Drow Ranger

For the race in Dota 2 lore, see Drow.

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Drow Ranger 17 + 1.9 19 + 2.2 15 + 1.4
Level 0 1 15 25 30 Health 120 494 1066 1748 2012 +1.75 +3.45 +6.11 +9.21 +10.36 Mana 75 255 483 795 903 +0.9 +1.65 +2.63 +3.93 +4.38 Armor -3 0.17 5.3 10.97 13.13 Magic Resist 25% % % % % Damage Block - Damage 25 36 44 55 74 85 108 119 121 132 Attack Rate 0.59/s 0.7/s 0.88/s 1.08/s 1.16/s Attack Range 625 (800) Attack Speed ▶️ 100 (1.7s BAT) Attack Animation 0.65 + 0.3 Projectile Speed Move Speed ▶️ 285 ( 315) Turn Rate 0.7 Collision Size 24 Bound Radius 24 Vision Range (G) 1800 ( 800) Gib Type Default Internal Not Provided

Traxex, the Drow Ranger, is a ranged agility hero whose greatest assets are her incredible damage and ability to keep threats at bay. Traxex is a carry who, though lacking survivability, provides a worthwhile contribution through her damage alone. The Drow Ranger can be extremely powerful at any point in the game.

As an agility hero, Traxex's damage is based largely on her basic attacks and is among the greatest largely due to the massive amounts of agility she gains from her passive ultimate, Marksmanship. The Drow Ranger also adds ranged damage to teammates with her global Precision Aura. Despite her lack of escape spells, Drow Ranger can keep herself relatively safe from enemy spellcasters and melee heroes using her Gust and her Frost Arrows, respectively. Frost Arrows infuses her attacks with ice, greatly slowing down her enemies. Since it can be manually cast, Frost Arrows can be used to harass her foes in the early game without drawing the creeps' attention. Gust is a great counter to enemy spellcasters as well as melee heroes as Gust pushes heroes away from Drow and prevents them from casting spells, who might threaten her life in battles. Position is of utmost importance as Traxex is quite vulnerable in close combat and the agility bonus from Marksmanship is removed when enemies come near her. This means she struggles against melee heroes with high mobility.

Bio

Traxex, the Drow Ranger

▶️ "I walk alone, but the shadows are company enough."

Lore:

Drow Ranger's given name is Traxex--a name well suited to the short, trollish, rather repulsive Drow people. But Traxex herself is not a Drow. Her parents were travelers in a caravan set upon by bandits, whose noisy slaughter of innocents roused the ire of the quiet Drow people. After the battle settled, the Drow discovered a small girl-child hiding in the ruined wagons, and agreed she could not be abandoned. Even as child, Traxex showed herself naturally adept at the arts they prized: Stealth, silence, subtlety. In spirit, if not in physique, she might have been a Drow changeling, returned to her proper home. But as she grew, she towered above her family and came to think of herself as ugly. After all, her features were smooth and symmetrical, entirely devoid of warts and coarse whiskers. Estranged from her adopted tribe, she withdrew to live alone in the woods. Lost travelers who find their way from the forest sometimes speak of an impossibly beautiful Ranger who peered at them from deep among the trees, then vanished like a dream before they could approach. Lithe and stealthy, icy hot, she moves like mist in silence. That whispering you hear is her frozen arrows finding an enemy's heart.

Voice:

Gin Hammond (Responses)

Abilities

Frost Arrows

▶️QR

Ability
Target Unit / Autocast

Affects
Enemies

Adds a freezing effect to Drow's attacks, slowing enemy movement. Lasts {{#show:#Frost Arrows|?value3#}} seconds on Heroes, and {{#show:#Frost Arrows|?value4#}} seconds on creeps.

Cast Range: 625

Move Speed Slow: 16%/32%/48%/64%

Hero Slow Duration: 1.5

Non-Hero Slow Duration: 7

 0

 12

Modifiers [?]

Frost Arrows Slow

Any

Ice-encased arrows pierce the silence, chilling their victims to the core.

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

• The attacks first apply the debuff, then their own damage.

• Treats creep-heroes as creeps.

Gust

▶️WE

Ability
Target Point

Affects
Enemies

Releases a wave that silences and knocks back enemy units. Knockback distance is relative to how close they are to you.

Cast Animation: 0.25+0.6

Cast Range: 900 ( )

Travel Distance: 900 ( )

Effect Radius: 250

Max Knockback Distance: 350 ( )

Knockback Duration: 0.6/0.7/0.8/0.9

Silence Duration: 3/4/5/6 ( )

 16/15/14/13 ( )

 90

Modifiers [?]

Wave Of Silence Knockback

Any

Silence

Any

Traxex is rather fond of the tranquility of physical combat, calling on her Drow heritage to end the incantations of opposing magi.

• The wave travels at a speed of 2000, reaching max distance in ( ) seconds.

• Reaches up to ( ) range away (travel distance + effect radius).

• The knockback distance is based on the distance between Drow Ranger and the hit enemy. The closer they are, the further they get knocked back.
  • The knockback is strongest when the distance between Drow Ranger and the enemy is 1 range, pushing the enemy {{#show:#Gust|?value4#}} ( {{#show:#Gust|?value4 tal#}}) range away.
  • Each additional range of distance between them affects the knockback's distance, reducing it by ( ).
  • However, the knockback values are truncated, so that the knockback distance decreases by 1 for every – ( –) range between Drow and the enemy.
  • Due to this, the minimum knockback distance is 1 range.
  • When standing at the exact same location as Drow Ranger, no knockback occurs, since the formula then multiplies by 0, which results in 0 knockback.

• Since the knockback distances are the same on each level, and the knockback duration increases per level, the knockback speed gets lower on each level.
  • Therefore, the maximum knockback speed is ( ), while the minimum speed is .

• Can push units over impassable terrain. Any tree a knocked back unit collides with gets destroyed.

• Units are not disabled during the knockback. They can still turn, attack and use items. Channeling items are not interrupted.

• Does not affect Roshan.

Precision Aura

ET

Ability
No Target / Aura

Affects
Allies

Adds bonus damage to the physical attack of allied, ranged Hero units on the map based on a percentage of Drow's agility. Affects creeps for {{#show:#Precision Aura|?value4#}} seconds when cast.

Cast Animation: 0+0

Radius: Global

Agility as Ranged Attack Damage Bonus: 10%/20%/30%/40% ( )

Aura Linger Duration: 0.5

Active Duration: 30

 100 ( )

Modifiers [?]

Trueshot Aura

Undispellable

Trueshot Global

Undispellable

Traxex' time spent alone in the forests of her Drow home has allowed her to teach other archers how to improve their bow skills.

• Interrupts Drow Ranger's channeling spells upon cast.

• Only affects ranged units. Does not affect wards and buildings.

• Checks Drow Ranger's agility periodically and adapts the bonus damage instantly.

• Activating Precision Aura does not place a buff on lane creeps and summons, it instead makes the aura affect them as well.

• This means that creeps summoned or spawned after the activation still get the bonus for the remaining duration.

• Active aura persist through Drow Ranger's death, however, it does not provide the bonus during her death.
  • This means when reincarnating with Aegis of the Immortal, or buying back, the aura is bestowed for its remaining duration.

• The buff lingers for {{#show:#Precision Aura|?value3#}} seconds. This goes for both, the passive aura for heroes and the active aura for creeps.

• Treats creep-heroes as creeps, so they are only affected when activating the aura.

Marksmanship

RP

Ability
Passive

Affects
Self
( Enemies)

Drow's experiences in battle improve her accuracy and effectiveness in combat, providing a passive bonus to Agility. Grants no bonus if there are enemy heroes within {{#show:#Marksmanship|?value1#}} range.

Enemy Hero Search Radius: 400

Agility Bonus: 35/55/75 ( )

Splinter Search Radius: 0 ( 375)

Max Splinter Targets: 0 ( 2)

Splinter Damage Reduction: 0 ( 50%)

Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade:

Causes Drow Ranger's attacks to splinter on the target, hitting nearby units with normal attacks that deal reduced damage.

Modifiers [?]

Marksmanship

Undispellable

Marksmanship Reduction

Undispellable

The Drow Ranger is the epitome of archery prowess.

• An icy particle effect is visible on Drow Ranger while Marksmanship is active.

• Checks for nearby enemy heroes (including invulnerable or hidden ones) in 0.1 second intervals and adapts the bonus accordingly.

• Does not react on the presence of illusions and creep-heroes.

• Effectively grants ( ) armor, ( ) move speed, ( ) attack speed and {{#show:#Marksmanship|?value2#}} ( {{#show:#Marksmanship|?value2 tal#}}) attack damage.

• This is how much extra damage Precision Aura grants in conjunction with Marksmanship's agility bonus: [?]

• The Aghanim's Scepter upgrade requires Marksmanship to be learned and causes Drow Ranger to perform instant attacks on {{#show:#Marksmanship|?value4 aghs#}} random enemies around the primary target.
  • This means the splinters are regular attacks, using Drow Ranger's projectile speed and being disjointable.
  • It also means that they can proc any attack modifier or any on-hit effect like a regular attack.
  • The splinters are only released if the primary attack successfully hits a target. This means missed or disjointed attacks do not release any splinters.
  • If Drow Ranger is blinded, the splinters can miss, unless she has True Strike. They can also miss to evasion.
  • The splinters originate from the primary target's location, not Drow Ranger's location.
  • Since the splinters are independent attacks, their damage does not depend on how much damage the primary target took.
  • The damage penalty only applies to the attack damage and any bonuses. Damage dealt in separate instances is unaffected (e.g. Maelstrom procs).
  • The splinter arrows do not target couriers, buildings and wards as splinter targets, but can splinter off of them to nearby valid targets.
  • They also completely ignore invisible, invulnerable and hidden units, as well as units in the Fog of War.

• When using Frost Arrows manually, then the resulting splinters apply the slow as well.
  • However, when using autocast, the splinters only apply it when having it on autocast as the splinters hit their target.
  • Either way (be it manually used, or via autocast), it drains mana upon hitting the target, and not upon splintering.
  • Therefore, it only drains mana upon successfully hitting the splinter targets. Missed attacks do not drain mana.

Talents

Hero Talents
50% Cooldown Reduction	25	+20% Precision Aura Damage
+3s Gust Silence Duration	20	+20 Marksmanship Agility
+550 Gust Distance/Knockback	15	+25 Attack Speed
+5 all stats	10	+20 Movement Speed

Notes:

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

Gameplay

Dwelling deep within the forest, few have ever caught glimpse of the solitary and impossibly beautiful Drow Ranger. Her presence was known only from the chill of Frost Arrows, driving deep into her enemies' hearts. Named and raised by the sympathetic Drow, Traxex draws on her heritage to send forth a powerful Gust, silencing and repulsing assailants who venture too close. Her expertise influences her allies, greatly increasing their ranged attacks with Precision Aura. None would ever match the Drow Ranger herself, however. For with each passing skirmish, her supreme Marksmanship grows ever more peerless.
Roles:	Carry Disabler Pusher
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Adjectives:	Legs ( 2 )

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Drow Ranger Equipment (expand sets) Sets Algid Falcon Black Ice Constellation Black Wind Raven Complete Algid Falcon Death Shadow Set Discipline of the Dark Star Dread Retribution Bundle Eldwurm's Touch Frostglade Familiar Glimmer of the Sacred Hunt Guise of the Winged Bolt Jewel of the Forest Set Oaths of the Dragonborn Sentinel Set Shadows of Ravensmane Sight of the Kha-Ren Faithful Spikes of Frost Set Stranger in the Wandering Isles Sylvan Guard's Finery Set The Boreal Watch Set The Frostborne Wayfarer The Gaze of Zebulon Tools of the Master Thief Set Winterwood Vesture Wyvern Skin Weapon Bow of the Crystal Caves Bow of the Frostfangs Bow of the Howling Wind Bow of the Traveler Cold Case Bow Great Grey Owl Bow Ice Crystal Bow Jeweled Longbow Monarch Bow Pincher Bow Reaper's Wreath Shade of the Ranger Head Dark Ranger's Headdress Lone Traveler's Beret Loner's Vanity Mania's Mask Back Golden Silent Wake Silent Wake Silent Wake of the Crimson Witness Steamcape Taunt Taunt: Keep an Ear Out

Trivia

• Traxex's original design was slightly different from the one now; aside from the same hood, her white hair was not present, and her eyes were completely white. Her outfit was also slightly more revealing.
• From her transition to Dota 2, the name of her aura changed from "Trueshot Aura" to "Precision Aura".
• Drow Ranger's response "I quiver with anticipation." references a line in The Rocky Horror Picture Show "I see you shiver with anticipation."

Gallery

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  Drow Ranger's original artwork

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  Old face textures, with tattoos

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  Drow Ranger cartoon art

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  Drow Ranger, Pudge and Slark in a cartoon scene

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  Ability icon progress

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  Drow Ranger illustration

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  Drow Ranger T-shirt design