Bloodseeker

Bloodseeker 24 + 2.7 24 + 3.5 18 + 1.7
	Grants the following bonuses per point of attribute:
	+22HP and +0.1HP regeneration
	+0.17 armor and 1 attack speed; +1 main attack damage
	+12MP and +0.05MP regeneration; +0.1% base magic resistance ;
L0	Base Hero Values
L1	⤷ + Base Attributes
L15	⤷ + Attribute Gain
L25	⤷ + 6 levels of Attribute Bonus
L30	⤷ + 7 levels of Attribute Bonus
	All values shown are without talent bonuses.
Attack Animation	0.43 + 0.74
Gib Type	Default
Internal	Not Provided

Hero

Strategy

Equipment

Strygwyr, the Bloodseeker, is a melee agility hero imbued with dreadful powers to fuel violence and rip enemies apart in the heat of close combat.

He can drive targets into a maddened Bloodrage, increasing the damage of their attacks, and allowing them to heal their wounds by killing their enemies. He can also cast Bloodrage on himself turning him into a nuker. His speed is unmatched when he senses the blood of the dying, and from this perception none can escape his Thirst. By using Blood Rite, he can create a ritual field where his foes will be silenced and damaged in the process. His trademark ultimate, Rupture, sunders the skin of his victims, causing them to trail their life force behind if they dare to flee. The ability is so persistent just like Bloodseeker himself, totally ignores magic resistance and immunes to any kind of Dispel. Almost nothing can save the victim from the wicked wound and the wicked hunter coming for them, except the death itself.

Bio

Strygwyr, the Bloodseeker

▶️ "You should be honored to bleed so that the Flayed Ones may live."

Lore:

Strygwyr the Bloodseeker is a ritually sanctioned hunter, Hound of the Flayed Twins, sent down from the mist-shrouded peaks of Xhacatocatl in search of blood. The Flayed Ones require oceanic amounts of blood to keep them sated and placated, and would soon drain their mountain empire of its populace if the priests of the high plateaus did not appease them. Strygwyr therefore goes out in search of carnage. The vital energy of any blood he lets, flows immediately to the Twins through the sacred markings on his weapons and armor. Over the years, he has come to embody the energy of a vicious hound; in battle he is savage as a jackal. Beneath the Mask of the Bloodseeker, in the rush of bloody quenching, it is said that you can sometime see the features of the Flayers taking direct possession of their Hound.

Voice:

Jon St. John (Responses)

Abilities

Bloodrage

▶️QD

Ability
Target Unit

Affects
Allies / Enemies

Drives a unit into a bloodthirsty rage during which a unit deals, and takes, increased damage. Units affected by Bloodrage will be healed for a percentage of the max health of any units they kill. Units affected by Bloodrage when killed will heal a percentage of their max health to their killer. If you do not get the last hit, but are within 300 AoE of the dying hero, you will take 50% of the heal.

Cast Animation: +

Cast Range: 800

Enemy Death Heal Radius: 300

Damage Amplification: 10%/15%/20%/25%

Max Health as Heal: 16%/19%/22%/25%

Duration: 9/10/11/12

9/8/7/6

Modifiers []

Bloodrage

Any

Strygwyr shares his animalistic thirst for bloodshed.

Bloodrage amplifies all three damage types the bloodraged unit deals and takes, including self-inflicted damage and damage dealt by allies.

Does not amplify outgoing damage when it has the no-reflection flag.

The heal is based on the dying unit's maximum health, and not on the health of the unit that gets healed.

Bloodrage does not heal upon killing illusions, Tempest Doubles, Roshan, wards, or buildings.

Denying allies while bloodraged, or denying bloodraged allies heals the killing unit.

Suiciding heroes still heal buffed allied units when within the radius, but for halved values.

When a bloodraged unit attacks another bloodraged unit, the damage is overall amplified by 21%/32.25%/44%/56.25%.

Does not amplify damage dealt by abilities that use an independent source of damage (e.g. Proximity Mines, Death Ward).

Successive casts with different levels on a same target only refresh the duration, but do not update the damage amplification and heal percentage.

The disable help function prevents an allied Bloodseeker from casting this ability on you.

Blood Rite

▶️WB

Ability
Target Area

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Pure

Bloodseeker baptizes an area in sacred blood. After 2.9 seconds the ritual completes, causing any enemies caught in the area to take damage and become silenced.

Cast Animation: +

Cast Range: 1500

Effect Radius: 600

Effect Delay: 2.6

Damage: 125/175/225/275 (

245/295/345/395)

Silence Duration: 3/4/5/6

18/16/14/12 (

16/14/12/10)

100

Modifiers []

Silence

Any

The Flayed Twins are ever willing to aid those who spill blood upon the field of battle.

The affected area is visible to enemies.

Applies a silence within the targeted area after the 2.6-second delay.

Bloodrite first applies the damage, then the debuff.

With max level Bloodrage on Bloodseeker, Blood Rite deals 156.25/218.75/281.25/343.75 ( 306.25/368.75/431.25/493.75) damage (before reductions).

With max level Bloodrage applied on both Bloodseeker and the enemy unit, it deals 195.3125/273.4375/351.5625/429.6875 ( 382.8125/460.9375/539.0625/617.1875) damage (before reductions).

Choosing the damage upgrading talent immediately upgrades all of Bloodseeker's currently active Blood Rite casts when chosen during the delay.

Grants 600 radius ground vision at the center of the affected area for 6 seconds after cast.

Thirst

ET

Ability
Passive

Affects
Self / Enemies

Bloodseeker is invigorated by the wounds of his enemies, gaining bonus movement speed and attack speed whenever an enemy hero's health falls below 75%, with the bonuses increasing as their health falls further. If an enemy hero's health falls below 25%, he will also gain vision and True Sight of that hero. Bonuses stack per hero.

Radius: Global

Thirst Health Threshold: 75%

Visibility Health Threshold: 25%

Max Attack Speed Bonus per Hero: 30/45/60/75

Max Move Speed Bonus per Hero: 12%/24%/36%/48% (

30%/42%/54%/66%)

Modifiers []

Thirst Speed

Thirst Vision

Strygwyr becomes frenzied when blood is spilled.

Learning Thirst removes the movement speed cap for Bloodseeker.

The first stack is applied when an enemy hero is below 75% health and the last when below 26%.

Grants 0.6/0.9/1.2/1.5 attack speed and 0.24%/0.48%/0.72%/0.96% ( 0.6%/0.84%/1.08%/1.32%) movement speed for each percent of missing health between 75% and 25%.
- However, since the HUD does not show decimals, attack speed increases by 1 for every missing 1.67%/1.11%/0.83%/0.67% health, and movement speed by 1% for every missing 4.17%/2.08%/1.39%/1.04% ( 1.67%/1.19%/0.93%/0.76%) health.

When an enemy hero drops below 25% health, Thirst applies True Sight and makes them visible through the Fog of War.

When enemies are revealed by Thirst, a debuff and particle effects are placed on them, which is visible to everyone.

Bloodseeker himself also gets a status buff and particle effects and speaks certain lines, making it clear that an enemy is currently being revealed by Thirst.

Thirst is not triggered by enemy illusions, but is triggered by hero clones.

Is not triggered by hidden enemy heroes, but does react on invulnerable ones.

The bonuses linger for 4 seconds if the enemy dies. However, it does not linger, and disappears immediately if the enemy has Aegis of the Immortal or Reincarnation.
- The bonuses are always the maximum values, despite the health percentage the enemy had right before the killing blow.

This is how much attack speed and movement speed Bloodseeker gains from Thirst with a certain amount of heroes being below 25% of their maximum health:
- 1 Hero: 30/45/60/75 attack speed and 12%/24%/36%/48% ( 30%/42%/54%/66%) movement speed
- 2 Heroes: 60/90/120/150 attack speed and 24%/48%/72%/96% ( 60%/84%/108%/132%) movement speed
- 3 Heroes: 90/135/180/225 attack speed and 36%/72%/108%/144% ( 90%/126%/162%/198%) movement speed
- 4 Heroes: 120/180/240/300 attack speed and 48%/96%/144%/192% ( 120%/168%/216%/264%) movement speed
- 5 Heroes: 150/225/300/375 attack speed and 60%/120%/180%/240% ( 150%/210%/270%/330%) movement speed

Rupture

▶️RR

Ability
Target Unit

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Pure

Causes an enemy unit's skin to rupture. If the unit moves, it takes a percentage of current health as damage per 100 units moved. The damage is dealt through spell immunity.

Cast Animation: +

Cast Range: 700/800/900 (

1125/1225/1325)

Current Health as Damage per 100 Moved Distance: 8%

Duration: 8/10/12

Number of Charges: 0 (

2)

Charge Replenish Time: 0 (

40)

70/60/50 (

0)

200/225/250

Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade:

Grants 2 charges to Rupture with a 40 seconds replenish time.

Modifiers []

Rupture Charge Counter

Rupture

When the Bloodseeker hunts you, injuries become fatalities.

Checks the distance the affected unit moved every 0.25 seconds, starting immediately upon cast, resulting in 33/41/49 checks.
- If the unit's position changed between checks, it takes damage based on the distance.
- There is no minimum distance required to take damage. Even a fraction of a distance results in damage.
- If the unit is invulnerable as a check occurs, the value is set nil, so that it does not take damage on the next check, regardless of distance.

This is how much damage Rupture deals (before reductions) when the affected unit travels certain distances for one check:
- 100 Distance: 8% of current health
- 200 Distance: 16% of current health
- 300 Distance: 24% of current health
- 400 Distance: 32% of current health
- ≥500 Distance: 40% of current health

Rupture's damage is not lethal, and can never kill a unit.

Multiple casts on the same target do not stack, but refresh the duration instead.

Despite the sounds, affected units take no damage when moving upwards (with e.g. Torrent or Impale).

Can be cast on, but cannot damage couriers.

Talents

Hero

Hero Talents
+18% Max Thirst MS	25	2 Rupture Charges
15% Spell Lifesteal	20	+425 Rupture Cast Range
+120 Blood Rite Damage	15	+8% Rupture Initial Damage
+10% Bloodrage Spell Amplification	10	+25 Bloodrage Attack Speed

Notes:

Stacks additively with other spell lifesteal sources.
- Heals for 3% from non-hero units. Treats creep-heroes as creeps and does not heal off of illusions.

Attribute Bonus

33

Ability
Passive

Affects
Self

+2 to All Attributes

Strength Bonus: 2/4/6/8/10/12/14

Agility Bonus: 2/4/6/8/10/12/14

Intelligence Bonus: 2/4/6/8/10/12/14

Min Level: 6

Requires hero level 6 to be unlocked.
- The minimum levels required per level of Attribute Bonus are 6/8/10/12/14/16/18.
- If all ability points are spent on their respective levels, this ability levels up automatically on levels 17/19/21/22/23/24/26.

The attributes effectively grant the following stats on each level:
- 4.2/8.4/12.6/16.8/21/25.2/29.4 main attack damage to universal heroes.
- 2/4/6/8/10/12/14 main attack damage to other heroes.
- 44/88/132/176/220/264/308 health and 0.2/0.4/0.6/0.8/1/1.2/1.4 health regeneration.
- 2/4/6/8/10/12/14 attack speed and 0.33/0.67/1/1.33/1.67/2/2.33 main armor.
- 24/48/72/96/120/144/168 mana, 0.1/0.2/0.3/0.4/0.5/0.6/0.7 mana regeneration, and 0.2/0.4/0.6/0.8/1/1.2/1.4% magic resistance.

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Gameplay



The Flayed Twins' obscene demand for blood could only be met through constant carnage, a task for which Strygwyr was more than suited. Driven by insatiable Thirst, the Bloodseeker senses injured foes from leagues away, and chases them down with eager speed. Through sacred markings on his gear, the blood of the freshly sacrificed flows directly to the Flayed Ones, leaving just enough to mend his wounds and fuel his Bloodrage. Strygwyr paints the land with a crimson ring, silencing foes caught in this Blood Rite. Those who run only hasten their own demise. The Bloodseeker Ruptures every artery, causing his victim to hemorrhage with each step. By blood loss or by Strygwyr's tribal blades, death is but a foregone conclusion.

Roles:	Carry Disabler Jungler Nuker Initiator
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Adjectives:	Legs `( 2 )`

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Trivia

With Thirst, Bloodseeker is the only hero which can reach the game's absolute movement speed limit of 10,000 movement speed.^[1] However, this is not achievable in a normal match.
This part of Blood Rite's ▶️ sound effect makes use of ▶️ this Bloodseeker voice response.
Despite the character having an Aztec or Incan motif, Strygwyr likely a Welsh-influenced rendering of the Romanian word 'strigoi', meaning poltergeist, often used in folklore in reference to vampires.
Bloodseeker's Thirst trigger response ▶️ "Blood is in the air." is most likely a reference to the song "Love is in the air".
Bloodseeker's respawning response ▶️ "Don't be negative… be positive!" is a reference to the blood types B-Positive and B-Negative.
Bloodseeker's Rupture kill response ▶️ "Lie down… have a cookie." is a reference to blood donation procedures where patients lie down and are given sweet treats to compensate for the sugar loss.
Bloodseeker's battle begin response ▶️ "I love the smell of serum in the morning." is a reference to a quote of the movie Apocalypse Now where Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore says "I love the smell of napalm in the Morning."
Bloodseeker's death response ▶️ "Sangre…sagrada." is spanish for "Sacred/Holy blood".