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Vhoul Assassin
 
 
 
Vhoul Assassin
Vhoul Assassin model
Vhoul Assassin icon
Neutral Creep
400
+0.5
This unit has no mana.
Level 2
Armor Armor 1
Magic Resistance 0%
Status Resistance 0
Attack Damage ▶️ Piercing icon Piercing
30 ‒ 32
Attack Range Ranged 500
Acquisition Range 800
Attack Speed 0.63 attack(s) per second. 125 • 2s BAT
Attack Animation 0.4+0.3
Projectile Speed 1500
Move Speed ▶️ 270 (100)
Turn Rate Takes 0.116s to turn 180°. 0.9
Collision Size 27
Bound Radius 24
Vision Range (G) 400
Bounty Gold 1820
Experience 30
Model Scale 0.9
Abilities Envenomed Weapon (Vhoul Assassin) icon Envenomed Weapon
Intern
npc_dota_neutral_gnoll_assassin


Vhoul Assassin is a neutral creep found in:

Abilities[]

Envenomed Weapon
Can be used by illusions. Disabled by Break. Does not pierce debuff immunity.
Envenomed Weapon (Vhoul Assassin) icon
Ability
Passive
Affects
Enemies
The Vhoul Assassin has soaked his weapons in his own blend of painful predator venoms that causes his enemies' natural regeneration to work against themselves. Heroes recover from the poison more quickly.
Health Regen Reduction: 75%/80%/85%/90%
Damage per Second: 0/20/40/80
Hero Duration: 2
Non-Hero Duration: 20
Upgradable by Aghanim's Shard.
Aghanim's Shard Upgrade:
Holy Persuasion icon Holy Persuasion increases the level of certain persuaded creeps' ability by 1 and unlocks the 4th ability level.
Buff/Debuff
Modifiers [?]
modifier_gnoll_assassin_envenomed_weapon
Undispellable
modifier_gnoll_assassin_envenomed_weapon_poison

  • Successive debuffs do not stack but refresh the duration.
  • The attacks first apply their damage, then the debuff.
  • The debuff deals 0/20/40/80 damage in 1 second intervals, starting 1 second after being placed, resulting in 2 (20 for creeps) damage instances.
    • Can deal up to 0/40/80/160 damage and 0/400/800/1600 damage to heroes and creeps respectively (before reductions).
    • Despite dealing 0 damage at Level 1, relevant visual cues can still be triggered (e.g. Dispersion icon Dispersion particles etc.).


Innate[]

Piercing
Can be used by illusions. Not disabled by Break.
Piercing icon
Ability
Passive
Piercing Units Deal Bonus Damage to non-hero, non-heavy units and reduced damage to heroes and heavy units
Attack Damage Bonus Against Non-Hero Units: 50%
Attack Damage Reduction Against Heroes: 50%
Attack Damage Reduction Against Reinforced: 65%
Buff/Debuff
Modifiers [?]
modifier_creep_piercing
Undispellable


Neutral Upgrade
Unknown icon
Ability
Passive
Neutral creeps now increase their stats as time passes by.
Max Stack: 30
Upgrade Interval: 450
Health Bonus per Interval: 30
Armor Bonus per Interval: 0.5
Base Attack Damage Bonus per Interval: 3
Attack Speed Bonus per Interval: 5
Gold Bounty Increase per Interval: 1
Experience Bounty Increase per Interval: 5
Buff/Debuff
Modifiers [?]
modifier_neutral_upgrade
Undispellable
modifier_neutral_sleep_ai
Undispellable

  • Each upgrade interval is at 7.5 mins after the game horn.
    • Instantly updates all existing neutral creeps upon each upgrade interval.
  • Grants the following total permanent bonuses at max stacks during the 225th minute (3:45:00 game-time):
    • 900 health bonus.
    • 15 armor bonus.
    • 90 base attack damage bonus.
    • 150 attack speed bonus.
    • Additional 30 Gold and 150XP bounty.
  • The total values on each upgrade cycle can be seen in each of the camps' articles.
  • Additionally, certain neutral creeps' abilities instantly update their ability level every 15 mins, up to 2 times, after the game horn.


Recent Changes[]

Version
Description
  • Envenomed Weapon (Vhoul Assassin) icon Envenomed Weapon [?]
    • Increased damage from 0 to 0/20/40/80.
    • Increased health regeneration reduction from 75% to 75%/80%/85%/90%.
  • Increased health from 370 to 400.
  • Rescaled attack damage from 30‒36 to 30‒32.
  • Increased base attack time from 1.6 to 2.
  • Increased attack speed from 100 to 125.
  • Increased turn rate from 0.5 to 0.9.
  • Reduced gold bounty from 20‒24Gold to 18‒20Gold.
  • Increased experience bounty from 28XP to 30XP.
  • CHANGED
    attack class from Pierce to Piercing icon Piercing.
  • CHANGED
    defense class from Basic to Default. [?]
  • REWORKED
    Envenomed Weapon (Vhoul Assassin) icon Envenomed Weapon.
    • No longer deals 2 magical damage per second.
    • Increased health regeneration reduction from 35% to 75%.
    • Reduced hero duration from 10 to 2. [?]
  • Reduced experience bounty from 31XP to 28XP.
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