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Year Beast (2014)
Year Beast ingame1
Creep
750000
+20
5000
+20
Level 7
Armor Armor 0
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Attack Damage Default
65
Attack Range Melee 128
Acquisition Range ?
Attack Animation 0.3+0.3
Projectile Speed Instant
Move Speed 475 (100)
Turn Rate Takes Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "?".s to turn 180°. ?
Collision Size ?
Vision Range (U) 99999
Bounty Gold 2030
Experience 1789


Year Beast Horn
Yearbeasthorn
Creep
7500
+0
This unit has no mana.
Level 2
Armor Armor 100
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Collision Size ?
Vision Range (U) 321
Bounty Gold 3234
Experience 20


Year Beast Tail
Yearbeasttail
Creep
7500
+0
This unit has no mana.
Level 2
Armor Armor 100
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Collision Size ?
Vision Range (U) 321
Bounty Gold 3234
Experience 20


Nian, the Year Beast is an event creep that was introduced for the New Bloom 2014 event. It is composed of three parts, the body, the horn, and the tail.

Abilities[]

Right Claw Swipe
Not blocked by Linken's Sphere. Pierces spell immunity.
Liquid Fire icon
Affects
Enemies
Damage
Physical
Swings at enemies in front.
Cast Range: 300
Radius: 130
Damage: 750/1000/1250/1500
Knockback Distance: 375
Knockback Duration: 0.25


Left Claw Swipe
Not blocked by Linken's Sphere. Pierces spell immunity.
Liquid Fire icon
Affects
Enemies
Damage
Physical
Swings at enemies in front.
Cast Range: 300
Radius: 130
Damage: 750/1000/1250/1500
Knockback Distance: 600
Knockback Duration: 0.75


Waterball
Pierces spell immunity.
Liquid Fire icon
Ability
No Target
Affects
Enemies
Damage
Magical
Sends out balls of water that follows nearby enemies. Each ball leaves a trail that does damage.
Range: 1200
Trail Radius: 125
Trail Damage per Second: 500
Impact Damage: 1500
Impact Stun Duration: 2.5
Cooldown symbol
 1

  • The balls follow heroes for 10 seconds. If it doesn't reach the hero within that time, it disappears.
  • The balls leave a trail behind which deals damage. The trail lingers for 5 seconds.


Hurricane
Partially pierces spell immunity.
Liquid Fire icon
Affects
Enemies
Damage
Magical
Channels a hurricane that disorients enemies and causes random spouts of water to erupt nearby.
Max Channel Time: 12
Hurricane Radius: Global
Eruption Radius: 215
Eruption Interval: 1
Number of Eruptions per Interval: 3
Eruption Delay: 1.6
Eruption Damage: 1250
Movement Speed Slow: 35%
Slow Duration: 4
Stun Duration: 1.53
Cooldown symbol
 1
Buff/Debuff
Modifiers
Hurricane Debuff
Death
Torrent
Torrent Slow

  • The hurricane causes all heroes to get pushed away from the Year Beast at an unknown speed.
  • Heroes can still move and act during that. They also can try to move, able to change directions.
  • It is possible to walk back up to the year beast with high enough movement speed.
  • The eruptions work in the same way as Torrent icon Torrent does.
  • Spawns 3 eruptions in 1 second intervals, starting 1 second after channeling begin, resulting in a total of 36 eruptions.
  • Eruptions can spawn anywhere on the map.


Tail Spin
Pierces spell immunity.
Liquid Fire icon
Ability
No Target
Affects
Enemies
Damage
Physical
Spins in place, striking nearby enemies with its tail.
Radius: 100
Damage: 1500
Knockback Distance: 375
Knockback Duration: 0.25
Cooldown symbol
 10
Buff/Debuff
Modifiers
Tail Spin Knockback

  • The radius is centered at the Year Beast's tail.


Tail Swipe
Not blocked by Linken's Sphere.
Liquid Fire icon
Affects
Enemies
Damage
Physical
Slams its tail into the ground and sends out a wave of spikes that stuns enemies.
Cast Range: 2500
Starting Radius: 1000
Travel Distance: ?
End Radius: 3000
Stun Duration: 6
Cooldown symbol
 1
Buff/Debuff
Modifiers
Tail Swipe Knockup
Stunned

  • The spikes travel at a speed of [ Info Needed ].
  • The complete area is shaped like a cone.
  • Stun duration consists of 1 second air time + 5 seconds actual stun time.
  • Affected units fly 650 range upwards. Other units can pass below them during the air time.


Apocalypse
Not blocked by Linken's Sphere. Pierces spell immunity.
Liquid Fire icon
Affects
Enemies
Damage
Magical
Stuns a target and sears it with fire for damage every 0.5 second. Has a 2.5 second delay.
Cast Range: 3500
Radius: 200
Max Channel Time: 8
Effect Delay: 2.5
Damage per Second: 200
Stun Duration: 3
Cooldown symbol
 1
Buff/Debuff
Modifiers
Apocalypse
Death


Dive
Not blocked by Linken's Sphere. Pierces spell immunity.
Liquid Fire icon
Affects
Enemies
Damage
Physical
Dives on a hero, leashing it and swipes with its claw once.
Cast Range: 30000
Leash Radius: 325
Leash Duration: 3.5
Leash Damage: 35
Stun Radius: 150
Stun Duration: 0.2
Claw Radius: 150
Claw Damage: 1500
Knockback Distance: 375
Knockback Duration: 0.25
Cooldown symbol
 1
Buff/Debuff
Modifiers
Leap
Death
Leash
Death
Dive Knockback
Stunned

  • On cast, Nian leaps forward at a speed of 1500, stopping when he latches onto an enemy hero or has traveled 3000 distance.


Charge
Not blocked by Linken's Sphere. Pierces spell immunity.
Liquid Fire icon
Affects
Enemies
Damage
Magical
Charges an enemy, stunning and knocking them back.
Impact Damage: 500
Damage per Second: 300
Stun Duration: 1.2
Knockback Distance: ?
Knockback Duration: ?
Cooldown symbol
 1
Mana symbol
 100
Buff/Debuff
Modifiers
Charge
Death
Charge Knockback
Stunned


Roar
Pierces spell immunity.
Liquid Fire icon
Affects
Enemies
Damage
Magical
Sends out waves of blue projectiles in all directions.
Max Channel Time: 10
Projectile Starting Radius: 50
Projectile End Radius: 150
Damage per Projectile: 1000
Number of Projectiles: 12
Cooldown symbol
 1

  • Releases projectiles in different patterns and intervals, but always 12 per second.
  • Releases up to 120 projectiles during the whole channel duration.


Whirlpool
Pierces spell immunity.
Liquid Fire icon
Affects
Enemies
Damage
Magical
Creates whirlpools that pull units in, damaging them.
Max Channel Time: ?
Pull Radius: 200
Pull Speed: 65
Damage per Second: 75
Cooldown symbol
 1
Buff/Debuff
Modifiers
Whirlpool pull
Death


Stone Gaze
Pierces spell immunity.
Liquid Fire icon
Ability
No Target
Affects
Enemies
Slows movement and attack speed of enemies facing the Year Beast. Targets affected for two seconds turn to stone. Petrified units are stunned, have 100% magic resistance, and take bonus physical damage.
Radius: 900
Attack Damage Amplification: 50%
Movement Speed Slow: 50%
Attack Speed Slow: 50
Turn Rate Slow: 50%
Gaze Duration: 4
Stone Duration: 3
Cooldown symbol
 1
Buff/Debuff
Modifiers
Stone Gaze
Death
Stone Gaze Facing
Death
Stone Gaze Slow
Death
Stone Gaze Stone


Eruption
Pierces spell immunity.
Liquid Fire icon
Ability
No Target
Affects
Enemies
Damage
Magical
Call down beams from the sky to deal area damage.
Cast Range: 1000
Beam Radius: 150
Explosion Radius: 400
Explosion Duration: 15
Damage per Second: 200
Cooldown symbol
 1


Sigils
Pierces spell immunity.
Liquid Fire icon
Ability
No Target
Affects
Enemies
Damage
Magical
Spawns sigils which slow attack and movement speed.
Radius: 600
Movement Speed Slow: 25%
Attack Speed Slow: 60
Number of Sigils: 5
Sigils Duration: 120
Cooldown symbol
 1
Buff/Debuff
Modifiers
Frozen Sigil
Death

  • The sigils do not move. They cannot be destroyed.


Greater Bash
Pierces spell immunity.
Liquid Fire icon
Ability
Passive
Affects
Enemies
Damage
Magical
Has a chance to stun enemies hit.
Proc Chance: 17%
Movement Speed as Damage: 40%
Movement Speed Bonus: 15%
Speed Duration: 3
Knockback Duration: 0.5
Stun Duration: 1.6
Cooldown symbol
 1.5
Buff/Debuff
Modifiers
Knockback


Frenzy
Not blocked by Linken's Sphere. Pierces spell immunity.
Liquid Fire icon
Affects
Enemies
Damage
Physical
Dives on a hero, and swipes both of its claws at 1.9 second intervals.
Cast Range: 300
Damage Radius: 90
Damage: 750
Knockback Distance: 50
Knockback Duration: 0.15
Knockdown Duration: 10
Stun Radius: 350
Stun Duration: 5
Cooldown symbol
 1
Buff/Debuff
Modifiers
Frenzy Knockback
Stunned


Reflection
Pierces spell immunity.
Liquid Fire icon
Ability
No Target
Affects
Enemies
Damage
Physical
Reflects 50% of the damage dealt back to the dealer.
Duration: 10
Cooldown symbol
 30
Buff/Debuff
Modifiers
Reflection
Death


Behavior[]

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

  • Nian is a mythical beast that appears at Chinese New Year in Chinese folklore.
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