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Viper

Popularity: #74

Leaderboard: #112

Ban Rank: #18

KDA Rank: #92

Poisonous toxins chip away armor and slow enemies

Launching deadly poison from a distance, Viper poses a grave threat to whomever he targets. As his various toxins eat away at an enemy's health and slow their movement, Viper simply does what he does best: he keeps adding more poison.

Win Rate 46.0%
Pick Rate 5.3%
Attributes
viper Image

462 +52.8/lvl

204 +24/lvl

Strength Image

21 +2.4/lvl

Agility Image

21 +2.7/lvl

Intelligence Image

17 +2/lvl

Stats
Attack

Damage:

27 - 29 + 2.7/level (105.3 - 107.3 at level 30)

Attack

Range:

575

Attack

Armor:

-2 + 0.5/level (12.5 at level 30)

Attack

Movement:

275

Roles

Carry

Escape

Nuker

Initiator

Durable

Disabler

Support

Pusher

Facets

area_of_effect icon

Poison Burst

Win Rate: 45.9%

Pick Rate: 78.5%

After Poison Attack stacks expire, enemies around the target take additional damage.

Poison Attack

After Poison Attack stacks expire, enemies around the target take additional damage equal to 100% of the magic damage dealt by Poison Attack.

RADIUS:

300

armor icon

Caustic Bath

Win Rate: 46.2%

Pick Rate: 21.5%

Viper's Corrosive Skin effects are increased while he is in Nethertoxin.

Corrosive Skin

Viper's Corrosive Skin effects are increased while he is in Nethertoxin.

MAX BONUS:

100%

TIME FOR MAX BONUS:

4.0

Abilities

Innate Ability Image

Corrosive Skin

Viper exudes an infectious toxin that damages and slows the attack speed of any enemy that damages it in a 1200 radius. The acid exudate also increases Viper's resistance to magic.

DURATION: 4

ATTACK SLOW: 3/6/14/22/30

MAGIC RESISTANCE: 5%/10%/15%/20%/25%

DAMAGE PER SECOND: 3/6/14/22/30

MAX RANGE RADIUS: 1200

MAX BONUS: 0%

TIME FOR MAX BONUS: 0

Q

Poison Attack

Intensifies Viper's venom, adding an effect to his normal attack that applies a stacking movement speed slow and magic resistance deduction while dealing damage over time. Stacks up to 6 times.

  • AFFECTS:unit

  • PASSIVE:No

  • DISPELLABLE:basic

  • DEBUFF:yes

  • duration:4

  • damage:4 / 8 / 12 / 16

  • movement speed:3 / 6 / 9 / 12

  • magic resistance:4 / 6 / 8 / 10

  • max stacks:6

  • bonus range:25

Aghanim ScepterAghanim Shard

Aghanim`s Shard Upgrade

Increases max stacks, and causes Poison Attack to lower armor per stack and to affect buildings for reduced damage.

  • armor reduction:1

  • building dmg pct:40

  • bonus max stacks:2

Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branchesTalent tree branch

+4% Poison Attack Magic Resistance Reduction

Talent tree branch

+20% Poison Attack slow/damage

Mana Cost

24

W

Nethertoxin

Viper releases a Nethertoxin at the targeted area. Units in that area take an increasing damage over time based on how long they remain in it. Units in it have their attack speed slowed.

  • AFFECTS:area

  • PASSIVE:No

  • min damage:15 / 20 / 25 / 30

  • max damage:35 / 65 / 95 / 125

  • max duration:4

  • radius:400

  • attack slow:30 / 40 / 50 / 60

  • duration:6.5 / 7 / 7.5 / 8

  • projectile speed:2400

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+40 Nethertoxin Min/Max Damage

Cool Down

14

Mana Cost

70

Corrosive Skin

Viper exudes an infectious toxin that damages and slows the attack speed of any enemy that damages it in a 1200 radius. The acid exudate also increases Viper's resistance to magic.

  • PASSIVE:Breakable

  • DISPELLABLE:basic

  • duration:4

  • bonus attack speed:3 / 6 / 14 / 22 / 30

  • bonus magic resistance:5 / 10 / 15 / 20 / 25

  • damage:3 / 6 / 14 / 22 / 30

  • max range:1200

  • effect multiplier distance:500

  • effect multiplier:4

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+20 Corrosive Skin Damage Per Second

Talent tree branch

+20 Corrosive Skin Attack Speed Slow

Nosedive

Viper slams into the ground, splattering each enemy in a 500 AoE for 4 seconds with the effect of Corrosive Skin.

  • AFFECTS:area

  • PASSIVE:No

  • DISPELLABLE:basic

  • corrosive radius:500

  • duration:0.1

  • effect duration:4

  • dive speed:700

  • start height:100

Cool Down

20

Mana Cost

75

Talents

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+4% Poison Attack Magic Resistance Reduction

+20 Corrosive Skin Damage Per Second

Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branchesTalent tree branchTalent tree branch

+40 Nethertoxin Min/Max Damage

+20 Corrosive Skin Attack Speed Slow

Talet tree backgroundTalent tree branchesTalent tree branchTalent tree branch

+80 Viper Strike DPS

+20% Poison Attack slow/damage

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Become Universal

-50% Viper Strike manacost/cooldown

Strategy

Viper is very strong in early to mid game but drops off later on. Play actively while you're the strongest.

Look to stack up Poison Attacks on a single target and fix your mana issues early on.

Viper is insanely slow. Consider getting a casual Wind Lace and Boots of Travel in the long run.

You can kill tanky heroes around the map with the break effect from your Viper Strike.

Push out the side lanes when not much is happening on the map. You can do it from fog with Nethertoxin.

Although you are very tanky in early stages, you aren't nearly as tanky around the 20 minute mark.

Pick up Aghanims Shard later on to further increase your DPS and building damage.

Counter Strategy

Don't allow Viper to stack more than 3 Poison Attacks on you.

Viper Strike breaks passives. Stay away from it until you have a Black King Bar.

Consider teleporting out quickly when you find yourself in trouble against Viper.

Magic resistance items are great against Viper's magic damage.

Linken's Sphere and a well timed Lotus Orb are great against Viper Strike.

When Viper has the Poison Burst facet, try not to stand next to the target he is attacking with Poison Attack to avoid its AoE burst damage.

Lore

The malevolent familiar of a sadistic wizard who captured and hoped to tame him, Viper was curiously glad to have been sprung from the sealed and unchanging subterranean Nether Reaches where his race had lived for millions of years, after tectonic slippage had sealed off the Netherdrakes in luminous caverns. Viper spent some time appearing to submit to the wizard's enchainments, hoping to learn what he could of the dark magics the mage practiced. But he soon realized that few spells were as deadly as the toxins that were his birthright. Exuding an acid that swiftly ate away the bars of his cage, the Netherdrake slipped free of his confines, spit poison in the old spellcaster's eyes, and soared out to let the world know that it had a new master.

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