What the item does
Active: Force
Pushes any target unit 600 units in the direction it is facing.
- 01
Look
Which way is the target facing, and what is ahead of them?
- 02
Push
The targeted unit moves in the direction it is facing.
- 03
Follow through
Retreat, apply a disable or continue the save.
How I decide
«Before Force, I look at which way the ally is facing.»
Ruslan UkrainskyiSpeaking through Rodya
- 01 Situation
- An ally is stuck in a dangerous position, but there is an exit ahead in the direction they face.
- 02 My decision
- I check direction first, then push. If the target faces back into the fight, I choose another moment or another save.
- 03 What I avoid
- Click the portrait without checking where the ally will actually go.
When I would buy it
Early, if positioning is what decides the outcome of focus fire. Later, I compare it with an upgrade or another needed defense.
Components
Components from Valve's recipe. Repeated parts are marked with quantities.
Staff of Wizardry
Fluffy HatWhich heroes I would try it on
Examples based on mechanics. The role, opponents and team plan determine the final choice.
What to compare it with
Similar purposes do not make items interchangeable. I compare effect, price and timing.
Builds into
Hurricane PikeConnections through Valve recipes. Owning a component does not oblige me to buy its upgrade immediately.
Stats and key conditions
- Intelligence
- 10
- Health
- 175
- Cooldown
- 19 s
- Mana cost
- 150
- Cast range
- 550
Valve notes
- Self-cast will use Hurricane Pike on yourself.
- Hurricane Pike doesn't interrupt the target's actions.
- Will not work on a unit inside Chronosphere, Duel, or Black Hole.
- Force Staff has 850 cast range when cast on enemies.
Game effects and recipes are a snapshot of official data. My guidelines are choices for a task, not a promise of the same build every match. Values for several stages, where present, are separated by ‘/’.
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