Launches a powerful icy blast from anywhere on the map
Able to launch a powerful blast of damaging ice across the battlefield, Ancient Apparition threatens to shatter weakened enemies wherever they are. Slowing enemies as he enhances his allies' effectiveness in battle, he is a constant threat to his foes.
Win Rate 53.2%
Pick Rate 14.4%
Attributes
560 +41.8/lvl
351 +37.2/lvl
20 +1.9/lvl
20 +2.0/lvl
23 +3.1/lvl
Stats
Damage:
44 - 54 + 3.1/level (147 - 157 at level 30)
Range:
675
Armor:
2.3 + 0.3/level (14.3 at level 30)
Movement:
285
Roles
Carry
Durable
Nuker
Pusher
Support
Escape
Disabler
Initiator
Facets
Bone Chill
Win Rate: 53.5%
Pick Rate: 58.3%
Ancient Apparition's abilities reduce the enemy's Strength.
Exposure
Win Rate: 52.8%
Pick Rate: 41.7%
Cold Feet applies in an AoE, depending on the current level of Ice Blast.
Abilities
ABILITY: Passive
DAMAGE TYPE: Magical
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No
Ancient Apparition's abilities apply Death Rime Stacks on enemies. Death Rime slows enemies' movement speed and deals damage over time.
DAMAGE PER SECOND PER STACK: 10
MOVEMENT SLOW PER STACK: 2%
CAST SPEED SLOW PER STACK: 0%
STR REDUCTION PER STACK: 0
FACET: Bone Chill
Each Death Rime Stack also reduces the enemy's Strength.
LEVEL 25 TALENT: +50% Death Rime Slow/Damage
Cold Feet
AFFECTS: Unit
DAMAGE TYPE: Magical
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No
PASSIVE: No
DISPELLABLE: Yes
DEBUFF [E]: Yes
Places Death Rime Stacks on an enemy that can be dispelled by moving away from the initial cast point. If the enemy unit doesn't move outside of the given range, it will be stunned and frozen in place after 4 seconds.
Deals damage every half second.
DEATH RIME STACKS: 2 / 4 / 6 / 8
BREAK DISTANCE: 725 / 750 / 775 / 800
STUN DURATION: 1.8 / 2.2 / 2.6 / 3
15 / 13 / 11 / 9
110 / 115 / 120 / 125
700 / 800 / 900 / 1000
FACET: Exposure
Cold Feet becomes an AoE point targeted ability, with the radius depending on the current level of Ice Blast.
LEVEL 15 TALENT: +300 Cold Feet Breaking distance
LEVEL 10 TALENT: +2 Cold Feet Death Rime Stacks
PATCH 7.38
Stun Duration rescaled from 1.9/2.2/2.5/2.8s to 1.8/2.2/2.6/3s
Break Distance is no longer affected by AoE bonuses
Kaldr's presence draws those around him into a frozen void, threatening to lock them in an icy prison for eternity.
Ice Vortex
AFFECTS: Area
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No
PASSIVE: No
Creates a vortex of icy energy that applies Death Rime Stacks and increases magic damage done to enemies in its range.
Provides vision in a small area where it is placed.
RADIUS: 300
INCREASED MAGIC DAMAGE: 16% / 19% / 22% / 25%
DEATH RIME STACKS: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4
DURATION: 6 / 8 / 10 / 12
10 / 8 / 6 / 4
40 / 55 / 70 / 85
1500
LEVEL 15 TALENT: -2s Ice Vortex Cooldown
PATCH 7.38c
Mana Cost increased from 40/50/60/70 to 40/55/70/85
Frozen, caustic winds are at the whim of Kaldr, chilling the field of battle.
Chilling Touch
AFFECTS: Unit
DAMAGE TYPE: Magical
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No
PASSIVE: No
DISPELLABLE: Yes
DEBUFF [E]: Yes
Enhances Ancient Apparition's attack with increased range and heavy magic damage. Applies a Death Rime Stack that lasts for 3 seconds. Additionally applies a 100% slow for %slow_duration% seconds.
DAMAGE: 30 / 60 / 90 / 120
DEATH RIME STACKS: 2
ATTACK RANGE BONUS: 60 / 90 / 120 / 150
12 / 9 / 6 / 3
Aghanim's Scepter
Removes cooldown and reduces manacost by %bonus_AbilityManaCost%%.
LEVEL 20 TALENT: +80 Chilling Touch Damage
LEVEL 10 TALENT: +300 Chilling Touch Attack Range
PATCH 7.38c
Attack Range Bonus decreased from 80/120/160/200 to 60/90/120/150
PATCH 7.38
Attack Range Bonus rescaled from 60/120/180/240 to 80/120/160/200
Death Rime Stacks increased from 1 to 2
Death Rime duration decreased from 4s to 3s
Aghanim's Scepter Mana Cost reduction decreased from 50% to 40%
The Ancient Apparition's eternal knowledge brings a frigid enchantment to his attacks.
Ice Blast
AFFECTS: Area
DAMAGE TYPE: Magical
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: Yes
PASSIVE: No
Launches a tracer toward any location on the battlefield, which must be triggered again to mark the area to be blasted by a damaging explosion of hail. The further the tracer travels, the larger the explosion will be. Enemies caught in the explosion, or who touch the icy ball of hail as it travels, are Frostbitten, gaining Death Rime Stacks and prevented from regenerating or healing. If a Frostbitten unit's health drops below a certain percentage, they will instantly shatter.
Upon cast, this ability is replaced by Release, used to stop the tracer on the target area.
The area of effect is 275 + 50*TimeTraveled, capped at 1000.
Kill will be granted to the source of the damage that triggers the shatter.
The shatter effect doesn't work on illusions.
The HP Freeze prevents most kinds of healing, including the fountain, except Sunder, Time Lapse and Supernova.
PATH RADIUS: 275
FROSTBITTEN DURATION: 10 / 11 / 12
DEATH RIME STACKS: 2
SHATTER HEALTH THRESHOLD: 12% / 13% / 14%
COLD FEET AOE:
60 / 50 / 40
175
Aghanim's Shard
Freezes enemies hit with the current level of Cold Feet for %cold_feet_stun_duration_pct%% of the duration.
LEVEL 25 TALENT: +4% Ice Blast Kill Threshold
LEVEL 20 TALENT: +5s Ice Blast Frostbitten Duration
PATCH 7.38
Release sub-ability can now be cast while silenced
Frostbitten heroes will now have a visual indicator on their overhead health bar showing where the shatter threshold is. The indicator is visible to everyone
Ice storms from ages past flow through Kaldr's frosty limbs, crashing into the world and turning its inhabitants into monuments to his eternal power.
Release
PASSIVE: No
Releases the ice blast to explode at the tracer's current location. Can be cast while silenced.
1
Talents [E]
+4% Ice Blast Kill Threshold
+ 0.3 %
+50% Death Rime Slow/Damage
+80 Chilling Touch Damage
+5s Ice Blast Frostbitten Duration
+ 4.0 %
+300 Cold Feet Breaking distance
+ 0.1 %
-2s Ice Vortex Cooldown
+2 Cold Feet Death Rime Stacks
+ 3.0 %
+300 Chilling Touch Attack Range
Win Rate
Pick Rate
Strategy
Make maximum use of your high attack range and Chilling Touch to harass in the lane without aggroing lane creeps.
Use Cold Feet when it is likely to stun, for example, after your laning partner applies a disable or slow, or just before the opponent wants to last hit a creep.
Ice Vortex can be used to provide vision on top of pillars or in Roshan pit.
Prioritize Ice Blasting heroes high on healing and with big health pool.
Grab Aghanims Shard at 15 minute mark as it gives you a massive area of effect stun with Ice Blast.
When not much is happening on the map, use Ice Vortex to farm creep waves without showing yourself.
Counter Strategy
When Ancient Apparition's Cold Feet is used on you, move away 715 distance or you will get stunned.
Ancient's Ice Blast negates all healing. Avoid using healing items when affected by it.
Ice Blast goes through spell immunity but is offset by magic resistance and magic barrier items.
Lore
Kaldr, the Ancient Apparition, is an image projected from outside time. He springs from the cold, infinite void that both predates the universe and awaits its end. Kaldr is, Kaldr was, Kaldr shall be...and what we perceive, powerful as it appears to us, is but the faintest faded echo of the true, eternal Kaldr. Some believe that as the cosmos ages and approaches its final moments, the brightness and power of Kaldr will also intensify--that the Ancient Apparition will grow younger and stronger as eternity's end draws nigh. His grip of ice will bring all matter to a stop, his image will cast a light too terrible to behold. An Apparition no longer!