Chaos Knight

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Chaos Knight 22 + 3.2 14 + 2.1 18 + 1.2
Level 0 1 15 25 30 Health 120 604 1572 2540 2936 +1.5 +3.7 +8.18 +12.58 +14.38 Mana 75 291 483 771 867 +0.9 +1.8 +2.64 +3.84 +4.24 Armor 1 3.33 8.23 13.73 15.82 Magic Resist 25% % % % % Damage Block 16 (50%) Damage 29 59 51 81 95 125 139 169 157 187 Attack Rate 0.59/s 0.67/s 0.84/s 1.04/s 1.11/s Attack Range 150 (600) Attack Speed ▶️ 100 (1.7s BAT) Attack Animation 0.5 + 0.5 Projectile Speed Instant Move Speed ▶️ 320 ( 350) Turn Rate 0.5 Collision Size 24 Bound Radius 24 Vision Range (G) 1800 ( 800) Gib Type Ethereal Internal Not Provided

Chaos Knight is a melee strength hero with one of the highest physical damage output ceilings of all heroes. He is mostly played as a carry and ganker. As his name implies, he has a theme based on randomness and uncertainty. His regular attack has an incredibly wide thirty damage spread, making his last hitting ability somewhat unreliable. Chaos Bolt is his most notorious luck-based ability which, at max level, can stun a target anywhere between a mediocre 2 seconds to an effective 4 seconds that will almost certainly assure the target's death; it will also deal a variable amount of damage ranging from minuscule to moderate. Reality Rift pulls Chaos Knight and his target to a randomly chosen point along the line between the two and reduces the foe's armor. Chaos Strike is a crit-based ability with one of the lowest proc chances, yet also one of the highest multipliers. The illusions produced by his ultimate Phantasm, up to four at max level, retain his full attack damage, benefit from his Chaos Strike and can teleport alongside him to attack the target whenever he uses Reality Rift. This allows Chaos Knight's physical damage output to be multiplied by up to five during teamfights later in the game, and it is not uncommon to see enemy heroes being killed instantly after being Reality Rifted by the apocalyptic horsemen. Thus, Chaos Knight is played as a carry who excels in both the mid and late game, if the game drags on long enough and he is able to acquire enough strength-based and survivability items to ensure that his illusions can stay alive, he will be able to overpower most hard carries and potentially wipe out an entire team by himself.

Bio

Chaos Knight

▶️ "The light shall be blackened, and chaos shall reign."

Lore:

The veteran of countless battles on a thousand worlds, Chaos Knight hails from a far upstream plane where the fundamental laws of the universe have found sentient expression. Of all the ancient Fundamentals, he is the oldest and most tireless, endlessly searching out a being he knows only as "The Light." Long ago the Light ventured out from the progenitor realm, in defiance of the first covenant. Now Chaos Knight shifts from plane to plane, always on the hunt to extinguish the Light wherever he finds it. A thousand times he has snuffed out the source, and always he slides into another plane to continue his search anew. Upon his steed Armageddon he rides, wading into battle with maniacal frenzy, drawing strength from the disorder of the universe. A physical manifestation of chaos itself, in times of need he calls upon other versions of himself from other planes, and together these dark horsemen ride into battle, as unstoppable as any force of nature. Only when the last Light of the world is scoured from existence will the search be ended. Where rides the Chaos Knight, death soon follows.

Voice:

Barry Dennen (Responses)

Abilities

Chaos Bolt

▶️QC

Ability
Target Unit

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical

Throws a mysterious bolt of energy at the target unit. It stuns for a random duration and deals random damage.

Cast Animation: 0.4+0.73

Cast Range: 500

Min Damage: 75/100/125/150

Max Damage: 200/225/250/275

Min Stun Duration: 1/1/1/2

Max Stun Duration: 2/3/4/4 ( )

 10 ( )

 140

Modifiers [?]

Stunned

Strong

Even Chaos Knight cannot predict this manifest of unholy energy.

• Chaos Bolt travels at a speed of 1000.

• Stun duration and damage values are shown above the target's head upon hit (visible to allies and enemies), with the duration being shown as a rounded integer.
  • However, the actual stun duration is not by exact seconds, it ranges between the given values (e.g. at level 1, it could stun for 1.74 seconds).

• Damage and stun values are inversely related, meaning the longer the stun is, the less damage it deals and vice versa.
  • This means the damage decreases by per each additional 0.1 seconds of stun.

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

Reality Rift

▶️WE

Ability
Target Unit

Affects
Enemies / Self

Teleports you, any images you have and the target unit to a random point along the line between the two of you. Reduces the target's armor for {{#show:#Reality Rift|?value4#}} seconds.

Cast Animation: 0.3+0.5

Cast Range: 550/600/650/700

Illusion Search Radius: 1375

Armor Reduction: 1/3/5/7 ( )

Reduction Duration: 8

 18/14/10/6 ( )

 50

Modifiers [?]

Reality Rift

Any

Armageddon rides between the planes, bringing Chaos Knight to his victim wherever he may hide.

• Reality Rift does not disjoint projectiles.

• Teleports Chaos Knight, his illusions within the search radius and the target to a random point on the line between him and the target.
  • This random point is always situated between 30% and 80% of the distance from Chaos Knight to his target upon cast.
  • Chaos Knight lands at the opposite side of the hero from where he cast. His illusions land at random angles around the target.
  • The location is determined at the beginning of the cast.
  • The visual effects also play at the beginning, revealing the point at which Chaos Knight and his target are about to land.
  • Chaos Knight and his illusions are made to face his target and are issued an attack order against the target.

• When cast on Roshan, teleports only Chaos Knight (and his illusions) in front of Roshan from where he cast, not both to a random point.

• The armor reduction is applied to the target upon cast. Chaos Knight does not need to attack it in order to place the debuff.

• The armor reduction from successive casts does not stack, only the duration gets refreshed.

• Does not interrupt the target's channeling spells.

Chaos Strike

▶️ER

Ability
Passive

Affects
Enemies

Each of Chaos Knight's attacks has a chance to deal bonus damage, also causing the critical strike to lifesteal for {{#show:#Chaos Strike|?value3#}} of the damage.

Proc Chance: 12%

Critical Damage: 125%/175%/225%/275%

Proc Lifesteal: 75%

Chaos Knight's unwieldy power bludgeons those who stand before him, crushing the thickest of armors.

• Increases attack damage by an average of .

• The proc chances of multiple crit sources stack.
  • If two sources of critical strike proc at the same time, the higher multiplier has priority.

• Stacks additively with other sources of lifesteal.

• Chaos Strike uses pseudo-random distribution.

• Cannot proc against wards and buildings.

• The sound and particles play upon start of the attack, not when the attack lands.

The illusions' formations.

Phantasm

▶️RT

Ability
No Target
( Target Unit)

Affects
Self
( Allied Heroes)

Summons several phantasmal copies of the Chaos Knight from alternate dimensions. There is a {{#show:#Phantasm|?value4#}} chance an extra phantasm will be summoned. The phantasms deal {{#show:#Phantasm|?value5#}} damage, but take {{#show:#Phantasm|?value6#}} damage.

Cast Animation: 0.4+0

Cast Range: 0 ( 1200)

Split Time: 0.5

Number of Illusions: 1/2/3

Extra Illusion Chance: 50%

Illusion Damage Dealt: 100%

Illusion Damage Taken: 260%

Duration: 42

 145 ( ) ( 110,  )

 125/200/275

Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade:

Reduces cooldown to {{#show:#Phantasm|?cooldown aghs#}} seconds and allows Phantasm to be cast on an allied hero. {{#show:#Phantasm|?value1 aghs#}} cast range.

Modifiers [?]

Phantasm

Undispellable

Drawing on his battles fought across many worlds and many times, phantasms of the Chaos Knight rise up to quell all who oppose him.

• Disjoints projectiles upon cast.

• Chaos Knight is invulnerable, hidden and spell immune during the split time.

• Applies a basic dispel on Chaos Knight upon cast.

• Resets current attack and spell targeting priorities on Chaos Knight.

• After the split time, Chaos Knight reappears with his illusions.
  • The reappear locations are based on Chaos Knight's position upon cast, with one appearing at the cast location, and the others north, east, south or west from that point.
  • This means when spawning 3 illusions, the formation is T-shaped and when spawning 4 illusions, it is shaped like a plus.
  • When spawning 3 illusions, the distance in between each is 135 range. When spawning 4 illusions, the distance is 162.
  • Though the formation is always the same, Chaos Knight and his illusions take a random position in the formation and have all the same facing angle.

• When the extra phantasm spawns, an additional sound effect is played.

• Recasting Phantasm replaces the illusions from the previous cast, no matter under whose control they are.

• When upgraded, Phantasm can target allies, creating illusions of them, which then are under Chaos Knight's control.
  • Applies all the effects (disjoint, basic dispel) to the target as well. It also turns invulnerable and hidden shortly, and has a chance to spawn an extra illusion.
  • Double-tapping the ability automatically targets self.
  • Can also be cast on illusions and clones. Cannot be cast on creep-heroes.

Talents

Hero Talents
+2 Max Chaos Bolt Duration	25	-7 Reality Rift Armor Reduction
Reality Rift Pierces Spell Immune	20	+150 Gold/Min
12% Cooldown Reduction	15	+15 Strength
+20 Movement Speed	10	+5 all stats

Notes:

• Multiple percentage-based cooldown reduction sources do not stack. The highest value takes priority.

• Gold granted from the talent is unreliable gold.

Gameplay

Upon the black steed Armageddon, the Chaos Knight rode into countless battles with a single purpose in mind: To extinguish that which he knows as "The Light". Like a roll of unseen dice, the oldest Fundamental stuns his targets with a Chaos Bolt, then deals unpredictable damage in the form of Chaos Strikes. Those who escape the initial onslaught find themselves in a Reality Rift, reappearing inexplicably at Armageddon's side, exposed for its rider's wrath. Flanked by several images of himself, the Chaos Knight and his Phantasms hack their opponents apart with the strength of multiple heroes.
Roles:	Carry Disabler Durable Pusher Initiator
Complexity:
Adjectives:	Legs ( 2 )

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Chaos Knight Equipment (expand sets) Sets Arms of Burning Turmoil Set Burning Nightmare Champion of Discord Chaos Legion Set Chaos Maw Charge of the Baleful Reign Dark Ruin Set Embers of Endless Havoc Set Entropic Battlegear of the Warrider Set Melange of the Firelord Oni Knight the Dark Conqueror Rampage Knight Rising Chaos Talons of the Endless Storm The Hounds of Chaos Unities of Discord Wrath of the Celestial Sentinel Mount Atramentos the Apocalyptic Catastrophe Weapon Blade of Chaos Incarnate Blade of the Black Rider Cataclysm Edge Chaos Arbiter Hellfire Edge Infernal Shredder Shadow Brand Waraxe of Lost Light Shield Chaos Fulcrum Chaos Knight's Armlet of Mordiggian Golden Chaos Fulcrum Head Diabolic Aspect End of Order Helm of Infernal Despair Taunt Taunt: Orderly Chaos

Trivia

• Chaos Strike's ability icon bears a similar appearance to a D20 dice, commonly used in table-top RPG games, where a full 20 usually results in a critical.
• Chaos Knight's lore and responses draw many references to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, and his ultimate is a literalisation of it.
• The line ▶️ "Ah, Tidehunter, can I offer you a seabiscuit?" is a reference to Seabiscuit, a famous American racehorse.
• Fitting his theme, Chaos Knight has the most varying attack damage in the game. His actual damage on attack can be up to 15 more or 15 less than his displayed damage.
• Chaos Knight's actual name in DotA was "Nessaj". This was removed in his transition to Dota 2, likely due to the change in his background story.
• Enigma, Io, Keeper of the Light and Chaos Knight together represent the four fundamental forces of the universe with Chaos Knight representing the strong nuclear force. This is reflected in several of Enigma's responses to these heroes.
• Chaos Knight's mount's name is Armageddon.
• Chaos Knight's one of the death responses, ▶️ "Armageddon…out of here." may be a reference drawn from the film "Bruce Almighty" where, towards the end of the film the doomsayer (homeless man with handwritten signboard, often with typos) holds a sign "ARMAGEDON OUTA HERE". It works as a cheeky wordplay on "I'mma gettin' out of here"; reflecting on something that doesn't quite cease to be amazing, even while calling for a closure.
• Chaos Knight's response upon killing Dragon Knight, ▶️ "You did need a steed, didn't you?", answers to one of his lines when he moves: ▶️ "I need no steed".

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