Drow Ranger stats, abilities and strategy [7.41a]
Slows with her frost-tipped arrows
Not many can escape Drow Ranger once she's within range. After her foes have been silenced with a chilling blast, she finishes them off with a barrage of slowing, ice-tipped arrows that few can survive.
Win Rate 48.4%
Pick Rate 12.0%
Attributes
472 +41.8/lvl
255 +16.8/lvl
16 +1.9/lvl
22 +2.8/lvl
15 +1.4/lvl
Stats
Damage:
49 - 56 + 2.8/level (144 - 151 at level 30)
Range:
625
Armor:
3.7 + 0.5/level (19.5 at level 30)
Movement:
310
Roles
Carry
Durable
Nuker
Pusher
Support
Escape
Disabler
Initiator
Patch 7.41
- Base Damage decreased by 2
- Damage at level 1 decreased from 51–58 to 49–56
Facets
Abilities
ABILITY: Passive
PASSIVE: Breakable
Grants Drow bonus agility based on Drow's current agility and level. Nearby ranged heroes received 50% of the bonus agility.
RADIUS: 1200
AGILITY BONUS: 10%
Patch 7.41
- No longer levels with Marksmanship
- Agility Base Bonus rescaled from 4/8/12/16% to 10%
Traxex' time spent alone in the forests of her Drow home has allowed her to teach other archers how to improve their bow skills.
Frost Arrows
AFFECTS: Unit
DAMAGE TYPE: Physical
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No
PASSIVE: No
DISPELLABLE: Yes
DEBUFF: Yes
Adds a freezing effect to Drow's attacks, slowing enemy movement and dealing bonus damage. Slow lasts 1.5 seconds.
The slow duration is refreshed on successive casts.
MOVEMENT SLOW: 15% / 25% / 35% / 45%
BONUS DAMAGE: 10 / 15 / 20 / 25
625
Aghanim's Scepter
Frost Arrows now apply a Hypothermia stack to enemies, increasing damage from Frost Arrows and reducing their Health Restoration per stack. If an enemy dies with Hypothermia stacks, they burst and deal damage per stack and slow in an area around it.
LEVEL 10 TALENT: -18% Frost Arrows Mana Cost
Patch 7.41
- Now also modifies incoming healing with Aghanim's Scepter
Ice-encased arrows pierce the silence, chilling their victims to the core.
Gust
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No
PASSIVE: No
DISPELLABLE: Yes
Releases a wave that silences and knocks back and reveals invisible enemy units. Knockback distance is relative to how close they are to Drow.
WIDTH: 250
SILENCE DURATION: 3 / 4 / 5 / 6
KNOCKBACK MAX: 450
KNOCKBACK DURATION: 0.6 / 0.7 / 0.8 / 0.9
19 / 17 / 15 / 13
900
LEVEL 20 TALENT: 50% Gust Self Movement Speed
Patch 7.41
- Knockback duration now scales inversely with distance from the target, similar to knockback distance. Minimum knockback duration is 0.4 seconds
Traxex is rather fond of the tranquility of physical combat, calling on her Drow heritage to end the incantations of opposing magi.
Multishot
DAMAGE TYPE: Physical
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: Yes
PASSIVE: No
CHANNELED - Drow releases a flurry of arrows in continuous salvos, hitting enemies for extra damage and applying Frost Arrows. Lasts up to 1.75 seconds.
Drow can move slowly and use items while casting Multishot.
Arrow base damage pierces magic immunity.
Frost Arrows' damage and slow do not pierce magic immunity.
WAVE COUNT: 3
ARROWS PER WAVE: 4
ARROW BASE DAMAGE BONUS: 100% / 120% / 140% / 160%
ARROW RANGE MULTIPLIER: 1.75
MOVEMENT SPEED PENALTY: 35%
24 / 21 / 18 / 15
50 / 70 / 90 / 110
LEVEL 25 TALENT: +1 Multishot Wave
LEVEL 20 TALENT: +25% Multishot Damage
LEVEL 15 TALENT: -6s Multishot Cooldown
LEVEL 10 TALENT: +1 Multishot Arrow Per Wave
Patch 7.41
- Now allows Drow Ranger to move with a 35% penalty and use items while casting Multishot
In the ranger's youth, learning to fire multiple arrows at once was considered a distracting frivolity. In the war of the Ancients, such technique has become strange necessity.
Marksmanship
ABILITY: Passive
DAMAGE TYPE: Physical
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: Yes
PASSIVE: Breakable
Drow's experiences in battle grant her a chance to launch arrows with incredible accuracy and effectiveness. Pierces through the enemy's defenses, ignoring their base armor. This ability is disabled if there is an enemy hero within 325 range.
Marksmanship procs have true strike.
CHANCE: 30% / 35% / 40%
BONUS PROC DAMAGE: 50 / 70 / 90
LEVEL 25 TALENT: +8% Marksmanship Chance
The Drow Ranger is the epitome of archery prowess.
Glacier
Shard grants new ability
DAMAGE TYPE: Magical
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No
PASSIVE: No
Drow creates a hill of ice beneath her, knocking away nearby enemies. Units on the hill gain flying vision and Drow and her ranged allies gain bonus attack range. Drow gains additional damage while on the Glacier and attacking targets below her.
The front of the hill obscures vision and cannot be moved through except by Drow. Does not interrupt Multishot when cast.
DURATION: 8
ATTACK RANGE BONUS: 200
HIGH GROUND DAMAGE BONUS: 25%
25
50
400
Patch 7.41
- No longer increases the number of Multishot arrows
- No longer grants True Strike on the hill
- Now Drow Ranger deals 25% more damage when attacking from high ground while on the Glacier
Traxex wasn't just adopted by the Drow, she was adopted by the lands they lived in.
Talents
+1 Multishot Wave
+8% Marksmanship Chance
+ 1.8%
+25% Multishot Damage
50% Gust Self Movement Speed
+ 1.3%
-6s Multishot Cooldown
+75 Attack Range
+ 1.6%
+1 Multishot Arrow Per Wave
-18% Frost Arrows Mana Cost
+ 0.5%
Win Rate
Pick Rate
Strategy
Use Frost Arrows frequently to harass as you don't pull creep aggro when manually casting it. Also, you can use it on creeps to secure last hits with the extra damage.
Be careful of allowing the enemies to get too close during laning stage. You are especially vulnerable when your support is pulling the lane. Keep a safe distance and learn to kite heroes down.
Multishot does the most damage when used point blank as all the arrows will hit the target. Try to cover maximal area of your targets when using the spell in the cast zone.
When in trouble, you can potentially Gust and teleport out. Gust will silence and push the enemies back, allowing you time to escape.
Drow Ranger loves 
agility stats as they get further increased by her passive, Precision Aura. Look to spam agility items to boost your damage output, attack speed, and armor.
Drow Ranger is all about positioning. Avoid showing yourself too early in the fight and maintain distance. Let your teammates be the frontliners instead and use them as a meat shield to attack freely in fights.
Use Multishot to push waves while staying hidden in trees to avoid getting caught out when killing lane creeps. This is the only way you can clear waves without showing yourself.
When you get your {aghanims-scepter}, your single target damage increases dramatically. Your Multishot also lets you farm a lot faster.
Counter Strategy
Drow Ranger is slow and squishy with low armor. Look to harass her as much as you can on early levels.
Avoid being in point target range of Drow Ranger when she starts channeling Multishot
Drow Ranger's Gust and Multishot have cone shaped area of effect. If you are on top of her. look to side step, or run past, or through her when she uses those spells
Gap closing items are good against Drow Ranger as she is a glass cannon hero. Note that her Marksmanship is disabled when you are within 325 range of her
{heavens-halberd} is amazing against Drow Ranger as it disarms her for 3 seconds
Drow Ranger should be a priority target in team fights as her team loses the Precision Aura when she dies.
Use {smoke-of-deceit} to wrap around Drow Ranger and kill her.