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For the neutral centaur creeps, see Centaur Camp.


Centaur Warrunner
Centaur Warrunner
Strength attribute symbol
Agility attribute symbol
Intelligence attribute symbol
27 + 4.3
15 + 1
15 + 1.6
Level 0 1 15 25 30
Health 120 714 2034 3244 3750
+1.5 +4.2 +10.22 +15.72 +18.07
Mana 75 255 519 855 975
+0.9 +1.65 +2.77 +4.17 +4.67
Armor -1 1.5 3.83 7.5 8.67
Magic Resist 25% Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "%".% Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "%".% Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "%".% Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "%".%
Damage Block 16 (50%)
Damage

36
38

63
65

123
125

178
180

201
203

Attack Rate 0.59/s 0.68/s 0.76/s 0.89/s 0.93/s
Attack Range Melee 150 (600)
Attack Speed ▶️ 100 (1.7s BAT)
Attack Animation 0.3 + 0.3
Projectile Speed Instant
Move Speed ▶️ 295 (Nighttime 325)
Turn Rate Takes 0.209s to turn 180°. 0.5
Collision Size 24
Bound Radius 24
Vision Range (G) 1800 (Nighttime 800)
Gib Type Default
Internal Not Provided

Bradwarden, the Centaur Warrunner, is a melee strength hero whose natural place in combat is right in the center of battle. His abilities stop enemies around him in their tracks and inflict heavy damage, making him an excellent initiator. He is also a powerful tank, having the highest strength gain in the game.

Bradwarden has immense natural health, and his skills' area of effect means that he can charge into combat and incapacitate groups of enemies at a time. Hoof Stomp and Double Edge make a great combo of stunning and burst damage on short cooldowns and his Return means instant retaliation on enemies who try attack him, as well as his nearby allies with the proper late-game talent. His ultimate, Stampede effectively turns the entire team into initiators, granting them high speed and the ability to flatten enemies under as they pass over them.

Although he is usually not played as a carry, he can scale powerfully with items, becoming a hard-hitting semi-carry that is nearly impossible to kill.

Bio

Centaur Warrunner minimap iconBradwarden, the Centaur Warrunner
▶️ "It is not pride I take in my own power, it is passion."
It's said that a centaur's road is paved with the corpses of the fallen. For the one called Warrunner, it has been a long road indeed. To outsiders, the four-legged clans of Druud are often mistaken for simple, brutish creatures. Their language has no written form; their culture lacks pictographic traditions, structured music, formalized religion. For centaurs, combat is the perfect articulation of thought, the highest expression of self. If killing is an art among centaurs, then Bradwarden the Warrunner is their greatest artist. He rose to dominance on the proving grounds of Omexe, an ancient arena where centaur clans have for millennia gathered to perform their gladiatorial rites. As his fame spread, spectators came from far and wide to see the great centaur in action. Always the first to step into the arena, and the last to leave, he composes a masterpiece in each guttering spray, each thrust of blood-slickened blade-length. It is the poetry of blood on steel, flung in complex patterns across the pale sands of the killing floor. Warrunner defeated warrior after warrior, until the arena boomed with the cheering of his name, and he found himself alone, the uncontested champion of his kind. The great belt of Omexe was bestowed, wrapped around his broad torso, but in his victory, the death-artist found only emptiness. For what is a warrior without a challenge? The great centaur galloped out of Omexe that day with a new goal. To his people, Warrunner is the greatest warrior to ever step into the arena. Now he has set out to prove he is the greatest fighter who has ever lived.

Abilities

Hoof Stomp
Hoof Stomp icon
Ability
No Target
Affects
Enemies
Damage
Magical
Slams the ground, stunning and damaging nearby enemy units.
Cast Animation: 0.5+0.3
Radius: 315
Damage: 100/150/200/250
Stun Duration: 2/2.25/2.5/2.75 (Talent Lua error in Module:Calculate at line 35: in expression "{{#show:#Hoof Stomp|?value3#}}+0.8".)
Cooldown symbol
 13
Mana symbol
 115/120/125/130
Buff/Debuff
Modifiers [?]
Stunned
When the mighty hoof of the Warrunner touches soil, the tremors are felt far and wide.

  • The stomp first applies the debuff, then the damage.


Double Edge
Double Edge icon
Affects
Enemies
Damage
Magical
Centaur strikes a mighty blow at melee range, damaging both himself and a small area around the target. Centaur cannot die from Double Edge.
Cast Animation: 0.5+0.3
Cast Range: 150
Damage Radius: 190
Damage: 175/250/325/400 (Talent Lua error in Module:Calculate at line 35: in expression "{{#show:#Double Edge|?value3#}}+45".)
Cooldown symbol
 5
In the spurs of combat, Bradwarden's vicious strikes sometimes cause self-inflicted collateral damage.

  • Double Edge deals magical damage to the targets and to the caster.
  • The damage radius is centered around the target, not around Centaur.
  • The self-inflicted damage is never lethal, so it cannot be used to deny oneself.


Return
Partially usable by illusions. Disabled by Break. Pierces spell immunity. ER
Return (Centaur Warrunner) icon
Ability
Passive / Aura
Affects
Enemies / Allies
Damage
Physical
Centaur counters all attacks, dealing damage back to the attacker based on a percentage of Centaur's strength.
Aura Radius: 0 (Talent 900)
Base Damage: 16/18/20/22
Strength as Bonus Damage: 30%/45%/60%/75% (Talent Lua error in Module:Calculate at line 35: in expression "( {{#show:#Return|?value3#}}+35/100 )*100".)
Aura Linger Duration: 0.5
Bradwarden has no need to parry his opponent's attacks; his armor-like hide does it for him.

  • Return only procs when a unit lands an attack, regardless of distance. This means it cannot proc on missed attacks.
  • The Return damage is always dealt right before the attacker's damage is dealt to its target.
  • Fully works against allied units, resulting in a deny if the damage kills the ally.
  • Return is an aura by default, but affects only self until the talent is chosen.
    • Once the talent is chosen, the aura only affects heroes and creep-heroes. Other units are not affected.
    • The aura's buff lingers for {{#show:#Return|?value4#}} seconds.


Stampede
Stampede icon
Ability
No Target
Affects
Allies / Enemies
Damage
Magical
Centaur leads all allies into a vicious charge causing them to move through units at max speed and stop any enemy units they trample. Trampled enemies take damage based on Centaur Warrunner's strength. Each enemy can be trampled once.
Damage & Slow Radius: 105
Strength as Damage: 100%/200%/300%
Allies Incoming Damage Reduction: 0 (With Aghanim's Scepter 40%)
Haste Speed: 550
Move Speed Slow: 100%
Slow Duration: 1.8
Stampede Duration: 4
Cooldown symbol
 90/75/60
Mana symbol
 100
Upgradable by Aghanim's Scepter.
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade:
Heroes affected by Stampede take reduced damage, and are able to run through obstructions, including trees and up cliffs.
Buff/Debuff
Modifiers [?]
Stampede
Undispellable
Stampede Slow
The great belt of Omexe, which labels Bradwarden as the greatest warrior of his kind, incites his fellow gladiators to follow him into barbarous combat.

  • Affected allies become phased and hasted, meaning they cannot be slowed below the set value.
  • Checks Centaur's strength whenever trampling an enemy, so it adapts immediately.
    • However, the strength multiplier is set on cast and does not adapt when leveling the spell while active.
  • Stampede first applies the damage, then the debuff.
  • The sound effect is global and can be heard by enemies even through the Fog of War.
  • Aghanim's Scepter icon Aghanim's Scepter allows allies to walk over cliffs and causes them to destroy trees around them for the duration.
    • Does not destroy trees around allies who have the perch modifier from Tree Dance icon Tree Dance, meaning allies sitting on trees do not get their trees destroyed by themselves.


Talents

Hero Talents
+1.5s Hoof Stomp icon Hoof Stomp Duration25Gains Return (Centaur Warrunner) icon Return Aura
+20 Strength attribute symbol Strength20+300 Double Edge icon Double Edge Damage
+15% Return (Centaur Warrunner) icon Return Strength Damage15+75 Damage
+10% Magic Resistance10+10% Evasion
Notes:
  • Stacks diminishingly with other Magic Resistance magic resistance sources.
    • Increases Centaur Warrunner's magic resistance to 32.5%.
  • Stacks diminishingly with other evasion sources.

Recommended items

Gameplay

Some write to express their being, others paint or sing. But for the centaurs of Druud, there is no higher art than the art of killing. And in that, none was more accomplished than Bradwarden. With skills acquired in the arena, the Warrunner punishes his opponents for every attack, disregarding harm to himself as he metes out a fearsome Double Edge. Ever in search of a worthy opponent, Bradwarden rouses his allies to charge down enemies in a wild Stampede. Once battle is joined, the Centaur Warrunner tramples surrounding foes with a Hoof Stomp, stunning them just long enough for his battleaxe to sink in.
Roles: Durable Durable Initiator Initiator Disabler Disabler Nuker Nuker Escape Escape
Complexity: Hero Complexity
Adjectives: Legs ( 2 )


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History

Equipment

Trivia

  • In DotA, Bradwarden's hero title was Centaur Warchief.
  • Bradwarden is the name of a centaur in the first DemonWars Saga trilogy by R.A. Salvatore.
  • Hoof Stomp icon Hoof Stomp's animation originally consisted of Centaur Warrunner slamming the ground with the shaft of his axe. This was later changed after community requests that the animation reflects the ability name.

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