Silencer

Popularity: #14

Leaderboard: #22

Ban Rank: #9

KDA Rank: #61

Hero

Build

Matchup

Silencer stats, abilities and strategy

Can silence all enemies on the map

Silencer changes the dynamic of every battle when he shuts down the enemy's ability to cast their spells. As he cuts his foes to ribbons with his glaive, he steals their intelligence to add to his own, ensuring his foes are always at a disadvantage.

Win Rate 51.4%

Pick Rate 15.7%

Attributes

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538 +48.4/lvl

375 +34.8/lvl

Strength Image

19 +2.2/lvl

Agility Image

22 +2.2/lvl

Intelligence Image

25 +2.9/lvl

Stats

Attack

Damage:

43 - 57 + 2.9/level (141 - 155 at level 30)

Attack

Range:

600

Attack

Armor:

3.7 + 0.4/level (16.6 at level 30)

Attack

Movement:

290

Roles

Carry

Durable

Nuker

Pusher

Support

Escape

Disabler

Initiator

Patch 7.39

  • Removed Irrepressible and Reverberating Silence facets

Facets

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Synaptic Split

Win Rate: 49.2%

Pick Rate: 48.1%

Increases the max level of Glaives of Wisdom. Level 5 Glaives of Wisdom bounce 1 time to a random target within 450 range.


Patch 7.39

  • Increases the max level of Glaives of Wisdom to 5
  • Number of times +2 All Attributes can be skilled decreased from 7 to 6
  • Glaives of Wisdom: Level 5 makes glaives bounce 1 time to a random target within 450 range. The bounce prioritizes heroes and costs mana just like the original attack
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Suffer In Silence

Win Rate: 53.6%

Pick Rate: 51.9%

Silencer takes less damage from and deals more damage to silenced targets.


Patch 7.39b

  • Damage percentage decreased from 10/15/20/25% to 8/12/16/20%

Patch 7.39

  • Silencer deals 10/15/20/25% more damage to silenced targets and takes 10/15/20/25% less damage from them. Improves with Global Silence

Abilities

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Brain Drain

ABILITY: Passive


If Silencer kills an enemy hero, he permanently steals Intelligence.


To permanently steal Intelligence, Silencer doesn't need to land the killing blow, as long as the enemy hero is killed within 925 range of Silencer or was debuffed by Silencer at the time of death.


PERMANENT INT STEAL: 1

Q

Arcane Curse

AFFECTS: Area

DAMAGE TYPE: Magical

PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No

PASSIVE: No

DISPELLABLE: Yes

DEBUFF: Yes


Curses the target area, dealing damage and causing enemy heroes to take damage over time and slowing their movement speed. Silenced enemies take 1.5x slow and damage. Anytime affected enemies cast a spell, the duration is increased. The duration is paused as long as the target is silenced.


Affects creeps.


DAMAGE: 16 / 24 / 32 / 40

INITIAL DAMAGE: 20 / 40 / 60 / 80

RADIUS: 350

BASE DURATION: 6

MOVEMENT SLOW: 16% / 19% / 22% / 25%

PENALTY DURATION: 2

SILENCED MULTIPLIER: 1.5

Cooldown

22 / 20 / 18 / 16

Mana Cost

120 / 130 / 140 / 150

Cast Range

1000


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LEVEL 25 TALENT: 2 Arcane Curse charges

LEVEL 15 TALENT: +2s/+1s Arcane Curse Base/Penalty Duration

LEVEL 10 TALENT: +0.5 Arcane Curse Penalty Multiplier


Nortrom's lack of incantations is less of a problem for him than it is for his adversaries.

W

Glaives of Wisdom

AFFECTS: Unit

DAMAGE TYPE: Magical

PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No

PASSIVE: No

DEBUFF: Yes


Silencer enchants his glaives with his wisdom, stealing his target's Intelligence with each hit and dealing additional damage based on his Intelligence.


INT TO DAMAGE: 35% / 50% / 65% / 80% / 80%

INT STEAL: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 4

INT STEAL DURATION: 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 35

Mana Cost

14 / 16 / 18 / 20 / 20

Cast Range

600


FACET: Synaptic Split

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Increases the max level of Glaives of Wisdom. Level 5 Glaives of Wisdom bounce 1 time to a random target within 450 range. The bounce costs mana upon hit and prioritizes heroes.


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LEVEL 25 TALENT: +25% Glaives of Wisdom Damage

LEVEL 20 TALENT: +40s Glaives of Wisdom Int Steal Duration


Patch 7.39

  • No longer upgraded with Aghanim's Shard

Although lacking in traditional incantations, Nortrom's pedigree of the Aeol Drias gives him uncanny wisdom, which he applies to physical combat.

E

Last Word

AFFECTS: Unit

DAMAGE TYPE: Magical

PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No

PASSIVE: No

DISPELLABLE: Yes

DEBUFF: Yes


Enchants a target, providing vision of them and causing them to be damaged and silenced if they cast a spell or if the enchantment timer expires. Deals extra damage based on the difference in intelligence between Silencer and the target.


Channeling abilities will trigger this effect once the caster finishes its channel.


BASE DAMAGE: 120 / 160 / 200 / 240

INT DIFF MULTIPLIER: 1 / 1.5 / 2 / 2.5

ENEMY CAST TIMER: 4

SILENCE DURATION: 3 / 4 / 5 / 6

Cooldown

22 / 18 / 14 / 10

Mana Cost

100 / 105 / 110 / 115

Cast Range

900


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LEVEL 20 TALENT: 250 AoE Last Word


Nortrom ensures that spells uttered by his opponents will be their last.

R

Global Silence

PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: Yes

PASSIVE: No

DISPELLABLE: Yes


Silencer stops all sound, preventing enemy heroes and units on the map from casting spells.


This skill works on invisible and Debuff Immune units, but gaining debuff immunity will remove its effect.

Multiple Arcane Curses from Aghanim's Scepter Global Silence do not stack.


Cooldown

120

Mana Cost

300 / 450 / 600


With a shock to the ground, all magic and sound pauses, and Nortrom fulfills his prophecy.

Talents

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2 Arcane Curse charges

+ 2.0%

+25% Glaives of Wisdom Damage

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250 AoE Last Word

+ 2.5%

+40s Glaives of Wisdom Int Steal Duration

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+2s/+1s Arcane Curse Base/Penalty Duration

+ 0.5%

-20s Global Silence Cooldown

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+20 Attack Speed

+0.5 Arcane Curse Penalty Multiplier

+ 4.3%

Win Rate

Pick Rate

Patch 7.39

  • Level 20 Talent 1 Glaives of Wisdom Bounce replaced with +40s Glaives of Wisdom Int Steal Duration

Strategy

Use Arcane Curse when you expect opponents to cast a spell.

Clicking Glaives of Wisdom on an enemy hero doesn't draw creep aggro.

To steal intelligence from a dying hero, you have to get the kill, or have an active debuff, or be within 925 units of them.

Combining Arcane Curse with the Last Word silence does a lot of damage.

Be aware of what happens on the map, so you can use Global Silence when needed.

Using Global Silence defensively is fine, but ideally use it during fights. Make moves when it is off cooldown.

Many items dispel Global Silence. Be patient and don't waste it at the start of a fight.

Counter Strategy

Glaives of Wisdom are great for harassing as Silencer doesn't pull aggro and the damage ramps up.

Silencer's Arcane Curse lasts longer and does more damage if you cast a spell while under the effect of it.

Global Silence has a long cooldown. Look to fight after it was used.

Items that provide dispel are great against Silencer's silences.

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