Abilities, roles and builds with an explanation for every purchase.
HERO GAME PLANI provide a reliable stun and trade an ally’s bad position for a dangerous position for the enemy.
Vengeful Spirit's presence is felt at all times, whether she is alive or dead. Able to swap positions with any nearby hero, stun enemies, and reduce her killer's effectiveness if she falls, she constantly brings confusion and chaos to her foes.
My recommendation is a starting point. We choose another position together with the team and for its needs.
Help the lane, provide vision and keep the ally alive first; expensive upgrades follow the necessary team purchases.
My resource is the team's space: I hold the lane and build for initiation or team protection.
This is an editorial starting plan based on hero mechanics. It is not presented as a match I have already tested or a popularity ranking.
Here is my initial plan: I do my role's job first, then choose the items the team needs. I adapt the order and expensive purchases to the opponent.
Provide mana for laning and regular ability use.
Buffs an allied hero for close-range fighting and adds a defensive tool.
Moves me or an ally out of danger; direction depends on the target's facing.
Unlocks or upgrades Vengeance Aura. The exact effects are shown below in the abilities section.
Lets me remove an eligible negative effect and complicates the opponent's targeted focus.
Glimmer Cape ↗Adds a protective tool and hides the chosen ally; invisibility does not replace escaping detection.
Pipe of Insight ↗Provides team protection against substantial magical damage.
Aghanim's Shard ↗Unlocks or upgrades Magic Missile. The exact effects are shown below in the abilities section.
I do not assign one ‘correct’ minute to every purchase. I look at my gold, the next fight and the problem: am I missing mana, target access, control or protection? If an expensive slot will arrive too late, I get a useful answer earlier.
Original Valve icons and descriptions. Cooldowns and mana are shown by level from the data snapshot; talents and upgrades can change the values.
Fires a magic missile at an enemy unit, stunning and dealing damage.
Fires a magic missile at an enemy unit, stunning and dealing damage.
Bounces once on an enemy, prioritizing heroes, within 75% of Magic Missile's current cast range from the first target.
Vengeful Spirit lets loose a wicked cry, weakening the total attack damage and armor of enemies, and giving vision of the path ahead.
Vengeful Spirit's presence increases the damage of nearby friendly heroes. Vengeful Spirit herself receives 25% extra bonus.
Vengeful Spirit's presence increases the damage of nearby friendly heroes. Vengeful Spirit herself receives 25% extra bonus.
Increases self multiplier. Upon death, creates a strong illusion of Vengeful Spirit that deals full damage, and can cast all of her spells. If the illusion is alive when Vengeful Spirit respawn, she will take its place. XP earned by her illusion is given to her. Strong Illusions are not instantly killed by spells.
Instantly swaps positions with the selected hero, interrupting its channeled spells. If the target is an enemy, the ability deals damage; if it is an ally, it grants a barrier with health equal to the ability’s damage.
Instantaneously swaps positions with a target Hero, friend or enemy. Nether Swap interrupts channeling abilities on the target. Enemy Swapped units take damage. Vengeful Spirit and allied swapped units gain a barrier equal to the damage dealt.
These abilities are not necessarily available at the same time. I check the condition beside the name: innate ability, another form or an Aghanim purchase.
The hero’s attacks have the advantages of both ranged and melee attacks.
Vengeful Spirit is considered both a ranged and a melee attacker to gain the respective bonuses. When killed by an enemy hero, Vengeful Spirit deals 20% bonus damage to her killer until their next death. Only one debuff can exist at a time.
These are fields from the official source. The hero's final values in the client account for attributes and other active mechanics.
Items, slang and real episodes help connect abilities with what happens in a match.
