Hero
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Ostarion, the Wraith King, is a melee strength hero, as well as a carry and tank, capable of both dealing and taking plenty of damage. His infamous Reincarnation allows the Wraith King to rise again after death, acting like an Aegis of the Immortal, making him especially difficult to kill. But if left alive, the Wraith King can wreak havoc upon his enemies; his Wraithfire Blast provides reliable damage and a stun on a short cooldown, Vampiric Aura grants his team sizeable lifesteal, and Mortal Strike helps make short work of foes.
Bio
▶️ "Purer than flesh, stronger than bone, imperishable is the essence of the wraith."
Lore:
For untold years, King Ostarion built a kingdom from the remains of his enemies. It was an obsessive's errand, done to pass the long eternities of a monarchy that seemed fated never to end. He believed that as long as he built up the towers of his palace, he could not die. But eventually he learned that he had been deluded... that bone itself could perish. Deeply mistrustful of flesh, he sought a more permanent way of extending his reign, and at last settled on pursuit of wraith energy, a form of pure spirit given off by certain dark souls at death. Should he infuse himself with Wraith Essence, he thought he might create a body as luminous and eternal as his ego. On the millennial solstice known as Wraith-Night, he submitted to a rite of transformation, compelling his subjects to harvest enough souls to fuel his ambition for immortality. No one knows how many of his champions died, for the only survivor who mattered was the Wraith King who rose with the sun on the following morn. Now he rarely spends a moment on his glowing throne--but strides out with sword drawn, demanding a fealty that extends far beyond death.
Voice:
Abilities
Wraith King sears an enemy unit with spectral fire, dealing damage and stunning, then dealing damage over time and slowing the target.
Cast Range: 525
Base Damage: 70/80/90/100
Damage over Time: 10/30/50/70
Move Speed Slow: 20%
Stun Duration: 1.1/1.4/1.7/2
Ostarion calls on his damned lineage, laying waste to his opponents.
- Wraithfire Blast travels at a speed of 1000.
- The stun and slow are applied at the same time, so overall, the slow lasts for 3.1/3.4/3.7/4 ( 13.1/13.4/13.7/14) seconds.
- Deals the base damage instantly upon hitting, and the damage over time in 1 second intervals, starting immediately after the stun.
- Can deal up to 90/140/190/240 ( 190/440/690/940) damage (before reductions).
- The blast first applies the damage, then the debuffs.
- Casting Wraithfire Blast orders all of Wraith King's skeletons to attack that target.
- When the level 25 talent is chosen, Wraithfire Blast gets cast on all units within radius around Wraith King whenever Reincarnation triggers.
- These blasts travel at a slower speed of 500.
- They deal full damage and stun like a regular cast.
- When Wraithfire Blast is not learned, Reincarnation still slows when the talent is chosen. Once learned, the blasts fully replace the slow.
- The blasts can target units inside the fog of war and invisible units. However, invisible targets instantly disjoint them.
Ability
Aura
Aura
Affects
Allied Heroes
Allied Heroes
Nearby friendly melee units deal bonus damage and restore health based on the damage they deal when attacking enemy units. Lifesteal has a bigger effect on you. Does not affect allied creeps.
Radius: 1200
Attack Damage Bonus: 6/12/18/24
Aura Linger Duration: 0.5
Ally Lifesteal and Damage Multiplier: 1.0
Self Lifesteal and Damage Multiplier: 1.5
Wraith King's blade drains his enemy's essence to feed his aura.
- The aura only affects allied melee heroes, and Wraith King Skeletons under Wraith King's Control.
- Allied ranged heroes, and non-hero units are not affected. Treats creep-heroes as heroes.
- Wraith King Skeletons gain 3/6/9/12 attack damage from the aura.
- Stacks additively with other sources of lifesteal.
- The aura's buff lingers for 0.5 seconds.
- Affects invulnerable, but not hidden allies.
- The lifesteal particle effects do not appear when Wraith King is not visible to the enemy.
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Proc Chance: 9%/11%/13%/15%
Critical Damage: 300%
Number of Kills to Gain Charge: 2
Max Skeleton Charges: 2/4/6/8
Skeleton Respawn Delay: 3
Skeleton Duration: 90
One blow to crush a foe.
- Increases attack damage by an average of 18%/22%/26%/30%.
- A skeleton charge is gained for every 2 units killed by Wraith King. It does not matter how the units are killed.
- Upon cast, the skeletons spawn in 0.25 second intervals, starting immediately upon cast.
- The skeletons cannot be controlled. They automatically choose an attack target within approximately 6500 range.
- If no unit is within that range, they move to the closest lane and walk it down like lane creeps.
- If their current attack target turns invisible, the skeletons may stop and do nothing. After a while, they select a new target or return to the lanes.
- All skeletons within approximately 2000 radius around Wraith King switch to whoever Wraith King casts Wraithfire Blast on.
- The skeletons do not block neutral creep camps.
- The skeletons die upon losing the Mortal Strike Summon modifier, so, besides with damage, they can be killed by dispelling them.
- Once killed, skeletons reincarnate. This reincarnation cannot be prevented.
- Just like with hero reincarnation, killing the skeletons grants no gold or experience when they reincarnate.
- Reincarnating does not reset the skeleton's duration. This means they do not reincarnate when expiring either.
- The proc chances of multiple crit sources stack.
- If two sources of critical strike proc at the same time, the higher multiplier has priority.
- Unlike other critical strikes, this one also works against wards.
- Mortal Strike uses pseudo-random distribution.
- The sound and particles play upon start of the attack, not when the attack lands.
Wraith King's form regroups after death, allowing him to resurrect when killed in battle. Upon death, enemy units in a 900 radius will be slowed.
Slow/Wraithfire Blast Radius: 900
Effect Delay: 3
If a nearby allied hero is slain, they will be transformed into a wraith and have their death delayed for 7 seconds.
Modifiers [?]
Reincarnation
Undispellable
Reincarnation Scepter
Undispellable
Reincarnation Scepter Active
Undispellable
Reincarnate Slow
Conspirators against the Wraith King wonder why he never stays dead.
- Reincarnation cannot be prevented in any way as long as Wraith King has enough mana and the ability is off cooldown.
- Provides 1800/800 ground vision at the death location during its delay.
- If Wraith King has an Aegis of the Immortal, Reincarnation triggers first, considering it is off cooldown and Wraith King has sufficient mana.
- The slow is applied only once at the beginning of the revival, not at the end.
- The Aghanim's Scepter upgrade adds an aura to the ability. The aura's buff lingers for 0.5 seconds.
- The aura affects allied heroes exclusively including Wraith King himself. It does not affect illusions or creep-heroes.
- Wraith Delay does not affect invulnerable or hidden heroes, so they die without getting into Wraith form when killed.
- An ally enters Wraith form when their health reaches 1, unless they are affected by Shallow Grave, Battle Trance, or have Reincarnation.
- Units in Wraith form are kept alive by having their minimum health set to 1. Damage taken is technically not reduced.
- When Meepo or one of his clones gets killed outside of the aura's range while 1 of them is within range, he does not enter Wraith form either.
- However, when a Meepo clone dies within the aura's range, that Meepo enters Wraith form, delaying the death.
- Multiple Meepos can be in Wraith form at the same time. When the one who entered it first expires, or another Meepo gets killed outside the aura's range, Meepo dies.
- An allied Tempest Double can enter Wraith form as well, if its health reaches 1 before it expires.
- A Tempest Double does not enter Wraith form if its duration timer reaches 0. It simply vanishes, regardless of being affected by the Wraith Delay aura or not.
- A Tempest Double, that has already entered Wraith form, still vanishes when its duration timer reaches 0. Its duration is not extended.
- Wraith Delay grants the affected heroes unobstructed movement, allowing them to move through units and trees and over cliffs.
- Allies in Wraith form can act freely like regular heroes, but are also still affected by everything like a regular hero, except that they cannot die during it by any means.
- This means they can still be attacked and targeted by spells regularly, making it possible to disable them.
- It also means that, upon entering Wraith form, all buffs and debuffs affecting the hero persist through it. They are not dispelled.
- When the Wraith duration ends, the hero dies. The kill is credited to whoever put the hero in Wraith form.
- Once in Wraith form, the hero cannot be saved by any means. It will die once the duration is over, even while invulnerable or under the effect of e.g. Shallow Grave.
- If the hero gains reincarnation during Wraith form, it still triggers regularly and reincarnates the hero.
- Wraith form causes the hero's model size to increase by 25% for its duration. This has no impact on its collision size.
- The Wraith Delay aura is bestowed to nearby allies even while Wraith King is dead.
Talents
Hero Talents | ||
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Reincarnation Casts Wraithfire Blast | 25 | -2s Mortal Strike Cooldown |
+5 Minimum Skeletons Spawned | 20 | +35% Cleave |
+23 Skeletons Attack Damage | 15 | +1s Wraithfire Blast Stun Duration |
+25% Summon Skeleton Duration/-25% Cooldown | 10 | +10% Vampiric Spirit Lifesteal |
Recent Changes
Main Article: Wraith King/Changelogs
Version
Description
- Increased Reincarnation cooldown from 180/140/100 to 180/150/120.
- Aghanim's Scepter upgrade:
- Reduced Reincarnation cooldown reduction bonus from 30 to 15.
- Aghanim's Shard upgrade:
- Reduced Reincarnation number of Wraith King Skeletons bonus per enemy hero from 3 to 2.
- Talents:
- LVL 15+26 Wraith King Skeleton attack damage reduced to +23.LVL 20+6 Wraith King Skeletons spawned reduced to +5.LVL 20+25% cleave increased to +35%.
- Wraith King Skeletons
- Reduced attack damage from 32‒37 to 29‒34.
- Talents:
- LVL 15+0.75s Wraithfire Blast stun/buff/debuff duration increased to +1s.
Recommended items
Gameplay
On the millennial solstice known as Wraith-Night, Ostarion stood frozen amid the carnage, absorbing innumerable souls as his champions sacrificed their lives for the King. Now brimming with Wraith Essence, Ostarion immobilizes his adversaries with Wraithfire Blast, stunning and searing them over time. His greatsword smashes foes in one Mortal Strike, sapping their essence to feed his Vampiric Aura. Only fools trust the erratic reports of Ostarion's death. For when slain, the wraith energies that bind his body begin to reconstitute his parts, joining limb to torso until the Wraith King's Reincarnation comes full circle. | |
Roles: | Carry Support Durable Disabler Initiator |
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Adjectives: | Legs ( 2 )
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Audio
History
Equipment
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Trivia
- Prior to December 13 of 2013, Ostarion, the Wraith King was known as Ostarion, the Skeleton King.
- On December 10 of 2013, Skeleton King was removed from the game for "pressing ceremonial reasons". After the Wraith Night event, he returned as the Wraith King.
- His model was completely reworked from the previous skeleton model to the current model. His color theme was changed from red to green and all his icons were changed accordingly.
- He also got a new voice set, by the same voice actor who also voiced Skeleton King previously. Skeleton King's responses can be found here.
- In DotA1, Wraith King's (who is still known as the Skeleton King in DotA1) name is Leoric. This is a reference to the Skeleton King of Diablo who is also named Leoric. In the transition to Dota 2, his name was changed to Ostarion to avoid copyright issues.
- Copyright issues may also be a reason to why Skeleton King was remodeled and re-titled into Wraith King. Another likely factor for the remodeling was to solve many cosmetic item conflicts with the low-violence model which was made for the Perfect World client. A low-violence model was required for Skeleton King due to strict policies in China against the usage of skeletons in video games.
- Wraith King's responses for buying Armlet of Mordiggian ▶️ "I NOW HAVE ALL THE SEXY", buying a Divine Rapier ▶️ "Oh, Rapier. NOW YOUR KING IS BALLING OUT OF CONTROL!" and his battle begin line ▶️ "I'LL HELP MY WEAK AND PUNY ALLIES WHERE I CAN." are a reference to a popular DotA hero guide called "CAPS LOCK LEORIC".
- In several responses, he refers to himself as the "Once and Future King", which is also a title for the legendary King Arthur.
- One of Wraith King's lines is "We'll lead as three kings" when he activates an Illusion Rune. This line is a reference to the three kings or three wise men story from Christmas.
Gallery
Low Violence model of Skeleton King
Icons and bio of the Skeleton King. For the responses, see here.