Lion

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Lion 18 + 2.2 15 + 1.5 18 + 3.5
Level 0 1 15 25 30 Health 120 516 1176 1924 2210 +0 +1.8 +4.88 +8.28 +9.58 Mana 75 291 879 1443 1671 +0 +0.9 +3.35 +5.7 +6.68 Armor -1 1.5 5 9.5 11.08 Magic Resist 25% % % % % Damage Block - Damage 29 35 47 53 96 102 143 149 162 168 Attack Rate 0.59/s 0.68/s 0.8/s 0.96/s 1.01/s Attack Range 600 (800) Attack Speed ▶️ 100 (1.7s BAT) Attack Animation 0.43 + 0.74 Projectile Speed 900 Move Speed ▶️ 290 ( 320) Turn Rate 0.5 Collision Size 24 Bound Radius 24 Vision Range (G) 1800 ( 800) Gib Type Default Internal Not Provided

Lion, the Demon Witch, is a ranged intelligence hero, most commonly played as a support, who serves as a powerful offensive spellcaster. While exceptionally frail and vulnerable at all stages of the game due to his low health pool, armor, and movement speed, he has a tremendous amount of disabling and nuking power, allowing him to provide the necessary lockdown and burst damage to his team to bring down elusive and shifty enemies. Earth Spike is an area-of-effect line-based stun that also deals a moderate amount of damage. If Lion uses it at max level combined with his Hex, which briefly transfigures an enemy into a harmless critter, he can disable a single opponent for almost 7 seconds, more than enough time to bring down a lone enemy, especially if an ally is present. His ultimate, Finger of Death, serves as a powerful nuke and his primary source of burst damage to aid him in his endeavors. To offset the high mana cost of his abilities, he has Mana Drain, which provides him the sustenance he needs to continuously provide his disabling prowess in a skirmish. A team facing a Lion would do well to eliminate him first in a fight, lest it fall prey to his potent and disruptive spells.

Bio

Lion, the Demon Witch

▶️ "All hell's broken loose, and I hold the pieces."

Lore:

Once a Grandmaster of the Demon Witch tradition of sorcery, Lion earned fame among his brethren for fighting on the side of light and righteousness. But adulation corrupts. With powers surpassed only by his ambition, the mage was seduced by a demon and turned to evil, trading his soul for prestige. After committing horrible crimes that marred his soul, he was abandoned. The demon betrayed him, striking better deals with his enemies. Such was Lion’s rage that he followed the demon back to hell and slew it, ripping it limb from limb, taking its demonic hand for his own. However, such demonoplasty comes at a cost. Lion was transfigured by the process, his body transformed into something unrecognizable. He rose from hell, rage incarnate, slaying even those who had once called him master, and laying waste to the lands where he had once been so adored. He survives now as the sole practitioner of the Demon Witch tradition, and those who present themselves as acolytes or students are soon relieved of their mana and carried off by the faintest gust of wind.

Voice:

Tom Chantler (Responses)

Abilities

Earth Spike

▶️QE

Ability
Target Point / Target Unit

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical

Rock spikes burst from the earth along a straight path. Enemy units are hurled into the air, then are stunned and take damage when they fall.

Cast Animation: 0.3+0

Cast Range: 500 ( 600)

Spikes Travel Distance: 825 ( 925)

Spikes Radius: 125

Damage: 80/140/200/260

Stun Duration: 1.4/1.8/2.2/2.6

 12

 70/100/130/160

Modifiers [?]

Impale

Strong

The Demon Witch exercises his demonic covenant, opening a fissure from hell.

• The spikes travel at a speed of 1600.

• When targeting a unit, the spikes are released towards its current location upon cast. Spikes do not home, thus can be evaded.

• Hit units are knocked up 350 range for the initial 0.5 seconds of the stun.

• While in the air, other units may pass below hit airborne units.

• The damage is applied upon landing, not upon getting hit.

• The spikes take 0.52 seconds to reach max distance and can hit units up to 950 range away (travel distance + spikes radius).
  • They take up to 0.52 seconds and can hit units up to 960 range away when the general cast range increasing talent is chosen.
  • They take up to 0.58 seconds and can hit units up to 1050 range away when Earth Spike's own range increasing talent is chosen.
  • They take up to 0.58 seconds and can hit units up to 1060 range away when both talents are chosen.

• Only the cast range and distance increase from the level 25 talent is displayed. The level 10 talent can further increase the cast range to 610 and the distance 935.
  • The level 10 talent alone increases cast range to 510 and distance to 835.

• When Earth Spike hits invisible units, the visual effects below the hit unit are still visible.

▶️ Frog model

Hex

WD

Ability
Target Unit
( Target Area)

Affects
Enemies

Transforms an enemy unit into a harmless beast, with all special abilities disabled.

Cast Animation: 0+0.53

Cast Range: 500 ( 510)

Radius: 0 ( 250)

Set Movement Speed: 140

Duration: 2.5/3/3.5/4

 30/24/18/12

 125/150/175/200

Modifiers [?]

Voodoo

Strong

Lion is compelled to share his transfiguration, twisting the essence of those who oppose him.

• Applies a hex on the target, setting its base movement speed to 140, silencing, muting and disarming it.
  • However the target's movement speed is still affected by movement speed bonuses from items and abilities.

• Since hex changes base movement speed and does not actually apply a slow, all speed effects are calculated using the 140 base speed.

• Hex instantly destroys illusions.

• Lion's hex transforms the target into a frog.

• The talent turns Hex into an area-targeted spell, so that it cannot directly target units anymore.

Mana Drain

▶️ER

Ability
Target Unit / Channeled

Affects
Enemies / Self

Absorbs the magical energies of a target enemy unit by taking mana from it every second.

Cast Animation: 0.3+0

Cast Range: 850 ( 860)

Search Radius: 0 ( 400)

Max Channel Time: 5

Max Targets: 1 ( )

Link Break Distance: 1200 ( 1210)

Mana Drain per Second: 20/40/60/120

Move Speed Slow: 20%/24%/28%/32%

 16/12/8/4

 10

Modifiers [?]

Mana Drain

Undispellable

Lesser magi are nothing more than a source of magical restoration for the Demon Witch.

• Can only be cast on units which have a mana pool.

• The link breaks when the target gets out of vision, turns spell immune or invulnerable, exceeds the break distance, or runs out of mana.

• Drains 2/4/6/12 mana in 0.1 second intervals, starting 0.1 seconds after cast, resulting in up to 50 instances.

• Can drain up to 100/200/300/600 mana when fully channeled.

• Instantly destroys targeted illusions on the first interval.

• The multi target Mana Drain talent causes Mana Drain to automatically target additional units within 400 radius around the primary target.
  • Only targets units which have a mana pool. The targets are chosen randomly, there are no priorities.
  • The secondary links do not break if the unit turns spell immune, invulnerable, hidden or runs out of mana. It does break when exceeding the link break distance.
  • All links break as soon as the primary target cannot be affected anymore.

Finger of Death

▶️RF

Ability
Target Unit

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical

Rips at an enemy unit, trying to turn it inside-out. Deals massive damage and grows stronger with each life it consumes.

Cast Animation: 0.3+0.5

Cast Range: 900 ( 910)

Radius: 0 ( 325)

Effect Delay: 0.25

Base Damage: 600/725/850 ( 602/727/852) ( 725/875/1025,  727/877/1027)

Damage Bonus per Kill: 50

Kill Grace Duration: 3

 160/100/40 ( 100/60/20)

 200/420/650 ( 200/420/625)

Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade:

Increases damage. Decreases cooldown. Finger of Death hits all units in a small area.

Modifiers [?]

Finger Of Death Kill Counter

Undispellable

Finger Of Death

Undispellable

Finger Of Death Delay

Undispellable

Lion's disfigured hand is also the source of his greatest power, capable of flooding victims with malefic force.

• Places a debuff on the target upon cast, which applies the damage and the second debuff upon expiring. The debuff lasts 0.25 seconds.
  • This means the damage can be avoided by being invulnerable, hidden or spell immune as the debuff expires.

• If the target dies while having the second debuff, Finger Of Death gains a permanent damage bonus.
  • The status buff on Lion keeps track of how many heroes died with the debuff.
  • The bonus damage debuff stacks, meaning that if Finger Of Death is cast on the same target twice within the 3 second time frame and the target dies, the bonus damage is granted twice.

• Although only gaining damage from hero kills, the debuff is placed on every target.
  • Gains damage from dying Meepo clones as well, but not from Tempest Doubles, illusions or creep-heroes.

• Aghanim's Scepter causes Finger of Death to be cast on all enemy units within 325 radius of the target.
  • This includes invisible enemies and enemies in the Fog of War.
  • An area indicator is added to the mouse pointer, to make easier to tell whether or not enemies are within range.

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Hero Talents
+250 AoE Hex	25	+100% Mana Drain Damage
Earth Spike affects a 30° Cone	20	+20 Finger of Death Damage Per Kill
+70 Max Health Per Finger of Death Kill	15	-2s Hex Cooldown
+65 Earth Spike Damage	10	+10% Mana Drain Slow

Attribute Bonus

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.

Gameplay

Betrayed by his demon partner, Lion went to hell and back for his vengeance, retrieving the demon's hand and grafting it onto his own body. Earth Spikes burst out from the ground, sending his enemies into the air. A simple Hex turns heroes into a harmless frogs, allowing Lion to Mana Drain them without interruption. Satisfied, the Demon Witch raises his disfigured hand, and points the Finger of Death to exterminate foes with a torrent of infernal energy.
Roles:	Support Disabler Nuker Initiator
Complexity:
Adjectives:	Legs ( 2 )

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Equipment

Lion Equipment (expand sets) Sets Curse of the Malignant Corruption Set Gruesome Embrace Hell's Ambassador Set Infernal Rambler Legacy of Infernal Wings Nefarious Fixations Sacraments of the Witch Supreme Tools of the Demon Witch Set Weapon Fin King's Charm Fin King's Charm of Eminent Revival Hellthorn Scepter Left Arm Abyssal Hellclaw Gauntlet of the Treacherous Demon Hell-Spar Anathema Stone Infusion Head Horns of the Betrayer Infernal Ram's Horns Armor Demonic Collar Mulctant Pall Mulctant Pall of the Crimson Witness Taunt Taunt: To Hell and Back!

Trivia

• In the transition from DotA to Dota 2, the names of two of Lion's abilities were changed. Impale changed to Earth Spike and Voodoo changed to Hex.
• Lion's rival response towards Witch Doctor ▶️ "All we need now is a wardrobe." is a reference to the second book in The Chronicles of Narnia book series by C.S. Lewis, titled The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.

Gallery

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  Concept art

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  Concept art

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  Model

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  Model before the April 26, 2012 Patch

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  Old face model and icons

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  The International 4 artwork

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  Ability icon progress

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  Hero icon progress

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  Lion illustration