regenrates mana.
• Keeper of the Light - Chakra Magic
  
  Mana restored: 80/160/240/320 ( )
  Affects the target ally.
• Lich - Sinister Gaze
  
  Target current mana as mana restored per second: 10%/15%/20%/25%
  Duration: 1.4/1.7/2.0/2.3
  Drains mana from the target, restoring the caster's mana.
• Lion - Mana Drain
  
  Mana restored per second: 20/40/60/120
  Duration: 5
  Drains mana from the target, restoring the caster's mana. Amount of mana restored is independent from how much mana the target actually loses from the spell.
• Medusa - Mystic Snake
  
  Target max mana as mana restored: 11%/14%/17%/20% ( 43%/46%/49%/52%)
  Max targets: 3/4/5/6
  Restores the caster's mana upon returning based on how much max mana the hit target's had.
• Outworld Devourer - Essence Flux
  
  Max mana restored: 20%/30%/40%/50%
  Has a 25% chance to restore max mana on spell cast.
• Phoenix - Supernova
  
  When Supernova finishes without getting destroyed, it fully refreshes the caster's ( and the targeted ally's) mana.
• Pudge - Meat Hook
  
  When hooking a rune, the mana spent on the hook gets refunded.
• Pugna - Life Drain
  
  Mana restore per second: 150/225/300
  Duration: 10
  If the caster is at full health, restores the caster's mana while channeling, instead of healing. Amount of mana restored depends on how much damage the target actually takes from the spell. Can be cast on allies to drain health into them instead.
• Storm Spirit - Ball Lightning
  
  When cast while already in Ball Lightning, the mana spent to activate it gets refunded.

Restoring items

• Arcane Boots - Replenish Mana
  
  Mana restored: 160
  Restores mana on all allies within range.
• Arcane Ring - Replenish Mana
  
  Mana restored: 75
  Restores mana on all allies within range.
• Cheese - Fondue
  
  Mana restored: 1500
  Restores mana on the user.
• Enchanted Mango - Eat Mango
  
  Mana restored: 110
  Restores mana on the user.
• Guardian Greaves - Mend
  
  Mana restored: 200
  Restores mana on all allies within range.
• Holy Locket - Energy Charge
  
  Mana restored per charge: 1
  Max charges: 1200
  Gains a charge whenever a nearby enemy casts a spell. Restores mana on the user.
• Magic Stick - Energy Charge
  
  Mana restored per charge: 15
  Max charges: 10
  Gains a charge whenever a nearby enemy casts a spell. Restores mana on the user.
• Magic Wand - Energy Charge
  
  Mana restored per charge: 15
  Max charges: 20
  Gains a charge whenever a nearby enemy casts a spell. Restores mana on the user.
• Soul Ring - Sacrifice
  
  Mana restored: 150
  Duration: 10
  Restores mana on the user. If the added mana would exceed the user's current mana pool, their maximum mana pool gets temporarily increased by the exceeding amount. At the end of the duration, any of the unspent mana gets lost.

Removing mana

Most active and some passive abilities need mana in order to be used. This includes item abilities. The mana cost of such are displayed at the bottom left corner of the ability icon in the HUD, and once more inside the ability description in the bottom left corner. Most abilities have a fixed amount of mana cost, but some are dynamic (e.g. based on mana pool, or costing mana over time).

Besides using mana, there are also ways to offensively make units lose mana unvoluntarily. This act may be referred to as burning if it causes damage based on mana removed, draining if the mana is stolen and transferred to another unit, or removed if the mana is simply removed without other effects.

The following abilities remove mana:

Mana removing abilities and items

• Anti-Mage - Mana Break
  
  Mana removed per hit: 28/40/52/64
  Max Mana removed per hit: 1%/2%/3%/4%
  Removes mana on the target with each attack. Deals bonus damage based on the removed mana.
• Bane - Fiend's Grip
  
  Max mana removed per second: 5%
  Duration: 6 ( 11.5)
  Removes mana on the target every second.
• Clockwerk - Power Cogs
  
  Mana removed: 50/80/110/140
  Removes mana on shocked enemies.
• Diffusal Blade - Manabreak
  
  Mana removed (hero): 40
  Mana removed (melee illusion): 16
  Mana removed (ranged illusion): 8
  Removes mana on the target with each attack. Deals bonus damage based on the removed mana.
• Invoker - EMP
  
  Mana removed: 100/175/250/325/400/475/550 ( /625)
  Removes mana on each hit enemy. Deals damage based on the removed mana.
• Keeper of the Light - Chakra Magic
  
  Current mana lost per 100 moved distance: 4.5%/5%/5.5%/6%
  Duration: 5
  Affects the target enemy. Removes mana every 0.1 seconds based on distance moved in that time. Does not remove mana for distances greater than 300.
• Leshrac - Pulse Nova
  
  Mana removed per second: 20/40/60
  Removes mana on the caster each second until toggled off.
• Lich - Sinister Gaze
  
  Current mana removed per second: 10%/15%/20%/25%
  Duration: 1.4/1.7/2.0/2.3
  Removes mana on the target every second.
• Lion - Mana Drain
  
  Mana removed per second: 20/40/60/120
  Duration: 5
  Removes mana on the target every second.
• Medusa - Mana Shield
  
  Damage Absorbed per Mana Removed: 1.6/1.9/2.2/2.5
  Reduces incoming damage by 70%, removing mana for each blocked damage point.
• Mirana - Mana Break
  
  Mana removed (hero): 20
  Mana removed (illusion): 10
  Removes mana on the target with each attack. Deals bonus damage based on the removed mana.
• Necronomicon Warrior - Mana Break
  
  Mana removed: 30/40/50
  Removes mana on the target with each attack. Deals bonus damage based on the removed mana.
• Nyx Assassin - Mana Burn
  
  Target intelligence as mana removed: 350%/400%/450%/500%
  Removes mana on the target on cast. Deals damage based on the removed mana.
• Satyr Mindstealer - Mana Burn
  
  Mana removed: 100
  Removes mana on the target on cast. Deals damage based on the removed mana.
• Storm Spirit - Ball Lightning
  
  Base mana removed per 100 range traveled: 10
  Max mana removed per 100 range traveled: 0.65%
  Removes mana on the caster for every 100 range traveled.
• Winter Wyvern - Arctic Burn
  
  Mana removed per second: 0 ( 30)
  Requires Aghanim's Scepter Removes mana on the caster each second until toggled off.
• Witch Doctor - Voodoo Restoration
  
  Mana removed per second: 8/12/16/20
  Removes mana on the caster each second until toggled off.
• Weaver - Mana Break
  
  Mana removed (hero): 20
  Mana removed (illusion): 10
  Removes mana on the target with each attack. Deals bonus damage based on the removed mana.

Setting mana

Besides restoring and removing mana, a unit's mana may also be directly altered by setting it to certain values. Mana altered this way is neither registered as a mana restorement, nor as mana removal, and therefore is ignored by anything that reacts on restored or removed mana. It can never set the mana beyond the unit's maximum mana.

Mana setting abilities and items

• Bloodstone - Bloodpact
  
  Current mana lost: 2
  Duration:
  Removes mana from the user over the duration, based on their current mana upon cast.
• Chen - Holy Persuasion
  
  Fully refills the targeted creep's mana pool upon persuading.
• Soul Ring - Sacrifice
  
  Mana lost: 150
  At the end of the duration, any of the unspent mana gets lost.
• Timbersaw - Chakram
  
  Mana loss per second: 16/23/30
  Removes mana from the caster each second, until returning the Chakram.
• Timbersaw - Second Chakram
  
  Mana loss per second: 16/23/30
  Removes mana from the caster each second, until returning the Chakram.
• Weaver - Time Lapse
  
  Sets the caster's ( the target ally's) mana back to what it was 5 seconds ago.

Maximum mana affecting abilities

Besides intelligence and raw bonuses from items, there are only very few abilities which can alter a unit's maximum mana.

This list does not include intelligence affecting sources.

Max mana altering abilities

• Outworld Devourer - Sanity's Eclipse
  
  Max mana bonus per charge: 40/50/60
  Duration: 35
  Gains 1 charges for hitting enemies with Arcane Orb, and 3 charges for casting Astral Imprisonment on an enemy hero.
• Soul Ring - Sacrifice
  
  Max Mana bonus: 150
  Duration: 10
  If the added mana would exceed the user's current mana pool, its maximum mana pool is temporarily increased by the exceeding amount.

Mana granting items

Many items grant their owners a mana bonus, increasing their maximum mana when equipped, either by increasing their intelligence, or by just giving them a flat bonus. In either case, the current mana percentage stays the same.

The following items increase a unit's maximum mana pool. The effects are limited to the item's owner, which must have the item equipped.

Bonus mana

Item	Value	Item cost	Cost per value point
Aeon Disk	300	3100	10.33
Aether Lens	450	2275	5.06
Aghanim's Scepter	295	4200	14.24
Arcane Boots	250	1400	5.6
Arcane Ring	120	N/A	N/A
Bloodstone	617	5250	8.51
Bloodthorn	300	6475	21.58
Book of the Dead	360	N/A	N/A
Bracer	24	510	21.25
Circlet	24	155	6.46
Clumsy Net	60	N/A	N/A
Crown	48	450	9.38
Dagon 1	72	2650	36.81
Dagon 2	96	3950	41.15
Dagon 3	120	5250	43.75
Dagon 4	144	6550	45.49
Dagon 5	168	7850	46.73
Diffusal Blade	120	3150	26.25
Drum of Endurance	48	1475	30.73
Echo Sabre	120	2500	20.83
Energy Booster	250	900	3.6
Essence Ring	72	N/A	N/A
Ethereal Blade	120	4500	37.5
Eul's Scepter of Divinity	120	2725	22.71
Eye of Skadi	550	5300	9.64
Faded Broach	200	N/A	N/A
Fallen Sky	240	N/A	N/A
Force Staff	120	2175	18.13
Ghost Scepter	60	1500	25
Guardian Greaves	250	4975	19.9
Helm of the Dominator	72	2350	32.64
Holy Locket	361	2500	6.93
Hurricane Pike	156	4525	29.01
Iron Branch	12	50	4.17
Ironwood Tree	72	N/A	N/A
Kaya	192	2050	10.68
Kaya and Sange	192	4100	21.35
Linken's Sphere	168	4600	27.38
Lotus Orb	250	3950	15.8
Magic Wand	36	450	12.5
Manta Style	120	4600	38.33
Mantle of Intelligence	36	145	4.03
Meteor Hammer	96	2350	24.48
Mirror Shield	240	N/A	N/A
Mystic Staff	300	2700	9
Null Talisman	60	510	8.5
Oblivion Staff	120	1500	12.5
Ocean Heart	60	N/A	N/A
Octarine Core	425	5000	11.76
Orchid Malevolence	240	3475	14.48
Philosopher's Stone	200	N/A	N/A
Point Booster	175	1200	6.86
Power Treads (Intelligence)	120	1400	11.67
Ring of Aquila	36	N/A	N/A
Robe of the Magi	72	450	6.25
Rod of Atos	240	2750	11.46
Scythe of Vyse	420	5575	13.27
Shiva's Guard	360	4850	13.47
Silver Edge	120	6100	50.83
Solar Crest	120	3725	31.04
Soul Booster	425	3200	7.53
Spell Prism	144	N/A	N/A
Spirit Vessel	24	2940	122.5
Staff of Wizardry	120	1000	8.33
Trident	360	6150	17.08
Ultimate Orb	120	2050	17.08
Urn of Shadows	24	840	35
Vambrace (Agility)	60	N/A	N/A
Vambrace (Intelligence)	120	N/A	N/A
Vambrace (Strength)	60	N/A	N/A
Veil of Discord	48	1525	31.77
Wraith Band	24	510	21.25
Yasha and Kaya	192	4100	21.35
Values may include portions from actives or auras.

Mana granting talents

The following heroes have a talent that grants them a flat mana bonus.

Bonus	Level 10		Level 15		Level 20		Level 25
	Left	Right	Left	Right	Left	Right	Left	Right
Mana	+200			+250				+800

Mana restore manipulation

Main Article: Restoration manipulation

Mana restore manipulation refers to any form of amplification and reduction applied to mana restoration. Mana restore manipulations affect every ability listed under mana restoring.

The following abilities provide mana restore manipulation

• Necrophos - Ghost Shroud
  
  Mana restore amplification: 75%
  Affects the caster.

Mana loss manipulation

Several abilities are able to reduce the amount of mana a unit loses. This includes the mana cost of abilities, and mana removed, burned or drained by abilities. Stacks additively.

Some abilities reduce mana regeneration, like Nether Ward. Mana loss reduction does not work, even when the total mana regeneration is negative.

It does not affect mana changes caused by losing or gaining intelligence. Current mana percentages are kept equal upon gaining or losing intelligence, regardless of mana loss reductions. It also has no effect on mana setting effects.

When a spell has extra effects based on the mana loss, these extra effects are not affected by mana loss reduction. For example, Mana Break abilities deal full damage, despite burning less mana and mana draining effects still restore the same amount, despite their targets losing less mana. However, mana loss reduction is applied before the spell is actually cast, causing for example Pugna's Nether Ward to deal reduced damage.

Mana loss reducing abilities

• Arcane Rune - Arcane
  
  Mana loss reduction: 30%
  Duration: 50
  

Mana loss reduction talents

The following heroes have a talent that grants them mana loss reduction.

Bonus	Level 10		Level 15		Level 20		Level 25
	Left	Right	Left	Right	Left	Right	Left	Right
Mana loss reduction			+9%

On-restore effects

Similar to how some abilities react on a unit getting damaged, some abilities react on a unit getting mana restored, or on a unit regenerating mana. Only mana gain that is classified as a mana restoring, and mana regeneration trigger on-restore effects. Mana gained in other means (e.g. getting mana set) does not trigger it.

Besides mana restore amplifications, the following abilities react on restoring and regeneration.

• Io - Tether
  
  Restores the tethered ally's mana by a percentage of restorement and regeneration the caster receives, whenever the caster gets restored or regenerates mana.

Abilities modified by mana

These abilities have effects that are based on maximum mana.

Abilities based on max mana

• Aegis of the Immortal - Reincarnation
  
  Expire max mana restored per second: 20%
  When expiring, restores health and mana based on the maximum health and mana pools.
• Anti-Mage - Mana Break
  
  Max Mana removed per hit: 1%/2%/3%/4%
  Removes mana based on maximum mana.
• Bane - Fiend's Grip
  
  Max mana drained per second: 5%
  Duration: 6 ( 11.5)
  Drains mana based on the target's maximum mana pool.
• Bloodstone - Bloodpact
  
  Max mana converted to health regen: 2
  Duration:
  Removes a percentage of the the user's maximum mana pool. Grants the user health regeneration based on the removed mana.
• Fountain - Rejuvenation Aura
  
  Max mana as regen bonus: 6%
  Restores health and mana based on the maximum health and mana pools.
• Medusa - Mystic Snake
  
  Target max mana as mana restored: 11%/14%/17%/20% ( 43%/46%/49%/52%)
  Max targets: 3/4/5/6
  Restores the caster's mana upon returning based on how much max mana the hit target's had.
• Nyx Assassin - Burrow
  
  Max mana as regen bonus: 1.5%
  Restores health and mana based on the maximum health and mana pools.
• Outworld Devourer - Essence Flux
  
  Max mana restored: 20%/30%/40%/50%
  Has a chance to restore max mana on spell cast.
• Regeneration Rune - Regeneration
  
  Max mana restored per second: 6%
  Duration: 30
  Restores health and mana based on the maximum health and mana pools.

Besides illusions, whose current health and mana depend on the current health and mana of the unit they are based on, the following abilities have effects that are based on current mana.

Abilities based on current mana

• Keeper of the Light - Chakra Magic
  
  Current mana lost per 100 moved distance: 4.5%/5%/5.5%/6%
  Removes the target's current mana based on distance moved.
• Lich - Sinister Gaze
  
  Current mana drained per second: 10%/15%/20%/25%
  Drains the target's mana based on its current mana.
• Outworld Devourer - Arcane Orb
  
  Current mana as damage: 7.5%/9%/10.5%/12% ( 9.1%/10.6%/12.1%/13.6%)
  Deals damage based on the caster's current mana.

These abilities have mana-based effects as well

Other abilities with mana-based effects

• Anti-Mage - Mana Void
  
  Damage per missing mana: 0.8/0.95/1.1
  Deals damage to the target and in an area around it based on how much mana the target is missing.
• Outworld Devourer - Sanity's Eclipse
  
  Mana difference damage multiplier: 0.4 ( 0.5)
  Deals damage to everyone within the area based on the mana difference between the caster and the hit enemy heroes.
• Pugna - Nether Ward
  
  Damage per spent mana: 1/1.25/1.5/1.75 ( 2.5/2.75/3/3.25)
  Deals damage to any nearby enemy that dares to spend mana in any way.

Mana regeneration

Main Article: Mana regeneration

Mana Regeneration determines the amount of mana a unit regains each second. It is shown as a small number with a + sign at the right side of the unit's mana bar.

Version history

Version

Description

7.26a

• Fixed mana restore manipulation and mana regen manipulation, to not allow negative mana restore and mana regen.

7.22

• Heroes can now have non-standard base mana regen values.

7.20

• Reworked Mana regen from attributes. It is no longer a multiplier of your regeneration value.
• Mana Regen: Intelligence now provides 0.05 mana regeneration.
• Mana Regen: Removed the 0.9 base mana regen value. (Now covered by Base Intelligence.)

7.13

• Rebalanced attribute bonuses. Primary attributes now provide +25% more benefit to the bonuses it provides.
• Mana per intelligence rescaled from 12 [?] to 12 [?].
• Mana regen amp per intelligence rescaled from 2% [?] to 1.8% [?].

7.07

• Increased mana per intelligence from 11 to 12.
• Reworked mana regeneration formula to change percentage bonuses to raw bonuses.
  • Old: (0.01 + 0.04 * Int) * (1 + Percentages Bonuses) + Flat Bonuses
  • New: (Base + Flat Bonuses) and increases by 2% Per Intelligence
  • Each point of Intelligence amplifies mana regeneration by 2%.
  • All heroes currently have 0.9 base, but may be adjusted on case by case basis in the future (like base HP regen is now).
  • Talents, abilities and items have been adjusted to account for the new formula.

7.06

• Increased hero base mana pool from 50 to 75
• Reduced mana per intelligence from 12 to 11.

6.87

• Increased hero base mana pool from 0 to 50.
• Reduced mana per intelligence from 13 to 12.

6.73

• Heroes now respawn with full mana.

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