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Balanar, the Night Stalker, is a melee strength hero, renowned for being a very potent ganker once night falls.
Unlike most other heroes in the game, Night Stalker's strength greatly fluctuates depending on the time of day. He is relatively innocuous during the day, with one of his abilities being completely disabled then while two others are heavily weakened in potency, but he quickly becomes a force to be reckoned with once the moon rises. He has a slow in Void, which allows him to hound and nuke down lone enemies who are unfortunate enough to encounter him; the slow effect is considerably more debilitating at night where a mini stun is also applied. He also has the ability to silence his foes with Crippling Fear, which drastically increases in duration at night, preventing spellcasters and even carries from retaliating against him while he lashes at them with relative impunity. His passive, Hunter In the Night, greatly boosts his movement speed and attack speed at night, allowing him to easily move around the map, to pursue and tear apart his prey. Finally, his ultimate, Dark Ascension, summons instant nighttime and hampers enemy night vision, making even the strongest enemy heroes sitting ducks for the Night Stalker and his allies. A terror in darkness, Night Stalker is the embodiment of heroes' nightmares, and one of the last things they will ever wish to encounter alone at night.
Bio
Abilities
- Deals 45/80/127.5/167.5 damage during the day.
- The mini-stun is only applied during the night.
- Also uses the night values during the night from Eclipse.
- Void first applies the slow debuff, then the damage, then the stun debuff.
- Has a cast backswing of 0.57 during Hunter in the Night.
- The Aghanim's Scepter upgraded version still uses the same cast time.
- Targets invisible units, and units inside the Fog of War as well.
No Target
Enemies
- The silence is provided by an aura, its debuff lingers for 0.5 seconds.
- The aura's duration does not update when it turns day or night while the buff is on.
- Also uses the night values during the night from Eclipse.
- Has a cast backswing of 0.67 during Hunter in the Night.
Passive
Self
- Also works during the night from Eclipse.
No Target
Self
- Dark Ascension has a lower priority than the daytime caused by Supernova.
- During it, Night Stalker still flies, has the damage bonus and unobstructed vision, but the vision is limited to his default daytime vision.
- Has a cast backswing of 0.5 seconds when cast during the night.
Talents
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-50s Dark Ascension Cooldown | 25 | +100 Hunter In The Night Attack Speed |
+20 Strength | 20 | -5s Crippling Fear Cooldown |
+25% Hunter In The Night Status Resistance | 15 | +30 Dark Ascension Damage |
+8s Dark Ascension Duration | 10 | +50 Void Damage |
Recommended items
Gameplay
The beast of bedtime tales, Balanar is the primal terror that every child knows to fear. When night falls, Balanar goes on the hunt, moving and striking with devilish swiftness. He inflicts a debilitating Void, slowing and forcing his quarry to flee, arms withering and spells fizzling as their hearts are stricken with Crippling Fear. Even the lighted hours provide no safety from the Night Stalker. When needed, Balanar transforms through a Dark Ascension, spreads his wings under the blackened veil of night, and goes on the prowl for ever more victims. | |
Roles: | Carry Initiator Durable Disabler Nuker |
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Adjectives: | Legs ( 2 )
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Audio
History
Equipment
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Trivia
- Many of Night Stalker's responses that refer to his vampiric qualities make reference to Bram Stoker's Dracula, a film adaptation of the classic novel starring Gary Oldman.
- Night stalker's line ▶️ "If I ever get my claws on that bird." is likely a reference to the rooster that crows when the game transitions from nighttime to daytime.
- Additionally it is a reference to a line used by "Looney Tunes" character Sylvester the cat when describing "Tweety Bird."
- Night Stalker's deep and raspy voice is a possible reference to Batman.
- In an earlier version DotA, there existed a hero similar to Night Stalker called Void Demon. His first ability "Time Void" had similar effects to the present Void ability, except it also stunned the target for 5 seconds. Void Demon also had an ability similar to Omniknight's Degen Aura, though it had a larger radius of 600 units. His third ability was a pushing spell called "Quake" which was useful for destroying towers. Finally, his ultimate was called "Mass Haste". This aura gave Void Demon and nearby allies benefits similar to Night Stalker's Hunter in the Night, except that it had no conditions and enabled Void Demon and his team to hunt Heroes relentlessly both day and night. Ultimately, Void Demon was replaced with Night Stalker as his skill set was deemed too powerful.
- Night Stalker's response "In the forest of the night" is a reference to the poem The Tyger by William Blake.
- You can hear the line "Sinless Demon" when you activate Night Stalker's ▶️ Dark Ascension.
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