Ability

This template defines the table "abilities". View table. This template adds rows to the table "abilities_traits", which is declared by the template Ability/traits. View table.

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Usage

• Template:Ability wrapper
• Template:Ability alias
• Template:Ability hidden

Every time a parameter is edited in this template, be sure to edit the wrapper template as well.

{{Ability
| ID = 
| intern = 
| name = 
| image = 
| sound = 
| type = 
| description = 
| lore = 
| target = 
| target2 = 
| affects = 
| affects2 = 
| damagetype = 
| damagetype2 = 
| key = 
| legacy key = 

| piercesdbi = <!-- Notes in this section have color support for upgrades. -->
| dbitext1 = <!-- Affects spell immune enemies.;agh/shard/tal -->
| linkenblock = 
| linkentext1 = 
| illusionuse = 
| illusiontext1 = 
| breakable = 
| breaktext1 = 
| disjointable = 
| disjointtext1 = 
| rootdisables = 
| roottext1 = 
| oncastproc = 
| oncasttext1 = 

| buff1 = 
| buff1text = 
| buff1dispel = 
| debuff1 = 
| debuff1text = 
| debuff1dispel = 

| cast point = 
| cast backswing = 
| cast immediate = <!-- true, if instant cast time -->
| trait1 = Cast Range
| trait1 amp = <!-- range increase type -->
| value1 = 
| trait2 = 
| value2 = 
| trait3 = 
| value3 = 
| trait4 = 
| value4 = 
| trait5 = 
| value5 = 

| mana = 
| currentmana = 
| maxmana = 
| cooldown = 
| aghanimsupgrade = new;ability_name;other_descriptions
| aghshard = new;ability_name;other_descriptions

| adtext = 
| adtext aghs =
| adtext shard =

| subability = 
| linkedability = linkedability&source

| notes = 
}}

Definition

Attribute	Description
ID	Unique ID of the ability according to npc_abilities.txt. Only displays on hover as the image caption.
name	The name of the ability. Copy the exact in-game name.
image	Ability icon, if one exists. Use Unknown_icon.png if the ability has no icon. Leave out if the ability belongs to an item.
sound	Sound effect(s) of the ability, if one exists. No limit to how many sounds can be listed (sound/sound2/sound3/etc), but cargo only stores the first 3.
type	Valid options: ultimate, item, aghanims, npc, hero, talent, rune. Defaults to Hero if left out.
description	Official in-game description of the ability. Use status buff/debuff description if the ability has no official description.
lore	Lore text of the ability, which is located at the very bottom of the ability tooltips. Leave blank if no lore is present.
target	The (targeting) type of the ability. See below for valid entries. If ability has multiple types, use "target2" as well.
affects	Tells which units the ability affects. See below for valid entries. If ability can affect multiple groups of units, use "affects2" as well.
damagetype	The damage type dealt by the ability if it deals damage. See below for valid entries. If ability uses multiple damage types, use "damagetype2" as well.
key	The Dota2 default hotkey for the ability.
legacy key	The original DotA1 (legacy) hotkey of the ability.
bkbblock	Use to tell whether the ability is blocked by spell immunity or not: Options: Yes, No, Partial
bkbtext#	Extra note about spell immunity interaction.
linkenblock	Use for single-target spells only, to tell whether Spell Block blocks the spell or not. Options: Yes, No, Partial
linkentext#	Extra note about Spell Block interaction.
breakable	Use for passive abilities (or abilities with a passive component) to tell whether the passive ability/component is disabled by Break: Options: Yes, No, Partial
breaktext#	Extra note about Break interaction.
illusionuse	Use to tell whether the ability can be used by illusions or not. Options: Yes, No, Partially
illusiontext#	Extra note about illusion usability.
rootdisables	Use to tell whether the ability can be used while rooted. Leave out if the ability can be used while rooted. Options: Yes, No, Partially
roottext#	Extra note about rooted.
oncastproc	Use to tell whether the ability can proc on-cast effects. Leave out if the ability can proc on-cast effects.
oncasttext#	Extra note about on-cast effects.
buff#	Enter the name of the buff the ability uses. Leave out if the ability uses no buffs.
buff#text	Enter the display name of the buff the ability uses on battle log. Leave out if buff uses the same name.
buff#dispel	Tell whether the buff is dispellable or not. Options: Any/Strong/None
debuff#	Enter the name of the debuff the ability uses. Leave out if the ability uses no debuffs.
debuff#text	Enter the display name of the debuff the ability uses on battle log. Leave out if debuff uses the same name.
debuff#dispel	Tell whether the debuff is dispellable or not. Options: Any/Strong/None
cast point	The time the unit needs to execute the spell. Do not use this for channeling times or on active attack modifier. Use "cast point aghs" for Aghanim's Scepter value.
cast backswing	The remaining animation after cast the unit goes through when not canceled. Use "cast backswing aghs" for Aghanim's Scepter value.
trait#	First unique trait of the ability. Keep as short as possible and use consistent wording throughout the wiki. Words should be capitalized. Up to 15 traits are allowed.
trait#amp	accepted values are castrange, attackrange, both, aoeradius. Used to indicate if cast/attack range (or both) increases the value of the trait.
value#	The value corresponding to the trait. Avoid using words. An accepted exception is "Global". Up to 15 values are allowed. Use "value# aghs" for Aghanim's Scepter value.
mana	The flat mana cost of the ability. Use "mana aghs" for Aghanim's Scepter value.
currentmana	The mana cost of the ability based on the current mana pool.
maxmana	The mana cost of the ability based on the maximum mana pool.
cooldown	The cooldown time of the ability. Do not use for recharge times. Use "cooldown aghs" for Aghanim's Scepter value, "cooldown shard" for Aghanim's Shard value, "cooldown tal" for talent value, "cooldown aghs tal" for Aghanim's Scepter plus talent value, and "cooldown shard tal" for Aghanim's Shard plus talent value.
linkedability / subability
aghanimsupgrade	The Aghanim's Scepter upgrade text. Use official ingame text.
aghshard	The Aghanim's Shard upgrade text. Use official ingame text.
adtext / adtext aghs / adtext shard	For Ability Draft ability notes only.
notes	Anything else about the ability goes here. Only Mechanics and special interactions. DO NOT ADD TIPS TO NOTES, use the tips/guides section for tips.

Valid Entries

• Refer to the Module:Ability for target/target2 Valid Entries.
• Use one value for the affects parameter!
• If an ability affects several types, use affects2 after filling in affects.
• Same rules apply for damagetype and damagetype2 - Physical, Magical, Pure

Target = No Target
Target2 = Channeled

Target = Target Point
Target2 = Target Area aghs

will display: No Target / Channeled or Target Point ( Target Area)

Examples

Ability Upgrade

▶️

Ability
Passive

Affects
Self

Upgrades an existing ability or adds a new ability to your hero.

• When a hero has an upgrade available, the item's and the upgraded ability's tooltip states what exactly is upgraded.

• Single target abilities with Aghanim's Shard upgrades that are reflected by Spell Reflection depend on whether the reflecting hero has Aghanim's Shard, not the original caster of the reflected ability.

Astral Imprisonment

▶️WT

Ability
Target Unit

Affects
Enemies / Allies

Damage
Magical

Places a target unit into an astral prison. The hidden unit is invulnerable and disabled. When the astral prison implodes, it deals damage to the target and steals a percentage of their max mana.

Cast Animation:  0.3+0.4 ( 0+0)

Cast Range: 650

Damage: 120/200/280/360 ( 260/340/420/500)

Max Mana Steal: 16%/18%/20%/22% ( 21%/23%/25%/27%)

Imprison Duration: 1.75/2.5/3.25/4

Mana Steal Duration: 30/40/50/60

 Damage Radius: 400

 Ally Move Speed Slow: 40%

   12

N

   2

 24/20/16/12 ( 0)

 150

 5% Current Health

Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade:

Grants charges to Astral Imprisonment, increases damage by 140 and applies the damage in an area.

Aghanim's Shard Upgrade:

Grants an additional +5% Mana Capacity steal to Astral Imprisonment. Also allows allies to move at 60% movement speed during Astral Imprisonment (they are visible, but untargettable and can't perform any other actions).

Modifiers [?]

modifier_obsidian_destroyer_astral_imprisonment_prison

Death

modifier_obsidian_destroyer_equilibrium_buff

Death

modifier_obsidian_destroyer_equilibrium_buff_counter

Death

modifier_obsidian_destroyer_equilibrium_debuff

Death

modifier_obsidian_destroyer_equilibrium_debuff_counter

Death

Locked away in the pocket between this world and the Outworld, victims realize their infantile knowledge and mortality.

Starbreaker's custom targeting indicator.

• Astral Imprisonment fully disables the target and turns it invulnerable and hidden for its duration.
  • Cannot be cast on allies who have ☐ Disabled Help from Outworld Destroyer.
  • ↓↓ Double-tapping automatically targets self.

• Targeted allies are imprisoned without any of the other effects being applied on them.

• If the target is an enemy, they get damaged at the end of the imprisonment duration.

• The red ring expanding at the center of the visual effects indicates a fixed 4-second duration. The red ring is visible to allies only.

• With Aghanim's Scepter, the area damage is applied at the end of the imprisonment duration regardless of the target's alliance.

• With Aghanim's Shard, Astral Imprisonment no longer fully disables targeted allies and no longer hides their model.
  • Instead, it slows their movement speed by 40%, turns them invulnerable and unselectable, and silences, mutes and disarms them.

Random Ability

MC

Ability
No Target
( Aura)

Affects
Self
( Allied Heroes)

Damage
Magical
( Pure)

I like cheese

Cast Animation: 1+2

Cast Range: 200

 Random Radius: 300

 Random Damage: 400

 Damage per Second: 31.4

   60 ( 30)

N

 3 ( 6)

 66/55/44/33 ( 33/22/11/00) ( 11/22/33/44,  22/21/20/19)

 28/26/24/22 ( 25/26/24/22) ( 46.2/38.5/30.8/23.1,  23.1/15.4/7.7/0)
 + 20_/ second
 + 30% of Current Mana
 + 10% of Max Mana

Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade:

Aghanim's Scepter upgrade above Shard. It is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry.

Aghanim's Shard Upgrade:

Aghanim's Shard upgrade below Scepter. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s.

Spell Immunity Notes:

Cannot be cast on spell immune units.

Fully affects spell immune units within the area.

Cannot target spell immune units.

Spell Block / Reflection Notes:

Blocked fully only when primary target.

Not blocked.

Not blocked when self-casting.

Break Notes:

Passive health threshold activation.

Mist Coil trigger threshold.

Ability Disjoint Notes:

Disjointable by enemies and allies.

Disjointable by primary and secondary targets.

Stops bouncing once disjointed.

Illusion Notes:

Grants ability buff.

Grants night vision bonus.

Does not grant attack speed bonus.

Root Notes:

Does not cancel ability when getting rooted while already rolling.

Cast Event Notes:

Hello from the other side.

Modifiers [?]

Attack speed buff

Any

Bad

Strong

Ability Draft Notes:

Default AD text upgrade.

AD aghs upgrade text.

Not available in AD.

Both Random Ability and Dispose are linked abilities.

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• notesnotesnotes
• SPELL STEAL
   / 
  MORPH NOTES
  The sub-ability and/or linked ability is automatically acquired.

Depreciated Functions

• The following Cargo Tables are no longer needed. They are merged into the main Ability and Ability/traits cargo and {{#explode:}} is used for {{Ability wrapper}} to function.
  • Template:Ability/buffs
  • Template:Ability/aghstraits
• Cargo no longer stores valuen_aghstal and valuen_shardtal, most pages do not query for them.
  • These values will be manually added to {{Ability wrapper}} if needed.

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