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Spell Shield

▶️▶️ED

Ability
Passive

Affects
Self

Increases Anti-Mage's resistance to magic damage.

Magic Resistance Bonus: 20%/30%/40%/50% ( 45%/55%/65%/75%)

 0 ( 12)

Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade:

Causes Spell Shield to passively block and reflect a targeted spell once every 12 seconds.

Years of meditation and obsession with revenge have hardened Anti-Mage's skin against mystical opponents.

• This ability got replaced by Counterspell in the 7.20 gameplay patch.

• Stacks multiplicatively with other sources of magic resistance.

• Increases Anti-Mage's total base magic resistance to 40%/47.5%/55%/62.5% ( 58.75%/66.25%/73.75%/81.25%).

• Aghanim's Scepter adds a Spell Block and Spell Reflection to Spell Shield.
  • Only goes on cooldown upon successfully blocking, but not when just reflecting a spell (e.g. Toss).
  • If Anti-Mage has the Linken's Sphere item or buff, they only block spells while Spell Shield is on cooldown.
  • If Anti-Mage has the Echo Shell buff from Lotus Orb, Echo Shell only reflects spells while Spell Shield is on cooldown.
  • The Spell Shield does not reflect spells which come from Echo Shell (reflected spells are not reflected again).
  • The effect uses a regular cooldown, and is therefore affected by all cooldown manipulating effects.
  • Unlike Lotus Orb, does not reflect Phantom Strike and Blink Strike. They do get blocked still.

Spell Shield (pre 6.10)

ED

Ability
Toggle

Affects
Self

Anti-Mage channels a powerful warding magic, damping the negative effect of spells. The increased concentration makes it harder for him to attack, reducing his attack speed.

Cast Animation: 0+0

Magic Resistance Bonus: 30%/40%/50%/60%

Attack Speed Reduction: 20

 0

Modifiers

Spell Shield

Undispellable

Years of meditation and obsession with revenge have hardened Anti-Mage's skin against mystical opponents.

• This ability got reworked into the following Spell Shield in the 6.10 gameplay patch.

• Does not interrupt Anti-Mage's channeling spells, or any other order upon toggling.

• Cannot be toggled while disabled.

• Stacks multiplicatively with other sources of magic resistance.

• Increases Anti-Mage's total base magic resistance to 47.50%/55%/62.50%/70%, while toggled on.

Spell Shield (4.00)

DD

Ability
Passive

Affects
Self

Reduces the damage of magic attacks against the Anti-Mage.

Magic Resistance: 33%/55%/80%

Bonus Damage: 10%

• Stacks multiplicatively with other sources of magic resistance.

• Due to warcraft 3 limitations this ability gave 10% bonus damage.

Mana Burn (Anti-Mage)

RR

Ability
Target Unit

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical

Sends a bolt of negative energy hat burn a target enemy unit's mana. Burned mana combusts dealing damage to the target equal to the amount of mana burned.

Cast Range: 600

Mana burned as damage: 65/130/195/250

 28/20/12/4

 100

• Can be cast on creeps and creep-heroes with mana pool.

Spell Shield (3.00)

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Ability
Passive

Affects
Self / Enemies

Periodically block spells cast at the Anti-Mage.

 60/30/0

• This Ability got replaced by Spell Shield (4.00) in patch 4.00.

• Only goes on cooldown upon successfully blocking, but not when just reflecting a spell (e.g. Toss).
• If Anti-Mage has the Linken's Sphere item or buff, they only block spells while Spell Shield is on cooldown.
• If Anti-Mage has the Echo Shell buff from Lotus Orb, Echo Shell only reflects spells while Spell Shield is on cooldown.
• The Spell Shield does not reflect spells which come from Echo Shell (reflected spells are not reflected again).
• The effect uses a regular cooldown, and is therefore affected by all cooldown manipulating effects.
• Unlike Lotus Orb, does not reflect Phantom Strike and Blink Strike. They do get blocked still.
• This ability was quickly nerfed to 60/45/30 cooldown during 3.2b-j patches.

Mana Strangle

tT

Ability
Target Unit / Channeled

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical

Paralyzes an enemy for five seconds, and dissipates 25, 35, 45.55 mana per second based on level. Also deals small amount hit point damage.

Cast Range: 550

Mana burned per second: 25/35/45/55

Strangle Duration: 5

Damage per second: 8/10/11/12

 15

 80/90/100/100

• Can be cast on creeps even if they don not have mana pool.

• Burns 125/175/225/275 mana in total.

• The mana burned does not deal damage.

Haste (Anti-Mage)

EE

Ability
No Target

Affects
Self

increases attack speed and movement speed.

Movement Speed bonus: 50%/100%/150%

Attack Speed Bonus: 20/40/60

Bonus Duration: 20

 50

 60

• This ability got replaced by blink in patch 4.00.

Spell Mantle

▶️TT

Ability
Target Unit

Affects
Self / Allies

Learn Spell Mantle which reduces the damage that spells do to the Anti-mage.

Cast Animation: 0+0

Cast Range: 500

Magical Damage Absorbed: 100/200/300

Duration: 40

 36

 80

Modifiers [?]

Spell Mantle

Any

• This Ability got replaced by in patch 3.00

Mana Break (Ultimate-2.60)

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Ability
Passive

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Physical

Each attack dissipates mana based on spell level.

Mana Burned per Hit: 25/50/75

Burned Mana as Damage: 100%

• This ability got replaced by Spell Shield (3.00) in patch 3.00.

• The bonus damage is dealt in one instance together with the attack damage, and counts as attack damage as well.
  • It can be lifestealed off of and cleave, but it is not considered by crit.
  • It is also not affected by percentage-based attack damage bonuses or reductions, but can be reduced with flat reductions.

• Effectively increases a Anti-Mage's attack damage by 25/50/75 against units which have enough mana to burn.

• Applies the mana loss first, and then the damage.

• Does not work against allied units when attacking them.

• Does not stack with Diffusal Blade's Manabreak.