Magnus stats, abilities and strategy [7.41a]
Charges in to reposition his enemies
Enemies who are foolish enough to gather learn to fear the horn of Magnus. Able to pull nearby foes together, he can batter them with empowered attacks or skewer them with his horn to bring them before his merciless allies.
Win Rate 48.4%
Pick Rate 9.5%
Attributes
626 +68.2/lvl
315 +25.2/lvl
23 +3.1/lvl
14 +2.0/lvl
20 +2.1/lvl
Stats
Damage:
70 - 78 + 5.0/level (246 - 254 at level 30)
Range:
200
Armor:
3.3 + 0.3/level (15.3 at level 30)
Movement:
305
Roles
Carry
Durable
Nuker
Pusher
Support
Escape
Disabler
Initiator
Patch 7.41
- Base Agility increased from 12 to 14
- Damage at level 1 increased from 55–63 to 56–64
Facets
Abilities
ABILITY: Passive
PASSIVE: Breakable
Magnus has increased slow resistance and suffers less knockback from enemy's abilities and items.
KNOCKBACK RESISTANCE: 50%
SLOW RESISTANCE: 24%
Patch 7.41
- No longer levels with Reverse Polarity
- Slow Resistance rescaled from 20/30/40/50% to 24% + 1% per level
Shockwave
AFFECTS: Unit
DAMAGE TYPE: Magical
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No
PASSIVE: No
Magnus sends out a wave of force, damaging enemy units in a line, pulling them towards him, and slowing them for a brief period.
DAMAGE: 75 / 150 / 225 / 300
MOVEMENT SLOW: 75%
SLOW DURATION: 0.4 / 0.6 / 0.8 / 1
DISTANCE: 1200
13 / 12 / 11 / 10
85 / 90 / 95 / 100
1200
LEVEL 25 TALENT: Shockwave Returns to Magnus
LEVEL 20 TALENT: +125 Shockwave Damage
Mt. Joerlak was a somewhat unstable mass, and Magnus has learned to channel its reverberations.
Empower
AFFECTS: Unit
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: Yes
PASSIVE: No
DISPELLABLE: Yes
BUFF: Yes
When cast on an ally, grants them bonus damage and cleave on attack. Empower is always on Magnus with 30% larger bonus.
The bonus damage is based only on base damage and damage from primary attributes.
Cleave damage goes through spell immunity.
Ranged units cannot Cleave.
DURATION: 30 / 33 / 36 / 39
BONUS DAMAGE: 16% / 24% / 32% / 40%
CLEAVE DAMAGE: 16% / 24% / 32% / 40%
8
45 / 55 / 65 / 75
800
Patch 7.41
- Now always affects Magnus with 30% increased values and can't be cast on himself
With a deep bellow, Magnus displays his true power.
Skewer
DAMAGE TYPE: Magical
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No
PASSIVE: No
DISPELLABLE: Yes
Magnus rushes forward, goring enemy units on his massive tusk. Heroes hit on the way will be dragged to the destination, then damaged and affected by slowed movement speed. The damage is increased based on distance traveled.
Skewer is interrupted if Magnus is stunned, hexed or banished.
SPEED: 900
DISTANCE: 800 / 900 / 1000 / 1100
SLOW: 20% / 30% / 40% / 50%
SLOW DURATION: 3.25
DAMAGE: 80 / 160 / 240 / 320
DISTANCE AS DAMAGE: 6% / 9% / 12% / 15%
22 / 20 / 18 / 16
80
Aghanim's Shard
Increases range and deals additional damage when skewering enemies into trees or cliffs.
LEVEL 20 TALENT: +15% Skewer Damage Per Distance Travelled
LEVEL 15 TALENT: -5s Skewer Cooldown
LEVEL 10 TALENT: +1.25s Skewer Slow Duration
Patch 7.41
- Aghanim's Shard bonus distance increased from +275 to +300
Magnoceros horns are valuable in direct proportion to their danger to prospective merchants.
Reverse Polarity
DAMAGE TYPE: Magical
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: Yes
PASSIVE: No
DISPELLABLE: Strong Dispels Only
Magnus changes properties of matter, pulling all nearby enemies in front of him and stunning them with a damaging slam.
PULL RADIUS: 430
DAMAGE: 100 / 200 / 300
STUN DURATION: 2.5 / 3 / 3.5
115
150 / 225 / 300
410
LEVEL 25 TALENT: +0.8s Reverse Polarity Stun Duration
LEVEL 15 TALENT: +12 All Attributes per hero hit with Reverse Polarity
Magnus fights with the fury of the erupting Mt. Joerlak.
Horn Toss
Scepter grants new ability
DAMAGE TYPE: Magical
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No
PASSIVE: No
DISPELLABLE: Yes
DEBUFF: Yes
Magnus tosses any enemies in front of him, launching them to his rear. Enemies take damage, spend 0.6 seconds in the air, and are stunned while in the air and an additional amount of time after landing.
DAMAGE: 300
AIR DURATION: 0.6
STUN DURATION: 0.75
30
100
Survivors of Joerlak will never forget the sight of Magnus tossing countless enemies into rivers of fire and clouds of ash.
Talents
+0.8s Reverse Polarity Stun Duration
Shockwave Returns to Magnus
+ 2.1%
+15% Skewer Damage Per Distance Travelled
+ 0.2%
+125 Shockwave Damage
-5s Skewer Cooldown
+ 1.2%
+12 All Attributes per hero hit with Reverse Polarity
+1.25s Skewer Slow Duration
+1.5 Mana Regen
+ 2.3%
Win Rate
Pick Rate
Patch 7.41
- Level 25 Talent +10% Empower Damage/Cleave replaced with Shockwave Returns to Magnus
Strategy
Skewer destroys trees which can be useful against certain heroes.
When fighting close to pillars and cliffs, consider Skewering opponents on them.
Magnus has huge base damage that is further amplified by Empower. Use to win the lane last hit wise.
When an opponent is close to your tower, consider making Shockwave into Skewer play.
Ask your teammates to make stacks for you as you can clear them with ease once Empower is maxed out.
Make stacks for your farming core and continuously Empower him, if you have any points in the spell.
Consider turning during Reverse Polarity animation to be able to Skewer stunned units towards allies right away.
Don't rotate too much. Focus on farming 
Blink Dagger and then start playing more actively.
Once you have
Blink Dagger, make use of it immediately before opponents are able to scout it.
Avoid showing yourself at the start of the fight. Wait for opponents to clump up and do your combo.
Pick up 
Aghanim's Shard later in the game to increase Skewer range and do more damage when pushing enemy heroes against trees and cliffs.
Counter Strategy
Be careful not to get Skewered by Magnus under the opponent's tower.
Empower is a great farming buff for Magnus and his melee cores. Contest their jungle and block camps.
Be aware of Magnus's
Blink Dagger timing. Look to cancel it in the fights.
Avoid fighting in choke spots and clumping up against
Blink Dagger into Reverse Polarity combo.
Reverse Polarity has a long cooldown. Look to fight opponents when it is down.
Status resistance items shorten the disable duration of Reverse Polarity.
Having 
Aegis of the Immortal on a core hero is a protection against Reverse Polarity. Kill 
Roshan on the first chance.