Vengeful Spirit

Popularity: #61

Leaderboard: #5

Ban Rank: #117

KDA Rank: #120

Hero

Build

Matchup

Can swap herself with any nearby hero

Vengeful Spirit's presence is felt at all times, whether she is alive or dead. Able to swap positions with any nearby hero, stun enemies, and reduce her killer's effectiveness if she falls, she constantly brings confusion and chaos to her foes.

Win Rate 53.0%
Pick Rate 6.8%
Attributes
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560 +57.2/lvl

303 +18.0/lvl

Strength Image

20 +2.6/lvl

Agility Image

21 +3.2/lvl

Intelligence Image

19 +1.5/lvl

Stats
Attack

Damage:

47 - 53 + 3.2/level (153 - 159 at level 30)

Attack

Range:

400

Attack

Armor:

3.5 + 0.5/level (21.3 at level 30)

Attack

Movement:

295

Roles

Carry

Durable

Nuker

Pusher

Support

Escape

Disabler

Initiator

Facets

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Avenging Missile

Win Rate: 52.6%

Pick Rate: 52.0%

Magic Missile deals 0.75 bonus damage for every creep the enemy has killed.

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Soul Strike

Win Rate: 53.4%

Pick Rate: 48.0%

Vengeful Spirit's ranged attacks behave as if they were melee attacks.

Abilities

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Retribution

ABILITY: Passive


Whenever an enemy hero kills Vengeful Spirit, they get a debuff until their next death, causing Vengeful Spirit to deal 20% bonus damage to them.


PATCH 7.38
  • Bonus damage increased from 10% to 20%

Q

Magic Missile

AFFECTS: Unit

DAMAGE TYPE: Magical

PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No

PASSIVE: No

DISPELLABLE: Strong Dispels Only

DEBUFF [E]: Yes


Fires a magic missile at an enemy unit, stunning and dealing damage.


STUN DURATION: 1.1 / 1.3 / 1.5 / 1.7

DAMAGE: 85 / 170 / 255 / 340

Cooldown

16 / 14 / 12 / 10

Mana Cost

90 / 95 / 100 / 105

Cast Range

650


FACET: Avenging Missile

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Magic Missile deals 0.75 bonus damage for every creep the enemy has killed.


Aghanim ScepterAghanim Shard

Aghanim's Shard

Bounces once on an enemy, prioritizing heroes, within %bounce_range_pct%% of Magic Missile's current cast range from the first target.


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LEVEL 15 TALENT: +0.3s Magic Missile Stun Duration

LEVEL 10 TALENT: +100 Magic Missile Cast Range


A simple Skywrath technique, the magic missile is Shendel's primary tool for vengeance.

W

Wave of Terror

DAMAGE TYPE: Magical

PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: No

PASSIVE: No

DISPELLABLE: Yes


Vengeful Spirit lets loose a wicked cry, weakening the total attack damage and armor of enemies, and giving vision of the path ahead.


DAMAGE: 60 / 80 / 100 / 120

ARMOR REDUCTION: 3 / 4 / 5 / 6

ATTACK DAMAGE REDUCTION: 10% / 15% / 20% / 25%

VISION DURATION: 4

Cooldown

16 / 14 / 12 / 10

Mana Cost

40

Cast Range

1400


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LEVEL 20 TALENT: Wave Of Terror Steals 20% Of Reduced Damage And Armor

LEVEL 15 TALENT: -4 Wave of Terror Armor


Shendel's haunting voice hints at her approaching vindication.

Vengeance Aura

ABILITY: Passive

PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: Yes

PASSIVE: Breakable


Vengeful Spirit's presence increases the damage of nearby friendly heroes.


Break disables the damage aura.


BASE DAMAGE BONUS: 10% / 15% / 20% / 25%

RADIUS: 1200

Cast Range

1200


Aghanim ScepterAghanim Shard
Aghanim's Scepter

Upon death, creates a strong illusion of Vengeful Spirit that deals and takes full damage and can cast all of her spells. If the illusion is alive when Vengeful Spirit respawn, she will take its place. XP earned by her illusion is given to her. Strong Illusions are not instantly killed by spells.


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LEVEL 25 TALENT: +16% Vengeance Aura Base Damage Bonus


Although they may not share her undying passion for revenge, allies do draw on her fanaticism in combat.

R

Nether Swap

AFFECTS: Unit

DAMAGE TYPE: Magical

PIERCES DEBUFF IMMUNITY: Yes

PASSIVE: No

DISPELLABLE: Yes

BUFF: Yes


Instantaneously swaps positions with a target Hero, friend or enemy. Nether Swap interrupts channeling abilities on the target. Enemy Swapped units take damage. Vengeful Spirit and allied swapped units gain a barrier equal to the damage dealt.


Works on Spell Immune units.

Trees near Vengeful Spirit and the target will be destroyed when the spell is cast.

Channeling spells are interrupted by Nether Swap.


SHIELD DURATION: 10

DAMAGE/SHIELD: 150 / 300 / 450

Cooldown

46 / 38 / 30

Mana Cost

100 / 150 / 200

Cast Range

800 / 950 / 1100


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LEVEL 10 TALENT: +150 Nether Swap Enemy Damage


Martyrdom is a small price to pay for vengeance.

Talents [E]

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-18s Nether Swap Cooldown

+ 0.3 %

+16% Vengeance Aura Base Damage Bonus

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Wave Of Terror Steals 20% Of Reduced Damage And Armor

-2s Magic Missile Cooldown

+ 1.5 %

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+0.3s Magic Missile Stun Duration

-4 Wave of Terror Armor

+ 1.2 %

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+100 Magic Missile Cast Range

+150 Nether Swap Enemy Damage

+ 1.9 %

Win Rate

Pick Rate

Strategy

Use Wave of Terror to secure ranged creeps and harass the opponents at the same time.

You can stack multiple camps at the same time and help clear them with Wave of Terror.

Wave of Terror provides vision so you can scout pillars for wards and Roshan pit.

The most important thing in the fights is to be ready to swap an ally in trouble or an opponent out of position.

Vengeful Spirit enables early Roshan kill due to Wave of Terror, Vengeance Aura and possibly minus armor items.

Pick up Aghanims Shard once you have Aghanims Scepter to stun multiple heroes in teamfights.

In fights, you can Swap an ally just to give them and yourself a damage barrier, as long as it does not put them in a bad position.

Counter Strategy

Focus Vengeful Spirit in the fights as she provides saves and empowers her Cores.

Armor items are great against Vengeful Spirit's Wave of Terror and Vengeance Aura.

Linken's Sphere and a well timed Lotus Orb are great against Magic Missile and Nether Swap.

If Vengeful bought Aghanim's Scepter, then you should ignore her in fights.

Lore

Even the most contented Skywrath is an ill-tempered creature, naturally inclined to seek revenge for the slightest insult. But Vengeful Spirit is the essence of vengeance. Once a proud and savage Skywrath scion, Shendelzare was first in succession for the Ghastly Eyrie until a sister's treachery robbed her of her birthright. Snared in an assassin's net, Shendelzare tore free only at the cost of her wings, limping away in the ultimate humiliation: On foot. With her wings broken, she knew the Skywrath would never accept her as ruler; and in the highest roost of the Eyrie, inaccessible except by winged flight, her sister was untouchable. Unwilling to live as a flightless cripple, and desiring revenge far more than earthly power, the fallen princess drove a bargain with the goddess Scree'Auk: She surrendered her broken body for an imperishable form of spirit energy, driven by vengeance, capable of doing great damage in the material plane. She may spend eternity flightless, but she will have her revenge.

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