Mars stats, abilities and strategy [7.41a]
Traps his foes in an inescapable arena
The warrior deity Mars thrives in the heart of strife, guarded by the bulk of a deadly shield as he skewers enemies with his legendary spear. He revels in facing opponents in an arena ringed with loyal spearmen—who guarantee that no one escapes and that whatever odds he's facing, the god of war can dictate the terms of battle knowing the crowd is forever on his side.
Win Rate 44.7%
Pick Rate 9.2%
Attributes
626 +81.4/lvl
327 +26.4/lvl
23 +3.7/lvl
18 +1.7/lvl
21 +2.2/lvl
Stats
Damage:
49 - 57 + 3.7/level (170 - 178 at level 30)
Range:
250
Armor:
2.0 + 0.3/level (12.6 at level 30)
Movement:
310
Roles
Carry
Durable
Nuker
Pusher
Support
Escape
Disabler
Initiator
Facets
Abilities
ABILITY: Passive
PASSIVE: Breakable
Mars gets more HP Regen the more he is outnumbered by enemy heroes in 700 radius.
HP REGEN PER EXTRA ENEMY: 40%
Patch 7.41
- No longer considers Mars's allies when determining if Mars is outnumbered
- HP Regen per extra enemy decreased from 70% to 40%
Spear of Mars
DAMAGE TYPE: Magical
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No
PASSIVE: No
DISPELLABLE: Strong Dispels Only
DEBUFF: Yes
Mars throws his legendary Spear with deadly precision, damaging each enemy unit it strikes. The first enemy hero it hits is skewered on the spear, pushing it back. If a skewered hero hits a tree, building, or cliff, they will be impaled to it and stunned.
Spear of Mars can hit invisible units and reveals them if they are stunned.
Spear of Mars will only pin a unit to cliffs onto elevated areas, otherwise it will push them off onto lower ground.
DAMAGE: 100 / 175 / 250 / 325
CAST RANGE: 900 / 1000 / 1100 / 1200
STUN DURATION: 1.3 / 1.6 / 1.9 / 2.2
14 / 13 / 12 / 11
100 / 110 / 120 / 130
Aghanim's Shard
Spear of Mars impales up to 1 heroes and leaves a fire trail behind that deals damage over time and slows movement speed.
LEVEL 20 TALENT: +0.5s Spear of Mars Stun
LEVEL 15 TALENT: +100 Spear Of Mars Damage
The legendary Spear of Mars still glows with the heat of the forge god's fires.
God's Rebuke
DAMAGE TYPE: Physical
PASSIVE: No
Mars smashes enemies in front of him with his shield, knocking them back and damaging them with a critical hit based on his attack. Bonus damage is added when hitting heroes. Has True Strike.
Attack modifiers have a chance to proc on God's Rebuke attacks.
CRITICAL DAMAGE: 150% / 200% / 250% / 300%
DISTANCE: 500
KNOCKBACK SLOW: 40%
KNOCKBACK SLOW DURATION: 2.5
BONUS DAMAGE VS HEROES: 5 / 10 / 15 / 20
16 / 14 / 12 / 10
90
LEVEL 25 TALENT: God's Rebuke +65% Crit
LEVEL 15 TALENT: -2.5s God's Rebuke Cooldown
LEVEL 10 TALENT: +100 God's Rebuke Distance
There isn't a warrior alive who can stand unmoved by the sting of Mars' rebuke.
Bulwark
PASSIVE: No
Mars wields his massive shield to block a portion of each physical attack when hit from the front or sides.
Can be toggled, granting phased movement, removing Mars's ability to attack, and locking the direction he is facing. When active, reduces movement speed and re-directs 70% of the attack projectiles aimed at allies towards himself.
Redirect only works if the projectile targets are in a cone behind Mars or within 100 range of him.
Break disables the front and side damage reduction.
FRONT REDUCTION: 40% / 50% / 60% / 70%
SIDE REDUCTION: 20% / 25% / 30% / 35%
ACTIVE REDIRECT RANGE: 900
SPEED PENALTY WHEN ACTIVE: 18%
Patch 7.41
- Now a point targeted ability. Mars will face towards the targeted direction when toggled on
- No longer upgraded with Aghanim's Scepter
Only the very foolish dare to fight fair with the god of war.
Arena Of Blood
AFFECTS: Area
DAMAGE TYPE: Magical
PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No
PASSIVE: No
After a short formation time, Mars summons an arena lined with the undead warriors of the Ash Legion, who block enemy attacks and movement. Enemy heroes near the inside edge of the arena will be attacked by spears, dealing damage and knocking them back.
DURATION: 5.5
RADIUS: 550
SPEAR DAMAGE: 80 / 160 / 240
FORMATION TIME: 0.1
100 / 95 / 90
150 / 200 / 250
400
Aghanim's Scepter
Lowers cooldown by 10s and increases duration. If an enemy is killed in the Arena, Mars and all of his allies inside the Arena restore 35 of their max health and mana and get a 35 attack damage buff for 20s. This effect stacks.
LEVEL 25 TALENT: Arena Of Blood Grants Team +180 HP Regen
LEVEL 20 TALENT: +70 Arena Of Blood Spear Damage
Patch 7.41
- Now upgraded with Aghanim's Scepter
- Lowers cooldown by 10s and increases duration from 5.5s to 6.5s. If an enemy is killed in the Arena, Mars and all of his allies inside the Arena restore 35% of their max health and mana and get a 35% attack damage buff for 20s. This effect stacks
The long-dead members of the Ash Legion, assembled from the finest warriors to ever test the might of Mars, still revel in the thrill of combat, gladly beholden to the hand that fell them for as long as he so commands.
Talents
Arena Of Blood Grants Team +180 HP Regen
+ 3.2%
God's Rebuke +65% Crit
+0.5s Spear of Mars Stun
+70 Arena Of Blood Spear Damage
+ 1.5%
+100 Spear Of Mars Damage
+ 2.5%
-2.5s God's Rebuke Cooldown
+1.5 Mana Regen
+ 0.6%
+100 God's Rebuke Distance
Win Rate
Pick Rate
Patch 7.41
- Level 10 Talent +20% Dauntless Regen Per Enemy replaced with +1.5 Mana Regen
- Level 20 Talent -16s Arena Of Blood Cooldown replaced with +70 Arena of Blood Spear Damage
Strategy
Use Gods Rebuke to secure ranged creep last hits and harass the opponents at the same time.
You often want to set up a Spear of Mars by God's Rebuking first.
Arena of Blood destroys trees in huge AoE which can be useful against certain heroes.
Dont rush spearing an enemy during Arena of Blood. It's often times better to rebuke and spear with delay.
You can protect your allies from ranged attacks by placing Arena of Blood or using Bulwark.
Don't over-rotate. Focus on getting {blink-dagger} or {euls-scepter-of-divinity} timely.
Make use of the {blink-dagger} immediately before opponents are able to scout it.
Pick up {aghanims-shard} after {blink-dagger} and {black-king-bar} to have even more damage and control with Spear of Mars.
Attack modifying and proc items work with God's Rebuke. You can pick up {satanic} in the late game, for example, to lifesteal back up with the spell.
If you use {blink-dagger} to jump directly on top of an enemy, you can cast Spear of Mars and then quickly drop Arena of Blood while the spear is mid-air, pinning the target to the arena wall. This combo requires practice but is very effective for instantly disabling elusive heroes.
Counter Strategy
Avoid playing close to trees against Spear of Mars. Cut some with {quelling-blade} and {tango}.
Mars takes reduced damage from front and sides once he levels up Bulwark. Hit him from the back if possible.
No range attacks can hit inside or outside of the Arena of Blood.
Arena of Blood destroys all the trees around it.
Be aware of Mars's {blink-dagger} timing. Look to cancel it in the fights.
Avoid fighting in choke spots and clumping up against {blink-dagger} into Arena of Blood combo.
{black-king-bar} allows you to move in and out of Arena of Blood.
Break effects remove Bulwark and Mars becomes significantly weaker.
If Mars has the Blood Sport facet, you can place {observer-ward} inside the Arena to gain vision of your teammates and potentially help save them.