Treant Protector
For Nature's Prophet's summons, see Treant. For the race in Dota 2 lore, see Treant Protectors.
Hero
Treant Protector
    25 + 3.5
15 + 2
20 + 1.8
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Rooftrellen, the Treant Protector, is a melee strength hero who excels in supporting and strengthening his allies with his beneficial set of spells, which use the power of nature. He is a natural tank, offensively and defensively, having both the highest natural attack damage and the third highest overall strength in the game. Manipulating the power of the plants to his will, he can grant invisibility and stealth to himself with Nature's Guise and move quickier, being a good ganking skill and rather efficient for scouting, provided that he remains within close proximity to a tree. He can use Leech Seed to sap the life from a target, slowing and dealing moderate damage over time to it while nearby allies are replenished by the same amount. His signature Living Armor makes him truly live up his title, as he is able to provide allies and even friendly buildings with increased health regeneration and a massive damage block from anywhere on the map. Finally, his ultimate Overgrowth roots nearby enemies with vines, branches, and roots; though it does not deal any damage, it immobilizes them and renders them unable to attack for several crucial seconds. Although Rooftrellen is not able to dish out much damage outside of his regular attacks, he is able to provide an enormous amount of defensive utility and survivability to himself and his teammates, thereby planting the seeds for a decisive victory
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Bio[edit]
Rooftrellen, the Treant Protector▶️ "Life becomes death becomes new life. As it should be."
Lore:
Far to the west, in the mountains beyond the Vale of Augury, lie the remains of an ancient power, a fount of eldritch energy nestled deep in the high woods. It is said that the things that grow here, grow strangely. To the forces of nature this is a sacred place, made to stay hidden and unknown. Many are the traps and dangers of this land--all-consuming grasses and crossbred fauna and poisonous flowers--but none are so fierce as the mighty Treant Protectors. These ageless, titanic beings, charged with keeping the peace in this dangerous land, ensure that none within encroach without reason, and none without poach their secrets. For time untold they tended to their holy ground, uninterrupted, only dimly aware of the changing world beyond. Yet inevitably the wider world grew aware of this untamed land, and with each passing winter the outsiders grew bolder. Soon they arrived with tools to cut and with flames to burn, and often the Treants would ponder: who are these fragile, industrious creatures? What now had become of the wild, green world? There came and went an age of questions and of doubts, a thousand summers of long traditions set to scrutiny, while more and more the outsiders died and fed their earth. When all that bloomed had finally finished their stay, curiosity had overcome caution. It was decided: a lone Protector would be sent into the wider world, and instructed to wander until the glaciers arose once more, to observe the changing land and its creatures, and to discover what unknown dangers could threaten their sacred ground.
Voice:
Abilities[edit]
Creates vines towards the target location. Vines slow down and deal damage to enemies that walk through. Vines deal 50% more damage if they touch a tree. Does half damage to creeps.
Cast Animation: 0.2+0.7
Cast Range: 1500
Vine Path Length: 1500
Vines Radius: 135
Damage per Second: 30/40/50/60 (
60/70/80/90)
60/70/80/90)Tree Contact Damage Increase: 50%
Creep Damage Decrease: 50%
Movement Speed Slow: 25%/30%/35%/40%
Vines Duration: 12
Aura Linger Duration: 0.5
20/ 17/16.15/15.3/14.45)
60/Modifiers
Natures Grasp Damage: Undispellable.The Protectors don't often come into vision; their natural state being nestled within their leafy brethren.
Notes:
- Nature's Grasp's effects are not instantly applied within its whole area. There is is a travel time.
- The vine path consists of 8 thickets, which are placed in a straight line in front of Treant Protector.
- The thickets are placed with 175 distance from each other, with the first one starting 100 range in front of Treant Protector, resulting in a total length of 1500.
- The brambles spawn in 0.1 second intervals, with the first one spawning right upon cast, resulting in a formation time of 0.8 seconds.
- Together with the effect radius, the path can hit units up to 1635 range away.
- A thicket's duration starts after the thicket was created. This means the last thicket disappears 12.8 seconds after cast.
- The slow and damage are provided by an aura, which is applied by each thicket in the path. Multiple instances of the aura do not stack.
- When there is a tree within the radius of any thicket, all thickets deal increased damage.
- Checks for trees once upon creation of the path. Trees created or destroyed after creation are ignored.
- Deals 7.5/10/12.5/15 (3.75/5/6.25/7.5 against creeps) damage in 0.25 second intervals, starting 0.25 seconds after the debuff is placed.
- When buffed by a tree, deals 11.25/15/18.75/22.5 (5.63/7.5/9.38/11.25 against creeps) damage in 0.25 second intervals
- With the level 15 talent, deals 15/17.5/20/22.5 (7.5/8.75/10/11.25 against creeps) damage in 0.25 second intervals, starting 0.25 seconds after the debuff is placed.
- When buffed by a tree, deals 22.5/26.25/30/33.75 (11.25/13.13/15/16.88 against creeps) damage in 0.25 second intervals
- Can deal up to 375/500/625/750 (187.5/250/312.5/375 to creeps) damage to a single unit (before reductions).
- When buffed by a tree, can deal up to 562.5/750/937.5/1125 (281.25/375/468.75/562.5 to creeps) damage to a single unit (before reductions).
- With the level 15 talent, can deal up to 750/875/1000/1125 (375/437.5/500/562.5 to creeps) damage to a single unit (before reductions).
- When buffed by a tree, can deal up to 1125/1312.5/1500/1687.5 (562.5/656.25/750/843.75 to creeps) damage to a single unit (before reductions).
Leech Seed
Cast Animation: 0.4+0.5
Radius: 700
Pulse Interval: 0.5
Life Drain per Second: 15/30/45/60 ( 55/70/85/100)
55/70/85/100)Move Speed Slow: 18%/24%/30%/36%
Buff Duration: 5
Slow Duration: 0.5
22/ 18.7/16.15/13.6/11.05) 110
Can heal self while spell immune.Modifiers
Leech Seed: Dispellable with any dispel. Leech Seed Slow: Dispellable with any dispel.Rooftrellen nurtures the beings under his stewardship, sustained by the lifeforce of trespassers into his sacred ground.
Notes:
- Besides heroes being prioritized, the targets within the area are chosen randomly.
- Affects invisible units and units inside the fog of war as well.
- Leech Seed ticks in 0.5-second intervals, starting immediately upon cast, resulting 10 intervals.
- On each tick, it selects its enemy, deals 7.5/15/22.5/30 damage to it, applies the movement speed slow, and sends the healing projectile towards Treant Protector.
- Can deal up to 75/150/225/300 ( 275/350/425/500) damage (before reductions) and heal Treant Protector for the same amount.
- The heal is independent from the damage and always heals for the same amount, regardless of how much damage the target takes.
- Healing projectiles travel at a speed of 550.
- Healing pulse projectiles can target and heal Treant Protector even when he is invulnerable or hidden.
Affects
Allies
Allies
Infuses the target hero or structure with a protective coating which heals the target and provides bonus armor.
Cast Animation: 0.4+0.5
Cast Range: Global
Effect Radius: 0 ( 550)
550)Total Heal: 60/100/140/180 ( 120/160/200/240)
120/160/200/240)Armor Bonus: 4/6/8/10
Duration: 12
26/ 22.1/18.7/15.3/11.9) 50
Modifiers
Living Armor: Dispellable with any dispel.The roots and tendrils of the Treant Protectors are far-reaching, stimulating the growth and rejuvenation of all of nature.
Notes:
- When targeting the ground, the closest unit to the target point is targeted instead.
- Can be cast on buildings, providing all its effects to them.
- Heals 5/8.33/11.67/15 ( 10/13.33/16.67/20) health in 1 second intervals, starting 1 second after the buff is placed, resulting in 12 instances.
- The talent turns Living Armor into an area-targeted spell, so that it cannot directly target units anymore.
- In this form, it only affects heroes (including illusions and clones, excluding creep-heroes) and buildings. It can no longer be used on creeps.
- Among buildings, shrines and effigy buildings are not affected.
Nature's Guise
Ability
Passive
Passive
Affects
Self
Self
Provides Treant with Tree Walking whenever he hasn't taken damage for 3 seconds. While active, Treant gains movement speed bonus and amplified healing and regeneration on himself.
Tree Search Radius: 150
Fade Delay: 0
Movement Speed Bonus: 15%
Heal Amplification: 25%
Health Regen Amplification: 25%
Invisibility Linger Duration: 0 ( 0.75)
0.75)Damage Cooldown: 3
Modifiers
Natures Guise Tree Walking: Undispellable. Natures Guise Invis: Undispellable.The Protectors don't often come into vision; their natural state being nestled within their leafy brethren.
Notes:
- This is an innate ability and does not need to be learned.
- This ability gets only disabled when taking damage while not already affected by it.
- This means when within range of a tree already, taking damage does not disable any of the bonuses.
- When disabled, the ability goes on cooldown, indicating that it is disabled.
- This is a regular cooldown and is fully affected by everything that interacts with cooldowns normally.
- Reacts on any damage greater than 0 from any player (including allies and self) or Roshan.
- When the level 10 talent is chosen, Treant Protector also gains invisibility when within range of a tree.
- Unlike the other bonuses, the invisibility has a grace time of 0.75 seconds.
- This means the invisibility is not lost instantly upon getting out of range of a tree, and may be not lost at all when coming within range of a tree again.
- Casting spells or using items does not break the invisibility.
- Performing an attack breaks the invsibility, regardless of whether the attack actually landed or not.
- When still within tree radius while attacking, the invisibility gets re-applied 0.75 seconds later.
Cast Animation: 0.5+1.17
Radius: 800
Damage per Second: 75 ( 175)
175)Duration: 3/4/5
100 ( 85) 200/
Adds new ability: Eye in the Forest. When Overgrowth is cast, it is also cast around Eye of the Forest.Modifiers
Overgrowth: Dispellable with any dispel.Rooftrellen calls the ancestral spirit of nature, releasing its power through all of his kin.
Notes:
- Roots and disarms the targets, preventing them from moving, attacking and casting certain mobility spells.
- Provides True Sight over the targets, but does not affect already invisible targets.
- Forces a stop command onto the targets upon cast, so that their current move, attack and spell cast orders get canceled.
- Deals damage in 1-second intervals, starting 1 second after cast, resulting in 3/4/5 instances.
- Can deal up to 225/300/375 ( 525/700/875) damage (before reductions).
- When upgraded, also affects enemies which are within ( ) range of a tree enchanted by Eyes In The Forest.
Eyes In The Forest
Ability
Target Unit
Target Unit
Affects
Trees
Trees
Treant Protector enchants a tree, which grants him unobstructed vision in that location. If Overgrowth is cast, units within a 800 radius of an enchanted tree will be entangled and damaged.
Cast Animation: 0.2+0.83
Cast Range: 160
Vision/Overgrowth Radius: 800
Global Tree Respawn Time: 10
35 ( 29.75) 100
Causes all trees to respawn much faster.One can never be too certain who, or what, might need protecting.
Notes:
- Requires Aghanim's Scepter to be unlocked.
- There is no limit on how many enchanted trees can be up at one time.
- The Enchantment of a tree has no expire time; it lasts until the tree gets destroyed.
- Enchanted trees have distinct icons
on the minimap. Just like buildings, it is colored green if allied.
- Enchanted trees have 800 range flying vision and are invisible (0-second fade time).
- If the enemy has True Sight over the enchanted tree, they are able to see the visual effects on both the affected tree and the 800 ( ) radius around it.
- The sound effect upon cast is audible to allies only.
- Upon dropping, selling or destroying Aghanim's Scepter, the enchanted trees still provide vision, and are not removed.
- However, Overgrowth does not root enemies around enchanted trees, and does not deal damage.
- The tree respawn aspect sets the respawn time of all trees on the map to 10 seconds. This does not include trees created by abilities and items.
- If Aghanim's Scepter is acquired while there already are destroyed trees, they respawn immediately.
Talents[edit]
| Hero Talents | ||
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| 550 AoE Living Armor | 25 | 100 DPS Overgrowth |
| +40 Leech Seed Damage/Heal | 20 | 15% Cooldown Reduction |
| +30 Nature's Grasp Damage | 15 | +60 Living Armor Heal |
| Nature's Guise Invisibility | 10 | +50 Damage |
Notes:
- This attack damage talent is added as raw attack damage, so it does not benefit illusions, and is not affected by most percentage-based damage increasing or reducing effects.
- The cooldown reduction talent stacks multiplicatively with other sources cooldown reduction.
Recent Changes[edit]
Main Article: Treant Protector/Changelogs
Version
Description
- Reduced strength gain from 3.7 to 3.5.
- Reduced Leech Seed movement speed slow from 26%/34%/42%/50% to 18%/24%/30%/36%.
- Increased Overgrowth mana cost from 150/175/200 to 200/250/300.
- Reduced strength gain from 4.1 to 3.7.
- Reduced Overgrowth damage per second from 100 to 75.
- Level 25 left talent: Reduced Overgrowth and Eyes In The Forest radius bonus from 700 to 550.
- Leech Seed
- Increased mana cost from 80 to 110.
- Increased cooldown from 16/15/14/13 to 22/19/16/13.
- Increased Overgrowth cooldown from 100/85/70 to 100 on each level.
Recommended items[edit]
Starting items:
- Tango heals a little at a time in the laning stage.
- Healing Salve restores large amount of health.
- Clarity sustains mana for using early Leech Seed to harass enemies.
- Orb of Venom applies a slow to keep enemies in range of your powerful physical attacks in the early game.
- Animal Courier ferries items to teammates.
- Observer Ward grants map vision.
Early game:
- Boots of Speed give movement speed boost.
- Magic Stick helps with mana and health restoration.
- Infused Raindrops provides mana regeneration and magical damage absorption, as well as building Urn of Shadows.
- Wind Lace grants movement speed bonus for cheap.
Mid game:
- Arcane Boots restores mana to Treant Protector and allies.
- Magic Wand provides some attributes, as well as restoring health and mana in bursts.
- Urn of Shadows gives miscellaneous bonuses and charges to heal or hurt heroes.
- Solar Crest sustains mana, as well as granting or removing armor of units.
Late game:
- Guardian Greaves, an upgrade of Arcane Boots and Mekansm, restores health and mana in an area; it also carries an aura of health regeneration and armor that works better on heroes at low HP.
- Aghanim's Scepter grants vision over the map and allows Treant Protector to deal some damage in the late game with a semi-global Overgrowth.
- Lotus Orb gives regeneration and armor, as well as Echo Shell on friendly heroes to dispel and reflect single targeted spells.
Situational items:
- Tranquil Boots provides health regeneration and movement speed to roam the map. Consider it when teammates do not need extra mana from Arcane Boots.
- Soul Ring solves Treant Protector's mana problems in the early to mid game so he can use Leech Seed more frequently to gank and Living Armor to heal. Consider this item with Tranquil Boots to offset its health cost.
- Drum of Endurance provides cheap attribute bonuses, and movement speed for allies and Treant Protector, which stacks with Nature's Grasp.
- Blink Dagger allows for more powerful initiaions with Overgrowth, as well as letting Treant Protector dart around the forest while remaining invisible through Nature's Grasp.
- Meteor Hammer gives Treant Protector strength, intelligence, regeneration, and area stun. Overgrowth's root will help him use this item reliably as an initiation tool.
- Vladmir's Offering provides Treant Protector and his team with a useful aura, most notably the attack damage bonus that scales well in the late game.
- Pipe of Insight provides team with protection against magical damage.
- Heaven's Halberd disarms an enemy hero, while providing strength, status resistance, and evasion to increase durability.
- Shiva's Guard provides protection against physical damage with armor and slow aura that also helps in teamfights.
- Octarine Core lowers cooldowns of items and abilities, especially the upgraded Overgrowth to increase farm and apply constant pressure on all lanes.
- Refresher Orb allows Treant Protector to use Overgrowth twice in quick succession.
- Radiance applies excellent area damage during fights, even while invisible.
Gameplay[edit]
| Roles: | Support Initiator Durable Disabler Escape |
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| Complexity: | ★★☆ |
| Playstyle: | From beyond the Vale of Augury comes Rooftrellen, a lone explorer sent forth by his ancient race to survey the wider world. Barely distinguishable from his arboreal brethren, the Treant Protector summons a wall of vines with Nature's Grasp, draining foes with Leech Seed while protecting allies with Living Armor. Given possession of one mystical scepter, Rooftrellen enchants trees to serve as his Eyes in the Forest. Unsuspecting foes may find themselves in an Overgrowth of vines and roots, fully immobilized for that which awaits them. |
Audio[edit]
History[edit]
Equipment[edit]
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Trivia[edit]
- Treant Protector has "Riki was here" carved into his side (near the left-handed runes on his belt).
- Treant Protector's appearance, name, and voice are based heavily on Treebeard, the eldest of the Ent race, who appears in the Lord of the Rings books and movies.
- Treant Protector's response ▶️ "They say my bark is worse than my bite. I wonder what that means." is a reference to the speaking tree "Grandmother Willow" from Pocahontas.
- Treant Protector's response "You were nasty, brutal, and most of all short", in reply to killing Pugna, is a reference to the 1651 book, Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes
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