Lina

Lina 20 + 2.4 23 + 1.8 30 + 3.7
	Grants the following bonuses per point of attribute:
	+22HP and +0.1HP regeneration
	+0.17 armor and 1 attack speed
	+12MP and +0.05MP regeneration; +0.1% base magic resistance; +1 main attack damage ;
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	0.75 + 0.78
Gib Type	Fire
Internal	Not Provided

Hero

Strategy

Equipment

Lina, the Slayer, is a ranged Intelligence hero, adept at destroying enemy heroes quickly by delivering massive bursts of magical damage, making her one of the most effective gankers in the game. She possesses immense damaging capabilities all throughout the game, but is very fragile. Two of her fiery spells are her main source of damage, Dragon Slave sends a wave of fire to burn enemies in her path while Light Strike Array stuns them with a concentrated pillar of solar flame. Each of her spells deals great damage early on and has a low cooldown. Her Fiery Soul bolsters her attack and movement speed every time she casts a spell, which gives her scaling damage for the later game. Laguna Blade, her ultimate, is her ace in the hole. Lina fires off a huge bolt of lightning at a single target, dealing colossal damage. Laguna Blade's damage is staggering in early-mid game, and late game is still enough to destroy frail enemy heroes. Dragon Slave, Light Strike Array, and Laguna Blade are incredible flaming nukes that can incinerate her target instantly, and Fiery Soul allows her to transition into a strong and fast physical attacker. Though her power falls from its peak late game, mana-boosting and damage-increasing items can be purchased to keep herself up.

Bio

Lina, the Slayer

▶️ "Fire makes a fine servant, but a harsh mistress."

Lore:

The sibling rivalries between Lina the Slayer, and her younger sister Rylai, the Crystal Maiden, were the stuff of legend in the temperate region where they spent their quarrelsome childhoods together. Lina always had the advantage, however, for while Crystal was guileless and naive, Lina's fiery ardor was tempered by cleverness and conniving. The exasperated parents of these incompatible offspring went through half a dozen homesteads, losing one to fire, the next to ice, before they realized life would be simpler if the children were separated. As the oldest, Lina was sent far south to live with a patient aunt in the blazing Desert of Misrule, a climate that proved more than comfortable for the fiery Slayer. Her arrival made quite an impression on the somnolent locals, and more than one would-be suitor scorched his fingers or went away with singed eyebrows, his advances spurned. Lina is proud and confident, and nothing can dampen her flame.

Voice:

Jen Taylor (Responses)

Abilities

Dragon Slave

▶️

▶️QD

Ability
Target Point / Target Unit

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical

Lina channels the breath of a dragon, sending out a wave of fire that scorches every enemy in its path.

Cast Animation: +

Cast Range: 800 (

803.5)

Starting Radius: 275

Travel Distance: 1075 (

1078.5)

End Radius: 200

Damage: 85/160/235/310

8 (

-17)

100/115/130/145

In the scorched barren of Misrule, Lina learned to manipulate the fiery breath of the Desert Wyrm as a form of entertainment.

Dragon Slave travels at a speed of 1200, taking 0.9 ( 0.9) seconds to travel the full distance.

Can hit units up to 1275 ( 1278.5) range away (travel distance + end radius).

The complete area is shaped like a cone.

Light Strike Array

▶️WT

Ability
Target Area

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical

Summons a column of flames that damages and stuns enemies.

Cast Animation: +

Cast Range: 625 (

628.5)

Effect Radius: 225

Effect Delay: 0.5

Damage: 80/120/160/200 (

230/270/310/350)

Stun Duration: 1.6/1.9/2.2/2.5

7

100/110/120/130

Modifiers []

Stunned

Strong

Lina's essence allows her to focus the sun's energies, causing air to combust at will.

Light Strike Array destroys trees within the affected radius.

Light Strike Array first applies the debuff, then the damage.

The visual effects and the sound during the 0.5 second effect delay are only visible and audible to allies.

Lina has two different animations for this spell, leading to two possible cast backswing durations.

Fiery Soul

EF

Ability
Passive

Affects
Self

Grants bonus attack and movement speed each time Lina casts a spell. Stacks with itself. Lasts 10 seconds.

Max Stacks: 3

Move Speed Bonus per Stack: 5%/6%/7%/8% (

6%/7%/8%/9%)

Attack Speed Bonus per Stack: 40/55/70/85 (

50/65/80/95)

Stack Duration: 10

Modifiers []

Fiery Soul

Dancing flames embody Lina's playful nature, bringing out her true blazing self.

Using items does not trigger Fiery Soul.

Each spell cast refreshes the duration of the whole stack, making it theoretically possible to permanently have max stacks on.

At 2 stacks the buff grants 10%/12%/14%/16% ( 12%/14%/16%/18%) movement speed and 80/110/140/170 ( 100/130/160/190) attack speed.

At 3 stacks the buff grants 15%/18%/21%/24% ( 18%/21%/24%/27%) movement speed and 120/165/210/255 ( 150/195/240/285) attack speed.

Laguna Blade

▶️RG

Ability
Target Unit

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical
(

Pure)

Fires off a bolt of lightning at a single enemy unit, dealing massive damage.

Cast Animation: +

Cast Range: 600 (

603.5)

Effect Delay: 0.25

Damage: 450/650/850

70/60/50

280/420/680

Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade:

Changes Laguna Blade's damage type to Pure, and allows it to slice through spell immunity.

Modifiers []

Laguna Blade

The air around Lina becomes so intensely torrid that it scorches a foe that came too close with white-hot lightning.

Places a debuff on the target, which applies the damage upon expiring. The debuff lasts 0.25 seconds.
- This means the spell can be avoided by being invulnerable or hidden (or spell immune when not upgraded) as the debuff expires.

Talents

Hero Talents
+150% Crit On Targets Affected by Dragon Slave	25	-25s Laguna Blade Cooldown
+10/1% Fiery Soul Per Stack	20	+5 Laguna Blade Supercharged Stacks
+150 Light Strike Array Damage	15	+325 Health
-3.5s Dragon Slave Cooldown	10	+25 Damage

Notes:

Grants bonus attack damage.
- Does not benefit illusions and is not affected by most percentage-based damage increasing or reducing effects.

The health talent increases the max health capacity and keeps the current health percentage.

Recent Changes

Main Article: Lina/Changelogs

Version

Description

7.35

Talents:

LVL 20

+11% spell damage amplification ➜ +5 Laguna Blade Supercharged stacks.
LVL 25

Laguna Blade pure damage and pierces spell immunity ➜ +150% self critical damage against targets affected by Dragon Slave. [?]

7.34b

Increased Dragon Slave debuff duration from 2 to 3.

Talents:

LVL 10

+20 attack damage increased to +25.
LVL 15

+275 health increased to +325.

7.34

Dragon Slave
- Now also applies a 2-second debuff that deals 10/20/30/40 damage per second. [?]
- Reduced impact damage from 85/165/245/325 to 75/150/225/300.
Rescaled Light Strike Array mana cost from 115 on each level to 100/115/130/145.
Laguna Blade
- Now increases max Fiery Soul stacks by 3 and grants max stacks upon cast.
- Has a 5-second buff duration.

Recommended items

Gameplay



Like her younger sister, Lina's elemental affinity was the source of many headaches. Sent south to live with a patient aunt, she learned to master her Fiery Soul in the blazing Desert of Misrule. Channeling the breath of Desert Wyrms, she unleashes her Dragon Slave to burn a path before her. Attuned to fire, Lina ignites the ground with Light Strike Array, incinerating foes in a column of flame. Even the hardiest of heroes fear the Slayer's signature spell: The Laguna Blade. Focusing every bit of heat around her, Lina fires a condensed bolt of white-hot energy, instantly terminating her opponent with minimal struggle or effort.

Roles:	Support Carry Nuker Disabler
Complexity:
Adjectives:	Legs `( 2 )`

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Counters &
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Audio

Responses

Sounds

History

Lore

Old Abilities

Changelogs

Equipment

Trivia

The original Lina Inverse "The Slayer" was modeled after the main character from the novels/anime/manga Slayers where Light Strike Array, Dragon Slave and Laguna Blade are all spells used by the original Lina Inverse.^[1]
Lina's line ▶️ "Better to burn out than fade away" is a reference to the Neil Young song, My, My, Hey, Hey.
- The line also appears in the suicide note of Kurt Cobain.
The line ▶️ "Turn me over... I'm done." is a reference to Lawrence of Rome who was roasted alive on a giant grill and joked, "Turn me over — I'm done on this side."
Lina's rival response towards Batrider ▶️ "Why'd you stop? This isn't Batrider country." is a reference to a line in the movie Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.^[2]
In older versions of DotA, Lina was a male hero that used the Blood Mage model, also used by the Invoker. In these versions, Lina was known as Link Inverse.
Lina's line ▶️ "It's not the heat, it's the humiliation." is a reference to "It's not the heat, it's the humidity." a quote from Yogi Berra.
Lina's coils around her neck are possibly a representation of Kayan Lahwi women in Myanmar, who are also referred to as "dragon women".